Well, here we go again

Dementia Donny is once again threatening Canada and this time the Candians are not rolling over. If they cut off the supplies of nickel, potash, natural gas and electricity, we are going to be in a world of hurt.

Nickel is used in a lot of military applications. Without it, the US military will have a difficult time keeping up with all the bombs & missiles the President of Peace (PP) wants to drop on Iran (and a few other places).

Potash is used in the fertilizer industry. Without it, we will have poor crop yeilds and possible crop failures.

New York and a lot of New England are big users of electricity supplied by Canada.

And last, but not least, almost all of the natural gas used in New York and New England comes from Canada.

This is going to hurt all of us in the northeast which is a place that Trump does not care about because we are blue states and he hates blue states.

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I cannot say this loud enough and often enough:

HANG UP THE DAMNED PHONE!

If someone calls you with a story about a problem you need to fix or a situation a relative is in or maybe even a legal problem you personally have, hang up the phone. Do not ask them any questions, do not tell them anything at all.

It's so easy to just hang up the phone so go ahead and hang up the phone.

If they call you back, hang up the phone again.

If you have a way to block the number they are calling from, do that.

If you can't block the number, either ignore the call or just pickup and immediately hang up.

If you are concerned, call your local police department non-emergency number and ask to speak with the supervisor on duty. Explain to them what just happened.

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Here are some links:

• Thanks to Dementia Donny, Musk & his DOGE and Brainworm Bobby, we currently have thirteen active/ongoing foodborne illness outbreaks.
  For the record, thirteen is a lot.



• Key name in this story: "Johnny Turnip"...



• To screw things up, you need a computer. To really screw things up, you need AI.

A sweep

The Red Sox won last night and again today which means they swept the Giants.

The Judges and the Rays both won today but they also both lost last night. That means the Red Sox picked up a game in the standings. They are now 3 games behind the Judges and 6 games behind the Rays.

The Red Sox are now heading down to Miami where tomorrow they will start a 3-game series against the Marlins.

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The Patriots beat the Eagles last night and once again, DeVito had a pretty good game.

Their final pre-season game will be this Thursday against the Browns.

Fortunately the Red Sox will not be playing on Thursday so no channel flipping needed.

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Here are some links:

• I'm confused. I thought the Supreme Court ruled that Dementia Donny had no authority to impose tariffs?



• And he will lose.



• This is probably worse than finding a leak in the hot water heater.

Channel flipping?

The Red Sox will play the Giants at 7:10 tonight and the Patriots will play the Eagles at 7:00 tonight.

Yes, I know the Patriots game is preseason and doesn't matter but it's still football and I like football.

Since we recently got rid of our cable boxes, I use the Spectrum app to watch television now. That app does not have a picture-in-picture option so I guess I'll be channel flipping tonight.

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Speaking of the Red Sox, they won last night, beating the Giants 6-4.

They are currently 4 games behind the Judges and 7 games behind the Rays in the ALEast.

They are also 5½ games ahead of the Rangers in the wildcard standings.

There are 34 games left in the regular season so they have plenty of time to move up or down in the standings. My preference would be for them to move up...

Sandoval has the start tonight and as I said above, the first pitch is at 7:10.

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Here are some links:

• I guess today the tariffs are on. We'll see what tomorrow brings.



• I have a bad feeling that the Iranians might be right.



• If you happen to be in New Mexico, watch where you step...

No post tonight

Busy day

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I have no catchy title for this post so feel free to make up your own.

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The Red Sox did not win last night so no sweep for them.

It took 10 innings for the Diamondbacks to beat the Red Sox but beat them they did, winning the game 7-6.

Tonight they are off for a much needed break and tomorrow they will start a 3-game series against the Giants.

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Here are some links:

• Seems to me that MrPillows should have to prove he even has $850,000 in free cash before they start spending the money.



• Looks like there might be a little falling out between Dementia Donny and his BFF, Krazy Kim III.



• Looks like Psycho Vlads little "special military operation" isn't going to well for the people of Russia.



• Back in the good old days, we didn't have these kind of problems because they flew a plan around town spraying some kind of insecticide that probably caused cancer or something.



• Key line in this story: "unhealthy obsession".



• Do you know what happens when scientists start analyzing societal assumptions? They sometimes discover that the assumptions are wrong.



• Did you know that the federal government owes the social security trust fund more than $2½ trillion (with a "T")?