The jangle of X-mas is almost over. We can’t wait. Other than the Rose Parade in Pasadena, the beautiful weather, the Rose Bowl game. The whole thing seemed wholesome. All the people we listen to and read are off, and we’ll have to survive without them.  But I’m sure we’ll continue to be entertained.

Isn’t it something? God just bailed us out, and everybody can’t wait to dive right back into paganism.  I guess they don’t know any better, but we’ve been trying to give them a clue all these years.

Everything is in a state of flux in the Middle East. I remember hearing everything they’re saying, and that was longer ago than I care to remember. But the Arabs finally did it. They ran that sneak attack on a music festival, to their everlasting regret. They committed acts we don’t even want to know about, and acted like they’d won a victory. Now they’re either dead or getting pushed further and further back.

After 24 years Bashir Assad is gone from Syria. Word is that he fled to Russia, and it has been reported (the Sun) that he gave the Israelis targeting information in exchange for safe passage. We don’t know if that’s true, but there have been some huge explosions around Baghdad.

The war in Ukraine is terrible, and we’ll probably never know the extent of it.  Funny that that was one of the places where they apparently laundered money.  Who knows what corruption took place.  We don’t even want to know unless some who took advantage get entangled in some of the investigations that are coming. That would be alright.

Hopefully it’s a brighter day for America, now that we’ve got someone who cares. I was told many years ago that it was OK to have someone who was a millionaire in the White House. I think that was when Reagan beat Carter. We don’t need to worry about corruption if somebody’s already rich!  

Did I hear right? Did Nancy Pelosi break a hip? Things just keep getting more interesting. We have the smartest people alive helping with government waste, and we’re through saving the planet. As if it made any difference without the cooperation of India and China. No, we’re about to start drilling for oil! Trump says in his rallies that we’ve got more oil than Russia or Saudi Arabia, and it’s time we stopped buying it from third world countries.

The world is coming to grips with what a Donald Trump Presidency means.  Little Trudeau of Canada hopped a plane to visit Mar-a-Lago. He got told that he could be the governor of the 51^st state. I thought it was a joke, but it’s been said again.  

I hope we don’t buy Greenland or absorb Canada. But, what do I know? Seems to me we’ve got enough trouble already, and God has given us a way out. Let’s not waste it!

Mark

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