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• The International Longshoremen went on strike at U.S. ports from Maine to Texas Tuesday and that could result in a severe scarcity of household goods. Democrats need to fix this fast. If we learned anything back in 2020, it's that nothing leads to a change of administrations like a toilet paper shortage.
• Major League Baseball paid tribute to the all-time-hits leader Pete Rose who died Monday. Pete Rose hung out at an Italian restaurant-bar in Las Vegas every day and he would talk baseball with anybody there. I heard he said in early April that if the Mets made the playoffs this year, he'll drop dead.
• Shohei Ohtani led the L.A. Dodgers into the playoffs after leading the league with 54 homers and 59 stolen bases. The superstar talent not only connects with baseball fans, he's now connected with the country. It happened last week when Shohei Ohtani joined the American electorate in the 50/50 club.
• US News and World Report reports the U.S. marriage rate increased in 2024 to its highest level in six years. The millennial generations were late to the altar and are being encouraged to have kids and save the birth rate. If two people love each other, nothing is impossible except deciding where to eat.
• Brewers Publicans reports that beer sales in the U.S. increased to $45 billion in 2024, adding that the average American will drink 28 gallons of beer this year. Beer had a rollicking influence on my earlier life. I was 7 years old when Oklahoma legalized beer, and it was the longest 7 years of my life.
• Governor Gavin Newsom enacted the Clean California Initiative to clean up the homeless camps in L.A. They're just a rung down from apartment renters strangled by high rents now living month-to-month. Los Angeles is the only place where people use a $1,200 phone to check their food stamp balance.
• CBS News hosted the VP debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz Tuesday night in New York City. The cable news pundits said the VP debate may be important to sway any voters who are still sitting on the fence. My feeling is, if you're still sitting on the fence by now, get some Preparation H.
• Vice presidential candidates Senator JD Vance and Governor Tim Walz engaged in a terrific debate in New York. Both Vance and Walz were intelligent, articulate, polite and extremely well-read on all the issues. They should be dropped from their tickets for making their front-runners sound insane.
• JD Vance and Tim Walz in their vice presidential debate locked horns over health care. It's about accessibility. My neighbor is a 24-year-old Gen Z woman who explained to me that in two years her mother's insurance is going to run out for her and she will have to change mothers.
• Politico reported Donald Trump continued to blast Kamala over her past positions on defunding the police and open borders Tuesday while Kamala continued to blast Trump over his alleged past actions on January 6th. People who can't let go of the past really annoy me. Debt collectors are the worst.
• Iran's military attacked Israel for an hour on Tuesday, firing 181 missiles across the Middle East aimed at the Jewish state in retaliation for killing Hezbollah's leader. Israel's anti-aircraft system shot down a near-record number of the missiles. Only Tony Romo had more interceptions in 60 minutes.
• President Biden acknowledged he authorized two U.S. destroyers off the coast of Israel to fire 12 anti-missile interceptors at the 180 Iranian missiles headed in the air toward Israel. Iran wasn't thinking. Joe spent 2022 shooting balloons out of the sky and was itching to show off his marksmanship.
• The Washington Post reports four U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are returning home this week from the International Space Station after 7 months. As a side note NASA noted that 24 American astronauts were born in Ohio. What is it about Ohio that makes people want to flee the earth?
• Men's Health published a list of weightlifting exercises including bicep curls and leg squats and bench presses to allow Baby Boomer men to achieve better strength and balance and mobility. I've found this year that I'm getting stronger with age. I can now lift $100 worth of groceries with one hand. The United Nations wrapped up its opening week of speeches by all world leaders to the General Assembly of UN delegates. They are a tough crowd with no sense of humor. A couple of years ago, I performed at the annual New York dinner for UN delegates and I bombed so badly, Ukraine gave ME money.
• Jimmy Carter turned 100 years old this week at the hospice care facility where the former president is being attended by nurses and doctors in Georgia. It turns everybody's attention to the importance of end-of-life care. If I am ever on life support, unplug me and then plug me back in, and see if it works.
• Hurricane Helene powered up from the Florida Panhandle up through Georgia Friday and into the Carolinas. It's not just the high winds and rainstorms that make hurricanes scary. Only during a hurricane can you produce a shovel, duct tape, a rope and a tarp, and nobody will question your motive.
• Niger's military coup leaders in Africa ignored Sunday's deadline set by France and the U.S. to hand back over power to civilians. We've tried to stay safe. Last April, the Pentagon removed all U.S. troops from Niger just to keep its name from popping up on Biden's teleprompter in an election year.
• Kamala Harris traveled to the Arizona border Friday to deliver her tough new stance on illegal immigration. She stood by the 30-foot wall and expressed pride in her record as Border Czar. It's the equivalent of Trump and Bobby Kennedy going to Oral Roberts to headline a Promise Keepers rally.
• Donald Trump gave a pre-emptive speech on illegal immigration and the panic that lawless illegal immigrants are causing nationwide Friday ahead of Kamala's trip to the Arizona border. Trump's speech carried an implied warning to the people of Ohio. Don't think it can't happen to a Rottweiler.
• Donald Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky approached reporters after meeting Friday. The video showed Trump in his business suit walking purposefully with Zelensky dressed in a black sweatshirt and jeans. It looks like Trump walking with the gardener to show him where to put the mulch.
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