Some Miscellaneous for Monday

It was the end of Eric Swalwell's political career today. 

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Obit:  Sid Krofft, 96, who with his brother Marty created many memorable children's programs, most notably the short-lived H.R. Pufnstuf, died Friday.  His brother died in 2023. 

Snip:

Krofft was born in Montreal on July 30, 1929, and when he was young, he and his family lived in Maine, Rhode Island and the Bronx. For PR, the brothers liked to say that they came from a long line of puppeteers going back many generations. In truth, the story was fabricated. Their father was a clock salesman who emigrated from Greece in the early 1900s.

“The Kroffts have been playing with dolls their whole lives,” Marty joked about the brothers’ boyhood interest in puppeteering. By the time he was 15, Sid was already working clubs in New York.

(They had two other brothers; Hy died during fighting in World War II, and Harry, who died last year, briefly worked for their company before going into real estate.)

A Few Reads for Sunday

 Some sanity seems to be happening in Hungary.

Meanwhile, insanity still rules the day in the White House.

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A Few Reads for Saturday

 O.J. Simpson died two years ago, so why anybody would care what his final days were like dying of cancer is a mystery to me.  Ron and Nicole are still dead, dead long before their time.

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A Few Reads for Thursday

 Why do so many No Kings protesters seem to be retirement age or older?

My take is they probably know more than younger generations just what is at stake.

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A Couple of Reads for Wednesday

 This is absolutely batshit insane even for the Trump administration.

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Obituary:  The first American to summit Mount Everest, Jim Whittaker, has died at the age of 97.

Snip:

Whittaker died Tuesday at his home in Port Townsend, Washington. according to a statement from his family.

His Mount Everest feat made the once-shy, rangy climber an instant celebrity, in demand for public appearances and expected to lend his support to good causes.

And it gained him entree into the world of celebrities, including the inner circles of the Kennedy clan. He became a close friend of Robert Kennedy, with whom he climbed a 14,000-foot (4,267 meters) Canadian peak named Mount Kennedy after the 1968 presidential contender's assassination.

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A Read or Two for Tuesday

 It appears Armageddon has been delayed for at least two weeks.

Or is it WW III?

He needs to be out of office, but he isn't going anywhere anytime in the near future.

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So why didn't Trump follow through?  Perhaps more than a few in the military gave Kegsbreath a clue.

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Trump clearly isn't all there in the head:

A Few Reads for Monday

 The world wonders if Trump will ever be tried for war crimes if he makes good on his threat against Iran tomorrow.

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