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Johnson, he noted, backed Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 election results and remain in power despite losing.

“Also anti-gay, anti-choice, pro-conspiracy theory, he seems terrific,” Kimmel snarked. “Not only is he not the best choice for speaker, you can’t even definitively say Mike Johnson is the best Mike Johnson they could’ve chosen.” 

Kimmel then ticked off a list of better Mike Johnsons, from chefs to athletes to yodelers.

“You could go to the middle of the phone book and pick any of the hundreds of Mike Johnsons. Each one would be a better choice for speaker because not one of them tried to overthrow the presidential election,” Kimmel declared.

Tomorrow we fly to Tokyo to begin our 5-week Fall Colors Odyssey.  First, a 9-day cruise around Japan, with a stopover in Busan, South Korea.  Then three 7-day Japan Rail Passes to follow the colors, from Hokkaido all the way down to one of our favorite places, the Sheraton Ocean Resort in Miyakojima, Kyushu.  Our home hotel will be the Sheraton Yokohama Bay, which is close to the port and a short walk to both the Shin-Yokohama and Yokohama train stations.  During the train visits, we leave our large baggage at the hotel.

We have also made all the reservations for our Spring Sakura and Tulip Global Journey in the Spring, to include:

  • First class on Emirate Air from Bangkok to Dubai to Munich.
  • Tauck Tulip river cruise.
  • Regent 7 Seas Mediterranean cruise.
  • Queen Mary II from Southampton to New York City.
We have begun to plan for an  end of year 2024 trip using a couple of cruises east to get us to Europe.  Then a long awaited Christmas European river cruise.

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