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WILL IT RAIN ON TRUMP'S PARADE TODAY?

 To quote NBC News:

So the answer to the question posed at the top is YES!  If not the weather, certainly those wars and nationwide protests.  The predicted rain will reduce the 200,000 crowd that he expected.

Across the nation, it appears that millions will gather in more than 2000 protests.  Wonder what will happen in Los Angeles.

About Israel vs Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been particularly belligerent, warning Supreme Leader Ayatollah Al Khamenei that Tehran will burn if their missiles continue to attack his people.  While only three have died, compared to at least 70 for Iran, Israeli's strikes have targeted military and nuclear facilities, not cities.  A fallout of this skirmish is that the Sunday nuclear talks involving Iran and the USA have been cancelled.

While a major Middle East war looms, one mediating influence is that we are talking about Shiite Iran, while most of the others are Sunni dominated.  For example, Saudi Arabia denounced the heinous attack, but then suggested that the UN Security Council take responsibility for peace.  Same for the UAE.

It was just over 60 years ago.  Barbara Streisand was in the Broadway show, Funny Girl.  She also starred in the 1968 film adaptation.  From that play, Don't Rain on my Parade is ranked #46 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

As you must know, she despises Trump.  From X:

Barbra Streisand
@BarbraStreisand
Last night I was listening to Rachel Maddow, and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing! She said that Donald Trump told an audience last Friday “if they vote for him this time, it’s over, and they will never have to vote again… we’ll have it fixed so good.” And that is as alarming as it sounds! Let me repeat that. “You're never going to have to vote again, after you vote for me this one time.” (By the way, the day before that, he said “I don’t need your votes, I have so many votes!”)

He doesn’t understand that voting is a privilege for every American—to participate in electing our leaders. That’s how we decide what happens in our country, and he’s promising his followers he’ll end all that!
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Finally, that Air India Boeing Dreamliner crash, where only one of 242 on the plane survived, hear the story of 40-year old Viswashkumar Ramesh, who luckily had a seat next to an emergency exit.  He was in seat 11A bound for Gatwick Airport.  Unfortunately, his cousin, Ajay, perished with the rest.  Not clear yet how many on the ground were killed.

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