MY CONTINUED LIFE IN PURGATORY

 First, the latest on the War in Iran:

• How world leaders have responded.  As expected.
• What will our Congress do?  I expect no significant action, as Republicans are in control of both houses.  However, even if something controlling emanates, Trump will simply ignore anything, for he has all the enforcement powers.
• Democrats keep saying that the people are united against Trump attacking Iran.  Actually a poll, taken just before this action, shows the contrary.

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  According to Mother Jones:  Just one in four Americans supports the Trump administration’s ongoing strikes on Iran, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday. 
• However, my sense is that the American public identifies more with the wishes of the people of Iran, and what Trump has done has opened the door to a possible successful revolution.  We'll see the true reaction over the coming weeks.

• But say, the USA masses don't support Trump on this war.  So what?  He will continue on with what he wants.  Perhaps he sometimes will make a positive difference.  Don't know if he has yet, but maybe this could be a first.
• Al Jazeera has a complete counting of casualties.

• While three American troops have been died so far, the attack not only killed the Supreme Leader, but 47 other Iranian leaders.  Also destroyed were nine Iranian navy ships.  
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  A three-member leadership council has been formed to lead Iran:   President Masoud Pezeshkian (left); the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei (center); and a member of the Guardian Council, Ayatollah Alireza Arafi (right).
• Oil shipments through the strait of Hormuz will be threatened, so expect oil prices to jump.

Well, on to my posting of the day.  I joke that I live in Purgatory, also known as 15 Craigside.  As you must know, if you are in Purgatory, your next phase is Heaven, never Hell.  How long this takes could be forever, which would not be all that bad for me.  So the following is what I do in the process of purification.  Good cuisine.  Below, a soba salad.

With beer and coffee.

A luau with beer.

Tofu and sashimi, with green tea.

Unagi bento with $99.90/pound Otoro sashimi

Karaage chicken with corn, coffee and beer.

Watching the Winter Olympics with another bento and Korean soju.

All kinds of activities at 15 Craigside.  Below, cocktails and dancing.

Our Valentine's Day Ball featured those on our hospital floor.

Of course we have rainbows in Purgatory.  Valentine's Day at 15 Craigside.

We have a lot sunshine.  A typical view.

Special meals, such as for Valentine's Day.

Dining at sunset.

Karaoke DJ Doug Oshiro was at his best for our 15 Craigside Karaoke Sunday Night

One of the supervisors from our Dining Room, Savea, was fabulous as Whitney Houston.

Residents go on trips, and share their experience in our theater.  Here is Gene Kaneshiro (of Columbia Inn fame) making a presentation of his family's visit to Okinawa.

Unlike the real Purgatory, we are allowed out on occasion, this one to Arcadia, our Big Sister (has been around for more than half a century) to view performances by Don Conover and Marilyn Rowell.

Marilyn is 94 years old.  Absolutely fabulous entertainment.  They will be coming to entertaining us at 15 Craigside.

We go out to shop.  This time to the Ala Moana Shopping Center, where we had lunch as Assaggio.

Ordered antipasto and Osso Buco, with beer and red wine.

Lunch for two cost more $100.  Very few customers.  Been here since 2000, but I don't see a promising future for this restaurant here unless they do something.  But what?

We then went to shop at Uniqlo and Nijiya.

Chinese New Year brought celebrations and more.

Chinese New Year luncheon.

Egg drop soup.

Fruits, veggies and appetizers.

Chinese dishes.

My meal.

Drinks.

Cognac into bowl with dim sums with mustard sauce.  Sort of copying my Shanghai Soup Dumpling enhancement.  Cognac also into soup.

Tonight, Karaoke with Mel.  Friends sent us a video of sunset firefall at Yosemite.  Beautiful.

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