I yesterday indicated that there was a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump which failed.  The first sniper was 20-year old  Thomas Matthew Crooks , who was killed.  He apparently had no particular grievance against Trump.   Well, this second shooter is 58-year old  Ryan Wesley Routh , originally from North Carolina, who relocated to Hawaii in 2018.  The front page headline article this morning in the local  Star Advertiser  was: Man arrested lived in Hawaii You can click on that link and read the rather lengthy article.  About  Routh : Studied mechanical engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from 1995 to 1998. Was owner of a company, United Roofing. Had a variety of criminal convictions in North Caroline dating back to 2002.  One was owning a loaded machine gun.  That's his photo then. Owns property in North Carolina and is registered to vote there. Voted for Trump in 2016, but ...

  The history of Labor Day is too, too boring to detail, but: President Grover Cleveland  in 1894 signed the bill recognizing the first Monday of September as Labor Day, providing a new holiday for federal workers.  If he looks a bit rotund to you, he had a Body-Mass Index of 34.6, #2 to Howard Taft at 42.3.  Want to know your BMI?  Look to the right, scroll to near the bottom, stop at Calculate Your Body-Mass Index, insert those details, and the odds are high you will be a lot lower than Cleveland.  The NFL always kicks off their season the Thursday after Labor Day, which this year features the Ravens visiting Chiefs in Kansas City on September 5. While there will be picnics, a few parades and the like, this three-day weekend is the official end of the summer, where consumers spend a lot of money, only next to the Christmas season, and travel. 10,000 workers in 24 cities  are striking this weekend  against Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt hotels. Presi...

Former  Vice President Mike Pence, rather summarily, indicated that he cannot endorse Donald Trump for president .  No surprise, for he previously said: I believe anyone that puts themselves over the Constitution should never be president of the United States and anyone who asks someone else to put them over the Constitution should never be president of the United States again . Outlier?  Nope.  So many others:  Attorney General Bill Barr, first Defense Secretary James Mattis, second Defense Secretary Mark Esper, chairman of joint chiefs of staff Gen. Mark Miley, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, his first ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, presidential transition vice-chairman Chris Christie, second national security advisor HR McMaster, third national security advisor John Bolton, second chief of staff John Kelly and  so many others .  This list was dated October 2023.  The  Bush family never endorsed him . There is something about religion,...