Yesterday I underscored that something was wrong with America. If you read it, sure we have declined here and there.  However, the country, relative to the rest of the world, is actually doing quite well.  My overriding apprehension, actually, had to do with the sanity and morality of the voters. The Supreme Court's support for Donald Trump has another Biden casualty.  In Florida,  Judge Aileen Cannon totally dismissed the classified documents case against Trump . At the Republican National Convention which began in Milwaukee today, Trump indicated that J.D. Vance was his veep running mate.   I predicted this last week .  Trump will give his big speech Thursday night after he is selected as the Republican candidate for the presidency.  If he can stay alive, he is now a close lock to become our 47th President of the United States (PUS). This assassination attempt totally scuttled Biden's strategy against Trump.  Now Joe cannot say much about T...

The last time I featured cuisine was a month ago with  SPAM, WAGYU MATSUTAKE AND BREAD .  My recent eating pattern featured tailgates ( though I used a table in front of my TV set) , for it began during the World Series, carried me throughout the presidential election period, and included those football/golf games this past weekend.   So with all that, here is what I ate, beginning with an artichoke with three sauces, radicchio, onions, avocado and potato chips, with beer and a glass of a Stanford Cabernet: Tonkatsu, Hirame sashimi, miso soup and a lot of vegetables, with beer and hot sake: Then an Irish whiskey tasting during the World Series watching the Dodgers beat the Devil Rays.  Incidentally, while I thought I had totally lost all the money I invested in my fantasy teams, one actually won $50. On the eve of election day, I gathered an assortment to imbibe through November 3.  In the back is a cognac within a crystal dragon, as I was born in that year...