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 turned over time, and, with several grudges, planned this ef

First, there are very preliminary reports that  a person fired shots from an AK-47  adjacent to Donald Trump's golf course in Florida, and was arrested.  No one, including Trump, was injured.  This is now a second attempt on his life.  He must now be totally spooked. Today, something spiritual and cool.  You can believe all you want that there is a Heaven, but you'll never know if you will actually get there until you die.  Then, if there is no Heaven, that belief, while in vain, at least comfortably allows you to pass in a hopeful state of mind.  There is immense psychological value, relative to my fear of entering a perpetual state of nothingness.  Except I'm trying to strengthen other thoughts, such as eternal peace.  So  Imagine . What I'm leading to, though, is a state of mind you can enhance while you are still alive.  I just read an article in  Time  magazine,  The Pursuit of Happiness: My Week at the Buzzy Meditation Retreat That Promises Bliss on Demand, or Nic