Well it looks like President Donald Trump went from dud to hero to now....exaggerating oaf who lies, with bad timing. Watch this video where  Trump proclaimed that we completely and totally obliterated Iran's nuclear facilities . His intelligence staff, at this point, doesn't think so .  Which means he downright lied, again. Also, FactCheck.org headlined:   Iranian nuclear program damaged, NOT obliterated by U.S. attack .   The only source hinting that the bombings were serious was Iran.  But be sensible.  If you were Iran, your only position today is to plead that Trump's attack ruined their nuclear program so life can now go on with peace.  While announcing this kind of defeat, they  in parallel indicated that the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, cannot anymore enter the country .  Could it be that they want to immediately proceed with building atomic bombs? For one, only Iran knows where th...

Last week I posted a two-part series on red wines.  On this nostalgic Tuesday, I will make it a five-part series with a visit I made in 2019 to France, where we tasted champagne and Bordeaux wine and cognac.  Parts 4 and 5 will be posted on subsequent Tuesdays. But first, a few newsworthy items. As my  blog expressed yesterday , President Donald Trump has transformed himself from dud to hero. Looks like that  fragile ceasefire for the Israel-USA vs Iran War is holding.   Lot of questions about where those 880 pounds of enriched uranium might be  to  future role on how the International Atomic Energy Agency can check on Iran  to  how long the ailing 85-year old Ayatollah can hang in there  to  a million others.  However, give Trump credit for solving this war in less than two weeks.  Israel still has that Gaza Strip problem, and there continues the Ukraine-Russia war, but the world today is in a safer place than yesterday. ...