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In response to a recent donation I made to the Democratic
2024 campaign, I received a small poster with Kamala Harris pictured on it and
reading ‘Harris for President’ and in larger
letters, ‘Together We Can Win This!’ I folded it so only the text appears,
and it now is displayed in the rear window of my car. I also have also received a small sheet of
stickers from the DNC. I wore a button-sized
one on my shirt the other day, reading ‘Harris for President’ and it drew
favorable comments from my urologist and a checkout clerk at Home Depot.
If you believe that ‘Together
We Can Win This,’ I suggest you similarly display your views. Don’t hide them. Take pride in them.
Not having the opportunity to express a political opinion is something missed only when you no longer have that opportunity, and then, it might be too late.
Don’t keep
your opinion a secret! Help it to become contagious.
JL
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Elephant in the G.O.P.’s Room
Here’s an insightful quote from Heather Cox Richardson’s
‘Letters from an American’ dated August 27.
‘The elephant in the room these
days is that most Republicans, along with many pundits, are pretending that
Trump is a normal presidential candidate. They are ignoring his mental lapses,
calls for authoritarianism, grifting, lack of grasp on any sort of policy, and
criminality, even as he has hollowed out the once grand Republican Party and
threatens American democracy itself.’
It is difficult to disagree with this, unless you are one
of those Republicans or pundits whose vision is so impaired that they couldn’t
recognize an elephant in their room from five feet away. As a visit to any zoo will confirm, the presence
of elephants is hard to ignore, and of course, today’s political pachyderm is
the symbol of the Republican Party. I’ll
let you guess the elephant’s name.
And while you’re checking out Professor Richardson’s website at https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/ (You can JUST CLICK HERE to get there), don’t miss the posting of August 28 as well, in which she traverses a lot of the areas where the aforementioned elephant has deposited its dung.
Historian Richardson’s opinions are free … unless you become a paying ($5 a
month) subscriber allowing you to comment and comment on others’ comments.
(I used to pay this, but no longer do since reading the comments was too
time-consuming. Reading her posting is
enough to keep you wide awake!)
And if the DOJ has any lawyers not already chasing after
convicted NY felon Trump’s lawbreaking, they might assign one to his illegal
violation of Arlington National Cemetery’s rules against political campaigning
there. He has truly redefined how low a ‘low-life’
can be.
JL
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I Still Write Letters
In case you missed it (which you probably did), The Palm
Beach Post published a letter from me on Friday, August 30. Here’s what I wrote:
‘Amid all the words that have
been printed about the unwise attempt to develop parts of Johnathan Dickinson
State Park, two stand out. The Post’s
Aug. 28 editorial used ‘stupid arrogance’ to suggest the mindset of Gov.
DeSantis and his administration. How
long will it take Florida’s voters to recognize this? It goes far beyond those three unnecessary
golf courses.’
The Post started their Letters section off with mine at the
top, entitling it ‘Park plan shows DeSantis’ arrogance.’
JL
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Thirty Percent Interest
I just received by my credit card statement in the mail (always
preferable to getting it online which only reduces the bank’s expenses and
makes it harder to examine closely) and noted that the bank charges an annual
rate of 29.99% for cash advances made on that card, a percentage even higher
than what they charge on other unpaid balances.
I always pay my full balance every month so that doesn’t affect me but I suppose
it might be the last resort for someone who is totally broke. I suspect that most who borrow at that
usurious rate do so unaware that they are borrowing at almost 30%. ‘Need money?
Just take it from the card,’ they think.
It might even be the manner in which an overdraft is automatically
covered.
Of course, pawnshops and shady characters on the street
corner charge much more. Folks in such
circumstances should seek financial counselling. It might even be a good idea for banks to
require that they do so when such credit card borrowing reaches a certain limit. The only ones who might object to that would
be the collection agencies to which the banks sell their uncollectable debts.
JL
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Housekeeping on Jackspotpourri (There's a bit more coming after this so stick with it!)
Strange “Hits’! The large number of those accessing
Jackspotpouri from Singapore and Hong Kong has somewhat lessened. I
suspect that the Chinese are playing around with internet transmissions,
possibly to try to identify who is reading them.
Email Alerts: If you are NOT receiving emails from me
alerting you each time there is a new posting on Jackspotpourri, just send me
your email address and we’ll see that you do. And if you are forwarding a
posting to someone, you might suggest that they do the same, so they will be
similarly alerted. You can pass those email addresses to me by email at
jacklippman18@gmail.com.
Forwarding Postings: Please forward this posting to
anyone you think might benefit from reading it (Friends, relatives,
enemies, etc.) If you want to send someone the blog, you can just tell them to
check it out by visiting https://jackspotpourri.blogspot.com or you can provide
a link to that address in your email to them. There’s another, perhaps easier,
method of forwarding it though!
Google Blogspot, the platform on which Jackspotpourri is
prepared, makes that possible. If you click on the tiny envelope with the
arrow at the bottom of every posting, you will have the opportunity to list up
to ten email addresses to which that blog posting will be forwarded, along with
a brief comment from you. Each will receive a link to click on that will
directly connect them to the blog.
Either way will work, sending them the link to
https://jackspotpourri.blogspot.com, or clicking on the envelope at the bottom
of this posting.
Again, I urge you to forward this posting to anyone you
think might benefit from reading it, particularly if they are a registered
voter. This is an election year. Spread the word.
JL
And remember ...
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