As I get older, I appreciate more than ever those who remember my birthday. My sincere gratitude to everyone who took the time to wish me Happy Birthday.💙

"UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart plans to retire... June to become the first executive-in-residence of the UK Sport & Workforce Initiative... annual salary of $950,000... new benefits... 10 tickets for all men’s basketball, football & baseball home games throughout his & his wife’s lifetimes."

4yrs ago: "Open up the unit." Lex Housing Authority/fire dept/police outside. Bldg condemned. 1 wk to move. Signed lease new place: Craiglist scam. Found another apt night before. They demanded to talk to new landlord. Scared her off. I lived in hotel 17 months, lost everything I had on my birthday🎂

Prince - With This Tear YouTube video by princevevo

What will always stand out foremost: Prince died on my birthday 🎂10 years ago.

"'With This Tear' is a previously unreleased studio recording from Prince’s legendary vault. Recorded in November 1991 at Paisley Park, the track has been newly mixed and mastered"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVvE...

After a sudden and continuous surge of spam emails, many pornographic, I learned when you click "unsubscribe" on scam/illegitimate email it tells the spammer that your email address is active, monitored, & that you are reading the emails.Your address is more valuable now, being sold/used more often.

Shooting at Mexico’s Teotihuacán Pyramid of the Moon, Diego Rivera’s Grandson Donates Collection to Mexico’s Museo Anahuacalli, and More: Morning Links for April 21, 2026 A woman was killed in a shooting at Mexico's Teotihuacán, Diego Rivera's grandson has donated a trove to Museo Anahuacalli, and more news.

"A Canadian tourist was killed... others injured in a shooting atop Mexico’s ancient Teotihuacán Pyramid of the Moon"

"several... visitors from the United States, Brazil, & Colombia, including 2 children, were wounded when a man opened fire... He then killed himself"
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Donald Trump, Televangelist in Chief As the president seeks to mend fences with his evangelical base, it’s crucial to understand how he enlisted its support in the first place.

"Trump’s tour in the virtual pulpit"

"he is a man who believes he is above faith &superior to those who profess it."

"This week... Trump will be reading aloud from 2 Chronicles, as part of a week-long nationwide streaming event called “America Reads the Bible.”

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Cancel the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner The White House Correspondents Dinner shouldn't invite a president who is an enemy of free speech. Better no "Nerd Prom" than this one.

"If it wasn’t [sic] about the president, the White House Correspondents’ Association wouldn’t have disinvited comedian Amber Ruffin last year after she called the president & his cabinet 'kind of a bunch of murderers'...Trump boycotted last year’s dinner anyway"
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Trump Showers Health Care Crooks With Love - The American Prospect His extensive pardons to health care executives convicted of various crimes show that his ‘war on fraud’ in blue states has nothing to do with fraud.

"Trump appears to support medical fraud, as long as corporate executives & other elites are... committing it"

"Trump has issued 15 pardons... to business owners, pharmacists, doctors, & health care executives... defrauded more than $3 billion from the U.S. government"
prospect.org/2026/04/21/t...

This is a war based on lies

Three Months Out from Mandated Deadline, Trump’s Sculpture Garden Languishes A CNN report could not uncover an artist who has been contracted to create sculptures for Trump's proposed National Garden of American Heroes.

"National Garden of American Heroes is less than 3 months out from its planned opening... of July 4, 2026... 250th birthday of the United States... looks as though not even 1 sculpture will be standing by that time"

"have yet to receive plans from the administration"
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

That is reasonable.

Trump Sabotages His Own Much-Exaggerated Iran Deal - The American Prospect Did the president screw up a possible agreement with his own impulsivity? Or was the imminent deal that he touted on Friday an illusion all along?

"Trump’s behavior has been so erratic that any deal might be metaphysically impossible. One cannot make a bargain w/ an entity that is categorically incapable of behaving in a consistent manner"
"Trump’s bizarre action strengthened the hand of the hard-liners once again"
prospect.org/2026/04/20/t...

🐍Snake-in-the-grass Andy Barr

Alex Bellizzi said: “Why would any Republican appear on PBS, a left-wing outlet that Andy Barr & President Trump defunded? PBS peddled the Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX and is completely discredited as a news outlet. We hope the three people watching enjoy the program."

"Trump lied today" is a sentence that's true on any day you choose to say it.

You gotta give to the GOP.

They trained their voters to hate “libs” so much they would gratefully accept every manner of corruption, lawlessness, cruelty, ineptitude, and criminality, and cheer it on, so long as it is their team doing it.

🎂I need more friends who understand that I still want to be invited but I'm not going.🎉

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

"Throughout... Trump's second term in office, traders have been betting millions of dollars just before he makes major announcements"

"It found a consistent pattern of spikes just hours, or sometimes minutes, before a social media post or media interview was made public"
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Americans are clueless 🌹 📖

The Rose (Lover's Day): Since medieval times, it was custom to visit the chapel of Sant Jordi in the Palau de la Generalitat, which hosted a "rose fair" or "lovers' fair."

The tradition of giving books began in 1923, to commemorate the deaths of Cervantes & Shakespeare.

I Feel So Free YouTube video by Madonna - Topic

Picks up the Confessions vibe for sure.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qNf...

"Iran agreed to allow a limited number of ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz according to agreements... US did not fulfil their obligations... closed again & passage requires Iran approval"

"remain 'under strict management & control of the armed forces" as long as the US blockade continued"

What to know about singer D4vd’s arrest in 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s killing Detectives arrested the 21-year-old, whose legal name is David Burke, on Thursday on suspicion of murder in the investigation of the killing of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, Los Angeles police said.

Shocking. But strange why it took so long to arrest.

I love his music!

www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/17/d...

How Trump Undermines Trump - The American Prospect Consider the president’s self-defeating assault against Jerome Powell.

"Powell’s term as chair expires soon... May 15, but his term as a Fed governor continues through January 2028"

"Trump can’t fire Powell"

"Why is Trump so angry at Powell?...Fed under Powell’s leadership hasn’t cut interest rates as fast & as deeply as Trump would like"
prospect.org/2026/04/17/h...

New Moon April 17: Best chance to see Comet C/2025 R3 predawn hours

Comet makes its closest approach to Earth April 27th, within 44 million miles of our planet.

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To My Fellow Journalists: We Need to Do Better In an election year under an administration that has wreaked record-setting havoc, journalism is more important than ever—and we need to act like it.

I'm an old-school journalist. Don't recogize much as journalism these days.

"Reporters in 2026 need to pay more attention to & offer more forceful coverage of...Trump’s continuing insistence.. Biden’s victory in 2020... fraudulent & that... election illegitimate."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...