Sunday, February 16, 2025
D+101
1959 Fidel Castro became the 16th Prime Minister of Cuba after overthrowing Fulgencio Batista
1963 Philosopher Hannah Arendt's controversial account of the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was first published in "The New Yorker"
2019 Pope Francis defrocked ex-cardinal and archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick for sexually abusing minors and adults. First Cardinal to be removed for sexual abuse.
2024 Donald Trump and the Trump Organization were ordered to pay $354 million in fines in a NY civil fraud case - one of the largest corporate sanctions in NY history
In bed at 8:50, awake at 3:55, and up at 4:24. 25°, wind chill is 6° with wind gusts up to 35 mph.
Prednisone, day 301, 5 mg., day 12, Kevzare, day 12/14. 2.5 mg prednisone at 4:55 a.m. and 4:25 p.m.
In office for less than one month, Trump and his team have already threatened to use military force to take over Greenlnad from the US ally Denmark; threatened to use military force to take over the Panama Canal from US ally Panama; imposed harsh tariffs and other sanctions on US ally Colombia; imposed onerous tariffs on US allies Canada and Mexico; encouraged German nationals to vote for the neo-Nazi AfD party in next week's elections in Germany; 'given away the store' to Russia on negotiations over the future of Ukraine; rounded up and deported thousands of undocumented immigrants, some to the military prison compound at Guantanamo Bay; started a trade war with our major trading partners, including the US ally European Union; encouraged US ally Canada to cede its sovereignity to the US by becoming our 51st state, like, e.g., Wyoming or Rhode Island; asked US ally Ukraine to assign 50% of its vast mineral assets to the US; fired thousands of federal employees with plans to fire tens of thousands more; effectively neutered NATO as a bulwark against Russian aggression; halted, without notice, most foreign aid to poor nations; proposed acquiring ownershiip of the Gaza Strip and deporting to other nations which are unwilling to take them almost 2 million Palestiniansun who are unwilling to leave; fired high and lower level federal employees having any connections with investigating and/or prosecuting the January 6th insurraection, the attempt to overturn the 2020 elections, the unlawful retention of highly classified government documents at Mar-a-Lago; started federal investigations against New York state law enforcement officials who succesfully pursued legal claims against Trump; moved to dismiss "without prejudice" federal corruption charges against the mayor of America's largest city without regard to either the law or the facts supporting the corruption charges; dismantled and effectdively defunded USAID and the CFPB; and an unknowable myriad of other offenses against principles of democracy and good government. It took Chancellor Hitler 53 days to end democracy and the Weimar Republic in Germany. Trump is on Day 28. He sold out Ukraine in only 24 days. What's next?
Afternoon errands. First to St. Vincent de Paul in Port Washington to drop off donations but it was closed. Then to Michael's in Grafton for Artists Loft brilliant red and Golden carbon black acrylic paints. Then to Sendik's in Mequon for 2 shopping bags of groceries.
Geri is considerably better today. She had a decent night's sleep last night.
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