6/24/2025

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

D+209/141/1306

Still boosting Kleenex stock, day #11

1901 First exhibition by Pablo Picasso, aged 19, opened in Paris

1967 Pope Paul VI published the encyclical Sacerdotalis coelibatus

1982 Supreme Court ruled the president can't be sued for actions in office

2022 Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a 6-3 vote

In bed at 9:15, up at 5:20.  67°, high of 79°, cloudy, rain later?  

Kevzara, day 14/14, at 10:15 a.m.; Trulicity, day 5/7; morning meds and Blink pill at 9 a.m.; Eye wipes at 5 :45 a.m. and  p.m.; Eye mask at  4 p.m. and   p.m.; Ketoconazole wash and cream at  a.m. and  p.m.  Eye ointment at bedtime.  

First stop, Iran.  Second stop, Stockholm!  If Obama got one for nothing, I should get one for bombing Iran!

Pity party.  I confess.  I'm at least semi-miserable after 11 days of going through boxes of Kleenex, coughing, and trying to clear my throat.  I woke up thinking I was cured, but soon realized I was wrong.  Might this be "just" allergies???  I'll pick up some Zyrtec (sp?) or Claritin today just in case.  Meanwhile, I'll try to SNAP OUT OF IT!

The driver's side rear tire is almost flat.  Geri followed me to Goodyear to drop off the Volvo, brought me home, and then picked up Ellis for a trip to Costco.  I'm at home alone and without a car, giving me a hint of what life would/will be like when/if I can no longer drive.😱😰😭

Stop the presses!  Trump caught in another lie!  In this afternoon's New York Times:

Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says -Classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings.

A preliminary classified U.S. report says the American bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites sealed off the entrances to two of the facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings, according to officials familiar with the findings.

The early findings conclude that the strikes over the weekend set back Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months, the officials said.

Before the attack, U.S. intelligence agencies had said that if Iran tried to rush to making a bomb, it would take about three months. After the U.S. bombing run and days of attacks by the Israeli Air Force, the report by the Defense Intelligence Agency estimated that the program was delayed less than six months.

The findings suggest that President Trump’s statement that Iran’s nuclear facilities were obliterated was overstated, at least based on the initial damage assessment. Congress had been set to be briefed on the strike on Tuesday, and lawmakers were expected to ask about the findings of the assessment, but the session was postponed. Senators are now set be briefed on Thursday.

The report also said much of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was moved before the strikes, which destroyed little of the nuclear material. Some of that may have been moved to secret nuclear sites maintained by Iran.

Some Israeli officials said they also believe that Iran has maintained small covert enrichment facilities that were built so the Iranian government could continue its nuclear program in the event of an attack on the larger facilities.  Initial Israeli damage assessments have also raised questions of the effectiveness of the strikes. Israeli defense officials said they have also collected evidence that the underground facilities at Fordo were not destroyed.