Great Wall, Pandas, and Mcdonald's

Bonaire is more laid back than Aruba. It is very windy here. I don't know if that is an everday occurrence. If you take a cruise ship, there is swimming about 5 to 10 minutes away in the form of a floating dock. The water was deep enough to dive in. The stores were the usual. I did find unprocessed sea salt. They also have rum made from the local cactus. If you want to go to the beach, you have to arrange transportation.

It looks like Marco Rubio likes to waste our tax dollars! He takes molitary jets down to Florida to attend football games. Every one of these republicans are corrupt. They need to do an audit on all trumps people.

If you go to Aruba, plan on paying for transportation. The ship docks in an industrial looking zone. My guess is the beaches are minutes away, but not for walking. My goodness! It is hot and humid here! There is a local shopping area, as well as the usual port stores. Within walking distance is a high end mall. This place had guards to keep the poor out. I looked their way and they hust shook their head.

As long as we have been sailing out of Miami, they have had construction. It hasn't changed. Traffic is a nightmare. on top of that, you have semi trucks bringing in provisions for the cruise. Porters are everywhere.

I read an article talking about the election. Their point was to show that left leaning democrats were bad gor the party. They did seem to win. In Florida, Nixon did not really have assistance. The national party tends to ignore our state. So, she was underfunded. She did well. The biggest problem was her accepting the "socialist" label. It's a non starter in Miami. Everyone down there thinks Castro, Chavez, etc. Those up north mimick everythink trump tells them. I bet in other races, national Dem support was lacking. In Florida, Democrats nee strong recognizable politicians. The ones we have should train the next generation. We either run republicans turned democrat or they have some kind of investigation. Nixon probably would have donebrtter not to flaunt the Socialist label. I will say it seems like an oligarch reporter wrote the piece.

Don't upu love traveling? Packing everything you need but hoping not to bring too much. I usually have to carry the extra things. When we went on our China trips that was a nightmare. One trip I had like 5 or 6 suitcases and no carts. We were trying to get on a train. Angie was pushing our daughter. For most travel like Cruises, it is getting from the vehicle to the porters. I still hsve to figure out stacking the luggage to get it there. With our kids, medicines is a big concern. All daily meds need to be pscked. Getting to the vehicle is another issue. One daughter needs prepping. She goes on her own time. Hopefully, she wants to go. If not, someone has to stay home. I just know I never want to do an 18 hour drive again.

Looks like JD is trying to save his future career. He's breaking with trump. Desantis is doing victory laps in Florida. I wonder how many start quitting? Trump has promised pardons, but those are only for the loyal. I really wish they could curtail is Pardon power. No president should be able to pardon someone for breaking laws. I do hope he goes after Desantis.

Just like all criminal trials, the Democrats need to go after the low hanging fruit. Seek a deal and go up higher. They will not acheive anything if they just go for trump. They need to go after his minions. They will sell him out to save their own skins. These people are not that loyal. Just like the mob, they all turned on each other. Maybe legislation to to curtail his pardon power, like not being able to pardon people committing crimes for the president.

Desantis was gloating about saving the republican party in Florida. He went on CNN to say he saw other republicans using trans ads. He said we did that years ago. He had a solution. They ran a property tax reduction amendment. He knew that would stimulate the base. He doesn't care if it helps people and hurts municipalities. It was about showing that he was the future and trump was the past. Yes, the republicans in Florida ran the Trans and Communist/Socialist scare commercials. Don't believe him. They had nothting else to run on. I hope trump hears about this. He won't be happy with him. If he wants to, the DOJ can open an investigation into the $10 Million Desantis and his AG, and Senator misused to fight an amendment. In Florida, it is against the law for them to use tax dollars to fight things.

There are a couple races out there that are too close to call. Lets hope they go Democrat. One race I would like to see that way is Mississippi. He would be the first Black Senator from that state. I know they have control, but the more the better. You still have Fetterman. That is a minus one already. If trump buys off others, it may shift things.

The new TOHO Godzilla movie is coming to theaters. I wonder if it will play on IMAX on a cruise ship? I want to see this one. I saw the first one in theates. I saw they increased the budget by a little, but nothing like Hollywood. The look of it is amazing. Plus, unlike Hollywood they have a story that makes you feel for the characters. I don't think the current Hollywood Godzilla movies have done this. Go see it in theaters! I hope they win another Oscar!

Did you see the story about the cruise ship that sailed around the world and then decided it was too expensive and forced everyone off in Cambodia? I would have had a real issue with that. If you see that it is getting too expensive, you turn around and return to the port of origin. It sounds like they had poor planning. You'd think things like gas and war would factor in, as well as storms at sea. These people sold off stuff to do this. Now, they are in Cambodia. I wonder if they have the means to get home. I would also look at the contract with a lawyer to find out if there is anything they could do. I bet there is a clause that states they can force people off with good reason. Still, it's a shoddy way of doing business.

It was a pretty good night. Not in Florida. But they used a Tax cut to lure out republicans to vote. Had they not done that, I doubt they would have done well. It was close with the amendment. Desantis knew trump was poison. He had to entice the base to vote. Now we'll see how that will screw us in other ways. Taxes do not go away. They just shift to another place. It is good to see Democrats take control. Hopefully, they will do stuff to make people's lives better, in addition to investigations. Making things better needs to be primary! They need to stay away from identity politics. This will kill efforts in the future.

I bought Stallone's Cobra on Blu Ray. It was one of those 80's action movies. What I did not know was Stallone had been offered Beverly Hills Cop. He decided to rewrite it. The studio did not like his version, so he moved on with his story. Isn't it funny how someone in Hollywood can see one story and come up with something completly different. Cobra Blu Ray Part of a 3 for $33 Deal

Today is the day. We finally get relief from all these rich people buy commercials for their paid politicians. Now they can just go back to under the counter ways to pay them. I hope things will change. But, I am not holding my breath. I just hope Democrats do not just give in to trump. Leadership scares me. That seems to be the way they want to go. They will offer peace and be shocked when trump stabs them in the back. They really need to figure out what the party stands for. They need to focus on the US. Israel is not a state in our country. They need to come up with plans to make lives better and more affordable. They really need to stop putting rich donors first. They are the problem. They also need to fix healthcare. Take capitalism out of it. Peoples lives should not be base on stock prices. They need to do away with endentured servitude. People are working just to pay off loans they will never pay off. It is how the system is built.

Florida is getting hit by rain. This is our dry season. Now we have flooding. These kind of rains hit us during the summer. Down south, they have rain and king tides causing flooding. You'd think that stupid people would open their eyes to global warming. We have a special kind of stupid running this country. You know he did not pass any kind of science classes.

It looks like Trump will bomb Iran, just to keep Netanyahu in power. This really seems like a bad idea that we will pay for. It also should be criminal. His decisions are based on how much money he will make and whatever others are bribing him with. I am tired of these do nothing politicians. You'd think others and/or the military would also be upset. He's risking their lives for what? Iran might get a nuclear missile. Well North Korea has one. We're not bothering them. Iran sees this and wants to be left alone also. Trump idolizes the leader of NK. I see gas prices increasing tomorrow and who knows what. You know his party won't do a thing about it.

We went trick or treating this weekend. It is usually an adventure to do so with 4 children with disabilities. The main issue is how long will they last. With one daughter, I have to worry about needing to use the bathroom. It went well this year. That is until my social butterfly told an older woman that she was a "grown ass cow" for Halloween. This stems from many years ago when her sister told us that she was a "grown ass teenager" for Halloween. Of course, she had a teen attitude. The younger sisters ran with her statement. I do think my daughter does is out of shock value. The thinks it is funny. We keep reminding her that she can't do that to people she does not know.

Trump is giving a speech at the reflecting pool. The same one with shoddy work paid to a contractor linked to trump. He also wants to show off all the gawdy things he is doing to Washington DC. Gold plating everything, while taking commission on it. This guy is tacky with a capital T. Then, there is that Nazi monument he wants to build to himself. He is putting it in front of Arlington. That should be a slap in the face to those who served and died on the battlefield. I bet he thinks his accomplishments outweigh their sacrifices.

When I was younger, I used to watch sports all the time. Things have changed. What changed my mind? Money. Greed. These people make millions to play a sport. I think teachers should be getting that kind of money. Players do not teach anything. They do show what greed leads to. Then, you have the owners. The most greedy people in the world. They always complain that they do not have enough money, especially when it comes to building stadiums. They blackmail municipalities to pay with their tax dollars or the team will leave. Then, they get the rent from the venue, etc. Look at coaches, just like CEO's. They get these huge dollar contracts. They might start out strong and then fail. When it is time to cut them, they have a payout for their contract. Failing upwards. Players do not get paid equally. Usually, there is one star and then the money trickles downward. You have players risking their health for one or two people. Do they get a bonus when injured? Unfort...