Monday Musings - August 26, 2024

 

1. The 4th and last Monday of August has arrived. Next week we celebrate Labor Day. Don't look now, but only 18 Mondays remain in the year. 

Maple Tree with Color
Stonehenge's Golf Course
Groton, NY
August 24, 2024

2. Autumn is coming. Chris and I saw leaves beginning to change on the maple trees in Central New York! Even on the golf course. That went along with the low 50 degree temperatures we experienced during our visit to Cortland and Groton. 

3. We took the less traveled route back from New York yesterday. We chose Route 15 for the ride and were careful to avoid the area in Williamsport where the Little League World Series was being played. 

4. Congratulations to the team from Florida on winning the Little League World Series.

5. Golf is a fun game if not taken too seriously

6. I cannot fathom how any active, retired, or veteran military person could vote for or work for Trump. He does not respect the military. An article in Cardinal & Pine published June 25, 2024, details six separate occasions in which Trump disparaged the military. The six are below but the article contains details. 

2015: Disparaged John McCain’s POW experience
2016: Publicly insulted a Gold Star family
2017: Expressed distaste for wounded veterans
2018: Called WWI casualties “losers” and “suckers”
2018: Dismissed Navy SEAL Commander Adm. William McRaven
2020: Downplayed troops’ injuries following missile attack in Iraq

7. Today in History. On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game is broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.

At the time, television was still in its infancy. Regular programming did not yet exist, and very few people owned television sets—there were only about 400 in the New York area. Not until 1946 did regular network broadcasting catch on in the United States, and only in the mid-1950s did television sets become more common in the American household.

Trump’s personal attacks aren’t just who he is. They’re his strategy - CNN

Western airlines were excited about returning to China after Covid. But not anymore - CNN

Spacecraft slingshots around Earth and the moon in a historic first on its way to Jupiter - CNN

SpaceX’s Risky Next Mission: The First Private Spacewalk - The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Nuclear Missile Silos Need Modernizing, but Fixes Aren’t Coming Soon - The Wall Street Journal

Families flee after new Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza as ceasefire hopes dim - Reuters

Russia launches massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says - Reuters

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees tests of 'suicide drones' - Reuters

-- Bob Doan, Odenton, MD

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