When you get off the treadmill at retirement age, make sure you have something else to occupy your time. Those "golden years" ain't what they're cracked up to be after a few months of vegetation.

I, for one, am so busy now that I don't know when I found time to work. And none of my associates think of me as elderly.

Do something good for mankind so you can hold onto that feeling of gratification. Keep standing tall.

If memory serves me right, Rudy claims that he gifted the rings to his son so the rings are not his to give up, per the court order.

A convenient ruse to salvage the loss of his prized possession??

Probably, but can it be proven? His son backs up the story.

REIN

They may as well. It won't be long before displaying the Stars and Stripes in any fashion will be considered treason against Trump's dictatorship, punishable by the death penalty.

LAMP

"Only if the Country succumbs to Pres-elect Trump."

Short of a mass revolt I'm not sure "the country" has any choice.

I'm thinking more along the lines of if the Congress succumbs to Trump. We'll get a hint today if the Republican Freedom Caucus folds.

Otherwise, what I see is the next four years filled with chaos and non-stop, personal and political power grabs. With everybody out for themselves and not for the country.

On the bright side, that scenario usually leads to self-destruction while allies and foes alike sit on pins and needles waiting for the Grand Finali.

LAMP
Re your #19

"If he presents himself in a respectful manner"

LOL ~ Trump doesn't have any manners nor social graces. He would be incapable of showing genuine respect for the occasion because it isn't about him.

LAMP

I would be willing to bet that if Biden, Obama and both Clintons attend the funeral, Trump won't.

Trump would be out-shined, comparatively speaking, and his ego wouldn't want to risk that.

Food for thought:

It would be a real blow if Nancy Pelosi and Liz Cheney were in attendance. Trump would be the backbencher.

YODAGIRL

The only thing Trump will toss out is lies at an impromptu rally after the funeral when he tries to steal the headline from Jimmy Carter.

Maybe he'll try another fake assassination attempt and blame it on the Biden Administration.

Ya' think?

I always figured Steven Miller would be the designer of the new American flag once Trump makes it illegal and punishable by the death penalty to display Old Glory in any form.

Might as well start thinking about trading your money in, too, for Trump conscript at half the value.

And if you own a business get ready to Quit Claim 10% ownership to the new Trustee government so you can't make a move without the Dictator knowing about it. Of course, if your name is Elon Musk you'll be exempt for all that.

'narc tunnel'

Only one. LIL ~ They're slipping.

WHATSLEFT

"his true self"

Did you mean drunk?

Trump plans to attend Jimmy Carter's funeral . . .

Unless it's raining.

(for those with short memories, it may take a while for that to sink in)

That post sounded like Soper was already on his 5th bottle of champaign . . or at least a Fifth of something.

I hope he had a headache when he sobered up.

LAMP @ #5

Yes, in my opinion the two cases aren't even comparable.

Sen. Cramer failed his son. The proof is in this story.

President Biden didn't. The proof is in that story, too.

Apparently, in South Korea, they don't have a Supreme Court as corrupt as ours.

It sounds like his parents have known about their son's mental health problem for a long time. I can only add that age 43 is a little late to be taking him to a hospital for mental health treatment.

Therefore, I lay this whole sad incident squarely in the lap of his parents.

They knew and perhaps for political reasons, did nothing until it was too late.

HUGH

Putin isn't going to be satisfied with just restoring the old U.S.S.R.

Once on the move, he'll be after all of Eastern Europe. Without the United States, NATO will be a pushover. That's going to be Trump's part of the bargain. He will abandon our NATO allies and give full military support to Russia. That may not include troops but it will certainly mean keeping Russia fully supplied with missiles and any other kind of armament they need to complete the serge across the European continent.

I never did think that Mr. Putin was dumb enough to make such an important deal with a looser like Trump. Trump is just the front man. The deal is really with the GOP which plans to keep their fascist regime longer than Trump is going to live.

HUGH

Scroll up.

Trite compared these two hapless Sasquatch hunters from Oregon as the West Coast version of Florida men.

Florida men know better than to go trekking around the Everglades looking for Bigfoot, ill-equipped and un-prepared for the dangers they'd face.

It's no tea party out there regardless of who you are or where you're from.

RIGHT/TRITE

My mother was flabbergasted when I showed her the satellite image of her freshly painted bright red cellar door. They can probably also read the date on a dime.

But back to the story . . .

Oregan men never heard of snowmobiles? or 4 x 4's?

They were in a national forest. Oregon men don't know how to gather tinder? Rub two sticks together?

They didn't pack any flares?

Good Grief.

And drones.

RIGHT/TRITE

Florida men use airboats.

While we're busy speculating about the outcome of the election for Speaker, I have a feeling that Trump is way ahead of us with a more immediate plan to completely wrest control of the spending from the House and into his hands.

I'm sure Trump has already devised a way that can be done legally and without making it appear that the House has completely abdicated their budgetary responsibility.

Searchers don't "find" Sasquatch. Sasquatch finds them.

Poor fools.

LFTHNDTHRDS

You're being dishonest. Don't you ever get tired of people seeing through your attempts to cover up for a man who has a history of sexually assaulting women.

Are you covering up for Trump . . . or yourself?

Beware AARP members

UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company is the exclusive insurer of AARP Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans, also known as Medigap.

As the administrator of my mother's estate, I kept getting notices of unpaid bills from her doctor after her death. She was a member of AARP and had her gap insurance with United Healthcare. I had to fight with them tooth and nail to get them to pay the gap insurance.

They were rude, accusatory and at least two supervisors pretended to lose their tempers with me. It took six months of exhausting efforts by myself and the attorney for the estate to finally get them to pay the claim.

As I said above, BEWARE. If you think you've got yourself covered with AARP, you don't.

Trump (the GOP), Musk and Putin all have the same fascist goals. They're all in bed with each other. "Mnage trois" doesn't usually work out very well in the bloodsport game of money, power and politics.

In the end there can only be one Alpha.