(#5159) A hodgepodge for this Sunday

      The first thing I want to talk about is the weather here in Sacramento. It is raining pretty good right now and will be for the next 24 hours or so. This week on into next week the rain will continue intermittently. It has been many years since we here in Sacramento have seen rain like this. I am very happy for it. The next thing on my mind is the surprise trip putin made to Crimea. As most of you know I am all for the end of putin however it is achieved. So an opportunity to spoil his day yesterday was missed and for that I am saddened. Because the math here is real simple. If putin is removed the rest of the world becomes a safer place, especially for Ukrainian citizens.
     Now back to another tyrant. The probability of a trump arrest seems like it could occur or just be smoke and mirrors from trump. The rumors, and for the most part, rumors from trump himself, says that the District Attorney in Manhattan, New York will indict him for crimes committed in New York concerning his payment to a prostitute. I take all of this with a wary eye of doubt because trump is already calling for an uprising and is fund raising off of it. Take this story for what it is, another scheme by trump to recharge his troops and refill his bank accounts. Yet, if true, since it is not being denied by the Manhattan DA, then all the more power to the rule of law and holding all to account.
     My last thought is on the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Russia's putin, for the last several months, has been trying to take Bakhmut at what seems like all costs. They have failed miserably and have lost so many troops and armaments that it seems insane that they are so stubborn about conquering Bakhmut. Insanity though does help describe the idea that Russia would invade Ukraine to begin with. The power hungry putin is deranged in the thought that the Russian empire needs to be restored by conquering Ukraine and other countries in the region. So let the Russians continue to try to take Bakhmut and keep expending their troops and munitions without success. I have felt for a while that Bakhmut will be putin's Waterloo and it seems nothing has changed my mind on that.