Yes, we have a two-tiered justice system much of the time, I’m sad to say. But it favors the rich and prominent. Trump would have us believe that it singles out rich, prominent people like him for prosecution. Give me a break.

I’m getting over my skis here, since there hasn’t been a trial, let alone a conviction, but what if Trump went to prison? Would he still get Secret Service protection? So he wouldn’t get shivved in the shower? Yeah, I think about stuff like that. I’m retired!

Are you kidding me? Judge Cannon, she who had ruled that a special master was needed in the classified documents case and got reversed by a conservative appeals court - twice! - will be the judge in Trump’s trial. It’s supposed to be a random selection. Sure doesn’t look like it. What’s going on? She needs to be recused!

Commissioner Monahan did not do enough to avoid a merger with LIV. Okay, the PGA Tour was in financial trouble, but weren’t there Wall Street tycoons who could have invested in the PGA to keep it afloat until LIV collapsed? Because LIV was not sustainable. Saudi money is not infinite, TV networks don’t cover it, and where would it get young players to replace the aging has-beens?

Until these Republicans like Pence, Christie, Sununu, who are now getting credit for criticizing Trump, can say they will not support a nominated Trump for election instead of hedging and saying that Trump won’t get the nomination, you can ignore their statements as worthless. All candidates who make it to the debate stage will be asked if they will support whoever is nominated, and they will all check that box - except, of course, Trump!

Well, let’s see. Comer, Boebert Gomert. Anybody notice a trend? Maybe that’s why Stephen Colbert changed the pronunciation of his last name?

I think I figured it out. The PGA Tour must have been in financial trouble - because they raised the payouts for tournaments to compete with LIV. Apparently, they used money they didn’t have. So they went crawling to the Saudis. I’m disgusted by the whole thing.

WTF? The PGA Tour is merging with LIV! Unbelievable! Even worse than the merger of the NFL and the AFL. Saudi killers weren’t backing the AFL. I’m thinking of ending my fantasy golf participation if Koepka , Smith, Mickelson, Johnson, et al. are in regular tournaments next year - those who sold their souls for guaranteed money. Yikes!

Okay, the Fed will pause interest rate hikes for this month. Good news for Wall Street, right? Wrong! After blaming interest rate hikes for the stock market decline, now the word is that analysts are concerned about the pause in the hikes.Yikes!

I know that many of you have quit Twitter to come here, and I get it, what with all the nasty trolls. But I joined Twitter to promote my books and commune with fellow writers and others who don’t have axes (mainly political) to grind. Good people. I still have those friends - the only ones I interact with - and have stayed on Twitter.

But I love CoSo, where I feel free to opine on various topics, including politics, without pissing folks off. Bottom line- I’m happy to be here and meet you all.

On a positive note, my orthopod recommended Voltaren (oral) for my hip pain while I’m waiting for my replacement. It works! Some nausea, but it’s worth it.

I promised my wife that after we got settled into our downsized place at the beach which is now our permanent home, I would take care of my medical issues. So I’ve got my hip replacement scheduled at the end of the summer and have an appointment to see a surgeon for my hernia. I went to a dermatologist to look at a crusty thing on my back. She wasn’t impressed and focused instead on a pigmented area on my neck. Shave biopsy: melanoma. Not invasive, but I’ll need an excision. Aargh!

I’m getting an uneasy feeling of deja vu with all this talk about the “almost certain” indictment of Trump in the drip, drip of revelations. Weren’t we all convinced Trump would get his comeuppance when we were waiting for the Mueller Report to be released? Just sayin’. Hope I’m wrong.

I’m beginning to wonder if we’ll have a real summer this year.I put in a swimming pool in my backyard back in February. Normally, I’d already be a month into swim season by now. But I’ve only been in once - back in April when we had a short-lived heat wave. Water temp then was 76 degrees. It’s now 70. El Niño?

So, the stock market plunged in the last week because making a deal for raising the debt ceiling was in doubt. The analysts said. Today, it looks like the deal will go through. What does the market do? You guessed it. It went down.

Yes, you’re right and I misspoke. @TwiHusband and I have been through that already, but thanks for weighing in. Frankly, what annoys me is not the term but the pettiness of it. Is that all they got? But for those whose goat has been gotten by the MAGA crowd in this way, I have a solution: be like the Republicans and have the same word as adjective and noun. Democrats could then be Democratics!

We should remember that democracies are relatively new on the world stage. When times are tough, and the people get angry, they tend to gravitate to autocracy, it seems. Look at Hungary and Turkey, for recent examples. Doesn’t surprise me that would-be autocrats like Trump and DeSantis have large followings.

Here’s something to ponder: If a Democrat president cut taxes for the rich (which would never happen, of course), would Republicans be outraged that this would increase the deficit and ruin the economy?

Got a question. Two, actually. If you’re charged extra for overweight bags on a flight, yet those bags are still allowed on the plane, what’s the point? And how is that extra fee used?

Alas, the Boston Celtics’ attempt to make history, a la the 2004 Red Sox, fell woefully short last night. Now we’ll have a Denver and Miami team in the finals. No offense to Nugget and Heat fans, but I’m pretty sure the TV coverage for the series would have preferred another matchup. I predict low ratings.