Trump’s Cabinet Picks Part Five: Going to Be A White Christmas (December 13, 2016)

We are getting towards the end of the Trump Pick ‘Em process for the 2017 first version of the new Cabinet. Trump has now chosen 23 of the 28 highest level Administrative positions (President, Vice-President, 15 formal Cabinet Secretaries, 7 Executive Cabinet Level jobs, and 4 of the highest level staff, not quite cabinet grade,… Continue reading Trump’s Cabinet Picks Part Five: Going to Be A White Christmas (December 13, 2016)

Trump’s Fantasy Flight: The Class and The Ass (November 4, 2016)

Trump was on a hot roll Friday night, November 4th, during a rally in Hershey Pennsylvania when he launched into a fervent recasting of events earlier in the day in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He was complaining bitterly about Obama’s behavior towards a Trump protestor at a Clinton rally that afternoon. “If I spoke the way… Continue reading Trump’s Fantasy Flight: The Class and The Ass (November 4, 2016)

Trump & Louisiana’s August Floods: American Disaster Porn (August 22, 2016)

Louisiana Underwater The rains began last Thursday, August 11. By Saturday, here in Baton Rouge we had endured 24 inches of rain from the continuous storm. Rivers and creeks were flooding at levels seen less than once in a century (maybe once every 500 years; until now the new normal). By Monday 30,000 people had… Continue reading Trump & Louisiana’s August Floods: American Disaster Porn (August 22, 2016)

Trump’s Military Service Family History: A 50-Year Update (July 27, 2016)

We have added another 50 years to the Trump family military service history to extend the 100 years already chronicled earlier (June 6,2016). The saga begins with the birth of Donald Trump’s grandfather Friedrich Trump (1869-1918) in Kallstadt, Germany in 1869. It runs through four generations of men named Trump in this family through mid-2016.… Continue reading Trump’s Military Service Family History: A 50-Year Update (July 27, 2016)

Trump and Military Service: A 100 Year Family History (June 6, 2016)

Frederick Trump (1869-1918) m. 1902; Age (1898) 29 Fred Trump (1905-1999) m. 1936 c 1937, 1938; Age (1940) 35 Donald Trump (6/14/1046-present) m. 1977; Age (1964) 18 Military Service: Frederick (None), Fred (None), Donald (None) We have just celebrated Memorial Day for 2016, so military service to our country is freshly relevant.* In honoring America’s… Continue reading Trump and Military Service: A 100 Year Family History (June 6, 2016)