Update

 I'm baaaaaack, sorta.

The air conditioner has landed and it is a monster compared to my dead one.

My electric co-op has a gigantic store where I can purchase anything and put it on my electric bill. So I did. I bought an 18,000 BTU G Air inverter mini split. ICE ICE BABY!

It cost 369,000 colones or $819.97 usd.  And 70,000 colones installation or $155.55. Ouch, it may hurt but no more debilitating heat. My whole house is cool now not just one room. I'm living the high life, again!

Mama Toro had a surprise birthday lunch for me. It was so loverley. Balloons, decorations and lots of love. Her husband provided the red snapper he caught the day before, muy fresco! My friend Marcella and Mama Toro's son, Ricardo also attended.  And the cake was a masterpiece.

The photo caught me chewing, not a pretty sight, so I put a bandage on it!

Thank you for all your birthday wishes!

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My take on 9-11

I have no idea who orchestrated it other than being told it was Osama Bin Laden. But living through the Trump years I am open to believing anything.

When 9-11 happened I just knew that George W. Bush, the evangelical, would use it as an excuse to attack Iraq. The guys who flew the planes into the twin towers were Saudis. And yet, Saudis were allowed to flee the USA on that date, 9-11, after the twin towers fell. Say what?

George W. Bush took our grief from 9-11 and flew it into Iraq. Joe Wilson tried to stop him by verifying that there was no evidence of yellow cake being sought by Saddam Hussein. Remember the old weapons of mass destruction ruse?  So what do they do? They outed Wilson's wife, a CIA agent, Valerie Plame. Yeah, maybe you saw the movie.

But I always believed Bush wanted to finish his father's invasion of Iraq. He said just that, many times. 

And now, 25 years later, Bush showed up at the 9-11 memorial. That made me sick.

Thanks for letting me rant.

 

And Trump claiming he was scooped up by rescuers on 9-11. What a liar.

 

 

Thank you for visiting, I'll return on Monday!

Love.

 

Ay yi yi

I don't know where to start. Power outage again and the ac died. I haven't cried, yet.

Also received an email this morning from the US Embassy saying my passport photo had been rejected, again. SO, I went and got a new photo then went to the post office and mailed it to the embassy. Fingers crossed. By the way, both rejected photos were just fine. No shadows, white background, check, for the 3rd time. These delays by the passport photo rules have caused my other pension to be on hold until I get a new passport for identification verification.

THEN, when I returned home, the heat slayed me and Taco. I cannot function sweating profusely. I just can't. I must wait till my next ss check in October to buy a new ac.

Tomorrow is my 77th birthday and thinking about celebrating it without ac is OK. I'll just buy bags of ice and sit on them!

Hey, I'm glad to be alive at this age!!! Thrilled, in fact.

BUT THIS HEAT IS KILLER! I started writing this when the temperature dropped to 99 degrees. it has now dropped to 97 degrees as I wrap up this notice. Yee Haw!

I will return when I get ac.

Hugs,

Lisa

Canada will move faster from US reliance as tariffs take effect and Trump response looms

Canada will move faster from US reliance as tariffs take effect and Trump response looms

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Canada would move faster to reduce its economic reliance on the United States as retaliatory tariffs...

Just sick.

Embarrassed that this man is my president. 

Sorry Canadians.

This will not endure . The Trump era is winding down. - Michael McFaul

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Iceland summons US ambassador after Trump post showing American flag covering island
• Trump: Oil prices ‘will drop precipitously’ after Iran war win
• Oil Price Surges Toward $100 as Markets Fail to Share Trump’s Optimism
• Trump's Blockade Is More Likely to Push Iran Toward Military Escalation Than to Break It, a New Analysis Warns
• Russia resumes strikes on Kyiv after pause for US envoys’ visit
• Netanyahu Ignored Warning Hamas Prepping Major Attack Days Before Oct 7: Report
• Immigration raid at west Phoenix Home Depot draws scrutiny from activists
• ICE crackdown laid bare at Venice festival documentary
• Stephen Miller says Trump administration is pursuing policy to debank illegal immigrants

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No other president in history ever called 18 dead military members "small potatoes"  - Brian

No Constitutional Right To Clean Water? Seriously?

A federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to clean drinking water in a Sept. 4 decision rejecting Jackson, Mississippi, residents' lawsuit over the city's lead-contaminated water system. 

Trump's threats to take over Canada and Mexico would be so much more credible if he wasn't getting his ass kicked by Iran - Andy Borowitz

Mayor Mamdani releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 air-quality records withheld across four mayoral administrations.

The files detail what City Hall knew about toxic conditions around Ground Zero and its efforts to limit liability while New Yorkers were told the air was safe.

“People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied,” Mamdani said.

Republican Shenanigans

• House Republican Scrubs Trump From Campaign Site as She Seeks Re-Election: Rpt
• GOP Strategist Rips Trump: ‘Wants to Spend Money on Himself,’ Not on Candidates
• Former GOP rep: Trump's 'bizarre' New Mexico post is 'hurting his own team'
• 'Giant Baby': Trump Irks Left and Right With Map Annexing Mexico and Canada
• Bombshell WSJ Report Says Corey Lewandowski Acted as DHS ‘Shadow Secretary’
• UK Paper Busts Trump Over Clip ‘Edited’ to Show King ‘Ignoring’ Man Who Fainted
• GOP Senator Reportedly Sued Hundreds of Patients for Unpaid Medical Bills
• Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Calls on Trump to Pardon Her After Sensational Case
• Ivanka Trump’s Sunset Horse Ride Video Irks Left and Right: ‘Let Them Eat Cake’
• Rudy Giuliani urges Mamdani to not attend 9/11 anniversary
• Caitlyn Jenner Says Maybe She Should ‘Sign Up’ for 2027 WNBA Draft

people are getting wildly comfortable with being horrible humans - Coco

Tax The Rich, Problem Solved.

For decades, Washington has replayed the same fight over taming the soaring national debt: Democrats cite a need for more taxes. Republicans refuse. And anyone who suggests cutting the biggest source of spending - federal retirement benefits - gets attacked.

But a coming crisis in Social Security appears to be pushing at least a few Republicans off the GOP's long-standing pledge never to raise taxes.

Republican Congressman Mike Collins signals his intent to end Social Security:

"[Old people need to] get off of Social Security [and] get back into the workforce."

Texas Republicans are promising to “fix” Texas

Y’all have been in power for 30 years  - Jared Shults

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Rock The Voter News

• Democrats make sharp gains among Latino voters in battleground districts: Poll
• Former Kennedy Center chair buys dismantled Blue statue
• Fetterman rejects ‘smears,’ ‘half-truths’ in Wall Street Journal report

i hope the next global trend is empathy & critical thinking. - zaheer

ICE Refused IRS Addresses of Immigrants 
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling blocking information sharing between the IRS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the immigration agency requested the last known address of millions of people.

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Business/Tech News

• Canada Slaps Tariffs on $20 Billion Worth of U.S. Products as Trade War Heats Up
• GOP senator defends Bombardier after Trump threat
• Trump-Carney AI hockey video stirs anger while racking up views
• Trump administration announces $1.9B loan to support Iowa nuclear plant restart
• Drug-resistant ringworm fungus has spread to 29 countries: Study
• Cream cheese sold in US recalled over fatal infection fears

DOGE cuts have reduced FDA food inspections by HALF. 

Foodborne illnesses have caused hundreds of hospitalizations and two confirmed deaths in 2026.

Poisonous Pork Alert! 

More than 1,500 pounds of ready-to-eat pork shipped to New York, New Jersey, and six other states have been recalled at the US Department of Agriculture’s “highest warning” level due to Listeria concerns.

Two US-based companies — Prime Line Distributors, Inc. based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Ferrarini USA, Inc, based in Hoboken — have recalled 1,513 pounds of imported ready-to-eat pork guanciale that may be “adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes,” the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced

BREAKING: Legal scholars say Trump’s ICE deportation policies can be used by a Democratic president to arrest Elon Musk on the street by masked agents in an unmarked van, hold him in a concentration camp for weeks, confiscate all his money, and deport him to Sudan. - - Halfway Post

The part I hate most about AI is that I now approach art with suspicion instead of excitement and wonder - issybeatz

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Odd News

• Researchers Propose Searching the Moon for Microscopic Technosignatures
• Over 40% of Earth Could Become 'Drylands' by 2100, Scientists Warn
• Cancer cells release antioxidants to prevent immune cells from destroying them
• Metropolitan Opera holds live snake auditions
• First Town Ever Sold on eBay Is Heading Back to the Market

Time To Deflate Photo

In September 2025, the James Webb Space Telescope released this image of Pismis 24, a star cluster surrounded by a nebula. 

Peace.