No court appearances pending, but I have to get some new shoes if I am to go into court again. The dogs chewed up my one pair of court-acceptable shoes while I was out.

Isn't the more proper word for a secret business deal with the government "negociado?" El negocio secreto en la ATTT que concretó el operador de Gaby Carrizo www.prensa.com/unidad-inves...

America and Israel are in essence waging chemical war in Iran, filling the air above its metropolis with toxic smoke after lighting its oil storage depots on fire. How is anyone supposed to "rise up" when they can't breathe? open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Back to school for the public school kids -- and how instantly the local aqueduct schedule changes!

The Trump administration says there will be no more Epstein files released. Over half of the 6 million documents remain sealed. Pam Bondi’s response: “The DOJ is done.”

Translation: Trump is likely to implement a military draft soon.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second-oldest son of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been chosen as the next supreme leader of Iran, according to Iranian state media. Follow live updates: abcnews.link/rXeMt8f

In Panama a few years ago, the firefighters (bomberos, or pumpers, in Spanish) staged a labor protest and our thug president at the time sent in the police riot squad. So of course the bomberos routed the cops by turning their fire hoses on them.

Panama is losing its old-time religion. No human sacrifices. No volcano virgins are being trained. www.zmescience.com/science/news...

So get lost, Donald. This is none of your business. www.prensa.com/politica/tru...

Will Mulino be smitten by ICE Barbie's charms today? I hope he comes to his senses.

Hospital shootings are rising, threatening patients and staff. Three people died in hospital shootings this week in Milwaukee, WI and Homewood, AL. Hospitals must work with frontline healthcare staff on effective programs to prevent workplace violence. cbs58.com/news/its-far...

Should have heeded more of my own advice about today's scorching heat. At least I have kept hydrated.

The Panama Democrats Club, at t.co/1424k84Ako

DELETED before I could ask her about Position 72 -- what's a disgusting old man to do?

Heat stroke season -- take care Aviso de vigilancia por sensación térmica se extiende hasta el 6 de marzo www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/a...

A disposable jerk loses hjis primary, which is not to say that the guy who beat him is any better Crenshaw loses to Republican primary challenger in Texas www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Analyzing the primary results! Hold on - a change is comin! thelefthook.substack.com/p/analyzing-...

Too early and close to call right now, but it with about 37% of the primary vote in looks like the Texas US Senate race has Talarico and Cornyn leading their respective primaries. Mostly it seems to be about who wins "flyover country."

Early returns from the North Carolina Primary are no big surprise: former governor Cooper will be the Democratic nominee for US Senate.

But what about outing the kid who's a nape? (That's short for old Black Panther lingo, "jive-ass pork chop jackanape fool.") www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... Imagine the mother's heartbreak upon receiving a note from school telling her that her child is a nape.

Much discussion in Argentina as the March 24 anniversary of the 1976 coup approaches. The military regime only lasted 7 years, but it killed about 30,000 people.

The classic movie about the fall of the Nixon regime was "Blind Ambition." NOW we have a man without a plan playing dictator, as in "Spastic Ambition."

An old classic from Spain: youtu.be/2wtbQUaC9mE?...

Sparse dinner: boiled and salted yuka, not a lot of it. I could have worked harder with the pick, digging more of the tuber out of the hard, dry soil. But just enough to get me by.

1. According to multiple reports both Saudi Arabia and the UAE lobbied Trump to attack Iran. Both countries have increased their influence with Trump by investing billions in projects that personally enrich Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Cornyn is such a nasty creature... www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The war news is chaotic. The war analyses are speculative. Surely it all flies over Donald Trump's head. We should all read, listen and view critically and skeptically.

Got the animals fed. Not enough. Maybe mañana.

The thing is, there is uncertainty as to who hit these ships and why. www.finedayradio.com/news/world-s...

I WONDER... Was it coincidence that nuclear-armed Pakistan used this moment to launch air strikes against Taliban-run Afghanistan?

Spectacular at a distance, the yellow guayacan trees are coming into bloom in Panama. (Photo CC by ajinkya gadave.) Also, the pink flowers of the roble tree, called inaccurately by many in Spanish and English the pink guayacan. (Photo by Eric Jackson.)

The USA, off to an at least two-front war with little support in the world, gets less... How could the US strikes in Iran affect the world's oil supply? www.npr.org/2026/02/28/n...

IRGC tell ships passage through Strait of Hormuz 'not allowed' www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

Gusanismo: www.cbsnews.com/miami/video/...

WHOA!!! The MAGAs may do a victory dance but most likely now a forever war sets in for the long haul. But then we are first dealing with a disputed Israeli boast... www.oneindia.com/videos/iran-...

Source: BBC News The US and Israel have attacked Iran - President Donald Trump confirms "major combat operations" are under way, and calls for regime change. www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

On the bus, multiple entendres...

AIPAC is trying to derail my House campaign because I'm a Jew who defies Israel forward.com/opinion/8085...

Bolota Salazar proposing that Colon secede from Panama? What a jerk. But we knew that already.

In Greater Chicagoland...

Between now and when my Social Security check comes, can I both fulfill my obligations to this rowdy pack AND get a day when I go nowhere and buy nothing?