Brief Notes

Looking for a different kind of tourist destination? How ‘bout Death Valley? Photo by Ty O’Neil/AP, posted at the guardian.com:

A simple, perhaps trite and/or erroneous thought, no doubt triggered by a novel I’m reading, came to me regarding the popularity of the literary mystery genre. They are almost always solved, unlike life’s important questions, which follow folks to the grave unanswered. I wonder if I’ve heard this elsewhere.

Huma Abedin and Alex Soros — now there’s a perfect match. And everyone thought she couldn’t do worse than Anthony Weiner.

And why didn’t my playing of Nat Cole’s L-O-V-E sound right? Because the second chord is not E7 but Em7. Duh!

And in the role of what the Red leaders called the useful idiot — photo from Google Images:

The left will probably get its way, as it usually does in the long run, but it’s been fascinating to observe its deceit and maneuvering.

Legalized theft. Headline from nypost.com: “IRS touts ‘major milestone’ of collecting $1B from wealthy taxpayers.”

I’m not a fan of bicycle racing, but many of the pictures from the Tour de France are terrific. From GI:

The rain, predicted as heavy, has yet to arrive. To play it safe, I set up the Anti-Inflation Book Shop at a nearby viaduct. My thanks to the woman who bought two books in Russian. It was a frustrating session, as several people took a long look and walked away empty-handed.

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