Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 2/11 - Forecast

RIP Shirley Temple Black, 85, Hollywood child star of the 1930’s who charmed the world. She appeared in 14 shorts and 45 features, and retired from films at 22. She served as U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. Well done, Madam. Here’s a picture of her at the height of her fame:

The news out of Iraq has been terrible for months. Without U.S. troops to serve as a deterrent, Al Qaeda is again on the rise, killing gleefully. Yesterday there was an unexpected victory for government forces. An instructor blew up himself and 20 terrorists wannabes as he was demonstrating the proper way to detonate a bomb. 22 others, many wounded, were arrested as authorities rushed to the scene. Weapons, including cars equipped with explosives, were confiscated. If only this would happen every day. This particular camp was only 60 miles from Baghdad. It will be a miracle if Iraqi forces win this war. For some reason, the Obama administration is willing to allow Iraq to fail, while keeping an open-ended force in Afghanistan. We’ve had troops in Germany, Japan and Korea since the end of hostilities with those countries. Then again, they’re not in danger there, at least not yet in the case of the latter. If Iraq falls, all the Americans who gave their lives there will have died in vain and the region will be even more of a mess -- and Al Qaeda will have won a belated victory. Let’s pray Iraqi forces are up to the task. I wonder how the Kurdish region is faring. There hasn’t been much news on that. I know the Kurds will fight hard to remain antonymous. Will the country be partitioned? I doubt the enemy would allow that.

No luck at the dreaded viaduct. Few people are giving the books even a glance. Despite brilliant sunshine, it was really cold. Hardly any ice was melting. Since the forecast calls for snow late tomorrow night, I felt compelled to set up shop. The predicted accumulation has fallen to two to four inches in the city. Man, I hope that's right.
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Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Horror Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx