Yesterday the office of one of President's Trump lawyers was raided. Supposedly, the special counsel had nothing to do with it. It seems the move is designed to prove that Trump knew of a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. I think almost everyone believes he had at least a one-night stand with her, and left wing partisans want to use the relationship to bring him down. Also, the investigation is delving into a $150,000 payment to the Trump campaign by a Ukrainian who just happened to give the Clintons $25 million. The first is proof of corruption, the second is a mere bag o'shells, as Ralph Kramden would put it. Despite all the nonsense, Trump should still not be goaded into firing Mueller, which would only stoke the fire burning in his opponents. If he truly has nothing to fear, he should tough it out. Has Mueller now crossed a line that will turn the majority of Americans against him? Perhaps, but it would not get any coverage in the mainstream media. Meanwhile, two matters of importance have emerged. One is promising, one fraught with peril. China's president seems ready to reduce tariffs on American imports. If that happens, it will be a big victory for the President. Much more problematic is the response to the latest chemical weapons atrocity perpetrated by Syria's Assad. What can be done without inciting an all-out war that might include Russia and Iran? It will be interesting to see how the Democrats react. Many have been clamoring that Trump is not tough enough on Putin, Assad's ally, a laughable charge given Obama's history on Syria. Will they change their tune if the response is more than a token retaliatory attack? Will they retreat to their traditional stance of opposing all things military? The world never gets dull, does it?
The floating book shop did well despite yet another day of temperatures well below average. A warming trend is forecast - may it be so. My thanks to Ira, who bought 14 soft cover books in the
Mysteries and Myths series, to Jimmy who purchased
Weird USA, a DIY manual on home repair and pictorials on art and baking; and to the Russian intellectual gentleman who selected
Motherland: A Philosophical History of Russia by Lesley Chamberlain and an obscure book on the USSR he spotted among other non-fiction; and to the woman who chose Tess Gerritsen's
Playing with Fire. Right now non-fiction is outselling fiction by a margin of at least ten to one.
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