January 7, 2026
A SPECIAL PERSONAL NEW YEAR’S THANK YOU.
I want to thank the extraordinary folks at the Simi Valley Home Depot for going far out of their way to return my cane (walking stick) which I left at the store a couple of weeks ago. A special thanks to Sherry at the Service Desk who personally delivered it to my office following her call. I’ve always received great service at Home Depot over the years, but this was superlative, saving me the risk of driving on rainy streets.
Thanks again, Simi Valley Home Depot (and Sherry), you’re the best!
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A response to Kelly Scoles’ letter:
Happy New Year, Kelly,
I’m glad you’re looking forward to refreshing our issues. I’ll just begin at the beginning.
Trump “threatened to invade Iran “to protect the civil rights of its protesting citizens as he does not do for Americans at home”. Two very different problems, Kelly. Iran is the world’s largest terrorist state. Trump, thankfully, destroyed Iran’s nuclear threat. Do you applaud that action? American protestors have not undergone years of persecution under bloodthirsty Ayatollahs. The Iranian people now seek freedom with the opportunity Trump has provided. Do you support the pursuit of freedom? Would you like to be forced into a burka? American protestors are protected by their Constitution. As to Greenland, anyone speaking about the use of force to achieve that goal is foolish. America has used Greenland as a critical part of its defense strategy for decades, a friendly and mutually beneficial association. Why not a hundred-year lease of our existing usage? In that way Denmark and Greenland would hugely benefit, and the world would continue to be safer.
About Venezuela. It has the world’s greatest proven reserves of oil (304 billion barrels), but not the sweet crude of Saudi Arabia. It is about the heaviest oil around. It requires very special, and expensive, refining equipment, which the US developed over many years, and which the stupid communist dictators quickly destroyed. In 1950 Venezuela was the fourth richest country in the world. Today Venezuela is a poor, narco-terrorist supporting nation. Trump’s arrest of Maduro and wife is justified under a valid criminal warrant. His drug trafficking has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. Do you find value in protecting the Maduro government?
Are you suggesting that President Trump is or was involved in pedophilia? Making such unfounded allegations against regular citizens is serious, could end up fetching treble damages in a defamation case. Of course, if the allegation proves to be true, by all means go ahead. But I’m sick of the arguing. I agree with you – get it into court. As for Ghislaine Maxwell, she is equally guilty of pedophilia and should serve her sentence without those perks.
About those Capital “insurrectionists”, 4-hours does not an insurrection make! An insurrection is like the infamous months-long, billion-dollar, murderous BLM inferno. Do you recognize the difference?
Only one death was caused by a firearm in that Capitol incident – caused by that Capitol police officer. Find the official statements, including that officer’s work record, more facts. You can find his history of problems online. The hours of video confirming the peaceful entry to the Capital (almost tourist like) by most, was withheld for a long time simply because it contradicted the mayhem falsely alleged by Democrats. Inside the Capital crowds were escorted by officers themselves. Check out the videos.
We don’t seem to be “shifting our debates to fresh issues”, Kelly. Maybe next week? I would like to focus more on the Russia-Ukraine war and the “too little, too late” policy facilitating a nuclear response by a desperate Putin whose country is collapsing in every meaningful way.