Is The President Making Life Better For YOU?

 

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger Answers the question

And "lest we forget," senator Katie Britt's "Days of Our Lives" performance in giving a Republican Rebuttal to then President Joe Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address, the above Rebuttal by Governor Spanberger is anything but a soap opera episode. 

Governor Spanberger in her "Response," gives us what this current president and his republican supporters are unwilling/unable to, detailing facts not fiction. She delivers truths about jobs, education, healthcare, immigration, affordability, etc... in a way that is honest and truly concerning for our country. Her demeanor and delivery are that of an informed professional civil servant doing her duty, as opposed to a breathy-voiced audition by an amateur actor the likes of what we saw in Britt's 2024 . . . "bizarre," embarrassing kitchen table speech. Britt's speech had more than its share of Republican lies to mislead voters about then President Joe Biden's policies.

"Like sands through the hourglass,

so are the Days of our Lives"

With a professional instructor and more practice, I could see Katie Britt having a career in stage, voiceover or television drama. However, what Governor Abigail Spanberger delivered to the American public last night was no drama class housewife role playing. Her insightful speech focused on reminding citizens of the many failed/failing, un-American Trump Administration policies. Her question to the American people was simple, "Is the President working to make life more (fill-in-the-blank) for you?

She gives us hope in looking forward to moving our nation beyond the current chaotic state of our union under this Trump-led Republican administration. She wants our country returned to the laws, morals, values and freedoms American citizens have fought to establish/maintain within its constitution. She reminded us of the historic American dream that drove so many immigrants seeking life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness toward American shores these past 250 plus years. Also, it being a sanctuary for a world's underprivileged and oppressed peoples seeking safety and asylum.

How can any immigrant, poor or wealthy, want to immigrate to a country that keeps no promise and respects no pledge as suggested in its constitution? One desperate for change or opportunity perhaps.

Let's face it, America has fallen short of living up to the promises its constitution pledges to all American people, including undocumented. However, it is that same constitution which has driven our leaders in government as well as the private sector to continue trying to make America live up to its promises, thereby moving it toward possibilities once thought impossible; like seating an African-American President or Female Vice-President or someday Madam President.

In the famous words of the late, great 

Reverend Jesse Jackson: "Keep Hope Alive"

State of the Republican Party Family

 

They're Creepy and they're Kooky

Mysterious and Spooky

They're altogether Ooky (party crashers)

A Republican Family

Fact checking Trump's 2026 State of the Union address - CBS News

Ask Any Doctor Off-The-Record About Trump's Mental Health

 

Frontotemporal Dementia Explained

Medical conditions such as the one mentioned above do not go away. They get progressively worse. The Trump Speech Slurring over the years, along with other mental and physical indicators having been red flagged throughout his terms in office, has worsened. Next to the Epstein Files, Russia and Taxes, I believe the Trump enablers have lost more sleep over his dementia-like medical condition than just about any other associated compromise. 

In March of 2024, I posted about concerns of having a sitting U.S. President possibly suffering from a debilitating cognitive disorder. In that post I highlight a video featuring some examples of Trump's slurred speech incidents and a medical condition called "Phonemic Paraphasia."

Yesterday, I tuned into the Mark Thompson Show and learned another medical term which identifies a damaged place in the brain as well as the many symptoms brought on by it, including Phonemic Paraphasia. The medical term is Frontotemporal Dementia, and from its description anyone watching the misfunction/disfunction of a President who might have once been viewed by many as a successful businessman, should heed the warnings.

Unfortunately, America has been bullied into not saying or doing anything about Trump's health upon threat of being targeted by the Trump Administration he now leads. Our government has been kidnapped and taken hostage. This man has gone as far as suing Our government, which he now leads, for ten billion dollars. A shakedown/sum which would be paid by U.S. taxpayers. That's worse than the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show suspension. 

Tump sues IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over leaked tax records

Trump is the oldest President at the time of inauguration at 78 years old. Followed by Biden who was 159 days younger at the time of his inauguration. The world has seen symptoms of cognitive decline from both Presidents. One was demonstrating a grandfatherly decline in memory and physical abilities while the other has been seen lashing out at female reporters, unable to keep a train of thought, and literally sleeping on the job. 

If former President Joe Biden chose or was forced to step away from seeking a second term due to age/medical issues, and I'm sure it wasn't easy for him to accept, then we as a country should expect no less from this President. If it takes the entire Legislative Congress to get a backbone and tell this bullying, narcissistic, potential dementia patient what he is too sick to fathom, then so be it. Better to save our country and get needed medical intervention for a President, than to watch both "going to hell in a handbasket." 

To those who took an oath to serve in the Legislative Congress of our United States, I send this plea:

Do Your Duty. Honor your Oath of Office. Serve us citizens by supporting and defending Our U.S. Constitution against All enemies, foreign and domestic. Stop the Madness!!!

SHOCKING Clip: Donald Trump Stumbles, Slurs And Mixes Up Greenland And Iceland At Davos | 

Super Bowl 60 is a Seahawk

 

#9 RB Kenneth Walker III  -  SBLX MVP

And so it was that the Seattle Seahawks Defense demolished Drake Maye and the New England Patriots, earning them their second NFL Super Bowl Championship.

If you like defense, and what real American football fan doesn't, then this game was a classic in "Mano-a-mano" defensive competition. It featured a stalwart Seahawks defense raising havoc on a clueless and perhaps unprepared Patriots offense early and often.

The Patriots were held scoreless through three quarters, but I give their defense credit for keeping the Seahawks out of the endzone, limiting them to four field goals through those same quarters. Score was 12-0 end of third quarter.

In the fourth quarter both offenses found the endzone, which might have given the Patriots a bit of false hope. Because nothing dashes hope (real or imagined) like big plays down the stretch of the biggest game of the season. And of course it would be that big, bruising, blitzing Seahawk's defense wielding a sledgehammer of dominance to smash down any would-be Patriots comeback dreams.

The Seahawks outscored the Patriots 17-13 in the fourth quarter, as well as intercepting Drake Maye twice to affirm the obvious, "Defense Wins Championships!"

With 4:35 left in the fourth quarter, and the Seahawks leading 22-7, their defense delivered the Coup de Grace!

Uchenna Nwosu's pick-six of Drake May wraps up Seahawks' win

Congratulations Seattle Seahawks

Final Score

Seahawks 29

Patriots 13

SBLX Parting Participatory Gifts await the New England Patriots as they board bus and plane to begin a long, losing-hearted trek back across the country to a cold, comfortless off-season in below freezing temperatures that is Foxborough, Massachusetts. 

Today's Foxborough Forecast: 

H 30 degrees (feels like 21)

L 15 degrees (feels like 7)

(Hope = feels like 0)

We No Need No Stinkin' Superbowl!

 Just some bare turf, a leather football and an opponent to Smash!

Win, Lose or Tie .  .  .

shout out to Legendary Raiders Fan: ShieldHead!

We don’t need no stinking badges #treasureofsierramadre

ICE OUT: Nationwide U.S. Strike Against TRUMP ICE

 

Banksy. The Art Of Protest at Mudec museum, Milan - Juliet Art Magazine

Friday, January 30th, 2026, saw a Nationwide Strike and Protest Against Trump's Immigration Policies. What was very noticeable were the thousands of young high schoolers walking out of schools across the nation, protesting peacefully while loudly voicing their disapproval toward the Unconstitutional immigration policies of the Trump Administration. 

Kudos to all the young peoples of America for stepping into the fray of politics at this crucial time in U.S. history. To these young people I say these times in our country are not normal. Never before has a United States President unleashed such hateful and violent policies toward Americans, that go against our Constitutional rights and values. It is a blatant disregard for the rule of law. We can only surmise there is a plaguing disease of the mind which has infected those who create, support and follow such hateful and violent orders, both politically and militarily. And just for the record, us adults are also stymied by the inactions of the so-called adults in the room of the presidential cabinet and supreme court.

Peaceful Protest is a Constitutional right of the American Peoples. And as long as young people are aware of their Constitutional Rights and intelligent enough to distinguish normal vs abnormal Presidential behavior, the future of the United States of America is full of promise. This is just a moment in our country. But it requires every citizen to speak out against the abnormal, or else those committing the disruptions normalize and justify their chaotic actions. 

January 30th saw the anger, unity and commitment of an American citizenry who are sick and tired of watching the corruption of a great country by those currently in power. They stand by those targeted by presidentially deputized militia performing illegal/un-American acts of arrest and detainment. The world is watching and most appear to stand with the American Constitution. They find it ironic that a land established by immigrants is no longer beckoning to receive the world's "tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

Liberty: the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior or political views.

America has seen what a year under tyrannical leadership of a rogue, corrupt and abnormal presidential administration amount to; rumblings of the dismantling, death and destruction of a once great free nation. And the People are shouting BASTA!

ENOUGH!

BASTA! 

ICE OUT of Our Cities, Our Streets, Our Lives. NOW!

Protesters’ Rights | American Civil Liberties Union

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The Measure of a Man - Sidney Poitier

 

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography. - Raptis Rare Books | First Edition Books for Sale

It begins with his premature birth and ends with the dispiriting death of a friend. And everything in-between is narrated from a life well learned and well lived. I Loved It!

Legendary actor Sidney Poiter's 2005 autobiography was an enjoyable read. It was smart, insightful, imaginative, relatable and needed. Whether read in the year first published or in 2026 as I have, the human issues it touches on while reviewing life after 70 years leaves an impression on readers. It begs the question; how do you measure up to your own expectations of what it is to be a man?

This autobiography from a dignified negro man who succeeded in making his mark in a society reluctant and restrictive toward negroes, while at the same time keeping true to his core self, is a feat of accomplishment that screams the quality we call "Integrity."

Integrity: It involves honesty, trustworthiness, and being "whole" (undivided) in one's character, ensuring actions align with values, even under difficult circumstances. 

I never knew much about Sidney Poitier other than watching him in a wide range of movie genres. It seemed to me he always brought a bit of himself to the role he'd play, like a Denzel or Pacino. Yes, whether playing a doctor, lawyer, convict or thief, he was convincing in the role. And yet, the audience almost always seemed to side with him, because he was Sidney Poitier, a man with good intentions. 

And so, it was very rewarding to hear the man himself confirm what I believed he represented onscreen as part(s) of who he really was and what made him so. From humble beginnings on Cat Island, Bahamas, a financially meager upbringing never seemed so important to overall human accomplishment as in the success of Sidney Poitier. To be told you can't become something and to prove them wrong. More importantly, to prove to yourself you can become something is exactly what this man did. And the world has benefitted considerably from his talent and influence.

Once I started reading, I knew this book would be important to me. Perhaps it was the familiar innocent childhood thoughts of his isolated/island world, or the racial disparity so recognizable to any adult of color in Western society. Or perhaps being familiar with his movies and the social and political upheaval of the eras they were produced. But mostly, I believe it was hearing that familiar, dignified voice talking to you, as if he himself were sitting across from you sharing his measure of himself as a man and how he arrived at becoming Sidney Poitier. You Follow?

This is a book I immediately began telling family and friends about. Full of life lessons and truths about our society then and now. It also reminded me of great actors, movies, and music I'd grown up watching and listening to. And although the song is not mentioned in the book, Nassau, Bahamas is, bringing to mind a 1971 song titled "Funky Nassau." Mr. Tibbs, for that personal memory I have to go five stars on "The Measure of a Man." You Digg?

Sidney Poitier

Feb. 20, 1927 - Jan. 6, 2022