Lovers in spite of it all . . .
Thursday, August 13, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . Windy Southerlies are in the forecasts for Green Country, bringing yet another hotter day with a 112º index for TulseyTown this afternoon.
The choice of who left the decoy plane to travel with Trump … revealed that Trump opted to protect his loyal aides rather than any cabinet officials, prizing loyalists over members of the government. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Trump's plans for a White House remodel: $ 1 Billion. – Miles Taylor, Defiance.
Boomer's are a problem, because, why? – Robert Reich, What To Do With Us Boomers, on Substack today.
Birthday reminders in the mailbox this morning . . .
Alfred Hitchcock was born on this day in 1899 London, England; Annie Oakley, “Little Sure Shot,” was born in 1860 Darke county, Ohio; one of the pioneers in the American women’s rights movement, Lucy Stone, was born in 1818 West Brookfield, Mass; Fidel Castro was born in 1926 Birán, Cuba; and English composer John Ireland was born in 1879, Bowdon, Cheshire, England.
Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungenpremiered on this day in 1876 Bayreuth, Germany.