Why?

Sarah Palin, according to this article, was excluded from the funeral services of John McCain. If correct, I can only wonder on the reason, or the pettiness. Palin was McCain's Vice President pick, when he ran against Barack Obama.

McCain's tarnished legacy just took another hit. Whether he left directions to exclude Palin, or his family decided this, isn't important. It's a petty, vindictive effort to insult someone that may have been second in command, or eventually President. That's low class, and an insult to the country. 

It's Called Betting

Chicago has pension woes. The city government, over time, accrued 36 billion dollars of unfunded pensions. With the ability to pay 21 cents on the dollar, the city is looking for another way to continue the madness.

After reading the article linked above, anyone with a little acuity will realize this is not different than borrowing money to use at the casino, where the gambling debt is already more than the money borrowed, and the outcome will only partially pay the debt. If the roll of dice is successful, everything gets better. If not, the knees might become a little sore.

Chicago is only one of the major cities in the U.S. with pension problems. For those that think they'll have the pension as planned, they might want to look at other sources of retirement income.

Meanwhile on the Ship

It's obvious there was a strong desire by high officials in the criminal justice part of the government weren't happy about Trump. The campaign was harassed, and the presidency a constant barrage by detractors, the press, and officials with an agenda. The efforts led to some revelations that don't look good for those involved.

I'm beginning to wonder if the rats are about to leave the ship. At this point, Muellor can close the investigation, show there wasn't any evidence to support election tampering, and move away from the constant scrutiny by the public. By doing so, I doubt the investigation into those involved with criminal conspiracy will go far into the past, when Muellor was director. Even if it does, doing the right thing will be much better than being investigated as part of a conspiracy, while as an independent council.

Many things are in play, but the Democrats have only one avenue to continue their agenda, and that is easily closed with a strong Republican turnout in the mid-terms. They can't close investigations if they don't control Congress.

This one is interesting to watch, since the corruption makes Nixon's problems look small. The criminals involved with the current effort to destroy Trump are not small players. Instead of just trying to cover up the activities of a few, those involved were organized, had tremendous power, and attempted to destroy an election. If the trail leads back to the last President, the nation will discover how rotten politics have become. Hopefully, the reaction will be an effort by voters to do a better job of vetting those they place in office.

A Possible Solution

I'm thinking that if they took one of those involved with the known efforts to sabotage the Trump presidency, and keelhaul them under an aircraft carrier, the others might get so rattled, they make mistakes, or rat out their co-conspirators.

It's worth a try. Who do we start with?

Lack of Checking

Lanny Davis, and CNN colluded to spread a lie to further the intentional effort to destroy the Trump presidency. That's unconscionable to anyone with morals, but it's obvious neither have morals. Considering the magnitude of their action, they've possibly broken laws, and completely removed any credibility in the future.