Two items today:

1.) No stimulus money for tour buses?

2.) What is a "Boogaloo" rally?

Reading from two articles in Des Moines Register

Eight strategies got managing mental health

"It was a quiet death"

.

The Impeachment struggle.

Elite failure ails us, not just Trump's abuses.

That's the important lesson from two weeks of impeachment hearings.

We have learned that not just Trump is suffering from uncontrolled chaotic thinking, but of something much worse: that the American people are in decline due to systemic elite failure.

We are not alone. The same plague has overtaken the English. Just consider Brexit.

The elite that has failed and continues to fail is the management class raised up by the industrialized society. It is most easily defined by its system of recruitment (higher education); by its social function (providing regulatory technical expertise); and by its culture and mind-set of privilege and entitlement.

As reported by Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Dairy farmers are in crises -- and it could change Wisconsin forever

Wisconsin lost almost 700 dairy farms in 2018, an unprecedented rate of nearly two a day. As of Feb. 1, Wisconsin had 8,046 dairy herds, down 40 percent from 10 years ago.

This Iowa grandfather is very concerned. I like a cold glass of milk, every day. This should be front page news...not the comical, wasteful Trump crimes!

First podcast in 2019. New refurbished Toshiba Satellite. New download of Audacity. New Blue Snowball mic.

Time to get busy on a number of fronts. Writing(started 7th book--BOOMER SHORTS, on Amazon. Couple new counselors as I try a renewed effort on controlling my demons.

Excited about my new commercial, as face of the 50+ Club for Wild Rose Casino, in Jefferson, IA. Also, the commercial is running on local TV. You can view it on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/u-Z7kwlG1nM.

Podcast from Colorado.

The Senior Flatlanders are reporting in from 9,100 feet above sea level.

Out here in Silverthorne, CO.

GOOGLE The Dairy. Check this place out. Then take a look, online, about Breckenridge, OC. There is something for all ages.

Reality has been altered and we are all standing silently as it controls our lives. Social media has made lies easy and commonplace.

We believe what we want to believe.

Along with writers Leonard Pitts (Miami Herald) and Nathan Bomey (USA TODAY), I talk about the crises of our times.

It's been a year since Mr. Trump surprised us all with his election.

It's been a year of more and more abnormal behavior.

As I publish this, the government is shut down.

Unacceptable.

Summer vacation and the weather is hot and muggy. The sweet corn will enjoy this weather, while this school bus driver is enjoying having the summer off...sleeping until past 9 AM!

Today, as a enjoy the coolness of my basement, I am recovering from the lower back impact brought on my a 10-day visit from my daughter Jenna and her three boys. The 2-year-old is a challenge with his 35 pounds needing a boost. Don't get me wrong, I miss him already. I love being a Grandpa!!!!

Today I am reading from two articles:

1.) Des Moines Register article, written by Marc Hansen, "Ankeny loses far more than great bus driver", then

2.) A short segment on Senior Living, by Shelly Charter, of Valley View Village, "Staying social is good medicine."