Potato diplomacy

Now Trump proposes invading mid-East countries to seize their oil fields if prices continue to increase. Impressive: every time I think he can't get stupider, he tops his previous level. We already invaded Iraq, an oil producer. How'd that work out? So well it's worth repeating? Using Trump's logic, Pakistan, worried about increasing global food prices, should invade Idaho to get control of the potato market.

12-19 afternoon

Chilly walk with the dogs, muddy so we stayed on the paved end of our road. The cold breeze rattled the few dead leaves left in the treetops and reminded me of a favorite old 60's BS&T song, as winter walks often do. Every December I see more new gables and roofs through the bare trees. Our rural Alabama community gets less rural by the year.