Today is Thursday, April 4, 2024. It’s late here already since I came home from participating in Trivia Night at a local bistro called Rove on Austin Street. Today we were a team of only six individuals since one or two key players were absent. But we did okay, even though we didn’t win any prizes. Some of the questions made you really think. Like this one: “Instead of clapping their hands, how did ancient Greek audiences applaud theater performances?” We certainly didn’t know the answer to this question. We guessed this answer, “snap their fingers.” Would you agree? Actually, the answer was “stomp their feet.” Maybe Greek audiences didn’t know how to snap their fingers way back then. Another interesting query was this one: “What is the largest island in the world?” Some of you may think “Australia,” but that’s a continent, not an island. Give up! The answer is “Greenland.” One more question, “David Bowie starred in what 80s cult classic?” I’m glad my team didn’t go with my immediate response, which was The Man Who Fell to Earth which I think now came out earlier than this classic. It did. After looking up the release date, I found out that it came out in 1976. So the answer is Labyrinth which is a film I have never seen. I believe it’s a fantasy. Another perplexing question which I had no idea to the answer is this one: “What state has pumpkin pie as its state pie”? or something like that. I hazarded “Connecticut” as the correct reply, but it was “Illinois” that is the correct answer here. I sat at the bar and even had a tasty appetizer consisting of rice balls and hummus, I believe.

One little story I can report on before retiring is the one in which special counsel Jack Smith got a small victory from that grossly inexperienced judge, Aileen Cannon, who today denied a motion from the Orange Jesus to dismiss the charges against him under the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

While legal experts largely agree the ruling itself is good news for Smith, they’re also cautioning him to not let his foot off the gas in continuing to pursue getting a trial date before Election Day. One assumption widely shared by legal commentators was that Cannon was effectively forced into ruling against Drumpf, given that Smith could potentially appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and possibly petitioned to have her removed from the case entirely.

If this Dump-leaning judge had ruled in Chump’s favor, Smith could then have moved to force her recusal. Legal expert Laurence Tribe is now saying that Cannon should be removed from this very crucial case on Lawrence O’Donnell’s MSNBC show The Last Word. If she is finally thrown off the case, a new judge would likely schedule a trial date upon taking the case, which Cannon has so far not done, which is inexcusable. We want a trial here already!

Let’s see what Jack Smith does next. It’s getting absurd that this Orange Turd is getting his way all the damn time. It’s April, folks. Not many months left until November.

I will not be here tomorrow, as Elliot and I have a date at the David H. Koch Theater, at Lincoln Center, to see the Chinese dance troupe Shen Yun at 7. I’ve bought these tickets a few months ago. We’ll be having dinner nearby, at The Smith, located at 1900 Broadway, on 63rd Street.

Have a good weekend. Finally, the weather is forecasted to be rain free for a change. The temps are supposed to be in the 50s then.

Stay safe and be well.