Today is Friday, July 26, 2024. Today possible vice presidential hopeful Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona pounced on Dump’s J.D. Vance for his horrible “cat lady” remarks that have gone viral ever since they were unearthed in an earlier interview that the bearded jerk had on – where else? – Fox Infotainment (aka News). Actually, Kelly attacked Vance’s stance on many issues which he deemed as being extremely worrisome in an online CNN article by Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju entitled “Possible vice president candidate Mark Kelly attacks JD Vance’s record.”

Specifically, Kelly attacked Vance on his position on abortion, Ukraine, and his comments about childless women which has drawn the most backlash from women everywhere, even the Friends alum Jennifer Aniston, who has picked a fight with the clueless senator on social media. This is what Kelly said about Vance being elected, along with the Orange Turd: “I have two daughters and a granddaughter. I really worry about their rights if Donald Trump is elected again and JD Vance is vice president. I mean, that really concerns me.” This is what Kelly confided in CNN’s Manu Raju.

Kelly also said that Vance’s opposition to aid to Ukraine is deeply concerning. The Arizona senator stated, “If Donald Trump and JD Vance were back in the White House, it would be an utter disaster, and it would have a significant negative impact on our national security and the national security of our allies for decades.”

Asked about Vance’s comments about childless women, Kelly replied: “You know, it’s a ridiculous thing to say about someone. You know, it’s obnoxious, it’s rude, it’s also not surprising.”

Regarding his viability as a running mate for Harris, the Arizona Democrat refused to say what he spoke about with the new presumptive nominee, but indicated that he is ready to serve as her running mate if asked.

As for his sterling record of public service, Kelly enumerated, “I’ve been a public servant since I was, even before I was in the Navy. I drove an ambulance when I was in high school. You know, I was an astronaut for 15 years. I flew with an aircraft carrier.” If this isn’t a plug for the job of vice president in Harris’s administration, I don’t know what else would constitute as one.

Another VP contender, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, slammed former president Donald Duck for refusing to commit to debate Vice President Kamala Harris until a Democratic nominee is officially selected, which is the stated “position” the Dump campaign is taking right now but has not convinced anyone that the real reason Dump is unable to commit to an actual debate is because he’s deathly afraid of meeting the prosecutor head-on.

In a blurb from CNN online, written by Owen Dahlkamp, entitled “Democratic VP contender slams Trump for not committing to future debates,” the other contender for Harris’s running mate goes on the warpath against the Orange Menace, saying, “Let me tell you something: he’s pretty afraid,” in a video posted to X today. He adds, “He’s afraid to stand toe-to-toe with our vice president.”

Shapiro claimed that Dump was “scared” because “he can’t run away from his record any longer.”

In a statement yesterday, Dump’s communications director Steven Cheung said it “would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds.” This is utter nonsense since this is not true! Harris has already gained support from enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee, so the debate can now be scheduled.

On Wednesday, Democrats adopted the rules the party will use to choose their presidential candidate, with voting to officially nominate Harris likely to begin August 1, which is a few days from now.

It’s getting late here, owing to Elliot and I having a lovely dinner with Cousin “Sally” at the Capital Grille in Garden City, at the Roosevelt Field Mall, at 6 p.m. In anticipation of Island traffic, we left at 4:45 and still got to the restaurant earlier than 6. But as we were walking up to the entrance of the restaurant, who did we meet? It was Sally coming up from the other side, so I called out to her and we all walked in at the same time. We were ushered to a lovely round table in the rear of the restaurant by the host. Here there was no prix fixe menu; so we ordered everything a la carte. We had much to discuss, primarily our upcoming trip to Australia where Sally’s granddaughter lives and who we will try to see on our journey there. Toward the end of the dinner, I got Sally’s granddaughter’s address, which we will look up when we arrive in Sydney on August 5.

Our dinner was quite eclectic. We started off with tuna tartare with avocado, mango, and sriracha, sharing soy glazed Brussels sprouts with bacon and creamed spinach. For my entree, I had the seared sea scallops with Maine lobster and asparagus risotto, while Elliot had a 10-ounce filet mignon. I think Sally and some shrimp entree that looked very good. For dessert, we shared coconut cream pie that was quite good. I had coffee, of course.

We must have sat for almost two hours. When we were seated, the restaurant wasn’t too crowded, but as time wore on, more people were seated in our little alcove. Then it got noisier as time elapsed. But it was certainly not as noisy as David Burke Tavern on Wednesday where we met my cousin “Rivka” and her husband “Dillon.” We were able to have a conversation without having to repeat “What” so many times.

The weekend is upon us once more. Tomorrow I might drive to Southport, Connecticut, to take part in the Pequot Library’s annual summer sale which is always slated for the end of July. Elliot has stated he’s not interested in joining me this time, but I’ll try to persuade him to go with me. If not, I’ll be on my own.

So have a great weekend. The weather is supposed to be very favorable this weekend.

Stay safe and be well.

Here is someone with a box on his head which I found quite photographic, so I took a pic of him as he was waiting to cross the street from the car.

Now the king of the castle is standing this time on top of the refrigerator before contemplating his next move.