Strawberry statements

To a great extent, I blame the press.  There was no particular reason to bring up impeachment in front of the Finnish president, but they have to get Trump snarling and raving to secure their thirty seconds on the nightly news.  It's like the climax of the court martial:  Greenwald knows what will happen when he says the word "strawberries," but he does it because it's his job to defend Steve Marek.  He triggers Queeg and then he gets drunk because he feels lousy.  And now we all have to picture Mike Pompeo in a jockstrap, and I feel lousy.

North Korea tested a new model ballistic missile today.

The Dow lost nearly six hundred points after the announcement of fresh tariffs against the EU.

Police in Hong Kong are using live ammunition against demonstrators.

The strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors is in its third week and is having a ripple effect on local economies.

An October heat wave and drought in the Southeast is costing many farmers their crops.

The British government is in chaos as the nation's highest court ruled the prime minister cannot dismiss Parliament.  There is still no Brexit strategy as the October 31 deadline approaches.

Demonstrators in Russia are demanding the release from prison of the previous batch of demonstrators.

Autumn rains and "king tides" will continue to bring flooding to coastal areas, even without tropical storms.

These are some of the issues that Hillary Clinton would now be dealing with if Americans were a little smarter.