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昨天晚上去接儿子,老牛开着小毛驴,刚转个弯,忽然看见两个黑大汉,在昏暗的路灯下奋力推着一辆小红车。老牛来美国受到的帮助多了去,有这种能帮助人的机会,老牛当然不会放过的:老牛急忙在路边把车停了,打了双闪去帮忙推车。马路的坡度并不陡,可是我们三人怎么使劲,却也不能推动小红车半步。老牛奇怪了:原来车里坐着个胖乎乎的黑大妞。老牛当然请大妞下车:你不帮忙推,也请别增加车重啊。大妞下车后,老牛发现,小红车的变速器却在“停(P)”的那档。老牛只好把变速器换到“无(N)”:这三人真是没有经验,错档、胖妞和小斜坡都是我们不能把车推动的原因。老牛正在忙活之中,路边已经又停了另外两辆车,两个六尺以上的大汉已经来帮忙。

成功推车后,二个黑大汉当然是感谢了老牛们。老牛接儿子迟到了,儿子也当然理解并接受道歉。回家后,老牛有一喜一忧:喜的是,推车时,推车的六个人,竟然有三种肤色。川总上台后,极力分化美国,煽动美国国内的种族矛盾,至少在昨晚的推车事件中,川总没有得逞,大家是团结的;老牛一忧是:除了老牛和那个胖大妞,其他四个大汉都没有带口罩:老牛推车时肯定没有遵守CDC的“2米的社交距离”的建议;老牛也触摸了车门,老牛当时进入了小红车,接触了方向盘和变速器。老牛这次“见义勇为”会不会“中彩”,会不会感染上新冠病毒呢?这些焦虑和担心使老牛不由得又想大骂川普总统:川总混球!老牛本不该是这样,老牛本不该有这些无谓的担心和焦虑。

川普总统的处理新冠疫情的失误,就算是“铁杆”川粉,也应该是无可否认的。假如川总直视新冠病毒疫情、不把疫情“政治化”、不宣扬阴谋论,认为新冠病毒是民主党的“骗局”,美国不会走到今天这一步,老牛也不会有这些担心和焦虑;假如川总不宣称什么“新冠病毒回奇迹般的消失”、“美国只有15个新冠病例,处在政府的完全掌控之下”、“我们要在复活节全面复工”、“口罩随意”、“羟基氯奎宁抗病毒,体内消毒粉漂白剂强光杀病毒”,“福奇博士是错的有阴谋”和“美国新冠病人多的原因是美国的检测能力太多”等等无稽之谈,美国不会走到今天这一步,老牛也不会有这些担心和焦虑。

有时觉得,由于老牛的生活经历,老牛有点儿象“天龙八部”的段誉,已经是“百毒不侵”了:体内的各种毒素和抗体,不知比这些生活在“温室”里的、大多数的美国人多不知多少。加上老牛的“乐观”和“无所谓”,老牛的担心和焦虑,在睡过一个好觉后,今天觉得好了不少。但是其他人呢?他们的担心和焦虑呢?老牛看到,美国的儿童,感染上新冠病毒的就有将近10万,更加悲剧的是,已经有87名儿童死于新冠病毒。川总的“学校应该复课”已经有几个月了吧,川总的这一政策更加是错上加错。谁又理解今天这些可怜的美国父母们的担心和焦虑呢?

老牛虽然“乐观”,但是老牛在恐惧在未来的半年里,美国很有可能会陷入“恐慌”甚至“内战”的绝望之中。看看川总的现在的一些言行吧:认为总统候选人乔·拜登有老年痴呆、认为乔·拜登的搭档贺卡马拉·哈里斯(Kamala Harris,贺锦丽)不是出生在美国、、认为邮寄投票(mail-in voting)就是作假、认为他要根据选举结果的情况,才能承认美国的11月份的大选结果。

无论如何,我们在11月3日都要投票。在今年的11月3日我们有机会在绝望和希望之间、在黑暗和光明之间、在红色和蓝色之间、在共和党和民主党之间、在川普彭斯和拜登哈里斯之间,作出我们的选择。

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石牛 回复 悄悄话 回复 'hotpepper' 的评论 :

这就是川粉们心中的,口中的和眼中的美国最伟大的总统,也不怕恶心哈哈哈
hotpepper 回复 悄悄话 快来看疮骗子给普京的求爱信,笑一笑,压压惊!
'Dear Vladimir Putin, I'm a big fan of yours!' Senate intel report reveals Donald Trump's letters to Russian strongman praising him and begging him to come to Miss Universe - and how Ivanka sat behind his desk
Trump-Putin letters are included in the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on Russian election interference and related issues
Trump wrote to congratulate Putin in 2008 on being named Time's 'Person of the Year'
He also wrote him in 2013 inviting him to the Miss Universe Pageant in Moscow
He added in his own writing: ''THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN!'
By GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 17:54 EDT, 18 August 2020 | UPDATED: 21:48 EDT, 18 August 2020

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The explosive Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday contains images of correspondence between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin where the future president seeks to ingratiate himself with the Russian strongman and touts the 'beautiful women' at the Miss Universe pageant.

The images contain hand-written all-caps inscriptions in Trump's familiar hand, at a time when the report reveals he was seeking to bring the beauty pageant to Moscow and his family and subordinates were exploring real estate deals in Russia.

'THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN!' Trump wrote at the bottom of a June 2013 letter where Trump told Putin he had no doubt heard the news that the Miss Universe Pageant was coming to Russia.

A June 2013 letter from Donald Trump invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. Trump added a message about 'beautiful women' in his own hand +7
A June 2013 letter from Donald Trump invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. Trump added a message about 'beautiful women' in his own hand

The letter dropped the name of the oligarch, Aras Agalarov, who Trump was partnering with in the venture.

'I want to take this opportunity lo personally invite you to be my guest of honor in Moscow,' Trump wrote the leader who the following year would get hit with heavy U.S. sanctions over the invasion of Crimea. 'I know you will have a great time.'

Trump then appended the line about beautiful women in his own hand. Although the line seems designed to entice Putin, according to other passages in the report a variety of people alleged having heard about Trump's encounters with women in Russia during his three known trips there.

An initial draft of the letter, furnished to a longtime Trump aide by British music publicist Rob Goldstone, also included a line stating Trump 'would also hope to meet privately with you during my stay in Moscow.' It got cut from the version included in the report.

The report examined Russian efforts to develop compromising information on people as well as its election interference efforts in 2016.

Trump said during his presidential election run in July 2016: 'I have nothing to with Russia. I have nothing to do with Russia — for anything.'

In an earlier letter, from December 2007, Trump declares himself a 'big fan' of Putin in a letter written during his first two terms in office.

All are penned on Trump Organization stationary.

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Miss Venezuela 2013 Gabriela Isler poses after her win at final of the competition Miss Universe 2013 with Donald J Trump in Crocus City Hall in Moscow on November 9, 2013 +7
Miss Venezuela 2013 Gabriela Isler poses after her win at final of the competition Miss Universe 2013 with Donald J Trump in Crocus City Hall in Moscow on November 9, 2013

Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote Trump following the Miss Universe event. 'It is a pity that we were not able to have our meeting, but I hope we will be able to talk during one of your upcoming visits to Russia,' he wrote +7
Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote Trump following the Miss Universe event. 'It is a pity that we were not able to have our meeting, but I hope we will be able to talk during one of your upcoming visits to Russia,' he wrote

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for the signing ceremony of a proclamation on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment during an event in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington Tuesday +7
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for the signing ceremony of a proclamation on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment during an event in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington Tuesday

Trump congratulated Putin on being named Time's 'Person of the Year' +7
Trump congratulated Putin on being named Time's 'Person of the Year'

Trump claimed the pageant 'turned down many competing countries in favor of Russia' +7
Trump claimed the pageant 'turned down many competing countries in favor of Russia'

'Congratulations on being named Time magazine's "Man of the Year" – you definitely deserve it,' Trump wrote, after Putin was named Person of the Year. 'As you probably heard, I am a big fan of yours. Take care of yourself,' he concluded, with the 'big fan' sentence underlined.

It came at a time when Trump associate Felix Sater was exploring Trump real estate projects in Moscow. Trump's salutation was: 'With best wishes.'

The correspondence wasn't all one way.

Following the Miss Universe contest – which Putin did not attend, despite the letter campaign and what witnesses told the committee were conversations on how to bring about a Trump-Putin meeting that did not happen – Putin wrote Trump in Russian and sent a gift.

'Dear Mr. Trump, I would like to congratulate you and your colleagues on successfully holding the Miss Universe contest in Moscow. I hope that all the participants in this remarkable event will go home with good memories of their visit to the Russian capital,' Putin wrote. 'It is a pity that we were not able to have our meeting, but I hope we will be able to talk during one of your upcoming visits to Russia. Yours sincerely, V. Putin.

Enclosed was an image of a gift that Donald Trump Jr. gushed about in his own note to his father.

An English translation accompanied Putin's letter to Trump
An English translation accompanied Putin's letter to Trump

The letters were included as the committee examined a variety of Trump Moscow real estate projects +7
The letters were included as the committee examined a variety of Trump Moscow real estate projects

'DAD - SEE ATTACHED FROM EMIN [Agalarov] – YOU ARE BEING SENT A GIFT FROM PUTIN!'

A September 2013 letter from Trump to Putin also sought to entice him to the Miss Universe pageant. He called it 'the biggest and most important pageant in the world.'

'It will be a great tribute to Moscow and Russia!' Trump gushed. 'We turned down many competing countries in favor of Russia,' he added. Then he issued an invitation: 'I want to take Ibis opportunity to personally invite you to be my Guest of Honor' at the November 9 pageant. 'Additionally, I will be arriving in Moscow a few days prior to the event and if for any reason you would like to meet with me, it would be my great honor.'

The report also details how Trump asked associate Felix Sater to accompany Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump on their own trip to Moscow to explore projects for his company.

'My kids are going there; I'd feel a lot more comfortable if you were there looking after them,' Sater told the committee Trump asked him.

Sater contacted a 'close friend' to get them a nearly private tour of the Kremlin.

'But then afterwards the curator and translator, once we finished going through some of the Museum-quality rooms, as we 're passing, the security guard says: That's the boss's room. And he opens it and he shows an office.'

At that point, Ivanka said: 'Can I sit down behind the chair?' Sater says he told the guard: 'Just trust me; she's the daughter of a VIP from the US.; what's she going to do, steal his pen?'

'And I convinced him to let her sit in the chair. She sat in the chair, spun around two or three times, said "Wow," walked out, and that was it. Then later we went to dinner,' he said.
石牛 回复 悄悄话 回复 'BeijingGirl1' 的评论 :

哈哈哈俺的姑奶奶,您要把俺整成一个傻瓜相机。大选是播种机,大选是宣传队,川总的失误要天天讲,时时讲哈哈哈。
星期五川总去了他弟弟的医院,应该不会是因为新冠的原因吧。
BeijingGirl1 回复 悄悄话 我觉得写文章, 以讲清事实为主比较好, 用不着聚焦“对错”。 因为对错永远是相对的。 科学真理除外。 其实就连科学真理也是有时间性的。 比如二 YAN 之争, 现在只能等待时间做判断了。

不知川总弟弟的病因。 但是全部媒体的含糊其辞反而倒说明了问题。 才71岁啊。 逝者走好吧。


石牛 回复 悄悄话 回复 '北佛风光' 的评论 :

北佛好。石牛在美帝,受到的光是小恩小惠,就是不计其数,这次“老牛推车”实在是应该。
看过一副漫画,取笑川粉们愚昧,俺要模仿主席,写一篇《为新冠服务》的博客!佛州是今年大选的关键,北佛要多披挂上阵。
石牛 回复 悄悄话 回复 '鲁钝' 的评论 :

哪里。杰克早说过,要问大家好的。
石牛 回复 悄悄话 回复 'BeijingGirl1' 的评论 :

以为京妞会生俺的闷气。看来京妞至少是宰相夫人,量也不小,肚内也能撑船哈哈
北佛风光 回复 悄悄话 回复 '石牛' 的评论 : “川普总统的处理新冠疫情的失误,就算是“铁杆”川粉,也应该是无可否认的。”

哈哈, 来看石牛推车, 果然是助人为乐处处热心。

至于铁杆川粉会认为川总处理新冠疫情失误, 那是绝对不会发生的。 川总从来没有错的时候, 老弟不幸得流感过世, 也绝对不是新冠的问题。 川总有救命神药对付新冠, 对付不了流感而已。
鲁钝 回复 悄悄话 回复 '石牛' 的评论 : 谢谢石牛,只要不得新冠就好。
BeijingGirl1 回复 悄悄话 美国今年真是乱, 疫情; 游行; 选举。。。
石牛 回复 悄悄话 回复 'BeijingGirl1' 的评论 :

京妞好, 我戴了口罩,车里也备有口罩和洗手液. 这个新冠弄得人神经兮兮的,不知什么时候是个头.
杰克会找乐子,应该练了不少新歌. 谢大家挂念杰克.
BeijingGirl1 回复 悄悄话 赞一个石牛的热心助人为乐。 车里放一个口罩和洗手消毒液吧。
川总不一贯这样嘛, 挑起一部分人打击另一部分人。 在疫情问题上就是甩锅,推卸责任。 支持他的人也赞成这一套,一点不奇怪。 但是他在时间上非常幸运。

Jack 这些天不是在醉心唱歌吗?
石牛 回复 悄悄话 回复 '鲁钝' 的评论 :

哈哈听说的:杰克在中坛和人吵嘴,可能是得罪了城里高官权贵网红鲜肉板鸭之类,杰克现在只好在万维打游击。
鲁钝 回复 悄悄话 回复 '石牛' 的评论 : 哈哈,有关杰克之事,愿闻其详?
石牛 回复 悄悄话 回复 '鲁钝' 的评论 :
鲁钝兄好。和中国“擦枪走火”应该机率很小,要有也是代理人的擦枪走火,会有度。中国是核武大国,北朝鲜都无可奈何,对中国川总就省省吧。
杰克几个星期前误入白虎堂,被高俅害惨了。
鲁钝 回复 悄悄话 最近看到杰克没?
鲁钝 回复 悄悄话 只希望他不要疯狂过度,为了连任和中国擦枪走火,那可真是两国之祸了。
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