5/29/2022

…I assume you will be attending mass at Uvalde’s Sacred Heart Church. I’m sure that you will meet Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller who has been ministering to the families since the shootings on Tuesday. He can translate for you since many of the elders in the community don’t speak English….

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5/28/2022

So, you are a “Blue Hen.” When Dr. Assanis introduced you, I thought he called you a “Blue Head,” but upon googling “mascot of Univ. of Delaware” I realized that his Greek accent had interfered with my comprehension. Congrats on receiving such a nice honor from your Alma Mater & giving another decent commencement address….

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5/27/2022

The midshipmen are sitting on the football field in their service whites under a grey sky listening to your remarks. …In my perfect world, we would not have a Naval Academy, where some of our best and brightest young folk learn to engineer weapons systems & command nuclear submarines….

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5/26/2022

…The photos of the children who were killed on the front page of the NYT reduced me to tears, especially the one of Rojelio Torres wearing his “Difference Maker” T-shirt. 10-year-olds are wonderful to teach….

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5/25/2022

…It is a sad day, a heart wrenching day. Parents are tweeting about their hesitance to drop their children off at school & daycare….

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5/24/2022

…WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER (WINTA). It’s easy to remember & everyone can agree to it. I encourage you to float it by your new BFFs in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. According to the WP ….you joked with Australia’s new PM, Anthony Albanese about jumping on the plane after being elected. I’m impressed that he was talking about climate change at yesterday’s meeting. Did you also discuss Burma?…

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5/23/2022

..As you will recall, after WWII, General MacArthur was putting the pieces of Japan back together again, he recognized the important role that education would play in changing the hearts & minds of the Japanese people… so he saw to it that the 1st policy of the new Ministry of Education was to ‘abolish militaristic attitudes while firmly preserving the national polity and to create in their place attitudes conductive to a peaceful nation’. …

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5/20/2022

My climbing rose toppled over last night. Its attachments to some flimsy hooks on the garage wall were not strong enough to keep it erect. …What’s left now is a mess to clean up. Such is the flow of life – change is to be expected.

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5/19/2022

…the press corps at the WH is out in the Rose Garden, eagerly awaiting your remarks as you welcome Sweden’s PM, Magdalena Andersson & Finland’s Pres, Sauli Niinistö. I wish they didn’t feel that they had to join NATO. I wish that they could remain neutral countries & did not have to worry about the threat of Russia….

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5/18/2022

I hope that folks in Buffalo found some consolation in yesterday’s visit. It’s important that you showed up to express our collective outrage & grief. In essence, to show, “we feel you.”…

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5/16/2022

…Thank you for representing the country with grace & dignity at the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service yesterday. I agree with your assessment that we are fortunate to have 1st responders whose instinct & training leads them to run toward an emergency rather than away from one….

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5/15/2022

…Did you know Buddha’s birthday was celebrated in Burma yesterday? According to South China Morning Post, “10,264 monks listened to prayers, chanted and filed past officials to collect rice and cash donations.”…

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5/14/2022

…what are your thoughts about PA Senate candidate, John Fetterman? The G calls him the “socially awkward “ & “least slick of politicians”. … They say he has a chance. It’ll be fun to watch his campaign….

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5/13/2022

Whoever is running the WH Twitter feed needs to get on it! The ASEAN family photo appeared on your POTUS account but nothing about the summit was on your WH account. What is up with that?…

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