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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and although it’s primarily an American holiday most of the world dose celebrate the day after known as Black Friday. Well before you all run out to spend your know this. Retailers have spent the last month raising prices just for this day. If you haven’t researched your purchase for the last couple of months I preparation for a Black Friday sale you will probably get screwed. you’ll run into the store and you’ll see the leader items a good discounts. But the stores know you won’t just buy that one item. So when you see the second thing on your list at 20% percent off and other items a 20 to 30% or more off you go WOW this is great. The problem is that the store quietly raised to price on these items prior to the holiday so you’d think you were getting a good deal, the other thing to look out for is the sign that says 50% percent of manufactures list price. First thing to know is nobody sell at list price and that the price your looking at might be as little as 5% off the actual selling price. Yo have to remember the store are in the business of making money not giving it away Ok enjoy your Turkey and the football game I know we will this is Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin Colombia.

Ok this week is Thanksgiving and although they don’t celebrate the holiday down here they do celebrate Black Friday. I find it somewhat depressing that holidays meant for family are now turning into non holidays. We see more and more stores opening earlier and earlier for the sales, some even opening on the day itself. The Christmas season starts in lat August now with stores fully decorated for Christmas way before Halloween. Halloween is referred to as children’s day down here in Colombia and it pretty much is about the kids. But the retailers make it difficult to find costumes as they are all ready displaying Christmas decorations. It seems as corporations are running and ruining the Holiday season. If you live in Colombia and need a last minute Christmas decoration all I have to sac is good luck. Most Christmas items are removed by Dec 11. as for the people they begin to party and drink on Dec. 1. A really surprising thing about Colombia, a Catholic Country, is that Christmas is not a big deal in the Church. On Christmas eve. And Christmas morning people are parting to much to worry about church. It seem the holiday represents some sort of Olympic event with people seeing just how much liqueur they can consume and still stand up. Now I expect this kind of behavior on New Years ever but not on Christmas eve. Kids are given their gifts at midnight and then left to their own devices as their parents proceed to get stupid drunk. Christmas morning just means the party continues usually to around 2 in the afternoon. Then a deathly quite descends on the area until New Years. When I was a kid Christmas was a wonderful time. My father would seal off the living room two weeks before and secretly create a Christmas spectacular with trains and lights and gifts surrounding the tree I´ve tried to keep it going but it’s a losing battle especially now that I’m in my 70´s. I will say it the saddest part of getting g older. I my youth there was always a feeling of depression the day after Christmas but I find it hard to deal with the before even more now. Well we’ll at least have Turkey and instant mashed potatoes, instant gravy and frozen peas at Thanksgiving this year, it’s my curse to want this time of year to stay the same as it was when I was a child. This is Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia and enjoy your Turkey day.

Goood morning everyone. Always wanted to do that since I saw Robin Williams in good morning Viet Nam. Any how lets talk about Apple and Amazon. An article I read this morning inn CNN business stated that these two giants of retail in the way Apple products are handled on Amazon. Small companies cannot sell there Apple products unless licensed by Apple to do so. They cannot repair unless licensed by Apple and can’t resell used products unless licensed be Apple. This applies only to products and services offered on Amazon, but since Amazon is the largest outlet for such products it means that the little guy has lost the ability to be competitive on Amazon. Now I love Amazon it allows me to purchase products down here that I would otherwise be unable to get. Granted they are a little expensive because of the shipping but still it¿s great for me. I would have to wait until someone was coming here or a visit if I need a new wood carving tool. They don’t sell everything I need down here, so I have to either get it from Amazon or make it myself. Now as for Apple I hate there stuff because I believe it’s overpriced and Apple has created a cult like atmosphere around its products so people feel its necessary to buy new products every year no matter the cost. The deal between Apple and Amazon just proves that the little business on the corner is destined to be obsolete. The bigger these companies become and the more modern they become mean small business will be a thing of the past. Now if that happens down here unemployment would skyrocket. Up there it would definitely spike a little. I say a little because unemployment has a waiting period for the self employed and then benefits will eventually run out. You some how I have to find some topics that aren’t so depressing to write about especially with the Holidays coming. Well any haw this is Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia .

Well I ‘m back and well rested but I woke up this morning to news of another mass shooting in the US and it was in a nice area and had no logical explanation for it. Now I don’t want to get into this right now because I really don’t have enough information yet, so what am I doing here if not to write about that well its the Trumpster and his press conference yesterday. He pulled the credentials of a CNN reporter because he didn’t like his attitude and his question. it’s been pretty obvious for a long time that the Trumpster doesn’t believe in a free press and that he can’t stand to be called out when he has done something stupid. What did he do that was stupid this time? He put out an obvious racist ad and then was forced to take it down when most social and network media took it down for the reason it was considered racist. When the reported started to ask him about the Trumpster lost his cool. After watching the press conference I ‘ve come to the opinion the there is something mentally wrong with him. It maybe nothing more then his reaction to the stress of the election or it could have been just the question. I believe one of the reasons he canceled a scheduled trip down here to Colombia is they feel he needs rest before he stars campaigning for 2020,that brings me to another issue I have . It seem all presidents star campaigning for reelection almost immediately and don’t really do much else after the first year. Then in there second term they do a little in the first two years then they start traveling and saying good bye. I think that the Presidential term of office should be changed to one term of six years. This would eliminate his need to waste time campaigning and spend more time doing his job. Now back to the Trumpster who I thin never wanted the job of President he just enjoyed campaigning in front of large cheering fans, sort of like a actor or sports star. He not only doesn’t want to govern he has no idea has on how to go about doing it. Now you take that along with his apparent instability and you have a country in deep shit. More on this as we move along for now this Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.

Well last night was the big election and the Democrats won the house and the Republicans kept the senate. The Democrats are overjoyed although I can’t tell why. With neither party controlling both the senate and the house pretty much nothing will get done. And a problem for the Democrats is that the Republicans will be able to point there fingers at them and blame every thing on them. I don¿t see anything great happening in the next two years. I mean I know Democrats think they can change things now but thats not true. They can’t repeal any legislation or impeach the president because they need the Senate to approve. Now the Trumpster will keep doing what he’s doing and unfortunately I think he stand a better than 50% chance of getting reelected. Boy I just heard a lot of No fucking way. Well yes way the Dems don’t really have a strong candidate that could garnish enough votes to beat him. The list of potential candidates is long and for me not to well known. You have Senators Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, house members Tulsi Gabbard, Joe Kennedy, Beto Orouke, Governors, Andrew Cuomo. Deval Patrick and of course Joe Biden Eric Holder and many others. You see why I say the Trumpster is favored right now, there are too many Democrats. They have less than two years to find one and with this list I don’t see them coming up with a good one that could garnish enough votes to be the next President. Well listen I was up all last night so I’m going to take a nap and be back later.

I was sitting around reading these articles on immigration and how upset the Trumpster is about people coming to his country. Well first it isn’t his country. All white people in this country are decedents of foreigners who have immigrated to this country. I don’t care if you say my family has been here sense the 1500’s your still descended from an immigrant. The only true American people are the Native American Indians whom we have tried to exterminate ever since we got here. Today we’re trying to prevent them from voting. We have consigned them to what we call reservations where we lied to them about taking care of them. Every time we find that they have something of value we figure out a way to steal it from them. It amazes me that when we accuse countries in the UN of genocide that they don’t stand up and demand that the Unite States be held to the same standard. All they have to do is look at Wounded Knee to see an example of this. We now have a fat white man as president who wants this country to an all white country. Well to get that its going to take more than politics its going to take a civil war like no other one on earth and when its done this country will not look anything we recognize,no matter which side wins. And you know what the Native American people will be standing there shaking there head at how badly we screwed every thing up. They be saying we gave them what ever they didn’t take from us and they’ve destroyed it or squandered it and if we try to make our lives better they want to take that from us as well. There is such a thing as Karma and the country and its present leader ship have built up a lot of bad Karma it they will wake up one day and say what did we do wrong. That is most of them the Trumpster and his minions will find somebody else to blame for the failed environment. Well I ‘ve thoroughly depressed myself now I hope tomorrow will bring some sort of new hope to this desperate situation just like I hope someday the Indian will live proud and free as they once did, this is Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia

Well I had planned to write a much lighter piece today but as usual the Trumpster screwed that up. I had felt that a lighter piece would be better after the week we’ve had that was until the Trumpster started using the events to blame Democrats for Republican election defeats that haven’t even happened yet. To make matters worse all this violence can be traced back to the Trumpster’s own words. Some examples would be remarks like these fro Warren Mich, as a anti Trumpster protest was being removed “try not to hurt him but if you do I ‘ll defend you in court”. Or how about this one from Cedar Rapids when the Trumpster said he “would pay legal fees” for those present that injured individuals protesting against him. Or his praise of a Congressman who body slammed a reporter. And last but not least his comment in Las Vegas to to guards that the were being to gentle with protesters. It is unheard of in American politics for an high ranking official to make such inflammatory comments, not so in countries where dictators rule. I know that the sometime in this life or the next the Trumpster and his minions will have to deal with ramification of all this bad Karma but for now it’s up to the people of America to vote out this moron. This is Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.

In the last two days nine pipe bombs have been sent to two ex-presidents and several other prominent democrats. The Trumpster has already begun to try and blame the media for this, I’m sure eventually he will make it all about him and that its really a Democratic conspiracy to discredit him and push the election to the Democrats. Now those of who read and listen to the news and then verify it know hes full of shit. But the same people who listen to his threats of violence will believe anything and everything he says, Never in all my 72 years on this planet have I personally witnessed a President that has no clue but is such an egotistical buffoon that he believes every despicable word he says and the worse part of that is that millions of people believe it as well. I wish my country well but it’s appears that won’t be enough. This is Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Columbia.

Well I hope those of you that actually look at my blog read my last one and have looked up Aramco or Saudi Aramco and know have a better understanding of some issues. Today lets take a look into the future if we may. My vision of the future with all these old politicians staying in office is rather bleak. I’m not just talking about Republicans but Democrats as well. Here are somethings I see ahead. A toxic environment do in part to a lack of action on the administrations part. The ending of Social Security with the Republicans in charge an erosion of it if the Democrats are in charge. I see a return to the isolationism of 1939 that allowed Hitler to rise to power. I an ending of the United States position in the world of prestige and leadership. The last one might not be a bad thing you know if you look at history after world war two the United States has supported most of the dictators in the world. Lets start with Stalin WW 2 forced the Democratic administration to make deals with this despot all of which we later regretted.. we also have Saddam Hussein Leader of Irag who we deposed violently and destabilized the Middle East. Closer to home we have Batista of Cuba who was a friend until he got greedy and made friends with the Mafia. His replacement Castro was supported during the Revolution but when he won the US decided because of his lack of acceptance of certain US proposals turned to China and Russia fro support. We have Marcus in the Philippines and some of the really bad ones like Pino Chet, whose notorious secret police were trained by the CIA. And of course Peron, and Noriego. All of these dictators were at one time or another supported by the US until they weren´t. The point is we don’t make decisions for other countries based on what they need but more on what do we get out of it. Not a very altruistic attitude is it it. These decisions were all made by old career politicians who had, in my opinion out stayed there welcome. I fear that if we don’t change out these old guys (of whom I am one) we are doomed. Here are some more things that I see which will have an affect on the Trumpster’s minions as well as everyone else who isn’t rich. I for see Economic disaster the the Trumpster and his rich friends will walk away from leaving chaos behind. When you go to VOTE this November please remember its about issues not the Trumpster. Not all Republicans are nuts and not all Democrats are saviors. Take you r time and vote wisely. This is Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.

Theres been a lot of talk lately about the Trumpster’s relationship with Saudi Arabia . Well folks heres a little tidbit, that relationship has nothing to do with the Trumpster it goes back to the 1930’s maybe even further. Look up a company originally called Aramco oil it stands for Arabian American oil company now called Saudi Aramco the original American company that started this was standard oil of California. It was later joined by Exxon, Texaco, and Mobil. It is considered one of the largest ( by value) companies in the world (it was actually number one in 2005). when you Google it also look up the Seven Sisters. This is a complicated deal which involves other countries. It also gives the oil companies involved in this huge tax breaks. I am familiar with a lot of this because my Uncle Robert Shea was controller for the company and spent a year in Saudi Arabia a long time ago. The point of all this is that this isn’t just a Trumpster thing this is a US government Bi Part-ism bull shit. Thats why the Government doesn’t want to admit to Global warming or push for cleaner alternatives to oil. So after you look up this stuff come back and make a comment and we can continue our discussion. This Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia. PS THE TRUMPSTER MUST GO.