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Well, the reality show has been cast and I am mentally gearing up for the next three nauseating months of campaigning. Luckily none of the people running for president this year is on the BlackRock Board of Directors. It is comforting to know some competent people still run the show. If the current presidential hopefuls had the potential to really call the shots, this would be scary. I do miss presidential candidates being articulate and speaking in full sentences, even if there is no substance in what they are saying. They don't even pretend to be smart anymore. I can't even listen to any of the new crop for over a minute without getting stomach cramps. If the Good Lord had wanted us to vote he would have given us viable candidates. At my age looks like I can surf out the rest of this wave and not get closed out on, the beauty of looking at life as a point break and counting the sets.
I sold real estate in the city with the largest concentration of Arabs in the USA. Many of the old-time agents would not work with them. Arabs drove a hard bargain. I was forced to, as I was a newcomer to the city and had no 'sphere of influence', as they like to say in real estate. I actually melded great with their style of business, made many connections, and did very well courting them. They had money, were smart, and came to the party ready to deal. I also had many conversations with them about the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East. There was a reason they were now living in Detroit. The major lesson I came away with was there was no clear cut right and wrong in the Middle East. I see the FB posts all day taking partisan sides as usual, from the safety of a padded office chair sitting in front of a computer. The usual mass media suspects are also lining up with their patented brands of distorted, one-sided propaganda of either 'Jew bad/Arab good' or '
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