What if you scheduled a party and no one wanted to attend?

Good morning, friends.  Hope you’re having a stellar weekend and that the weather is good where you are!

I can say that after a good stretch of rain that we’re having that good weather I mentioned.  Breezy with low humidity.  Could not ask for better.

Today’s title refers to what is happening regarding a prospectively large event in our nation’s capital sometime in June.  It’s nominally a celebration of our country’s 250th anniversary, but it’s also meant as a birthday celebration of the current occupant of the White House.

A number of musical performers were apparently booked for this extravaganza, but one by one most of them realized what the intent of the event was and decided to rescind their acceptance of the invite to perform.  Unless I’m missing something, none of those who pulled out in the past few days is what I would call an A-lister but there were some recognizable names in that list.

In the end, all decided they did not want to be associated with an event that celebrates the least popular president in the history of modern political polling.

So the event is now going to be a political rally, or so it’s being said.  

Also of note is that it appears that the US portion of the World Cup games are going to be less well attended than anticipated, because many fans from other countries are reluctant to travel to the United States for these games as the result of all that is happening here.  Somewhere along the way it was made clear that the Iranian team, scheduled to play in games in Arizona, I believe, were not welcome to stay in this country.  The president of Mexico made it clear that they were welcome guests in her country.

Speaking of Iran, it seems that each week we have a relatively new proposal for peace or a cease-fire or some other agreement, but each time this happens, one country or the other launches an attack and the entire process is on hold or “hanging by a thread,” as mass media likes to characterize it.  Meanwhile, every car owner in the US is paying record prices for the fuel needed to get to work, or get their kids to school, or to go to the grocery to stock up on overpriced merchandise.

So I suppose that, in short, I’ve answered the question I asked in my title today. Hope you have a nice Sunday. 

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