Winter Games 2026
Milano Cortina
The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games closing ceremonies were last night (Sunday, Feb 22) at the amazing ancient Roman amphitheater in Verona, Italy. Dianne and I loved the ceremonies, which is rare for us because we never like them. But this one was GREAT! Italy, ya done good!
Personally, I intensely disliked the ceremonies at the Paris games in 2024. Why on earth would I want to watch a row of beheaded Marie Antoinettes holding their heads in their laps singing “Ah! Ça Ira”, (a French Revolution song about hanging people)? Frankly, sick and weird, it was neither entertaining nor amusing. The only French humor I find humorous is when England makes a funny movie in France.
The 2026 games were great. The American athletes were great. President Donald Trump personally called our men’s hockey team to congratulate them on their gold medal win and invite them to join him for the State of the Union address tomorrow night. The address, by the way, is First St SE, Washington, DC.
Another Olympic highlight for me was Russia still banned from the games for being the lying, cheating, malicious country we all know.
Question: For what is the Russian resort town of Sochi, known?
Answer: Russian drugging of its Olympic athletes.
After four years of frightening, mindless, deadly, and devastating War inflicted on Ukraine by Russia, U.S. figure skater Vadym Kolesnik finally got to see some members of his family at the Olympic games. Thank You, Lord.
As far as I can determine, Russia’s only world ally is Iran. That should tell us something. Russia, of course, will eventually lose all credibility on the world stage, will flatten under its own evil, and will finally become the successful, peace-loving, philanthropic, capitalist democracy that could have happened eighty years ago.
While Dianne and I watched the Olympics, I received a surprise phone call from my Aunt Maybel who lives with her family in my little desert farm home town of Blythe, California. She was all concerned, saying, “We was watching an Oleoimpic fight on TV and a hockey game broke out! Then yore Cuzin Leeroy said the bike race got canceled cause the bikes was two-tired. And then we went to the bathroom but didn’t see no insink swimming. We wuz lovin curling but then saw out we was watchin the Beauty Channel. Well, I got to let you go now cause I am all worried bout your Unkel Jethro. He done used my meat mallet to knock out two of his front teeth. He says he wants to be a hockey player.”
BK. DG.