<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span class="gmail-im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">></span> I've heard you generate excuses for He Who Must Not Be Named many many times but I can't remember you ever doing that for Calvin Coolidge….<u></u><u></u></span></b></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>I was unaware that either of them need excuses.<br></i></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b>January 6, 2021<span class="gmail_default" style="">.</span><span class="gmail_default" style="">  34 felony convictions. </span> Going to war with NATO ally Denmark over <span class="gmail_default" style="">G</span>reenlan<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</span> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">R</span>idiculously huge free <span class="gmail_default" style="">t</span>rade <span class="gmail_default" style="">d</span>estroying  tariffs</b><span class="gmail_default" style=""><b style="">. A sitting president suing a newspaper for libel…<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></b></span></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></b></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><b style=""> John K Clark</b></span></font></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg894024587575518318"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_894024587575518318WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> </span></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>