Afghanistan -- FWIW -- August 20, 2021

The scuttlebutt coming out of the White House is that Joe Biden says he's having difficulty sleeping in the White House, saying he will sleep better in his own home in Delaware. I have no idea if that's true but it explains why he decided to "vacation" in his own home just when he was making the biggest decision, to date, in his early presidency. But if that's accurate, that's all the hallmarks of ... 

... on another note, I remember the early stories of early-onset Alzheimer resulting in afflicted folks being confused by new surroundings. 

I'm reminded of all that, now that I see a headline saying the president has no plans to return to his home in Delaware while the crisis accelerates / worsens. I can only assume that was a decision made by his handlers. It really doesn't matter, does it, where the president sleeps at night, or for that matter, with whom he sleeps. 

An image of JFK just flashed in front of me.

But getting back to the story at hand, if the president is admitting to having trouble sleeping at night, and there's no corroborating sources suggesting that, but if accurate that makes a very, very interesting observation.

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The Biden Press Conference

Short and sweet.

Took four (?) questions. Pretty much softball questions.

The president seemed in command of his faculties, his answers short, direct, and not interested in a "back and forth" with the press. 

One wonders if previous presidents would have benefited from a similar style when dealing with an unruly mob?

Past presidents who tried that format seemed "defensive" and "supercilious." Biden seemed to pull it off. That "c'mon' man" seems to work for him. Wouldn't work for Trump, younger Bush. Obama's "chill" worked. 

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US Supreme Court Justice ACB

Continues to pleasantly surprise me. Dismisses the lawsuit to stop President Obama from building his library in Chicago. She seems not to have a lot of patience with what most of us see as nuisance suits.

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