My prediction of the 2020 U.S. election/Carlos Pueblo

 

My prediction of the 2020 U.S. election/Carlos Pueblo

The 2020 US election is only 64 days away and I predict that the Democrat will sweep the House, the Senate, and the White House. It is all because of these four years of Donald Trump. Can anyone tell me what has been happened in this administration except an executive lead of legislation of the tax cut? The small tax cut may be benefited to a few rich; however, their overall portfolios are depreciated and less safe than before. Who are going to be the back bone of our tax revenue? Almost 50% of the American is not paying the federal income tax and now the rich and the corporate are paying less, plus I don’t see the rosy scenery of the U.S. economic, yet the national debt is ballooning. Even some of the conservative Republican are shaking their head, by the way, where is the Tea Party?

He breaks the law all the time, before the White House and in the White House. He thinks that he is above the law. There are many law suits and prosecutions waiting for him when he leaves the White House in January next year. Democrats ran on impeaching him and won the House of Representative. Even my Republican district changes hand to the Democrat and her only campaign issue is to impeach him. The House did impeach him yet fell in the Republican control Senate. In November, Democrats will keep the House and also take over the Senate. Without it, the U.S. will not have any progress at all and still wasting time even if the Democrat takes the White House.

Those voters like me who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 would never vote for Trump this time. She got more votes than him. I like to see how those voters in coal states, steel states, and agricultural states, etc. will vote this time. The U.S. has never been like his description of great again. Of course, I know that American has been great all the time. America is not great when you can’t find a job to earn a living to support yourself and your family. There are about 70 millions of American are not great any more. It is his mismanagement of the nation.

There is another great risk which he is taking now. He wants to create a war against China in order to take away everybody’s attention of his loosing election. I read Chinese and I know as well he knows. China is surrendering and Xi orders his military forces not to fire the first shot. Chinese is eager to talk whatever except no independent for Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, and the East Turkestan. It is too late for him to take the opportunity for the peace of the world.

 

美國大選預測2020/莊峻華

 

美國大選預測2020/莊峻華

美國今年大選，已經如火如荼展開，我預測民主黨後選人拜登，將高票當選，落敗之川普總統，將開始面對法律，面對其私人企業之倒閉，我是根據我多年政治之觀察經驗，當然2016年希拉蕊之落敗，純屬政治意外，和美國和世界之不幸，美國浪費四年，不進反退。

2016年投希拉蕊者，絕對不會轉投川普，除非俄羅斯再度介入，古東歐流行一句史達林名言，選舉重要者，並非如何投票，而是如何算票，大哉言論也，美國人2016年不察，不知今年學到乖否？學不到乖，也只有自討苦吃，尤其這些弱勢者，要出來投拜登，投民主黨，共和黨總統任內，經濟都崩潰，雷根之1987, 老布希之1999，小布希之2008，都是民主黨總統，克林頓和歐巴瑪各執政八年後，始恢復正常，國家赤字趨緩，不在世界各處，惹事生非，美國人要征服中國嗎？

川普姦商也，借錢都倒債，現在美國讓他管四年，也快倒閉，美國有錢人，在美國經濟崩潰後，損失更大，智慧人如我者，都不知如何置我手足？股票兌現？有惟恐美金崩潰，不會？不會像拉丁美洲諸國，我說會，這不學無術之混混，連武漢肺炎之大難臨頭，都不知旅遊業之困境，難怪一直鑽法律漏洞，宣佈倒閉，倒銀行錢，銀行倒人民定期，倒國家銀行保險。

這種天天說謊者，仍有聞臭之夫，我看他能騙到何時？美國農民收入，有比德國農民好嗎？賓州鋼鐵工人，媒炭工人，工作回龍乎？武漢肺炎造成之六千萬失業者，都有機會找到工作嗎？我在失業後，二十年都找不到穩定工作，還好省吃檢用，投票給克林頓和歐巴瑪，十六年股市大漲，打下基礎，現在股票指數恢復，是騙人的，只有高科技股，川普上下周圍，都是無知者，高科技是美國一些人聰明努力，絕對不是川普之功勞。

Promoting to grow papaya/Carlos Pueblo

 

Promoting to grow papaya/Carlos Pueblo

My neighbors grow the papaya on their yard with green fruits hanging on the stem which are good looking especially when it is ripe with the golden color. I dump everything left after cutting the fruit to an old iron barrel full of soil and water it every day. Now, I have many young papaya plants five inches tall. I decide to promote some other neighbors to grow the papaya. I dig them up and pack up four boxes of plants to make my delivery. Two of them have previous growing papaya experience while two of them have eaten the fruit yet never seen the tree. It is not easy to grow the tree in Houston because that we must protect the root during the frozen winter. It  is a multiple years tree which can last for many years in the tropical weather area like Hawaii or Taiwan, etc.

I have had a find memory of growing the papaya in my childhood. On our labor class at the 5^th grade, we helped our teacher to transplant the papaya sprout into an empty ground by the swimming pool. I have built up my interest to look at the tree wherever I travel around the world. I have done it before when I live at the old house with some harvest. The cost is nothing if we don’t consider how well of the fruit should be. First, they must pass this coming winter and see the fruit next year during the fall and after.

Of course, we can purchase the fruit from any of the super market to eat, yet observing the tree be derived from the see to a tree and bearing fruits is wonderful.

推廣種木瓜/莊峻華

 

推廣種木瓜/莊峻華

食畢木瓜，將木瓜子埋在拾來水桶土中，夏天瓜苗冒出，欣欣向榮，正想如何處置瓜苗？於是我開始推廣種木瓜，鄰居聞言，甚感有趣，於是我趁開車上游泳池，送上四盆瓜苗，其中有兩位曾種過木瓜，兩位不曾看過木瓜，但吃過木瓜，在休市種木瓜，需要耐心，木瓜冬天需要保護根部，不受凍寒，也是多年生植物，我說種木瓜於門前庭院，等結橙黃果實，就像夏威夷，只是天氣稍熱些耳。

我在茶花女街，種過木瓜，也是豪無成本，而且也有收穫，只不過果株肥料不足，果實較小，但有相同味道，我在台灣故鄉，無論埔里或虎尾，最喜歡觀看鄰居木瓜樹，欣賞木瓜，也種過木瓜，那是小學勞作課，幫一位牛老師，在游泳池旁一空地，開發一片木瓜園，也偷採過教室旁水泥牆旁之木瓜，為女生檢舉，導師要班長帶我回家，告訴母親，這是唯一讓家長失顏面之憾事，我在小學讀書成績佳，只是名次不佳，但也挫折不了我之意志。

幾天前在游泳池，遇見一位小女孩莉迪亞，很大方前來打招呼，又詳細詢問我名字，原來她母親是牙買加人，難怪門前有棵木瓜，一大串青瓜，兩週後約可採收，戴安娜問我是否探詢許可，我曰不能，蓋木瓜有超市價格也，戴是受贈瓜苗四位之一，她年紀與我相仿，仍在城中上班，手機電腦技術甚佳，但不識果株形狀，在聖寶娜河下游，有一別墅兩英畝庭院，鄰居空地有一株台灣之椪柑，她已知道需要注意十一月，幫我採收，她的兩畝地，真的能種很多香蕉，很多蕃石榴等。

有兩位鄰居，在城外有農場，也是清晨散步夥伴，一位欣蒂家有四百英畝，在德州中部小丘上，約兩千英呎高，我開始推廣她，試種普洛蒂亞花，這是一來自南非之美麗花朵，需要有四季分明氣候，聞德州也出產，繼夏威夷和佛羅里達之後，她是我們社區之家庭園藝理事，深表興趣，她之兩愛犬，是我知心好友。另一位是凱西，家有約七百英畝地，在十號公路往聖安東尼市途中，她種過木瓜，也是四位之一，我帶她參觀一鄰居之蕃石榴和絲瓜，她都表興趣栽種。

第三位鄰居是邁克，八年前我們就發現他之木瓜株在庭院，後來我因散步和其愛犬相識，他也有興趣，再種木瓜。第四位是對面鄰居，法國太太瑪麗亞，她準備明年贈我一些琵琶，我先贈她木瓜苗。

The virtual clinic/Carlos Pueblo

 

The virtual clinic/Carlos Pueblo

My physician’s nurse instructs me how to connect to him via i-phone to perform a virtual clinic appointment which is hindered by the Chinese Wuhan Corona Virus. I had had an issue of a urethritis and a urinary continence last Thursday. He prescribes me a week supply of antibiotic to kill the infection, as a matter of fact, I the pain was decreased a little bit and my urination process was improving before the clinic. He wants to deal with the infection first and to see the development later, if any. The clinic lasts for two minutes.

I have been thinking of my problem of the urination and consulted with the other old men including my own brother about this issue. Now, I have received a bottle of the healthy food supplement to reduce the swelling of my prostate, I don’t know if there is any? If there is one, I shouldn’t be so easy to get away from the pain and lost control of the urine. Furthermore, I do have semi-annual blood test, four test tubes of my blood, to check on every possible risk of my health condition including the prostate cancer. That number makes more meaning to my physician and his nurse than me actually. I have had my total confidence in them.

I asked Amy to check my weight, body temperature, and blood pressure to make up with questions from the nurse. She didn’t give me a hard time when I couldn’t answer. I pay more attention to my morning exercises than anything else except the eating. I am glad that I have lost some weight even though I am still like 6 months in pregnancy. I know that I can get rid of it if I go vegan diet. It is too inconvenient for Amy to prepare.

Let see how many times which I have visited my physician this year? They are all for the infection that I must be more careful about it yet how? How can I control the urethritis? Not go to swim as Arthur’s claim to give up swimming?

視訊門診/莊峻華

 

視訊門診/莊峻華

因為尿道發炎，又是武漢肺炎肆虐期間，無法看門診，只好視訊門診，就是在手機上，讓大夫看到我，然後重復護士之問題，有經驗和學識之好大夫，立下判斷，開一帖消炎片，結束視訊門診，他說有問題再解決，一共兩分鐘不到，很快藥局電話來，我開車領藥去，非常有效率。

先是護士來話，詢問我看門診原因，我因有準備，所以解釋清楚，問體溫，體重，和血壓，我一問三不知，她也無法計較，只好教我如何連接視訊，讓大夫看到我，上次我使用桌型電腦迷路，她說只要跟著電話音訊即可，不久我就看到大夫臉孔，耳機也聽到其聲，省下我開車和門診室煎熬。

每人體質不同，生老病死等八苦際遇也不一，久病成醫者之描述，很多是危言聳聽，或是擴充其詞，我離群索居日久，不甚習慣，我自有老人健保後，每半年都有驗血身體檢查，始可再領糖尿病三種藥，所以驗血事項，包擴心臟，膽固醇，和癌症痕跡，而且包括老男人之通病攝護腺，所以若有問題，半年前，甚至前八年之數目，必有警訊，而且最重要者為，解決小便疼痛，和尿禁失控之大問題。

我很喜歡這位大夫，他是位哲學博士，又是醫學博士，老神在在，給我很大信心，他讓我靠他，而且我要求步多，只想活到八十，我也離去不遠，而且也因武漢肺炎肆虐，更合理化我的自我放逐生活，每日勤於清晨運動，與愛犬為伍，所交遊者盡是高尚愉快之人士也。

而且，人體健康，也可以產生抗體，如我因網球局，延期視訊門診三日，尿道炎已趨緩，而且失尿也漸控制，開始服藥，當然可以迅速復原，減少病痛矣。

The urethritis/Carlos Pueblo

 

The urethritis/Carlos Pueblo

Recently, I have experienced a difficulty of urination. Suddenly I lost my control of urination, called urinary incontinence or involuntary urination. I am told that is very common for a man of age, yet I don’t see it should happen to me so fast. Last Thursday, I was not able to wait till I reached the toilet and couldn’t stop the flow of my urine when I used the faucet. I also feel a gingerly pain when I do the urination. I called my family physician’s office for a visual clinic appointment and also seek advice from some male friends of my age. I understand that some of my organs are out of shape and I must have a medical attention. It can be one of several reasons, a swelling prostate or a prostate cancer, or the urethritis, an infection somewhere in that area which hinder my function of urination.

My tennis body gives me a bottle of herb medicine gel to take to decrease the swelling. He says that has helped him well for a long time. I instantly make some preparation to shorten the time to the toilet by wearing underwear at home and schedule well for my long morning walk. After three days I am feeling better of myself to deal with this unpleasant issue and feel less pain now when urinate. It may be just the infection and my body healing itself.

I still have had a good memory of treating my bed wetting issue during my childhood. My dad took me to a Chinese herb medicine specialist to have a prescription. It is sweet and I later recognize that one ingredient is the semen coieis or coix seed. I thought that might help me this time also yet no body remembered such prescription. I can buy the coix seed on the oriental super market and I may just cook it like a sweet soup dessert.

I don’t pay close attention to my blood test each time for the refill of the diabetes medicine. I think that my physician does check my prostate cancer indication. I am alright till this year if there is any must be at the early stage that can be managed well than later. I shouldn’t let it bother me too much.