Lost on the Streets of Ardee

Good afternoon, Stroock's Books reader(s).

Temperatures were autumnal like this morning but are summer like this afternoon. This annoys us. It's mid-September for Christ's sake. We're ready for autumn. 

Jimmy Kimmel sucks. Reader(s) already knew that. Mean, petty, vindictive, cho0se your negative adjective. Now Kimmell is out of a job. Good. We miss the old Jimmy Kimmel, Win Ben Stein's Money Jimmy Kimmel We miss Man Show Jimmy Kimmel. Anyway, rest in peace, Wheezy. 

It's finally here: The Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that Israel's "Iron Beam" is now operational and that a full series of batteries will be deployed across the country to provide cutting-edge new air defense capabilities within the coming months.' Frankly, it feels like the Israelis took their sweet time with this. Better late than never, one supposes [Snarky?-Ed]. A touch. The economic benefits of Iron Beam vs Iron Dome are enormous. And the strategic calculus once more changes in Israel's favor. 

Jersey beat: The New Jersey Globe reports: 'Sherrill up by eight points over Ciattarelli in new Quinnipiac poll', 49-41. We don't know the poll's methodology and don't know what New Jersey numbers should look like, anyway. Jack's ads are slamming Sherrill on energy costs and offshore windfarms. The windfarms are extremely unpopular in New Jersey, rightfully so. The shore is kind of a big deal here. Sherrill's ads say she'll declare an energy emergency. Yeah, right. Even so, these numbers disappoint. The race is Sherrill's to lose. 

DOGE Report: The Battle of Ardee is a goddamn mess right now with too many characters and too many different things happening in different places. We are stumped. One is tempted to delete the whole damn thing at start over. Or not.