Latest Leak on the Iran MOU

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Iran was leaking out so much it was like it was being stored in a sieve. So, the White House decided to "release" the document. According to CNN here is the gist of the 14-point program.

1. Both sides agree the war is over.
2. Each country respects the other one and will not interfere in the other's internal affairs.
3. The two countries have 60 days to reach a final agreement, but they can extend the time.
4. The U.S. will end its naval blockade and remove its military forces from the area.
5. Iran will work to remove mines and other obstacles to marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
6. The U.S. and its regional partners will create a fund of at least $300 billion to rebuild Iran.
7. The U.S. will end its sanctions on Iran and work to remove international sanctions.
8. Iran promises not to build any nuclear weapons.
9. Until the final agreement, Iran will maintain the status quo on its nuclear program.
10. The U.S. Treasury will immediately issue waivers to Iran to export its oil and related products.
11. The U.S. will release all of Iran's frozen assets ($24 billion).
12. Some implementation mechanism will be devised later.
13. After the signing of the MOU, real negotiations will begin.
14. The final agreement will be approved by the U.N. security council.

Wow. When Japan surrendered in 1945, the victorious United States graciously allowed Japan to keep the Emperor as emperor. Here, too, the victor was equally gracious, as Iran is allowing Donald Trump to remain as president. This deal is roughly as balanced as the Japanese surrender. One side got almost everything, the other side got nothing. Only the tables are turned this time. This has to be the most ignominious defeat for the U.S. since Vietnam. There is no other way to describe it. It is in no way better than the deal Barack Obama reached with Iran and in many ways worse. Here is how it is worse:

1. Iran gets all of its frozen funds back.
2. All the economic sanctions on Iran are lifted.
3. Iran can now sell its oil anywhere it wants to.
4. The U.S. has now formally promised not to pursue regime change in Iran again.

In addition, U.S. taxpayers are going to have to cough up the better part of $300 billion to rebuild Iran as a much more modern and powerful country than it was. Count on part of that $300 billion being used to buy modern weapons from China.

Here are a few little things that are not mentioned in the MOU.

1. Can Iran keep funding Hezbollah, the Houthis and other proxies?
2. Will the final version be a formal treaty subject to a vote in the U.S. Senate?
3. Can Iran charge "fees" (aka tolls) on traffic in the Strait as a new permanent source of revenue?
4. What happens to the uranium Iran has already enriched?
5. Is Israel bound by any final agreement?
6. Will the U.S. have to close its bases in neighboring friendly Arab countries?
7. What happens if no agreement on uranium and other issues is possible?

This is an unmitigated disaster for the U.S., a complete capitulation, getting nothing in return except a meaningless promise not to build a nuclear weapon, something Iran had already promised and was actively ignoring. One fine day it will test the weapon and just say "We changed our mind."

We are not the only ones who think that. It didn't take long before now-free-to-speak-his-mind Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said: "The details that I've seen so far look... awful. This will go down as a tremendous foreign policy blunder." Expect more senators to say the same thing or worse after the final MOU is released. Mike Pence, if anyone remembers who he is, said the deal "smacks of appeasement." The agreement is not going to play well with many Republicans. In effect, Trump has a short-term problem (gas prices are up before an election) and he is willing to sell out the country long term to get rid of it. Most Republicans know this and a brave few are willing to say it out loud.

Democrats should be all over this, saying that Trump (not Vance) is negotiating a treaty with a foreign country and the Constitution requires that treaties with foreign countries be submitted to the U.S. Senate (not the U.N. Security Council) for ratification. This could get the attention of the American Firsters.

There are also critics of the MOU who are being a bit more discreet than Cassidy and Pence. CIA Director John Ratliffe has told Trump that he does not believe Iran will be willing to make the concessions Trump wants, namely to give up its goal of building a nuclear weapon. Sources say that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Hegseth are also skeptical. After all, why should Iran give up its dream? It withstood a massive attack on its nuclear facilities a year ago and another massive attack this year. Air power won't stop it. Only a ground invasion might, and Iran believes Trump will simply not do that because the political fallout will be greater than the radioactive fallout.

There is one aspect of this that has been underplayed and is indeed not clear yet and may not be for some time. Before the war, the old, enfeebled, and somewhat cautious Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was running the show. He was the absolute dictator. Now his injured and much less respected son, Mojtaba Khamenei, is nominally in charge. However, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is a government unto itself, may use this opportunity to actually take over running the country. There could be a power struggle coming up.

Also, the CIA believes that Junior is gay. The Guard could use this little tidbit to blackmail Junior because the Koran frowns upon homosexuality and most Islamic scholars (certainly in Iran) see it as a grievous sin. The deal could be: "We run the country and we won't expose you and you can hang out with anyone you want to and just be a figurehead, like King Charles III."" One potential change if the Guard takes over, Iran could stop being a theocracy and just become a normal military junta interested mostly in gaining and holding power, like so many others around the world. This could affect its foreign policy, especially with regard to Israel. This remains to be seen, though.

Late yesterday, Trump officially signed the MOU. And he did it in... the Palace of Versailles in France. It would be hard to think of a building more closely associated with disastrous treaties than that one. In the coming days, U.S. politicians will chime in, now that it's a done deal. In particular, the reaction of Republican senators will be interesting. Will they be like George Orwell on "black is white," "night is day," and say "defeat is victory"? Most of them will understand the significance of the defeat, but will they have the guts to say it out loud?

There is a broader lesson from the war that the U.S. military is not going to like. Having the biggest, meanest, baddest army, navy, marine corps and air force in the history of the world does not mean you can defeat a third-rate nation with no military at all to speak of. Previous presidents probably understood that and made sure the U.S. had many allies and exercised a lot of soft power so it didn't have to actually go to war so often.

The main job of the Secretary of "War" is to win wars, not to do push ups or lose wars in a humiliating way. We wouldn't be surprised if one of the victims of the war is Pete Hegseth. But there could be more. (See below).

If Democrats are smart, they will actively point about how all of Trump's reasons for starting the war were failures. There was no regime change, Iran's nuclear program was not destroyed, Iran's ballistic missiles are still being fired at Israel, and so on. All that he achieved was sky-high gas prices and more inflation. The conclusion: Trump is a failed leader who needs to be checked by Congress. This could work with normie Republicans.

For a point-by-point analysis of the MOU, see this piece written by two Australian journalists. (V)

Is Trump Setting Up Vance to Be a Scapegoat?

Sooner or later—probably sooner—it will be clear to a majority of Americans that Iran won the war and the peace and America lost both of them. That is when the blame game will start in earnest.

As we note above, one head that ought to roll is that of Pete Hegseth, for losing the war. But who will get the blame for losing the peace? On Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said: "Under our law, any nuclear deal with Iran will be sent to Congress for review and a vote. I look forward to reviewing the final product and I believe it is imperative that the architect of the deal, Vice President Vance, and his negotiating partners, be part of the process in presenting the final deal to Congress" (our emphasis). Graham is the ultimate toady, although he probably has some empathy for Young Khamenei, and he knows what Donald Trump wants to hear. So, the deal (the "peace") is apparently Vance's "fault"? When people figure out how bad this is, is Trump going to need a scapegoat, real fast? Paging Nancy Pelosi, Hunter Biden, and Barack Obama. Those probably aren't going to work, so maybe Trump's plan is to blame Vance for not having memorized The Art of the Deal (Persian edition) and give him the blame.

What makes this plausible as a theory is that when something goes wrong, it is never, ever Trump's fault. He is more infallible than Kim Jong-Un multiplied by Pope Leo. So it is goat-hunting season. There is an increasing amount of indirect evidence that Trump wants Secretary of State Marco Rubio to be his successor, probably not for ideological reasons (Rubio doesn't even pretend to be MAGA the way Vance does), but because Republican donors have told Trump that Vance can't win and Rubio maybe can. Normally, the vice president's job is to call the White House every day at 8 a.m. to see if the president is alive, and if so, take the day off. You know who is the country's top diplomat? Yeah, the secretary of state. But Rubio wasn't involved in the horrendous deal with Iran at all, so his hands are clean and Vance has been set up to take the fall. If Vance decides to run in 2028, despite having fallen out of favor with Trump, Trump could blame Vance for the bad deal and then support Rubio.

We don't claim to be clairvoyant, but we wrote this item yesterday afternoon before Trump chimed in on the situation. After we were done writing, Trump "joked" when talking to Fox News' Peter Doocy, saying: "If it works out, I'm going to take the credit. If it doesn't work out, I'm blaming J.D. You better be careful, J.D. He's going to turn his plane around and get the hell out of here." Except it wasn't a joke at all. It was saying the quiet part out loud, prepping for exactly what is going to happen.

Vance is smart enough to understand that the rug is being pulled out from under him, but he is in no position to do anything about it. Why didn't the White House get a better deal? Because Trump wanted gas prices to go down on account of the midterms and was prepared to give away the farm to get that. He undoubtedly ordered Vance to make a deal, any deal, and the only deal the Iranians were interested in was total victory, so that is what Vance had to give them. The irony here is that Vance was the only one in the administration who saw in advance that the war was going to be a disaster and argued against it. Now he is going to be the fall guy for it. He could push back on Trump and say: "I ran the deal past the president and he said I should sign it," but that would infuriate Trump. We don't see how Vance can wiggle out of this one easily. He's trapped. Poor J.D. If he sees that the presidency is out of reach in 2028, he could write the mother of all tell-all books and at least make a lot of money on the way out the door. (V)

Republicans Are Praying the Iran Deal Will Ease the Pain at the Pump

Republicans used to care about things like low taxes for rich people, free trade, small government and a few other things, but now all they care about is getting the price of gas back to where it was before Donald Trump's war of choice. It may be too late.

(Gas) prices famously go up like a rocket but come down like a feather. First, oil will not start flowing in volume immediately. The Strait of Hormuz has to be cleared of mines before tankers will dare cross it. The U.S. has no traditional minesweepers, so it will have to rely on those of other nations, which could take some time to get to where they are needed and do their work thoroughly. Some of the mines may be on the seabed, so it could take a few weeks before the oil companies (and insurance companies) are sure the coast is clear, although some traffic could get through earlier by hugging the coast of Oman, where there are no mines. In addition to minesweepers, mine-hunting dolphins may be flown in. Most mines explode when they detect metal, so the dolphins are probably safe. Experts say it could take months before every last mine is found. Some companies with valuable cargoes that are not in a hurry may prefer to wait and let greedier companies test the waters. No oil or insurance company wants to own the Exxon Valdez accident, part II, except with a cargo of 10x more oil than the Valdez had. Even if you believe they don't care about the environment, the average modern tanker, fully loaded, is worth about $300 million. That's not chump change.

Then once the oil can flow, it has to be refined somewhere. That also could take some time, although some refined oil might be stockpiled in the Gulf. These delays are likely to affect the U.S. even though it does not import any oil from the Gulf. If Exxon can sell oil to South Korea at $120/barrel, it is not going to sell it to some U.S. refiner at $60/barrel.

The oil futures market is going to have to make an estimate of the future transit "fees" Iran and Oman will charge every tanker exiting the Strait and factor that into bids. To be on the safe side, they may be overly pessimistic, which will not lead to low prices. Also, oil company inventories have been eliminated. The companies want them refilled as a buffer against a resumption of hostilities. That means there will be an abnormally large demand for oil until all the inventories have been replenished, which will slow down price drops for consumers.

Once oil actually becomes available and the price of crude drops, oil companies have a choice: Keep prices high and make more money or drop prices and make less money. The demand for gas is extremely inelastic. If someone needs [X] gallons to get to work they can't realistically decide to cut back to 0.8[X] gallons. Food is more elastic. Families can switch from national brands to store brands, buy less steak and more chicken, or stockpile Hamburger Helper. Why should the oil companies pass on the savings to consumers when they can make bigger profits, at least for a while?

And then there is the psychology. Before the war, people were already saying that prices, inflation, and affordability were their top issues. Even if we go back to that, it is not going to help Republicans so much. Besides, once people have the idea that everything is too expensive and it is Trump's fault, they will be very slow to change. People will remember the high prices at least until November, especially if Democrats keep reminding them. Besides, the deal with Iran isn't going to make food and other prices go down. (V)

G7 Summit Concludes

The leaders of seven of the most powerful democracies have been getting together every June since 1975 to discuss the world. Some AI CEOs also showed up, even though their companies are not technically countries. This year the G7 was at Évian-les-bains, France, a resort on Lac Léman, about 40 miles northeast of Geneva. The meeting concluded yesterday. Here is a photo of the room where they met. Other than President of the E.U. Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Italian P.M. Giorgia Meloni, and Japanese P.M. Sanae Takaichi, not a lot of women here:

Can you imagine anything useful happening in such a big group? We can't. Offline, French President Emmanuel Macron talked to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and that was picked up by a hot mic nearby. Macron told Zelenskyy that he had a difficult discussion with Donald Trump the day before and said he would arrange for Zelenskyy to have a (difficult) meeting with Trump before it was over. Macron did invite Trump to dinner at Versailles. Trump agreed but complained Versailles was not beautiful enough. Weird, because it's absolutely chock-full of gold accents.

Did the summit achieve anything? A little. The leaders agreed to support Ukraine's sovereignty and will provide more interceptors and long-range missiles to back that up. The long-range missiles are important because missile strikes inside Russia make everyday Russians aware of the war and make them feel some of the damage. Trump signed the joint statement, but didn't make any promises about weaponry or munitions. The declaration cited Trump three times, making him feel important. The other leaders now understand that if they treat Trump the way they would treat a three-year-old, that helps a lot.

The leaders also talked about the Strait of Hormuz, but didn't come up with a way of protecting it. They did talk about alternatives, though. In particular, they asked P.M. Mark Carney of Canada to significantly increase Canada's capacity to export energy. That could be doable.

Trump held a press conference after the meeting. He said what people most wanted to hear was that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. None of the other leaders dared say out loud that they think Trump's deal is horrible and that they are far from convinced that the Iranians will keep any promises they make. After all, it would spoil the mood if they said obvious things like that. (V)

Fed Chair Warsh Is Going to Disappoint Trump

The new Fed chairman, multimillionaire Kevin Warsh, got off to a bad start yesterday at his first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Not only did the FOMC keep interest rates steady, but Warsh suggested that they may be raised if inflation keeps up. The vote was 12-0, the first unanimous decision in a year. Trump wants a rate cut now. The computer models the Fed is using suggest that inflation will fall to 2.3% next year, but the models don't take into account things like the next war Trump might start or how much in "fees" Iran might charge for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

The official statement from the Committee differs quite a bit from the one it released in April. If you want to see what changed, here it is. Basically, all the nice stuff about how great the economy is was axed. The suggestion that a rate cut might be forthcoming also bit the dust.

Markets reacted calmly to the announcement. Investors may now think that Warsh has what it takes to stand up to Trump and do what the economy needs, rather than what Trump wants. The S&P 500 was off only 1.2% at the close of trading.

One thing that Warsh did say is that he plans to limit the Fed's public communication going forward. This immediately got a response from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who said: "I'm very uneasy when the head of any government agency says they would like less transparency into their actions and thinking." Warren has previously called Warsh Trump's "sock puppet."

Trump is probably unhappy with Warsh, but trying to fire the Chair after a week on the job might freak out the markets. Besides, Trump has his hands full with all the flak he is going to take about the Iran MOU without picking another fight. At least for now. (V)

Georgia Lawmakers Hesitate to Redraw the Maps for 2028

There wasn't enough time for Georgia to re-gerrymander its congressional map for 2026, but Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) promised to do it for 2028. Not so fast. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R) sent Kemp a letter saying he wants to take his time and see what the best thing is for Georgia. That could take time, especially with multiple lawsuits pending all over. The governor has called a special session of the legislature to do the redistricting, but Burns said he won't take up redistricting this year. He said the legislature is more interested in doing things to help people deal with high prices. What he actually meant is that redistricting just before the midterms would inflame Democratic voters and cost the GOP both the Senate seat and the governorship. That's what he cares about.

This is another big setback for Kemp. First, his choice for the Senate, Derek Dooley, lost his runoff to Trumper Mike Collins. Second, his choice for governor, Burt Jones, lost his runoff to Rick Jackson. Now Kemp has called a special session for redistricting and the House speaker won't do it.

While 2028 is far in the future, getting three strikes right off the bat is not good in baseball, even if it is fine in bowling. Kemp clearly thinks there is a path to the White House for him in 2028, and he could yet be right, but losing control of the Republican Party in his own state is not a great start.

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), who preaches at Martin Luther King's church, compared the elimination of majority-Black districts to Jim Crow. He said the legislators who praise King on his birthday and then turn around and try to bring back Jim Crow may have the power to do that but he said: "But keep Dr. King's name out of your mouth." (V)

Robert Kennedy Jr. Keeps Showing Up in Swing Districts

Secretary of HHS Robert Kennedy Jr. mysteriously keeps showing up in swing House districts. On Tuesday, Kennedy was in Charlotte, MI, with Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) talking about MAHA. Last week, Kennedy visited Thornton, CO, in the district of embattled Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO). The week before, he was in Western Wisconsin with Rep. Derrick Van Order (R-WI), saying that Louis Pasteur has been wrong for 100 years and drinking unpasteurized milk is healthy. Before that he was in Toledo, OH, in the district of top Republican target Marcy Kaptur (D-OH). Earlier this year, Kennedy spoke in Harrisburg, PA, in the district of endangered Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA). He has been to other places as well, but he does seem to have a special affinity for swing districts.

Is Kennedy planning to run for president in 2028 or for some other office? Is this just to flog his MAHA movement? Does he have Potomac fever? Does he think this will make him less unpopular? Who knows? Maybe he doesn't know either. After all, a dead bear cub ate his brain. No, wait, we have our Kennedy stories mixed up. It was a worm.

In any event, there doesn't seem to be any obvious reason for all the travel, and it is not even clear that showing up helps the candidates he appears with. While some MAHA moms like his emphasis on healthy food, others are furious with him about Roundup (glyphosate) and vaccines. At the very least, he is very controversial and it is doubtful that many House candidates have specifically sought him out to help with their campaigns. But he tends to march to the beat of his own drum. (V)

Grumpy Old Man Says Trump Will Quit Next Year

The grumpy old man in question is former Democratic strategist James Carville. He predicts that Trump will quit the presidency by next summer. Carville starts with predicting that the Democrats will win massive victories in Congress in November. That is debatable but not inconceivable. The Washington Post had an opinion piece yesterday by Henry Olsen, no friend of the Democrats, noting that Democrats are now competitive in 10 key Senate races. If Trump's approval continues to tank, Democrats could indeed win half of them and capture the Senate as well as the House.

Carville is not just making stuff up, though. He said: "I have experience that not a lot of people have. I know what it's like to lose a massive, off-year election. We did in 1994. It's so monumental, it's so massive, it hurts so deep, you just can't imagine it. The entire world around [Trump] is going to change during November of this year."

Carville says that if Democrats win both chambers, Trump's power will be greatly reduced. No more budgets, no more laws, and subpoenas for everyone and his uncle. Ten committees will be investigating his administration. All the news will be about his misdeeds and those of his cronies. His subordinates, allies and friends will be taking the Fifth every day in testimony. The House will pass bill after bill which will be hotly debated in the Senate, even if they don't have the votes to break a filibuster. Carville also noted that Trump is old, overweight, and unhealthy. He might decide he doesn't need this any more and just go home to Florida to nurse his grievances. Carville concluded with: "I think the son of a bitch is just going to walk away."

Under similar circumstances, Bill Clinton weathered the storm and came back strong. But Clinton was 50, in good shape, very smart and a tough fighter. Trump is none of these things. While we think it is unlikely that Trump will just quit, when he sees bad news about himself day after day and is fighting with Congress about everything (possibly including multiple impeachments), who knows? (V)

Never Forget: Happy Birthday, Papa

Today, we hear from D.M. in Lexington, NC:

100 years ago this week my maternal grandfather was born. I knew him as "Papa," and he knew me as "Toady," or just "Toad." His real first name was Lowell, but most knew him as "Bud" or "Mr. Bud". To honor him today, I thought I'd tell you a little bit about his life.

He was born on June 17, 1926, in a tiny town in south central Illinois called DeLand, which is in Piatt County. He was the last of five children and was the "accident," in that his next-youngest sibling was born 9 years earlier. As far as I know, he was born at home. They moved to Pontiac, MI, when he was just a couple years old.

In his childhood, he suffered from terrible scoliosis and had to endure months in traction to get it corrected. A very handsome, bespectacled young man, he had an amazing talent for drawing, and for music, playing the accordion long into adulthood.

He was just old enough to be drafted for World War II, joining at just 18 years old at the end of 1944 as an entry level "Seamen 2nd Class." He was assigned to the 36th Naval Construction Battalion (NCB, though they were more commonly known as "Seabees"), and after staging at Saipan, landed on the east coast of Okinawa in April of 1945, in the early stages of the Battle of Okinawa, the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War. His battalion was tasked with constructing Awase Airfield, through torrential downpours of rain, bullets, bombs, and kamikaze attacks.

Following V-J Day in August 1945, Papa was deployed to the Wakayama and Kobe areas of Honshu, near Osaka, Japan, where they helped build military installations—many still in use today. By the time he began demobilization in early 1946, he had been promoted to Seaman 1st Class. He was reassigned to the U.S.S. Cebu, a Luzon-class repair ship, where he briefly returned to Okinawa. He remained aboard the Cebu until April 4, 1946, where, in Pearl Harbor, he transferred to the U.S.S. ATR-62, which he'd ride back to San Francisco for separation. He was still only 19 years old.

All of that was information I gathered on my own. Papa, like so many World War II Veterans, did not like to talk about his time in the War. The only stories he ever told me were that he was in Okinawa, he talked about the horrible rains, and how they would throw grenades into caves they hoped to use as shelter to ensure there were no wild animals or enemy soldiers. He also hated the water, and gladly took remedial duties like scrubbing tiles with a toothbrush to avoid any activities that took him too close to it.

Following the war, he married and had a child. Her name is Judy, and I've never met her, for Papa divorced in the late 1940s before meeting and marrying my grandma, Joan, who was also a divorcee, in the mid 1950s. They went on to have two kids: my Uncle Mark, born in 1956, who just celebrated his 70th birthday, and my mom, Ruth, who was born in 1958, but sadly passed away in 2021. They bought a house in Rochester, MI, during this time, which is right next to the First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in Rochester, MI, where he became an active member for the rest of his life. He served as lead usher, and was always on hand to help out with rummage sales, and a constant presence on community softball and basketball teams. He was also an avid bowler and golfer.

When Papa retired at 55 (lucky!) as a draftsman with General Motors, right after I was born, he did not slow down. He still played sports, mentored countless youth in the community, and also began mowing grass for senior citizens around Rochester. Maybe for something to do, maybe for the cash... maybe a bit of both. He continued mowing lawns throughout town until he was 80 years old, by then with the help of my mom. His 1978 green F-150 was a common sight around Rochester, as were his daily visits to the local Dairy Queen—where he went in for a hot dog and a Pepsi every single day he mowed lawns—and his decades-long Monday night tradition of going to the local Pizza Hut with his "harem." During the winters, he loved to do crossword puzzles.

After the passing of my grandma, Papa sold his house and moved in with another local widow from his church in 1996. Both of them in their early 70s, it was a perfect logistical, financial, and emotional match. While they never married, they were constant companions for the next nearly 20 years. Her family became our family, and our family became theirs. Chosen family. Those bonds of affection exist to this day.

By the mid 2000s, Papa started slowing down. With both he and his companion in their 80s, he made the agonizing decision to move from her home to stay with my mom, who helped tirelessly with his care until the final 18 months of his life. While watching him grow frail of mind and body was extremely difficult for all of us, it also gave me time to "pre-grieve" his actual, physical passing, which was on October 4, 2012, at age 86.

I won't claim that he was THE best Papa ever, because many of us are fortunate to have people they consider heroes, but he definitely was mine. I miss him, but he still exists in my memory, and that of countless others. For that reason, he lives on.

Gravestones show a birth and death year, with nothing but a hyphen in between. This is my feeble attempt to help fill in the hyphen for Bud Mathews. Happy 100th birthday, Papa. Love ya. Have some extra heavenly DQ, Pepsi, and Pizza Hut today.

Thank you, D.M. (Z)

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