By Howie Katz
That's the get well card Bob Walsh sent me. It made me laugh when I didn't feel like laughing.
My son Nick says it's the funniest get well card he's ever seen.
At 99, I didn't see any sense in getting treated for my lymphoma. Getting well for me is when the lymphoma has taken my last breath, and that can't be too soon.
By Howie Katz
The wreckage of the shot down F-15E Strike Eagle jet
The Air Force colonel who has been missing since his F-15E Strike Eagle jet was shot down over Iran on Friday has been found and rescued by U.S. special forces.
Although badly wounded, the missing airman somehow managed to clime to the top of a 7,000-feet high mountain ridge where he treated his own wounds and hid in a crevice to avoid capture by the searching Iranians.
After the CIA tricked the Iranian forces into luring them to a different location, U.S. special forces landed on the ground ans whisked him away.
The special forces suffered no casualties, but to keep them from falling into Iranian hands, they destroyed two transport planes and one helicopter that got stuck in the mud.
President Trump called it "one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History."
Trump then told the Iranians "There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fucking Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell."
By Howie Katz
By Howie Katz
President Trump has just fired Attorney General Pam Bondi because she did not secure indictments against his enemies, former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The U.S. Attorney General is the legal advisor to the president and not the hatchet man for the president. But Trump doesn't see it that way and it's either his way or the highway.
And Trump is clearly delusional.
On March 11 he declared "We've won" the Iran War. That was as the Strait of Hormuz was still closed, a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia was struck by an Iranian missile and Tel Aviv was being clobbered by Iranian missiles.
And just one day after Trump declared on April 1 that the Iranians are no longer capable of shooting down any of our warplanes, they shot down two of our fighter jets.
We've won?
Right now there's no end in sight for this war.
Trump is either delusional or just plain batshit crazy.
Howie,
Thank you for sharing this with us. I have to admit, I was not expecting to hear this news—I truly thought you would outlast me. We’re so sorry to hear this.
You’ve left a lasting mark on TNOA and on so many of us who have had the privilege to know you. TNOA would not exist today had it not been for your vision and leadership, and for that we are eternally grateful.
We’re so thankful that you were able to see the TNOA Officer of the Year Award named in your honor. Your legacy will live on forever at TNOA.
Your leadership, your commitment, and your friendship have meant more than words can ever express.
It’s been one heck of a ride, and you’ve made it count in every way that matters.
Please know you are in our thoughts, and we’re grateful for the time we’ve had together.
With respect and appreciation,
Corky Schalchlin
Executive Director
Texas Narcotic Officers Association
By Howie Katz
One of the daily left-wing 'Anyone but Bibi' mass protests in Tel Aviv.
I'm sure you remember the daily images from Tel Aviv of 'Anyone but Bibi' protests by thousands and thousands of left-wing Israelis. Well, they ain't no more. The Iranian missile attacks on Tel Aviv have brought a screeching halt to those demonstrations.
An image of Tel Aviv being struck simultaneously by three Iranian ballistic missiles.
A missile strike from Iran on Tel Aviv shows widespread damage to buildings and rubble on the street.
The anti-Netanyahu protesters are now huddling in public bomb shelters. The Iranian bombardment has taken the wind out of their rotten sails.
By Howie Katz
While I was in the hospital, a CAT scan showed that there was a mass between my heart and my trachea. A biopsy revealed that the mass was lymphoma.
My followup visit to the oncologist was not exactly encouraging when I spotted his pet, a vulture.
