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Maine of course is famous around the world for its lobsters....so the official car of the Maine Maritime Museum...well, you all get it. About sequence, could not wait for Sunday for this one...but got another up my sleeve. And, there is more than good meals and humor about lobsters and Maine. At one time, it was illegal in Maine to feed lobster to prisoner more than three times a week...it was considered cruel and unusual punishment.....So, the Gulf of Maine, where all the lobstering takes place, is warming faster than almost another other ocean body in the world....and the lobsters are moving further offshore and into deeper and colder water...then, of course, there is The Tyrant. What is a good story these days without The Tyrant? With all of his retaliatory tariffs to so many countries, particularly China, the Chinese put, tit for tat, a heavy tariff on American lobsters, which of course means, Maine Lobsters. The result is that now, where the Chinese market used to account for 50% of sales of Maine lobsters, now they are buying none. I only hope the the lobstermen in Maine (some of whom are women) areas a group conservative, and most likely voted for "him" heavily in 2016. I can only hope that they vote their self-interest this time. And, Joe B. gave the speech of his life last night.

And, what is a maritime museum without some old boats?


Peter

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