On the national scene; the power of government keeps growing with the announcement of more gun laws from the Oval Office (which would not have stopped one act of terrorism), more wild ass spending (without benefit), more caving to the enviromental Nazis, Black Lives Matter (don't all lives matter), more caving by the House, lots more illegals of nationalities and religions crossing our southern border (did you drop your Koran?), Quentin Tarantino, Michael Moore, and the continued lack of recognition of the Islamic brand of terrorism in the Middle East by our Commander in Chief.
A couple of real low spots; The attacks in France and Morocco (the French won't hurt anyone) resulting the deaths of a lot of innocent people. The attack in San Bernardino resulting in the deaths of innocent people (and a call for more gun control), the death of a reporter and her camera man (and a call for more gun control), the death of people in a church (and the call for more gun control), and releasing murderers out of Gitmo where they were quite safe.
Hope for 2016: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, the effective end of the Obama years, the crushing death of Obamacare, the multitude of mea culpas from the press about Obama's failures (I said hope and not absolutes), the recognition that Hillary is a man and so is Michelle, the indictment of a sexual predator (I'm not talking about Bill Cosby, the other Bill) and his wife. I'm hoping that Obama will pass like a case of bad Chinese food. Short intense misery on the shitter and then we will feel much better.
Almost forgot a couple of high spots: The World Champion Royals, Avengers: Ultron, and another degree. Kind of shows you what kind of a year it was with these as your high spots; a movie and a sports team win.
So today was my first day to return to retirement.