...and what else?...now I can finally remember what I was supposed to pick up on...and quite literally, in ALDI, this morning....those 'ALPHA-EX' green beans from Egypt...had been one of Obama's memory aids (see previous notes upon the aldi chain as being his 'chosen' supermarket etc etc)....a reminder of 'farouk of egypt' and in relation to a certain jet, for some reason....go figure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farouk_of_Egypt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_double_eagle

and then there is the sculptor responsible for the above design:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Saint-Gaudens

along with the 'agricultural link':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_(Saint-Gaudens)#/media/File:Agricultural_Building_(3572762953).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault/Dornier_Alpha_Jet

formerly 'luftwaffe'?

 

oh, I remember now - dazzlenation...lisa's 'projection' let us say...the alpha jet...or should one say 'EX-ALPHA'?....go figure:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault/Dornier_Alpha_Jet#/media/File:Dassault-Dornier_Alphajet.svg

 

 

 

oh and then there's 'alpha trade'.....go figure: