Well…one of the things I noticed at the “No Kings” protest this past Sat was the age of the crowd…most of the people there looked like me…older folks made up at least 75% of the crowd and now that phenomenon has been noticed across the country at every one of the protests…our age group is leading the way in protesting everything trump and we show that in the polls where 65+ Americans have the highest disapproval of the idiot and are going to be the determining factor in a lot of elections…and possibly hand both the House and Senate back tot he dems next fall…I never could understand why older folks like me would ever vote for repubs since their reason for living is to cut the programs that most of us alive…but it looks now like it’s getting through the thick skull of the rest of the old folks and they are no longer going to be a reliable voting bloc for the repubs…it’s about damn time…geez…
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People don’t like it…
Well…as the repubs in the senate work to cut even more from Medicaid than their House collaborators, it seems that people really don’t like the idea of abandoning millions of Americans just to give tax cuts to the rich…in fact 64% of the people polled hated the bill while it is underwater by 41% with independents which is pointing to a crushing defeat for the repubs in 26 if it works like it should…and polling shows that general support for the idiot trump is plunging and that was taken before he started threatening Iran where 70+% don’t want the US to get involved…so, again, most of the people in this country aren’t buying what the repubs are selling…but I’ve railed about this before, that repub policies are hugely unpopular and I still can’t figure out why they keep passing this stuff…I mean 80% of those polled don’t want any more tax cuts for the rich and yet it is the centerpiece of this “big beautiful” piece of crap…and I really do hope the repubs plan to run on it…it would guarantee a blood bath for them in 2026…geez…
June 18th
Well…three inches of rain? Ha,ha…we got a little mist and that is going to be it so I’ll be out on the bike after I have coffee and get my body jump started…might only get two rides in…will have to put the rain gear on but no storms and that sucks…feel a little worn out today and it may be from doing 38 miles for three days in a row…so, my plans to take a day off and watch the rain is out and I’m really disappointed…oh, well…I’ll be out on the bike by 7 so I need to pour the coffee down and get going…still have leftovers for today but I do need to assemble some more potato salad for later…have the windows open already since it it still almost 70 and I’ll probably have to have the fan on later…pretty darn humid so I’ll be sweating on the bike…think I’ll do laundry today since I’m running out of t-shirts to wear on the bike…man, I’m having a hard time getting going this morning and I wonder if I ate enough yesterday? Just had some chicken stir fry and a dog with potato salad and that is barely over 1K calories and that is not enough to support 38 miles on the bike but you’ve heard me go on about that for how many years now? Too many, that’s for sure…not much to do today…just the rides and laundry and I’m planning to get wet on the bike here in a minute…they have just changed the forecast to light rain from 3 inches and that sucks….more later…
38 more miles…
Well…I really was going to cut down to 25 miles today but I felt pretty good after two rides that I jumped right back on the bike for the third…so, 38 more miles today but I may have to do indoor rides if the forecast of storms holds up…it hasn’t rained out here for almost 7 weeks and my lawn is gone for the year…again, just like last year when we had 56 days in a row with no rain…up to 49 days in this drought and I really can’t figure that out…oh, well…didn’t have any pain on the bike today even after doing a full 6.5 mile sprint coming back on the first ride so I’m hoping my legs are healed…didn’t get much on the grocery run but I did get lettuce and tomatoes so I can make blt’s once the leftovers are gone…I did make the ingredients for potato salad and overcooked the eggs again so I’m curious what they are going to look like when I peel them tomorrow…it got pretty hot today at 85 but I have the fan on and I can live with it…I id remember to open the small windows in the basement glass blocks and I hope that dries the basement up a bit…okay, time for tv…and maybe a cocktail…ha, the little weather widget just said 3 inches of rain tomorrow…I’ll believe it when I see it…
They’re starting to get it..
Well…as little baby trump stomped out of the G7 conference because no one will listen to his bullshit anymore…he use the excuse that he was working on a “deal” to end the Israel/Iran war lying his ass off since he really has nothing to do with it…and it makes me happy the world leaders have figured out the idiot trump finally and made comments like “he doesn’t know anything” or “it’s worthless to talk to him”…and at a press conference with Canadian premier Carney, idiot boy tried to go off on immigration and blue cities and Carney just shut him down and stopped the conference as idiot boy shrunk into the background…now, I’ve never seen a real president treated that way by other world leaders but I think it appropriate for the idiot…after all, he can barely string two sentences together and has nothing to add to any conversation…finally, he’s getting treated as he deserves…geez…
June 17th
Well….damn, it’s funny how sunburned you can get just being out at the beach for an hour for the first time this year…I guess the 100 sunscreen I’ve been using has kept me pretty white…but I purposely didn’t put any on for the beach since I really did want to get a bit of color…need to get on the bike by 6:45 today sine I want to get a ride in before the grocery run…may just keep it to 25 miles today after two days of 38′s…my legs can use a little rest…it’s already warm enough to go out just a t-shirt this morning and that is what I’ve been waiting for…still have leftovers for today and tomorrow but I will need to take something out of the freezer for the rest of the week…not sure what that will be yet…maybe some bacon for blt’s? Will probably make Masala this weekend before the ginger spoils and I have to make another batch of potato salad to use the potatoes before they spoil…not going to buy any protein this week and will be eating out of the freezer for a couple of weeks…not much to do today…going to take it a little easier today and read another book so I can pick up 4 more Friday…I think I need to pause that for a while to get a few things done around here….more later…
Out to the beach
Well…I did get out to the beach today and got a little scorched but that feels good…I did get the new chair in the car but just barely and it was so damn comfortable to sit on it in the sun…the water was too cold to swim but it’s getting there and should be warm enough in the next couple of weeks…I did get to the library to get more books and read one of them this afternoon but it was a James Patterson and they read really fast…going to do the grocery run tomorrow since it’s supposed to storm all day Wed…don’t really need much but they have a lot of stuff on sale at Meijers for a buck so I’ll pick up a few things…damn, I really do hope it rains since my lawn will be dead if it doesn’t…oh, well…okay, tv time…
It’s trump’s fault…
Well…if you think there is an escalation in violence in this country since January, you’re right and it’s all the asshole trump’s fault since he has called for violence against his political foes for years…so what does one of his idiot followers do? He shot and killed a Minnesota legislator and her husband and tried to kill another one and his wife…and we know this asshole is a trump follower from his social media posts…and every damn day idiot boy openly calls for “something” to happen to people he hates but he knows what that means…he wants just what happened in Minnesota to happen all across the country…and he has emboldened his thug police forces to threaten people who are exercising their constitutional right to protest…a maga sheriff in Florida with the full support of the AG threatened to immediately kill anyone seen throwing anything at protests…no arrest, no trial, just summary execution for protesting…and idiot boy just eats this shit up…he is such a pussy that he has never done the violence himself but he gets his jollies when his stupid followers do it…that right there is a big sign of his psychopathy…he revels in other’s pain and suffering and he thinks that makes him a tough guy…I think he’s pathetic…as the rest of the world does, too…geez..
June 16th
Well…damn, I’m tired of being up at 5:30am every damn day…and I need to get on the bike by 6:45 to be able to get two rides in before 9 when I want to hit the library for more books…I think I slept okay but sure don’t feel like it…don’t have a lot of pain after doing 38 miles yesterday and I think I’m going to try to do that again today…it’s always nice when I put a new tire on the bike and it rides so smooth and quiet….I may be able to get the rest of the year out of this one…the last tire only lasted about 6K miles and at 30 bucks a tire, that’s not enough…oh, well…I do need to get some work done today since I didn’t do anything but cook yesterday…the living room needs cleaning and the bathroom could use a once over so I’ll grit my teeth and get on that later…my tongue is still coated and today is the last day of treatment so I’ll have them look at it again when I go in to have the threatening freckle removed on the 24th…will probably need more treatment…ick…not much to do today…just going to grind it out and get the rides in before I think of what else needs to be done…more later…
This is too funny…
Well…the crowd count at the idiot in chief’s birthday parade is in and I’m laughing my ass off…8,647 people showed up..barely double those who showed up here in Muskegon against the asshole…that’s $5,204 dollars for each person that showed up…and let’s contrast that with the 11 million people who showed up at the protests across this country against the fascist in chief…a million people in Philly alone…the last military parade celebrating the end of the first gulf war drew almost a quarter of a million people…I wonder how the inadequate orange asshole feels today? The entire world is mocking him today and with that stupid parade, the US is the laughingstock of the world…no, I shouldn’t put it that way…the laughingstock is just the idiot trump…the world still likes Americans just not him and his cronies…geez…