Well…I’d like to see what the idiot’s response is going to be to China cutting the US off from the rare earth elements that are used in just about everything…and here’s the thing, China spent the last 4 years studying and preparing for the tariffs the idiot boy has imposed and now they have struck back with a blow that can cripple our economy…and what about the repub “leadership”…they are just perfectly fine with ceding world leadership just to keep idiot boy from being mean to them….so as the idiot stumbles around, he has started to lower some tariffs quietly to try to get China to negotiate and they have told him to go to hell…by these stupid tariffs, idiot boy has strengthened China, and the EU and made the US just another country who has lost it’s power to influence the world…and it’s trump’s fault…geez…
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April 14th
Well…damn, up way too early this morning and I can’t figure out how I didn’t set anything up last night…forgot to make coffee or put my BP meds out and it’s a bit much to have to do that first thing today…need to start planning meals again today after having the BAH for the past week…I mean do I buy another ham at 89 cents a pound or do I try something else? Pretty easy to get into a rut and just keep eating ham but I’m not sure I want to…my mouth is not hurting as much today and I am going to try to not take anything for it….I sure hope it’s healing finally and I can move on from this debacle…felt pretty good yesterday but I’m not sure about today do far…can’t taste the coffee at all and I noticed the same thing with the bag of Gardettos I bought last week…used to just frickin love that stuff but what’s the point if I can’t taste it? Going to do the two rides indoors today since the wind is going to be pretty nuts at 15-25 and gusts to 40…I do need to get outdoors and work on the yard today and get my veggie seeds planted in the buckets downstairs…but right now I need more coffee and to sit for a bit…being up at 5:04 is no fun….more later….
Too many races…
Well…had really planned on getting something done today but the races started at 11 and the only gave me time to get the three rides in before the F1 race started…then it was into Moto GP, Nascar, and now NHRA drag races that are still on now at 7:30…so another day of nothing done but tomorrow I’ll get started on the lawn and planting some of the veggie seeds in the 5 gallon buckets I’m using this year…so all that work is going to cut into my reading time but I don’t really have to do 4 books a week…they were using a barge crane to put in the new docks at the boat launch today but there still are no boats in any of the marinas…should be at least one by the end of the week…so now I’m going to sit here for a bit and watch more drag races til 8….
It’s always the repubs…
Well…I really don’t get why the public thinks repubs are better on the economy than the dems when, for the past century +, every damn recession happened when the repubs were in control…and the deficit always explodes under these incompetents and the deficit is exploding under the idiot trump all the way to 1.8 trillion dollars and counting…so tell me again why this is? Yeah, we all know why…the media is now run by billionaire oligarchs who will not let the truth be printed anymore, going so far as ordering their staffs to only report right wing talking points even though they are all lies…so, again, I’ll keep going on about the media until we take back congress and pass laws that reverses the consolidation that has left all media in the hands of right wing billionaires…geez…
April 13th
Well…damn, it’s 6:40 and I’m already running late to be able to get three rides in before the F1 race at 11…so that means I have to get on the bike by 7am so I can get outdoors by 9:30…another busy morning but I can take the afternoon off after that…the pain in my mouth is better today but it still hurts so I did take some ibuprofen but maybe there is a ray of hope in there…but I thought that the day after the work…really do have to get the bucket garden going just to see if it is going to work…I miss having fresh picked tomatoes and peppers…damn, only 11 minutes until I need to go down and ride and I haven’t had anywhere near enough coffee…I am going to try to get some work done today but I think I may have enough to do with just riding and watching races today…feel a little better today and the ride will help that after I get off my butt and get going…still eating off the BAH for another day and I may make some fried potatoes and ham for the second meal today….more later…
Too damn lazy today…
Well…I’m sure I’m still tired from the constant pain but I need to get off my ass and get some stuff done around here…didn’t even do the weight work today but I guess I can still do it right now…I did get three rides in today and that is the goal for tomorrow…maybe 30 miles on the bike is enough to do for the day? No, not when I have the yard to get started on and need to get the buckets filled to start my tomatoes, peppers, and cukes…an I probably should put grass seed in the old garden spot since I won’t use that anymore after the debacle of not getting anything out of it but peas last year…not one damn edible tomato or pepper…oh, well…I’ll probably get on that tomorrow…and I’ll need more potting soil to do the 6 buckets I want to fill…okay, probably should get on the weights…
These people are just stupid…
Well…hey, let’s do another round of “these people are just stupid”…The Atlantic did an article on people who voted for the idiot trump and believed all of the lies…and I find this to be damn funny…they told the story of a farmer in upstate NY who ordered feed for his cattle from his normal supplier in Canada who had an extra 2,200 dollars tacked on the bill due to trump’s stupid tariffs…and they quoted this farmer saying “I thought other countries would be paying the tariffs” and this is one of the big lies he bought in to and one that idiot boy repeated at every damn campaign stop…so now this guy just had his taxes raised by 2,200 dollars and multiply that by the fact he needs feed every other month so that will add on 13,200 dollars to his costs just because he voted for the liar trump…and now he goes on to whine that this will probably put him put of business and I really hope it does and he loses everything…stupidity shouldn’t be rewarded…geez…
April 13th
Well…damn, up at 4:30 this morning and the damn pain in my mouth woke me up and got me started on ibuprofen and that is damn depressing…I really thought I was getting better last night but I was wrong…have been in pain for 11 days now and it is just so wearing…I don’t think I’ve ever taken so long to heal after some damage and I am quickly losing faith that I’m ever going to be pain free again…and I still don’t have any energy but need to get on the bike now to be able to get three rides in before noon…it’s only 27 degrees outside right now so the outdoor ride won’t be happening until 10 or so…and just saying that it’s 27 degrees on April 13th adds to the depression I’m feeling…didn’t get anything done yesterday but need to do something today to get me off my ass and start getting the yard cleaned up from the winter…or some cleaning in here but I sure don’t want to do anything right now….F1 qualifying is on around noon so that sets the time I need to be done for the day so I should get off my ass and get going….more later…
Feel a little better…
Well…still have the damn mouth pain but it’s different now…it used to have a big jaw component to it and I could barely open my mouth but that is better…still have to take ibuprofen for my right side but the left has been better today so I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the slow improvement will continue…I did get three rides in today with two indoors and one outdoors and Stupid the turkey was back out in the street stopping cars and that made me laugh out loud…it was still cold when I went out at 42 but I did get all the rides done by noon and have a little time to get some reading done and I’m going right back to that right now…allergies are just nuts and I feel like I’ve been on a three week bender…no energy…okay, I know the question you are going to ask…if I don’t have any energy, how the hell did I ride 30 miles today? Yeah, I didn’t say it wasn’t hard and I still feel worn out from the allergies and they are just going to get worse and I’m not looking forward to that….okay, reading time…
More trade war fallout…
Well…the stupid trump trade war just had another victim as China stopped ordering any LNG from the US and has signed long term contracts to buy it from Australia and to transfer gas that they had bought to the EU leaving 100′s of ships and billions of dollars in cargo to sit idle in the Pacific ocean…and all this trade war has done is make China stronger since they studied what idiot boy did in his first term and the vulnerabilities in US trade so they would have moves to make that would do the most damage to the US and to extend their power as idiot boy flops and flounders and blusters…and costs each American household about 4,700 dollars a year in higher costs…or, as I’ve said, a trump tax on everyone in the US…how’s that working out for you maga assholes? Geez…