Wisconsin and Minnesota…

Well…read a really interesting article somewhere today where economists compared the economies of Minnesota and Wisconsin and how they are performing in economic growth and job creation….one of the things that makes this really interesting is that Wisconsin is controlled and run by repub policies that are mirrors of what the repubs want to do and have done on a national level…and that is attack the unions, cut taxes for corporations, cut education funding and then have faith that this crap will work when it goes counter to accepted economic theory. Where has this gotten Wisconsin with Walker in charge? Almost 40th in job growth since Walker took office with only 90K jobs created when he made the election promise that his policies would add over 250K jobs in the first year of his term…and economic growth is in the bottom half of the states, too. Now lets look at Minnesota, a democratic controlled state that has embraced the unions, raised taxes on corporations, and has invested more in education and training…well, guess what? they are 5th in job creation, tied with another Dem controlled state, California who both have implemented fact based economic policies that look to help workers instead of corporations. Again, Minnesota is in the top ten in economic growth of any state, and they haven’t taken away womens rights or tried to decimate the middle class by taking away the right to organize. So, it’s pretty clear what works and what doesn’t…so, let’s remember that when ole Walker tries to lie his way into the repub nomination in 2016…geez…

November 30th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I lost at pool for the first time in a long time so that’s okay, too…other than pool, I didn’t do much yesterday and today looks about the same…slept okay last night but, I feel worn out so this one is going to be short…I don’t think I need a new thermostat for the car since the heat worked fine going out to pool…but, it might be that it was just warmer or that I had jeans on for the first time this winter…not much to do today…just going to do laundry and clean since I do have to wait for the trails to melt so I can take the bike out…and, I do have to do one more of these to make the goal for the month but I’m not sure if it will be a good topic or not…more later…

Tired of lying politicians…

Well…while I was reading some political stuff today, one thing struck me…I am really, really tired of lying politicians whose views blow in the wind from day to day…whatever happened to telling the truth and being consistent? Whatever happened to politicians really saying what they are going to do and then doing it? Not doing what they all seem to do today…like our gov here…who never once mentioned during his campaign that he was going to raise taxes on retirees so he could give a 2 billion dollar tax cut to corporations who have not added one job for all that money. Or, saying he was not in favor of the right to work for less laws and then signing it after the repubs jammed it through the legislature? I’m just tired of all the lies and I am tired of hearing “they all do it”…why can’t they all just not do it? Geez…

November 29th

Well…running really late today and it’s not my fault this time…the server where my site resides went down until right now so that’s a pretty good excuse…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t really do anything but watch football and eat…and cocktails so I am a little worn out today…but, part of that is still a damn bug that I have since I am still coughing and my head is plugged up…other than that, I feel okay….did sleep okay but I have to remember that I had the heat down from cooking…It was cold last night and I was up and down most of the night…I am finally going into jeans today since it is after t-day and I made the goal so that will help…still think I need to change the thermostat in the car since it doesn’t heat up like it used to…we’ll see after a long drive today out for pool…other than that, not much to do today..the Wings are playing this aft but that will be after pool…more later…

Nothing much to say…

Well…it is a really, really slow news day today so this one is just going to be another one of the meandering ones that I have been doing a lot of lately…..oh, there is one bit of news…comet ISON didn’t make it around the sun…they watched it going in but it didn’t make it around the back…that is a little disappointing since I was looking forward to trying to find it next week…oh well…the turkey came out okay but I don’t think I’ll use cranberry juice next year…there were parts that were a little bitter….but, it was kind of nice to have the whole thing done and cleaned up by half time of the Lions game….one that the Lions won for the first time in 10 years…yay….and now I can just sit here and let the food digest until later…when I get to make a sandwich…and then, cocktails again…so, on that note, I am going back to the couch and have some more water….

November 28th

Well…another long day yesterday with nothing much to say about it…I woke up, did stuff, then had cocktails and went to bed…the Wings did look like a team last night and crushed the Bruins…so that was something to see…slept okay but kicked all of the covers off and woke up freezing…but I’m not as sore today so that is okay…I did brine my turkey in cranberry/apple juice and it turned out red…can’t wait to see how it tastes…not much to do today…going to continue my coffee…have the pie baked already and will be putting the turkey in around noon or so…then football and gorging….more later…

Maybe I’ll wander today…

Well…have been sidetracked a little today with Man U playing…and winning to my surprise…but, I need to make sure I don’t get behind this late in the month so I may just do some wandering today….it has been a depressing month with not making any cash all and that has made my already pretty small life even smaller since I can’t spend cash I don’t have….but, I am going to enjoy tonight with the Wings playing and still working on the “Dexter” marathon that I have been doing the past couple of days…one thing I just don’t understand is all of the stores that are opening on T-day…when polls that have been done show that only about 10% of the people are going to go out and shop…and, having the food courts open? I guess there are people who don’t cook and need to eat out…but, I would guess there are not that many…I’m even making a turkey just for me…trying a new brine with apple/cranberry juice that I’m hoping will be good….and how much cheaper can you buy protein? See, I am wandering….it has been a chore trying to get rid of all of the leftovers before tomorrow but it looks like I will be successful…only two more bowls of homemade soup to go…and, with that…I think I’ll go have soup…

November 27th

Well…it was another lazy day yesterday and I just didn’t feel like doing anything..so, I didn’t…did do a mini “Dexter” marathon and that was fun since I don’t really remember seeing them when they were new…slept okay but woke up with my right big toe hurting and I think I may have kept it flexed all night just like I have been clenching my teeth…have to stop doing that…and, I am still sore all over except my legs and I am at a loss to know what that is about…can you get sore everywhere just from sleeping? Not much to do today…I do have to get the turkey in the brine this morning…am using apple and apple-cranberry juice for the liquid this year…have been using orange juice but last years turkey was sub-par so I thought I’d change it up…other than that, I am going to go back to “Dexter” today for more and just veg it out until cocktails later….more later…

Just wandering around….

Well…have been thinking about a political one to do today and really haven’t come up with anything…so I’m going to wander around a bit and just see what happens…it is a little heartening to see the progressives start to find their feet lately with getting the filibuster eliminated for judicial appointees which will give us the ability to appoint judges that will follow the law and not ideology…and that is one of the ironies that I see in the judiciary…the righties howl and howl about activist judges, but which ones are the most activist? It’s always the conservatives who don’t believe in the law or precedent…and to prove this, you only have to look as far as Citizens United where the conservatives on the court threw out a hundred years of precedent and made corporations equal to people….and they are poised to further extend this terrible precedent with a new case that will allow Scalia and the rest of the conservative thugs on the supreme court to say that corporations have religious rights, too…and that one will have to be pulled out of their asses since nothing like that appears anywhere in precedent or the constitution….and it will mean a huge increase in the power of the corporations since they will then be able to argue that they can do whatever they want to their employees…basically nullifying the last 100 years of labor law…so, progressives, we need to keep fighting to take back the court and our government from these folks, to make this country what it can and should be…where people count more than corporations and the law is the law…geez…okay…I didn’t wander as much as I expected…it’s funny sometimes how a topic will just write itself…

November 26th

Well…it was just another day yesterday and I didn’t get much done but I really don’t have much to get done so that’s okay….slept okay and didn’t get up until after 7 so I guess I needed it…there were dreams but they were pretty amorphous so I can’t report on them…..I did just get back from the final grocery run before the holiday but I forgot potatoes so I may have to go back tomorrow….did get to try out the summer tires on snow and they are not terrible…I am still going to put the Blizzaks on since I did paint the wheels and they have one more winter in them….not much to do today…just going to work out but no bike ride since it is slick and I don’t want to fall off and break myself….more later…