Well…you have to hand it to the super geniuses that are running the dumpster fire that is the Trump campaign for thinking out of the box…their campaign is so bigly stupendous that it can’t be contained in the US…and when those super geniuses sat down to figure out how to milk the most money from the rubes with the least amount of work, I’m sure one of the super geniuses thought that there are conservatives all around the world so why not ask them for money? So, earlier in the week, the super geniuses sent out a fundraising e-mail to conservatives all over the world to try to fill up the empty coffers that their fearless leader thinks is just not important enough of a task for him to do. Just one teensy little problem with the e-mail…it is illegal to solicit or take campaign contributions from outside the US….but Trump is so bigly stupendous that he thinks the law doesn’t apply to him….or these “best people” are just to damn stupid to even tie their shoes in the morning…either one shows that Trump is not even remotely qualified to be president….or anything else but to be king of the grifters…geez…
Monthly Archives: June 2016
June 30th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a few things done…had to wax the car to get the water spots off it that didn’t come off washing it the other day….and I had to clean a lot around here since the guys are coming to service the furnace today…and that made for a lot of work for me….slept okay last night and feel okay today but I scorched myself trying to even out the bike tan yesterday…can’t figure that out with only 25 minutes front and back but I was pretty white….I did make a nice lunch yesterday that I am going to do again today..steak, portobello mushroom cap, and corn…yummy….haven’t used the grill in a while but I think I will this weekend since I have burger to use….not much to do today…have to wait for the guys to come and then the normal stuff for the rest of the day….yeah…sounds boring to me, too….
Republicans are just evil…
Well…if you haven’t heard, there is a new health crisis that is heading for the US in the form of a virus called Zika…and, as usual, the repubs are playing politics with the health of citizens who may be affected by it. When are these evil bastards going to do their jobs? Okay, I’m ranting about this because Obama has asked congress for 1.9 billion dollars to protect the country and the most vulnerable pregnant women from this serious virus but what do the repubs do? They poison pill the bill with the funding by adding on riders that would defund PP, that would defund Obamacare and a laundry list of other right wing wet dreams that they know Obama won’t agree to…and they are doing it to just score political points and to be able to say that the dems are the ones holding up funding since Obama will veto any bill that is not clean….now, I don’t know about you but I think these assholes should actually do something to benefit and protect the American people…there are now almost 500 pregnant Americans who are at severe risk of having babies with birth defects because the repubs think everything is about politics and scoring cheap politcal points…this is the modern repub party folks…the party of pure, pure evil….geez…
June 29th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a few things done so that was cool….felt pretty good in the morning and had some energy back but that ended early in the aft…and I feel a little slow today but I have some things to do so I need to have more coffee…slept okay last night…finally….so that helps a little….no pain today so far but there will be ibuprofen before the bike ride since it helped me avoid the cramps in my hands yesterday….I did get the car washed again yesterday and the water spots came off but I need to do the glass again since there are streaks on the windshield that I just can’t stand….still coughing this morning so I guess that means the bug is still here and that is part of feeling slow today…hope it ends soon….not much to do today…need to get my hair cut this morning and then get some allergy tabs along with a stop at the bank to deposit a check I got a few weeks back….then, just a normal day…more later….
Another one for the B-3 count…
Well…as you know, I have a continuing series on people and bands that use the Hammond B-3 organ…it is kind of an obsession with me….so, watching a tribute to Bob Dylan on AXS right now and Willie Nelson is on doing a song where one of the backup band is using a B-3…so, do I count this as Dylan or Willie? Hmmm….not sure about that one…but, I am caught up for the month….
Another stake through the heart of “religious freedom”
Well…finally, the supreme court the other day drove a stake through another claim of “religious freedom” from a case in Washington State when they turned aside claims by some religious pharmacists who claimed that to have to fill prescriptions for birth control violated their first amendment rights to their free practice of religion. Now, maybe, this will drive religion back to where it belongs, in churches and not being used to force these fanatic’s warped view of religion on their customers….one thing that struck me was Alito’s petulant dissent that the only source of moral and ethical behavior is religion and by not allowing people to force their religion on others, religious freedom will die….that’s a paraphrase, not an actual quote but you get the meaning…and, as an atheist, I take extreme exception to this religious fool trying to tell we atheists can’t be moral or ethical…but, I assert that an atheist choosing to live his or her life morally or ethically without the fear of retribution that comes with religion puts our morality and ethics on a different level than when derived from religion….after all, with no hell to fear or no vengeful god to appease, we live moral and ethical lives because it is the right thing to do…and it’s our choice….
June 28th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done….did get out to have a couple with G and that was not awful and it was fun having a top down run…slept okay last night but still feel a little down from the bug but it is getting better…not as much coughing so that is a good thing…a little sore today from riding yesterday so the ibuprofen will come out today before I get on the bike….they are tearing up the lot here and it is just a huge mess…had to park my car a few hundred yards away so I can get it out if I need to…do need to wash it again since it got watered yesterday and it is just one big spotted mess….might wait until tomorrow to do that, though….not much to do today…I did buy food this morning but I have leftovers that need to be used first…bought myself a couple of small steaks to grill later in the week along with some portobello mushroom caps that I have to marinade before the grill….more later…
Money down the drain in Michigan…
Well…those wonderful, fiscally responsible repubs that are running our state flushed $800,000 of our dollars down the toilet over the past few months drug testing welfare recipients ostensibly to prevent them from spending welfare money on drugs. But, guess what? In all that testing not one person tested positive…and that explodes the repub myth that all welfare recipients are low life drug users…but, that’s not what testing is about anyway…it is just another way for the repubs to punish the poor since being poor, in the repub mind, is their fault and they are beneath contempt….I hope this starts to put an end to this nonsense once and for all…we all should let our reps know that this crap is unacceptable…won’t make any difference to the repubs but we should try…geez…
A good day for women…
Well…it is a good day for women’s rights today with the supreme court decision striking down a particularly onerous anti abortion law in Texas. In a total repudiation of so called “TRAP” laws that try to eliminate a woman’s right to choose by putting severe restrictions on the providers, the court ruled that the laws requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and that the clinics need to be mini hospitals were unconstitutional and placed an “undue burden” on women seeking abortions. So, that means that the 13 repub controlled states that have passed these laws will no longer be able to enforce this intrusion into the private decisions that a woman can make about her own health….and I hope will give these asses pause when they try to think up even more creative ways to deny women their rights. Yeah….I know, there is no stopping the repubs as they take away women’s rights, voting rights, and anyone else’s rights that they don’t personally agree with….but, I’ll take this decision today….
June 27th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but the bug kept me laid low for the day and today looks much the same…still feel pretty crappy and the cough is still here so I don’t think I’ll be too ambitious today…I did talk to K yesterday and she said that her whole family had this bug last week so I don’t have to think about what it is…slept okay last night but I am so tired of feeling sweaty…I know I bitch about the cold in the spring but we could use a little relief right now…and I wish I felt good enough to go to the beach…maybe tomorrow….not sore anywhere today but that will change after I get out on the bike today..skipped yesterday and feel guilty about that…and I need to work out to start to burn the virus out…not much to do today…going to try to take it easy and watch more soccer after the bike ride but that is about it…just don’t have any energy….more later…