Well…it’s always nice to wake up to a fresh pot of coffee brewing…it’s almost like a smell alarm clock on the days when the coffee brews….slept pretty crappy last night and I am feeling it today….just want to go back to bed but I know that won’t work…just realized something…last year when it was cold, when I started the car it made a banging noise like something in the exhaust was hitting on the floor….but, this year there is no noise and that is a little weird…cars normally don’t fix themselves but I’ll take this one….I did get the car washed yesterday but that is about all I got done….I am going to get more done today…maybe….but, I really don’t have much to do other than cleaning…I do need to take the old bike apart so I can get the new one ordered…Oh, I said that before…and I might not do it today…need more coffee before Man U plays at 10….more later….
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Fusion GPS
Well…just read a great article over on Kos about the transcript of the head of Fusion GPS’s testimony to the House committee investigating trump/Russia and it is an eye opener….contrary to the senate transcripts that showed that all the repubs there wanted was to try to smear Fusion and discredit Glenn Simpson, the head of the company, the house committee appeared to be really trying to get to the bottom of the scandal. What we have to remember through all of this is that the author of the Steel dossier was working independently as a contractor and the rest of Fusions research was done by Fusion’s employees….and that staff are experts in financial research. What fusion found was that the idiot trump has been supported by and conspiring with mob figures his entire life…starting with the Italian Mafia when he was younger, and when the FBI destroyed the NY mob he was conspiring with, trump moved on the Russian mob…or the Russian government, since they are one and the same thing…all run by Putin. A couple of points that stuck out to me and that I wrote some about earlier was how Fusion discovered that the Russians have been infiltrating conservative organizations across the country, with the NRA becoming one of the money funnels they used to help steal the election for trump, and that almost all of trump’s money comes from trusts set up by daddy…he never has been the “great businessman” that he brags about all the time. What I get from Simpson’s testimony, that comes from public records only, is that there is plenty of evidence to convict the entire trump crime family, and it is only a matter of time until they are all indicted…and that day can’t come too soon….impeach….
January 19th
Well…feel pretty crappy today and don’t think it’s the flu but it is something…had a hell of a time getting moving so I think it’s going to be one of those days where I just ease into it and wait for the body to wake up….I sure hope it isn’t that I’m getting old….that would be disheartening…..didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I did cook some chicken in the slow cooker using the dry method and it came out quite good so I think I’ll try that again sometime….didn’t get anything else done and that is getting to be a pattern that I don’t like…but, it is winter so I guess I can cut myself a little slack….I do need to get out and wash the car today but that will wait until it gets above freezing so the locks don’t freeze after I’m done….other than that, it is going to be a low key day…don’t even have to cook…more later….
Read the constitution, Tom Cotton…
Well….just read a jaw-dropping article where senator Tom Cotton sent out a cease and desist letter to his constituents to tell them they will be reported to the capitol police if they continue to call him to stop being a lying, racist asshole supporting the lying, racist asshole in the WH. Yeah, I can’t believe it, either….this guy doesn’t give a damn that the reason he is even in Washington is to listen to his constituents and take care of them…and Tommy boy, read the damn constitution…I’d suggest the first amendment that protects a citizen’s right to “petition the government for redress of grievances”…and how does that happen? By calling and writing to their lying, racist senator….this is what you voted for repubs…while you wave your damn pocket constitutions, you elect people who don’t give a damn about it….so, Tom Cotton, you need to go…if you don’t want to do your job, then stop getting paid for it and go back where you came from…geez….
Darn, no SD this year….
Well…as you know, I was really geeked up last fall when Steely Dan came to Grand Rapids for the first time and it was so cool to see them on our turf versus having to go across the state to see them. But, darn, it looks like that was a one time thing since I just got an e-mail with their tour announcement for this year and they are going back to the east side of the state to Pine Knob….now, I have made that trip 5 times before but, at this time in my life, I just don’t want to make that much effort anymore…and, they are not playing alone but The Doobie Brothers are co-headlining with them this year…now, I wouldn’t mind seeing the Doobies…I have liked them for a long time but I’m just not up for a 4 hour concert anymore, either…..so it looks like last year was the last time I’ll see SD…the end of an era…..
Let’s hope the NRA goes down….
Well….the coffee has finally started to work so I thought I’d come here to talk about a little article I read this morning about the NRA…you know, the hate group that is responsible for thousands of deaths every year in the US…this morning, it was reported that the FBI is investigating where the 30 million dollars the NRA spent to help elect the idiot trump came from. Yep, and the conjecture is that it was funneled from Putin and his cronies…well…not even conjecture…there is fire where the smoke is coming from or the FBI wouldn’t be involved….it’s just like the American citizens who were instrumental in funneling Russian oligarch’s money to the repubs in the election…and this wasn’t even restricted to the idiot trump but the money went to all levels of repbus, including Ryan and McConnell. My only hope is that this investigation proves the criminality of the NRA and shatters that terrorist organization so we can finally have some sane gun laws here in the US…..geez….
January 18th
Well….running a little late today with the grocery run today but you know that, it’s Thursday….slept okay last night but have been tossing and turning a lot lately and I’m not sure what that is about…but, I slept well enough that I feel okay today but part of that is the 4 days of being good…I am kinda getting used to that so I may stretch that out for a week or so…maybe….I did get the kitchen floor done yesterday and today will be counters and the stovetop…but I am going to make some dry, slow cooked chicken thighs and potatoes today and I have never run the cooker dry with just a little olive oil so that will be something new….have to brown the chicken first so I’ll need to get on that here in a few minutes…needs to cook all day so if I get it in by 9 that should be good…not much to do today….going to just clean some and then cook…and two more of these if I can come up with some topics….more later….
Let’s talk about some cool stuff…
Well…even with the country falling apart and turning into a kleptocracy in front of our eyes, there is still some cool stuff happening that can and should make us smile a little, especially if you’re a science geek like I am. On Friday, maybe, there is going to be a live fire test of the 27 rocket motors on the Falcon Heavy, getting it ready for a launch in the next couple of weeks. I liked Elon Musk’s comments from a couple of weeks ago that there is probably a “50% chance” that the thing is going to explode on launch since it is 3 times more complex than the Falcon 9 it is derived from…after all, it is really three Falcon 9′s strapped together…and two of them have been flown before…but, the really cool part is that they are going to try to land all three of the first stage boosters after they separate from the second stage….oh, and the payload? Elon Musk’s personal Tesla roadster that they are going to put into orbit around the sun if everything goes right. Now, I like the whimsical idea of launching a car into orbit where it will stay forever…unless we gain the capability to go out and get it in the next hundred years or so….I will be watching Friday and later in the month for the launch…it takes my mind off the idiot in the WH……
17,000 dead….
Well….I know the fact that people are losing their health insurance under the idiot trump and his minions is probably a little abstract if you didn’t lose your insurance….of the 3.4 million people who have already lost their insurance since trump and his minions took over, it is estimated the lack of care will result in 17,000 Americans dying just for ideological reasons….not for any good reason, either…just that the repubs just hate anyone but the rich getting anything in this country. Now, I know that most of you who come here are not trump supporters…or repub supporters for that matter, but to sit back and let this happen means that we are no better than the thugs that are running this country right now…we have a choice to make later in the year…the choice to get out and vote these assholes out and send them back to the “shitholes” they come from and start repairing our country with true progressive dems who care about everyone, not just the rich and powerful…we can do this if we just vote…remember, if we vote, we win…it’s on us….impeach…
January 17th
Well…running early this morning but don’t feel too badly…slept okay last night and had a few dreams that were not worth remembering so I won’t….should have taken some antihistamines before bed last night since I am stuffed up today and my eye is weeping again…need to get out to get another box of that today and I may go out to the dollar store for some stuff, too…..have been pretty much pain free for a couple of days now but I can feel it coming back in my right elbow and even a little in my neck so it will be interesting to see how it progresses….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I will today….the bike needs to be stripped down so I can get rid of the carcass and I may get on that today….but the kitchen floor needs work, too….but, right now, I need to ease into the day with more coffee and some news…more later…..