Well…you know, I was thinking today that I am always busy and I wonder if everyone is like that…I mean two rides, a run to the library and an errand, mowed the front part of the lawn, and then made the chicken stir fry for lunch…didn’t really get done with everything until 1:30 and that was steady moving from 7am…don’t think I’ll be as busy tomorrow but I do have to do the grocery run since I have a 7am doctor appointment down in GH Wed morning…or I may just not do a grocery run this week since there is nothing I really need and I have plenty in the freezer to go with the 4 days of stir fry I have in the fridge..even have 2 full gallons of milk so I can make that last til next week…okay, time to read…
No one approves…
Well…in polls that should have every damn repub shaking in their boots, the big theft bill that the repubs jammed through with no dem support is opposed by 2/3 of the public…and on every policy that the repubs have run on in the past, they are under water and idiot boys approval has fallen to 40%…and the only people who approve are the maga idiots who spend their days worshiping the orange idiot…and now even the repubs are starting to bail out of running for re election almost guaranteeing we take back the house and senate in 2026…and then we need to have SC reform the first thing on our agenda since they have become just another arm of the maga movement, ignoring precedent and the clear words of the constitution to give the idiot trump everything he wants…and the medicaid cuts are so far underwater that 80% of the country don’t want them to happen…so now we tie these cuts to every damn repub getting ready for 26…geez…
July 7th
Well…damn, I’m running so late this morning…woke up at 5:07 but went back to sleep til 6:13 and I won’t be out on the bike til almost 7 so I’ll be running all morning…need to hit the library this morning and mow the front of the yard…and make the stir fry for lunch…so I won’t have any time to relax until after noon…it is a little cool this morning and that’s okay…it’s getting down into the 50′s for a low tonight so I’ll have to close this place up…or put a blanket on the bed…I guess we’ll see…didn’t get anything done yesterday but I am going to clean today and put stuff away…the dining room table needs attention…damn, only have 15 minutes before 7am and I am struggling to get going….I am old after all and I wonder when it’s going to happen that I just can’t get going anymore? Not today…so I need to get off my butt and prep for the rides…so damn tired…more later….
It rained!
Well…we didn’t get the inch of rain that was in the forecast but it did rain for about 20 minutes this afternoon…not enough to fix my lawn but it may limit the damage some…I am going to have to mow the front of the lawn tomorrow but not anything else since it is completely dormant…so, I didn’t do much today…even skipped dinner since I didn’t feel like cooking so I’ll make the stir fry tomorrow…just don’t have any appetite anymore and I wonder if that will ever change…I did get two rides in this morning and I’ll try to keep that up with how warm it stays overnight…it was 76 with 87% humidity when I want out and I still didn’t sweat much and I wonder if that is a part of the dehydration I’ve been feeling or if it’s from losing 30 pounds? Haven’t even sweated through my hat to get it dripping at all this year…hmmm…okay, need to finish a book before the USA plays in the Gold Cup final at 7…
47 dead in Texas from doge cuts…
Well…I told you that doge cuts to the government were going to kill people and now they have in the flash flooding in Texas that happened this week…and a lot of it was completely avoidable…we used to have a working National Weather Service that would have been able to forecast and then help the state of Texas prepare for the torrential rain…but there is no one in the positions that did those jobs anymore…and I find it so damn ironic that the blood red government of Texas is whining that the NWS is not doing it’s job and is pointing the finger at them…gee, a little while ago they were just giddy with cutting the federal government…this is what happens when you have incompetent assholes running the government who only make decisions with ideology…that there are no necessary jobs that the government does…try to tell that to the parents of the 47 kids killed in the flooding…geez…
July 6th
Well…another morning up before 5am and I’m so damn tired and I wonder why I can’t take a nap in the afternoon like I used to be able to? And the weather forecast of rain is just frickin laughable since it never rains here…twice in 90 days? Didn’t sleep for crap last night and that is getting to be a pattern…I mean how long can you sleep only 5 hours a night before it starts to affect your health? I did make whole bean coffee for this morning and it really sucks that I can’t taste it anymore….and I have 6 more pounds in the drawer that I won’t be able to taste either…not sure what I’m going to cook today…have chicken thawed for a stir fry but then chicken tacos got into my head…maybe I’ll get more chicken and do the tacos later in the week….need to get on the bike to do two rides before 10 when the F1 race is on but I’m losing interest in it…like everything else…still have the feeling they are going to find liver cancer with the ultrasound Wed and that will be the end of me…so I need to get my life in order over the next week or so…not much to do today..just the rides and races and reading…and trying to enjoy my last few days of no cancer…more later…
Man, it’s hot…
Well…damn, it got up to 92 degrees out here today so I really didn’t do much but the two rides early this morning and then sat in the shade of my fan all day and read…just finished the 4th of 5 books I picked up Wed…on more James Patterson to do and that will be tomorrow…but there are 3 races on, too, so that will fill some of the time…not sure when I’ll get the rides in tomorrow since it’s supposed to rain off and on but I’ll believe that when I see it…so it could be a wet ride if it’s not storming…didn’t eat much today but I did make a pork loin fillet along with some weird popcorn cauliflower that I got at DD for 99cents…so now all I have to do is finish the race that’s on now and then try to find a movie to watch on plex…tv time…
Medicare is next…
Well…with all of the slashing and burning of healthcare in the recently passed “give the rich everything” bill…hidden in the guts of it is another round of 360 billion in cuts that have to come from somewhere by the end of the year…and guess where the repubs are going to get that money? Yep in secret talks they are proposing to cut all of that out of Medicare and that will basically end the program…so, with the 30 million people losing their Medicaid and ACA, this will add another 70 million of we old folks who will be shit out of luck…so, if you have anything that you need to take care of, get it done this year before there is no more Medicare…I told you they were going to do this and they continue to lie that they won’t touch SS or Medicare when, in private, they are salivating about finally getting rid of those “socialist” programs…I paid for both of these programs my entire life and now they are going to be gone…nice job maga assholes…geez…
July 5th
Well…it really sucks when you wake up at 4:23 and know you’re not getting back to sleep…so it’s a little after 5 and I’m pouring the coffee down to get the day started…it never got under 78 last night and it’s getting to over 90 today so it is going to be uncomfortable later…the humidity is almost 100% right now and I’m already sweating….I really do like the day after holidays when the crap that people do is over…I think that started with having to do everything for christmas when my kids were growing up and all of the traveling that came with it…and I’ve always said that my favorite day of the year is December 26th….didn’t even hear the fireworks before I went to bed last night and that is okay…it is so dry out here that I was expecting lots of fires from the fireworks the idiots were setting off but I didn’t have to put my lawn out so I guess that’s a bonus…just stumbled on the weirdest show on British tv…James May just reassembling an old record player….5 am tv is strange…need to get on the bike as soon as it gets light to get two rides in before 9:55 when F1 qualifying comes on but that gives me an hour to have coffee…not a lot to do today…should clean the bathroom but I don’t think I’m going to have the energy for it…I really miss naps…more later…
Lies from the SSA
Well…the destruction of truth has now bled over into the Social Security Administration with a letter that went out to all SS recipients crowing about the theft bill that is going to be signed today…the letter lies and says that because of the new bill, 80% of SS recipients will no longer have to pay taxes on their benefits when there is nothing in the bill that even addresses the fact that if you make too much money, you can have to pay taxes on part of your benefits…now this is clear violation of he Hatch act that does not allow partisan political activity by federal employees…and this is blatantly pushing this new bill just to make sure the orange ogre gets his daily dose of praise…and the rest of the e-mail is riddled with more and more lies that most of the ignorant, confused old folks who are being propagandized and will not understand that this bill cuts Medicaid and gives huge tax cuts to the rich…and estimates say that up to 20 million people are going to lose health care by these cuts…and they are coming for Medicare and SS next…geez…