Well…just a shorty on a news article that just came across my phone…one of the idiot Scott Walker’s biggest arguments for his re election is that he lured Foxconn (the Chinese electronics manufacturer) to Wisconsin and they were going to create over 15,000 jobs for the 4.1 billion dollars in state subsidies they were given by idiot boy. Almost immediately after Walker made that commitment, as Foxconn always does, the project started to change along with the number of jobs that Foxconn promised…and over the course of the year since Walker signed the check, the jobs projected have continued to shrink…it’s now down to “around” 5,000 jobs and the integrated engineering center that Foxconn promised to build as part of the project has morphed into renting a couple of buildings to house a tiny engineering staff. The kicker in the whole thing? Foxconn has just applied to the feds to be allowed to bring in the entire engineering staff from China since they can’t “find” any qualified engineers in the US…and by “find” that means any engineers that are willing to work for the slave wages that Foxconn is willing to pay. How does that 4.1 billion subsidy look now Wisconsinites? How does that 250,000 dollar subsidy for every job look now? Walker has been able to con everyone in Wisconsin for years that he and his repub cronies are the only ones who can create jobs but, at 250,000 per job, a monkey could create these jobs…and it is not clear if any jobs will ever be created there since Foxconn has a long history of promising the moon and then delivering nothing as they slink away with the subsidy cash. Today, Wisconsin, you have the chance to send Walker packing…don’t screw it up…geez…
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Get out and vote…
Well…today’s the day I have been both looking forward to and dreading for months…it’s election day here in the US and it could be the most important election in the history of this country…and that is not hyperbole…if you want to stop the country’s slide into fascism and put and end to the damage the repubs have done over the past two years….get out and vote…if you want to stop the idiot trump’s agenda…that is to say the agenda of the 1%, get out and vote….if you want to start to fix the damage that the repubs have done to Michigan, get out and vote….if you want to hold politicians accountable, get out and vote…oh, did I day get out and vote? Today is the day we can re instate the rule of law in this country but only if you vote…and vote for dems up and down the ticket….so get the hell out and vote…l will be at around 10…and I have cocktails to either celebrate starting the political repair process or to mourn the death of the US….
November 6th
Well…I think I’m running on time today and slept pretty well with trying to catch up on the lack of sleep from Sunday night…and waking up to the knowledge that I am as healthy as an old guy can be is pretty relieving….but, I’m not sure why my BP is still high this morning…I wonder if it’s still a hangover of stress from yesterday or from not eating for two days…whatever it is, I am not going to worry too much until I get a couple of days back into my normal routine….and that means a workout and a bike ride this morning but the rain and wind may have something to say about that…it is blowing at almost 20 with gusts over that so that will make it difficult but after being off for two days, I need to get out…maybe even in shorts for the last time since it is 50 out there….as you could tell….I didn’t get much done yesterday but I am going to try to do something today…not sure what that will be but it will be something…more later…
Health update….
Well…as you know, today was the day for my first colonoscopy under Medicare and I was a little freaked out about the possible outcomes…I have been really lucky with my health with not having health insurance for 16 years and not going to a doctor in that time…but the tests so far for all of the normal health concerns like high cholesterol, high BP, liver function, heart function, and now colon cancer….have been negative….the people who did the procedure were really nice and I was able to watch the entire thing on the computer screen while they did it…they only found a couple of polyps that they removed…and I got to see them do it… and no other pre cancer or any other problems…so, it looks like the combo of taking care of myself, eating right, and getting lots of exercise has done the trick to keep me healthy…and I am so damn relieved…no more doctors for a year and I get to go back to my normal life of worrying about other stuff….
November 5th
Well…that was an unusual night…have been up since about 4:45 with the prep for my colonoscopy today and that continues right now…didn’t sleep at all last night so I will tonight…I hope so, anyway if there is not bad news from the doctor…I guess I’ll know in 9 hours or so….it is a little interesting how knowing you can’t eat anything highlights the food shows and ads on tv….I am just fricking starving and I have a pizza to cook when I get back here this afternoon…will probably overeat the next few days since I have over 3,000 calories that I haven’t eaten and I am not going to even think about calories for a few days….don’t feel as bad as I thought I would but the stuff you have to drink to flush out the colon is just nasty and it got me right to the edge of throwing it all up after I got to the goal of drinking a half gallon….and I have more to drink this morning but I’m not sure if I’m going to drink all of it since it kept working all night…and there is just nothing left to clean out….will probably not do a political one today since my mind is going to be somewhere else…more later…
Might be the last election one…
Okay…have been following the election a little closer that I should be but, with a chance to end the repub nightmare both in Michigan and across the country, it is really important to know what is going on. Here in Michigan, the polling is showing some good news for those of us who are tired of the repub scams and just want the chance for our state to work for everyone, not just corporations and the rich. All three proposals are ahead with more than double digit leads that I’m hoping will hold for two more days…but I am a little concerned that the DeVos’s are pouring huge amounts of money into defeating the redistricting and making it easier to vote proposals (numbers 2 and 3) that would make their money irrelevant, or make it less relevant and prevent them from buying the government like they have since at least 2010. The ads they are running are just full of lies and decry that it could cost the state 10 million dollars every 10 years to run the commission that would draw the new district lines…but, my response is that it is a cheap price to ensure that no political party can hijack our state again and implement policies like right to work that only a small sliver of the residents want. The governor’s race is still looking good for us with Whitmer up around 8 points or so in the latest aggregate of the polls done late last week and that looks good for us to get rid of Schuette permanently…any time we can make another trump lover go away it is a good day…and another good sign is that Schuette has cancelled ad buys this past week…ensuring that he at least walks away with cash when he loses….there is a possibility of picking up some seats both in the Michigan house and senate but there is not much polling out there to comment on so I won’t…let’s just say that with a dem governor, there will be a brake on any more repub shennanigans and we should be able survive until 2020 when we will take back the entire government here with the implementation of Prop2…it can’t come too soon….
Hmmmm…
Well….sitting here waiting for the rain to stop to see if I can get out on the bike today but the wind is blowing about 25 right now so I just may take the day off…I am freaking out a little that today could be the last day that I don’t know I have a huge health problem and I guess I could look at that two ways…if I know, then I can get moving on treatment and maybe stay alive a few more years…but how is that going to change how I look at the world? I have been lucky to not have had any health problems at all really….I guess I need to stop thinking about it until I know there is a problem….but, there are not enough distractions right now to keep my brain occupied…and my stomach is already starting to give me problems with the diet change and not eating anything since about 6 last night….okay, need a couple of deep breaths and to find a soccer match to watch….and I need to stop whining….and remember “it is what it is” and know that I’ve dealt with everything life has thrown at me and this is just one more thing….more later….
November 4th
Well…running a little early today with the time change screwing me up like it always does and with the anticipation of the ugliness of the prep this afternoon…slept okay last night and I am starting to think it may be the new pillows…they are pretty comfortable and I know they are working to help the pain in my neck…now, the question is: why didn’t I do this a long time ago? Oh, well….I did get a little cleaning done yesterday and will probably do a little in the kitchen today in between football and the race that’s on later…did get laundry done yesterday, too, so I won’t have that to do today so it looks a like a pretty easy day…not sure about the bike ride today…don’t think I have the calories to spare with not eating again until tomorrow afternoon…and, I know I won’t get on it tomorrow morning…can’t wait for this whole test thing to be over so I can get back to normal…I am still a little freaked out about what they might find and the fallout from that….more later….
I just realized something…
Well….sitting here ready to take it easy for my Saturday night and I just realized something…with my test not until the afternoon Monday, I’m going to have to go almost two days with nothing to eat since I can’t have anything starting tomorrow morning…but, that really means tonight since I won’t eat anything tonight other than maybe some cheese and crackers….and with being so close on calories every day, I am going to be out of energy completely by Monday afternoon and that will make me feel even worse…crap…at least maybe the rain will come and it will keep me off the bike tomorrow…who knows?
November 3rd
Well…slept okay again last night and I may be getting convinced that it is the new pillows…my neck doesn’t hurt either, so that is a plus and I hope it continues…haven’t been able to move it easily for the past few weeks….had a nice day with getting out to have lunch with T and it was good to see her and buy her lunch for her birthday…had a huge olive burger and I am still not hungry even after not eating anything for dinner last night…but, I will have to eat today since I can’t eat anything tomorrow…but, nothing but protein since I can’t have any fiber…and that is a little weird….didn’t get anything else done yesterday but I do need to clean the bathroom today and do a little clean up in the kitchen….and I have bills to pay that I can do online so I don’t have to think about it early next week….can’t wait for the election to be over…the stress is killing me and I don’t even want to imagine the hellscape this country is going to be if the repubs keep the house….can’t wait for Wednesday…more later…