Well…running really late today since I wanted to get out and get the bike ride in before the F1 race and I did…it was so damn humid out there that it was like riding in liquid…but there was a lot of cool fog, too, and that is always neat to see…slept okay last night but got up late so I didn’t get to have coffee before the ride and that makes it much harder but I survived it…I usually burn off the caffeine on the ride so I’m not sure how that is going to work today…felt pretty crappy all day yesterday and I think it may be a bug….I have a little sore throat today and some coughing so I think it’s not just not eating enough…it could be allergies, too, since I did get some relief with taking some allergy medicine last night…all I know is I felt really lousy yesterday and I still feel it today so it is going to be an easy day…I do need to clean the bathroom today but I am going to wait a while before I start that….more later….
August 25th
Well…running a little early today with wanting to get out on the bike before F1 qualifying but it’s raining so that isn’t going to work today…damn….that puts my entire day off schedule and I don’t like it…oh, well…I guess I’ll watch soccer for now and go out at 10 instead…slept okay last night for a change but I am a little worn out today from my allergies…forgot to take something for them last night and I won’t do that again today…I am looking forward to trying my new riding gloves today to see if they are as comfortable as they seem….and to see if they can prevent calluses that I have on my left hand from riding…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I will have to do the bathroom today since it is getting a little iffy and I should clean the kitchen, too, but I’m not sure how much I’ll do with all of the soccer on this morning and then races later today…more later…
Starting to love news dump Fridays…
Well…I’ll go out on a limb here and say that the end is near for trump…and what has me thinking that is that the long time CFO of the trump organization, Allen Weisselberg, who was implicated on one of Michael Cohen’s tapes as being involved with the same two campaign finance felonies as Cohen, was granted immunity from prosecution in the Cohen case….and he has already been questioned by a grand jury. I’m really not sure if his immunity is limited to the Cohen case, but, even more than Cohen, Weisselberg knows where all the skeletons are buried and was in the middle of all of trump’s “miracle” recoveries when he was almost broke…and now, I’m sure the prosecutors at the SDNY have their own set of questions for Weissleberg since he was the CFO of the trump foundation when it was being used as a personal slush fund for the idiot trump and when it also funneled money to the trump campaign. So, we are so much closer to the trump crime family going down, finally, for their crimes….get the orange jump suits ready…it’s going to be an interesting day…impeach…
Can’t pardon state charges…
Well…as predictable as the sun rising, the idiot trump is already talking about pardoning Paul Manafort for the 8 felonies he was convicted of just Tuesday….you have to remember that traditionally the presidential pardon power has been used to right a wrong or to help someone who is really sorry for what they’ve done and additional punishment would not be the right thing to happen…but, as we can see with trump’s pardons so far, the power is being misused to reward trump’s buddies who broke the law and still proclaim their innocence, as if the law doesn’t apply to them. So, it was with more than a little smile on my face that I read that Mueller has been working with some state AG’s on a contingency plan to have Manafort tried in state courts that are beyond the reach of trump…and, I’m sure this contingency has been considered for everyone else that is under investigation in the trump/Russia conspiracy case. So, idiot boy, go ahead and pardon everyone that is part of your elections stealing scheme…it will just be more evidence of your obstruction and it will make it far easier to put you in jail…impeach…
August 24th
Well…woke up feeling pretty crappy this morning and I know part of it is allergies…forgot to take something for it last night but I won’t make that mistake tonight….not sure if I’m going to get out by 7:30 to make it back here for F1 practice at 9 but I do need to get out early with the rain coming in later today…I probably shouldn’t even talk about it since when I do, the clouds fall apart and we get nothing…I did get out to get some color yesterday and I think it’s evening out okay….and it needs to…looks pretty weird…got a notice that my new bike bag is coming today and I can’t wait to replace the old one with all of the holes….and I do want to try some riding gloves to see if I can prevent the cramps in my hands that I get every day….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but a little clean up on the oven that I spilled burger juice in yesterday…it still stinks in here from it…not much to do today….I am going to drag myself out on the bike here in a few minutes and then come back here and just ease into the rest of the day…more later…
11-1
Well…have been getting some news on the Manafort trial jurors and the reasons that they couldn’t agree on a verdict on ten of the counts against him…it is a little sick that just one MAGA trump lover kept the rest of the jurors from doing their jobs and convicting on all counts…the hours of voting in the jury room and more hours of the rest of the jurors patiently showing this holdout why they were voting to convict;…but this one trump loving juror kept parroting what trump said before the trial started that the only reason that Manafort was on trial was to get to trump and that the whole trial was not “fair”….now this is what trump’s constant bleating about witch hunts and bias in the justice department has gotten us…a poisoned jury pool who puts trump above the law and refuses to convict when the evidence is clear that Manafort was guilty on all counts. With this knowledge, I think Manfort should be re-tried on the counts that were declared mistrials…and the feds need to do a better job of jury selection…if the jurors watch fox news, they should be booted….impeach….
August 23rd
Well…I sure hope they finish up the rebuild at Meijers soon…it is such a pain in the butt doing the grocery run with everything moved to places I can’t find…even forgot to buy my newspaper and I am a little grrrrr about that…it’s my nice Thursday routine and I don’t like it disrupted…I did sleep okay last night and don’t feel too bad this morning except for the allergies giving me a low grade headache…had a walking stick hanging on to my rear fender for the trip over and back to groceries so I had to take him off an put him in the bushes when I got back here…pretty funny to see…I do feel better that I have a doctor now and am gradually getting back on track with my life…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I am going to wash the car here in a few minutes so it can dry while I’m on the bike and then I can wax it when I get off the bike…I do need to clean the interior and glass today too, so that will be some work with all of the dust in the car….more later…
I found a doctor!
Well….one of the things that I have been working on now for a couple of months was finding a new doctor that was close by and that takes Medicare…yeah…I’m that old and now most of you that come here daily will probably stop now that you know I’m an old fart. But, I never really do this for anyone but myself so I’m not going to worry about that too much…so, today, I finally found a doctor who takes Medicare and I have my “welcome to Medicare” checkup scheduled for the 4th of September and that is making me a little apprehensive since I haven’t seen a doctor in over 15 years, other than for the 15 staples in my scalp. But, I feel good most days other than the normal aches and pains so I guess I won’t worry too much…it’s kind of funny that the office where the doctor has his practice is on my bike route and I ride by it every day….and it’s only two miles away on Kalamazoo so that will be cool until I find a house and move…and that’s the last thing I have to do now after getting my car insurance changed, and now finding a doctor…..so, I think I’ll take the rest of the day off and just relax….
Now two felonies is not enough?
Well…let’s think back to the Obama administration for just a few minutes and remember how incensed the repubs were when he wore a tan suit, even taking to the floor of the house to complain how he demeaned the office of the presidency by wearing it. Now that we have a felon in the WH, I wonder what their response will be. Ha, ha, that actually sounds like a joke since we know that not one damn repub will say anything….and just this morning, the idiot trump was adding to his obstruction of justice charges with his effuse praising of Paul Manafort which is little more than a veiled promise that trump will take care of him if he continues to “be strong” and not cooperate with Mueller. This reminds me so much of “Goodfellas” when the criminals were promised that they would be “taken care of” if they kept their mouths shut and did their time without being a “rat”. Trump even used the term “rat” when he was talking about Michael Cohen who implicated trump in two felonies…I wonder if all the time that trump spent with American and Russian mobsters has him talking and acting like he thinks he’s a mob boss instead of the president? Two felonies should be enough to make this stain on our country go away…how about it, repubs? Impeach….
August 22nd
Well…I am exhausted this morning from all of the news from yesterday…but, I did sleep okay so that is something….not sure why I’m so sore today but there will be ibuprofen in my future…my neck is stiff and hurts and that has been going on too long…must be sleeping wrong on it but I’m not sure how to change that…didn’t get anything done yesterday but I have some errands to run today and I do have to cook some chicken before it goes bad…had half a loaf of bread go moldy yesterday and I am happy that the heat and humidity is gone right now…it was a pain to be damp all the time…not much to do today….can’t get moving right now and need to have more coffee before I get to working out and riding the bike….more later….