Well…with all of the distractions from the bull trump crashing and bashing the institutions that have kept the peace since the end of WWII, one little thing has flown under the radar is the pending attack the the repubs have planned on everyone’s health insurance. Specifically, they are going after protections for people who have pre-existing conditions and are going to allow insurance companies to go back to the bad old days where acne or broken bones were enough for them to deny insurance to anyone. I know that people who have employer provided insurance think this has nothing to do with them, that they are immune to this sort of thing and they can just keep voting for repubs and it won’t affect their lives…well, guess again…this new repub plan covers all health insurance in the US both from the ACA and from employers….the latest estimate is that over 165 million people have pre-existing conditions under the new rules that the repubs want to pass…and that’s 165 million of our fellow Americans who now will go back to the bad old days when one illness was all that it would take to bankrupt people and take away what they worked for the entire lives. This is what you get when you vote for repubs…tax giveaways to the rich and corporations, and now taking health insurance away from almost half of the people in this country…these folks are just evil….
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June 12th
Well….pretty much on time today with it being before 7….had a nice day yesterday with the top down out and back to pool, oh, and I won, and I even got out and bought some new clothes…how can you pass up 100% cotton polos for 5 bucks each? I was good last night and that meant I was up and down all night…but, I had some weird, weird dreams with nuclear weapons and a post apocalyptic landscape of scavenging and death…yeah, pretty weird….but it was cool to have dreams for a change….feel okay today and I’m not really sore anywhere and I should be with having some hard sprints on the bike yesterday….so I guess I’ll try it again today and see what happens….didn’t get anything else done yesterday but I did a lot Sunday so I guess that works out…I do need to cook today so I think I’ll combine that with cleaning the kitchen some….more later….
A petulant little child…
Well…after the debacle of the idiot trump’s behavior at the G-7 conference this past weekend, the European news is completely destroying trump, calling him a “petulant little child” and Macron of France even going so far as stating that there is really no point in even talking to trump since he is an “incoherent liar” that tries to govern by “fits of anger”….now, I just want you to let that sink in a minute….the repubs freaked out when Obama wore a tan suit and now they are silent when trump bulls his way to destroying our standing in the world since he is just so damn ignorant and dumb. Now, I think Putin got just what he paid for in electing trump….he wanted to drive a wedge into all of the European relationships from Nato to the G-7 and trump is obliging him…and now trump wants Russia re-admitted to the G-7, not understanding or caring that they were expelled for the annexation of Crimea and their invasion of the Ukraine…attacks that are still going on right now. Now we have the idiot in chief talking to Kim and elevating his thuggish regime on the world stage….and no matter how trump’s toadies spin it, it is not a good thing to be talking to Kim and it is not a “failure” of previous presidents when they didn’t….they knew that Kim couldn’t be trusted and still can’t…but, I guess trump is comfortable around liars…after all, he is the biggest liar in the world…impeach…
June 11th
Well….running a little early today but I am still having trouble getting started….just don’t feel like doing anything yet but I guess I’ll have to…slept okay last night but woke up sore this morning…must have slept on my right shoulder since it hurts…but, everything hurts and I couldn’t have slept on everything….thought I had a cold yesterday and it felt like it but I’m not feeling it today so that’s a little weird…I did get some work done yesterday with cleaning the bathroom, doing some laundry, and running the dishwasher so I don’t feel as guilty as I did….but, today I won’t do much other than the workout and getting the bike ride in….I may go wash the car but I’m not sure about that yet….more later….
June 10th
Well…running on time today even with having to go over to Meijers to get some veggies that I forgot Thursday…want to make some chicken stir fry for lunch…slept okay last night and don’t feel too badly today but I am a little sore from the ride yesterday…but, I won’t be going out today with rain about 20 mins away…and I just don’t want to get wet right now…so, maybe a rest day is what I need…might be able to get out after the F1 race but I’m just not motivated right now….maybe the coffee will help….didn’t get much done yesterday but I think I’ll clean the bathroom today after I take some time to read the news….and maybe even the kitchen but probably not….more later….
This is what’s wrong with Nascar…
Well…I’m a little tired of the political stuff right now with the drunken Godzilla trump crashing into everything and destroying the world, so I think I’ll talk a little about Nascar. I used to be a big fan of the series but lately the moves they have been making with rule changes is ruining the racing…and you can see that in the shrinking crowds at every track and the dropping tv ratings. It used to be that there was innovation when people were allowed to use their brains to get an advantage over the rest of the racers…but now, the rules are so strict that every car is exactly the same as the rest and all of the engineers and mechanics spend all their time making sure the body is not a thousandth of an inch off. Now they are even going to make things worse by introducing restrictor plates to more tracks than just Talledega and Daytona….if they do this, why do they need professional drivers at all if you can just hold the gas pedal to the floor and get around the track? Cripes..I could even drive one of them if they do that. With the shrinking crowds, I think they should just bar spectators from the big tracks and then unrestrict the engines of the cars that run there…after all, Bill Elliot ran a 212 MPH lap all the way back in 1988 and with today’s technology, they could race at 220…now that I would watch….one more thing I think they should do is, instead of mandating every damn thing down to the thousandth of an inch, there should be a range that the cars could fit in…say a range of 1-4 inches for the rear spoiler…of a range for ride height…you get the idea…and differing engine sizes…run a smaller one that gets better mileage or a bigger one with more power….the cars they have now are just spec cars that have killed the public’s interest…at least it has killed mine…
June 9th
Well…not sure what kind of day it was yesterday…I know part of it sucked but I did get out to have one with the twins so that was cool…didn’t get anything done but I need to do some cleaning today…it looks like it is going to rain almost all day so I may have the day off the bike…and that may be a good thing….my legs are sore and could use some rest time…slept okay last night but I feel weary today and I may allow that to dictate how I do things today…I think I may need to just let the day flow how it will and not try to force anything….just like this post…there is a lot of racing on today with F1 qualifying at 10 and then two races later…and the Belmont stakes so I will have something to keep me from being too bored…more later…
No politics today…
Well….I am still feeling just gutted by Anthony Bourdain’s death and that has pushed most everything else out of my thoughts today…so, no politics…I know it’s important but I need time for reflection…when I started watching the new season of “Parts Unknown” I noticed a weariness in Anthony that I hadn’t noticed before…like everything that is happening in the world had become too much. Maybe I’m reading too much into it or projecting my own weariness into it…I don’t know…I do know that I felt a kinship to Anthony….that he was always trying to be a better person than he was…the same road I have gone down the past twenty years or so and yet realizing that it only matters to me…and I’m not sure if that is sustainable over the long term….all I know is that I’ll miss him and the show….it really did make you understand that people are people around the world and that the differences between us are not to be feared, they are to be savored and enjoyed…and if you let it, you’ll be better for being exposed to the rest of the world….I’ll miss him….
RIP Anthony Bourdain
Well…damn, I really hate doing these…not sure if you’ve heard yet, but Anthony Bourdain died last night in France where he was working on a show for CNN. It appears that the cause was suicide and that makes it even worse….I can understand the depths that you can sink to that makes the world so black that it seems to be the only way to stop suffering…and this is the thing…depression can hit anyone…even people who are rich and successful….he leaves behind a young daughter….RIP Anthony…..
June 8th
Well….up early again today and I think I may stop commenting about that….I did sleep okay but starting seems to get harder every day…not too hard but harder….I do need to get out on the bike early today since there is F1 practice that I’d like to see at 10 and I need to get my Mega tickets for the drawing tonight….I really could use 152 million dollars….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I will do some cleaning today after I make some pork chops for lunch…have had them marinating overnight and can’t wait to see how they come out…had some good news from T yesterday when she got the pathology report from her surgery and they found the reason for all the pain she was in…and the surgery fixed it so that is a relief….not much to do today….need to get started soon but the coffee is working yet….I’ve got an hour so I guess I can wait…more later…