Well…after it was revealed that the idiot in chief has been extorting Ukraine to try to get them to fake some dirt on Joe Biden…it was reported that this was not the only country he did it to but the transcripts of those calls were hidden in a top secret server and never released to the public like every other president before him did…so finally, Pelosi and the dems have had enough of this criminal and have launched a formal impeachment investigation into how this extortion conspiracy happened…and who was involved…and that is a key point since Barr and Pompeo were involved along with Giuliani, but there are many more folks from the WH who could be in danger from the cover up of the extortion. One of the things that has surprised me is how fast things have changed after the extortion was discovered…before it, only about half of the dems in the House supported impeachment but now…and just over the past few days that number has grown to include almost all of the dem caucus…and even a couple of repubs…but the really scary part for trump is that a majority of the country now want him impeached and that is an 11 point swing just since the impeachment investigation was announced earlier in the week….and that is before the investigation and the information that will come from it is revealed…and that will come soon with the subpoenas to Mike Pompeo to produce the documents about the process of hiding the information…and to testify about his role…and guess what repubs? In an impeachment investigation, there is nowhere to hide and the courts won’t allow any reason to stonewall….the House committees will have free reign to get to the bottom of of trump’s criminality…oh, and Rudy…yeah, you are going to have to testify and trump has not one damn thing to say about it now…he can order you to not talk but even a crappy lawyer like you should know that the House’s power in an impeachment is almost unlimited and you will go to jail until you talk…man, I can’t wait for that perp walk….
September 28th
Well…you know, you’d think with all of the work I’ve been doing and all of the bike rides I’ve been taking, that I would be tired enough to sleep at least a little…but it was another 5:04 morning this morning and the strange thing is that I’m still exhausted but that never translates into being able to sleep…oh, well…I did get out for a ride but late in the day yesterday and I really don’t like it with all of the traffic on the streets that I need to cross…and I don’t like how the light looks, either…cripes, I’m in a crabby mood this morning….it looks like I’ll be doing laundry all day today to use this giant washer to get things washed that won’t fit in the normal sized one at the house…doing the first of the pillows now and will do the comforter in the next load as I tear apart the broken weight machine and get it out to the dumpster….and I still need to cook today since I bought some Italian meatballs from DD for 1.99 for 2 1/2 pounds and they are thawing in the fridge…so maybe some spaghetti and meatballs…it looks like it may rain all day today so I might have the day off the bike but we’ll see..oh, one cool thing did happen yesterday…I washed my car in the driveway for the first time and that was cool…but, the new hose I bought is pretty stiff and I’m not sure I like it…but for only 25 bucks for 100 feet I guess I can live with it…more later…
September 27th
Well…as you can see, I’m running really late today but it’s not my fault, this time…my internet connection was down when I got up this morning and it stayed down until I left to head over to the house…had to be there at 8 for the water guy to come and turn the water on…but he didn’t show until after 10 but that was okay, I had painting to do anyway…and now the water is on and everything works! Checked out the water heater and the washer and dryer and they all work so I have a fully functioning house ready for me to move in…now it’s just cleaning, painting and outside work left…next step is internet and I am going to order that Monday…man, I’m tired today and just got back here…and it looks like no bike ride today…just looked at the radar and there are storms coming in that will be here before I have lunch and get out so, darn, I have to take the day off…I really should clean around here and I may but right now I just want to have more coffee and sit for a minute….more later…
Back to politics…
Well…what did I miss while I was gone? Anything interesting happen? Yeah…just a little joke to get started…of course the further unraveling of the idiot trump is everywhere today when the transcript of the incriminating call to the president of Ukraine was backed up by the whistleblower report that was released by the DNI…and while he is testifying in front of congress, he let go with another bombshell…that the transcript was classified for political reasons, not the normal national security issues that is usually the reason for making anything classified…but the even bigger bombshell is that this political protection and cover up has been going on since Putin installed trump and many other transcripts exist that show that trump is an even bigger criminal than the Ukraine affair shows and that all of them were classified for his political protection…and that everyone from Pence on down have been involved in these coverups…and trump even admitted the other day that Pence was in on the extortion scheme against the Ukraine….hmmmm…can you say President Pelosi? As I’ve told you before, though…the repubs are going to go down with this garbage scow…and they showed that they are just a criminal organization by not upholding the constitution and by protecting trump…I wonder how many more of the WH staff and cabinet were involved? I hope this leads to Barr being impeached as well…if just to wipe that smug look from his face….geez….
September 26th
Well…I should be out on the bike right now but I ran out of clean clothes and needed to do a load so I’ll have some to change into when I get back here…damn…not sure how that happened and it really disrupts my morning…I did sleep okay last night and didn’t get until almost 6 so that is a win for me…but I still feel off this morning and I’m not sure why…I’m not sure why I would be so sore with only doing one ride yesterday but maybe it’s the painting? All I know is that I have been hobbling around here the past day or so and I don’t like it…and the ibuprofen didn’t help at all so maybe it’s just from overwork…I wonder if doing two rides a day is even helping the pain and not causing it? Now wouldn’t that be irony? I just realized that I can discard the water jugs I have been carrying over to the house for the past two months and that feels good…it has been such a pain in the butt working over there with no water but that ends tomorrow…so now that means I need to buy a garden hose and borrow the power washer from one of my other sons and get the exterior of the house cleaned up….that should be fun to really get to cleaning…and I even have supplies bagged up and ready to go and I may start cleaning the interior Friday since I now have a bathroom to use and I can stay there as long as I want….but today is errands and taking it easy…and I need to go up to the office and sign the no more leasing form so I don’t owe them more money…my last lease payment is Tuesday! More later….
Some good news…
Well…it’s been a heck of a week with everything going on at the house so I hope you give me a little break with me not doing much politics here lately…I promise I’ll get back to it next week since I got some good news today and we are entering the home stretch on the house…I have gotten the electric and gas bills switched over to me and coming to the house and, miracles of miracles, the water is being turned on Friday morning so we’ll have a functioning house again! My son did all the heavy lifting on that and thanks to him. All of the bills are current including the property taxes, too…so no surprises there…all I’m going to have left to do is contact Comcast for my internet connection and the move can be scheduled for any time…and that gives me a month to move so it should be pretty easy if the car holds up….man, what a lot of work done in under three months and the place looks pretty good….can you see me patting myself on the back? Yee Ha….
September 25th
Well…that really sucked…couldn’t get to sleep so I stayed up until after 1 and still got up at the normal time so that makes it about 4 hours of sleep and I am dead this morning…and I feel so sore after being on my feet for 6 hours that I may have to take something for it before I get on the bike…I didn’t get a ride in at all yesterday and I know I didn’t eat enough, either so today looks set up to be a low energy one but I still need to go over and paint the hallway to keep on schedule…and I do need to load the car up since the move date is coming on fast and I haven’t moved enough stuff…needless to say, I didn’t get anything done around here yesterday and probably won’t today, either…I have just so much energy and that needs to be focused on getting the house done…okay, this is going to be a short one since I need coffee and to wd the shifter on the bike before I go out….more later…
House update…
Well…the condemnation has been lifted! After the two and a half months of work and getting the windows in today, the inspector came and approved of all of the work and I am now out of the clutches of the city…and the guys who did the windows did a really nice job but they backed their damn truck into one of the aluminum awnings over the windows and crushed it and now that has to be replaced and won’t match the rest of them…but I told my son and he really doesn’t care so I guess I can live with it. For the first time in the life of that house, there was a cool breeze blowing through it with the windows open and that just made it so much nicer…and the windows are pretty cool in that you can take them apart to clean them with just the push of a button. Now it’s just the detail work to do with the bills and getting the water turned on…I did get the gas bill put into my name today and am going to try to get the electric done tomorrow…and my son is working on getting the water turned on since he is the owner and the only one that the city will allow to do it….and that will take almost two weeks so I am bumping up against my deadline of mid October since I still need to clean the entire house before I start putting my stuff in…going to be a busy few weeks…but, not tonight…I am going to reward myself with some cocktails and a little rest tonight..it has been a long day…
Buckle up…impeachment is on…
Well…have been at the house all day today and just got back here to some surprising good news…at 5 pm today, Nancy Pelosi is going to announce that an impeachment investigation of the idiot trump is going to start tomorrow…yep, the great day is finally here…where true patriots do their duty to the constitution and hold the moron in chief accountable for his too numerous to count crimes….and it appears that it is going to be broad based using the Mueller report and the fact that idiot boy has suborned perjury by asking people to lie for him, has blatantly broken the emoluments clause of the constitution by taking money from foreign governments at his hotels and has extorted foreign governments to do his bidding for political purposes. I t will be really interesting to see the idiot in chief’s reaction to this today…should be an epic meltdown….
September 24th
Well…damn, up again at 5:04 and I am feeling the lack of sleep today…I think part of it may be stress, too, with having the windows put in today and having the inspector come to approve the repairs I’ve done…I have my fingers crossed that everything will pass and I’ll get the water back on next week…I did check the water heater yesterday and the pilot is still burning so I think I’ll just have to turn it on when the water is turned on and it will work…I do need to get over there by 8 this morning so no bike ride until this afternoon….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but more prep work on the hallway…didn’t want to have fresh paint on it while the installers are dragging the windows in and out so that will wait until tomorrow…can’t wait to see if the washer and dryer still work and then start getting at cleaning the place up so I can plan when the move is going to happen….no later than the second week of October but that means I need to get with Comcast and get internet service started by then…so, still lots more to do but I can see the end of the tunnel…more later…