Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…and the airbag module failed in the car this morning so I need to cover the light with some duct tape…they are just not available anymore and I don’t want the annoying light flashing…I did sleep okay last night and had a few dreams that included furnace blower belts and nuclear meltdowns so that was fun….went out and had a few with G last night which was kinda fun but I am feeling it today…need to get on the bike in a few minutes to get moving and that will make it better…I am taking this week off from looking for work and just living for a change but I am having trouble relaxing with that still hanging over my head…oh, well…not much to do today…just the tape on the dash and some cleaning…more later….
The only thing you need to know about the TPP…
Well…with the cloture vote that happened today and the scheduling of the full senate vote on the TPP (the trans Pacific Partnership) trade agreement there is only one thing you need to know about the president selling out the working people of the US…and that is that it has the overwhelming support of the repubs in both the senate and house…in fact, without this support, there would be no TPP agreement…remember that, it is a repub supported plan and that is all you need to know…that the repubs, that hate American workers and do everything in their power to help the owners screw them are the ones that are lauding this monstrosity that gives away the country…more than that, the entire world to corporations…the workers days are over and it was done with the unholy alliance of a dem president and the repubs that have hated him from the start…why would they now work with him unless this agreement is everything they want? This is crap and Obama knows it…what legacy is he trying to leave behind? Not the one he wants, I’m sure…geez…
June 23rd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get out to have lunch with T so that made it better….did not sleep at all last night but the strange thing is I feel okay today…didn’t get a lot else done yesterday but watch some sports and the US team winning was cool, too…I do have a bunch of stuff to do today but that will only keep me busy this morning so that will leave the aft for getting some cleaning done…I can’t believe how dirty my car is even after all the rain yesterday…not sure how it got all the dust on it but it is certainly a pain….not much to do today…have to hit the bank this morning so the check for my plate renewal won’t bounce but that is about it….more later…
Waiting on the Supreme Court…
Well…it’s been an okay day so far with a really nice lunch with T and getting soaked just walking to the car…but, it was supposed to be a day when we were to see at least one of the major supreme court decisions but they never came….so, I’ll be waiting on the court for a couple more days until Thursday when one of the big ones will be announced…there was one case that came out today that should have the police being, much more careful with the people they detain…when the court said that detainees have the same constitutional rights as anyone else and that if the prisoners are abused in any way, the police are liable to be sued for their actions…this one came about when the cops detained a man and took him to jail, then beat and tasered him for no reason….I just hope this extends to the cops facing criminal charges….it would be about time…
June 22nd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done…didn’t even take a drive in the car…just couldn’t get the energy up to to do it…slept okay, I think, but I’m not sure with how I feel today…but, that is my fault and I can live with that…it is really hot outside already and that is going to make the bike ride a little bit of a chore…but, that means we are going to have some storms later which should be cool….the bike has been working great lately and it’s been three weeks since the last flat so I think that is cured, too…I had a great ride yesterday feeling just as I do now so that is something to look forward to…may have lunch with T but I haven’t heard from her yet so I’m not sure about that one…not much to do today…just the ride and then lunch but that is about it…after more coffee, that is….need at least one more cup before I get out on the bike…more later…
Confederate nonsense…
Well…in the aftermath of the church shooting in SC, I have read reams of stuff about the “Confederate pride” that is still a thing in the south…and I have lots of questions about that. Pride in what? That your ancestors were treasonous murderers who killed more Americans that have been killed in all of the rest of the wars in the country’s history? Pride that you bought and sold people and built your fortunes on the backs of others? Pride that you are still murdering black people at an astonishing rate? Pride that you lost the Civil war? And not just lost…you were humiliated and that is something to be proud of? I have had enough of this neo Confederate nonsense…there was nothing to be proud of in killing Americans just to keep your slaves and your revisionist nonsense that you spout today that the war was against “northern aggression” is just BS…I just don’t want to hear this crap anymore…geez..
June 21st
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I was not good so I feel pretty crappy today…can’t remember how I slept so it must have been okay…I did get some of the kitchen done yesterday and will try to get the rest of it done today…watching the F1 race right now so this one is going to be short…I am going to get the bike ride in after the race if it’s not raining…need to check the radar…okay, I’ll be back in a while to add to this one…wow, big crash…more later…
Creative hate here in Michigan…
Well…as we wait for the supreme court to rule on the legality of same sex marriage, the haters in our Michigan legislature have kept their dark, little hearts busy trying to proactively circumvent the decision that most think will go for the right to marry for gay couples. Led by a real ass, Rep Todd Courser of Lapeer, who has just proposed bills that would require a religious leader to sign off on any wedding here in Michigan…and since most of these supposed “Christian” leaders are opposed to gay marriage, the ability of any same sex couple to find someone who would marry them will be slim at best and impossible for some of our fellow citizens. Now, as you know, the repubs don’t really care if bills are constitutional or not, especially when they are used to hurt people they don’t like, but to require anyone to have to have a religious person”sign off” on their marriage is a clear violation of the first amendment’s establishment clause and will be thrown out in court…and again, they will be spending my tax dollars to defend discrimination…what the hell has happened to my tolerant Michigan? Gone since the repubs took over…geez…
June 20th
Well….it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool…but, Tom made some shots that I just had to laugh at so that was fun…slept okay last night but I am running late today since I had the grocery run to do…got some bacon wrapped filets for 2 bucks each that I am going to have tomorrow along with lots of veggies that I am going to have today…no dreams again and that is to be expected with the way things have been going…don’t hurt much this morning and that will be good when I get on the bike in a few minutes…it is a gorgeous morning out there and I had the top down out and back for groceries…not much to do today…watching F1 qualifying right now but after the bike ride I need to clean the kitchen or something…more later…
Pop up birds…
Well…it was an early day out on the bike but it felt good after being bad last night…and, the strangest thing happened as I was heading out toward the east on the first leg of the ride…with the wind blowing about 20 right out of the east, a bunch of birds just popped up out of the brush beside the trail, hovered into the wind and then dove back down into the grass…this happened 5 or 6 times as I rode by and I swear they were doing it just to have fun…weird, weird birds…