Well…just had to do another one of these about a little bit of news that just came over twitter….the ultra right wing of the repub party has just said that if the repub “healthcare” law is going to pass, it is going to need dem support. Now, I know that some of us dems have been delusional in thinking that you can work with the repubs when it is just not possible, but our delusions are not anywhere nearly crazy as the repubs thinking any one of us would support more giveaways to the rich and gutting a law that has helped get healthcare for 30 million of our fellow Americans. Just isn’t going to happen and Paul Ryan is the most delusional of them all when he says that he will have 218 votes for the law when it is put up for a vote…not gonna happen, Paul….the crazys on your right think that any law that restricts people’s freedom to die early from a lack of healthcare is communism…and you will never get the 30 of them to go along and you can be damn sure that no dem that wants to avoid being primaried is going to help you torch the ACA….you own this turd of a law…enjoy…
A health care turd…
Well…since I’m sitting here having my third cup of coffee, I thought I’d do a short comment on the repubs new “healthcare” plan that was introduced yesterday…I think turd really is the best descriptor for this piece of hatred directed at working people and the poor. How can covering 20 million fewer people and raising costs for everyone else be considered an improvement? Oh, okay, I get it…it is an improvement for the rich and for the insurance companies since the rich will get massive tax cuts (are you surprised? Is there nothing that the repubs think massive tax cuts for the rich won’t cure?) the poor lose Medicaid, and the insurance companies get to charge much, much more for the same coverage that people get now under the ACA. The contempt for the poor is evident in comments made by the idiot Jason Chaffetz when he said that the poor will have to decide between “healthcare or a new Iphone”…this from an idiot who has us pay for his healthcare…Jason, I have news for you… the $600 dollar cost of an Iphone doesn’t pay for anything when just getting a yearly checkup costs over $1500 dollars. They also rolled out the turdish idea of health savings accounts that would let people save money tax free for their healthcare…I hope you can see the flaw in this thinking…most of the people helped under the ACA barely make their payments as it is…where the hell are they going to come up with the thousands and thousands of dollars a year they would be on the hook for if the ACA goes away? The sick thing about all of the repub plan is that they shout “freedom” to justify screwing over the entire country (except for the rich)…how much freedom do you have when you go bankrupt from uncovered medical bills? I just hate these guys….
March 8th
Well…running a little early today and I think it’s because I’m bored already and need something to do….got a bunch of stuff done yesterday and even got a bike ride in…but that won’t happen today with the wind already blowing over 30 and gusts of over 50….the ride was brutal yesterday with the wind lower than today so I won’t feel guilty skipping….and it looks Like I won’t be on the bike again for about a week since it is going to be cold with highs in the 20’s and 30’s….just hope it doesn’t snow…not too sore this morning but my neck pain is still there but lessened so I guess I can live with that…I did get my internet speed raised yesterday but it still varies a lot during the day…but, I am still going to cancel the dish at the end of the month since they just raised it to 97 bucks…and tv is just not worth that much….more later….
I declare this a Miata free winter….
Well…as you know, I am always looking for things that amuse me in the world and I have commented on lots of them here…oh, not sure if there is going to be a political one today since I have just finished up after having things to do all day so far…and the one last thing I wanted to do is declare this winter “Miata free”…after looking for another one on the road this winter, I have not seen even one so it is Miata free….as time goes on, there are fewer and fewer Miatas like mine…the A version, but I haven’t seen any of the B,C, or D versions either….you would think with over a million of them on the road around the world, I would have crossed paths with one…but, no…oh, well….
March 7th
Well…it was pretty much a wasted day yesterday but I hope today will be different…I have some work to do around here and an errand to run so that will take up about an hour…my damn neck still hurts this morning and I’m not sure how I keep hurting it….there will be ibuprofen today since it is tiring to be in pain all the time….I did get a bike ride in yesterday and I hope to today…but, I ‘ll have to wait for the rain to move through…it is supposed to get colder and colder the rest of the week so I think I’ll be off the bike for a few days….maybe that will help my neck….don’t have a lot to do today but I should clean the kitchen after I get my work done….more later….
Burned out on trump…
Well…I have been trying to figure out what to write about and the only thing I know is that I don’t want to write about the idiot trump….just burned out on that right now so let’s try something else…maybe some sports….I have been getting into rugby lately and I’m not sure if I like 15’s or 7’s better…playing on the same size field, the 7’s have lots more room and a lot more action…and at only 7 minutes per half, the game just flies by…not like the 80 total minutes for 15’s…but, I guess I’ll keep watching both of them until I decide…soccer is still interesting right now but Man U is frustrating the heck out of me….I mean, tying Bournemouth? Time is running out for them to get into the top four for champions league play later in the year and that would mean Europa league again and that is just not good enough….for me, anyway…not sure if I’m looking forward to March Madness this year….basketball is just not one of the sports that I like very much anymore…okay, that’s enough for now….unless trump does something stupid…and then I’ll come back….oh, one last thing…the Red Wings are not going to make the playoffs for the first time since I was in my 30’s…..and that is really disappointing….oh, well….
March 6th
Well…running late again this morning and my damn neck hurts again…really annoying and I’m not sure what to do about it…didn’t get much done yesterday but I did get out on the bike and it looks like I will again today…it is already over 50 so I can do shorts again…feel pretty crappy this morning and think I’ll ease into the day with some coffee and trying to feel better…..I think I’ll have to cook today since I bought some chicken thurs and it needs to be used or frozen….I am getting tired of chicken again so I think I’ll get a pork loin this week…or, I should just use the food that is in the freezer…not going to do much today but work out and get the bike ride in…and some work around here….more later…
The meltdown begins…
Well…I am watching gleefully as the meltdown of the idiot trump begins…Friday, he blew up at his senior staff and started screaming at them that they are not doing enough to make the collusion scandal with Russia go away and that baby idiot sessions didn’t tell him that he was going to recuse himself from the Russia investigations. Then, he went on a delusional tweetstorm accusing Obama of wiretapping his phones during the election…a tidbit that he got from the conspiracy website Breitbart that is a swamp of lies and right wing propaganda. The meltdown continued at his golf course with it being reported that he was bitching to people he golfed with that he “knew” he was right on the wiretapping and the media was covering it up. The only problem…okay, one of the problems here is that if wiretapping happened, there would be records and there aren’t any…and if there are, that would mean that a judge approved it…and that would mean that there was probable cause that a crime was happening….I think the idiot trump has seen that there is evidence that he is a criminal and it is only a matter of time before he is charged with it…and no amount of lying or misdirection is going to save him….drip, drip, drip…impeach…
March 5th
Well…running a little late today and I’m not sure why…I wonder if it even matters? I did get some work done around here yesterday and finally have a clean bathroom….but that was all done in the morning so the rest of the day was a waste with just watching sports all day….my neck is a little better today and I may test it out by getting on the bike later but that will have to wait til it warms up to over 40 this aft….haven’t been on it in 4 days or so and that needs to change…and I do need to eat more to support that…have lots of food here so that should be easy…..need to get more fruit, though, since I haven’t had any here in a while….not going to do a lot today other than clean the kitchen and get on the bike…and one more of these…more later….
Trump is the dumbest person on the planet….
Well…as we all know, trump doesn’t know a damn thing about how government works…showing his ignorance every day and every time he opens his mouth and today, we know he doesn’t know a damn thing about how the justice system works either. Over the past day, cheeto donnie has been going crazy tweeting about wiretaps that were put on trump tower’s phone lines last year…screaming that it’s worse than watergate and like McCarthyism….right there, we can be sure he doesn’t know what McCarthyism is because it has nothing to do with wiretaps…but the thing the idiot donnie doesn’t understand is that if he was wiretapped, it was approved by a judge that saw that there was enough evidence that there was probable cause that a crime was being committed…and now the dumbest man on the planet goes tweet crazy calling more attention to his crimes….how much more stupid can this idiot get? Better get the pardon pen ready, idiot, you’ll need it before you and your whole administration resigns…impeach…
Oh, and one last thing..the idiot can’t even spell…adding an extra “p” to tap….tapp, tapp, tapp…