Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool for the 3rd week in a row and I’m not sure how I feel about it..okay, I do…don’t care…slept okay last night but got up really early so there will be a nap at some point today…or maybe not…who knows? Have been out already this morning and I really do have to remember to dress warmer…it was just damn cold putting gas in the car…but, I am all set for the weekend now so it looks like hibernation is going to be the order of the day…I should clean my bathroom and I think I will after coffee…other than that, not much to do today…Michigan plays Arizona in basketball at noon so that might be something and the Wings play later so I will have something to do…more later…
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This is just wrong…
Well…in my reading yesterday, I ran across a story that just made me shake my head it was just so wrong…in case you haven’t read it yet, there was an 18 year old in Texas who was driving drunk and killed 4 people and the judge in the case gave him nothing but probation.. a long probation but similar cases have resulted in jail time of up to 15 years…and the judges reasoning? Because this kid grew up in a rich, privileged household, he was not responsible for his actions since he always got his way and no one taught him right from wrong. It’s not as if the rich don’t already get away with whatever they want, now they can murder and get probation? I am just so tired of the deference the rich get in the US….no wonder they think the law doesn’t apply to them when stuff like this happens…people go to jail for stealing food to feed their families and this idiot gets to walk away? He’ll never have to learn any consequences either since he is rich and connected…and will never have to look for a job..or daddies rich cronies will give him one…this is just wrong….geez…
December 13th
Well…it was just another day yesterday and i didn’t really accomplish much…and the 12 degree high for the day just took everything out of me…made me depressed about the whole world and T not feeling well didn’t help…I did sleep okay and there were dreams of breaking my phone in half which was just odd….I did get to cook a ham that I bought yesterday and the addition of some protein to my diet was a good thing but I still feel sluggish without being able to get out on the bike…and now, both elbows have started to hurt and I am just so tired of it…should go take some ibuprofen I guess…not much to do today…should be a pool day but since I am broke, I think I should take a pass…I am tired of being a mooch…more later…
Just have to hate the repubs…and the dems that go along…
Well…just a short one on the budget that was reached over the past couple of days and all of the cheering that has been done to celebrate it..well..I for one won’t be celebrating since they gave billions more to the military that they just don’t need while taking away extended UE benefits for 1.7 million people…so, what are these people supposed to do, starve? I have had enough of feeding the military machine and the obscene profits that their cronies continue to suck out of this country…when are we going to get our priorities straight? I just don’t blame the repubs..after all, you expect them to screw people…it’s in their nature…but to the dems that are going along I same shame on you…where are your principles? Where is the caring for people like me who just can’t find work in this repub stifled economy? I’ve sent the letter out to my reps to let them know what I think…more people should…geez…
December 12th
Well…it was another long day yesterday and I did get out to see C for a few minutes but couldn’t afford to spend any money so it was water at the bar…kinda weird but I may be able to get used to it…and the lunch with T was canceled since she is not feeling well and I am starting to worry about her…I know the stress from being out of work and the constant knot in the stomach is something I really want to go away….slept okay but I am finding that I no longer can sleep in my left side…just won’t sleep until I shift over and it is really strange since it has never happened before…I did have to spend what little I had in my checking account to buy food since I had cleaned out my freezer and there was just no food left…even without riding the bike I have been losing weight and I know part it is I can’t afford cocktails so that saves a thousand calories a day…I did buy a nice ham today for 11 bucks but that should last me through next week…going to cook that today with the glaze that came with it…haven’t had much protein in the past week so that will be good…not much to do today…going to hibernate with it being 12 degrees outside and no money….more later…
You just gotta love Bernie Sanders…
Well…just a shorty on a couple of things…not sure if I am going to comment on this stuff but just pass it on…read the other day that Senator Bernie Sanders is readying legislation to institute a single payer plan for people to get health insurance to cut the insurance companies out of the profits and immediately lower the cost to everyone…this would help in a couple of ways…with a pool that large, it would be easy for the plan to control costs of medical procedures across the country and you wouldn’t have different costs depending on where you live…one example of this is the spread from high to low for an appendectomy…one study showed a cost that ran from 1,000 dollars to 14,000 dollars for comparable cases…and, in Bernies plan, the single player plan would be allowed to negotiate drug prices with the drug companies which could save billions of dollars every year. So, give em hell, Bernie…we need people like you….
December 11th
Well…it was just a normal day yesterday but I did get some cleaning done so that made me feel good…and slept okay last night but no dreams but that is okay…I do like the entertainment value but sometimes it brings up things that I really don’t want to think about…like being broke and it being winter and I’m already tired of it…but, I do need to slide into the endurance mode that gets me through most winters but it is almost too early to do that…not sure if I can do endurance for 4 months..we’ll see…it is kind of funny when I look at my computer and how much I use it…the letters on the keys are starting to wear off and the e and d are gone…I can type without knowing but there are times that brain freeze has me starting at the keyboard and wondering what they are….not much to do today….might have lunch with T and then out for a couple with C later…but, might have to just have water since I am broke again…more later…
Handshakegate….
Well…with the improvement of the ACA website and the spate of good news stories coming out, we just knew that there would be another shiny object that the right and Fox “news” would trot out to keep their rabid followers salivating on how bad Obama is…the latest, as you can see from the snark headline above, is the fact that Obama shook Raul Castro’s hand at the funeral for Mandela. Now, is this the next impeachable offense that the tea partiers will bring to the House? Look, this is one of the stupidist controversies that I can remember the right pushing…well, no, all of them are stupid, but these folks think that no one remembers history anymore…like maybe Nixon shaking Mao’s hand? Or Cheney fawning all all over Saddam? Or Eisenhower shaking Khruschev’s hand? These guys on Fox seem like they just aren’t trying anymore…if you have to gin up a controversy over a handshake, it just means they have nothing…and never have…geez…
December 10th
Well…it was another long, long day yesterday and I think I’m getting into the bunker mentality that normally doesn’t come until Jan or Feb…and, 12 degrees this morning? It’s not even winter yet and it’s colder than it was all of last year…at least the car is starting and the trans is shifting well with the new fluid in it…it was the second no cocktail night in a row last night and I think I’m really starting to like it…feel so much better…wonder if I’ll eliminate them completely? Never thought that would be an option but it has started to creep into my thoughts…would really help keeping the weight down over the winter and save a bunch of cash…not sure if the boredom will be bearable, though…..slept okay but the strange thing was I could only sleep on my right side…normally, I flop back and forth all night…not much to do today..I do have to clean since my brother is coming over today and I am not looking forward to the cleaning…it needs to be done, though, so I guess I should just get to it…after coffee, that is…more later…
Delusions and lies…
Well…just read an interesting article about the post mortem of the Virgina races that was done by one of the higher ups in the RNC and all I can say is that these folks really have gone over the line into delusions…what this idiot comes out and says is that the conventional wisdom that they lost the election because they were too far to the right is just wrong…if they had only talked more about taking way womens rights, about hating gays, and the ACA, they would have won in a landslide…no matter what the polls said…they were just not mean and assholish enough. The only thing I have to say to that is “please proceed” keep reminding people that you don’t care about anyone unless they are rich and white…people will just flock to that kind of message and vote you in for life. They just don’t get that the country is getting away from them…and with these changes, they can’t even beat a weak dem candidate for governor.
Oh, the lies part…just one more reason to understand what the repub party has become…they have set up a fake website in California and sent out official fliers on official stationary sending people to the fake website that is full of lies about the ACA that have all been debunked…and the taxpayers of Cali are footing the bill for this crap…I hope the repubs feel good when they convince people to not sign up for insurance and they either go bankrupt when a medical emergency happens or they die since they don’t get the care they need….what a bunch of absolute assholes….geez…