Well…I sure hope everyone remembers that two years ago, right wing repub thugs attacked this country to try to overthrow the duly elected government…and yet, the chief thug and his minions are still not in jail and are still running around spreading the lies that led to the attack…I know there has been some movement on the investigation and two more prosecutors were added to the 50 or so who are working on the case, but damn, with what we know from the January 6th committee, there is already plenty of evidence to charge the idiot trump and his minions with multiple crimes so why hasn’t that happened? On this dark anniversary, wouldn’t it be the perfect day to indict the ringleaders? And while they are at it, how about kicking the repubs out of congress who voted to overturn the election? As we get farther out with that happening, it just emboldens the repubs to do it again…there has to be consequences for this criminality or they will just keep doing it….geez…
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January 6th
Well…damn, had a heck of a time getting out of bed this morning with waking up around 5 but then going back to sleep until 6:23, then struggling to get out of bed around 7….and my back is still bad today and that is going to make me miserable all day….not sure when I’m going to get on the bike today…I should do one ride before I run errands but I just don’t want to…but I have an hour before I go out so I should get off my butt and get going…but, without coffee? Yeah, that’s not going to happen…..had an okay day yesterday but it was another day without getting anything done and that is getting depressing….today will probably be the same and that is depressing, too….oh, well….I was going to make tacos today but I made chili yesterday and still have soup left so that will be my two meals for the day….I did stay under 1K calories yesterday and will do that again today but I’ll have effects from it tomorrow so I think I’ll have to try to eat more….not much to do today…Man U plays in the FA cup this afternoon so that will be on the schedule and I am going to get the rides in later…or not….I could use a day off since I’m so worn out but the prospect of having the guilt that would result from that is a bit too much….more later…
Damn, I still hurt…
Well…damn, I still hurt after the outdoor rides yesterday and my abs have gotten worse…but my back is a little better so I’ll take that but I still wince when I get up off the couch even after heating it a few minutes ago…and that is getting old…I did make chili this morning but it is a little off after I tried to do it from memory and I can’t figure out what it is….it’s okay but not as good as the recipe was…I guess I should have asked my daughter for another copy of the recipe that I got from her in the first place…the taste normally changes after it sits for awhile so I’ll try it later with some chips since a bowl of chili and a bowl of soup is not enough with riding twice today….and I’m going to make tacos tomorrow after I run out to get lettuce and Mega tickets at Meijers….oh, and some roma tomatoes will go good with it, too…but right now, I just want to get more water and watch a little soccer….
Debbie Stabenow is not going to run in 24
Well…one of our dem senators has decided to not run for re-election when her term ends in 2024…not sure if it surprises me or not but she has been a good senator who has done good work not only representing the people of Michigan and was the first woman elected senator from Michigan. she has done great work as the chair of the agriculture/ nutrition committee that sets agricultural policy for the US…when she was a state senator, I worked with Debbie as the parent representative of Kentwood schools as the repub controlled legislature and Engler tried to screw over districts that wanted to spend more money on their schools….and that gave us proposal A that took school funding out of the local school districts…and is still screwing public schools to this day…and you know who backed that? Yep, the DeVos’s dirty fingers were all over it….so, thanks for your service, Senator, and good luck with the rest of your life….
January 5th
Well…running about on time with getting up at 5 and then out of bed before 6:30….my back seems to be holding up but it hurts some and I’ve noticed that it doesn’t hurt if I lie down so I wonder if that will be how I get through the day? It was nice to get two outdoor rides in yesterday but it looks like inside ones today with the rain/snow that is going on out there right now…and it’s going to be cold and I sure don’t want to deal with that…I may only do one ride today since I want to make chili and that takes some time…I have an onion that has sprouted and I hope it’s usable for the chili…if not, I picked up two yesterday with a coupon that made them free….not sure how my body is going to react to all of the beef I’m going to be having for the next few days but I really don’t care…after all of the ham, chicken, and turkey from the past couple of months, it will be a welcome break….and an olive burger is yummy….didn’t get anything done yesterday and I guess the cooking will have to be the work for the day and I’m okay with that….still pretty worn out and don’t want to think about that right now….not much to do today…just want to have more coffee and news right now….and to hope that my back is better than yesterday….more later…
What a mess…
Well…we’re up to 4 votes for a new speaker of the House with no movement at all in the vote count…so what do the repubs do? Call for another vote….the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing but expect different results…but we didn’t need this vote to see that the repubs are insane…they have been since the astroturf tea party movement got started and the entire party took a lurch to the right and they are going farther and farther right as the minutes pass….I wonder if they can keep this up for two years? That would be a good way to avoid the bogus “investigations” they have been promising since they won the majority in November…one good thing that came out of this is that it looks like the idiot trump is losing part of his hold on what’s left of the repub party since he endorsed McCarthy yesterday and he got even less votes today….so, give it up kevvie…it looks like you’re not going to be speaker…geez…
Running late today..
Well..damn, running late today with doing the grocery run and then deciding to do two rides outside…just got back here an now the computer had decided to crap out and I had to take the battery out of it to get it restart…so I was out for 2 1/2 hours and did 25 miles and the first thing I did after the shower was put the heating pad on my back since It started to tighten up on the bike…and my abs hurt, too so I sure as hell don’t know what is going on…so this makes me late for a political one that I will get to but I haven’t even read the news yet today to find a topic….more later….
January 4th
Well…I had a dream of sleeping in this morning until almost 10 but then looked at the phone and it was only 7:23 and that was a little disappointing…and I’m sitting here with the heating pad on already since my back is seizing up again and I guess I’m going to have to see the doctor about it to see what the heck is going on….not going to get on the bike until after the grocery run if I get on it at all…just so damn worn out that I want to take a day off to just sit here and do nothing…but you know me, I won’t….still haven’t gotten started on the dining room yet and probably won’t today with how I’m feeling…I wonder if I’ll ever get going on this place again? We had some thunder out here last night and that was weird for being in Michigan in January but I’m glad it was just rain and not snow….and it looks like we may get through the next week without snow and that puts us one week closer to spring….I am going to get some burger to make chili today but that will wait til tomorrow with the soup and chicken leftovers I have….I am going to wince at paying 3 bucks a pound but I haven’t had beef for months and I can use a change…not much to do today…just the grocery run and riding the bike…but even that looks like way too much work right now…more later….
Dumpster fire in the House…
Well…we all know what a dumpster fire the House is going to be with repubs running it and it has started that out already with just the vote for speaker….for the first time in over a hundred years no one was elected on the first vote and Kevin McCarthy is seething about it…he needs the entire repub caucus and the bomb throwers on the right just aren’t letting him have it and that is even with him giving them everything they wanted…positions of power that they should be nowhere near…and even if he is elected ole kevvie is going to be the weakest speaker in the history of the House…and it couldn’t happen to a more deserving asshole…geez….
Scored a new pair of shoes…
Well…after I go off the bike this morning, I decided to make a run out to Meijers for mega tickets for the 785 million dollar jackpot for tonight and then to Kohl’s to look through the clearance racks like I do every year…..and today I scored a new pair of walking shoes… lightweight Fila memory foam that regularly cost around 60 bucks and I got them for 15…cool looking black ones that feel really good on my feet…so now I have two whole pairs of usable shoes to wear! Need to break them in before the trip….and I need to get on the bike again right now but my back is even worse today so I’m using heat to try to loosen it up…and I’m going to have to take something for it, too…crap…