Well…with all the hyperventilating on the right about Hunter Biden’s laptop and the “explosive” information it may or not contain, let’s look at the numbers here and see if any of it is abnormal in any way. the latest talking point is that Hunter’s firm made 11 million dollars from 2013 to 2018….hmmm…11 million divided by 6 is 1.83 million dollars a year….and the right thinks that is a lot of money for a consulting firm and would make an irresistible bribe? So, what does that make the 640 million dollars that jared and ivanka raked in when the were working in the WH? Let’s remember that Hunter never worked in government while his firm was making 11 million dollars over 6 years and his father was not president yet, so the chance that any of it was a bribe was exceedingly small…but with jarvanka? You just have to look at the 2 billion dollars that the saudis gave jared after he left the WH to see a real bribe…or was it for services rendered? I just can’t figure out why when a repub goes off about Hunter that the media doesn’t ask just this question…ask them if they don’t think there might be a small possibility that the 640 mil that jarvanka made might be considered a bribe? And keep hammering them on it until they answer or run away…and all dems should be doing the same thing…when these right wing morons spout off about Hunter, there needs to be a senator or congressperson go to the media and ask these questions…and ask why they weren’t concerned with WH employees taking 640 million dollars while working there…that should shut them up pretty quickly and would get us in practice for playing hardball…geez…
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May 20th
Well…I hate it when a plan doesn’t come together…as you know from the last post yesterday, I rode 50 miles to make up for not being able to ride today with the rain that was forecast but that changed and now there is no rain until maybe tonight or tomorrow…and I mowed my lawn to get ready for it and now the lawn will probably turn brown without the rain…crap….and the plug that I plug this thing into broke so I’m using an extension cord to get power out of the bedroom to run everything…so I need to run out to depot to get a new plug, cover plate, and some cotter keys so I can replace the nail I put in the garage door to hold the roller in place…I did sleep okay last night and don’t feel too bad even with having a cocktail but that won’t be repeated tonight….and I’m not as sore as I should be after all the miles yesterday so I’ll be getting back on the bike after the run to depot and I’m not sure how many miles I’m going to do today…probably just the normal 30 miles since there is nothing on the radar to keep me from it….but the wind is blowing pretty hard so it may just be one ride….I wonder if I’ll get to a new normal of 45 miles a day? Not sure if I want to….not much to do today…just the depot run and then riding…going to make a burger for lunch and then probably some chicken later….need to keep the calories down and lose much more weight…..more later….
Got 50 miles in today…
Well…man, I’m sore….got 50 miles in on the bike today and mowed and edged the lawn and I am sitting here still thinking that I need to do something else….even with all of that done for today…and I’m not sure why that would be….oh, well….damn, it looks like the battery on the laptop has completely crapped out since it won’t ake any charge anymore…I hope it’s not the computer itself or I’ll have to buy a new one…damn, one more thing to think about…I did just change out the power supply for another identical on that I have but it doesn’t look like it’s doing anything so I guess I’ll have to look for a new battery on the internet and order one…at least it still works from the power supply so I can keep doing this…crap….I need a drink…and I just might have one….
What to do?
Well…after getting the first two rides in this morning, I decided to mow the lawn, do the trimming, and do the repairs on the front of the lawn….and after that, I made lunch and now I sit here thinking “what to do”? Do I go out and do the third ride even after working on the yard for a couple of hours or do I just take it easy until Everton comes on at 2:45? I have about 7 minutes to make the decision and I am leaning toward going back out to get 45 miles in for the day…the wind is blowing like crazy and it was a pretty brutal second ride but I think I can handle it…and rain is coming in from the west earlier than forecast…it’s almost at Milwaukee heading right at Muskegon so only about an hour and a half away….okay, I can’t just sit here and do nothing….might just as well abuse myself some more….15 more miles…
Okay…forgot to post this one so it’s out of order…it’s supposed to go ahead of the last one….
Now they’re against feeding babies…
Well..is anyone else as damn tired of the repubs as I am? These assholes spent this whole week bitching that Biden isn’t doing enough to fix the baby formula shortage here in the US…of course, Biden has been working with business and the congress to get formula flowing again and he asked for 28 million dollars for the emergency shipping of formula from Europe and Canada….and guess what every damn repub but 9 did when the bill came up in the house? They all voted against it…yep almost all of them voted against any measures to solve the problem, showing that it was all just them being assholes when they bitched about it…and really drives the point home that the repubs don’t want to govern at all…they just want to burn the US down to get their jollies and make their crazy assed base happy. Finally, Biden is starting to get that you can’t negotiate with these pricks, you can’t “partner” with them to get things done, and they don’t give a damn about this country…just scoring political points that will get them on fox news later in the day…and every one of them needs to go…
May 19th
Well…not sure how I feel about sleeping last night but I was up at 3am for the first time and then out of bed for good before 6….I wonder why I’ve been tossing and turning so much lately? Probably the allergies that have been so crappy lately….the cars that sit outside out here are yellow with pollen and even in the garage, mine has a thin coating all over it….and nothing that I take really gives me much relief…but at least I can breath a bit and will be getting back on the bike today in abut an hour or so…need to get everything done by 2:45 when Everton plays so it is going to be a really busy day if I’m going to get everything done….and three rides to make up for the day off the bike yesterday and the day off for tomorrow with the storms and rain that are coming in…it looks like there is going to be a window of about 3 hours tomorrow afternoon that it will be dry so I may be able to get one ride in anyway….and I’m going to try to not feel guilty about not riding much the next couple of days when I really do need some time off for my legs to heal up some…I do need to get some grass seed in out front today, too, along with planting some perennial seeds to try to put a little bit of color there, too….lots to do today….as I said, I need to get going here in and hour or so and that will put me on the bike by 7:30…and I do have to remember to eat today to support 45 miles on the bike…need more coffee….more later…
Looks like the DOJ may have woken up..
Well…just wanted to do a short comment on a bit of news I have been waiting to hear since Merrick Garland took over the DOJ…just a couple of days ago, the DOJ asked for transcripts of all of the interviews that the Jan 6th committee has done so far and that is around 1200 people that were somehow involved in the attack on this country…and I’m not sure but this might have been the plan all along…to let the committee do the work and get these people under oath so the DOJ didn’t have to fight every one of them in court….I’ll be more assured when I hear of indictments for Meadows, Bannon, and the idiot trump in the near future…and I hope some of it happens before the public hearings start on June 9th…and the indictments would go a long way to break through the stupidity of those involved who think they can just run out the clock and are waiting for the fall elections with the hope that the repubs will take control of the house and stop the committee from continuing…but it appears that with this request, no matter what the repubs do, the DOJ is going to continue to build cases against these thugs who tried to overthrow the government….we can only hope anyway…
What a wasted day…
Well…darn, what a wasted day…with all of the rain, I didn’t get on the bike either inside or outside today and that sucks pretty much…so that sets me up for needing a triple tomorrow and it looks like the weather will cooperate with the temp getting over 50 by 8am so I’ll be able to get two in tomorrow morning and then one and the recon ride in the afternoon….and I didn’t do any work around here but drill one of the bottom roller shafts on the garage door so I could put a pin in it to keep it from pulling out every couple of days and making lots of noise….so we’ll see how that works out….I do have to get some grass seed planted out in the front of the house along with the two types of perennials I bought to try to fill beside the blocks that lead to my mailbox….and I want to use up the rest of the sunflower seeds to plant all over the yard just to see if any of them come up….going to line the east side of the house since I need to water the grass seed out front anyway and then I can keep them watered, too….and I’ll probably throw a couple in the back to replace the three that the animals ate….oh, I did try the new chicken slabs that I got today and they are pretty good…baked them in a little olive oil until they browned up and then made a sandwich with lettuce and tartar sauce…and at 38 cents each, it’s a cheap meal that only takes about a half hour in the oven….lots of cheap food this week and I’m going to have to find room for the 3 pounds of burger that I need to store in the freezer…I am going to have an olive burger tomorrow and then make some sloppy joes over the weekend so a little variety to break up the chicken, chicken, chicken I have been cooking…
Got everything accomplished and it’s only 10…now the boredom starts..
Well…had a nice run out to 4 stores this morning and was even back here by 9:40…got the grass seed, dirt, and flower seeds for the front of the house from menards, then zipped over to aldis to get burger for 2.19 a pound along with the normal stuff I get there, on to Meijers to get the rest of the stuff I need to make burgers, sloppy joes, and salads for this week….and then over to DD to get 5+ pounds of seasoned and breaded chicken breast patties for 9 bucks so I have something to eat when I really don’t want to cook….but now, I have everything done for the day and it’s only a little after 10 so the boredom is going to start right now….might be able to get out for one ride after the rain stops but I really hope that the rain doesn’t stop…my lawn is really drying out and turning brown and needs much more rain…at least we are supposed to get storms Friday and then some rain Sat, too, so maybe that will save it…who knows?
Ha, ha…Madison Cawthorn lost last night…
Well…just a short one with a bit of good news…Madison Cawthorn lost his primary last night and will be out of congress after only two years…you know the guy…a trump favorite who broke the law numerous time by carrying weapons into everywhere…a primary school, congress, airports…and getting pulled over for driving without a license at least 3 times…and gee, do you think it’s white privilege that he never even got charged with any of it? It’s something that this ass could get away with all this crap and he’s only 26…straight to the fox news grifter’s paradise for this one….and to quote ole Maddy…na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye…and good riddance….