Well…we all know that the idiot trump is a economic moron and now we have 6 months of his screwing up the economy to prove it…growth has been chopped in half from the economy that Biden handed idiot boy…down to 1.2% and every sector except healthcare are shedding jobs at an alarming rate and no, his stupid tariffs did not bring manufacturing jobs back to the US…in fact manufacturing is the sector that is losing the most jobs heading to a recession…and in every state that voted for the idiot thinking that he would bring jobs back are suffering as tariffs and job losses are combining and pushing the economy to the dreaded “stagflation” where inflation roars and the economy falls into recession…gee, who would have thought that putting an economic moron in charge of the economy would have any bad effects…yeah, that’s sarcasm…and it’s only going to get worse…geez…
Monthly Archives: August 2025
August 4th
Well…damn, up at 4:30 and out of bed by 5:30 and I need more sleep but don’t know what to do about it…it’s only 59 out there right now and sunrise has moved back enough that I won’t be able to get on the bike until 7 or so…I do want to go out to the beach today to check to see what the water is like and if I can get a swim in…down to the last pork chop so that will be lunch and then I think I’ll make breakfast for dinner with eggs, toast, and sausage and then maybe take some chicken out of the freezer for tomorrow…didn’t get anything done yesterday other than reading and really don’t have anything to do today other than laundry but I think that can wait a couple of days…I do have to pay the water bill but that’s not due for a week so I can do that later in the week..still have an air quality alert on today from the wildfires in Canada but I don’t think it will be as bad as yesterday…at least I hope it isn’t since I was coughing on the bike…going to be a hot few days with temps up around 90 and no rain at all in the forecast…oh, well…August in Michigan is supposed to be hot…more later…
Yeah, I know…
Well…yeah, I know…I didn’t do a political one today…just couldn’t find a topic that grabbed me…so I’ll do this instead…were you up early enough to see the red sun caused by the wildfires in Canada this morning? It was just surreal since the sun’s rays coming through the trees was actually pink this morning and I can’t remember that ever happening…if it wasn’t for the smoke making me cough on the bike, it would have been pretty cool…and my lungs felt pretty irritated by the end of the 2nd ride so I’ll put a mask in my bike bag if it is like this tomorrow…other than the rides it was another easy day today…and I now have 4 rides in pain free and I can’t figure that out at all…I wonder if it was the ibuprofen I took last week? Think I ate enough today with a huge pork chop for lunch and a couple of bean tacos for dinner…almost skipped dinner but thought better of it…okay, a little more reading…
August 3rd
Well…damn, it’s almost 7am and I’m barely moving so that means I won’t get two rides in before the F1 race comes on at 9 and that screws up my whole day…oh, well…didn’t sleep well at all and that is going to hurt later but I still won’t be able to take a nap and that sucks…didn’t get anything done yesterday and today will probably be the same but I am going to try to at least clean a bit…and I do need to cook to use up the pork chops before they spoil…still going to eat out of the freezer for the next couple of weeks so I have room to put more stuff in…I do need to plan the pool run out to Ada so I can let K know and she can come to meet up since I haven’t seen her in almost two years and that is too long…I just feel old this morning and I probably should since I am but damn, it’s all downhill from here and I really do wonder at times how long I have…probably no more than ten years and I do need to get my affairs in order to make it easier on my daughter….okay, need to get off my butt and get going…more later…
No pain on the bike…
Well…it was pretty darn cold when I went out for a ride this morning at 53 degrees and a surprising thing happened…I had been struggling with pain in my right elbow, knee, and tricep to the point that it was howling by the middle of the 2nd ride and I was taking ibuprofen for it…but today, I was pain free all the way through both rides and I really can’t figure that out…could I finally be healing? That would be so cool since it has been quite bad lately…I guess we’ll see tomorrow…didn’t do anything else today but take it easy and read …going to get under the car Monday to see where the clutch slave cylinder is so I can see if it’s leaking or just needs to be bled…it’s not expensive to replace at about 20 bucks but there is no reason if it’s not leaking…but if I can get that sorted, everything but the cd player is fixed…and I’ll start working on that next…time to read…again…
He cheats so he thinks everyone does…
Well…did you see the video of the cheater in chief cheating at golf the other day? He picked his ball out of the rough and just threw it onto the fairway and later he had his caddie drop a new ball after he couldn’t find the one he shanked into the rough…and this carried over to the BLS who published the crappy jobs numbers Friday and idiot boy promptly fired the head of the agency saying that she was cheating the numbers to make him look bad…projection much? The idiot thinks if he finds a crony to staff that agency, then the numbers will get better…but he is just too stupid to understand that the economic drivers don’t change just because he cheats on the numbers…the stock market just had it’s worst week in years so you know the jobs numbers are true and there is nothing the idiot can do about that…this is what tin pot dictators do and it will come back to bite him in the ass…just more uncertainty that business does not like and makes the coming recession even worse…geez…
August 2nd
Well…it’s damn cold out here right now at 53 degrees so I’ll have to wait to get on the bike til 7 or so…but that’s okay since I just poured the first cup of coffee and it’s going to take a while to work…damn, I’m worn out….and I need to get the rides in before 10am when F1 qualifying comes on…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I am going to have to cook today and it looks like some roast potatoes and a pork chop for lunch and then a turkey bacon blt for dinner…and that really isn’t enough calories but what can you do? Going to have to start planning some meals from the freezer and get stuff out for that…I have a full quart of pickled red onions I need to work in and the bean tacos will help with that…but I do need to find something else I can use them on but I don’t know what that would be…and I have eggs to use so I think I’ll thaw some roll sausage and make breakfast for dinner soon…not much to do today…just need to get moving by 7:30 or so but sure don’t feel like it right now…coffee, coffee…more later…
I can’t believe it…
Well…I really can’t believe the transformation in the car from just replacing the caliper yesterday…it drives like a normal stick again that you can let coast when you need to and taking off from a stop is just smooth and easy…and it even feels faster since the engine is no longer pushing against the stuck brake…now I need to get under it and find the clutch slave cylinder to bleed that, too to help the notchy shifting…it was just such a joy to drive it out to the beach this afternoon but the water was too cold to swim and that sucked…so I didn’t stay out there long and got back here to read a bit…glad I got 4 more books today since I just finished one I started yesterday…tried to eat more today but still only had a bowl of Masala for lunch and two bean tacos for dinner…so I may make some buttered popcorn later…or some ham and swiss on crackers with horseradish sauce…I guess I’ll have to decide later…more reading…
The jobs report…
Well…as always happens when the repubs are in charge, the economy is going in the tank and the first indicator that there is going be ugliness ahead is the jobs report that came out today showing that there has been essentially no jobs added to the economy for the past three months…and this is a direct consequence of the idiot in chiefs moronic tariff policy…companies do not like uncertainty and chaos but that what the got when they backed idiot boy…and these were the worst 3 months for job creation since the great recession in 2010…but the scary thing is when you look at the breakdown where it shows that healthcare and social assistance were the only place that added any jobs…every other sector actually lost jobs in the quarter…and every economist who is not a trump flunkie said the economy is in trouble by any indicator you look at…and the idiot just added more tariffs last night that is going to cause an even bigger increase in inflation…so, Joe Biden hands him an economy that was the envy of the world and trump crashes it in 6 months…that’s what you voted for maga assholes…I hope all of you lose your jobs…geez..
August 1st
Well…another month starts but it started with a night of no sleep so it’s going to be a struggle to get moving…I have hope that it will be better than yesterday when I was pretty damn dizzy on the bike…I did eat a lot more yesterday so I’m hoping that will help…out of bed at 5:40 today and I am really confused why being up so early doesn’t lead to being able to take a nap later…or even sleep more at night…oh, well…it’s going to be an easy day today with getting everything done yesterday…just the rides and then to the library for more books and then I think I’ll hit the beach this morning…it got down to 59 last night and that gave me a little relief…the heat has been so wearing on me and it’s going to be hot again starting tomorrow and that will be August in Michigan…allergies are already bad and August is the worst month for them…the goldenrod is blooming along the trail and that will make me miserable…think I’m going to take an ibuprofen before I get on the bike today to try to tamp down the pain in my right arm that has been so bad lately…typical tendonitis that continues to move around…more later…