Well…another day goes by, and we have another case of Walmart trying to extort another city into not raising it’s minimum wage. the city of Desert Hot springs California is considering raising the city’s minimum wage to $10.20 an hour with a dollar an hour increase for the next two years and then indexing it to inflation…not an unreasonable way to ensure that people make enough to eat and pay their rent. But, that’s just too much for Walmart who owns land in the city and has told the city council that if they pass the wage changes, the store will not be built…going so far at to take out a full page ad opposing the council saying that their 300 jobs would not happen if the ordinance is passed. Other than the fact that this is corporate thuggery at it’s worst…I’d say to them “good, keep your damn 300 jobs”….especially in light of the studies that have been done that find that every time a Walmart is built and opened it leads to a net loss of jobs in the community…and this has been shown all across the country…..and this goes along with other economic studies that peg the cost of each Walmart to the taxpayers of a million dollars a year….since they don’t pay enough for people to live on, most of their employees are on food stamps and Medicaid…so, I’d say to Walmart from any city across this country…keep your damn, poor paying jobs and don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out….geez…
December 1st
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…I did get a nice surprise when I went out to get the papers this morning and with it raining, there were no leaks in the car…weird….slept okay last night and had dreams about earthquakes and the first house I lived in…and there were cameos of lots of people I haven’t seen in years so that was weird but it was also the first time I’ve had a dream in a long time….still haven’t been able to get my back to crack and I think that may be contributing to the dead legs on the bike…it hurts to move but it doesn’t on the bike and that shouldn’t be….I’m hoping the temp comes up enough this morning to cut back on the thermasuit and go out with no stocking hat….not much to do today…might have pool but I’m not sure about that….and I have some work to do around here so that will help with the boredom…..more later…
Last one….
Well….have gotten to the end of the month and have one more filler to do to make the goal…just haven’t felt it lately and I’m not sure why…it has been kind of depressing November…not compared to last year with it’s 31 inches of snow and below zero temps…but still a little depressing with no job hits and still being broke….and now no cocktails until Thursday at the earliest and maybe none this week…not sure yet….but it will be good for me so I guess I’ll just stop complaining….the bike ride was a little better today and the legs are better, too, but we’ll see if that continues…okay…I’m about done for the month so I guess I’ll head back to the couch and have a little more ice water….
A new worst person in the world…
Well…as you know, I’ve stolen this bit from Keith Olbermann and I think it still serves a purpose, especially after the murders at PP this past week. As a recap, the guy that murdered three people and wounded many more told the cops that he did it to stop them from ‘selling baby parts” the false narrative that was set in motion by a rabid anti abortion group and which has been picked up by the repubs in many “investigations” they have done since then which has found no wrongdoing at all. But, the truth doesn’t matter to the right and to Ted Cruz in particular who stated this weekend that the killer was a “transgender, liberal activist” and said he had proof since one of the crazy assed right wing websites said they had a voter registration that listed this guy as female. I think ole Ted deserves an award here for working three of the right’s dogwhistles into a sentence and that award would be the worst person in the world…three people are dead, the shooter told you what his reasons were, and you have to take this tragedy and turn it into more of the same stoking of hatred that you expect to ride into the presidency….if that’s not the worst person in the world, I don’t know who is…geez…
November 30th
Well…as you know if you read the last one, it was kind of a depressing day yesterday but today is starting out better with Brian leaving a care package of cashews and pistachios on my door this morning…just as I was running out of snacks…slept okay but fell asleep on the couch and that didn’t help the back much…it is still stiff and hurts like crazy….might wait til later to get out on the bike so I can do a half thermasuit today and not wear a stocking cap…not sure if it will get warm enough yet but I can hope….not going to put the snowies on the car yet since it doesn’t look like there will be any snow this week…might do it later in the week but maybe not….not much to do today…just the normal stuff and cleaning the kitchen some but that is about it….and two more of these so I can get to the goal….more later….
A depressing day….
Well…not sure why but today has been a pretty depressing day…didn’t get anything done but cleaning the shower curtain and some small fooling around but that happens every day so that can’t be it….the Wings lost but got a point so that can’t be it….it’s probably that is it getting to the end of the month and the rent is due Tuesday….or that time is passing or that winter is coming….or that my back is really screwed up..or that my legs have been so flat on the bike the past few days that it has been torture….or that I needed a filler post since I am behind for the month…yep…just a depressing day that I am going to try to cure with a cocktail and “The Walking Dead” later…..oh, well….
They just don’t get to do this…
Well….wih the murders at PP in Colorado the other day, the hypocrisy of the right to life movement was on full display with the comments that were made by the guys that made the fake video of PP…these idiots came out with their sympathy for the people killed when they are the cause of it but they never once condemned the actions of the criminals that continue to do this terrorism…the killer even going so far as to say that he was spurred on about the thought of “baby parts” being sold…a direct reference to what these asses did with their fake video. Even the repub candidates for president didn’t condemn the actions of this murderer…just putting out mushy condolences to the first responder that was killed since they all agree with the idea of closing PP by any method necessary. Let’s call this what it is…domestic terrorism aimed at scaring women away from getting their healthcare since they just don’t think women should have any rights to control their own bodies…the new, modern repub party…this is it folks….geez…
November 29th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I made a little cash so that was cool…slept okay and feel okay this morning but my damn back is still hurting and the annoyance level is rising….I did get a nice bike ride in yesterday but in full thermasuit and that looks like the ride today since it is only 22 outside….may just wait until the last F1 race is over and some soccer is done to try to go out….would like it to be at least 30….didn’t get much done yesterday and today looks like the same but I may try to do the bathroom and get some other stuff done….had to let the car warm up with all the ice this morning but it looks like we are going to get some okay weather for the next week or so…I can wait to put the snowies on for another week…not much to do today…going to just watch sports and veg out most of the day…more later….
Searching for a motive?
Well…another day and more violence directed at Planned Parenthood and the only thing that the media can say is the authorities are still “looking for a motive”….but, you don’t have to look too far to find it…with the almost constant demonizing of the organization, what the hell do they expect? When the repubs use fake “evidence” to excoriate PP at every turn, when they call everyone that works there murderers, and when it seems that the one thing that is on the repubs minds is shutting PP down and stirring up their base, what the hell do they expect? Especially from a base that is none too sane to start with, and with all of their candidates saying that they don’t have to obey laws they don’t agree with, what the hell do they expect? The sick thing here is that they will not learn anything from this, they won’t learn that stoking the anger of their followers to a fever pitch is not a good thing to do…and next week there will be another attack and more dead…all just to try to take away the control that women have over their own bodies…these people are just the most sick excuses for human beings I have ever seen….geez…
November 28th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool…again….I think that’s three in a row….slept okay last night but my back is really sore today so I am not sure about the bike ride today….will probably still try it since it never gets worse on the bike….it will be full thermasuit today since I froze my hands yesterday and it took almost an hour to thaw them out…and it really hurt so I won’t do that again….I didn’t come back here yesterday but that is the norm for pool days so I will have to do a couple today…I do need to do a sports one and there have been things happening that I need to comment on…not much to do today…a big sports day with Man U and Michigan playing at the same time and I have an errand to run….then it will be back here for a veg out….more later….