Of course, Isias swept over us yesterday. Lots of steady rain, no downpours. No wind, just some light breeziness. Right now the temp is a comfortable 66 (F) outside. We are in August, however, so it will warm up again. Still, I'm hoping the worst of the heat is over.
There was a big explosion in Beirut yesterday. I watched some of the videos. Bad shit. 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated, the same stuff Timothy McVeigh detonated in Oklahoma City in 1995, except he used a couple of barrels of the shit. I'll admit to being a bit stunned when one official said the stuff had been sitting in that warehouse for years... unprotected. For years.
People are talking about the Idiot Jerk's interview with Axios. Like the Beirut explosion, there are snippets all over the place. He evidently showed up with some graphs with fudged statistics, they made his administration's dealings with the pandemic look exemplary. When the inaccuracies were pointed out, all he could do was splutter. Oh, and as for the death toll so far, all he could say was "it is what it is." Who says that about the loss of human life? "It is what it is." That's another way of saying "just deal with it." Nothing's going to change what has already happened. Nothing's going to slow down the deaths, so just accept it and move on. In case you didn't know, this is how Republicans deal with Covid.
I saw where Kris Kobach lost the Republican primary in Kansas. Evidently there was some real concern that this pro-Idiot Jerk henchie might win... and because he is a pro-Idiot Jerk henchie, the Republicans would lose another seat in the Senate. Think about that. Now is not the time to be a pro-Idiot Jerk. In fact, now is not the time to be a Republican.
I did ride my 19.28 mile Corsica route yesterday. I even cut 18 seconds off my previous time. Burned 612 calories. To celebrate, I baked a loaf of banana bread.
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I haven't looked at the results of the election yet here. I mailed my ballot long ago.
ReplyDeleteI saw where he now likes mail-in ballots in Florida, he doesn't want to piss off those seniors.
DeleteI'd like to see "People are dying ... It is what it is" become the death knell for his presidency.
ReplyDeleteThat might possibly happen.
Deleteummmmmmmmmmm, banananananananana bread...
ReplyDeleteAnd it is delish
DeleteYum banana bread.
ReplyDeleteAnd I saw that uncle Joe used the 'it is what it is' in a political ad. As he should have. Repuglyclowns do not care about Covid-19 because it affects BIPOC and that's not their core audience. It's simple.
Cheeto was terrible in that interview: petulant, ignorant, rambling, stupid. American journalists let him go away with murder by not asking follow up questions or for not refuting his lies.
He also said that Beirut suffered an 'attack'. Can you imagine?
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People are beginning to suspect the victims might by his reason for inaction.
DeleteI watched the entire interview and was struck more than ever by how he just steamrollers over people, never letting them speak. A few times the camera had a shot of Jonathan Swan's face and he looked like he was going to explode with laughter!
ReplyDeleteI understand that once again he makes himself look bad.
DeleteI keep hoping he will be his own worst enemy, bringing himself down. The comment about reading the manual was a good one. Moron.
ReplyDeleteFor him lying has always been 'business as usual' except now his lies are being pointed out... every single one of them.
DeleteThe banana bread looks really good! I have watched snippets of that interview too. This may be the final nail in his presidency coffin. The man is an idiot.
ReplyDeleteYes, we are in the final act where we learn the entire Republican party has been spawned by Demon Seed during Astral Sex... or whatever.
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