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Saturday, September 24, 2022

A good thing for America

 So, happy Saturday.  After my 7 hour stint at work this afternoon, I'm not scheduled until next Thursday.  I can live with that.  Four days off.  It's anybody's guess at how busy the store is going to be today.  This used to be a transitional period.  Since the holidays are approaching, people begin to think of installing new flooring, especially carpet.  However, we're competing with college football.  I was told that Penn State has won every game so far this season.  Living in Central PA, that is an important factor.  A lot of people want to hear those Nittany Lions roar.

For our Success Sharing weekend, today is ice cream and Blizzard day.  I don't know if that means a Dairy Queen truck is going to be parked in back of the building, or if we're going to be served some sort of knockoff.

My slides are all in my computer, or at least the ones that I'm keeping have been saved.  Most of the 100 + pictures I took of animals at the San Diego zoo are in the trash.  If you want to see a peacock just Google peacock.  What did I save?  Pictures like this.  In 1973, I spent a few weeks working in the radar department of our destroyer escort.  I was flown there by a helicopter (I really don't like helicopters).  here's one of the pictures I took when I flew back to the Constellation.  This is what it looks like from above as you're preparing to land.  And yes, those are jet planes parked on the flight deck.



Yesterday, Kevin McCarthy (he wants to be High Priest in the Trump cult) and several other prominent Republicans released the GOP plan for heading into the midterms.  They did not mention their intentions of a nationwide ban on abortion, or their plan to eliminate Social Security.  What they did was release vague statements in a video which some are saying included scenes from Mother Russia and statement from Lehman Brothers that they attributed to Lincoln.  Some smart individual took their Commiotment and added some of the details the Republicans forgot to include.



I understand that Sydney Powell is considered on the lam because she failed to show up for a court appearance.  This was to be expected.

An Arizona judge reinstated an anti-abortion law from before Arizona became a state.  This is how you unite the women of Arizona.

And finally, there is evidently growing concern among Republicans in regard to Trump's legal issues.  That, I believe is an understatement.  You see, many Republicans, including Kevin McCarthy, saw the MAGA base as a slice of heaven; a guaranteed voting bloc they could rely upon.  However, that bloc is a minority group that includes another minority voting bloc, the Evangelicals.  They are not 2 distinct groups.  The QAnon crazies?  They, too, are in the MAGA group.  They are in trouble, and they know it.  Trump is killing their party, which is a good thing for America.






8 comments:

  1. That's a impressive aerial view isn't it. But I'm with you, I don't like helicopters either. When someone signed me up for a helicopter ride in St. Lucia I think I was expecting something like a Chinook instead of what looked like a five-seater can of beans with rotor blades! We had perfect weather but even so I was SOOOO glad to get back on terra firma!

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    1. It wasn't the flying as much as it was how loud it was. We were wearing headsets with mics so we could talk, and even then you needed to shout.

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  2. The new GOP platform pamphlet looks like a takeout menu.

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    1. True, I wonder if there is going to be a conservative version of Door Dash.

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  3. That's right to Bob's comment. A takeout menu. Taken out right to the trash.

    I had a lovely conversation with a door to door young lad today. He was going door to door talking up Fetterman, Shapiro and Sara Agerton to replace Sherly Delozier. I can't stand that woman. I fear Sara will have a very steep battle though. It's historically hard to knock out long time incumbents. I offered him coffee and we had a nice talk. We talked of our volunteer roles. Pretty cool our paths crossed and never met before at Dem headquarters.

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    1. Rats, the only people knocking on my door are Jehovah Witnesses, and not one has ever been cute.

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  4. Your picture of the Constellation obviously should be classified for national security reasons...unless of course, using the power of your mind, you declassified it.

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    1. You right, shame it only works on declassification.

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