Monday. Today is going to be a rain day. A big storm is heading our way. Really Big. In the southern US there will be high winds. For us up here in Central PA, they're predicting rain. Hopefully we'll get buckets. As I've said before, my lawn is brown and that normally happens in July and August.
I also work today. I worked yesterday. Flooring was slow. Our Garden department is still busy, so was our paint department, but the rest of the store was slow. Sadly, we were the only store in the district that was making plan. This is the curse of Jack Welch, who decided corporate profit came before everything else. No one realized how badly he was breaking the system. I don't doubt that at some point the world's economy will collapse thanks to Jack's approach to greed. This is going to be a terrible case of live and learn, that's if we learn anything.
Tomorrow morning I'm heading down to the Lebanon VA for a CAT scan. At one point in my life I used to smoke. Well, I quit that habit a long time ago, however, foolishly I never marked down the year I quit; I think it was around 17 years ago. Anyway, medically, they like to do CAT scans on your lungs yearly for at least 15 years after you quit to insure nothing's happening. Since I can't remember the actual year, my doctor recommends I have one this year, and next year, just to be on the safe side. Honestly, with all of the cardio I do, I think my lungs must be in pretty good shape.
And, of course, tomorrow is T Day. I understand the Orange Anus will be arriving there today. His girl Eileen will be presiding for the present. There are a lot of calls for her to recuse herself. That's probably not going to happen. She's going to end up humiliating herself again. This is part of her role in playing the loyalist. She will lower her head for the executioners blade again... and again... and again.
According to Newsweek, only 50% of Americans hare happy for the indictments. Who makes up that dissenting 50%? Well, Republicans make up about 30%, and the other % is composed of independents, and non-thinkers, and foreign agents (I just made that up, foreign agents probably only represent about 12%). Why such a high % opposing the indictments? Well, for one thing I believe the "Shut up, We're in Charge" party realizes the hammer is really going to come down hard this time. Whereas Clinton was helped when they impeached him for peccadillo, this is far, far worse. And the indictments haven't stopped. There are more on the way. How will they effect that 50%? In ways they cannot even begin to comprehend. They will still vote, but not nearly in the numbers they will need to win seats in the House and Senate. Not that they will vote against the Republican party. Nope, they're just going to sit out an election or two... or possibly 3. Trump will continue to break the party apart. Don't hold your breath expecting him to change anytime soon.
I think the numbers will change, though polls are often misleading ... one this morning said38% of Republicans are leaning away from Thing 45, and that's too big a number to win the White House; that number also does not include Independents. But, as I said, all polls are skewed.
ReplyDeleteI do think as we learn more about the charges and hear a little less "But Hillary" bull the tide may turn against Thing 45.
Polls are skewed, but I think that number also represents Republicans who moved away from him after Jan 6. I really do think that for the next few election cycles many Republicans are going to be sitting on their hands rather than voting.
DeleteYou're absolutely right about corporate greed. It will (I believe) bring down the world economy (and destroy workers' health to boot)! Good luck on the cat scan and well done you for quitting smoking in the first place. I've never smoked but I hear it isn't much fun trying to stop!
ReplyDeleteCorporate Greed is to blame for most of the inflation we're dealing with. When I tell people I used to smoke, many are quite surprised.
DeleteI don't know where they get that 50% either. Some of my friends that are Liberal Republicans can't stand him and then vote for him either. So I don't know where they're getting 50%. All I know is he better Crash and Burn soon.
ReplyDeleteI hate to tell you, but there is no such thing as a liberal Republican.
DeleteOhhh rain!
ReplyDeleteAnd I didn't now you used to smoke. Glad you quit.
And you just KNOW that Aileen will do everything in her power to stall, delay and fuck up with the proceedings. That's why Jabba the Orange put her there. But they're messing with the DOJ, so....
And Newsweek went right wing a long time ago. I really don't trust them. But I do think that some repugs are gonna start backing down from Mango Mussolini if he gets indicted again. And again.
Hopefully, the GOP will eat itself.
XOXO
I suspect someone might have had a talk with her after her last failed attempt to save his Orange Ass.
DeleteThe examples of corporate greed ruining so much stuff is even lengthier than the lawsuits the Orange Anus has been involved with. Good luck with the cat scan.
ReplyDeleteCorporations will never understand until they crash, and then they'll place the blame somewhere else. Sadly, the CAT scan is a necessity at least for one more year.
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