Virginia

So, Central Pa is heading into a warming trend, at least for the next few days.  When we cool off, and we will cool off, temps are not going to be as cool, with overnight lows down in the mid 40s (F).  As I look at the long range forecast though, it seems as though this year is going to be a repeat of the past few years in that the April showers that bring may flowers are going to be arriving in May... again.  It doesn't really matter when we get the spring rains, as long as we get them.  

And yesterday wasn't a bad day.  Much was done.  Dusting and cleaning up the Howie hair can take quite a bit of time.  He does shed a lot.  Sometimes, when you rub his back, his hair seems to just fountain off.  None of my boxes ever shed like this.  Howie's shedding is pervasive.  

Anyway, that was my yesterday.  Clean.  Do laundry.  Dinner was leftovers, so there was no cooking.

I did, however, take a bike ride that suffered from a computer glitch, and a rather weird one at that.  There's a ride in Corsica that I like.  It's stage 4 of a 6 stage ride that is, with all 6 stages, over 120 miles long.  Stage 4 is a moderate ride having some difficult, smaller hills.  Twelve minutes into stage 4, the small GPS window in the top right  corner of the screen accelerated into this super fast mode while the main screen flashed on and off.  This was the glitch.  When the flashing and the acceleration stopped, my ride had been changed.  I was now at the beginning of stage 2, a difficult ride, facing a 4 mile hill with an average grade of 6%.  Being a trooper, I continued to ride up that hill for another 28 minutes.  This is that hill.

And if you go to an open door or window and cup your hand around you ear and listen, you can hear the hypocritical screams of raging MAGA cultists.  While they had no problem gerrymandering Texas, and Missouri, and Ohio in an attempt to maintain their grip on power, they're having a horrible time accepting Virginia's decision to let the voters decide on whether to redistrict or not.  The voters said, "yeah, let's put the screws to that Orange shithole in the White House."  Texas, Missouri, and Ohio were gerrymanders by authoritarians, Virginia was done the democratic way.  Statistically speaking, had Orangie and his asswipes would have had a better advantage if they'd not decided to gerrymander.  Now they've shit in their pants, or, as in his case, shit in his diaper.

And Orangie extended the ceasefire with Iran yesterday because it was TACO Tuesday.  However, the Strait of Hormuz is still closed.  Iran is going to put the screws to us.  Where as Orangie failed at regime change, the Iranians are going to be successful.  Many polls have Orangie's approval rating at either 32% or 33%.  Main Stream Media may have it around 35%.  That's their attempt to put a psitive spin on it  Americans hate him.  That hatred is only going to grow as prices continue to climb.  In the end, the GOP is going to face the terrible truth at all their gerrymandering was a waste of time.

The Sound of Murder

Good morning world!  Right now, the temp here in Central PA is 32, but not around my house.  How do I know?  Water that isn't frozen in my backyard.  So, the temp might be cold somewhere else, but not here.  As a precautionary measure, I covered my 2 tomato plants last evening.  This morning they're looking fine.  Hopefully, that will be the last time our temps get that cold, at least until autumn has us in its sights.

Work yesterday was blah.  Slow.  I purportedly made a mistake in a blind install.  Our customer order specialist claimed that I sold a blind that was only 9 inches wide.  It was actually supposed to be 70 inches wide.  You can't design a blind that is less than 14 inches because there's not enough room in the headrail for the string mechanism.  If you try to, the system generates an error.  So, something, somewhere happened.

Since this is Tuesday, I'm not scheduled.  That's fine with me.  I have a bike ride scheduled for this afternoon.   That, too, is good.  I want to work on my Blender.  That's the software that let's you create your own 2D animations.  Why, you might ask?  Because I'm wanting to do something akin to this for The Body in 4:4 Time.  Can you hear it?  The 4:4 time?  That's the sound of murder.

And the bag of Orange shit who managed to get elected was in Virginia last night.  He's not happy.  The fact that Virginians are voting today as to whether on not they should redistrict has him rankled.  It was fine for Republicans to gerrymander in Texas, and Missouri, and Ohio, but the fact that Virginia wants to do the same to help Democrats is unpatriotic.  Both Orangie and the Republican party know that America is on the cusp of a Blue Tsunami and that scares the bejesus out of them.  The truly terrible thing for them about the midterms is that if they had for just a few moments put their selfishness and greed aside and put some sort of restraints on the Orange Anus this would most likely not be a problem for them.  However, they are the party of selfishness and greed.  There was no way they could stop feeding their craven desire for power.  The America of their dreams would have a permanent Republican, authoritarian government.  They never cared what other Americans wanted.  America was great... until the Republicans got the Orange Anus in the White House, now it will take decades to recover.

Cook This

Our outside temps is 41 (F) and we're sort of under a freeze warning for tonight, but only sort of.  Originally temps were supposed to be in the low 30s (F), but now it appears that they will only be dropping into mid 30s (F), at least in our neck of the woods.  One thing to keep in mind about this warning is that it is not localized, but rather regional.  The actual warning is for "some areas," of Central Pa, that includes town and cities in what many would classify as northern Pa.

I spent a full shift working yesterday.  It was, as expected, slow in the flooring department.  Things were a bit busier our in the garden area.  Even though the sun did come out in the afternoon, there was a constant cool breeze that on occasion gusted.  No workout was done.  No cleaning, either..  Management will be glad that I made most of my goals; the usual ones, no credit cards, however.  Convincing people to go deeper into credit card debt is not something I do.

I also had a nice chat with the Store Manager about this pay increase fiasco, and fiasco might truly be an understatement.  A long time ago, associates for the large, orange retailer I work for received their pay increases on their hire date.  But then accountant type in corporate decided to only issue raises twice a year.  This meant that some associates, like me, suffered an 18 month wait between increases.  Then Covid happened, and the decision was made to give raises just once a year, however the wait between raises was 13 months, not 12.  Do you see what they're doing there?  This year, after 5 years of giving yearly increases, and in an attempt to make their bottom line look better, the large orange retailer has gone back to giving pay increases twice a year.  This means that some associates will have to wait longer than 12 months to get an increase in pay.  This of policy was not communicated well, and to make matters worse, this year no one tells you how much of a raise you're going to get, you have to go on line to see it.  People are pissed.

After listening to people piss and moan yesterday, I must say I did have more than a fleeting moment of laughter when I saw a video of RFK Jr walking through an airport when a reporter suddenly asked him what his fascination with road kill was all about.  This is rather relevant in that I do believe he and his wife, Cheryl Hines, are putting out a cookbook.

Of course, his shit show with Iran is continuing.  One thing I did notice this morning is that Orangie failed to make his now standard statement that a peace deal was in the works.  For those who don't know, he uses these little lies to manipulate the stock market.  Perhaps this is because he has idiots in charge?  It might also be that Iran's media puts out constant reminders of how idiotic Orangie and his team our.  Orangie likes to say that things are progressing well and Iran basically pisses on his words as soon as they're out of his mouth.

All administrations have leaks of some sort, but Orangie's?  It's almost as though staffers in this administration hate him so much they can't wait to sneak behind the scenes snapshots.  It's terrible that the high level of chaos we are experiencing daily is nothing compared to what's going on around this phony president.  Not one single soul knows what in hell they are doing, and not one single soul will try and removed this idiot from office; they live for the corruption. 

And Kash Patel drinks a little

The cold wave is upon us.  Storms came through the area last not, not a lot of thunder or lighting, but we did get some nice, steady rain.  As a result this morning's outside temp is s50 (F).  Clouds are supposed to hang around Central PA for most of the day.  Things will stay cool, with the high this afternoon expected to be in the mid 50s (F).  And, as expected, there is a freeze warning for Tuesday night.

And yesterday was okay.  Saturday and Sunday are no workout days, so I spent yesterday morning doing other stuff.  That includes editing.  Oh, and I also had to go to work.  I did managed to get a measure, so most of my goals have been met for the week.  Our garden department was rocking again.  Flooring?  Well, I managed to get my steps in early, and that's in spite of having to avoid the garden department.  I know flooring.  I don't  know flora.  The last thing I want a customer to do is wonder why a flooring specialist is wandering around the vegetable seedlings.  It's not a good look.

I do have to work today, too.  Right now we have drizzles.  The prediction is for us to have drizzles all day.  Business will be slow.  Perhaps I can go back to my original route through the garden department.

In case everyone missed it, under Jeff Bezos' ownership, The Washington Post has become a prolific sane washer of the Orange Anus.  They used to have a reputation for writing articles that provided a critical insight into the workings of Washington.  Now they publish puff pieces of Orangie and constant criticisms of those who disparage him.  With this in mind, I was more than a little surprised when they published this pic of him this morning in the Sunday edition. Even though the sharp edges of the article about his obsessing over his ballroom had been blunted, I was surprised that they would still used this very unflattering picture of him.  I mean, he looks like's he's eagerly awaiting life support.

The fact that Kash Patel is a drunkard should come as no surprise to anyone.  I realized this truth the minute those videos of him drunkenly jumping around with the American Hockey team at the winter Olympics were released.  The only reason he has that position is because he'll never vote to oust Trump using the 25th amendment.  Why many are saying he needs to be fired, don't count on it, or at least not in the way you think it will happen.  Orangie will do to Kash what he's done to both Bondi and Noem, create another department where he can still get paid his original salary and have access to the private planes he wants to jet-set around the country.  Patel knows too much.  

Vermouth

 Today will be our last day of fun in the sun for a while.  Overnight temps are going to be dropping and tomorrow's drizzly high will be in the 50s (F).  There are going to be at least one frost warning later in the week.  Our weather is flip-flopping,  central air on one week, and heat on the next.  Don't worry, the heat is still coming, and will be arriving sooner than you think.

Yesterday was sort of a meh day.  I didn't work.  literally, I didn't really do much of anything except go for a 10 Mile bike ride.  There were also 3 loads of laundry done as well.  Also, I did a little lawn work, including throwing out the hose reel system.  Looking back, I guess I'd have to say the day wasn't that much of a waste.

This is the season of pay increases.  I got mine, a whopping 3%.  Now, those are going to be some big bucks you can take to the bank.  For some reason, I was the only one who could see mine.  Usually, they give you a piece of paper with your increase printed on it.  That still may happen before payday.  But everyone should be able to see their increase on their online payroll file.  But as of Thursday, no one else could see their increase.  I find this interesting.  I'm wondering if others might be getting a lower % and that might be why their files haven't been updated yet.

The Strait of Vermouth is not open, neither is the Strait of Hormuz.

This is in spite of what the Liar in the White House says.  One thing I'm seeing more and more of though, is people calling out Main Stream Media for simply regurgitating everything he says as though it's a fact.  He is a pathological liar.  Everyone in MSM knows this, yet every time Orangie says something, they repeat it as though it were fact.  Orange  says this, and Orangie says that without so much as a nod to the fact that nothing he says is true.  By now most people have also realized that he uses his phony announcements to manipulate the stock market.  Billionaires just keep getting richer.  At some point it's going to break, then I don't doubt many of them will drink a bottle of Vermouth and jump out a window.

Ballroom Dancing

Well, our temps are a nice, comfy 64 (F) outside.  We'll be getting warm again today, but our afternoon high is only supposed to be in the upper 70s (f).  That's an improvement over highs in the low 90s (F)... in mid April.  Sunday we will be cooling off and, if the long range forecast is correct, our temps will stay in the mid 60s (F) for at least a week.  As we head into May, things will be warming up again.

I worked yesterday.  It was boring.  Last week our store was making our sales plan every day.  This week?  Not so much.  At this point, management is no doubt hoping for a big weekend, but Sunday?  Well, the forecast is calling for rain.  Even though there are people who don't mind browsing through the garden department in the drizzles, many will not.  They will stay home.

On the bright side, I did have 2 sales:  a carpet installation, and a blind installation.  This means I will have met my sales goal for the week.  That's a plus.  The few other customers I've talked to had no interest in having flooring installed.  They were either "just looking," or "just starting the process."  Those 2 phrases are completely interchangeable and both mean "thanks, but no thanks."

Howie's dewclaw scratched me yesterday and it did draw blood.  I was sitting down in the living room and he and I were playing catch with his neon green bone, when he decided he wanted to jump on my lap.  I put my arm up to stop him because he's a little too big to be jumping on my lap, and that's when it happened.  t's not really as bad as it looks, though I did wear an long sleeve shirt to work.

So, Orangie was bragging about his ballroom again, or more specifically, about what's going to be built beneath it.  

Let's see, there's a state of the art medical center, a combat center, a drone proof military center, a bomb shelter, his personal MacDonald's... well, maybe not the MacDonald's.  Though he's said there's going to be top, top secret stuff there and in his mind a MacDonald's might be essential, but not necessarily top, top secret.  For those of you who don't know, minor versions of those things were already under the East Wing.  And while I don't mind being a spoil sport when it comes to Orangie, I'm wondering why he thought it necessary to tell the entire world.  Doesn't it seem as though he's setting up his new ballroom to be the number one target?  Especially since he spends most of his time at Mar a Lago?  Since this new construction is entirely backed by private contributions, think Zuckerberg, and Miriam Anderson, and Bezos, amongst others, one can only wonder what's in it for them.  Since most of them already have built rather formidable compounds, I'm betting they're not planning on staying there in case something bad happens.   Makes one wonder, doesn't it.

Finally, Russel Vought testified before Congress yesterday. This man is a soulless sack of shit brimming to the top with unbridled hatred of every he can't control.  He needs to go to jail for a very long time.

Extermination Event

While it seems as though we're living in a slow cooker, these unnaturally warm days will pass.  The temp was 66 (F) this morning and is already rising.  We'll hit the low 90s (F).  In fact, this heat will stick with us for next 2 days before temps crash.  Yepper.  The flip side is coming.  Next week we're going to have frost warnings.  I'm suspecting this might just be a teaser for the real heat waves that will be heading our way this summer.

And yesterday was sort of a good/meh day.  I got things done.  But for some reason I felt as though I should take nap, after nap, after nap.  I chalk it up to boredom.  I finished mowing my lawn, and did some other yard work.  The I've started dismantling the retractable garden hose reel to see if I can salvage the hose.  It fell off the outside wall because I mounted it onto the wooden siding beneath the aluminum siding.  Both sidings together are about 2 inches thick and my trusty stud finder wasn't working through the aluminum.  Rather than drill four more holes, I've decided to see if I can take the thing apart and just use the hose.  We shall see.

I did get my workout yesterday.  That was fine.  I'm doing more reps on the leg extensions and the hammer jack curls, so those routines have been adjusted accordingly.  My trainer always sounds impressed when I do these upward adjustments, since it implies I'm getting stronger.  One thing's for certain, I aint' getting any younger.

And I've started Act III on my playthrough of Expedition 33.  The first time was a lot of fun, this is much funner.  I know things now I didn't know before.  The first time I simply wanted to beat the game.  Now I'm going after bosses that hadn't been part of the main storyline and enjoying the fights thoroughly.

For those who missed it, JD gave a speech at a Turning Point USA... well, I guess you might want to call it a small gathering of small minds.  Erika Kirk was a no-show, no doubt because ticket sales were not going to cover the cost of her pyro-technique entry.  So JD was left to face this.  Less than 25% of the seating had been sold.

And in the shit you can't make up category, we have Petey Hegseth  reading a made-up Bible verse from the movie Pulp Fiction thinking it was from... the Bible, now known as the gospel according to Quentin.

Rather loud whispers are saying that the Republican party is flipping out behind closed doors because Orangie's, and JD's attacks on the Pope are going to hurt them in the mid-terms.  They whining that Orangie is getting bad advice from certain people, like Petey.  Well, they're the ones who approved these people.  That's right, they voted for Orangie to make Petey the Secretary of Defense, and all of those other Christian Nationalists.  And Orangie is never going to give up on those crazy cultists because they make him something he's always wanted to be, a god.  So, when they tell him that the Pope is his enemy, he's going to believe them.  This means we should expect the attacks to continue.  If they hadn't been so power hungry the upcoming losses might have been avoided.  Now, the Republican party might actually be looking at an extermination event.

CPAC is a Russkie Asset

We've had an overnight low of 61 (F).  That's getting close to summertime temps.  Don't worry, there will soon be a chill in the air.  Colder overnight temps will be moving into the area starting Friday.  Sunday's supposed to be a day of rain, rain, go away.  Then we will once again be back to more seasonal temps, but only for a short time.  Summer is barreling at us full blast.

Yesterday was good.  I paid my real estate taxes (ugh) and did some shopping.  Most of my front lawn was mowed.  Most, because I  use and electric lawn mower and the battery ran out.  The mower's probably 6 or 7 years old, and the battery is just as old.  One fact we all know about batteries is that they don't last forever, you can only recharge them so many times before the charge begins to fail.  Sadly, because of the age of the mower, I might not be able to purchase another battery, built in obsolescence, you know?  We are surrounded by it.  Nothing lasts forever.  Being that it's warm again today, I'll be mowing the backyard this afternoon, and also doing more yardwork.  

Today is also tax day.  That means I'll be doing my local taxes this afternoon.  I never owe anything.  It's just that they're a pain to do.

And I received a bill in the mail from Dental Associates, the group that extracted my molar.  I evidently owe another $88.  The total expense was $649.  Of that, Met Life paid $90.40 and $307.20 was written off.  Yeah, that's right, $307.20.  In other words, the dentist needed to overcharge Met Life by $307.20 in order to get a $90.40 payment, and I pay the rest.  That's not a good deal.  There is something terribly wrong with health care in this country.

And here's a pic of my first 2 tomato plants.

And you'll never guess which group of billionaires is making a killing off of of Orangie's war: Big Oil.  It's estimated that they're earning $30 million an hour more than before Orangie started this shit show.  Me?  I'm wondering when that's going to start trickling down.  It's a good thing I'm being sarcastic.  And in case you're forgetting, Big Oil got a really nice tax break in Orangie's Big, Beautiful Bill.  Remember, those billionaires don't care how shitty your life is, they're only concerned with growing their bank accounts.

One of the reasons yesterday was such a good day was that I was too busy to sit down and peruse social media.  However, that didn't stop me from learning certain things, perhaps the biggest of which Petyr Magyar, Hungary's new Prime Minister, said the country was no longer going to fund CPAC.  And the money they were giving to CPAC was actually Russian money, no doubt a way for the Russian mafia to do their money laundering.  This means that Charlie Kirk's ambitious endeavor was funded by the Russkies, which makes them a Russian Asset.  You know, it seems as though those damn Russkie oligarchs got their stinky fingers in just about everybody's pie.

Dashed

I got up early this morning because... well, I just couldn't sleep.  Our outside temps here in Central PA are a cool 62 (F).  We are going to warm up... a bit.  Halfway through April and our afternoon temps will be cruising the through the mid 80s (F).  By Thursday we should be in the low 90s (F).  Remember that heat wave California had a few weeks ago?  Well, it's here.  The long range forecast doesn't show us getting much in the way of precipitation, so in a day are so we'll be getting warnings about the risk of fire. 

I got a nice workout in yesterday morning.  Some editing was done.  And I worked.  Again, the garden department was hopping, while flooring sat silent for the most part.  I got my laps in, though I've had to alter my route.  Walking through the garden department has become question hazardous.  I'm neither a plant specialist, a hose specialist, nor a fertilizer specialist, so I can answer none of the questions customers pose regarding those and other related products customers might ask.  One thing I did notices, was that this year we're no longer carrying outdoor area rugs.  A lot of people like to put them under their patio furniture, and in previous years we had a nice selection.  Not this year. 

And here's something you rarely get a chance to see.   This is how the cover art for my newest book begins, with standard, water based primer (and no, this is not an advert for Kilz) on a 6" x 9" canvas.  

And Orangie couldn't let the horrific backlash about portraying himself as Jesus die down before he changed the tactic of his chaos.  He had a grandmother deliver Door Dash to the Oval Office..

This is actually an actress, Sarah Simmons, who might be a grandma, but who doesn't work for Door Dash.  In this schticky video, Sarah delivered MacDonalds to the Oval Office and told Orangie that she had to take on a job in her retirement years to help pay for her husband's cancer treatments.  One can only wonder what wacked out idiot came up with this idea.  I do think this was supposed to make him appear benevolent, giving a $100 tip to a senior citizen forced to work in her retirement years because health care in this country is so expensive.  On the left side you have poverty, and on the right side you have the pomposity of gold, glitz and grift.  And, of course, she is an actress.  What a shame we have so many feeble minded fools in this country who believe that this was real.

Blasphemy

Temps are warming up here in Central PA quite a bit.  By Thursday, we should be in the lower 90s (F).  I'm sorry, but we're still in April.  That's way too hot for this time of the year.  We will cool off a bit, with one forecasted day of temps in the mid 50s (F), but most days our afternoon highs will be in the upper 60s (F) to mid 70s (F).  I'm betting we start selling window A/C units like they're going out of style.

I did work yesterday.  Flooring was slow.  Our garden department was kicking.  I got my laps.  Our garden associates were sweating their little patooties off. I know this for a fact because on my trek through the store I saw a patootie lying on the floor in Aisle 55, next the the garden fertilizer, and it was definitely wearing what was left of an orange apron.  Here's a word to the wise, if you're shopping for curb appeal, looking for garden supplies, or feel the urge to peruse the petunias, do it on a weekday.  While there are those who still believe weekends were made for Michelob, there are many more who don't understand that visiting a home improvement garden center on a weekend means long lines and short tempers.

On the bright side, I did manage to sell 2 install measures.  

Otherwise yesterday was same old, same old, and might have been about as quiet a day as we get with this administration, and then this happened.  True, it is AI, but it gives you a good idea of what's going on in Orangie's head.

He posted this after attacking Pope Leo for being weak.  The truth is that Orangie knows that Pope Leo is a very popular religious leader, and Orangie, in his demented state, needs his cult to see him as a very popular religious leader.  Or maybe he felt he needed to do something to change the subject of Vik Orban's landslide loss to some other subject, something more authoritarian, something more blasphemous.  If that was his intention, he somewhat succeeded, at least in America.  People keep asking how can he be even more outrageous, well, they simply need to stop asking because he will undoubtedly find away.

And Vik Orban did lose badly in Hungary.  Tisza party needed a super majority of seats to take total control and then ended up with 138.  Orbie Baby lost so badly he had no choice but to concede.  Keep in mind Orbie still has allies in the government who will try to stall and hinder Hungary from moving to full Democracy.  But his loss was a sucker punch to Putin.  I'm betting Vlad is more than a little miffed.  His war with the Ukraine is now in it's 5th year and his budso Vik just got the shit kicked out of him in a general election.  

Foundering

Saturday was nice and sunny with the temps in the low to mid 60s (F) and a nice Spring day was had by almost all, not me though, I worked.  Today we're going to be a few degrees warmer.  It's going to be sunny again.  I also work again this afternoon.  

Our flooring department is not busy.  Our garden department?  Like a big sponge it's sucking in customer cash.  Lots of buckos are flowing into our registers... or maybe not so much cash since many people no longer carry greenbacks.  Now they mostly just whip out the plastic.  Seriously though, I will admit to being astounded when I looked at the financials just before leaving.  Our garden department alone made more than the entire store's plan.  That's a hell of a lot of mulch.  While customers were buying other things, yesterday mulch was king.  We have something called a mulch pit consisting of hundreds of pallets of mulch lining a lane wide enough for a truck to drive down.  The store walkie-talkies were constantly going off, "assistance needed in the mulch pit."  Customers were buying 20 - 30 bags of mulch at a time.

Speaking of mulch... I don't.  I have too many squirrels.  I mulched one year and they dug it up and carried it all over the lawn.

For the most part, I'd say that yesterday was just like every other Saturday.  I was supposed to get a bike ride in but did a mini workout instead.  Otherwise, the day was interchangeable with every other Saturday over the past several years.

Oh, and this is why everyone was lining up for mulch.

As expected, ceasefire talks between us and the Iranian's broke down.  Was it because the Iranians showed with the wrong style couch?  Even though that's a rather amusing thought, I doubt that's the explanation.  More likely Vance's incompetence at negotiation is too blame, that and the fact that he was with a real estate agent and Orangie's son-in-law.  The only thing those two are interested in is striking a deal that will enrich themselves.  Remember, with Orangie, everything revolves around the deal.  Also, keep in mind that he is not the wheeler dealer he claims to be.  His problem is that he approaches every deal with one line of thought in his head, "what's in it for me?"

There's a big election in Hungary today.  Viktor Orbin might finally be voted out of power.  He's a Putin henchie, who's been ruining Hungary for over 15 years in order to kowtow to his boss.  If, for some terrible reason he wins, a majority of Hungarians will know that he cheated and will rise up.  I do not think his government is prepared for that.

And finally, Orangie's ship of fools is foundering even more.  He flew down to Miami to go to a cage match and people booed him terribly.  Fox Entertainment said he got a raucous welcome, trying to spin it positively.  Patrons recorded the hostility on their phones.  His base is shitting itself into tiny little pieces.  He's a lot like his budso Vik, who's ship is going down fast by the bow.

Wrecked

We finally have some Spring weather on tap for today.  The high is expected to be in the mid 60s (F).  Same thing for tomorrow.  Monday, our high is expected to be in the low 70s (F).  This is how a transitional season works, slowly raising the temps.  Going from winter to summer in three short weeks as we did last year is not good.

And yesterday was a pretty good day.  Things were done.  A ride was done on the bike.  I had been planning on doing a short strength training session, but because the weather was so nice, did lawn work instead.  There is a lot that has to be done and the temps are warm enough to do it.  I will do my raised container garden again.  Hopefully things will work out better than last year.  I think I got about 6 tomatoes and one cucumber in total.  I'm going to be planting sunflower seeds this year, too.  That'll keep the squirrels happy, and squirrels running through the yard makes Howie happy.  

I do get to go into work today.  My measure goal for this week is 3, I'm fairly certain that's not going to happen.  Inflation has ticked up.  Smart people think about that before purchasing large expense installations.  The money to pay over $4 for a gallon of gas has to come from somewhere.  While there are some out there who would rather walk on new expensive flooring rather than eat a decent meal, they are few and far between.

And, of course, this happened yesterday.  This takes me back to my childhood and watching capsule's splash down on a black and white TV.  This would have been news that rocked the world, if it weren't for the asshole in the White House.

The only way his ego could have given this any decent amount of praise would have been if his orange ass had been in the capsule.  Thought, let's be honest here, if that had been the case, the astronauts would have kicked his ass out the door on the far side of the moon.

So, there's this little meeting going on in Islamabad.  It's about giving the Middle East some semblance of peace.  That's going to be difficult.  Bibi, the War Criminal, is, like the Orange Anus, going to do anything and everything to keep his ass out of jail.  He doesn't care how many civilians he has to murder.  In his mind, his ass is more important than their lives.  He is truly a wrecked human being.

The Iranians demanded Vance be involved instead of the real estate guy and Orangie's son-in-law, who are only interested in making a deal that benefits their bank accounts.  This doesn't mean that Vance is even close to being a skilled negotiator.  However, the Iranians know that if the dangle the right couch in front of him, he'll agree to every one of their demands.

And I don't know if this happened or not, and if it did happen, when it happened, but I got a notification letting me know Fox Entertainment quickly cut away from the Orange Anus just as he was saying the Iranian army has been defeated.  They're one of the main groups responsible for this mess.  Don't think it means they're going to put a cork in it.  Nope.  They're just going to be much more careful about the propaganda they put out.

Melania Tries to Jump Ship

Our outside temps are in the mid 40s (F), and they're supposed to be climbing into the mid 70s (F).  They chill off a bit overnight, but after tomorrow they're going to be climbing again.  Forecasters are saying we'll be have several days where they climb into the upper 80s (F)  It's way too early in the season for that too happen.  Our window A/C unit sales are going to go through the roof.

And yesterday was a good day, at least as far as accomplishments go.  Sadly, I did have to spend the afternoon sitting at the flooring desk getting paid to basically do nothing.  No customers.  No sales.  My supervisors did come over to piss and moan about how all she gets is disrespect from management.  I know that she had been counselled about her rather authoritarian approach to her position.  Like too many other people, however, she did not prioritized those sessions and invest them into her own style of management. Now she will nurture her anger for years to come.

On the bright side, I did get a decent workout in yesterday morning.

On an even brighter side, my first editor has returned his copy of The Body in 4:4 Time with his notes and criticisms.  He did add that this is his favorite book so far.  As expected, I suggested we get together for lunch so he can shower me with praise in order to do a deeper dive into his opinions.  He does think that some of my chapter titles aren't musical enough, or not apropos to the chapters themselves, so here's a pic of some them.  You may want to save this for future reference.

And the cringe level posting by the Orange Anus continued last evening when he posted an actual video of a woman being beaten to death with a hammer on his Truth Social account.  Was this because Melanoma gave a speech in which she spent 6 minutes trying to tell the world that she and Orangie weren't introduced by Jeffy Epstein, and that she was never, ever an escort.  This denial caused many people to post pictures and videos of her and Ghislaine Maxwell, and Jeffy, and, of course, the Orange Anus.  

The video might also have been a continuation of the hate he was throwing at his one time MAGA influencers, like Joe Rogan, and Meg Kelly, and Tuck Carlson, who, among many others, decided to start aiming spitballs of shit in his direction.  They're claiming this was not what they voted for, well, that's a lie, they all did want an authoritarian government, except not the one we have.  

Or maybe it's because military personnel who have survived the attack on Kuwait have begun speaking out.  They're calling both Hegseth and Orangie liars to their faces.  These victims of Orangie's idiocy are telling the world that they were completely unprepared for any sort of drone attack, that there was no warning system in place.  

Oh, and word has just come out that inflation roared last month.  This should have been expected.

Threatening Catholicism

Well, we had another cold one last night.  We had frost this morning.  Right now the temp is 33 (F).  That's almost cold.  We will be warming up.  Today's high should be in the mid 60s (F).  The forecast calls for one day in the mid 70s (F), but then temps drop back to what is considered normal for this time of year.  Lots of sunshine is also in the forecast.  I suspect this year will be like the last several in that April's showers will arrive in May.

Yesterday was fairly productive.  I cleaned, did laundry, and got in a nice bike ride in Norway.  Grocery shopping was done in the morning.  The Giant supermarket I use gives points that can be used to discount your gas purchases.  I now have almost 50 cents off a gallon.  By the time I have to fill up my tank, I'm hoping to have at least $1. off per gallon.  That should bring the price down, but it won't be close to where it was 3 months ago.

An odd thing did happen.  As I was changing the sheets on the bed, Howie stood up at the front bedroom window and started barking.  He will usually do this when there's a FedEx or UPS truck outside, though sometimes he'll do it when someone is walking their dog down the sidewalk.  Being curious, I looked out and saw the mailman standing in front of my neighbor's house.  They have a golden doodle who's sound more aggressive than he is.  The doodle was out and barking ferociously at the mailman.  Suddenly my nutsy neighbor walked out to the mailman to get the mail.  She was wearing very tight fitting yoga pants and top, I'm talking like skin tight, so I'm sure she was revealing quite a lot to the mailman.  My first thought was, "shit, she's hitting on the mailman."  I wonder, could any of you hear me laughing?

And what about the Orangie's administration threatening the Pope?

No one should be stunned, or even mildly surprised to hear this.  Wack job Hegseth is a Cracker Jack Crazy Evangelical, a broken sect of Christians that hates Catholics.  This another exampled of how vile this administration is.  And for those of you who don't know, there are approximately 69 million Catholics in this country.  When people say that Christianity is the number one religion in the world, that number includes hundreds of millions of Catholics.  

Also, for those who haven't realized it yet, the Ceasefire is not really a ceasefire.  You might want to consider it a pause for all parties to regroup.  The Strait of Hormuz is still closed.  Gas prices are not going to be coming down anytime soon.  

One of the main reasons for the breakdwon of this faux ceasefire is Netanyahu. Like Orangie's blow bro Vald, Bibi has erotic fantasies of expansionism, and he doesn't care how many souls he has to kill to bring his dreams to fruition.

Project Hail Mary

 We are under a freeze warning, though in my neck of the woods the temps stayed above freezing.  There wasn't even a slight glazing of frost on the cars when I woke up this morning.  Today does start a rebound in temps, and soon they will be back in the upper 60s (F) and low 70s (F).  for all intents and purposes, I do believe spring has sprung.

Yesterday was definitely a meh day.  I did do some few things, but mostly I napped.  A small ache at the back of my jaw has turned out to be a minor case of swollen gland and sore throat.  I don't doubt this is why I felt so nappy yesterday.  Not that I'm still not feeling nappy.  Also, you must remember that when you hit a certain age, brief naps can sometimes be essential. 

Because of this nappiness, the cardio I had scheduled for yesterday was moved to Saturday.  Feeling less nappy today, I will probably do that this afternoon since I have to work Saturday afternoon and I like doing my cardio in the afternoon.  I like doing my weight workouts in the morning, so I will have no problem doing the weight thing on Saturday.

And I went to see The Hail Mary Project last evening.  We haven't had a Feel Good movie in soooo long, and it does make you happy.  Ryan Gosling does a spectacular job: he makes you laugh, he makes you cry a bit; he makes you want to be his friend.  He's a science guy who loves being a science guy, not only that, he's an educator.  If he loves anything more than science, he loves teaching.  He has a rapport with hungry, young minds.  We need more teaches like him.  There are also, for those of you who like to look for them, a ton of easter eggs in this movie, including a great tribute to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

And I did go to the movie feeling fairly certain that the Orange Anus was going to TACO.  And, at 6:59, sitting in my seat waiting for the movie to start, I got the notification on my watch.  It's TACO Tuesday.  The world knows he's a gutless, sack of shit.  One of the first things I saw when I left the theater was a comment asking how many oil futures were sold 15 minutes before TACO time, because after he caved, oil futures went through the roof, again.  This happens every time he TACOs.  It's called market manipulation.  

And he unconditionally accepted the Iranian plan.  Even Fox Entertainment was critical of that.  He's basically giving the Iranians the bank.  He's trying to spin it as though it's another Big Beautiful Bill.  It's not.  This is not going to help him in the polls, in fact, I don't doubt it will cause his approval rating to drop even farther.  One thing that's important is that once again most of the Republicans in the House and Senate said absolutely nothing.  If they spoke out against this insanity the MAGA cultists would damn them to Hell.  Staying silent is preferable to them.  They already know they've lost a vast majority of Independent voters.  They would rather ride this clown car straight to Hell rather than publicly admit that they were terribly wrong.

As We Approach an Extermination Event

 As I expected, we have a freeze warning for tonight.  Will this be the last such warning for the season?  Probably.  But as soon as I say that another comes creeping around the corner.  it's difficult to say when winter's last wink will catch our eye.  Temps will be warming up again beginning on Thursday, but there are no pre-summer scorchers where our thermometers will be climbing into the mid 80s (F).  This is a good thing.

I did get a nice workout in yesterday, but for some reason my Garmin watch didn't record the correct time.  Instead of 45 minutes, I'm looking at a reading of only 15 minutes.  I'm going for a bike ride this afternoon and will have to see how it handles that cardio.

Work was terribly slow yesterday.  The actual transfer of supervisors happens on April 27.  I only saw my current supervisor for about 2 minutes, and that was to make sure she got that GQ magazine with BTS on the cover.  She's evidently a super big fan.  Myself?  I don't think I've ever listened to a single song of theirs.  Otherwise, she stayed away.  She didn't seem overly upset, though.  She did tell our aisle associate that being a supervisor meant too much work for not enough pay.  This is true for most supervisors.  Thanks to my stint in HR, my time as a supervisors was... shall we say, more lucrative.

And one of the many things that the Orange Anus is doing, is that he is upstaging one of the most important moments of space exploration mankind has achieved, the Artemis II mission.  Instead of this being front page news, headlines are screaming about the dementiated loser in the White House and his threats against Iran.  

It's truly terrible that Donald Trump can, by his mere presence is destroying the importance of this image.  That small crescent on the right side is the Earth as seen from the far side of the Moon.

I had breakfast with my brother, hence the lateness of the entry.  He has, shall we say, seen the light.  

And when I checked on social media before heading home from Denny's I saw that Marjorie Taylor Green has called upon Congress to remove Trump using the 25th Amendment.  Just when you thought it couldn't get much worse, the idiot threatened to annihilate the Iranian civilization.  For their part, Iran has shut down all diplomatic channels.  I'm betting this is not what those Middle Eastern countries wanted when they gave him those bribes.  You know?  The $400 million jet, the promise for a $5 billion dollar Trump Tower in Riyadh.  A lot of this is their fault for making a dementiated, 79 year-old man feel entitled enough to even consider this evil.

I personally don't think his threats will come to fruition, he is, after all, a true coward at heart.  In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if we see some sort of intervention.  No matter how craven the GOP is for power, I do believe they understand that if Trump carries through with this mass destruction, it will also be the mass destruction of their party.  They will not survive an extermination event of this nature.

Juiced Again

 We've got some chilly days ahead here in Central PA.  Tomorrow night's low should be in the high 20s (F).  This is why you don't start your spring planting until the end of April.  We will start warming up on Thursday with temps in the low 70s (F) by next week.  Our next drop in temps won't be as bad.  Before you know it, our overnight lows will be in the mid 40s (F).

I'm going to try the raised garden again this year.  I've also bought some sunflower seeds to plant in the backyard.  Hopefully, they will keep Howie from chewing on too many sticks. Right now he's delighting on some marrow bones I cooked up for him this morning.  

And I did work yesterday. It was sooooo slow.  The department had accumulated a lot of unnecessary things in our overhead: old styled books for blinds and shades, a number of boxes of hardwood samples, plastic totes with assorted bullshit.  Yesterday afternoon, I spent my time throwing that crap away.  One of the things I found was a store schedule on a clipboard from 2022.  It was interesting to see how many of those associates scheduled were no longer with us.  Let me tell you, there were quite a few.  

I work today, too.  This will be an interesting day.  Fellow associates are wondering if my Supervisor is going to hand in her resignation.  Getting transferred to merchandising department is a definite step in the wrong direction if you're want to get yourself promoted.  

One of the things that so nice about living so close to Harrisburg is City Island.  When the leaves are off the trees I can see the island.  We have minor league baseball in the middle of the Susquehanna river.  Before the Senator's stadium was built, outdoor concerts were held on City Island.  I attended quite a few since the island is in my backyard including The Grateful Dead... twice. 😂🤣😂

The chaos created by the Orange Anus bubbled over this past holiday weekend.  I don't know about you, but it did seem to me that his tweet on Truth Social, while riling up so many with his threats to Iran, was more intended to upstage Easter itself.  Even Easter is the most holiest of days to Christians, no one was talking about that holiness because everyone was talking about this:

With those few words he managed to eclipse Jesus. Other presidents have gone to Easter services, but not Orangie.  And while he didn't play golf, he had his orange ass driven to one of his golf courses.  He was also driven to the spot where he wants his triumphant arch to be built.  But that's it, other than shit posting on his failing social media network, he did nothing, except look bad when he finally arrived back at the White House.  

Orangie looks like he's been squeezed just a bit too hard.  And what about the guy in the white shirt.  It sure seems as though he's there to help, perhaps to pump Orangie full of juice to keep him mobile and somewhat cognizant of his surroundings.  I really do wish Death would stop toying with us.

Realistically

Looks like those Easter Sunday services are going to be a bit cool and drizzly.  This is fine.  For a majority of people in the world, this day has no significance. For me?  Well, since it's Sunday I have to work.  Otherwise this is just one more day of the week.  In a sad way, Holy days may be important for some people in that they are a holiday off work.  Holidays are nice.

I did work yesterday and one of my blind orders was sold, which means I made my sales goal for the week.  Unless I get a measure today, I'll miss that goal, as well as the lead, and credit card goal.  This is how it goes sometimes.  I did discover that someone inadvertently let my supervisor know she was being transferred before the store manager had a chance to talk to her.  I understand she was more than a little unhappy.  This move is a step back for her.  There's nothing wrong with ambition, but it needs to be anchored to what's realistically possible.  

The neighbors got loud again last night, so I got louder, for about an hour.  They too need to anchor themselves into reality.  One of the first things she said to me after they moved in was "we're loud."  I don't doubt they did truly believe they could be as loud as they wanted.  My hearing is not as good as it used to be, so normally I will wear a headset when playing a video game or watching TV.  When their TV is so loud I can hear it with my headphones on, they are too loud. 

And I do get to work today.  What joy.

Were this only true.

Rumors were abounding yesterday that the Orange Anus had been taken to the Walter Reed Hospital.  Sadly, they were just that, though oddly enough, he didn't fly down to Mar a Lago this weekend to go golfing again.  Realistically speaking, anticipation got the better of so many Americans.  

So what is Orangie doing this weekend?  Looking at his dismal approval ratings?  Let's be real here.  The odds of his team letting him know just how many Americans hate him are few and far between.  Remember the happy reels?  If they want to keep their jobs, they're going to all be doing their best to keep him happy, and to do that they're going to need to do something more than stop by MacDonald's for a Happy Meal.

In spite of what some main stream media outlets are implying, his war with Iran is not going well.  They were complaining at work yesterday about the price of gas.  By now, most people understand that price will continue to go up.  How high?  For most Americans it will be a deal breaker, the big question is how will billionaires handle a revolt.

Trump, the Human Stain

 We were supposed to have our super warm temps yesterday, on my day off.  Well, that never happened.  We're getting them today, on a day that I'm scheduled to work.  This afternoon's high is projected to be in the low 80s (F).  Rain is also in the forecast for this evening, even possible thundershowers.  After that, temps will drop.  Boy will they drop.  We will be getting frost warnings for at least one day next week.  This happens every year and is supposed to be expected.

Yesterday was another good day. The big tank is nearly drained.  I moved the live plants from that aquarium into the one in the living room, and threw out the fake plants.  I've had an aquarium in that spot on and off for a number of years, so I'm thinking this might be the final location.

I got a ride in yesterday afternoon.  That was fine.  

My first editor sent me an email.  He say's he's enjoying the entertainment value of The Body in 4:4 Time.  This is a good thing.  The last thing you want to do is spend 10 months writing a book, only to be told it's boring.

This afternoon I will be heading into the store.  With this afternoon's expected warm temps, our garden department will be busy.  No one's going to be expecting the frost warnings that will be coming this week. 

And there was a problem with one of my sales.  One of my customers ordered 5 inch wide hardwood planks, however, the sku entered was for thinner planks.  So there will have to be a credit and a reorder.  Why didn't I pick up on the fact that the wrong sku was ordered?  I don't know.  Honestly, I'm thinking that when the order was set up, he was fine with that width plank.  Either way, it will get fixed and he'll have his installation.

Here's an updated picture of the tank.

And evidently both Kegsbreath and Orangie lied when they told America we had air superiority over Iran.  Two jets were shot down, and 2 Apache helicopters were damaged, their crews injured yesterday.  Ouch.  One of the pilots was recovered, the other was not.  Is he still alive?  If he is, the horror of his situation is beyond belief.  Things are only going to get worse.

There are rumors that moving Pam Bondi is just the first change coming to Orangie's administration.  The American people are very unhappy.  Gas is now over $4 a gallon.  Jeff Van Drew, the Republican Congressman from New Jersey, District 2, told his constituents that if they thought things are too expensive they should get a 2nd job.  That's not going over well.  The Republican's biggest problem, however, is that they believed American's would  cave and give the GOP what they've been praying for, unlimited power.  Because of this delusion, Congress and the Senate allowed our idiot president to surround himself with sycophants.  While he's desperately trying to be an authoritarian, there is, in reality, no one in charge.  Kegsbreath is firing our top military leaders because they disagree with him and all Orangie wants to do is talk about his ballroom.  Will Orangie shitcan Kegsbreath?  That would be nice.  It would also be a sign of desperation and another example of how much of a human stain our failed president is; keep in mind, he doesn't believe he ever makes a mistake.

The Not So Happy Reels

So, we have an overcast sky overhead, and drizzles are in the air.  Our temp is a chilly 42 (F).  We will be warming up today, with our afternoon temp reaching into the low to mid 70s (F).  Tomorrow will be warmer, but then the temps on the old thermometer are going to be dropping again.  In anticipation of the warmer temps to come, I've taken the woolen blanket off the bed and packed it away for next year.  

I di work yesterday.  Those 5 hours were bothersome.  Our store is hosting a Store Manager meeting to day for the manages of several districts.  That meant every one was supposed to be working to make the store look spiffy diffy for today.  While these managers will walk around, they will be much too busy talking on their phones to actually scrutinize our store.  The few breaks that they get will be spent dealing with the constant issues each store manager handles daily.

There was good news.  Our supervisor, who was not not too good at supervising, is being moved to another department starting Monday.  People are joking that the associates in her new department will soon be asking for transfers.  I'm sure she's disappointed since she's done all of the necessary training to get herself promoted.  That will never happen.  Her problem is that her idea of leadership involves constant criticism.  This is a big problem for a lot of wannabe managers and is why many of them get stuck on a lower rung of the ladder of success.

And, of course, yesterday Pam Bondi was removed from her post as Attorney General.  She will always be remembered for refusing to acknowledge some of a Epstein's victims.

Todd Blanche, the Assistant Attorney General is now the acting Attorney General.  Orangie will keep him as acting AG to avoid having him go through the nominating process.  The hard core cultists are upset.  They believe him to bee a RHINO.  

Other names are also supposedly on the chopping block including Nutlick Lutnick because he's jut not scum sucking cruel enough.  Even though he's a rotten apple, he's just not wormy enough for Orangie.

And Hegseth has gotten rid of so many high ranking military officials control of our military is on the point of foundering.  I understand this started off with his refusing to promote women and people of color.  This drunkard needs to go before he causes the deaths of thousands of young men and women in our military.

Finally, word is leaking out, as it always does, that some of Orangie's staunchest allies are seriously concerned about his only being shown the happy reels of his war with Iran.  These sycophants need to understand he only wants to see the happy reels and refuses to watch anything that proves he's made the worst mistake of his sorry life.

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Tanks

There's a chilly day in store for Central PA.  Our outside temp is sitting at a moderate 51 (F) and if the forecasters are correct, we will only get around 5 degrees warmer.  Tomorrow, however, we return to summer... in April.  Highs for Friday and Saturday are expected to be in the mid80s (F).  That's too hot for this time of year.  The grass is growing, the trees are budding, and more than daffodils are in bloom.  Late June temps in very early April is not a good indicator for the approaching summer.

Much was done yesterday.  I feel good.  A decent workout was done in the morning and some cleaning.  The biggest accomplishment, or perhaps I should say partial accomplishment, was the the aquariums.  The bad tempered tiger barb has passed, so began the elimination of the large 50 gallon aquarium in the writing room.  All of the fish from the bigger tank have been moved.  The smaller 30 gallon tank got a better light.  About 20 gallons has been removed from the larger tank.  Draining it will take a bit.  I used a hose to fill it, but I will need to empty the water using a pitcher.  Then the gravel will have to be removed.  I'm going to spread that around the back yard.  The tank, itself, is made of  plexiglass; it weighs less than regular gas, but cost much more.  It will be recycled.

Here's what the smaller tank looks like so far.

One the big things that happened yesterday was the launching of the Artemis rocket.  Man is again going into space.  This time farther than we have ever gone before.  I'm truly excited about this!  There is a new space race on.  Will the Chinese land men on the moon before we do?  The only bad thing about it was that it happened under the current administration.  What is almost as amazing as the launch was that Orangie spit out a bunch of lies on TV last night and didn't take credit.  Everyone knows that his mind is slipping.  There was supposed to be some big announcement.  That never happened.  He just stood in front of the camera and lied.  Oh, wait, he did say that because of the war the country can not afford Medicare.  Oh, and I do understand that because of his speech S&P Futures on oil dropped as the cost of Brent Crude oil went up.  

I did see an interest note from CNN this morning, that in spite of main stream medias attempt to sane wash the Orange Anus, he is still one of the most despised humans in America.  

Finally, the GOP caved on funding DHS, though no money for ICE and the CBP.  Their are dying.

Fashion This

We have 65 (F) outside and light rain, in fact Howie got drizzled on because I didn't know the morning showers had started.  Thunderstorms are expected this afternoon.  Once the pass, we will have more seasonal temps with daily highs climbing into the mid to upper 50s (F).  Warmer days are on the way.

Yesterday was a good day.  In the morning, both my furnace and central air conditioner were serviced by Berkheimer HVAC.  This will now be a yearly occurrence.  Both units are fine.  The tech asked about bees since there were wood bees hovering around the front porch.  He's allergic.  I asked him if he had a pen with him, and he told me it was in his truck. I told him I get wood bees every year.  I spray, and then they're gone.  Howie was very good.  I used a tiny gate to keep him in the kitchen, and he just sits there and quietly watches.

I also got a 9.4 mile bike ride in on Achill Island, Ireland.  It was very nice.  I've ridden this route before, so I made it one of my favorites.  

Some time was also spent watching a Blender tutorial.  Blender is animation software that I can run on my laptop.  

And something truly odd is happening.  Back in January I went to check the mail and found a Wine Spectator magazine in my mailbox.  I can see by the label that someone must have signed me up for a subscription, since it expires in 12/26.  Yesterday I found a print copy of GQ in my mailbox.  At the top of the mailing label it says "Welcome to GQ."  If someone is gifting me subscriptions, they evidently don't know me to well.  While I will page through the Wine Spectator before putting it in the recycle bin, but GQ?  Fashion?  I don't even have enough curiosity to page through it once.

As many expected, the Orange Anus signed an Executive Order attempting to limit voting by mail, even though he votes by mail.  The administration wants a list of all registered voters so they can decide who exactly is eligible to vote.  This morning the Washington Post said it's "probably unconstitutional."  They used the word probably because Orangie gave Bezos that super tax break.  Orangie said he will defund the states that don't give him every voter's name.  Hhhm, makes one wonder what he's going to do if the states stop paying the Federal Government taxes.  

In fact, Orangie had a very bad day yesterday.  His ballroom was canceled, at least until Congress votes to build it.  As the judge said, Orangie "is the caretaker, not the owner."  Another judge said Orangie can't defund NPR and PBS.  And more European countries have said that the United States fly over their airspace to bomb Iran.  This pissed him off royally.  No matter how much he shrieks, they are not going to kiss his ass.

Just one more bit.  Because there is some serious dissatisfaction in Russia over so many things, Putin has decided to start shutting down sections of the Internet.  He's also actively shutting down VPNs because apparently many Russians use them to get around his propaganda machine.  Someone should tell him that's only going to exacerbate the situation.