Chowder

Thursday, and the skies are sunny and the temp is sitting at 75 (F).  That's lower than yesterday morning, though yesterday's high did get up to 98 (F) again.  One thing that did change was that the Hight Heat Warning was suddenly extended to include today.  Today's forecast is for slightly cooler temps and thunderstorms are supposed to move through the area this evening bringing with them cooler temps.

I did managed to get two of my smart plugs connected yesterday, but then power went off for about 2 seconds and one of them lost connection.  I didn't really put a lot of effort into it because it's just not that important.  And, as I reevaluate things, I've decided to throw the Alexa I have upstairs out.  I never, ever use it.  I have one downstairs that I will occasionally use to play music, but that's about it.  I'm not one of those people who talk to their Alexas; I know some people who are forever asking silly questions.  I would rather be more dependent on my phone or computer than a device which might be sending all sorts of information to Bezos' world.

I did get a nice workout in yesterday.  I also made some New England Clam Chowder for dinner.  I try to keep mine healthy by using olive oil rather than butter when making my roux.  I also switched away from V8 to the store brand vegetable juice.  Food prices are going up.

I saw that the Orange Anus got the CIA to say his attack on Iran's nuclear building facilities created significant damage.  Don't believe it.  He needed some sort of false verification in order to save face.  

Also interesting is the fact that his administration is no longer going to give intelligence briefings to Congress.  This is how authoritarians like Putin work, they control the information getting out to the public.  This lets them lie at will.

Someone posted that real estate stocks in New York City were dropping because Mamdani got the Democratic nomination.  If this is true, it really is fascinating because they are acting like he's already won the election.  It's also why I'm calling this Republican propaganda.  Of course, Christian Nationalists are flipping out.  For them, like the great de-churching, this is one more sign that their religion no longer has the power it used to have.  This does seem to be the case.  Perhaps if after Martin Luther the church hadn't continued to splinter, or perhaps if the Evangelicals hadn't made Christianity so selfish, but those things happened.  Perhaps if they had pushed love and compassion rather than hatred, but than love and compassion take away the ability to pass judgement.  Sometimes I wonder if it was always meant to fail.