We're Having an October Surprise Daily

For the next 2 days here in Central PA our temps will be in the low 80s (F), and no, this is not Indian Summer.  The humidity is going to be on the rise as well.  Tomorrow, there will be a threat of thunderstorms in the late afternoon.  We really don't need anymore rain right now.

I worked yesterday and business was slow.  The shivering snowman, who looked as though he were shivering his timbers, is no longer shivering.  People, other than store employees, were complaining.  In fact his sexual antics have gone viral on TikTok and Instagram.  I watched the G rated "unboxing" video the Orange Retailer put out and in that his transition from G snowman to XXX self-pleasuring snowman is almost instantaneous.  I'm sure your neighbors will look at you in a totally different light if you decide to purchase him and set him up in your front yard.

I watched Below on Netflix, a monster movie of sorts.  I liked it, mostly.  One of the problems was that this is a limited series and there are not enough episodes.  As a result, problems and issues are resolved with a single sentence.  Something major happens involving the military and, unfortunately, that event is told in a 5 second flashback.  Maybe the producers realized they were running out of money.  This isn't to stay Below isn't fun, but it could have been so much funner.

And yesterday Ilhan Omar had her home searched by the DOJ for reasons that were totally illegitimate. I had said that things were going to get worse as we approached midterm election day, and this is part of it.  We have a very unpopular, two dimensional president facing political ruin.  Instead of pivoting to a new tactic to improve his popularity, he is sticking to the same old playbook.  Yesterday's raid was Act II of "they're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats," his problem was that most of the audience walked out during the intermission.  The only ones who stayed were the extreme cultists and their numbers are near large enough to even budge an election.

Orangie had a rally in Ohio for John Husted and about 7000 people showed up.  People are talking about 2 things:  he praised Husted's ass, saying how nice it was, and then a man beat up a female protestor.  Everyone in the arena turned to watch that fight.  It was projected on the screens on either side of the stage, and there are so many videos out there of one of his supporters punching a woman several times in the face.  Damn.  

Usually we have what's called an October surprise, where a bit of politically bad news will effect the outcome of the election, swing it one way or the other.  To me, it seems as though this administration is having to deal with an October surprise on a daily basis.

Death on a Bot Farm

Boy, did we have rain yesterday, steady throughout the day, sometimes torrential.  Not until I was heading home from work did the downpours end.  We had a bit of a breeze, but no wind.  The clouds will be hanging around today, and the temps are expected to rise.  We should have temps topping off in the low 80s (F) for the next 3 days.  Then the Autumn cool down is going to begin again.

As expected, sales were low yesterday because of the rain.  Football was televised throughout the afternoon.  Customers had many reasons for now going shopping.  As a result, I hit my step goal twice!  I walked many miles before leaving for the day.  This is a good thing.

I also purchased a white, food-safe bucket.  I ordered 25 pounds of wheat berries (yes, they call them berries, not grains) which will be arriving Wednesday and it needs to be stored.  The orange buckets we sell are not food-safe.  They are fine for the container garden, but that's about it.

One of the few inflatables in our Christmas display has developed a problem.  Something is wrong with his blower.  As a result, he's visibly vibrating, and, unfortunately, it looks like he's masturbating.

And in case you missed this little tidbit, apparently Ukraine destroyed 3 datacenters in Russia and all of a sudden disappearance of pro MAGA in the states and pro AfD accounts in Germany.  In fact, it appears as though many far right commentators on X, Threads, and Orangie's Truth Social were born and raised on a Bot Farm.  Here's a graphic courtesy of Tomas Zdechovsky.

Thanks to Ukraine, they died when those farms were blown apart and incinerated... and just before our midterms.  I understand that Truth Social has been hurt badly, and that a lot of the AI videos love sharing with Orangie are now gone.  Elonia's also pissed because now much of the hate traffic on Twitter, or which he likes to called X, but I think of as Zitter, is seriously down.  As many started pointing out yesterday afternoon, so much of this MAGA loyalty has been a scam.  For an added bit of hilarity, I understand that millions of incels who'd thought they'd found love on the internet are now crushed and heartbroken.  As is, I don't doubt, Orangie's blow bro Vlad.

Finally, some wacked out MAGA influencer, Nick Sortor, posted that he'd been told by a woman claiming to be an employee at the Lindner Center for Hope, that James Talarico had been receiving treatment there.  Both the hospital and Talarico's campaign called out this lie.  He was evidently at a Casey Musgrove concert.  It's safe to bet that legal proceedings will follow.