Well, This Seems to have Shut Him Up

Outside the temp is 65 (F) degrees and we gave drizzle.  This feels more like spring than autumn.  Once again our temps will be climbing into the low 70s (F).  Changes are coming.  By Saturday our daily high will be in the upper 50s (F).  Looking out of my window, I can see that the trees around my house are beginning to rapidly lose their leaves.  They are not showering down yet, but they soon will be and then I'll have to go out and rack them.

I do get to work this afternoon.  The store will be slow, so I'll be getting paid to walk the aisles.

This might surprise some, but I didn't spend a lot of time celebrating Tuesday's midterm victories.  I did spend some time reading about them and silently gloating to myself.  My brother spent sometime texting back forth.  Like many conservatives, he seems to be at a loss as to how things went so badly for the Republicans.  Evidently Ann Coulter, like J.D. Vance, has stated the main reason for this GOP upset is the war with Iran, everything else is peripheral.  This has always been a problem with conservatives, their inability to grasp the big picture, satisfying their intellect with what they define as a root cause.  The narrowness of their minds is so easily scribed in their words, their actions, and their beliefs.  Many white Republicans fail to grasp the importance of the Latino vote, yet it was those voters in Texas who crushed both Abbot and Paxton at the polls.  The fact that half of Mississippi voted for the Democrat doesn't even register.  Republicans haven't even reached the "how can this be stage!"

Anyway, this is a short entry because Howie woke me up early because he had to go outside.  I'm going to post this and then both of us are going back to bed.

Here's the new cover of Time magazine.

It's Here

We're going to have warm temps today in Central Pa with a high in the low 70s (F) and skies that are a bold Democratic Blue. Rain is going to be moving into the area tomorrow, so celebrate the sunshine while it lasts.

Yesterday was different.  There was anticipation of the upcoming election results as I did several loads of laundry and baked a loaf of bread. I'd thought of going out and buying a bottle of celebratory wine, but worried that I might end up being disappointed and didn't want to end up drowning my tears.  So, I tried taking mini-naps instead.  Well... that didn't work.  I'd lay there, closing my eyes only to picture long lines of voters waiting to cast their ballots in favor of... damn!  I was concerned.  And yet, I was what I consider remarkably calm.  My thin layer of anxiety could barely cover my inner peace.  I knew in my heart that the Americans who hated Trump were in the millions, I just didn't know how many millions, or if those many, many millions would go out and vote.  They did.  And the fist of repudiation pounded the shit out of him, his policies, the Republican party, and those Evangelical Christians who foolishly believed that God would send a human so loathsome to give them what they wanted.

I turned on NBC around 8ish and was quite pleased shortly after that to see that Georgia was going to send Roy Cooper to the Senate, and even more so when Keisha Lance Bottoms was announced as the  winner of that state's governor's race.

As the polls of more states began closing, that first trickle became a wave, and then a tsunami.  The last time the United States had this type of political upheaval was in 1974, after the Watergate Scandal.  

So, what does this mean?  For the next two years Trump will not be able to replace a member of his cabinet or a Supreme Court Justice with someone who wants to kiss his ass, should one of them quit. Investigations will begin on his allies and members of his family.  This loser president is not a team player, so he will continue to issue Executive Order after Executive Order.  The House and Senate will legislate against them and smart Republicans, who want to have a political career, will vote with the Democrats.  Trump will not give up his authoritarian tendencies, so the anger against him will continue to build.

I hope his seatbelt is fastened, because he's going to have a bumpy ride.