Solving a Problem Like Maria

This afternoon's high is supposed to be in the low 80s (F).  We have 71 (F) right now.  The sun is shining.  Though, as we should all expect by now, there is a threat of thunderstorms this afternoon.  In fact, for the next week our afternoons are going to be threatened by thunderstorms.  Highs are expected to be in the mid to upper 80s (F), though there does seem to be a cooling trend on the horizon.  This is a good thing.  Everyone I know is ready for Autumn.  Though what late Autumn and Winter are going to be like is anybody's guess since El Nino seems to be supersizing out in the Pacific.  If I'm remembering correctly, the last time we had a serious El Nino, out winter was extremely mild.  

Yesterday was quiet here.  I'm in the process of taking all of my Trainwell workouts and and modifying them, keeping certain exercises and routines and throwing others out, like squats.  Squats are out.  There are quite a few other quad and glute focused exercises in which you don't need to squat.  I did one of the preliminary routines yesterday and was rather pleased.  Other exercises will be added until I end up with a routine that runs around 50 minutes, or so.

I also broke the 3 pounds of angus ground beef I'd bought at Karn's in 8 oz servings, that's 6 servings at about 380 calories each.  Those servings should last for a while since I tend to eat more chicken and pork than I do beef.

And, of course, the breaking news was about Maria Bartiromo getting fired by Fox.

So, Fox Entertainment is no longer asking "how do we solve a problem like Maria."  I'm hearing that she has already hired a "high profile attorney."  This means that Fox is once again going to be going into court because of the Orange Anus.  They last time this happened they settled out of court with Dominion Voting, paying Dominion $787 million.  Can you hear me laughing?  Things are going to get real interesting if this makes it to the Discovery stage of the trial.

People are wondering if this means Fox Entertainment might be trying to cut the umbilical cord of propaganda between themselves and the White House.  Have they, so to speak, seen the writing on the wall?  Possibly... somewhat.  More likely I think they're trying to butter both sides of a slice of bread, cover their asses, so to speak, if the midterm elections go horribly wrong for the Republicans.  How would something like that effect their viewership?  The only time Fox will take the side of the loser is if they find that by doing so viewership is going to increase.  At this point, with Orangie's approval rating on the economy at 29% I'm suspecting they're not seeing a good return on an investment by claiming he is now one of the downtrodden.

Oh, and the government just released the jobs report for August.  Don't believe them.  ADP reported that only 38,000 jobs had been created.  Orangie's team, on the other hand, pulled the number 162,000 out of their ass.  

 

Coyote vs Acme

We have 69 (F) outside and supposedly we're going to be adding another 21 degrees onto to that for our afternoon high of 90 (F).  And as is now usually the case, we have storms on store for this afternoon.  We had them yesterday with torrential rains.  We had them again last night.  In the past few days we have had a lot of rain.  In fact, yesterday they were pounding down so hard my green pepper plant was split in two and is now, colloquially speaking, a goner.

Yesterday was a busy day.  I did all of the paperwork online to renew my driver's license, so all I had to do was check in and then wait to have my picture taken.  After that I went to Karn's supermarket.  Karn's sells fresh meats from local farms.  They also sell fresh seafood.  Nothing is shipped in frozen.  Nothing comes from a mystery country.  I bought 3 pounds of ground beef and the price was comparable to what I'd have paid at my local Giant Supermarket.

The first thunderstorm of the day hit as I was leaving Karn's.  Driving is difficult when buckets of water are hitting your windshield, and the wipers simply could not keep up.  And there were many bolts of lightning.  And the thunder was crashing.  When I got to the BJs parking lot, I sat for a minute or two in my car checking the weather map.  The storm was massive.  WTF went through my head, I can't wait until this thing passes, so I ended walking through the parking lot with lightning stitching brightly through the clouds overhead.  Shit.

I went to see Coyote vs Acme last evening.  I have not laughed so hard in a very long time.  An animated coyote sues Acme in a live action courtroom.  So many of the  laughs caught me by surprise.  Warner Brothers was not going to release the film because they thought it unmarketable: being smart and absurdist, the animation was not geared for the kiddies, yet in their minds animation meant kiddies.  They still are rather clueless.  Every trailer was for an animated kids movie and there were children in the audience last evening.  Anyway, this is a good, laugh out loud movie.

And the cornucopia of Republican continues to overflod

Republicans introduced an amendment into the House of Representatives yesterday thaRpt would limit the Supreme Court to just 9 judges.  They needed a 2/3 majority for it to continue.  They knew they weren't going to get the votes, but they introduced the measure for a base they are terrified might not show up at the polls in November.

Many Republicans are now worried that the Orange Anus, who has accumulated a massive war chest will not divvy any of those funds out to help Republican campaigns.  You'd have thought they would have realized by now that he views those funds as his own personal money.  The fact that they thought he was going to share is downright ridiculous.

One thing Republicans can be sure of, though, is that he will go out on the road and campaign for them.  He doesn't care if he helps their campaigns or not, he just wants to be on stage, and the center of attention, for a small audience for as long as possible.