Scottie the Billionaire

 Okay, so it's hot here.  Our outside temp is 75 (F).  If the forecast is correct, will top off at 95 (F).  That is warm.  We are beginning a mini heatwave.  Tomorrow and Wednesday our temps will climb into the upper 90s (F).  Keep in mind we are much farther north than most of the country, so those down south will be suffering through a scorcher.  Thursday showers and thunderstorms will be moving into the area and temps will dive back into the high 70s (F) and low 80s (F).  The extended forecast for August looks to be on the cool side, but we all know how fickle forecasts are.

I did work yesterday.  They were providing breakfast all day again, so I didn't take a lunch.  Unfortunately, it was a grab and go breakfast, inexpensive individually wrapped pastries with a high fat content, and Nutra-grain bars.  Boo!  Hiss!  Oh, and there were day old pancakes, so make that a double hiss.  I ended up stopping off on my way home and picking up a frozen pizza.  Yesterday was not a healthy diet day.

Retail sales for the past week were good, though as a head cashier pointed out to me, footsteps in the store were low.  This means that the buckos going into our bank account are being put there by customers doing large projects.  In flooring, a hardwood installation worth $17,000 went through.  

There are several games that Howie and I play:  Trade the stone for a cookie; Chase me for the sticks in my mouth; and that ever popular Sock Race.  Sometimes he gets quite excited by these games.

Again, the Orange Anus is bragging about a trade deal, this time with the European Union.  Again, this is just the framework for a trade deal, the deal itself has not been signed into law.  If and when it is signed we can expect costs for wine, cars, and a host of other things we buy from Europe to go up by 15%.  While Orangie screams that exporters will be paying these tariffs, you need to keep in mind that he's a pathological liar.  People like Scottie Bessent, the Secretary of the Treasury, know and lie about this. Keep in mind that every company in which Scottie owns stock will be raising prices and that will increase their revenue, and that revenue will be taxed less because of Orangie's Big Beautiful Pile of Shit Bill.  So Scottie, the billionaire Secretary of the Treasury, will get even richer while you, and everyone who voted for Orangie, will get even poorer.