Venezuelan Pardons to Come

We had another cool one last night, though this morning's temps was a few degrees shy of the 21 (F) we had a few days ago, we still dropped into the low 20s (F) overnight.  Today's high should be top off somewhere in the low 30s (F),  Tomorrow, however, our daily highs will be back up in the 40s (F).  That's a good thing.  The only thing I don't like about winter is spending money on the heating bill.  While I do use the Central Air in the summer, the thermostat is set high enough so the unit is not running constantly.

Yesterday was a shopping day, workout day, and writing day.  All three were accomplished.  Buying a triceps pull-down was first on the list.  They are available online, but at far more $$$ than Dick's was charging.  Then I zipped over to my local BJs for coffee and Spam, that's for Howie, and then to my local Giant supermarket.

The rest of my Christmas ham was turned into ham salad.  I love the stuff.  One of my memories of being stationed in San Diego is walking down to the mobile canteen on the pier and buying a ham salad sandwich, Ding Dongs, and a Dr. Pepper.  I don't eat Ding Dongs anymore, and only rarely drink soft drink, but I still love a good ham salad sandwich.  Sometimes I will toast them with cheese.  Let me tell you, that is truly delish.

Back before Christmas I did order a smaller pull-down bar before Christmas.  The last time FedEx scanned the package was on January 1 in Latham, Kansas.  The bar was supposed to be delivered on January 2, but didn't arrive.  Now I'm waiting for them to give me a new delivery date.

The ACA subsidies have expired because Republicans wanted them to.  So, who is going to be paying more for insurance?

In general, insurance is going up for everybody in one way or another.  My friend Patty works in the insurance industry and she tells me that some of the premium increases have been as high a 81%.  This makes Republicans happy.  They do not believe that your tax dollars should go to help someone disadvantaged to get health insurance.  Their view is that if these individuals can't afford health coverage, well it's just too damn bad.  This is going to get ugly.

And a bit about the Maduro capture.  I heard notifications popping into my in box overnight, so I knew something was up.  I know there are dipshits out there who are happy that the wanna be dictator in America has supposedly taken down a Venezuelan dictator.  In truth, this whole invasion is to benefit big oil; their greed never stops.  As for Maduro?  In spite of Pammy Jo Bondi's posturing and Rubio's almost ribald rhetoric, Maduro really has nothing to worry about, as long as he can afford to pay the bribe.  For those who don't know, Orangie just pardoned the Honduran president/dictator who was found guilty of smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States.  The Wall Street Journal is reporting that pardons are running between $1 and $6 million. Just start prepping yourselves for gas prices to go up.