Staged

Yesterday, we had cold rain from mid-morning to early in the evening.  During that time the temperature hung in the low 50s (F).  The rain did stop sometime overnight though ours skies have remained overcast.  Today's high will be in the low 60s (F).  Then, tomorrow, we'll hit the low 70s (F) before dropping back down to daily highs in the 60s (F).

Retail was slow in the flooring department.  I did have a blind install go through for about $900.  That will add to my sales goal.  Since I only have a few measures, I will not be reaching my sale goal this week.  Who knows what this coming week will bring.  Gas prices are not going down and at some point the number of customers prioritizing a new flooring installation is going to drop.  I'm going to pick up veggie seedlings before I leave.  My military discount helps me get a better price.  Tomato plants were selling at $5 per seedling.  Still, who knows what the price of tomatoes will be when harvest season arrives.

After doing a few chores when I got home, I played Expedition 33.  It wasn't until I went to bed that I learned that there had been an incident in Washington.  

Let me set the stage by saying last night was the first time ever... and I do mean ever, that the Orange Anus attended the White House Correspondent's Dinner.  This is because both comedians and correspondents use the dinner to shamelessly mock the president.  Orange needs to be kowtowed to.  Dealing with the brunt of humorists is not his forte.  

Now that the stage is set, for some reason I was not surprised when I saw that there had been an active shooter in the Hilton hotel.  Not in the dining room where the dinner was taking place, but in the hotel.  Not impressed I went to sleep.  This morning I discovered many comments in a similar vein overwhelming social media.

There are many, many, many more comments that are even more succinct.  One comment pointed out that Orangie's approval rating is in the toilet and... well, it worked for Reagan.  But this is the 3rd faux attempt at an assassination, even though it has not be classified as one.  It's still just an incident that shut down the Correspondent's dinner before anyone had a chance to make fun of Orangie.  Now we know one of the reasons he was there, no one was going to make fun of him.  Another reason appears to be that it gave him a chance to plug his ballroom on national media... live.  And gathered around him, nodding their heads and smiling were members of his liquor cabinet, not one of them looking serious after such a serious incident.  This is because the whole thing was staged.