Putin's Puppet

And another sunny day is in store for us here in Central PA!  Once again our afternoon high is going to be in the mid 60s (F).  This is perfect autumn weather.  Leaves are slowly beginning to change color.  The air is not quite crisp yet.  We need to enjoy it while it lasts.

Yesterday retail was slow.  That doesn't mean I wasn't working.  There is a "store walk" with the regional vice president on Tuesday, so those associates not helping customers are tasked with making the store look like it's opening day.  I've been through these before, in fact I've experienced a "walk" by a corporate vice president, even having a small conversation with her.  The real issue is that every store manager within driving distance will show up for "the walk," as will every store manager in training, and anyone with aspirations of climbing up the corporate ladder.  This means there will be about 125 people meandering up and down the aisles.  These are the people who will whisper among themselves about the empty spots on shelves and overall store appearance.  There was a time when I cared, but now?  What the hay?  I'm not even scheduled to work on Tuesday.

Last night was my hometown's Halloween parade.  Usually there's an easy detour around it, however, that detour was closed because of road construction.  Normally it's a 16 minute drive from the store to my house.  Last night it took almost 45 minutes to get home.

A bit about the Lindsey Graham sex revelation that was not so much of a revelation.  Had it been about Josh Hawley?  That would have been an explosive revelation.  I don't know who  thought this news was going to shatter the voters in South Carolina, but most of the people down there are shrugging it off.  One of the sex workers was seventeen years old.  It's not like Lindsey corrupted some fresh faced school boy, the young man was a sex worker.  This news is not going to rock the midterm elections.

So, Orangie had another one of his rallies last evening, this one in Sioux City, Iowa.  He doesn't really speak any more, he rambles.  Once again, there were the hecklers.  He also glitched 3 times, twice making odd noises and once simply standing there with his mouth open.  Last week there was a video of him leaving the stage and walking past his car, heading towards a field.  His dementia is growing more and more apparent.  What we really need to start doing is asking loudly, just who's running the government?  Who's making the decisions?  I suspect he truly is Putin's puppet, with Vlad's orders coming through various sources, Witkoff, Miller, and Rubio, to name a few.  This administration's policy is clearly aimed at aligning us with Russia.  You can bet that this pleases Vlad to no end.

And evidently there are a lot of people in the Department of Defense who want Hegseth gone.  Tick, tock.  Tick, tock.