Donut Day

We're starting off Wednesday on the right foot because outside we have a nice soaker going on.  The weather map has an extensive blob of green slowly moving over the entire state.  There is the possibility of thunderstorms as well.  Getting soaking rains twice in one week is good for everything.

The results from my CAT scan should be available for me to read tomorrow.  The VA requests 36 hours for the doctor to view them and write his report.   Interestingly enough, the VA has multiple locations where they can do the imaging, and they are not in the same building.  Yesterday I was walked to the building where they do Physical Therapy and Rehab.  For those who've never seen the donut, here's the one I took my 2 minute ride through.  I ;think it looks almost Scifi Fab.

And, of course, yesterday the Orange Anus had his fingerprints taken for the 2nd time as charges were filed against him.  Cameras were not allowed in the courtroom, however from all the reports that I've seen he sat quietly.  Amusingly, today is actually his birthday, so he was lucky enough to get his present a day early.  

As might be expected, Fox News photographed the fake Melania outside the courthouse because...well, it's Fox New, which explains so very much.

One thing that did have me wondering was where were those 50,000 supporters, demonstrators, and protestors.  So many added hours were put on the Atlanta police department payroll to cover them.  In fact, estimates are that only about 500 people showed up, including one man wearing a pig head mask and that the atmosphere was circus-like.  Those numbers must have been terribly disheartening for the Orange Anus after he called for his cult members to rally.  This doesn't mean that about 2/3 of the Republican party have abandoned him, they haven't.  They won't.  That will never happen.  This is how a political party dies.

Take a Deep Breath

 Monday.  Today is going to be a rain day.  A big storm is heading our way.  Really Big.  In the southern US there will be high winds.  For us up here in Central PA, they're predicting rain.  Hopefully we'll get buckets.  As I've said before, my lawn is brown and that normally happens in July and August.  

I also work today.  I worked yesterday.  Flooring was slow.  Our Garden department is still busy, so was our paint department, but the rest of the store was slow.  Sadly, we were the only store in the district that was making plan.  This is the curse of Jack Welch, who decided corporate profit came before everything else.  No one realized how badly he was breaking the system.  I don't doubt that at some point the world's economy will collapse thanks to Jack's approach to greed.  This is going to be a terrible case of live and learn, that's if we learn anything.

Tomorrow morning I'm heading down to the Lebanon VA for a CAT scan.  At one point in my life I used to smoke.  Well, I quit that habit a long time ago, however, foolishly I never marked down the year I quit; I think it was around 17 years ago.  Anyway, medically, they like to do CAT scans on your lungs yearly for at least 15 years after you quit to insure nothing's happening.  Since I can't remember the actual year, my doctor recommends I have one this year, and next year, just to be on the safe side.  Honestly, with all of the cardio I do, I think my lungs must be in pretty good shape.

And, of course, tomorrow is T Day.  I understand the Orange Anus will be arriving there today.  His girl Eileen will be presiding for the present.  There are a lot of calls for her to recuse herself.  That's probably not going to happen.  She's going to end up humiliating herself again.  This is part of her role in playing the loyalist.  She will lower her head for the executioners blade again... and again... and again.

According to Newsweek, only 50% of Americans hare happy for the indictments.  Who makes up that dissenting 50%?  Well, Republicans make up about 30%, and the other % is composed of independents, and non-thinkers, and foreign agents (I just made that up, foreign agents probably only represent about 12%).  Why such a high % opposing the indictments?  Well, for one thing I believe the "Shut up, We're in Charge" party realizes the hammer is really going to come down hard this time.  Whereas Clinton was helped when they impeached him for peccadillo, this is far, far worse.  And the indictments haven't stopped.  There are more on the way.  How will they effect that 50%?  In ways they cannot even begin to comprehend.  They will still vote, but not nearly in the numbers they will need to win seats in the House and Senate.  Not that they will vote against the Republican party.  Nope, they're just going to sit out an election or two... or possibly 3.  Trump will continue to break the party apart.  Don't hold your breath expecting him to change anytime soon.

The Bozo on CNBC

That's what I heard last PM on CNBC.  Some unremarkable man said the number of pet owners in the United States was down 20%.  I stunned! My first thought went sort of like this "it's the economy, stupid."  I know Vet costs can be expensive, I take my full sized Boxer for a yearly check-up and, if I let them give her all of the shots they want to, my bill runs about $190.  Of course my Vet likes to practice elective vaccination, they want you to chose to vaccinate for every thing they say.  I say no to things like the one they feel she should have just in case she gets exposed Kennel Cough.  I don't plan to ever put her in a kennel.

Gertie resting on a Home Depot drop cloth, at 9.99 cheap and washable

Anyway, I started checking to see if this unremarkable man was in the least be correct.  To my surprise he was remarkably wrong.  I don't know why this Bozo thought he could pull numbers out of his ass like that, doesn't he know people 'fact check?'  The number of pet owners in the United States is growing, and when queried about whether the economy effected their decision to get a dog or cat, their answer was 'no."  Thanks to my bit of timely investigation I also know that dog owners outnumber cat owners by about 10 million and that about 28% of dog owners have two.  I own a Boxer and a 19 year old cat named Max.  I did not see a statistic on the number of Americans who own one of each.  What else did I find out?  The average Vet cost per year for a dog as $212 so I'm getting away kind of cheap.  A side note on my dog and cat:  I told the Boxer that when the 19 year old cat dies we'll get another puppy.  As a result, a day doesn't pass without her whispering to the cat "die, cat, die."