Riding through

Okay so it's Wednesday and I get to go back to work today (boo!  hiss!)  What makes this even more dastardly is that I have to work for 5 days and only get 1 (one) day off before working another 5 days.  That's enough to make you say "shit."  Am I right?
I rode over 5 miles yesterday.  North Applegate... it's in Oregon.

This is what I see on my TV

This is one of my favorite rides.  It wasn't until after Rouvy augmented the rides that I got to see the beautiful scenery.  Of course, you're not sitting there looking at a still picture, it moves.  The faster you ride, the faster you pass by the scenery.  With this kind of augmentation I can ride any stage in the Tour de France!  Ain't that pretty amazing!

Some evil Republican ass named Gaetz threatened to release personal information about Cohen and now he's apologizing.  Too late.  This guy is an attorney... and he threatened a witness... and now a number of people are working to get him disbarred.  Ooopsy.  But then this is typical behavior of one who supports the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  In fact, I'm sure this is a tactic the Idiot approves of, one he's had his henchmen use time and time again.

And, of course, today is the day Cohen opens the floodgates.  I saw somewhere that Republicans are concerned his testimony might upstage the summit between a dirty dictator and a wannabe dictator. Uh, someone should tell them 'upstage' is not the correct word.  Cohen is going to be on TV.  Every news feed I get is going to be broadcasting his testimony, and don't forget some milquetoast the Republicans can badger about.  He has teeth, and he's going to use them.  Every time they bite him, he will bite them back.  Not only is he going to avenge his soul, single-handedly he is going to attempt to take down the most corrupting force in the Republican party.

Nixon vs Trump

Welcome to my Friday.  That's right.  Those of you with flawed calendars might actually be thinking this is Saturday.  Nope.  When I look at my retail calendar I know this must be Friday - my weekend starts tomorrow.
Yesterday was ho-hum at work.
I saw where the Idiot Jerk warned Mueller not to go near his 'Financial Empire.'  That made me laugh.  What a fuckin' crook.  Of course that thought took me back a number of years, to the Nixon administration.  While age may be startitng to sift away some of the details, I can still fondly remember Nixon uttering those very lines.  "I am not a crook."  Dear me.  Just what would old Richard think about the Idiot Jerk in the White House?

And we have to be honest here.  Nixon wasn't actually a crook.  He, himself, did not break into the Watergate building - he had others do it at his direction.  This is precisely what the Idiot Jerk has been doing for... decades.  Having others do is dirty work.  Attorneys filed law suit after law suit.  His bookkeepers have been fudging figures for years, filling out load documents and filing false tax reports.  As I said before, the Idiot Jerk is going to make Nixon look like an alter boy.  Judgment is coming for the Idiot Jerk and his spawn.
And what about that Duncan asswipe out in California.  In case you hadn't seen, he blamed everything on his wife.  Everything.  He was innocent.  Why is it gutless Republicans always point the finger at some one else?  And this Duncan?  I understand he was the 2nd sitting Senator to come out in support of the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  The first was that Bozo Republican from New York who was just indicted for Insider Trading.   These to pinheads show the corrupting influence of the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  Shit, the whole party is morally bereft.

What's so good about over-time, and other stuff

I think it's fairly obvious by now that the Idiot Jerk has never had a good grasp on what a president can and can't do.  He is totally clueless in regard to democracy.  This doesn't mean he has never been aware of rules and regulations which govern our country, he just doesn't want them to apply to him.  Because of this, he is going to make Richard Nixon look like an alter boy.
The Dow failed to make up any of the ground it lost yesterday.  Get used to it.  His LLC's have filed for bankruptcy 6 times, (one, Trump Casino I believe, filed 3 times).  His wealth is built on braggadocio and high interest loans, nothing more.  He blames the Fed for raising interest rates - their a reason they raise them.  He doesn't understand that.
The only trading partner he wants is Russia... oh, and maybe North Korea, because they are led by strong leaders.  He sees nothing wrong with dictators.  When they speak, their people sit up and take notice.  That's not going to happen.
He is going to get worse because he's angry now.  His idea of making America great again was really all about Americans saying great things about him.  That's not happening.  Just the opposite.  He shrieks "fake news,' even as his own recorded words are played back to him.  Corrections of what he's said are coming daily.  Maybe he should stop speaking and Tweeting if he can't say what he means to say.  His temper has no bounds.  He hasn't said 'fuck you' publicly, but be prepared, it's coming.
I can't even imagine what it was like when he found out that the FBI has a taped conversation between he and his former favorite lawyer, Michael Cohen.    Not about Stormy, mind you, this one has to do with the former playboy bunny.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, this asswipe has really bad Karma.  The world, and the United States, have front row seats as his Karma catches up with him.  The show should be great.
On a brighter note, I had to work an hour and a half overtime yesterday because some woman came into have blinds designed, 26 of them.  She showed up 45 minutes before I was do to leave.  So, you may ask what's so good about that much overtime?  Well, I'm going to leave a bit early tomorrow.  That's what's so good.

The Sooner the Better

The weather seems to be turning... warmer.  We had another 'freeze warning' for last night, however I don't believe the temperature got any lower than 34 (F), which is still cold for the middle of April.  Today's supposed to nice and sunny which means the store will be busy, especially the Garden department - Tis the season for mulching.  People buy mulch by the truckload.  We actually schedule people to work in what we call the 'mulch pit' for one hour shifts at a time.  Loading bags of mulch is back breaking work.
I had planned on riding 10 miles this AM... however I woke up around 0400 and couldn't get back to sleep.  Then, around 0615, when I was ready to get on the bike, I felt very tired... at the same time I got an update on the laptop.  So, I thought I'd lay down for 15 minutes until the update was finished and... I woke up 45 minutes later.  End result:  no ride this AM.  Maybe tomorrow.
I didn't hear from World Cup and Ski about my shoes which means they probably won't get to the store until Monday.  This means I might not get them and the new pedals until Tuesday.  If it's any later I'll have to wait until my next day off.  That's fine.  The weather has finally started to improve and I can't wait to take the new bike out on the road.

The sooner the better

And what about Michael Cohen?  The question of his turning no longer seems to have an validity.  Rather most people are now wondering just when that will happen.  As for his loyalty to the Idiot Jerk in the White House?  As with most everyone else surrounding the Idiot Jerk, that seems to be a purchased commodity.  Time is not on Cohen's side, and he knows this.  If he has one smidgen of intelligence, he'll flip faster than a two bit whore offered a ten dollar tip.  And he knows where all of the bodies are buried.  Sure, there will some attempts to delay the inevitable, but they will fail.  The longer he waits to turn, the worse it will be.  The sooner the better.
 

Sizzle

Rest day!  Well, not from work, rather no workout and no cycling scheduled for today.  Tomorrow I la to ride for at least 12 miles.
I sold some carpet yesterday to a woman who's divorcing her husband.  She has 2 kids, one is 6 and the other is 9.  Oh, and she's planning on taking the kids and moving down to South Carolina so she can be with her boyfriend.  She said her parents are going to be upset, but then they "don't really know him," as in the boyfriend.  I was also told she really thinking about her kids... as well as herself.   Oh, and she's divorcing her husband because he never completes anything.  There was more negativity regarding her soon to be ex, and I ignored it.  The truth is the only person she's thinking about is herself.  She will totally disrupt the lives of her children just so she can be with her boyfriend.  I feel bad for the kids since they are the ones who are going to suffer the most.  You know things are going to go bad when people start using the innocent to justify their actions.
Oh, and for a big laugh, James Comey's book is coming out.  Of course, Faux News won't go near it with a 10 foot poll.  Any thing critical of the Idiot Jerk is off limits because... well, he's friends with Rupert Murdoch, for one, and secondly, he exemplifies everything bad about Conservatives.  Their approach has always been to ignore and lie about everything which makes them look like scumbags.  The more terrible the Idiot Jerk becomes, the deeper they fall into attack mode.  Like a wild animal in a trap, they're going to start chewing off their own limbs.  Paul Ryan's decision is the perfect example.
Anyway, we're about half way through April and the temperature is forecast to go up into the mid 80's (F).  That's hot for this time of year.  Steamin!  And guess who has to work today, and tomorrow, when the temperature is again supposed to be hot.  Oh, and guess who has off for 4 days when the temperature is going to flip flop faster then the Idiot Jerk in the White House (think Trans Pacific Trade agreement).  That's right.  I'll have off and it's going to be cool and rainy.  I need to remind myself that warmer days are coming.

And we all know warmer days are not what the Crazy Conservatives want at all.

Oh, and a little tidbit, rumors have it that the FBI raid on the Idiot Jerk's attorney let them snag voice recordings of.... guess who?  Sizzle.  Sizzle.

Heroes among us

It's Tuesday and yippie! skippie! I get to go back to work... for a week - 5 days in a row.
I only rode 10 miles this AM.  Around 6 miles into I had to stand up and retuck farther to the left, believe me, when you're going to be sitting on a bike saddle for more than twenty minutes the last thing you want is to be sitting on a stray fold... if you know what I mean.
Speaking of cycling, Taylor Phinney crossed the finish line in 8th place.  For those who don't know this is great!  Four years ago he crashed into a steel guardrail when an official on a motorcycle crossed into his path.  Compound tibia and fibula fractures.  That's right, the bones were sticking out.  Four years later he came in 8th at Paris / Roubaix.  This is the stuff heroes are made of.

Taylor Phinney, scars and all

On the other end of the spectrum is Laura Ingraham who's returned to pollute the airwaves with her Right Wing hatred.  She's been farting out turds, complaining Liberals are attacking Freedom of Speech.  What she doesn't understand is that Americans are beginning to hold Fox News accountable for their words and actions.  This is, however, what we should expect.  She is, after all, on the most least trustworthy of the major news networks.  

So, who trusts Laura Ingraham?  Small minded people who like their hate spit at them by a peroxide, blonde, bimbo.

Oh, and the FBI raided the Idiot Jerk's personal attorney... and the Oval Office had to endure another shit explosion.  There's shit in every nook and cranny.  That Mueller's turning into quite the hero as well.  No doubt the Idiot Jerk's terrified his personal attorney will end up turning State's Witness.  This is what happens when the only way you can get loyalty is to buy it.