What the hell is a smoking saw?

Wednesday.  I got up early this AM to do my cardio... and then went back to bed for half an hour.  Fun Stuff. 
The post office is closed today because of George H's funeral service.  A national day of morning, which is irritating because I'm still waiting for my Mom's final bills to arrive.
And speaking of George H's funeral.  I can not even begin to imagine the tension that will be in the National Cathedral when the Idiot Jerk arrives.  Sure, there will be those who will shake his tiny hands if he so deigns, but mostly, to his horrifying chagrin, he will be shunned.  No one's going to casually saunter up and say... oh... "my, your latest tariff Tweet nearly crashed the stock market yesterday."  Most likely he'll sit there silently Tweeting things like "what a really tremendous service, shame they didn't hold it closer to Mar Lago so I could go golfing after wards."  I mean, do you really think Jeb's going to shake his hand and say "Gee, I'm really glad you could make it."  If we hear anything from the Idiot Jerk it's going to be along the lines of "Someone get me out of here."
Oh, and the NRCC was hacked - that's the National Republican Campaign Committee .  I think they're the ones who are responsible for getting House members elected and re-elected... and it was happening for a several months.  OH... MY.  Remember when the Democrats were hacked and the Idiot Jerk criticized them?  This hacking, I suspect was worse.  Some foreign actor uncovered a treasure trove of Republican dirt.  So far none of the emails have been made public.  Of course not, because... well... you know what's coming... this... is ... what's called... Blackmail.  So, I wonder if the Idiot Jerk's gotten the phone call yet, the one in which a heavily accented voice says "kiss our ass, or we will destroy you."
Let's face it.  Yesterday was a real bowl of Chop Suey when it came to bad news for the Idiot Jerk.

Mueller signaled that those cooperating with him will most likely get light sentences at best.  That's works.
And Gina Haspel to the Senate, behind closed doors, that the Saudi Prince is guilty as hell.  Lindsey Graham was so convinced he pulled his lips from the Idiot Jerk's ass and said "this is not a smoking gun, this is a smoking saw...."  That's right, he said it was a smoking saw.   Can someone just tell me what the fuck is a smoking saw?  Everybody knows what a smoking gun is, but smoking saw?  I Googled it... no pictures... anywhere.  Just what in hell has Lindsey been smoking?  And did he light it with a saw?  Maybe he's just talking about a saw that cuts down trees really, tremendously fast.

Life and Death

Going back to work today, can you hear my lower case yippee?
Yesterday was nice, a mixture of clouds and sun, the temp got up to 54 (F), so I took the dogs to the park.  That was their first time in the new car.  At first I thought I let them ride in the back seat, however upon opening the door, they both stood there and looked inside.  I ended up putting down the back seat so they could ride in the back.  The Crosstrek is much smaller than the Rogue, but they didn't seem to care.
For those who don't know, John Gray from Going Gently lost his dear William.  If you get a chance, send him your condolences, losing a pet is often as bad as losing a child.
I got a small check in the mail yesterday.  $14.14.  It's part of a Class Action Settlement against a company called JK Publications.  Evidently the settlement was actually reached in 2000 (18 years ago).  This is not the first check I've gotten from that settlement.  I get them every 2 -3 years.  Back in the 90's, JK Publications bought access to over 3 million credit card numbers from a California bank and made unauthorized charges on them.  And they got caught.  I don't remember what was on my credit card statements that far back, of course that doesn't mean I'm not going to bank the check.
Wall Street is closed today in honor of George H.  I don't know when the funeral is... maybe Thursday.  I believe he will be buried down in Texas.  Let me tell you, there is going to be stress that day.  The Idiot Jerk is supposed to be attending.  In fact, he is being forced to attend.  For a sitting president to skip the funeral of a former president would be ignorant as hell... Now, we all know, the Idiot Jerk is ignorant as hell, let's just hope he doesn't get a chance to speak.  If he does we will mostly likely get to hear how George H had problems with popularity.  In fact, the Idiot Jerk might go so far as to brag about being so much more tremendously popular than George H.  That sounds about right, doesn't it?
I set up my compost bin yesterday and dropped in the first organic matter:  coffee grounds, egg shells, and butternut squash husk.  I also threw in the butternut seeds.  I have no idea if they'll survive the winter.  If they do, my first crop of compost might include some butternut squash plants.  Now, wouldn't that be nice!

Two Timed!

Saturday, the 1st of December... which means we're going to have a super duper Kid's Workshop in the store... and it's supposed to rain.  Yippee!
For those who don't know it, the Idiot Jerk in the White House had a very bad time yesterday... all... day.  As if Michael Cohen's guilty plea wasn't bad enough, or the fact that the written answers he turned in to Mueller most likely just defined him as a lying sack of shit, the worst of all possible things happened om Argentina.  His Homo Bromo Vlad two-timed him with a Saudi prince... in front of the world.

Look at those smiles!  My money says someones getting a little sugar on the side.  I can't remember the last time I saw 2 dictators giggling like little girls.  Of course, this pissed off the Idiot Jerk.  Face it, the prince is much younger and has real hair.  I've heard he's a real dynamo on the dance floor as opposed to the Idiot Jerk who struggles with a simple two-step.
And, of course, George H died.  I think it's unfortunate he will mostly be remember for his comment "read my lip.  No new taxes."  Like so many other people, he had been duped into believing Reganomics was going to work.  Republicans have always been terrible when it come to economics, in fact, you have to go back to Eisenhower to find a Republican president who left office with a solidly working economy.  Reganomics started failing right after his re-election because the only thing trickling down were the bills.  The tax breaks given to the corporations were finding their way into executive's pockets, rather than down to the common man.  This is why George H had to raise corporate taxes which is why he went on to lose his bid for re-election.
At some point the Idiot Jerk is supposed to have dinner with China's Xi.  I wouldn't be surprised if the first questions out of Xi's mouth is "where's my $50 million penthouse?"