Bannon's smirk

 Saturday!

I work 12-7.  No problem.  We're supposed to showers on and off most of the day.  Right now, the skies are overcast.  I wish we would get more than a little drizzle every now and then even that means having to mow my lawn tomorrow, on the traditional day of rest.

While at work this afternoon, I will need to call a fellow associate's customer to tell them the tile they wanted is no longer available. This is a problem when customers try and cheap it out by buying clearance items.  I always make it a point to say that clearance means the product is going away.  A yellow tag means an extremely limited supply.  They can still buy the tile from our website for $22.74 a case, but they will also have to pay a $79 shipping charge.  The customer will probably yell at me over the phone and then cancel the job.  This is how life is.  Make your plans accordingly.

I got a lot accomplished yesterday because I didn't give into 'slug mode.'  Here lately it seems as though the urge to just puddle through the day has been quite attractive. Baking those sugar cookies was a bad idea.  Sugar, carbs, and me, are the perfect combination for spending a nappy afternoon.

The yellow dahlias are beginning to open.  

Elon Musk dropped his offer to purchase Twitter.  His attorney's provided several weak excuses, though I believe he still needs to pay a $1 billion fee for changing his mind.  I've no problem with that.  Honestly, I never believed he had any interest in the acquisition.  Personally, I think his life is pretty much the definition of a clusterfuck.  He has 11 children (possibly more) with a set of twins just being born to a woman who worked for a company he owns.  Tesla seems to be running into all types of headwinds.  Several auto manufacturers, including Hyundai, are set to leave Tesla spinning its tires trying to catch up.

The word is out that Trump is preparing to revoke Steve Bannon's Executive privilege.   Other than the joy I'd see of seeing Bannon's shitty smirk wiped from his face, I don't this as anything other than a desperate attempt by the Spawn of Satan, Donald Trump, to avoid the inevitable.

Pat Cipollone chatted with the January 6 committee yesterday... for 8 hours.  That's a long time.  Word is that he didn't deny any of the previous allegations.  People were touting that he did not claim the 5th amendment.  This is a good thing.  

And, finally, the committee is now planning to continue holding hearings into August.  For those who don't understand, this is not only about putting the full evil of Donald Trump on display for all Americans to see, but also about breaking apart his MAGA base.  I don't doubt for a second one of their goals is to keep as many Trumpists from getting elected as possible.

The Tinfoil Dictator

Holy Crap! Sunday snuck up on me... and turned into my Friday!  That's right! My weekend starts the minute I leave work this evening.  Now, ain't that just jolly!  Of course, after that I enter into scheduling hell where I work 5 days, have a day off, and then get to work another 5 days.  Son of a bitch!!

Our Halloween merchandise is on super duper clearance right now.  Even the ugly stuff is selling cause it's cheap. I am always amazed at how people will spend their hard earned dollars on something crappy simply because there's a yellow 'clearance' tag stuck on the box.  Sometimes life is not about buying 'clearance.'  There is a reason that tag is on merchandise... to clear inventory.  A day doesn't go by when someone doesn't come up to the flooring desk and ask "what's on sale."  One of these days I'm going to honestly say "the crappy shit."

And ain't this sweet?

Jared and Ivanka Danka have threatened to sue.  Keep in mind that because they're considered advisors, both of them are being paid with your tax dollars.  I wonder how good Jared's Russian is since I can see a relocation to somewhere south of Moscow in the near future.

And there are now Covid diagnosis's in the Pence Party.  Fool. He no doubt thought he was in a restaurant and waved his flimsy, little hand in the air a few times saying "I'll have three infections over here."

This is all over the news, now:  The Idiot jerk was at a 'private donor' event down in Nashville and told those who had paid up to $250,000 to be in the same room as him that the Republicans were most likely going to lose their senate seats.  Imagine what those donors must have felt like, paying those kind of bucks to be told by the Idiot Jerk "yeah, we're probably going to lose the Senate."  I wonder how many of them asked for a refund.  I would have.  I mean... shit!  These are not the words they expected to hear from a tinfoil dictator.

Boycott NBC

 Yesterday was pretty blasé at work, not a lot of customers.  That doesn't mean we didn't get the standard odd questions.  Surprisingly, a number of them are from individuals who have seen a 'new' product on TV.  We usually get one or two of those a day.  We also get a lot of "what's on sale?"  Here's a little secret:  if it's on sale, it's on clearance and it's leaving our inventory forever.  You have no idea how many people buy 'clearance' only to find out they didn't buy enough of a product that is no longer available.  Life suck for those who don't think.

I went to the gym again this morning.  No couple camping.  I did, however, hold my id card up to the hand sanitizer station at the front desk to get scanned in.  The attendant corrected me with a smile, so I said "what can I say, it's been a couple of years."  It was funny.

Obama says this election is going to be close.  He's right.  Even if Biden wins by a landslide, the Idiot Jerk and his team of henchies are going to pick certain states to challenge.  This is why we need to all get out and vote.  Biden's victory in each state must be substantial.  A state where he only wins by several thousand votes is fair game.  Let me be perfectly clear, we need to knock this election out of the park

And what about NBC have a Town Hall for the Idiot Jerk at the same time as ABC is having theirs for Biden?  To be honest, I had to laugh when I heard this.  Don't get me wrong, I'm all for boycotting NBC since their move has more to do with ratings then politics.  If the candidates were closer together in the polls, then I'd say their move was politically motivated.  However, America has already seen the Idiot Jerk in action twice on National TV.  Both times he failed miserably.  He cannot stop lying.  He is not going to change.  

Also, this close to the election, there are no longer any 'undecided' voters.  Oh, sure, they may tell you they're undecided, but deep down in their hearts they know precisely who their going to vote for, and if for some strange reason they are truly undecided... well, they haven't been paying attention for the past 3.5 years.  The only people who are going to watch the Idiot Jerk on NBC are his base.  I suspect the ratings for either network are going to heading towards the record books.

Vote Blue.  Let's hit this sucker out of the Park.