Kansas tells Republicans to go to Hell

We're have a mini heatwave here in Central PA.  The temps, predicted to reach the mid 80s (F) yesterday, actually topped off in the 90s (F).  And I mowed my lawn.  There's not a lot of humidity, though, as my friend Tami likes to say, I was 'glowing' with a nice sheen of perspiration by the time I finished.  

Yesterday was busy.  Besides the mowing, I picked up Seig's gabapentin, stopped by the store to buy a container for mixing thin set, prepped the wall behind the stove for tiling, did laundry, wrote almost 1000 words (wow), and beat a boss in Elden Ring.

Today might be just as busy.  I'm going to see if I can squeeze a ride in on the bicycle later this afternoon.

My new clock will be arriving later this morning, or early afternoon.  I can't wait.  I didn't realize, until after the old one broke, how often I relied upon it.  The last one chimed on the half hour and hour, the new one does quarter hours, too.

I don't know if any of you are following the Fetterman / Oz race to replace that scumbag Pat Toomey in the Senate, but it is fascinating to see how easily a strong Democrat can dismantle his Republican opponent... use honesty.  This is why Republicans are scared shitless they're going to lose PA

And, of course, there were primaries yesterday in several states.  In some states, Trump back Republicans won, however, not one of them had a landslide win.  They won by getting 46% of the vote (Kari Lake in Arizona), or 41% (Tudor Dixon in Michigan).  Compare these wins to 100% of the vote (Mark Kelly in Arizona), and 100% of the vote (Gretchen Witmer in Michigan).  This is not the face Republicans want to show the American people, a party that is splintering with about half of their voters still loyal to Trump.

Perhaps the greatest indicator of the problems facing the Republicans comes from Kansas, a state where they believed everyone would jump on board the idea of amending their constitution to outlaw abortion.  A whopping 68% of the voters told the Republican party to go to Hell.  I saw one comment noting that Republicans evidently didn't spend enough time on their knees praying for victory.  The reality is that this party, for so many years, rather than try to read and understand Americans, was far too interested in saying "shut up!  We're in charge!"  This party is in serious trouble and, like the horse that runs back into the burning barn, they are going to push ahead.  To do otherwise would be to admit they were wrong.

 

Burning Bridges

 Hello Tuesday!

Yesterday was... well, let's just say I spent over 5 hours sitting at the flooring desk.  I set up 2 customers to have their floors measured, one for carpet the other for viny, as well as a blind installation.  I was busy in the early afternoon, but as the hours wore on everything pretty much came to a boring stop.  The flooring specialist who handed in his two-week notice has decided that he's not going to work those 2 weeks and has been a no call, no show for several days.  Idiot.  He's going to get a 'non rehire' termination.  This is called burning your bridges.

The new wall clock I ordered will be arriving tomorrow.  I will need to zip over to the store later this afternoon to get some stronger mounting screws since this clock weighs more than the old clock.  I will also probably pull out my stud-finder.  While I'm there, I'll be picking up Biggie's refill prescription for Gabapentin.

Speaking of Biggie, I've cut back his dosage of Carprofen to just one tablet per day, half in the morning and half in the evening.  Like us humans moving the aging process, his stiffness is not constant, some days sitting down for him is difficult, other days he has no problem.

Something odd happened yesterday while I was on the treadmill.  I don't know if it was because I was hustling along at swift 3.5 mph, or something caused the problem, but my Garmin recorded me going up 44 sets of stairs and down 67.  Very intersting.

Nancy Pelosi is most likely going to land in Taiwan this evening.  This is pissing off the Xi, who desperately wants to pull a Putin and invade the island.  Surprisingly, a number of Republicans are supportive of her visit, in fact, I do believe she invited several to join her as she thumbs her nose at Xi.

Also impressive was the Biden administration taking out the leader of Al Qaeda.  Even Fox News gave him a thumbs up on that one.

And people are waiting to find out what Sinema says of the Schumer / Manchin bill.  I understand that Manchin, himself, is in communication with her.  Now, what do you think he's saying?  Possibly "now is not the time to burn your bridges, Toots?"  She is up for re-election in 2024.  Or maybe something like "you have no idea how much fun there is in kicking Mitch McConnell in his nuts."  We don't know.  I do know that if she crouches down and shit on this bill, she'll be putting herself on the Republican side of a very deep ravine.

Cherry picking history

 I was the only specialist at the flooring desk yesterday.  Business was sporadic.  I set up 2 measures, but one woman never paid for hers, so that didn't count.  While I did sell some laminate flooring, mostly I sat and talked to other associates.  

A wall clock that I had in the kitchen died yesterday morning.  Even though my dad had received it as a retirement present, it had very little sentimental value.  I will need to buy a replacement.  Perhaps a cuckoo clock.  Something that makes noise.  Nothing battery operated.  I want a clock with a movement which needs to be wound.

A summer cold might be in my future.  So far this morning, I've coughed 3 times and my nose has begun to dribble... but just a little.  If it is a cold, it should be gone by tomorrow.  We shall have to wait and see.

My new controller arrived yesterday before I went to work.  Nice, eh?  I can't wait to pair this baby with my Xbox Series X.

I was talking last evening with a friend who's rather alarmed that Justice Alito seems to not only believe he's in charge of the Supreme Court, but that he's been chosen by God to make America Christian again.  What a dolt.  His comment about helping young Americans to find religion again outlines his focus completely.  I don't doubt for a second that he's a man who's thinking now is a really good time for another Inquisition.  For Alito, the path to success is by oppressing everything he sees as standing in the way of his dream.  He is also the type of fanatic who would have no problem sending those same young Americans to their deaths in order to garner the victory he craves.  He will not succeed.  He is flawed.  He doesn't understand that there will always be religious beliefs, however, they may not be the beliefs he cherishes so deeply.  History has proved this point over and over again, no matter where you live in the world.  Unfortunately, because Alito is a man who needs to cherry-pick his history, he will never see the truth.