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“Peace in our time.” Yessir, we got a peace understanding thingy going with Iran, if Israel does not continue to undermine it. So oil will be flowing Real Soon Now, which sorta releaves pressure on Orange Donnie. Nothing to see here, nothing to worry about.
Read: Lakeshore Public Media to simulcast WBAA News beginning July 6
This means the end of local NPR in NW Indiana, at least for now. WBAA radio serves Greater Lafayette, Indiana which is not part of NW Indiana. It’s very very sad but it is better than the station just going dead.
Big storm Thursday night. No power for 36 hrs but finally back. Cable internet still out. Bigger worry is the food in the refrigerator if its gone bad. Feh.
Stories that never happened are now all the rage on XTwitter.
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Elon Musk’s DOGE henchmen eliminated the staff and programs to monitor and prevent screw worm. Now we have screw worm outbreak.
The cattle industry should sue Musk personally.
Meanwhile, we have only Trump to deal with this new screw worm plague. Think about that. Doom.
The electricity used by AI data centers is nothing compared to the power used by all the sump pumps the giant Florida mansions of billionaires use trying to keep these places dry.
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I think we need to put some major limits on how many pardons the President can give out to anybody, but especially convicted criminals. No President, of any party, should be handing out trainloads of pardons.
Watch/Listen: Sia - Chandelier (Official Video)
I’ve heard the song many times, love it, but I just saw this official video for the 1st time today and the dancing is just astounding. A must watch if you have not seen it.
Leftovers tonight. Specifically, leftover curried chicken from the local Chinese restaurant, with something, tbd, added to it to stretch it out.
Eggplant Casserole. There it needed to be said.
Still at war with Iran, Strait of Hormuz still closed. No oil. Gas prices at peak. Neighbors starting to dress in Mad Max clothes.
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Headlines: Texas says Trump dropped the ball on screwworm outbreak and it will (yet again) raise beef prices. You know it’s bad when Texas blames or says anything critical about Trump.
Forget buying beef, eat Soylent Green instead.
Random: We need more nursery rhymes about how good trickle down economics is for us.
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So, remind me again why nothing is happening, no prosecutions, on the Epstein Files.
Listen: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (Official Lyric Video)
There is too much talk of war going around. Not good. It’s not just Trump the Feeble, it’s also Putin and Xi and others as well. We’re drifting towards war(s). The CCR song Bad Moon Rising got me thinking of this.
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Somebody on social media pointed out that 2 years ago we were worried about electric vehicle adoption overwhelming the power grid. Now, there’s the big rush to AI data centers that eat energy and barely a mention of the power grid. Same old grid doing both EV’s and data centers?
Alert. We have gone to DefCon 3. Alert. I could not find Aldi’s ground dark French Roast coffee ANYWHERE on Instacart. I normally stock up. My fav. coffee. One by one Aldi drops my favorite items and my reasons to bother shopping there.
Rumor: ICE is requiring social networks (eg. Meta, X, Bsky) to give them a list of anybody who has ever been critical of ICE on their networks.
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There is nothing subtle about Trump’s vindictive punishments of anybody who has opposed him.
OTOH Stephan Colbert has quietly set up a new official YouTube channel, which already has 256K subscribers as of now. He’s not been promoting it but you might want to subscribe.
Good morning. Coffee Mmmm.
Notice how the reason for Trump’s Ballroom has changed: it started out as a ballroom for Trump to sleep through swanky parties but is now justified as a bunker below ground for Trump to hide in and be safe.
Your tax money at work.
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Headlines: Trump says no need to worry about anything with Iran, it’s all going Trumpy-Dory. Trust him.
Were you expecting Epstein Files?
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Trump wants to build a massive triumphal arch, using taxpayers money. What is not clear are what “triumphs” said arch is commemorating. Surely, not anything Trump has done because all his schemes have gone wrong and ended badly so far. Just wondering.