Today’s Quote:
Language is a unifying instrument which binds people together. When people speak one language they become as one, they become a society.
– S. I. Hayakawa
Well the Big Bloated Bastard Bill has passed. ICE is going to get a huge amount of money, bigger than the US Marine Corps. So maybe ICE will have the money to buy proper uniforms that look like uniforms not some cross between an Army surplus and a second hand shop. Just saying.
Good morning. Have a good Independence Day. Gonna be hot here.
To me a good Independence Day would be if Trump keeps his mouth shut. It won’t happen but it could. Maybe he’ll waddle around his golf course.
Not that much fireworks could be heard last night, but tonight will probably be noisy.
Given that there are 3 huge fireworks retail stores at the Interstate exit, I suspect I’ll hear some fireworks this evening. More, of course tomorrow.
True confession: I never liked Tang and I was not a big fan of Space Food Sticks.
Good morning. Coffee and breakfast done so tea it is.
The Czech Republic is now manufacturing more 155mm artillery shells than the US. Think about that. We’re a superpower and we can’t make enough of our own shells after years of warning. We’ve way over consolidated our defense industry.
Today’s Quote:
Learning to write is learning to think. You don’t know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.
– S. I. Hayakawa
If your kids forget to say, ‘please’ or ‘thank you’ tell them that JD Vance will crawl through their bedroom window at night and eat them if they forget to say it again.
Good morning. Coffee almost done, 1st breakfast awaits.
Trump is questioning the citizenship of both Mamdani and Musk. Trump needs a new playlist, because he can’t think and can’t think of anything new.
Today’s Quote:
I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.
– Roger Zelazny
Good morning. Coffee done. 1st breakfast done. On hot black tea now.
Ukraine is going through hell, having a real tough time. It’s a shame Trump and we, the USA has abandoned them.
Okay, Botox lips seem to be all the fashion rage right now. This is just a guess, but I think fat Botox eyebrows will be the next big fashion rage. Don’t ask me why I don’t understand any of it.
We already have storm-chasers. I think we should have sinkhole chasers as well. Kinda like storm chasers but a lot slower.
Today’s Quote:
I don’t want to be an alarmist, but I think that the Younger Generation is up to something…. I base my apprehension on nothing more definite than the fact that they are always coming in and going out of the house, without any apparent reason.
– Robert Benchley
Good morning. Coffee done, First breakfast awaits.
Trump’s big bloated bill in congress builds nothing, gives massive tax break to billionaires and adds $2T to the deficit. What happened to the GOP worrying about increasing the deficit?
Today’s Quote:
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
– Robert Benchley
The grocery business has become too consolidated. There is something wrong when the closure of one store in an area creates a food desert. I blame consolidation.
I’ve read that some rural towns, not big enough to interest big corps, are trying a cooperative model to open a town grocery.
Good morning. Started with coffee. On Jewel-Osco Signature French dark roast, which is good.
Fireworks last night. Not in the ‘hood but more distant. Sounded like a big pro display. It will be fireworks every night till the 4th.
Joe Rogan has a stalker. The stalker’s nicknamed ‘The Liver King’. You can’t make this stuff up.
THEM: All our news is phony and made up by AI.
Also THEM: And we’re going to put it behind a paywall.
Me on Congressional Democrats: I now understand what the Hippies meant by the term, “The Establishment”.
Today’s Quote:
A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
– Robert Benchley
It’s been decades since I played or DM’ed D&D, but if I still did, i’d write up stats for Trump, Vance and Trump’s cabinet members as monsters for The Monster Manual.
Good morning. Nothing like the aroma when opening a sealed bag of coffee. It’s so good that sniffing coffee is probably illegal.
Trump is a fink.
Yesterday, I started getting SMS texts asking for money for specific Democrat politicians. Like one per hour.
First, I don’t trust that these are legit. Second, Dems need to show some backbone and fight before I donate. Third, bombarding me w/ texts all of a sudden does not earn trust.