The big news of this
week is that there is going to be another government shut-down. This one is sponsored by the democrats rather
than by the republicans. The democrats
say they are going to force a government shut-down by not approving a budget
unless it contains DACA provisions for the dreamers. Chicanos used to call President Obama the “deporter
and chief”. President Obama did deport a
lot of illeagels. I guess you say the
democrats are doing it just because they have the power and they intend to use
it. The Republicans need nine more votes
in the Senate to pass a budget and the democrats aim to not let them get
them. Of course it’s partially President
Trump’s fault by blowing up the DACA deal last Thursday with all of that
African “shit hole” stuff the media was hopelessly sidetracked by. The media and the American people missed the
main picture that President Trump appears to make deals and then backs out of
them turning around on a dime. We’ve
seen this behavior on his part a lot lately.
At nine thirty I turned
on the Bill Handel show after Nora was through.
The “house whisperer” guy was on with the same basic presentation he’d
given to Gary and Shannon. He talked
about the no touch toilets where the toilet senses your presence and warms the
toilet seat and the floor beneath your feet.
I guess it’s a “bide” thing that automatically sprays and blows your
butt dry. Bill Handel has one of these
modern toilets in his house. There are a
lot of household items at the Consumer Electronics show last week. But they’re mixed in with everything
else. There are also no touch bathtubs
and no touch showers. All you need to do
is tell the shower how hot to make the water.
I wouldn’t know because I don’t take a thermometer with me when I
shower. There are also these pop up
floor projectors. They are 8K projectors
or something that are powerful enough to produce a 150 inch image. The other time they said you didn’t even need
a screen with these things but just project them on the wall. I don’t know about that. At ten o clock I went out for a snack in the
courtyard. I got two Oreos and a
lemonade.
Jeff Flake is a flake
according to Norman Goldman. He gives
all of these moralizing speeches before the Senate. And he wrote that book of his. But in the end he votes the straight line
republican agenda. The media is trying
to start a rumor that Jeff is going to “Primary” President Trump in 2020. He’s not running for reelection as you
know. The other political news of the
day is that Steve Bannon is not going to testify before congress because he’s
only going to testify before the grand jury of former director Muller. Some people have these rose colored visions
that somehow Muller is a genious for manipulating the thing so that Bannon rats
out all of the higher ups including Trump himself. I don’t see that happening. Then we have the second annual “Pink pussy
cat” mass women’s protests on January 20th or the first anniversary
of Donald Trump’s inauguration. With any
luck this one might even get more media notice, though last year’s got
plenty. But I hold some vague hope that
a blue tide is rising in America.
The
Trump administration released the President’s results from the physical he had
last Friday. His temperature was 98.4. His height is 75 inches and his weight is 239. His blood pressure was in the normal range and he's not taking any BP medication. His cholesterol was 221 or just a little high
and he’s taking Crestor for it and that amount will be increased. All of his systems are normal except he’s
just a little heavy. His heart and lungs
and brain and nervous system and genital-urilogical tract is all normal. He’s recently had a colonoscopy and is not
due for another one yet. In short the
President is as healthy as a horse. He’s
in great shape for someone 71. His
fasting blood sugar was 89. My last one
was 82. Of course one topic not touch
was the president’s psychological health.
That’s another story.
This
is Wednesday January 17, 2018 and it’s the eighth day Bill has been gone. They aren’t giving out information. One song that slipped through the cracks in
May of 2006 or our rock compilation is “The Cradle Will Rock” by Van
Halen. I don’t know how that song
slipped through but we don’t have it. Just
before eleven I was drowsy and roused myself and went out for a cigarette. I was in the dining room early with
waiting. Jerry thinks that Susan is
actually a hypochondriac because every day she complains of some new
ailment. We were supposed to have beef stroganoff. That’s what it said on the menu. Actually they had macaroni and cheese. I guess they didn’t have any beef- - - and
didn’t have any stroganoff either. We
had mixed vegetables and also a dinner roll, but no butter. We got seconds on the amberosia which today
featured both the cream and the marshmellows.
I had to go back to the counter for coffee because the coffee cart passed
us by.
The Minisota Vikings
defeated the New Orleans Saints in one of the wildest finishes ever. The Vikings scored the first seventeen
points. The Saints scored toward the end
of the third quarter just before dinner making it 17 to 7. After dinner the score was 20 to 14 with over
eight minutes left to play. The lead
changed four times in the last three or so minutes of the game. First the Saints scored making it 21 to
20. Then the Vikings scored a field goal
we were all on pins and needles about making it 23 to 21. But there was still a minute left to play and
the Saints marched down the field with seeming ease and scored a field goal
making it 24 to 23. But there were still
about fifteen seconds left. Things
looked pretty hopeless as the clock wound down even further. But then the Vikings scored a flookish
touchdown. There was a Saint there ready
to tackle him as soon as he caught the ball but he didn’t but had a puzzled
look on his face as the Viking scooted right by him. And I’m sure he was thinking “I can’t believe
it” as he scored. The final score was
thus 30 to 24 and the game went on till after five.
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