Best line from Trump’s inauguration speech (which I did not watch live, just read about later):
“I was saved by God to make America great again.” Such a moralistic guy, of course God would . . .
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I have long looked at CNN online for decent coverage of stories, latest weather, etc., but now they tell me I have to sign up and pay to read their articles. I might do this eventually, but have not given in yet. It might be the way of the future, though. I read the LA Times daily, as a digital paper; it just arrives in my email, the whole paper, for $4 a week. That’s way cheaper than buying the hard copies, and I have gotten used to it, just like I finally got used to online banking and now like that, too. Maybe it saves a few trees, too.
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In re: to Trump’s hiring freeze idea; he did it before:
Trump promised to take an ax to the federal bureaucracy, purge the conspiracy theorists’ “deep state” from agencies, and create a leaner and more efficient government.
In reality, Trump left the federal workforce a little larger than when he’d arrived.
And as usual, the R’s want to shrink the IRS, when in fact, that costs the government money due to the lack of collection. If you want the gov to take in more, we should hire more IRS agents, plus give them money for training and modern computers, etc.
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As he (Biden, in his farewell speech) laid out, an oligarchy is taking shape in America. In the next administration, the leaders of tech companies and billionaires will likely have unfettered access to the Oval Office. This is now happening. I read that Musk will have an office in or near the White House.
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“The I-5” — Most people in California say that, instead of “I-5.” As in, “Let’s not take the I-5 today.” I used to think that was so wrong, why not just say, “Let’s not take I-5 today.” But now that I live here and talk like that, I think it is okay, as a shortened version of saying “The I-5 Freeway.” And yes, I know that “freeways” are not “free.”
Didja know that it is cheaper to lay track than it is to add a lane to a freeway? More trains! There I go again.
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A couple of weeks ago, I made a large pot of chili, and froze some. We have had a little too much beef lately, so we are having veggie burgers tonight. But we might put some chili on that, thereby partially defeating the purpose of “veggie night.” Oh well, there is chicken in the house and tuna fish and plain pasta with sauce, too!
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NFL. Of the four teams left, I will root for Washington and their rookie QB. No rookie QB has ever won a Super Bowl, and I think it is true that none have ever been in a Superbowl.
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If you can’t stand any more about Trump right now, skip this part.
But the writer, Susan Glasser is one of a few New Yorker writers that I really like (John Cassidy is another) and she posted this:
Exhausted yet? It’s been three full days since Donald Trump returned to the Presidency, and so far he has pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate treaty and the World Health Organization; announced the unilateral cancellation of the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship; reversed an order lowering prescription-drug prices for seniors; threatened a trade war with Canada and Mexico starting February 1st and an actual war with Panama if it doesn’t hand over the Panama Canal; declared an emergency at the southern border and moved to order thousands of U.S. military personnel there; eliminated federal government programs to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and demanded that employees snitch on anyone inside the bureaucracy who might be tempted to continue doing such work anyway; and pardoned the vast majority of the pro-Trump insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, at his behest. And that was in between sword-dancing onstage to the Village People at an inaugural ball; cashing in on the Presidency by marketing the $TRUMP crypto coin, currently worth billions of dollars; and getting in a pissing match with an Episcopalian bishop who dared to question him to his face.–unquote
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So, Monday I get cataract surgery on my right eye. Did the left last November, and one of the best things I could have done for myself (a new hip was good, too). Easy, no pain, quick, and much improved sight. I might not even need glasses after Monday!
All for now, take care,
Kevin
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