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I've also been told I have little tact, so if this offends you simply ride on.

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Acountability

 Well, it's Thursday, the sun is shining, and the temps are supposed to reach up into the lower 70s (F).  I'm supposed to work today, that schedule is not fixed in stone, however.   I have to call the repair shop this morning and see how they are doing with my car.  When I picked up my rental Jeep, I was told I was supposed to return it today. If this is not the case, I'll need to contact Erie Insurance and let them know there's been a delay.

I received 2 notifications within the past week of utilities that have applied to increase their rates.  Son of a bitch!  Both water and electric have asked to charge more.  Per PP&L (my electric provider), the average family could see their cost go up by as much as $34 per month.  If mine goes up that much, it would be a 33% increase.  I will have to wait until June to see how much my rate will go up.  I feel sorry for single parent households when the costs go up and the paycheck stays the same, but then that's American Capitalism for you.

While I don't watch too much TV, there are certain shows I like.  I tolerate (barely) Picard.  My biggest problem is that it seems like every single cast member has a story arc.  I wonder if they have it written into their contracts that they each get a personalized, four-minute storyline in each episode.

One show I really am liking is Halo, on Paramount, and not because it stars 6-foot, 5-inch Pablo Schreiber as the MasterChef.  Scientists took him as a child and made him into the perfect fighting machine... well, not quite.  Whereas Picard is cartoony, this show is quite intense.  If you're looking for warm, fuzzy, feelgood endings stick with Picard.  If you want to sit in your chair and say, "Holy shit!," give Halo a watch.



For those who don't know, there has been a surge in hepatitis among children under 6 years of age.  One of the things they know about his illness is that all of these children had Covid, and were too young to be given a vaccine.  These cases are not isolated, but are happening all over the world, and every day more children are diagnosed.  

And I understand justice Alito has cancelled an appearance at a Circuit Court meeting scheduled for today. That's just one tidbit.  Barriers are being put up around the Supreme Court building, that's another.  Sounds like they're expecting an outpouring of American rage.  Not that the Republicans care.  They are the party of the selfish.  They need to be taught the lesson that they are not special, that they too have accountability.


9 comments:

  1. I have not watched Picard. And I used to like the whole Deep Space Nine and Star Trek universe thing.
    The cost of living is gonna get a hike. I've noticed it in my grocery shopping and gas. Obviously everything is gonna go up after all the shit we've been going through these past years. Expect the Repugs to blame uncle Joe and the MAGAts to keep adoring their golden calf, the living representation of capitalism.
    And you know what I think? Alito leaked the draft himself. Al Franken flouted that theory and it makes sense: it distracts from the impact it has, it distracts from the Jan 6 investigation, it distracts from Cheeto's fuckery and it gives the right wing some good red meat.
    Be prepared to have some hapless Alito clerk to get blamed for the leak.
    What's not to like?
    XOXO

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    1. Actually, rumors are swirling that it may have been done by Ginni Thomas in a fit of religious fervor.

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    2. Hahahaha
      Oh that See You Next Tuesday does need people to be distracted from her treason, no?

      XOXO

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  2. Enjoy the weather. We had our one nice day this week and now it is trending towards dog shit. I do believe that is the correct meteorlogical term. Halo is great. Kyle and I really like it. Hope you get your vehicle back soon.

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    1. I had a customer this afternoon who was buying plastic runner. His son is supposed to get married on Saturday during a deluge. Right now, i think Halo is the sci-fi on TV.

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  3. Alito can FOAD and take Ginni and Clarence Amy Coathanger Barrett with her.

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    1. Politically speaking, he's as Cracker Jack Crazy as the worst of them.

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  4. Capitalism at it's worse is happening rampantly, when they can charge more, they will, profits being more important than people of coarse. The corruption of the Supreme Court is more than terrifying, it's a slippery slope mired in Religious and Political Fanaticism and Extremism that never should have a place in the Courts, let alone the highest one in the Land. Who they come for next is fairly predictable... this is something orchestrated for a long, long time, IQ45 was just the beginning of what could be the end of our Democracy and a surge towards Fascism and a form of Sharia Law led by Fundies of every extreme form of Religious Zeal that pretends to be Christians.

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    1. We are losing to unfettered American capitalism. This will not end well for them.

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