Quote of the Day
If we listened to our intellect,
Peter Cetera & Crystal Bernard, "I Wanna Take Forever Tonight"
Quote of the Day
I will charge thee nothing but the promise
Patti LaBelle, "On My Own" ft. MICHAEL MCDONALD
Quote of the Day
I choose to feel good about myself. That way I am more open to learning. - Ken Blanchard
Donna Summer, "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Duet With Barbra Streisand)
The real question is:
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 21, 2024
what is wrong with minorities who support Biden? https://t.co/8HBCzL8GPf
I'm not surprised DeSantis dropped out and endorsed Trump. After spending a ton of resources in Iowa he finished a distant second place. He had been losing ground to Trump for months in the polls, he was trailing badly in Tuesday's primary, and he was running out of money.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 21, 2024
They have multiple issues:
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 21, 2024
- They see Ukraine as a European, not an American problem
- Ukraine's government is corrupt and a drain on our budget deficit; we're enabling unrealistic objectives like annexation of Crimea; Russia see Ukraine in NATO and the EU as a security issue
No, he didn't. What kind of idiot thinks DeSantis ran a Never Trump campaign when he said he would support a nominated Trump, even if convicted, during the debates? https://t.co/1NVBfdvuZF
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 22, 2024
Probably not true. According to Gallup, about 29% of voters are registered Dems. About a quarter of Republicans don't support Trump. A plurality of independents currently support Trump among the decided. A minority of Denocrats don't support Biden. Maybe a plurality of NT Dem. https://t.co/vYz7TcHJs9
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 22, 2024
I was a Never Trump Republican in 2015. I personally never supported DeSantis, who seemed to run as a younger, more effective/electable Trumpist alternative without Trump's baggage. https://t.co/kT1N4SFr58
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 22, 2024
I empathize with Buffalo over the blown field goal attempt against KC. In 1998 the Vikings were the best NFL team but blew a late FG attempt to ice the NFC Championship. Atlanta scored a game-tying TD & kicked a FG in overtime to win.https://t.co/OxGQLZLWX8
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 22, 2024
"He missed it"
PS Besides the Trumpkin troll's bad eyesight (I am a fair-skinned Franco-American but darker conplexions are not unusual) [Haley has a darker skin tone} his comparison to Cherokee Lizzie confuses south Asian with Native American. The latter have a reddish vs wheatish skin tone
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 22, 2024
This seems to be an obscure reference to a defense bill which Trump vetoed and was overwritten on renaming military bases named after Confederate figures. https://t.co/HuNkfX0wl4
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 22, 2024
No. He's not the first to be nominated 3 times; Nixon, FDR, William Jennings Bryan, and Grover Cleveland, off the top of my head.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 22, 2024
He's been popular with the base, he has weak, lesser-known competition, and he's facing an unpopular incumbent and appears competitive https://t.co/pb3w9w9HHs
Not a surprise. Nancy Mace has gone full Trumpkin over the past year. Her campaign, thinking I still lived in SC, tried to recruit me (a libertarian/conservative) as a volunteer. She's become an attack dog on Biden and I took exception to bogus Burisma talking points. https://t.co/HTYxbZ7I7s
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 22, 2024
No. We've survived both Trump and Biden.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 22, 2024
SCOTUS is correct; national defense is a federal, not. a state responsibility. Trespassing does not justify treating human beings like cattle and risking the lives or health of refugees. Straight up, what Texas has been doing is immoral and unconstitutional.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2024
Well, WWE swerved us over Seth Rollins' status. I can't believe he has been medically cleared through Wrestlemania. I halfway thought Damian Priest was working with Gunther as a distraction to cash in MITB, perhaps guaranteeing a title shot to him.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2024
Leftists continue to falsely and repeatedly assert Trump was an insurrectionist, (And I'm a Never Trumper.) He specifically called for a lawful protest Not 1 of his 91 felony counts references insurrection. https://t.co/er4yW9L4WG
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2024
Newsom should know better than to mock Ron DeSantis' withdrawal. He himself still hasn't made a penny on all his Hillary Clinton merch. #sarcasm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2024
A lot of us still can't believe Cuomo got another job in the news after his violation of professional ethics while at CNN.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2024
Unlike Cuomo, Megyn Kelly has experience as a GOP debate moderator. https://t.co/89cqECg348
Karen Carpenter
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 23, 2024
As I write, Trump seems to have won the NH primary by about 11 points in a 2-person race. By any objective standard, he underperformed, coming off the Iowa caucuses against a distant third finisher, who has trailed by nearly twice that margin in polls https://t.co/iW7fgnWgNT
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
#NoOneWantsToAdmit in his young adult years he cast votes for POTUS who won and sucked at his job.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
Republicans seemed determined to nominate Trump for a third straight nomination. It may be a case of being careful of what you wish for. Do you really think a soon-to-be-convicted criminal will be elected President
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
The Trumper tantrum over the very audacity of even one challenger daring to stay in the race after the first primary is familiar nauseating & pathetic. I don't follow his social media account, but his obsessive prolific flood of personal, capitalized insulting posts are abnormal
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
Biden's running on abortion (not a federal issue), "democracy", and a dubious record on the inflationary economy built on unprecedented debt and spending and unfixed senior entitlements may resonate with the party base but is toxic with the independents he needs to win.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
GDP growth of 4.9% reflects one quarter's figures, includes the effects of inflation and unsustainable effects of higher inventories and government spending. Exports also are questionable in a sluggish global economy led by dragging performance in China and Germany.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
Trump went ballistic over his lie that Haley claimed "victory" in NH. I personally heard her congratulate Trump on his victory. But the facts remain he was expected to win by 20% and did half of that and he lost by a landslide among independents, which he needs to win the WH.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
Trump seems to conveniently treat primaries as sudden death playoffs. There are 50 states, not one. Trump has multiple trials upcoming, not to mention at his age he could have a health crisis at any time. He is not a king. He does worse than Haley against Democrats.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
@elonmusk it looks like X is shadowbanning me again. I have now had an improbable long string of posts getting less than a handful of impressions.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
Cartoonist Michael Ramirez has an amusing political cartoon mocking Ron DeSantis for running a Trump Lite campaign. Nope, Trumpkins like the bad boy original: the more impeachments and felony charges, the better. His obsessive insulting all-caps social media posts and nicknames
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
Donald "Sore Loser" Trump refused to attend a single debate, pretending to be focused on Biden. His unhinged victory speech viciously attacked Nikki Haley, someone who served in his own cabinet, apparently for not kissing his ring, channeling his inner sexist asshole.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
Donald "Sore Loser" Trump refused to attend a single debate, pretending to be focused on Biden. His unhinged victory speech viciously attacked Nikki Haley, someone who served in his own cabinet, apparently for not kissing his ring, channeling his inner sexist asshole.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
Former Congressman and Reagan OMB director David Stockman has written a new bestselling book "Trump's War on Capitalism".
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 24, 2024
Stockman's appraisal of RINO Trump from the book promo below is spot on and closely parallels my own views. Recall Stockman resigned over deficits... pic.twitter.com/757kWZFNVJ
If chivalry isn't dead in the South, SC will rebuke the jackass Trump for his unprovoked attack on former Gov. Haley in the coming primary. I'm tired of Trump's uncivil behavior. My dad never treated my mom like that; it's time people stopped excusing his juvenile behavior.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2024
It is not up to Texas to enforce or adjudicate US immigration violations under US law and the Constitution. Treating foreign visitors inhumanely, especially refugees, is a crime against humanity https://t.co/9AsVDExaLT
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2024
Idiot actors try and fail to rationalize uncivil SOBs like RINO Trump. I'm tired of self-entitled entertainers boring the rest of us with their political rubbish.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2024
Roe, affirmative action and student debt bailouts were unconstitutional interventions by the judicial or executive branches. The general government is strictly limited in what it can do under the Constitution no matter what incompetent leftist justices decide.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2024
Steele is right of course. Except Trump won't recognize references to Moses or Jesus. He didn't get that far in cheap hotel room nightstand Bibles waiting on his adulterous mistresses. #sarcasm https://t.co/Pbuz9u9p3P
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2024
Hell no. If you think a Trumpkin can win a statewide race in Maine, you've lost touch with reality. Trumpkins inly make up maybe a third of the party base at the most.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2024
I'm a Never Trumper who agrees A14S3 does not apply to Trump. But make no mistake: I will complete my hat trick of voting against Trump and his opponent https://t.co/kNNwnTAhpC
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2024
You know that "Susan Collins" is going to get attacked by the Orange RINO for not kissing his ring
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2024
Constitutionally illiterate rubbish. Sen. Collins could vote third party or even write in a vote for say, Nikki Haley. She doesn't have to settle for RINO Trump
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2024
Yes. In fact, I recall on a business trip and meeting an older Latina room maid. She probably couldn't speak much English but she flashed the friendliest smile and took pride in her hard work. I felt blessed meeting such a sweet lady.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2024
Yes. In fact, I recall on a business trip and meeting an older Latina room maid. She probably couldn't speak much English but she flashed the friendliest smile and took pride in her hard work. I felt blessed meeting such a sweet lady.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 25, 2024
Do you know how many suckers Trump has to scam to pay off an $83M judgment?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2024
Reports that Trump wants to scuttle current border settlement negotiations in order to use the issue against Biden in the fall election campaign are yet another example is Trump putting his own personal interests over those of America.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2024
What amazes me is how evil men like Bill Clinton, Trump and Vince McMahon think they're above the law, that they can get away with sexually exploiting women
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2024
What amazes me is how evil men like Bill Clinton, Trump and Vince McMahon think they're above the law, that they can get away with sexually exploiting women
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 27, 2024
Quote of the Day
Neil Diamond & Buffy Lawson, "Marry me"
The latest CDC weekly summary:
A few related notes of interest:
After a cloudburst of blog pagevuews early week, rhe rest of the week saw lackluster readership. Twitter/X readership also dragged to a more suspect level--like a long string of over a dozen posts or tweets with under a handful of impressions, leading for me to believe I'm being shadow banned. I mean like just a tenth of my small number of followers on top trends. It's hard to tell what's going on because, one of those tweets got a like from an unfamiliar account, and in the middle of the streak one tweet got a decent number of impressions.
I suspect a hostile actor is targeting my Internet connections. I had some technical issues with apps and cloud accounts with my paid VPN service. Over the week I had chronic network stability issues. Long story short, my ISP denied any issue but replaced my router and patch cord. If I still have a problem, they suggested my PC might be experiencing a hardware failure. But soon thereafter it was clear the issue didn't have to do with the replaced components. I started looking for a more recent budget desktop. I tried another VPN setup which had been tricky in the past. After some configuration stability issues, all of a sudden my network connection problems have seemingly gone away, not so much as a hiccup in hours. This doesn't mean the problem is resolved; there could still be failing hardware but I noticed the problems picked up again when I stopped the VPN
As I write, I'm watching the Royal Rumble, the WWE's first PLE since Survivor Series. The women's Rumble match was entertaining. I felt sorry for Chelsea Green who got mercilessly squashed repeatedly before getting tossed out of the ring. Besides the expected return of Naomi, we saw the late return of Liv Morgan. I hate to say it but her intro giggle reminds me of Trish Stratus'. But the one I really enjoyed seeing was the former AEW champion Jade Cargill, who has a distinctively muscular physique, similat to Bianca Belair and Ivy Nile. Bayley won, which I fully expected; I think WWE has been teasing an implosion of Bayley's heel faction, Damage Control, Another faction member holds rhe Smackdown women's title.
Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, "When You Believe"
Quote of the Day
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly.
Anne Murray (With Dave Loggins), "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do"
Quote of the Day
You don't get harmony
John Travolta/Olivia Newton John. "Summer Nights"
Quote of the Day
Coming together is a beginning.
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John, "You're the one that I want"
Quote of the Day
You can't help someone get up a hill
Donna Lewis , "At The Beginning" Feat. Richard Marx
Quote of the Day
If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take,
David Bowie & Mick Jagger, "Dancing In The Street"
It is hard to overstate Trump's failed role during the pandemic. He's scientifically illiterate, promoted crackpot cures, discouraged testing, opposed state containment policies, and incompetently tried to make himself televant at COVID-19 pressers.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 14, 2024
Anyone who thinks Trump is "good" on foreign policy is not paying attention. He ran against Bush's wars, didn't end them, outbombed Obama, procured record military budgets, hired neo-cons into influential roles, assassinated an Iranian government official,teased Venezuelan war... https://t.co/CM4ahJ8na5
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2024
I live in Maryland. The dude who Trump endorsed to succeed term-limited Hogan lost by a landslide. Period. https://t.co/JPi9jCCgqt
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2024
First, RFK is a leftist. Trump is a former Democrat. Hogan and Haley, unlike Trump, are real conservatives. And Hogan, unlike Trump, won a blue state. https://t.co/UUmfpH35jh
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2024
Cherokee Lizzie is calling for legislator pay raises. Bless her heart!
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 15, 2024
It seems Harvard pays a plagiarizing former school President almost a million a year. Biden plagiarizes, too, but only makes $400K. https://t.co/m9dZeJ9Rzl
Nikki Haley fears facing DeSantis in a NH debate. DeSantis has been the best debater in the field including Trump. Haley has momentum in NH and the last thing Haley wants is for DeSantis to build on his runner-up finish in Iowa.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2024
Republicans might want to decide if they want to vote for RINO 91-felony-count, twive-impeached sore loser Trump who couldn't even beat Biden as an incumbent.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2024
Never Trump Republicans could do what I did in 2016, join the LP like other principled conservatives https://t.co/3T13hwbduj
Because he's not Joe Biden and some people thought things were better under Trump.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2024
Leftists are in a state of Denial, not Iowa. Of 6 Iowa polls, Trump beats Biden by a minimum of 8 points. All 6 Representatives and Senators are Republicans.https://t.co/cvUswXAnZB
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2024
"only 14%" https://t.co/RMuiwErLGB
First of all, Dodd makes any Roe codification unconstitutional. I'm sure there are a number of single-issue, pro-abort voters but every poll I've seen ranks issues like immigration and the economy higher. https://t.co/YKvA7ZfiRs
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2024
Trumpkins like Kirk are idiots. Recall Trump didn't quarantine American travelers during the early pandemic. He targeted foreign visitors.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2024
Kirk is more interested in xenophobia than public health. Measle vaccines have been available for decades. Crackpot anti-vaxxers at fault. https://t.co/kx8Zg93ZnR
What's your point? Noem doesn't have as many sex scandals as Donald Trump?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2024
Leftist idiots don't understand the Favre scandal. Favre received $!.1M for unfulfilled services OTHERS took from TANF funds. Favre repaid the money. He lobbied for Southern Miss facility funding. No criminal charges, didn't know source
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2024
"Brett Favre"https://t.co/sKLMPO4bKK
You leftists have an obsession with the sex lives of politicians. I was one of the first Never Trumpers. Trump could nominate a yellow dog and I wouldn't care. My point was most of Kirk's VP picks suck. My response was to suggest someone else.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2024
Only 1 person on your list has any public service executive experience, Kristi Noem, and she also has federal experience as a Congresswoman. I'm not sure SD balances the ticket. He might want to look at the Texas governor.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 16, 2024
Because you are paying off your loan with cheaper dollars, you made a voluntary contract to pay the loan, and it isn't fair to the rest of us who paid off any education debts to have to pay off yours.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
They don't. Most delegates needed to win are chosen in other states. There are polls and other criteria (donations) to qualify debate candidacy well before a vote is cast.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
No. For one thing, it was a riot, not an insurrection. Second, J6 happened because pf poor security planning. Third, Trump specifically argued for a peaceful protest.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
The major issue I have with Trump was his dereliction of duty once the riot had started.
You don't think Trump bribing farmers isn't intrinsically corrupt?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
I don't have an issue with farmers hiring willing workers wherever they come from.
Utter rubbish and I'm an original Never Trumper. The Constitution decides the criteria to run for office. There was no "coup" on J6--no hint of any military involvement. If you're some loser incumbent who can't convince the American people not to vote for Trump, your fault.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
One poll now shows post-Christie withdrawal, Haley has tied Trump in NH with about 10% undecided. Her problem is where she would win again if she does pull off an upset.https://t.co/sYHBkdfw6f
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
CNN talking point: "But government spending is a huge contributor to the nation’s gross domestic product, and a sudden cut to spending will have wider effects."
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
Chicken or the egg? Taxes take money out of the productive economy. Circuses and bread are morally hazardous.
Some Trumpkin FNC contributor is whining the MSM didn't cover his victory lap after the Iowa caucuses.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
Seriously, the dude is a publicity whore. His crimes and civil trials get plenty of MSM attention. The dude thinks he's above the law: contempt of court in the Carroll case.
Trump is a disagreeable self-serving SOB. He's bitching loud enough to his lawyers in court to interrupt jurors. Judge Kaplan is warning Trump could get his ass kicked out of court. Personally, I wish the judge would slap the taste out of his mouth.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
I never understood the quixotic GOP primary campaign of Ramaswamy who served as Trump's biggest cheerleader at debates. Then Trump slaps him down over the weekend, he loses badly Monday, withdraws and promptly endorses Trump. I wonder if he offered his other cheek to Trump.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
Hell no. Conspiracy rubbish.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
I had to Google the allegation. The OP is using 2019 pictures. The facts are in dispute. Mexico claims it recovered 3 dead bodies, including the kids, on the US side of the Rio Grande. Texas needs to cede control to the Border Patrol. https://t.co/rh7tCr9nvh https://t.co/3wEutnBGEV
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
So this is what FNC is bitching about. I didn't know FNC viewers watched MSNBC. As I've noted, Trump has always lusted for power and glory. Of course, Trump feels entitled to coverage. Starve the beast. He didn't even participate in debates. https://t.co/jZrZyymOnA
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 17, 2024
My latest essay reviews the recent Iowa GOP debate; granted, the post follows caucus results but my analysis of the 2 candidacies is the most detailed to date and relevant. https://t.co/CN0T65J4FZ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2024
According to RCP, Trump's "LOT" lead over Biden is a statistically insignificant 1.3 points. He doesn't even reach 2020's 46%.https://t.co/b4jLmbfMJP https://t.co/EB3yTBgGTb
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2024
Trump is bitching as usual, this time over the judge's refusal to delay the Carroll trial so he can also attend his MIL's funeral. Always the victim. I'm sure the MIL wasn't happy with the father of her grandson cheating on her daughter with a porn actress 4 months after birth.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2024
OMG, Sore Loser Trump is now stealing talking points from DeSantis who took a shot at Haley at the Iowa debate for citing Hillary Clinton as an inspiration for earning a major party POTUS nomination. Trump has a history of targeting Hillary.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2024
I was wondering why Biden wasn't on next week's NH Dem primary ballot. It seems Biden wanted SC to have the first Dem primary. to which the national party agreed. NH disagreed defending its first state tradition. The national party is sanctioning NH. So Dems are writing in Biden
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2024
And Trumpkins want you to believe BIDEN has dementia. I think Trump, as usual inarticulate and incompetent here, is referencing a crackpot conspiracy theory involving a speculative Fed digital currency and a dollar recall. https://t.co/IouqP5xMpw
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2024
Whiter Shade of Pale
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2024
Discriminatory laws have been part of the history of the country and states (both North and South). On the national level, consider the Chinese immigration exclusion act and the segregated military until Truman.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 18, 2024
Red Skelton
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 19, 2024
From Brazil.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 19, 2024
I love Lucy.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 19, 2024
Because that's where she hired her housekeeper. #sarcasm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 19, 2024
No. I don't agree with some of Texas' tactics, but unauthorized migrants pose a risk to public safety and law and order. Let the courts decide the constitutionality of Texas policies.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 19, 2024
Yup. It's called moral hazard. Sucking on the taxpayer did encourages undue dependence
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 19, 2024
The only thing that brings Trump closer to God is when he finds a Bible in the cheap hotel room nightstand when he cheats on his latest wife. #sarcasm https://t.co/B6mSrHZpy5
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 19, 2024
Indian Reservation.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 19, 2024
Rin Tin Tin. Lassie. (I'm a Boomer.)
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 19, 2024
I myself can't believe Americans ever elected Lee to Congress.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 19, 2024
I'm sure others have made a similar point, but I'm stunned that Tim Scott would endorse Trump, undermining the candidacy of former Gov. Nikki Haley, who named him to fill DeMint's old Senate seat. I guess Ben Carson now has to share his Blacks for Trump phonebooth.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 20, 2024
"So we’re stuck with two narcissistic, circa-80 pols in a race most of us don’t want." - Maureen Dowd
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 21, 2024
I haven't read the piece beyond the quote, but the quote itself is spot on. Leftists are pissed she seems to equate Biden and Trump. They differ, but they are both flawed.
Of course, Trump is an uncivil, narcissistic, incompetent, unprincipled, manipulative, failed former President who is unworthy of ever holding public office again.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 21, 2024
#TrumpIsNotWell
Trump's insane self-serving "You have to give a President immunity" contradicts the very notion of the rule of law. No one, especially a serial criminal like Trump, is above the law. He has been charged with more crimes than all prior Presidents put together. He's not a victim,
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 21, 2024
There's a difference between conservatism and nationalism. Abortifacients have been evil since the time of Hippocrates. But you can't put a genie back into the bottle. Prohibitions create less transparent black markets. https://t.co/ixd4dRqwaW
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 21, 2024
Dotard-in-chief Trump can't make up his mind whether Haley is Hillary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi, just like he thought Ms. Carroll was his second wife. And the hypocrite questions Biden's mental fitness?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) January 21, 2024
John Denver with Olivia Newton John, "Fly Away"
The latest weekly stats from CDC:
Other notes of interest:
CDC data show that only 2 in 5 people have received their flu vaccine so far this season and about 1 in 6 getting the latest vaccine to fight COVID.
It was a fairly light week of readership on the blog and Twitter/X. Fewer double-digit pageview daily posts; the special format posts did better but only modestly so. The 15.5 year blog finally crossed the 400K pageview mark although I believe several thousand of those are questionable.
I did some long overdue spring cleaning on my key cosolidated hard drive repository folders, including emails, software, podcasts, digital magazines, etc. In some cases, it's humorous. For example, I used to save Bush's weekly addresses, but never found the time to listen to many of them . I had 8-year old sales and news emails. I had copies of Netscape files and other software products no longer supported or published and/or I never installed. Part of the reason for that it can take hours to clone my files on a new hard drive and/or to the cloud and it doesn't make sense to maintain stuff I rarely if ever use.
As if it wasn't bad enough I recently had a mini-PC die on me, I had one of my redundant external drives go south in less than a year of use. I also got scammed by a cheap cloud computing deal that offered lifetime multi-TB storage. If it sounds too good to be true... To date, I've been unable to upload a single file. I trusted the reseller.. I'm going to protest the charge; neither the vendor or reseller have been responsive to date