WARNING WARNING WARNING WILL ROBINSON!
HE WHO?
Like climate change - we have been warned.
the Ol'Buzzard
DID I RUN AND AM I TIRED?
WARNING WARNING WARNING WILL ROBINSON!
HE WHO?
Like climate change - we have been warned.
the Ol'Buzzard
After the
debate between President Biden and Donald Trump, there are calls for Joe Biden
to step down as the Democrat nominee for President in 2024. It wasn’t just a bad debate performance we saw
on CNN, Joe Biden’s performance brought into full display a man struggling with
aging senility.
Biden’s
mental decline was on full display during the debate. Biden froze, he could not carry a train of
thought, and he was unable to mount the simplest retort to the flagrant lies
Trump was spouting; after the debate his wife led him onto the stage at the
Democrat after-debate gathering, she had to speak for him while he stood there
giving thumbs up. It was pitiful, and it
hurt to watch.
In my
opinion, Biden has been an excellent President with great accomplishments
despite a divided Congress. He seems
capable of delivering a cogent response when reading off a prompter, but his
responses ramble when speaking off the cuff.
And the sight of him wandering off to give the paratroopers a thumbs up
at the G-7 summit was disturbing.
I believe
Biden should step down. There are plenty
of Democrats capable of speaking coherently and carrying the fight to Trump. I
fear running Biden, whose fitness to govern for the next four years is
questionable as the Democrat choice, may throw the election to Trump.
The choice
of Biden/Trump brings to center stage the importance of flipping the House of
Representatives to Democrats as a critical election strategy. If Trump were to be elected it would require
a Democrat House majority to keep him in check
the Ol'Buzzard
When I turn
on the news this morning the speculation about the Presidential debate between
President Biden and Trump consumed the cable news outlets. All this
speculation is ridiculous as we only have to wait until nine o'clock tonight
and all will be revealed.
As there is
nothing I can do to affect the outcome of the debate tonight, so I made toast,
a boiled egg, and tea – these I have control over.
Actually, I
have little control over the way my toast comes out of the toaster.
I must have owned a dozen toasters over the
years and have always complained about uneven toasting or toast darker on one
side than the other.
The last
toaster I owned was a Cuisinart. It had
a shiny stainless steel body, but it toasted no better than the twelve-dollar
toaster from Walmart. The wrapped wire heating elements made in China in the twelve-dollar toaster at Walmart are likely the exact same Chinese
wire heating elements we find in Cuisinart.
After going
on YouTube if found that Dash was listed as one of the best toasters by
America’s Test Kitchen.
For the last
two years, I have owned a Dash toaster.
Though not perfect, it is the best toaster I have ever owned – and it
comes in colors.
Instead of the wrapped wire element, the Dash
has four ceramic rods, one on the top and one on the bottom of each side. These rods glow red hot and toast the bread
fairly evenly.
Dash also has a window so you can watch the toasting process. The Dash has defrost, reheat, and bagel buttons.
I have never used the defrost
or reheat -perhaps they are for Poptarts and frozen waffles - but the bagel
button lights the rods on one side of the toaster, toasting only the cut half
of the bagel.
So this
morning instead of watching the bed-wetting, speculation, and hype about this
evening’s debate, I made a piece of toast, a boiled egg, and a cup of tea, and
decided to post about the Dash toaster that gave me a nice dark, evenly toasted
bread this morning.
I don’t post
for any company or product; but when I find something I like I will pass it on.
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Ol’Buzzard
Walmart
hires a lot of disabled and handicapped people.
When I enter the Walmart here in town I see several people who wouldn’t
be able to hold a job elsewhere, yet they have employment at Walmart.
The local
Super Store is a large employer in our area.
I know that pay scales and conditions often get highlighted by I-Hate-Walmart-People,
but in a rural area where jobs are scarce, especially for older and less employable
workers, Walmart is an option. And they
are always hiring.
Almost any
product I buy now, I buy through Walmart online. The reason is, that if I receive the product
and have a problem with it, or just decide I don’t like it, I can drive down to
Walmart and return it for a full refund on the spot, no questions asked: no repackaging,
shipping labels or dealing with some customer service department.
All the
surrounding small towns in our county depend on the local Walmart for products that
would not be available locally otherwise, as our nearest big box stores would
be an hour or more drive away – and for people physically unable to shop,
Walmart delivers.
ALSO
The store is airconditioned and so what better place for people watching?
You can always see something great at Walmart.
the Ol'Buzzard
For decades
Christians have been subtly moving to establish a Christian Caliphate in this
country – to declare the United States ‘A Christian Nation’ under
Christian rules and doctrine, and under a Christian Sharia law.
Future punishment for abortion? |
Now it is
not so subtle. Christian Nationalists,
through the Republican Party, have dismantled Roe vs Wade, they are coming for contraception
by declaring fetus personhood. Women’s
sexuality (original sin) is in their crosshairs, along with the LGBT+
community.
In Louisiana
Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a bill requiring all public classrooms to display the
Ten Commandments.
This is just
the beginning.
It is not enough that a person can walk into a gun shop or gun show and walk out with a military-style semi-automatic high-velocity weapon with an extended magazine. Now the conservative Supreme Court has nullified a ban on bump stocks, which can turn semi-automatic weapons into rapid-fire mass killing machines like the ones used in the Las Vegas shooting that killed sixty people and wounded five hundred.
Just wait
until the next mass shooting….
This country is fucking nuts
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