Flowers and the Right Wingers

Greetings people of Earth.  How are you all doing in your respective climates?  Much of the world is overheated.  Europe is hot and on fire.  Swifts (the little birds) are leaving their nests in 100 degree temperatures and dying shortly thereafter.  Monsoon is coming to Tucson and as far north as Yellowstone, with flash flooding predicted.  Locusts must be on the way shortly.

Here in the Inland Empire (I did not make this name up), it has been dreary up until about an hour ago, then the sun popped out.  Here are flower pictures.  The previous owner planted peonies.  The ones called Fried Egg peonies have bloomed.

These are the neighbors'.  Are they not magnificent?

Two days ago we rode to the lake.  It was good, a little breezy, but nice weather.  Since we've been riding the mountain bikes and not the road bikes cross winds do not bother us because the bikes act like anchors.  Of course, they do that on uphills, as well.

There was an end of school event in process.  I think they were middle schoolers, they were noisy as all get out.  I feel bad for them, they'll be growing up in an authoritarian regime with limited prospects.

This comes under the heading of "you gotta want to do it."  There are two enormous tents, as well as the open air cook out station.  Look at all of the stuff.  There are solar panels leaning against the vehicle, so they're well prepared for everything.

Remember the following comment, left on another blogger's post after January 6, 2021?  I re-posted it here.

Oh my. This requires a little more research. It was not Trump supporters but ANTIFA carrying Trump flags. You can't believe everything you see on the news any more. That lady was a veteran standing outside on the lawn and was shot by the police by mistake. Where is the outrage about that? What about all the killings, looting and burning in Portland and Seattle? Where was the outrage then? News stations used to tell the truth. Now they tell you what they want you to believe. Sadly, people do believe it without further investigation.

The woman who was a veteran and was killed was Ashli Babbit, who was killed as she broke a window into a hallway which would have allowed the mob access to the area where law makers were hiding. 

These are recent comments on the same blogger's posts about the US.  The blogger, who is Canadian, used to spend winters in Quartzsite, so he's not a stranger to the US.  The first was left after a post in which he said he had been watching the January 6 hearings, and that the day's hearings had focused on the danger VP Pence was in because the mob wanted to kill him.  This is the response to that post.

Why oh why are you waisting time on the railroading of Americans? It was nothing of what they are saying. There are 1400+ hours of video that is not being released. The police killed a women, Roseanne Boylan, in the tunnel leading to the set-up. Please do not believe this fake narrative. It is NOT THE TRUTH! Roy Epps and his FBI buddies were responsible. Epps was on the FBI watch list until it was brought to their attention that people knew who he was. He is on video telling people to "go INTO the capital". He is no longer on the watch list and was never EVER questioned. What they have done to the political prisoners they are holding is horrendous and cannot believe they are getting away with going against our constitution. They even hired an abc producer to create a show trial. Please don't believe it and stop giving them ratings they don't deserve.

Please note that Roseanne Boylan was not killed in the tunnel by the police, she fell and was trampled to death by the rioters.  Epps's name is Ray, not Roy.

This was left today, by the same writer of the first comment I referenced.  I thought maybe after some time had passed that she would have recognized that she was wrong about January 6, that things Fox had told her were wrong, but no.  She's still in the bubble, and unable to entertain a different viewpoint.

It is interesting. I watched a live video of the same event where the uniformed guards opened the doors to the buildings and actually waved people inside. Just because three news stations show one side and one shows a different version, doesn't mean the three are telling the whole story. You are only seeing what they WANT you to see.

The level of wrong-headedness in this country is just depressing

Well, on this happy note, I think I'll stop typing.