The landscapers came this morning to trim the Texas Sages. Somewhere along the line they were shaped into balls, and they don't grow out of that shape very well. So, now they are balls again. At present they look horrid, the inner leaves are dead, you can see through them. If they don't look better by this time next year, I'm having all of them dug up. We also had two bougainvilleas removed. There is one left, and now I am really wishing it was gone as well. If it's not better this time next year, I'm having it dug up and and something else planted there. It hides the down spout extender, so something is needed.
The rosemary bush also got a hair cut.
I have random stuff today.
Once a month for the past 13 years, there have been near misses between planes and helicopters at Reagan Airport. 13 years. Some of the near misses have been as close as 75 feet of separation. One wonders why no one thought to change the landing procedures until now. 67 people had to die in the collision between the Black Hawk helicopter and the Bombardier regional jet before this happened.
Grok is the twitter AI. This would be the AI that consistently identifies Elon as the biggest source of misinformation on twitter. Anyway, this is what is has to say about recent mortality data.
Young adult mortality rates have indeed spiked since the COVID emergency. Data from 2021 shows a 40% increase in deaths among working-age Americans (18-64), a rate called a "200-year catastrophe" by actuaries. By 2023, 34% more 35-44-year-olds died than expected. Causes? COVID’s long-term effects on organs and immunity are likely culprits, but reduced healthcare access, delayed diagnoses, and societal neglect of public health measures also play a role. Official stats often under count COVID-related deaths, blaming other conditions instead.
These are pretty terrible numbers. The epidemiologists on twitter have been talking about this a lot.
Canada is working on a new covid vaccine, it's a nasal spray, and is looking very effective because of its entry via the nose, which is where covid comes in, and direct route to the lungs, which is where covid starts its path of destruction. We will probably never see that in the US.
Elon and 47 spent today hawking Teslas in front of the White House. This is a big screaming violation of the Hatch Act, but no one seems to care. Tesla stock is in the toilet, pretty sure today isn't going to help that. 47 has also been berating people for the Tesla boycott.
If any of you are Canadian snowbirds, staying 6 months 30 days or more, this will affect you if you come back to the US for the winter. You have to register, then you have to carry your proof of registration on your person the entire time you're here. The article is here.
Other than this hodge podge of stuff, I have not too much to say.
Why do Landscapers insist on making Topiary Balls of everything that is a Bush, it looks contrived and ridiculous! They also over trim Palms within an inch of their lives, and top off Trees, all detrimental to the Plants and shortening lifespan. Anyway, yeah, the White House looking like a Tesla Dealership and them looking like Two and a Half Awkward Used Car Salesmen was embarrassing, illegal, and fraught with Lies. It's not illegal to Boycott any Product or be forced to buy it... it is Illegal to pull a stunt like this on Federal Property. He faked buying one, he doesn't even drive and hasn't driven in decades, not sure he even can? I'm glad the Swasticars and his other Businesses are losing Billions daily, he's cratering our Economy for the rest of us with his DOGE illegal activities and trying to get his paws on our Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds for himself and his Billionaire Buddies, so fuck him, fuck the Orange Communist Puppet too. If I were Canadian I'd vacay somewhere other than America now, plenty of great locales they can spent their Money at, and they do spend... Canadian Tourism pumps a lot of Money into this Economy and is one of our biggest Trade Partners, or WAS... well, I could pontificate more but I know I'm preaching to the choir my Friend... so... stepping down off Soapbox now. *winks*
ReplyDeleteThey need t-shirts, "I'm With Stupid", one for each of them with arrows pointing at each other.
ReplyDeleteWe had planned a trip for Jack to Disneyland next winter, that's not going to happen now.
Well, you know, Elon is bankrolling Trump and Elon's stock is tanking so gotta do something the to keep the money rolling in. Trump is nothing but a hawker for whatever product he sticks his name on...tennis shoes, guitars, bibles. I'm surprised he hasn't put his name on a special run of Teslas.
ReplyDeleteIf I was Canadian I wouldn't come here, I'd leapfrog to Mexico. Far too dangerous here, might get disappeared.
An fyi, there is currently an investigation into Tesla sales here in Canada. Over one weekend, four Tesla stores claimed rebates on 8600 sales. The rebate program was winding down and the company claimed $43M in rebates prior to the suspension of the rebates. Suspicious much?
ReplyDeleteI do plan to return to Arizona in the file and was aware of the application that must be made, as the Canada Snowbirds Association had posted notice of it. This now impacts those who drive across the border - when I flew in, the form was completed by the airline/Customs/TSA? I can see it in the US database. There is some chatter that they may require fingerprints as well as the form.
If I was Canadian, the last place I'd come is here... France has sent a nuclear submarine to Nova Scotia to aid in defense.
ReplyDeleteI actually like the sages in their see-through condition. They seem simultaneously well-trimmed and yet informal.
ReplyDeleteThis whole Tesla thing is ridiculous. The right-wing press has been railing against electronic vehicles for years, basically calling them a useless invention of ecology-obsessed libs, but now Trump is for them and those same media outlets suddenly have no objections at all!
It's a cult, only way to explain it. And don't get me started on the Hatch act violation that occurred at the White House with this blatant commercial.
DeleteI saw a clip where Orange fondly slapped the rear quarter panel of the silver Tesla and the panel fell off. Never saw it again. Guess it was fake.
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