Clouds and the Government

It was windy and cold today, then a wall of clouds started moving in.  We decided to bail on riding, too windy, and hike.  The light was pretty good.  Towards the end, heading back to the house, the temperature dropped and it started to smell like rain.  Fortunately, we were home when it got here, about 15 minutes after.  It's good to hike, we need weight bearing.  We're both having dexascans soon to find out how bad things are.  I've had osteopenia for years, but it's been stable.  I am hoping for that.

So, out in the desert....  This is a happy prickly pear.  Most of them look like death, but this guy is hanging on.

The mountains looked lovely with the clouds.

Yesterday Dear Leader had a North Korean style cabinet meeting, where each member discussed what their department was working on, and then discussed the wonderfulness of 47.  I believe it was Puppy Killer Noem who congratulated him on keeping the hurricanes at bay this past season.  Rubio was in the midst of praising 47 for his peace efforts, sitting right next to 47, who went to sleep.  He slept a lot through the meeting.  He's got another giant bandage on his hand and makeup to cover up what's there.  The current theory is that he's receiving Leqembi (lecanemab) which is a medication for early Alzheimer's disease that works by lowering beta-amyloid in the brain to reduce cognitive and functional decline.  It's an intravenous infusion or subcutaneous injection, so that could be what's up with the hand.  I think they should give him more.

At the end of the love fest, 47 declared that all Somalians, and Ilhan Omar in particular, are garbage and he wants them out of the country.  Unfortunately for him, most of the Somali population in Minnesota are citizens.  Since when does a president call people garbage?  Must be projection.

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau is in the NATO meeting, winning hearts and minds  Today he slammed European NATO allies for prioritizing their own defense industry over American arms suppliers, according to three NATO diplomats.  It's the first time in 20 years that the SecState did not attend. 

CEO of War Hegseth had a bad day.  The Inspector General reported that his use of Signal to discuss an upcoming raid did put soldiers' lives at risk.  Hegseth is still maintaining that it was a perfect call.  He has also thrown Rear Admiral Bradley who ordered the second strike on the burning boat, killing two men, under the bus.  Hegseth is maintaining he never gave the order to kill them all, contradicting earlier statements.  Hopefully, this will encourage people in the military to not accept illegal orders, no one will have their backs.

So, the wheels continue to come off this country.  We were great once, and now we're not. 

However, here is the raccoon who broke into a Virginia liquor store, broke a bunch of bottles of booze, got drunk and passed out in the restroom.