Well, I have not dropped off the face of the earth, I've just had too much ennui to buckle down and put words on the screen.
Yesterday I saw the ENT, good thing. My left ear canal has collapsed, so wax can't easily leave the area. ENTs are good for removing the build up. It looks like I'm back on the once a year torture plan. I also picked up my new ear plug. No water is allowed to enter that ear ever, so showers require a swim plug. The technology has changed. The top one is from 2015, the new one is from now. It's smaller and more flexible. It works, so that's good. It's also easier to get in the ear, since it's flexible, and the old one is not. The black mark on the new one is a serial number. The ENT did say that the hole in my ear drum is not terrible, which is good.
We have a nesting hummingbird. This year the bird has picked a better place to build her nest. It's really difficult to get a photo of her because of all of the leaves. Look in the middle of the photo, about 1/3 down from the top. Her face is in the sun, so look for the bright spot. She's in there. Unlike last time, I won't be taking photos of the babies, the nest is too high. If you want to see the last nest, look at the labels, and click on the Baby Hummingbirds.
Jim took this the other night, there wasn't much color, but it was a nice sky.
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47 has said, out loud, that he thinks Republicans should run the elections. Any Democratic win is always fraud. The Speaker of the House said he had not evidence to support that opinion, but it made sense to him. These people are idiots.
Other odds and ends from twitter; Mark Kelly tweeted "We
had a hearing on what happens when the last major nuclear treaty
between the U.S. and Russia expires this week. It's nothing good.
Unfortunately, reducing nuclear risk doesn't seem to be a priority for
this Administration." Then there was this: The last nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia expires today.
For the first time since 1969, there will be no treaty constraining the nuclear arms race.
It's worth remembering that when Trump scrapped the Iran nuclear deal in his first term, he said he'd get a "better deal."
It never happened.
Ukraine is freezing to death. 47 is not sending any weapons, the EU is busy having meetings and clutching their pearls. There are two primary factories producing the missiles that are taking out all of the electrical production in Ukraine. With long range missiles, these could be destroyed. But no.
What they say: just give Donbas to russia to end the war. What they mean: stop defending yourself, reward russia with land it can't take from you, condemn your people to a silent genocide under occupation which we'll look away from, & start a countdown to russia's next invasion. It's just appalling.
The Washington Post has gutted the reporting it used to do. No more coverage on Asia, Ukraine, the Middle East and many other areas. I guess Bezos needed to save some money after spending all those dollars on the Melania movie.
Oh, and then there was this from Dr. Oz. "Seniors should retire later and kids put off schooling and work right out of high school. They should do this in order to make up for federal debt." Oprah owes us an apology for this fraud.
