Daily Trivia and the War of Stupid

Yesterday was a good day.  We were up and out very early (for us) for a ride.  We returned and had time for a cup of coffee before the landscapers arrived.  They trimmed all of the sages, and they look really good.  There are eight of them, two are huge, and that is something I don't want to do.  Also, debris disposal is a big issue.  They they fixed the irrigation leak we discovered the day before.  Again, they did in minutes what would take hours.  So, that was a good day, ride plus no effort yard work.

I can't remember if I've posted these cactus before.  I have no new pictures, so I'll used these anyway.  The top photo are Mammalaria,  I don't know what the cactus in the second photo is, probably in the Cholla family.  They look dangerous.

It's not possible to know exactly how the war in Iran is going.  The media is afraid to cover it in detail.  It's still possible to know that it didn't need to happen.  Iran had told Witkoff and Kushner that they would give up their uranium.  Those two either did not understand what was said to them, or failed to relay it up the chain.  So, here we are.

Sources say Trump purchases specific shoes for his inner circle, and that everyone is "afraid not to wear them." Marco Rubio was photographed wearing the alleged shoes despite them being too large. This is just sad.  Apparently all the men have received shoes that are too large.  They're cheap shoes, as well.  Florsheims from China.  People keep asking about the 25th Amendment. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off. The 25th is never happening.

Rubio's feet.

Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to strikes.  Think about that.  How stupid are they to not plan for that contingency.  Hegseth has said that the Strait is actually open, unless the Iranians fire weapons at ships coming through.  He's such a genius.

I think this is the tweet of the week. "I feel like if I was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, I could have done a better job than this."
Derek Guy
Derek is a frequent poster on twitter, he writes about style and menswear.  He's also very knowledgeable about shoe construction techniques.  I have learned much about collar gaps, buttoning points on the suit jacket and why a man must wear a cummerbund with a tuxedo.   

It is supposed to be 102F (38.89) this coming weekend.  The weather heads are talking about the mother of all heat domes sitting over the west.  Looking forward to it!

That's it, that's all I've got.