Weather and the Continuing Rise of Stupid

Greetings Earthlings!  We are currently no longer having spring, it's been raining, windy and snotty.  Today the sun is out, the wind is up, and the air mass is cold.  Looks like we're back on the spin bikes for awhile.

We cleaned the deck with the pressure washer.  It was not as great as I thought it would be, of course, I've never used one before.  Here is Jim.

After several hours in the position, it takes a toll on the back.  My biggest complaint is the handle.  The washer is either on or off, you can't feather the pressure.  On/off.  But you must hold the trigger fully, after awhile it hurts the hands.  Since it's on or off, push buttons would have better for the user.  But nobody asked my opinion.  It takes awhile to remove the mold and mung.  This is what the Bradford Pear leaves on the deck.

It's better than doing it with a scrub brush, but it's not a magic bullet.

The red twig dogwoods are having a good year.  When we planted them we thought they would be more tree-like, but they've become a sprawling bush.  They're an excellent screen from the neighbor's yard, which is close.

 Here is an excellent view of price gouging.  On the left is California olive oil, 1 liter.  Safeway wants $34.99 for it.  I bought it last year for about half as much.  On the right are 2 liters of olive oil from Tunisia.  Costco is charging $17 for the pair.  I swear Safeway has just lost their damn minds on pricing.  

We had a sunset last night.  We were late getting there with cameras.  It petered out with a pretty cloud.

Soooooo, 47 is in China.  After Xi spoke, 47 got up and free associated on how many Chinese restaurants there are in the US.  Such a statesman he is.

There is a disturbing trend in the US of newborns dying from brain bleeds.  Why, you wonder?  Their parents are declining the Vitamin K shot, which helps with clotting.  Newborns don't have any.  But, the parents are trusting their research over decades of science and refusing.  It's tragic.  Article is here.

This is a good substack on the death of a superpower.  We are well on the way to irrelevance.  Article is here.

The gold phones sold by the administration have finally shipped.  For awhile it appeared that the people who put down the $100 deposit had been scammed.  But no, a quality product is on the way.
 

It's a refurbed Cricket phone, with a gold sticker on the front.  What could be better?  I think they're charging $500 total for the phone.  P.T. Barnum was right about a sucker being born every minute.

Well, the wifi seems to be unstable, so I think I'll publish while I can.