A Struggle
Last night after dinner I struggled in the hobby room with both of my Prusa printers. They both had a similar issue, filament was stuck in the throat of the hot end. One of the printers wasn’t too bad to correct, I was able to push the broken filament out the bottom with a small alan key. The other printer I worked on for a half hour trying to push the filament out the bottom from the top using various methods and was unsuccessful. The way I finally got the filament out was to remove printer nozzle and shove from the bottom up which popped the broken piece of filament out like a piece of popcorn. I started prints on both printers just to make sure all was well. Both prints were finished up this morning without issue.
I watched a little of the impeachment vote madness last night and came away from it disgusted. The partisan politics that have now become a staple of our country on both sides is toxic, debilitating, and depressing. I see Trump and his defenders spewing absolute nonsense that gets gobbled up by their supporters like a baby bird getting food from it’s mother. I see democrats clumsily trying to navigate the impeachment process that at best will just be a footnote on Trump’s presidency due to the Senate already declaring their NOT GUILTY verdict, despite their trial not even starting. What would you think if somebody went up on charges and before the trial began the jury said “we don’t need to hear any evidence we already made our mind up” It’s insane, but that is what is happening.
Hanging the impeachment scarlet letter around Donald’s neck is nice, but if the end result is not a change in leadership in 2020 it is a very hollow and near meaningless victory.
When you step back and look at the absurdity of the current state of our country that allowed a egomaniacal, corrupt billionaire reality tv personality to become the leader of the free world, it really makes you wonder if we are not really getting what we deserve. If the masses are unable to discern real from fake, good from bad, or short term gains from long term prosperity, perhaps this is the PERFECT president for us all. See you at the bottom of the toilet bowl.