Ignoring the warning

Usually Friday mornings I treat myself to DD coffee on the way into work. I pulled in and was in a pretty long line but that wasn’t that unusual. They had one of the staff walking car to car taking orders which I understand is meant to increase efficiency by giving staff more time to prepare the drinks/food. Right before she got to me she got a message on her headphone from inside the store, someone was “stuck”.

Evidently some genius in a Sprinter van with a roof rack drove right through the piece of hanging PVC that indicates height clearance which he certainly had to hit. Now that he was all the way to the drive thru he had a line of 8 cars behind him. I decided the best course of action was to park and walk in where I got to see the culprit. When I left it looked like he was trying to deflate his tires to get a little more clearance. I gave a couple people in cars a heads up as to what was going on so they could make different plans as well. People are dumb.

Speaking of dumb people, Kristi Noem got replaced yesterday as head of DHS. Not only was she terrible at her job but evidently was f’ing some guy that was given unusual amounts of authority “under her”, pun intended. Then there was the 200 million dollar no bid contract she gave to an ally/friend which featured Kristi in various commercials that I suppose were meant to alter the gustapo image DHS and ICE especially had created. The guy Trump picked to replace her unfortunately appears to be unqualified as well with a dubious track record. I can only hope Pam Bondi is on the chopping block next however Trump will never fire her, her exit will need to be expedited by Congress.

Things are going “fantastic” with the war in Iran. We are killing Iranians left and right including various leaders and even a school full of a children. Oh well, just collateral damage if you listen to the White House. We got amazing news that the conflict is expected to run 6-12 months at a minimum. To hell with all of the things we supposedly can not pay for at home, prioritizing keeping the coffers of defense contractors filled to the brim with cash is what matters most, disgusting.

I will do my best to not watch any news over the weekend. More and more I try to shut out the madness like a bear in hibernation, hoping to emerge eventually to a spring that does not have an orange sun.