Total recall was a movie title and title to part of a song;
however, it will be no recall for the 2018 elections and ten years from now.
The Republicans were smart. They front loaded what little
bit they were giving to the middle class in the tax reform bill so by 2018 they
are hoping what little bit the middle class might get will be hitting so the
Republicans can claim a victory for the middle class and win. And this will
probably work for two reasons. One people have short memories and if things
feel better they will go with it and two the Democrats are clueless and won’t
have an answer. They don’t have one now. And I doubt they will come up with one
in less than a year. So instead of a total recall of our Congress right now so
we can either repeal this disaster before the worst hits in a few years or just
achieve better governance in general, we have a total recall of our
sensibilities and our way of life. And so many things can go wrong in ten
years, no one will remember why things are so bad. And the Republicans will
destroy social security to salvage what they have left. Just one final thought,
social security is your money. Will you recall in ten years?
And then you have AT&T trying to buy the President’s
approval of their merger by going very public with one-time bonuses to the “workers”
so he can brag on his plan working already when in reality the layoffs are also
beginning. Yeah, the rich know how to play the game. And don’t get me started on AT&T’s customer
service.
Most people are confused by cryptocurrencies. And I think some
of the confusion is because it is called a currency, but trades like a
commodity. People understand trading pounds for dollars or yen for dollars or
pesos for dollars, but buying or trading cryptocurrency like a commodity makes
it hard to think of using it to buy goods. And add in the idea you can get rich
off cryptocurrency, well the verbiage deflates the notion that it is a
currency. I do not know if it will take hold as a real currency, but right now
it does look like the Ponzi scheme some people call it.
Things have been crazy around here. First there was new carpet,
so we had to move everything around, then we had to have the new carpet fixed,
not once, but twice so I got tired of boxes everywhere and it is still not 100%
perfect. We have been beat down.
And the better 9/10ths had surgery so I have the joy and privilege
of trying to figure out how to take care of her for 6 weeks. We just finished
week one. Poor lady.
And our future daughter in law was attacked by a dog right
before Christmas. The better half with all her gear and I spent the day with
them in the emergency room. Now my son and her are trying to work in her not
working for awhile into their budget and school time. The dog and/or owner are being elusive, so
they need to get that resolved so they aren’t stuck with the medical bills.
There is a police report and animal control are actively looking for the dog so
hopefully this will get resolved. Too much for them and it doesn’t help they
carry a bit of pride and don’t like asking for help. Poor child picks that up
from me.
Things could be worse and overall I am well, just stressing whether
or not I need to move so, haven’t had much time to write, yet the world keeps
revolving and I keep being revolted.
I hope your Christmas or Hanukkah, or Holidays went well and
if I don’t get a chance to sit down for a moment again wishing you a blessed
and joyous New Year. Cheers!
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