Once again it is time for some Random Musings On Current Events from the mind of a quiet, unassuming (at least in my own opinion) person observing the ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in the media from behind the front lines of a purple state. I present these ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in a sort of stream of conscious journal format.
It seems that I took longer than a week off to post some of my random thoughts and musings. I would like to say that I am returning refreshed and full of optimism for the new year but I would be fibbing. I will, however, say that I am returning with a more purposeful sense of being here for reasons which I will not divulge.
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled against Donald Trump being allowed on the Colorado Primary ballot. That is until the Supreme Court weighs in on this ruling. This is basically a set up for the Supreme Court. In my current state of mind I could really give a rat’s ass and I probably should give a rat’s ass but do I really? Now Republicans are saying, in a tit for tat sort of way that Biden should be removed from ballots. I honestly cannot disagree with the Republicans considering Joe Biden appears to be the worst kind of traitor one can be. He has no morals and will sell whoever or whatever to enrich himself, his family, and his supporters. Trouble is that this ruling is not a deescalatory move but rather an escalatory action.
I went to a Barnes and Noble bookstore for the first time in quite a while before Christmas and as expected it was quite busy. I noticed that Barnes and Noble is discontinuing their vinyl record album section and have remodeled that part of the store to put more bookshelves in. I can remember enjoying going into bookstores but no longer feel the joy or reason to buy anything. I suppose that perhaps I have become too red pilled to want to pay a red cent for anything. Nothing inspires me and I feel as if the commercial purveyors of “truth” will not provide any value in the reading they are selling. It is all vanilla with not one whiff of controversy or independent thought. Trouble is I do not want to go to Amazon either because if I do that my data will be sold and crunched to provide me a “better shopping experience” and Amazon is responsible for so much of the vanillazation (good luck finding that word in any dictionaries) of our shopping experiences. Some AI generated algorithm will suggest what I should be reading based on a predictive model rather than letting me browse and be inspired by a higher power as to what I could be reading. Perhaps that is the way it always has been considering some of my favorite book locations were mostly considered renegade of rebellious in nature, after all. Thank you, Jeff Bezos, for ruining what was once a comforting and enjoyable endeavour.
Speaking of Jeff Bezos and Amazon. I read that they are losing money on their streaming service and their answer is to lay off a bunch of people and sell commercials in the service that people are paying for. I have to ask why would I pay for a “premium” service with commercials? Insatiable greedy bastards who will never stop until they have finished reshaping all of society and the world. It reminds me of the Borg from Star Treks The Next Generation.
It appears the US and British Navy’s have lost control, either inadvertently or by design, of the Red Sea and effectively use of the Suez Canal since I last rambled. Big surprise there considering the only true statesmen on the world stage currently appears to be Vladimir Putin. Heavens knows there are no statesmen currently in the UK or the US. They appear be interested more in fomenting wars both internally and externally and really are truly evil people.
I went out to dinner for a few meals over the Holidays and inflation is real and it is certainly more than the “official” rate of inflation. In less than six months prices have gone up more than 30% at most of the places that I ate at.
It appears the Republicans in the Senate are going to cave on immigration reform and provide work permits and green cards to those who are in the United States illegally. These folks are disgusting sell outs to the large corporations who profit from illegal immigration.
Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer and did not tell anyone of import that he was down for days if not weeks. As far as I am concerned, he became a non-entity when he ordered all military members to participate in an experiment involving the use of mRNA technology under the guise of COVID. Lloyd Austin is already dead to me.
God bless America and all her citizens and residents, no matter whether they are enemies, not enemies or somewhere between. Additionally, forgive me my trespasses as I forgive those who trespass against me.