How to salvage the Trump presidency

 I have nothing.  25th Amendment. 

Money can't buy happiness but it does pay the bills

 Wondering when Tangerine Man will get around to the economy a major concern of most normal presidents.  Many Americans struggling to keep up with their bills very little in the way of actual savings.  I'm actually relieved when I go to the mailbox and it's nothing but junk mail.  Sometimes I read it.

Yonkers - some of the highest property taxes around yet the City of Gracious Living is very slow at fixing the pothole problem.  Other communities have dealt with the ravages of this past overly severe winter but drive around Yonkers and there's still the same craters in the road.  Will City Hall spring for a broken axle?  Does Sidewalk Enforcement need more funding?  Where are the taxes going?  Just asking.

Another puzzlement.  Why are there still Trumpers around?  Those bumper stickers should have come off by now.

The Aging Blogger - Sleep

 Bought one of them Contour foam pillows the other day for side sleepers.  You put it between your legs and it helps align the hips and spine.  Been having some hip pain lately.  Sciatica?  Piriformis?  Arthritis?  None of the Above just one foot in the grave?  The package says causes cancer in California.   So I decided if I ever travel there I won't use it in Gavin Newsom's State.

We never had to go to shelters

 

The cats be coming to us.  Cats be coming from Brooklyn.  Maybe it's because we offer a better menu.  We don't just throw an open can of Friskies on the sidewalk which is probably against Yonkers Code Enforcement anyway.  I'm not a famous cat influencer like Jackson Galaxy but I do my part.

Immigration crackdowns at home. Foreign wars abroad.

 Seems to be the bulk of the Trump Presidency.

What's in your wallet?

People walking around in their pajamas

 I don't think they give a rat's ass.  I don't think they care who's president or what's going on.  Probably don't vote.  Doritos behind the couch cushions.  Another blogger thinks there should be a dress code.

Shoot the breeze today or piss into the wind whichever you prefer.

Trump to send ICE agents to US airports

 What could go wrong?  Chaos at US airports as hundreds of TSA agents quit during the partial government shutdown.  Will Homan do body cavity searches?

I wish I could Rip Van Winkle the Trump term

 Make it stop.

I wish I could hibernate during the whole damn thing.  Wake me up when it's safe.  It's not normal governance.   It's like a Wizard of Oz thing but you can't wake up.

First we stole Venezuela's oil. Now we're after Cuban cigars?

 They say Cuba is next on Trump's hit list after Iran.  Is there a missile crisis?  The way I was brought up only the Congress has the power to declare war it's such a serious undertaking.  Call me quaint.  War is Hegseth's version of Viagra.  Cuba - the only question is what's in it for Israel?

Good suction for 5 minutes

 Three's Company misunderstood conversations.  This is the Z-man Consumer  Reports.  Recently got the Horsepower Duck which promised to be a handy little hand-vac.  Manual says 16-20 minutes run time which would be fine for my purposes but it always dies out after five minutes.  Just now I used it to vacuum up all the cat hairs and dust on my stair treads.  Got halfway through and had to recharge the thing just to finish the job.  Couple summers ago bought that As Seen On TV Arctic Air device which is like a mini portable AC just add water.  Gave off good cooling action for a while but the coils and interior became all rusty in no time and I wound up throwing it all out.  Excuse me while I go Flex Seal my pipes.

Readers of this blog know what a bad winter I endured.  Frozen pipes and a broken smart water meter which ain't cheap courtesy of the City of Yonkers.  Had to call the pros in.  Last two weeks my shower was giving me a problem.  An old diverter valve the flap broke off.  Whenever I took a shower it was like someone peeing on me so yesterday got a new one at my local hardware store and tried to install it myself.  Got a touch more complicated than the YouTube how to video so easy a 10-year old could do it in five minutes so I called a professional plumber.  Again.  The plumbing community loves me.  I'm helping put their kids through college.

Does anyone know of any As Seen On TV products that are actually decent?  A cat crapper?  Anything?

The missing checks

 Never got that 5K DOGE check.  Never got the 2K tariff rebate check either.  That would've been 7K total nice for some home improvement.   On the other hand NYS Governor Kathy Hochul promised New Yorkers an inflation refund check and delivered difference being she wasn't talking out of her ass.  Don't float something if you're not serious.  BB is probably right the money went to fund Hegseth's war games.  Maybe after Trump topples Cuba he can install the son over there.

My friend the Trump junkie.  Driving him home yesterday and trying to bring up different topics.  Movies from the 70s.  Robert Duvall.  Even Bigfoot couldn't stop him from proselytizing for Trump.  He brought up Kristi Noem and why Trump was right in firing her.  Appointed her the shield of feral cats in Latin America or something.  My friend brought up her muti-million dollar advertising campaign and something about a private jet.  Just as an outside observer looking in I offered even though I probably disagreed with most of what she said and did, spinning the ICE abuses for example she was extremely loyal to Trump and seems to me he pushed her off the subway platform.  Ethics?  When did that ever bother Mr. Trump before?

What's wrong with Lindsey Graham?

Ìs Hannity into Irish kickboxing?

 The warmongers over at Fox News.  Sean Hannity armchair warrior.  Probably never even picked up a rifle to shoot a duck.  You know things are serious when even Megyn Kelly is distancing herself from Trump over the Iran War.  She who spun the ICE abuses.  The rift in the Trump base is widening.  Trump is both impulsive and compulsive.  Is there a disorder for that?  Makes important decisions without considering the consequences.  Banned the penny now a woman at work doesn't know what to do with all her pennies.  The Strait of Hormuz now a huge problem for Trump.  The new Ayatollah, Ayatollah Jr. now closing it off.  Affecting the global economy.  Will you get your SHEIN shoes?  Hannity can afford to pay more at the pump.  YOU may have to have sardines for dinner.  Hegseth says it may take some time to take control of the Stait.  Maybe he can put some of his hair gel in the water and set the place on fire.

According to my Analytics I'm even getting blogviews in Vietnam.  I don't know what this means.

Remember when gas prices rose under Biden

 Some people put Biden "I Did That" stickers on the gas pumps.  Now we can put Trump stickers on the pumps.

Another Khamenei chosen as Iran's Supreme Leader.  The son.  That's some regime change.

7th US Serviceman killed.  Trump telling Americans to expect domestic terror.  Noem fired as Secretary of DHS.  I think Trump put her in charge of feral cats or something.  She went above and beyond for her man.  Thrown under the bus.  That's the Trump M.O.  Does the guy have any real friends?

Losing the midterms;)

The Conqueror and the Invader is powerless against Daylight Savings Time

 Trump says he's open to the idea of ending Daylight Savings Time but it's really up to the Congress to play around with it.  Just don't try to limit his war powers in any way.  There's more of a momentum now of ending DST, more of a bona-fide movement made up of public health officials and simply annoyed citizens but as usual Congress is useless and does nothing. Meanwhile Lindsey Graham just wants to kill people.  BTW where is my tariff rebate check?

Onward to Cuba!

Keeping the Epstein Files off the front page

 The War with Iran.  I think they make it up as they go along.  Apparently we bombed a girl's elementary school over there and the first American casualties are coming in.  Gone are the days I guess of the CIA trying to give a foreign dictator an exploding cigar and sparing everyone else.  The send our men and women into harm's way presidency.

The unexpurgated unredacted Epstein Files must be pretty bad.  Trump doing a Bibi.  Expect more wars.  Cuba?

A visceral take on the Iranian action

 No tears here for Khamenei.  Saw some of our American protesters on TV.  I never understood the soft spot for dictators on the part of the Left.  Never understood the soft spot for radical Islam on the part of the Left.  Having said that Trump didn't campaign on taking out the Ayatollah.  A key part of MAGA was not so much anti-war but no foreign wars or entanglements.   Joint US/Israeli action striking Iran.  Again whatever Bibi wants Bibi gets.  That too goes against another key part of MAGA America First.  So a kind of mixed reaction from me.  Ali Khamenei now officially deceased did have thousands of those Iranian protesters killed.  No grief here for the ex-Iran Supreme Leader.  However since this is all about regime change who will succeed him?  Does Bibi have him all picked out?  Unclear.  Will probably also affect the oil markets.

Chaos in the Middle East.  What else is new?

Blizzard of '26

 

Life in Yonkers.

The State of Dis-Union

 Not gonna watch it.

Let's talk about the weather...and taxes

 I'm not a news junkie.  Old folk watch the news all day.  I don't follow the weather all that closely.  There's always a family member or co-worker who does and they're like the bearer of bad news.  "Snow incoming.  We're going to get hit Sunday into Monday."  You get to hate that person.  The plumbers did a really good and professional job under our porch.  New smart water meter installed.  New pipe insulation, electrical socket and electric tape.  No more frozen pipes to worry about.  BTW whatever happened to the global warming?

Did my own taxes again and sent them in.  I think my math is close but I don't have a perfect knowledge.  I always make a good faith attempt but next year an accountant.  When you stop to think about it the only reason most of us have to file in the first place is because our employers don't take out the right amount.  When somebody fails to file by Aptil 15 we commonly say he or she didn't pay their taxes.  Not true they've been paying taxes all along just failed to file.  Wouldn't it be a great thing if Trump and the Congress somehow came up with a way of doing away with the requirement to file?  I'm sure there's approaches they could take.  Put it on the table.  Does anyone talk about thus?

I'm a little perturbed lately.  Taxes, frozen pipes and rescheduling vet appointments because of the weather. Can't wait for Spring and cutting that first blade of grass.  Should I get a hammock?

The Trump Remnant

 Wondering why my neighbor still has a big Trump sticker on his van.  It's a mind-boggler..  Trump's approval consistently cratering in poll after poll but some folk still find cause to celebrate.  Help me out.