How does this even happen when the Federal Reserve is trying to sledgehammer the economy with rising interest rates (all to fight inflation, right?). I never believed in this soft landing bunk but Biden has laid out a pillow here.

McCarthy sounds like he has power over the President, he doesn't even have power over his small majority.

@attilatheblond Well I'm awake and ALIVE and not in pain so for me it's already good. 👍🏾

The basic things expected by our people of their political and economic systems are simple. They are:

Equality of opportunity for youth and for others.

Jobs for those who can work.

Security for those who need it.

The ending of special privilege for the few.

The preservation of civil liberties for all.

The enjoyment of the fruits of scientific progress in a wider and constantly rising standard of living.

- FDR, 1941

Full Moons 2023

Only a MAGA nut could lose 14 times in a row and then call his eventual victory by one lousy vote a "mandate" and the "will of the people."

Democrats in array!!

We’re pretty safe as long as we don’t leave home…unless the mega storm hits. But so many others are at really high risk. In the Sac Valley there are lots of levy’s, Sac is the #2 most at risk city for floods after New Orleans, many of them were built in the early 1900s by farmers. They’re not great protection so some have been upgraded by the Army Corp of Engineers but not nearly all.

Keeping those at risk foremost in my thoughts & hoping it’s not as bad as it sounds.

https://news.yahoo.com/california-storm-prompts-evacuation-orders-005908303.html

So, one tree came down on the driveway but fell into the neighbor's field. The fence is smashed but the driveway is clear. I did clear a medium-small branch. We can get in and out which is good. Later, will check for other downed trees.
#NorCalStorm

Morning thought:

Pandering to extremists is essentially like giving into blackmail. They say that they'll stop hurting you if you pay up; but once you've paid, why wouldn't they keep the pressure on to make you pay more? Ultimately, there's nothing you can do to satisfy them, as what they really want to do is to hurt you. The best thing to do is to cut all ties and not negotiate. If that involves losing something, it's better than being the puppet of criminals.

I'm going to withhold judgement on who should be Speaker until we hear from Bristol Palin on the matter.

THE TALIBAN HELD A TWITTER SPACE IN SUPPORT OF ANDREW TATE… NOTE, SOME TALIBAN HAVE PAID-FOR BLUE CHECKS… IS TWITTER DOING BUSINESS WITH SANCTIONED TERRORISTS?

Seriously Elon?…

https://twitter.com/williamlegate/status/1609982042145710081

#politics

There are several possible levels of embarrassment for Kevin McCarthy tomorrow:

Lowest level: Wins Speakership with ~220 votes, only losing a couple of extremists
Moderate embarrassment: Wins Speakership, but by absolute minimum of 218 votes
Serious embarrassment: Fails to win speakership with 212-217 votes, goes to second ballot
Severe embarrassment: Gets 211 votes or less, comes in second to Hakeem Jeffries on first ballot
Total embarrassment: 6 Rs switch votes, Jeffries wins.

David Letterman interview of Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Netflix has posted this on YouTube, a beautiful insight from one of the best interviewers out there.

https://youtu.be/liooTXAF5Xo