Jan. 6 Report Blames Trump, Aims to Prevent Return to Power
Does anyone reading this think that the folks on the committee ever were open minded and objective? That they might want anything besides finding a way to damage Trump’s reputation, to find a way to charge him with a crime or (especially!) keep him from running again?
Look at the folks on the committee….they all, to a man (woman), hated him.
All in all, the entire committee was a waste of their time and our money.
That the local CBS channel felt it was necessary to do a 15 minute lesson how not to get frostbite and the effects of cold weather on the human body and how to prevent it….
Yes, I understand that most of their audience is city folk, but still.
Actual temp is -12F, winds are 25 gusting 40. so wind chills are peaking at -35 or so…
I ain’t going outside unless have to…..not in wind chills of colder than minus thirty. I have the gear for it, but goddamned cold is still goddamned cold….
Keeping the woodstove under control in these winds is ….difficult. tTe draft changes so dramatically in the changing wind, it’s hard to pick a damper setting. But I am toasty warm, so hey….
More later.
ETA: 10 AM. Temp is up to negative 7, but the winds are gusting to over 50 mph….Still not all that bad though. But I am staying in. have no reason to go out, so why? It is, after all, killing cold outside. Haven’t seen Fred, so I don’t know if he is in his house or not. I am sure he has other places to hide though, cats can handle lots of cold if they are out of the wind. It is what it is. ‘Tis fun watching the drifts grow and then erode away as the wind shifts a few degrees.
ETA: 2 pm. wind gusts are nearing 60 MPH temp is up to minus 2F. Fred is out wandering around. Hope he is ok.
The first winter “Snowmageddon” has begun. Temp began dropping about 11:00, the humidity condensed on the roads about 11:30, the first snow began about 11:45.
Kinda sleet-ish with a small bit of mist about noon (central)
The temp has steadily declined from 34 at 8 AM to about 27 at 3 PM.
The wind is picking up. We have had about an inch of snow.
Having said that, so far it is a fizzle.
But, like a blind date for a desperate woman, you never know how many inches yer gonna get or how long it will last……
ETA: Temp dropped 9 degrees in an hour, down to 19F at 4PM
ETA2: 10 F at 5 pm. Temp dropping even faster than forecast….but the good news is much less snow. maybe 3 inches.
ETA3: 6 PM: another 10+ degree drop now +7F. Still snowing and windy. 30 MPH
ETA 4: 7 PM winds are 14 gusting 32 4 F. Fred the feral outdoor cat has finally decided to move into the heated box I made for him. He’s out of the wind in the lee of the house and should be warm enough.
5: 9 PM now minus one F. Down 32 degrees in about 8 hours. Wind is about 40 mph. Maybe 7 inches of snow, but it is blowing all over the place. Vis is about a half mile, maybe.
Was filling the truck up with diesel today and some chick, mid-20’s I’d guess, got out of her car one pump down and she was wearing TWO masks and surgical gloves.
They are still out there.
The sad part is that they get to vote…..
And make them buy supplies to make French Toast?
Today, 12 hours before the first winter storm, there is nary a loaf of bread, a carton of milk, nor eggs to be had in any supermarket.
This happens nearly every time the weather guessers forecast a storm of any magnitude. People buy out eggs, milk and bread.
Is it a cultural thing to make french toast at the height of the storm? Is it a sacrifice to the weather gods? I mean, they don’t buy out lunchmeat and cheese, so they aren’t making grilled sandwiches, Nor are they preparing for a power outage…..Only French Toast supplies. Not meat and vegetables either, nor cereal or peanut butter and jelly. Just eggs and milk and bread.
I really don’t get it.
So Congress might actually ban TikTok from all government devices.….
Except, of course, that ban won’t include MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
(Not that the Chinese need to use TikTok to spy on our Congressmen….they own most of them already….)
I mean, One would expect Joe Biden to have made a deal with a Chinese supplier…..
One has to wonder how much it cost Oshkosh Defense in graft, but still, at least they will be employing American workers….
Of course, the claim that these “Electric Vehicles” are “Zero Emissions” is a lie, but whatever….
That the Jan 6th Committee would recommend charges against Trump?
I mean, besides getting their faces in front of the cameras, finding dirt on Trump was the single objective of the members of the Jan 6th Committee. They are all, to a man (and woman) partisan Trump haters. Have been from the beginning…. The outcome of the “committee” was preordained. And the dirt they claim to have found is pretty clean, really.
They’ve wasted 18 months and countless dollars to come up with a *recommendation* for charges. They have no real power to do more than that, they cannot actually charge anyone. They are simply trying to damage the Donald. I figure it is because they are still terribly afraid of him.
The entire Jan 6th bunch was a caricature of justice and governance.