Power, The Dodgers and so forth

Yea - that's it, I'm done defending Trump anymore. He FINALLY said somethings that rubbed me the wrong way.  Providing comfort to racists and extremists is not MY idea of an American President.  And people thought Clinton was going to be bad?  This is better?  And sadly - it's NOT a surprise.  It was predicted MANY times but no one listened.

If your President's grandpa was a KKK member who could have predicted he would side with the alt-right KKK neo-nazi's white supremacist.  Well, ANYBODY that was paying attention knew.

I think all of this is a bad thing for the alt-right KKK neo-nazi's white supremacist because they live in a dark world where they can get away with things in the background without too much hatred coming back at them because they are just a "fringe element" not to be taken seriously.

Now confederate statues are dropping like rocks and alt-right websites are coming down and getting hacked with denial of service attacks.  The biggest alt-right websites are dark today.  At least 8 people have been fired from their jobs and CEOs are quitting the Trump administration like rats jumping off a sinking ship (6 now I believe have jumped).  BUT - the GOP will slap his writs and move on.   

SO - when the 3rd American Civil war breaks out what side will you be on. 

OH - the 1st American Civil War was the Revolutionary War.  More Americans were killed by other Americans in the Revolutionary War then by the English. 

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then there are the LA Dodgers.

After last night they are 50 games above .500. As of a few days ago they had won 47 of their last 55 games!!  47-8?? HOLY CRAP.  They are 62-1 when leading after the 4th inning.  

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FIND THIS SHOW if you are an American car fan. History Channel had a 3 part 6 hour special called "The Cars That Made America".   Truly fascinating and I hope Graham Man sees this. DJ and I could not stop watching it.  Who knew Edsel Ford was also a genius and saved Ford.  Who knew his dad was brilliant yet stupid at the same time.  WOW Ford was a complete asshole. 

The special uncovers the stories of the visionaries who built America’s vehicle landscape and chronicles the epic journey of how the biggest names of the automobile industry became the legendary household brands that car enthusiasts have grown to love. Through gritty, character-driven reenactments and never-before-seen archival footage, the special showcases the career trajectories of seven iconic and revolutionary figures: Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, the Dodge Brothers, William Durant, Lee Iacocca and John Delorean.

It's on DIRECT On Demand.

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Trick or Treat will be Saturday just like last year.

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My life evolves around putting all our shoes up high so Gus does not play with them.  It's not that he chews them, he just hides them so we are always looking for the other shoe.

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The NBA is changing their schedule and no team will play 4 games in 5 days.  Nobody really cares unless you had a system that did REALLY well with forecasting who would cover the spread in these situations.  Still, most teams will play 14 back to back games this year, down from 16 times.

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Millennials are not into antiques!  Price's for antique furniture have dropped by 40% in the last 10 years because millennials just don't care about antiques.

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Think our (America) electricity rates are high?

 
 WPPI - the company that Columbus buys it's power from is going to build the Midwest largest solar farm at the Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant. 700 acres containing 50,000 solar panels that will give us about 250 megawatts.  Scheduled to go online in 2021 I believe.

40% of our power that Columbus uses will be from renewable energy.  And in case you are wondering  - this is not some sort of green initiative, it's because renewable energy is now cheaper to build . . . . AT THE MOMENT.

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I wonder if our neighbors are tired of hearing us yell  "NO" to Gus.  sigh!.  Puppies are so cute and SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS sometimes.  But boy can he fetch.  Seriously awesome.

The problem is that Gus has learned to ring the out out bell anytime he sees somebody walking a dog past the house . . .and there are a LOT of dogs on Vista Circle it seems.  He's TOO smart.

If you are on Facebook,  WKOW has a contest called "Cutest of the Pack" and I entered Gus into the contest so starting Saturday you can vote for Gus on their Facebook page (somehow).