Insane Wind

The Kadizzles are nested in a wonderful spot, one major problem, insane wind.  The Earth Module is rocking and The Pop up camper is suffering.  Sylvie slept over with granny and gramps.  Winkle says the wind is 28 mph.  Yesterday Kadizzle took a neat ebike ride around Turtle Mountain.  Kadizzle and the gang went for a hike along a stream yesterday.  Sylvie jumped in and got cooled down.  Part of Kadizzle's plan on the hike was to see if the trail could be ebiked.  The trail looks good, but at one point you have to cross the stream.  The crossing point is part of a beaver dam.  Kadizzle figured he could lower the water level by destroying the dam.  Kadizzle got a lesson in beaver dams, and learned to respect their building ability.  The little beast really know how to weave twigs and stick together.  Beavers seem to build a base for their dams out of mud, and surprisingly rocks.  Kadizzle was amazed at the size of rocks the beavers could move.  Kadizzle finally had to give up on the dam destruction project.  The water level did go down about a foot.  Maybe if the blasted wind goes down the fat man will try that trail today.

Hope they have Trump on the run

Wind, wind, and more wind here in Wyoming.  The area is fantastic, but the wind just does not let up. Fran and Erin are staying in their soft sided pop up camper.  The wind is driving them nuts.  Last night for the second night Sylvie transferred to the Earth module. 

Now for the good news, it appears even some of the brain dead Trump supporters are waking up to the fact he is a hopeless mess.  Trump ignoring the fact Russia placed a bounty on American soldiers should get to the most simple minded, but reality does not sit well with Republicans. 

More hiking today.  Kadizzle may do an exploration run on the ebike.  When we climbed to the top of the rugged peak the other day Kadizzle got a great overview of the area and the trails.  Hopefully the trails will support a ebike ride.  If only the blasted wind would go down.  Fun teaching Sylvie outdoor skills.  Sylvie loves hiking and outdoor activities so she is having a blast. 

Sylvie

Be sure to click on the picture to enlarge it.  A very nice picture of my Sylvie.  We went to the Snowy Mountains today.  More good hiking, eating, and campfires. 

Wyoming Wonders

The Earth Module sits on top of a small rise with an incredible view.  Fran, Sylvie, and Erin are camped next to us in their pop up.  Yesterday we took a fantastic hike to the top of a huge boulder mountain with a view a hundred miles out onto the plains. The internet service is poor here.  So much fun seeing Sylvie.  The wind was so bad last night she had to come to the Earth Module to sleep.  Nice ebike riding here also.  Got to see a baby moose with the mom from about twenty feet away.  Everyone really likes the area.   It is dispersed camping which is nice.  When Sylvie got up we sang some songs and gave Sylvie a lesson on Halley's Comet.  We did the Comet study because of a song that mentioned it.  Also have been teaching Sylvie how to navigate with GPS.  If Kadizzle can get around to it he may post some pictures later.  The solar panels are doing a great job of keeping us charged up.

Slow down the testing.

Dusk in Lusk

Here we sit in Lusk, Wyoming.  We are right on the corner of some skididly RV park.  The people who run the park are real touchy about parking on their grass. The sites are skinny and there was not much room for our slide out.  Kadizzle did not know they were niggifiddles about the grass and inadvertentloy got a wheel on the grass.  Pap came running and complained, and ma showed up a little later to guide us in for a third try.  Finally we settled in and had a good night.  So we are off to Vedavoo to camp with Erin, Sylvie, and Fran.  First summer trip with the camper.  Since we sold the sailboat this is a different life style. 

Awakening

Kadizzle is up, it is around six in the morning.  Winkie is still in bed.  Waking up as an old lump is like coming out from under anesthesia. Kadizzle feels like pie dough that has just been rolled out.  Gravity seems to be everywhere.  Walking toward the kitchen feels like a boulder with legs.  Dreaming wears Kadizzle down to a frazzle. Kadizzle dream, and dreams, and dreams.  The dreams are so bizzare and detailed that Kadizzle awakens every night and wonders how does the brain invent these elaborate movies. The complexity of the scenery is incredible.  How does the mind make a movie?  How does it do it night after night?  Last night was a classic.  Kadizzle dreamt he was walking past a factory that made rebar.  Where in the hell did that come from? About fifty years ago along the Ohio River Kadizzle did ride a motorcycle by a factory that made rebar. Why did the mind drag this up fifty years later and incorporate it in a dream? Strange.  The sun is coming over the right shoulder.  This means the sun is on the North side of the house.  The Earth has tilted to the extent that the very sun that shines in the southern windows now shines in from the North.  This giant rock is hurtling around the Sun, the sun is blasting off in space, and Trump is lying at the speed of light. 

Right here in engine room things are scattered all over the floor.  The stuff is from the go bag.  What in the hell is a go bag? Well the preppers, if you know who they are have a bag full of crap they can pick up and run with when the shit hits the fan.  Kadizzle sort of likes the idea.  In Cottonwood at a garage sale Kadizzle got a seventy dollar bag for one dollar.  It was brand new.   Now in the bag are things that might get you out of a bind.  There are two way radios,  a space blanket, a GPS, pencil, paper, earphones, a water filter, snacks, gloves, a balaklava, a swiss army knife,  a headlamp, pulling tape, and on and on.  We all face that moment when we say " If only I had a...."  Well a go bag should have that magic thing that gets you out of a bind.  So the go bag is in the truck most of the time.  Actually there are two go bags. A smaller version is a backpack with a few essentials.  The problem is these bags have to always be rearranged.  Sometimes things in the backpack go to the go bag, and vice versa.  Anyway there is a big mess on the floor of the engine room because the go bag is getting checked for the trip to Wyoming. 

Is the cult cracking?  Somehow Kadizzle want to believe people are leaving the Trump cult.  His lies have become so blatant, that maybe there is hope. His Tulsa event was so pathetic.  The fact that teenagers supposedly fooled his gang is a good laugh.

Over at Stroupini's the carpet is down, should say upside down. Stoupini has lad carpet all over the yard which will soon be filled with gravel.  The idea is he carpet will keep the weeds down.  When the gravel shows up the project will be complete.

How Can You Tell?

Below is a song by John Prine.  Now if you encounter someone who is a John Prine fan you know they are basically a good person. A few people have hit it out of the park.  Kadizzle would say John Prine, Leonard Cohen, and Bob Dylan are three people you can count on. The ability to combine words and music to perfection is a rare treat.  Some people can crank out one or two or even three great ones, but these guys have dozens.

John Prine - Summer's End Official Video

The Trump Honor Roll

Put up a Trump flag to show people you are on the Trump honor roll.  Sadly we have about four on the honor roll here in our hamlet. On this honor roll you don't get honored for reading, thinking or checking facts.  You are honored for being a good cult member.  You believe. You believer there was a biggly crowd in Tulsa.  You believe what the man behind the curtain says.  Believing lies is a skill the Trumpsters have mastered.  Flags are great.  A simple pieced of cloth will identify a racist, an idiot, or a Nazi.  How convenient.  You may have always thought Willy was a little simple, but to have Willy self identify makes life easy.

Solar Bike

Yesterday Kadizzle figured out a way to recharge the ebike with solar power.  Since the Kadizzles are going to do some dry camping in Wyoming this will be a good breakthrough.   Our two solar panels are hooked to a twelve volt battery, and the battery runs an inverter into which the bike charger is plugged. It is kind of a long way around the barn to get the job done, but it seems to work.  No doubt it is not the most efficient way to do it, but any port in a storm.  Off to Wyoming we will go with two ebikes.  

In Wyoming we will meet our talented little granddaughter, Sylvie.  Sylvie is at her first acting job today.  At age 11 she is being paid $150 an hour to act in a public service add for a hospital. Grandpa expects a nice birthday or Christmas present this year.  Everyone was delighted to find out Sylvie was accepted to the Denver school of arts. 

If you believe it, it is true

What is the explanation? How do the cult members stay in the cult?  Every day the evidence of Trump's incompetence, crookedness, lying, and immorality just pile higher.  How do the cult members ignore a pile of evidence that obscures the sun?  Most amazing are the religious dingers.  Kadizzle knows several people that are " washed in the blood of the lamb".    These people march to church and get their tank filled with mythology, then they go home and turn on Fox News.  Delusional is the only explanation. Today Kadizzle came across an article about Trump's niece writing a book.  The niece is a psychologist.  She tells tales of how rotten Trump has been his entire life.  Today the big deal is Bolton's book about the Trump rot.  Everywhere you turn someone is leaking the truth about the rat in the White House, yet the cult still believes.  Republican has become a religion.  You just believe contrary to any evidence.  You just have faith that Trump's rot is god inspired. 

"Pilgrim"- Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band featuring Emmylou Harris

Have we become a police state?

Yesterday Kadizzle took off for Taylor, North Dakota with Stroupini to get some trees for his backyard. As we drove into the little town of Dodge, North Dakota Stroupini slowed down, but not enough.  As luck would have it an officer of the law was driving East while we were going West.  It was apparent the sheriff's deputy was going to stop Stroupini.  Stroupini pulled into a side street and the patrolman followed.  After asking Stroupine for his drivers licence the deputy asked Kadizzle for his.  This seemed like a very strange request and Kadizzle questioned the officer as to why he would as for the passenger's license.  The officer said it was for his protection.  Protection from what? He had already asked if we were armed.  Of course we were not.  Two men in their seventies would not pose much of a threat.  The deputy was a big man and could probably have knocked Stroupini over with a fart.  It might have taken a little work with the night stick to subdue Kadizzle.  Kadizzle gave he officer his license.  When the officer went back to his car to print out a ticket for Kadizzle he started to take Kadizzle's license with him.  Kadizzle asked why? Apparently the officer was going to call in both license.  Kadizzle told him no, Kadizzle wanted his license back.  There had been a little discussion earlier and the officer said Kadizzle did not have to give him the license. The officer said it was for his safety, so Kadizzle agreed saying indeed he did want the officer to be safe.  Now all of this raises he question, what if it was a van load of people, or a bus load of people?  Would everyone on the bus or van be checked?  Were it a van load of Mexicans or black people how would it be handled? There is nothing wrong with good police work, and in this encounter everyone was polite and cordel, however it did give the impression of a country run by Trump.

A ride in the Badlands

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Click on the link above to see a nice video of the bike ride with Winky yesterday in the Badlands. We had another great ride. Good weather, scenery and a setting that rivals any in the country.  

Let's flag stupidity

I am an idiot.  If that is the message you want the world to see raise a Trump Flag, a Confederate Flag, or just put on a red Trump hat to let people know you are simple minded.  Almost forgot, you could put a Trump bumper sticker on your car.  We live in a society of symbols.  The NRA sticker on a pickup lets you know what is inside.  Food is labeled, and a lot of people like the idea that you can pick up a package and know how much salt is in the chips.  When people label themselves you can tell how many beans are in the jar with ears on it.  It is nice to know right away you are talking to an uneducated idiot.  Kadizzle has his anti Trump shirt.  It simply says Impeach on it.  When the shirt supply is low and most of the T shirts are in the laundry Kadizzle pops on the Impeach shirt.  It is fun to wear it around town and troll for dingers.  The shirt does identify Kadizzle as whatever he is, certainly not a Trump fan.  Now here comes the propaganda problem.  Idiots are proud to be idiots. The idiots want the world to know they are simple minded.  Here in Trumpville the idiots drive the loudest trucks and motorcycles possible to bring attention to themselves.  Like the gun totters that you encounter in Arizona with a side arm, you know right away you are looking at an idiot, an armed idiot. What could be finer.  Kadizzle was in Auckland, New Zealand and there he was an old goat from the U.S. with his Trump hat walking down the street in downtown.  Kadizzle could not help it. Kadizzle told the simple minded fellow he was an embarrassment to the United States.  What have we come to when people proudly declare they don't have an ounce of intelligence?

Political facemask

It is Sunday morning.  Winky just wandered into the kitchen.  Kadizzle is sitting here reading The Economist.  A short little article on facemask caught his attention.  The article said facemask are more to protect other people than yourself.  Boing!  That explains it. Republicans don't care about anyone but themselves.  That is why they don't wear facemask.  Democrats care about other people, that is why they do wear facemask.  Could there be a simple way to identify people?  Republicans believe, I got mine, the hell with you.  Democrats believe the more people are happy the more they will be happy.  So now we have a system that is wonderful.  The idiots wear red hats, so you know them instantly. The selfish people don't wear mask, so you know them instantly.  Then there are some who take it one step farther and put up a Trump flag or a Trump bumper sticker.  They are making it clear they want nothing to do with reality. This is a great system we have in place.

Sad to see the Brain die

Some problems developed with our pickup truck.  It seemed the battery was not charging the way it should.  After spending a small fortune the mechanics said the problem was solved, but they were not sure how they solved the problem.  Kadizzle questioned if the truck had actually been fixed.  In the morning Kadizzle went out to the truck and started the engine to see if the battery was charging correctly. Kadizzle reported to Winky who was standing by the the repair seemed to have been a failure.  To determine if the battery is charging of course Kadizzle thought he was looking at the gauge that indicates the state of the battery.  Winky said let me see what you are talking about.  Kadizzle pointed to the gas gauge and said to Winky " Look that needle should be right in the middle and it is not" .  Winky said " You idiot, that is the gas gauge."   Kadizzle suddenly realized what a 70 year old brain is like.  Fortunately the Truck had half a tank of gas so the battery was not dead.  Checking the correct gauge things seemed better. 

There is something magic about the brain, and sleep.  Yesterday Kadizzle drove himself insane trying to fix the garage door.  The door would go up about a foot and stop.  Kadizzle spent six hours adjusting, lubricating, and fiddling with the damn door.  Still no success.  In the end Kadizzle gave up with the thought that the answer might come to him in his sleep.  Awakening this morning Kadizzle realized he had been concentrating on the door.  Kadizzle had paid no attention to the mechanism that actually does the work.  Neighbor Bob asked last night " Did you lubricate the chain".  The answer is no, but that did lead to the thought about lubricating the slide the mechanism runs on.  That is probably the problem.  Cannot wait to find out.  Everyone has heard the saying " sleep on it".   It really works. 

Brain rot

Coming down the street towards the back yard there it was, a Trump flag flying on the neighbors flag pole.  How do people who appear capable and normal fail to see the sickening inadequacies of Trump.  It might have been acceptable to believe in the orange terror at one point.  Today the pile of lies, the evidence of Trump's incompetence, the endless fraud is so extensive how could anyone still believe in his cult.  Nothing has destroyed Kadizzle's faith in humanity like Trump.  People Kadizzle has known and thought to be normal are caught up in the cult.  What in the hell is wrong?  It is like Mormons, they believe the most insane nonsense, yet they appear to be normal humans.  How can the brain wander off into the wild?  Even Fox News has turned on Trump at times.  How do these people isolate themselves from reality?

Driving Entertainment

Sometimes one gets bored driving.  There is a solution.  Listen to KFYR radio until you get so infuriated you call in to Scott Hennen.  It is hard to say enough bad about this worthless lickspittle, but Kadizzle will try.  Driving with Winky toward the Badlands Kadizzle decided to call in to Scott Hennens Trump love session.  Kadizzle had a plan.  The plan was to set Hennen up by saying the subject of the call was fairness.  When you call in some prescreener answers the phone and ask you what your topic is.  Kadizzle said he wanted to talk about fairness.  When Hennen finally started talking to Kadizzle he said " This guy wants to talk about fairness, I wonder if it is about us" Yep Scott is about you and how you talk over people, hang up on anyone who disagrees with your, or go to a commercial.   " You allow anyone who agrees with you to talk forever,  Lets put this to a test" Kadizzle said to Scott.  " Donald Trump is the worst president we have every had and you cover up and spin for the lying con man."  " Do you deny it, do you have any shame".  At this point Hennen says " nice talking to you" and hangs up, and goes to a commercial.  Hennen proved the point. 

The saddest part of this whole thing is the tractor drivers that eat up Hennen's right wing spin.  Who would sponsor such cow droppings? Of course, it is Mr. Pillow.  Hennen brags about Mr. Pillow's book about how Mr. Pillow went from a crack head to CEO.  No respectable company would support red neck KFYR, but Mr. Pillow the guy who stands beside Trump does.  So a crack head figures out how to make pillows out of ground up car seats and makes a fortune.  The crack head along with Kevin Cramer, Kelly Armstrong and all Trump's North Dakota lickspittles come on Scott's show and get free political ads while Scott throws them softball questions. 

In past call ins Kadizzle has suggested to Scott he have someone on with him for balance.  "That is not necessary" Scott explains.   " If you don,t like my spinning, and lying listen to another channel".
Now if Scott has not dumbed down the gun totters, and the plowers enough, KFYR then runs a couple hours of Rush Limbaugh.  KFYR radio is an embarrassment to any sensible person living in North Dakota.  Get yourself a Magic Pillow and have your brains sucked out.

Donate

Kadizzle has never been big on political donations, but this year is different.  The scum we call Republicans has become so uncontrolled with idiocy. Trump spreading a conspiracy theory yesterday about a 75 year old man knocked over by the police is more than anyone can take.  Kevin Cramer is in the NYT today denying he knows anything about it.  Worse than senseless scum is the only way to describe these lickspittles for the rich. What does it take for people to wake up? Can you drive nails into the head of the idiots under the red hats?

Off to the Badlands again today for another bike ride.  Don't be silent about the Republican rats. Fight them on the streets, in the paper, at the coffee shop.  If our country is to survive these lying scum must be defeated.

Sniffers

Tomorrow another sniffer will come to see our house.  For some strange reason sniffers are finally showing up, but no one has made an offer on the estate.  Winky has totally seccumbed to her OCD.  Winky has Kadizzle helping her remove every dead branch from the property.  No one would believe the amount of organic detris we haul from this property.  Our wonderful neighbors to the West have an old rickety cart we use to haul to the tree dump, and the grass dump.  Kadizzle has the job of keeping it empty.  Winky and Marilyn see the empty cart as a challenge to fill with anything that was once alive.  Winky is back by the engine room asleep.  Kadizzle awoke at 4:30 A.M. and is in the kitchen getting up to date. 

Kadizzle came across an article about the national debt in the NYT.  The article gave a very good explanation Kadizzle recommends about what money it.   Money is a puzzle.  Basically. money is a belief.  It is total nonsense when you think about it.  You can give someone a piece of paper and they will give you a slice of pie with ice cream?  Money is nothing but faith.  Anyway read the article for an interesting spin.

The Most Honest Three Minutes In Television History

Rant Time

Trump endorses Burgum.  That is what the headline said. Make Kadizzle puke. In North Dakota you seek the endorsement of Trump.  The State of North Dakota has become hopeless when people take pride in standing with the worst president in history.  Trump has nailed it.  Trump snatched the title from Bush with glee.  To see ads on television where a couple of Bubba's brag they are Trump supporters and you should vote for them makes one wonder what we have come to.  North Dakota has dumbed down to an extent formally unimaginable.  The state sits on 6.8 billion dollars yet will not pay teachers, allows people to go without health care, and acts like it is broke.  The only purpose of the legacy fund in North Dakota is to insure the rich are not taxed.  If anyone suggest making the rich pay their share of taxes then the piggy bank will be broken into.  It has not come to that.  Kadizzle sits in Mercer county.  Mercer county is in the middle of the coal game in North Dakota. The evidence is overwhelming the coal game is coming to an end.  Just pretend it is not going to happen.  Just like we pretend climate change is not real.   The dolts in the Republican mafia could be proactive and try to find some new economic base. Kadizzle favors looking into nuclear power, but the dolts want to revive coal.

You must watch the video below. It will be on the test.

Click on video Below very good music

Trump Song Parody Blasts the President’s Many Misdeeds | NowThis

Camping at Cheyenne Mt. State Park

The dirty secret of capitalism -- and a new way forward | Nick Hanauer

Kadizzle is getting old. Sleeping seems to make him tired. Living in a body that is getting old is a chore. Awakened this morning stiff in the wrong places, and a back that would rather stay prone.

A New World

Old Grandpa Kadizzle gets a buzz out of seeing the offspring.  Too many times from the perspective of the children Kadizzle calls them with facetime to see the little monkeys in action.  Think about it, you can see Evie, Quinnie, and Sylvie just by firing up the little laptop.  Seeing those bugs always bring hope and cheer.  Those bugs are who we are fighting for.  As Trump does his best to destroy everything good about the world we have to fight back. Trump is destroying truth, education, the environment, and common decency.  What kind of world is Trump making for our grandchildren? Kadizzle is obsessed with this battle.  Republicans and their obsession with greed represent the worst plague of our lifetime.

There is enough food, medicine, shoes, wood, and power for every person on the planet.  The problem is one small group has take way more than their share.  Now call sharing any bad name you want.  Call it communism, socialism, or greedism.  It is simply the truth no matter how you slice it. If I eat all the cake there is no cake for you.  You can dance and sing, and say make more cakes, but the real solution is to share the cake.  Republican will never share voluntarily.  Governments whether you like it or not decide how things get distributed. Governments decide how much the greedy can take.  No matter what you label your government they are in charge of distribution.  When you say hands off to the rich stealing everything, they will.  That is what third world countries are about.  When you protect the rich you endorse their stealing.  Oh, no, its not stealing, they earned it.  Sure they did and Las Vegas earned the money in the slot machines.  Fooling stupid people is stealing.  Trump the con man has made stealing respectable.

Kadizzle tries something new

So far something new did not work.  Kadizzle is trying to post a video.  Maybe some time will make it work. If not just disregard this. 

Badlands Goodlands

Again yesterday Kadizzle and Winky headed to the Badlands.  Little by little we are doing the whole Ma De Hey Trail.  Although we have lived in North Dakota and visited the Badlands many times Kadizzle only recently realized how magnificent they are.  It hit Kadizzle like bird droppings on the head yesterday that the only way anyone would ever know how amazing this part of North Dakota is would be to get back into the Badlands.  The reality is there is no way except walking, riding a horse, or bicycle that you can get back into the wilderness. The Kadizzles have intensely covered about every inch of the western United States in a span of twenty years. The Badlands compares with the best of what we have seen. 

Two old people in their 70's buzzing through the Badlands on ebikes hitting speeds of close to twenty miles per hour.  The trails are no do da ride.  More than once we had minor crashes.  There are plenty of places you could make a mistake and end up over a cliff hurt or dead, but it is worth it.  So far we probably have knocked out somewhere in the range of thirty miles.

Now a little tourism rant.  The trails in the Badlands are a great accomplishment for North Dakota.  However, without the push from private people it would never have happened.  North Dakota has some wonderful opportunities for outdoor recreation, but getting the money for recreation from farmers is impossible.  Farmers drive tractors for fun, they do not hike, bike, or do anything that does not result in an ear of corn.

A thousand years ago Kadizzle moved to North Dakota with Winky.  We lived on a farmstead and got to know the farmer and his kids.  One summer the Dad bought an RV.  The family  was going to go on the first vacation ever.  Kadizzle and Winky were assigned to watch the farm.  The farm kids had never really been anywhere and Kadizzle could not wait to find out what their reaction to seeing mountains would be.  Dwight was the older boy.  On the return Kadizzle asked Dwight " Well what did you think of the Rocky Mountains?".  Dwight said " They were big, but they would be very hard to farm".   So back on the tractor.

Imagine running a restaurant.  Imagine budgeting 95% of your resources to advertise and 5% of your funds to fix up the restaurant.  That is North Dakota. North Dakota will spend a fortune for advertising, but will not actually put a cent into any recreation project.  If you could use the big lake, the Badlands or the Little Missouri people would love it.  The cost of trails is nothing, a little money spent on Lake Sakakawea could do miracles, but no, no, no we just want to farm.  What does North Dakota do? The state puts up fiberglass cows, fish, and metal pheasants along the highway.  Kadizzle is always amazed when he talks to people about Lake Sakakawea.  It is a man made wonder.  It is the third largest man made lake in the United States, but guess what?  Most of the people in the state know nothing about it or have never been there. Why?  There are no decent facilities there.  The lake cannot be utilized by anyone but fishermen.  The lake could have trails around the shore, it could have decent places to eat, some marinas, golf courses, and cabins, but no, we don't do that sort of thing, we just chase cows around.

A new Sailor

Kadizzle took the Jennie Rose out for a sail with Nick.  It brings joy to the heart to see a young guy embracing the joys of sailing.  Nick has done a great job restoring the boat and has had a lot of enjoyment out of it.  We sailed over to Mallard Island and Kadizzle showed Nick the anchorage.

Today Winky and Kadizzle will. once more go to the Badlands to ride the ebikes.  Sniffers are coming to look at the house so we had to get up early and do some dusting.  Selling a house in Hazen is like getting Trump out of office.  It takes persistance.

OK a little Trump ranting.  All of our problems stem form economic oppression.  Poor people riot, rich people don't.  As long as we have system that encourages greed and hate, we are doomed.  The solution is right there, tax the rich, provide jobs for the poor.  Trickle down doesn't work. Forced trickling does.  We can build roads, schools, homes, you name it and give people jobs so they can live a decent life, but when we build yachts for a few, mansions, for a few, and personal jets for a few we have a problem.   This is not rocket science. 

Yesterday Kadizzle tuned in to KFYR radio to see what hate the station was stirring up.  Scott Hennen the mini Rush Limbaugh was glorifying the NRA mentality.  Some Red Hat called in to say how he was protecting his store in Bismarck with armed friends.  Ya, sure , ya betcha.  When an NRA gun dinger goes nuts and plays army we will have a real mess on our hands.  Just a matter of time, and then you have KFYR radio, and Trump blowing the dog whistle.

The Earth Tilted

The planet must have tilted a lot during the night. The sun is coming over Kadizzle's right shoulder. That means the house has turned almost 180 degrees.  The sun has moved from the south side of the house to the north.  Hopefully the politics of this country will tilt to sanity and the fuhrer will die in his bunker.

Kadizzle is going to get dressed and head up to the lake for a sail with Nick.  Kadizzle helped the young aspiring lawyer refurbish the old Jennie Rose.  Winds look decent to do some nice sailing.  Nick said the boat was cooking along at seven knots the other day.  That is over hull speed which is fun to do.

Rant: Make those Christians dance

Few political stunts in Kadizzle's life have been as rank as Trump's little walk to the church yesterday.  His antics were disgusting in so many ways.  Here is a man who has never gone to church unless there was a payoff thumping the Bible.  Trump is the ultimate crooked preacher. The saddest part of this mess is how willingly the silly fundies let Trump pull their strings.  Sorry, but Kadizzle feels fundamentalist Christians are every bit as bad as Covid 19.  How many wars, and terror have been brought on by religion. How many times has religion been used to dupe the simple minded. To see Trump make the religious dance strikes fear in the heart of anyone with a mind.

It doesn't Hurt to ask

Kadizzle has tried to drill this into his families head, but he just had an excellent example.  The Kadizzle's have been having trouble with their internet service.  In the final service call they seem to have it fixed. As usual they say " Is there anything else I can do for you".  Yes, you can take $25 off my next bill. They did.  Went through the same thing with Verizon many times.  Verizon gave me $75 off.  When Kadizzle talks to these people he explains that if their service works 50% of the time, then he should only be charged 50% of the bill.  Why not turn the tables on the CEOs that walk off with billions?  Just about anyone will give you 10% off if you just ask.  Ten percent of everything you spend could end up being $10,000 or more.  Some people call Kadizzle cheap and Kadizzle reminds them that the store or other person asking you to pay too much is not embarrassed, why should you be.  Turns out Kadizzle has been a customer of Midco for 41 years.  They have made over $80,000 from Kadizzle.  So lets think about who is getting the best of who.  It don't hurt to ask.

A little riot story

Once upon a time some native Americans got upset that a pipeline was going through their land.  This was in North Dakota and not much happens here.  It became a national news item.  A standard practice that you can now see going is to blame out of state protestors.  This is always promoted by the Republicans.  Kadizzle came across a post on the facebook at the time.  A local kid who had become a police officer wrote on facebook that he was in a bank in Mandan, North Dakota.  He was in line behind a native American.  According to the police officer he saw the protestor cashing a check from Warren Buffet.  When Kadizzle pressed the person for details the story fell apart.  First, do you think protesters are paid with checks? Making up stories for the gullible to believe is standard procedure for Fox News.  When you use the same trick over and over even a dog will catch on.