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allergies and politics
2022-Aug-10, Wednesday 01:58 pmI'm still sniffling and snorting. I've removed a few hard plugs of mucus from my sinuses that way during the last week. I've learned that I can't do it while I have my night mouthguard in. I have to remove it first to make good progress on the noisy effort. I'm still taking all 3 antihistamines to keep it to a minimum. I guess now I'm hoping that the allergens drop from the air next week instead of this one.
I haven't done much of anything worthwhile during the last week in my antihistamine haze, except for 1) filing one more job application and 2) resealing an old leak in a dry 10-gallon aquarium. I still have to wait 24 more hours before I can test out the water seal. I'd like to get the fish and plants back into their original home.
I haven't even had time and attention to properly gloat (like some people) about the raid at Trump's residence. I will note the many hypocrisies of Trumpists who claim this action was an overreach by political opponents. Remember the 90-day convention, pleading the Fifth Amendment, or Trump trying to seize voting machines? The schadenfreude is strong today.
I didn't even watch the Minnesota primary election news last night. I checked in on Twitter occasionally, just to confirm that Ilhan Omar made the cut to become her party's nominee. I'm not a Democrat, so I didn't vote in their primary. Her name will be on the November ballot, and I'll be happy to vote for her then. Several people have noted from looking at maps of local areas that her opponent won the richest areas of Minneapolis and suburbs, while Ilhan clearly is the voice of the poor in Minneapolis. More of that everywhere, please! While in general it was a nice night for progressives in Minnesota, both the Minnesota Post and Reformer note the difficulties ahead for progressive politics in this "purple" (leaning liberal) mixed state.
I haven't done much of anything worthwhile during the last week in my antihistamine haze, except for 1) filing one more job application and 2) resealing an old leak in a dry 10-gallon aquarium. I still have to wait 24 more hours before I can test out the water seal. I'd like to get the fish and plants back into their original home.
I haven't even had time and attention to properly gloat (like some people) about the raid at Trump's residence. I will note the many hypocrisies of Trumpists who claim this action was an overreach by political opponents. Remember the 90-day convention, pleading the Fifth Amendment, or Trump trying to seize voting machines? The schadenfreude is strong today.
I didn't even watch the Minnesota primary election news last night. I checked in on Twitter occasionally, just to confirm that Ilhan Omar made the cut to become her party's nominee. I'm not a Democrat, so I didn't vote in their primary. Her name will be on the November ballot, and I'll be happy to vote for her then. Several people have noted from looking at maps of local areas that her opponent won the richest areas of Minneapolis and suburbs, while Ilhan clearly is the voice of the poor in Minneapolis. More of that everywhere, please! While in general it was a nice night for progressives in Minnesota, both the Minnesota Post and Reformer note the difficulties ahead for progressive politics in this "purple" (leaning liberal) mixed state.