Already starting with the morning round of “say ‘Happy Birthday’ to …” posts on various social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanksgiving was fun for our parents. And it’s only three months from now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have absolutely no idea yet what I’ll be doing. I think previously I might have sketched out plans for the rest of the year in these streaks. But I really don’t know yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About all I have penciled in is Biloxi around Halloween, and the wedding trip in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were a couple of interesting SoHo Forum Debates<\/a> I noticed, but, yeah, I’m sticking to my commitment that I’m not spending money in NYC outside Penn Station<\/a> until after the DSA experiment is finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Much as I’d like to figure out a way to get groceries into the “food deserts,” I’d imagine the various brigades of men with guns will be around to prevent that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Actually got some sleep, finally, yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following with modest interest the stories about the USS Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can’t really tell what’s true. If things really are that screwed up, there should be some officers relieved of command before they get home. And the NCOs better have their reports with full documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There’s also the issue with Trump’s EO on the future carriers<\/a>. This isn’t news. If you’d been paying the least bit of attention, you’d have caught his affinity for the pipefitters, which you don’t need with electric catapults. It’s not like I wrote about it in April of last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, Congress could fix this; overriding an EO requires a simple majority. But being in session, and doing basic business is so hard! There’s all these fundraisers, the midterm election, then we’ve gotta scramble back to keep the government open in December after we’ve failed to pass a full budget for the umpteenth time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *STFW<\/em>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yeah, looks like the last time all of the appropriations were done on time was for FY1998, and it’s been a nonstop string of continuing resolutions since 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This started as a quick-hitter, but I ended up diving more into just how fucked appropriations are, and Congress is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of the fun X back-and-forth yesterday was Nick Shirley taking on the so-afraid-of-AIPAC Thomas Massie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n