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The House Republican Dumpster Fire Prepares to Explode

From The Palmer Report:

The open and airy playground provided plenty of room for the children to enjoy themselves and have fun. Only that was not what was happening. The mood inside the playground was restless, noisy, and horribly muddled. There was no oversight and no adults in the room to make sure the children behaved themselves.

So anarchy reigned. Children ran about, untethered, mud falling from them, squabbling with each other, as the hardscrabble grounds echoed with rude, angry quarrels and a symphony of childish mudslinging. And that, dear friends and readers, is what the House of Representatives will look like next month.

The GOP is set to take over, and boy, oh boy, are they fighting. And it isn’t just about Kevin McCarthy; over and over and over, new fights are emerging among the pesky children. The GOP needs a chaperone. It;’s evident that they lack the adult skills to know how to conduct themselves.

Everybody has turned on everybody. It’s a shitshow of crazy confusion. It’s like recess started for the children but never ended. Will they start throwing food at each other next? I wouldn’t be surprised.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, who for years was the darling of the alt-right, is becoming the focus of lots of GOP anger for supporting McCarthy. And Greene herself is raging against anyone who would dare to call out George Santos. Oh, my, the fun just never ever ends!

It is being said that in private many in the GOP want Santos to resign, but he hasn’t so far. And his fibs are multiplying.

Many in the House have turned on Moscow Mitch. And now, there is a new focus on anger. Sean Hannity is in the mix.

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It’s Not That Big

“That’s what she said!”

There was nothing wrong with my venerable Apple Watch Series 6, other it was getting pretty banged up and the battery life was significantly less than what it had been when it was new, but I still wanted a new one. Ben had replaced his Series 5 with a Series 7 last year, but I couldn’t justify the expense, especially since the 7 wasn’t that big of an improvement over the 6—and I kept holding out hope that Apple would crack the elusive non-invasive glucose monitoring conundrum on a subsequent model. (As time  passed it was abundantly clear that feature wasn’t going to appear this year model either and sadly, still seems to remain several years away.)

When Apple revealed their new lineup last fall, I was immediately intrigued by their new aggressively styled, off-road 4×4 “Ultra” model. I knew it would be overkill for me, aimed as it was at a demographic of which I was most certainly not a part of, but I loved the styling. And yet, it seemed so. damn. big. And then there was the price.

If for no other reason than the waning battery life, I still wanted a new watch, so I opted for the 45mm Series 8 instead. After having a dark blue watch for years, I chose the basic aluminum finish this time, and it allowed me the freedom to use just about any color band with it. It responded to commands much more quickly than my old 6, would easily hold a charge throughout the day, and I liked the looks.

Ben had watch envy after my Series 8 arrived. He, however was also very intrigued by the Ultra. As you know, he’s a big guy, and he really wanted to see how it looked on his wrist. About a week after I received my 8, we actually went to an Apple store and saw the Ultra in person.

Ben bought one, and I immediately regretted getting the 8.

As reviews and videos started rolling in on the Ultra, the more convinced I became that I’d made the wrong decision.

Luckily, since it was the holidays, Apple had extended their return window, so after vascilating back and forth for days and days on whether or not to return and exchange my 8, about three weeks ago, I took the 8 back to Apple and swapped it for the Ultra. I’d gotten a decent trade-in for my Series 6, so additional the financial sting wasn’t that bad, and I have to say, I haven’t regretted the purchase one bit.

The battery life is crazy! I often used to take my 6 “into the red” by the end of the day, preventing me from regularly using it for any sort of sleep monitoring, but the Ultra just keeps going and going. I can now consistently wear it overnight and only throw it on the charger when I jump in the shower the next morning to top it off.

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