So, this was the tail end of a baby-sitting marathon by Camera Girl.\u00a0 One of my daughters had a five-day anniversary trip postponed earlier in the year by illness and rescheduled during my marathon trip to Yellowstone.\u00a0 So not only was Camera Girl watching my young granddaughter on Monday, Wednesday and Friday but she was also watching my two younger grandsons from Tuesday to Saturday (today).<\/p>\n
Being the highly evolved and supportive husband that I am, I provided all the help of which I am capable.\u00a0 This consists of me saying things like, \u201cHoney, are these kids allowed to do this?\u201d and \u201cDo you want me to take them outside while you shop, cook dinner and clean the house?\u201d\u00a0 Of course, that would be under perfect circumstances.\u00a0 This weekend I\u2019m jet-lagged, dehydrated and have a sore elbow so I restricted my athletic events with the kids to watching them in the swimming pool, playing billiards and being beaten at chess by young children.\u00a0 The infamy!<\/p>\n
Seriously I used to kid myself that I didn\u2019t have to learn about chess strategy.\u00a0 I was so smart that my instincts would carry me through with anyone below a grandmaster.\u00a0 Apparently, grandmasters nowadays are really short and have squeaky voices.\u00a0 My older younger grandson beat me three games running before I finally got a grip and distracted him enough to win.\u00a0 Then the littlest guy gave me a run for my money in which I barely squeaked out a win.<\/p>\n
But between these duties I had a chance to read a bunch of news and opinion articles.\u00a0 It seems the Left and the Fake Right are trying to convince us that there is powerful evidence that the January 6th<\/sup> Investigation has turned the tide of public opinion across America and made electing Democrats all the rage.\u00a0 Apparently, Bison Man cavorting in Nancy Pelosi\u2019s office is much more compelling stuff than $5 gasoline, $10 hamburgers and teachers grooming children for sterilization.<\/p>\n Now we\u2019re supposed to believe this notwithstanding that this week Creepy Uncle Joe bottomed out below -20 points in the approval\/disapproval scorecard for the first time in his presidency.\u00a0 Apparently the most unpopular president on record is leading the way to a Democrat landslide in the mid-terms.\u00a0 I guess it\u2019s possible.\u00a0 But I\u2019m gonna say no.<\/p>\n Other stuff I read seems more like the beginning of panic.\u00a0 One guy kept asking how the polls could be so skewed against the Democrats when the Trump Republicans are just so evil.\u00a0 That one was really funny.<\/p>\n Another pundit was worried by a strategy on the Left of voting in the Republican primaries for what they considered \u201cfar right\u201d Republicans in the hope that this would increase the chance of Democrats winning in the general election.\u00a0 This pundit was truly scared that this would backfire and decrease the number of RINOs by electing actual conservatives.\u00a0 Terrifying!<\/p>\n One little ray of good news did leak through this week.\u00a0 That Latino guy who was charged with second degree murder for defending himself against some crazy guy attacking him in the bodega where he works had the murder charge dropped.\u00a0 Apparently, New York Mayor Adams put pressure on the DA and judge to recognize the self defense aspect of the situation and ended this travesty of justice.\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0 Could some sanity begin to reassert itself in New York City?\u00a0 Nah.<\/p>\n Now that the grandkids will be away for a day or so I can try to start catching up on my writing and pictures from the trip.\u00a0 But I have to say it looks like time is running out on the Biden administration.\u00a0 I saw he tried to declare a climate emergency this week but nobody cared.\u00a0 It\u2019s not like he can wave an energy wand and terawatts of power will just start flowing into the grid from rainbow fairy dust.\u00a0 He\u2019s out of make believe and the economy is starting to grind to a halt.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see if they pull the plug on his presidency before or after the mid-terms.\u00a0 Either way, I\u2019m thinking we\u2019re about to see some really ugly stuff soon.\u00a0 Enjoy the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, this was the tail end of a baby-sitting marathon by Camera Girl.\u00a0 One of my daughters had a five-day anniversary trip postponed earlier in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,818,1263],"tags":[3343,3519,2206],"class_list":["post-19789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-ocf","category-stuff-that-personally-interests-me-miscellaneous","tag-2022-elections","tag-failed-biden-presidency","tag-grandparents"],"yoast_head":"\n