Name-Dropping Is A Distraction

~ Guy Hall

(THR) On Tuesday, talk show host John Phillips, a Trump supporter, appeared on the news network and discussed the GOP presidential nominee’s controversial week.

“Over the last few days, I’m not surprised to see people running for the hills,” Phillips said. “The last 72 hours for Donald Trump have been the political equivalent of Chris Farley’s final 72 hours on planet Earth.”

Okay, on the surface it looks like this is an accusation of Trump committing political death by being out of control. However, the “people running for the hills” is the more telling part of this comment. Phillips appears to be a 27 percenter.  Chris Farley as an example really doesn’t seem relevant to the discussion. Instead, it’s a distraction from his point – that people are being traitors and abandoning Trump. He’s laying the ground work for shifting the blame of Trump’s possible Presidential election loss away from Trump and on traitorous supporters.

Excellent!

~ Guy Hall

Music in the US of A is rather underwhelming for me at this time. Corporate control has reduced the spontaneity and creativity of music writing. Instead, I am forced to listen to formulic re-packaging of old themes and styles without anything new and fresh coming along to catch my interest.

So, imagine my surprise when an A Cappella group covers June Carter’s “Ring of Fire” and nails it in a refreshingly new manner.

Home Free has a novel approach to an old standard. They’re not attempting to mimic Johnny Cash, but instead pay tribute to him while still infusing their own character and joy into music they obviously love.

Back

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And exhausted. But a great time was had by all. Picture will be posted tomorrow after my phone has had time to upload them to the cloud.

Did I say we were back? Well, we are.

And exhausted.

What?

Oh, I did say that.

Sorry.

I’m, you know, exhausted.

Weekend Plan

~ Guy Hall

Yes. We have a plan. It’s to discover the Grand Canyon of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It actually is not anywhere near as large as the Grand Canyon (duh!) but the pictures sure made it look beautiful. It reminded me of the Vermillion River gorge behind the granary mill in Hastings. My hope is to bring back some gorgeous pictures.

Oh, and we’re taking a route through Porcupine Mountain State Park. Supposedly not named after the animal.

Yeah. You got me. Sounds beautiful.

Okay, time for me to get dress and head out the door.

Update: Another thing: for not being a morning person Tina is awfully bright eyed and busy tailed this morning. It’s a bit scary.

Bomb The World!

~ Guy Hall

Does Trump not know that nuclear weapons are not toys to eagerly be played with?

Donald Trump

Trump reportedly asks why US can’t use nukes

 

Donald Trump asked a foreign policy expert advising him why the U.S. can’t use nuclear weapons, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough said on the air Wednesday, citing an unnamed source who claimed he had spoken with the GOP presidential nominee.

“Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on the international level went to advise Donald Trump. And three times [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three times he asked at one point if we had them why can’t we use them,” Scarborough said on his “Morning Joe” program.

Question

~ Guy Hall

Now that the Republican and Democratic conventions are done and both candidates have accepted their respective party’s nomination does that mean their names are on the ballets with no way to back out? Even if Trump chooses to withdraw from the election would his name still remain on the ballet?

Oh, and on a semi-related note: Superdelegates suddenly make a whole lot of sense after seeing what the Republican party has done to itself by letting the mob have total say……

Another Morning.

~ Guy Hall

It really is amazing how mornings stick to a schedule. Any chance one of them might decide to call it a day and just stay in bed? I know I’d appreciate it.

Sigh.

Oh well.

Since this morning decided to get up I guess that means I’m off to work again.

Seriously. Do mornings have to be so dependable and reliable?

One Of My Favorites!

~ Guy Hall

Honestly, one of the more profound strips of his.

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Source: Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, October 17, 2013 Via @GoComics

Waiting Impatiently

~ Guy Hall

I applied for admission into the College of Continuing Education at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Campus. That was over a month ago. Since then? Yeah, nothing. No word on the status of my application. I was supposed to find out on July 20th. Here it is the 28th and it doesn’t even show if my high school transcripts my sister mailed on the 14th arrived. This is very frustrating.

Cooling Down

~ Guy Hall

It’s not as hot as the other mornings, but the humidity is still high, requiring me to cool down after my shower and before getting dressed or the sweat stains my shirt. Anyway, I’m running late for work, so this is all.