... so I stained furniture. Damnit, better not storm tomorrow.

Gina Rodriquez is so awesome. The show is good, too.

My mom recently got back in in touch via genealogy with a cousin who lived in Canada for a while and is now in Mexico and is trying to get his Italian citizenship through their mutual grandmother, so I asked my mom if that meant she could get Italian citizenship. She isn't interested. Alas. The closest I'll probably get is my grandfather pointing to part of a map on a paper restaurant place mat and saying "that's where our family is from".

I just keep facilitating between outrage fatigue and outrage. I can't right the good fight on facebook, because I become enraged and hate myself. The way I get things done by getting both sides to agree to a small essential truth (ok, we might not like immigration, but can we all agree that babies shouldn't be in cages) doesn't work when you can't even rely on that essential truth I can almost always see both sides of where any argument is coming from because in previous experience, most people except sociopaths are coming from a good place people are not coming from a good place, and I can't with it, but I don't have the mental acuity to argue facts, I am good at arguing feelings. But if no one can be self reflective or self questioning it is impossible to argue facts of feelings.

I literally had an argument at work with a Trump supported (not about politics) where she insisted that the Sanatorium Department was in charge of approved caterers. despite proof of what the word sanatorium means, and despite being shown the sanitation department website. And she is a nice lady, and she is the only competent member of her family, and she has had to take care of them all, but she is also sort of a rascist piece of shit. And my tolerance was low, so I used to do things like ask brightly how she knew Obama was a muskim, and then say I found his membership in whatever church, but I can't do it anymore. Also her BFF at work is a black lady! I can't.

That would be vacillating

Kindle Fire has the worst autocorrect ever.

Jane the Virgin is a great show. I just finished bingeing last season. Bless Gina Rodriguez for doing something productive.

Thanks, Epic! Gina Rodriguez is the actual best.

I just turned on the local public affairs show for the first time in yonks, and I know one of the panelists! From my old job.

I'm getting very good at figuring out who the voice actor is in whatever cartoon ltc is watching.

I'd contrast that with his efforts to ignite a trade war with roughly everyone. If that sinks the economy, I could easily see him haemorrhaging his own support, who are likely to be hurt worst (especially if China has any say in it).

If the economy tanks, then he's screwed. He's on the tail end of a very long growth trend and starting trade wars so there's a pretty good chance that will happen unfortunately (for the country, not for him). OTOH, as usual, the GOP is trying to simulate the economy with massive deficit spending.

I think this horror of a policy is too far out to hurt Trump in 2020, but if he loses a branch of congress in the mid-terms that will be a disaster for him. To do that though, the Dems would need an incredible win to get the house (7 to 11 points which historically doesn't really happen) and it looks impossible in the Senate with the map they are facing. I'm just not very optimistic.

Today was the first day of Royal Ascot which is being shown (in the US) on NBCSN. "Ladies Day" - "Gold Cup" day or Peak Hat Day is Thursday.

Just saying.