Author: DOuG pRATt

Political Operative Opportunity

This photo of my ’65 Chevelle brings to mind another true factoid from my past. I bought the car for $100 while working in radio. It was twelve years old, when that was ancient for a car, and it failed inspection because part of the floor was rusted out. I took it to an auto body shop in town and paid another hundred bucks to have a floorboard welded onto the frame. See how happy I was that it passed inspection?

The owner of the auto body shop was very involved in local politics. After I switched from being a DJ to doing news full-time, I encountered him regularly and we’d discuss politics, local and otherwise. He told me he was going to run for mayor, and he wanted me to be his campaign manager! I was both flattered and dumbfounded, but between the conflict of interest and not (yet) wanting to quit my job, I had to decline. As I recall, he won a later mayoral election.

Jimmy Carter has died. I should tell about the time I asked Ted Kennedy if he intended to challenge Carter at the 1980 Democratic National Convention.

Taking a Thermometer’s Temperature

Cold weather reduces the power in both lead acid batteries for an internal combustion engines and lithium ion batteries for EV’s.

Recently, when I posted this photo of the thermometer outside of the laundry room window, I commented on the apparent need to replace the battery.

Thermometer

Now that the weather has warmed up, I see the low battery indicator is off. So it seems the thermometer’s CR2032 has more life left in it.

Why Am I Not Surprised? Part 3

Trump got what he wanted from the poorly educated voters he claimed to love. He won the election, so now he’s tossing the suckers aside like everybody else he’s used throughout his life. Will Trump pardon his January 6 mob, now that he no longer needs them?

Trump sides with Musk in H-1B fight

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/28/musk-war-h1b-racists-maga-doge