Category: Politics, Religion & Money

Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter.

Trump will not be able to undo the pardon when he takes office. And its sweeping nature means the Trump Justice Department will not be able to reopen the long-running criminal probe of the president’s son.

https://news.yahoo.com/haven-t-seen-pardon-sweeping-051200296.html

What else could he do, knowing what Trump would do after taking office? He would have used the Justice Department for a revenge attack against Biden by putting his son through the wringer. Revenge for what? Winning the 2020 election.

I was going to post this commentary by Jon Stewart a couple of weeks ago, but then waited for a better opportunity, and Biden’s pardon is it. “Playing the norms” is for losers.

On a music show chat board last night a guy who lives in Ohio said he has neighbors who believe that Trump is already the president. He isn’t, but he’s acting as if he is and lying as he always does.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denied proposing to US President-elect Donald Trump that Mexico will close its border with the United States as he claimed in a post on Truth Social.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/28/politics/trump-mexican-president-call-tariffs/index.html

Trump operates on a transactional basis. I’m sure Sheinbaum would tell him what she wants in return for her efforts to manage the border. How about doing something to reduce American demand for drugs and limiting the flow of American guns into Mexico?

My oil-fired furnace is now over 25 years old. A lot older than it was in that picture. It’s from the first week of this site, September 2006.

This year for the first time, at the insistence of the oil company, I’m on a monthly payment plan. Until this heating season, paying for each oil delivery individually, the thermostats were usually set to 65 during the day, and 59 at night. The result was a chilly house.

Now that I’m being billed the same amount every month year-round, I’m not worrying about the cost of each oil delivery, or the thermostat settings. They’re set to 70 degrees all day and 65 at night. So, yeah, I’m burning a lot more oil, but enjoying the comfort level.

Although I have no intention of selling my house, which is held in a trust, I can imagine that an oil burner with forced hot water heat would be a negative on the real estate market. How long can I wait to replace the heating system, and what should I get to replace it?

My friends the Sinnotts replaced their oil furnace with Mitsubishi heat pumps. They love the system, especially because the house now has air conditioning. I’m looking forward to seeing their heat pump setup and, oh yeah, maybe looking at some original Joe Sinnott art.

I mentioned my house being in a trust because of this cautionary tale:

Is Trump making cabinet picks or, as Denro suggests, casting a reality TV show? As Trump prepares for his hate-driven retribution administration, one of the many concerns will be the economic effects.

Remember Republicans spouting their BS about liberal activist judges? What they really meant was, of course, they wanted their own activist judges. They now have them, all the way to the Supreme Court, thanks to this right-wing extremist.