Today’s the last day of mostly peace and quiet in the KY house for this stay. K plus her brother and SIL are arriving, staying for a week. After a massive cleaning attack, the house is ready. You’d never know the place was covered in drywall dust a couple of days ago.

In the evenings this week, I’ve really enjoyed catching up on the series Your Friends and Neighbors, starring Jon Hamm. Season 2 is superb. The episode about a family funeral was impressive – deep, thoughtful, hilarious. And it struck a nerve with me.

In the news, Mitch McConnell is still MIA, probably brain dead and on life support as the GOP tries to game yet another political appointment. I had zero sympathy for MM in life, but as he waves goodbye to planet Earth he should be given more respect than his political brethren are giving him.

As predicted, Convict Donny’s rules interference gave Belgium all the motivation they needed to exit the US team from the World Cup. They thumped us. And then the Belgium team trolled Donny by doing his fucked up dance in mockery. Everything he touches dies, including sports teams.

Meanwhile, Trump is meeting with NATO countries and embarrassing us again. He should be kept 1000 miles away from any gathering of world leaders, but…he’s there stirring up shit once again. Plus he and Italy’s Meloni continue to have a high-school fight in the media. Embarrassing.

While he’s not ruining sports or relations with our (previous) allies, Donny is again waging culture war on The Smithsonian. He, or someone in his administration, simply hates the way The Smithsonian tells the truth about the history of America. We’re not saints here, never have been – we have some dark chapters in our past. but trying to rewrite history is solid Orwell/1984 shit. I mean, our younger generations are having enough trouble getting educated without some asshat lying about what really happened over the last 250 years. It’s hard enough to understand the truth about things these days.

As a great example of “it’s hard to know what’s true”, the whole Plattner thing is a perfect example. Is he being “me too’d” by conservative women to get him to exit the Maine Senator race, or did he really do the things that the latest accuser says? It’s become very clear that sexual harassment claims are being used as political weapons, so how can we know the truth? This technique is becoming a standard-issue weapon for conservatives, some of whom will do anything to stay in power.

Annnnnd, as of 545pm EST, we’re back at war with Iran. We just bombed them again. It’s exhausting.

Picture below and title picture are shots I took at cousin Donny’s family fireworks show a couple of days ago. Nice show.