Looking For The Silver Lining!

Headlines from today:

Wall Street Journal:

"Jobless Claims Point to Slowing Rebound"

"Daily U.S. Virus Cases Climb to Highest Level Since August"

"White House Meddling, Own Flubs Haunt CDC"

"Covid-19 Delays College Plans"

OK, no silver lining there.  Let's try the New York Times:

"With Aid Spent, Poverty Traps Millions More"

"Barrett Ducks Climate Issue, Raising Alarm"

"U.S. Virus Cases Climb Toward Third Peak"

"Battle Over Water as Drought Parches Both U.S. and Mexico"

Still Looking.  I'll try closer to home with the San Francisco Chronicle:

"5,000 in Oakland Hills Wake Up Without Power"

"Coronavirus Toll at Gilroy Facility: 12 Dead, 75 Infected"

"GOP Strategy Works to 'Pack' Courts"

No luck.  No silver lining.  Better luck next time!

VP Debate!

I'd call it a draw.  No home runs, but no major gaffes either.

Civil.  A welcome change from the last one.  But not a lot of substance.  And nothing new - both sides repeating what they've been saying for months.  I can't imagine that what we saw last night will change many minds.  More likely it will validate existing opinions.

So was it worth it?  I guess so.  People want to take a look at the contestants, especially when the guys at the top of the ticket are old.  That we didn't see any ill-mannered fireworks is a step in the right direction.

In the meantime, the disrupter-in-chief is at it again this morning.  "I won't do a virtual debate," he whines.  OK, say I, take your soccer ball and go home.  Not having to watch you again is also a step in the right direction.

Stay tuned . . .

Welcome Home, Chickens!

He's infected!  

For those among us who are gracious (and maybe a bit hypocritical), who want to do the right thing, who want to be politically correct, and maybe a few who actually feel sorry for him - they will express sympathy, keep him in their prayers, hope he recovers quickly - and all the rest.

I'm not part of that crowd.  For me, finally we get some good news.  I don't wish him well.  No compassion from here.  I'm happy to be mean-spirited on this one.  Happy to raise my glass and count our blessings.

Malcolm X got in trouble when after Kennedy was assassinated he said "The chickens have come home to roost."  Well - Welcome Home, Chickens!