Everybody likes to talk about the weather, but nobody does anything about it…
And somebody really should, with this current “heat dome” of heat and humidity. But, nothing…

I would, but unfortunately, our R&D department is woefully underfunded. It takes a substantial amount of money to build a weather dominator-inator. You can’t just go to the local store and buy the parts you need since they aren’t invented yet!

Meanwhile, while we wait on the millions in donations we need, we’ve had an idea before that should be considered. For places where the heat is oppressive — say, anywhere with a heat advisory in effect — the government could provide free ice cream sandwiches. It’s really a win-win solution. It would boost morale of the citizens (voters), and the politicians providing this would gain some popularity and be responsible for something good. I know, the issue is how to pay for it. The cost wouldn’t have to be great, if they leverage their buying power to get discounts (which is entirely possible). But they’d have to cut out the red tape on the middleman and not enrich themselves, which is most unlikely. After all, just this year, DOGE and Elon Musk with his chainsaw have cut thousands of jobs, slashed billions from budgets, which could potentially do some good (although the haphazard way it was done was incredibly inefficient and irresponsible), yet the current budget bill will lead to greater debt. So what exactly is going on where they can save billions of dollars yet spend trillions more? The math doesn’t add up. They haven’t told us where all that money is going.
Sorry, got on a political rant there. Our government is inconceivably wasteful, so no free ice cream sandwiches. In fact, your groceries now cost more, despite the campaign promise of Donald Trump to bring grocery prices down on day one. Instead, everything costs more.
Oops, started ranting again. But while I’m on the topic (not really), here’s a random pivot to chew on: I saw an interview with someone who had traveled to various other countries, and he said the main difference in politics in America is that we tend to blame the “other party” while in other countries they hold their elected officials currently in office responsible for what’s wrong. I can see that…
Enough ranting. It’s hot outside, and I sure could go for an ice cream sandwich… So I’ll go get one myself. I don’t depend on politicians to make my day better. (That would be a disaster!) We all have the option to do things to make our day better.
Is there anything you will do today to make your day better?
Important Political Scientist
So Donald Trump repeatedly said on his campaign that he would bring down grocery prices on day one, yet he hasn’t made any reasonable attempt at doing so. Instead, he’s made everything more expensive. It’s almost like he lied to get elected…
Here’s some quotes to show the kind of stuff he said:
“Grocery prices have skyrocketed; how can a family afford that? So, when I win, I will immediately bring prices down.” ~ Donald Trump, 8/15/24
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“Vote Trump, and your incomes will soar. Your net worth will skyrocket. Your energy costs and grocery prices will come tumbling down.” ~ Donald Trump, 9/23/24
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“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down.” ~ Donald Trump, 09/2024
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“Prices are too high! The consumer is angry at this incompetent administration. Kamala has no idea how to bring prices down. She is afraid to even discuss it with the fake news media. Even worse than her V.P. candidate, she doesn’t even have a clue… but I do, and it will happen fast.” ~ Donald Trump, 10/3/24
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“A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper.” ~ Donald Trump, 11/4/24
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“I’d like to bring them down. It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard.” ~ Donald Trump, about grocery prices not going down, 11/25/24
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“An old fashioned term that we use, “groceries”. I used it on the campaign. It’s such an old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it. Groceries went through the roof and I campaigned on that, I talked about the word groceries.” ~ Donald Trump, 4/2/25
I figure he’s never bought groceries before. One time he made a campaign appearance at a grocery store and appeared to not know what a bag of potatoes was. He sure doesn’t sound like he knows anything about groceries, saying “it says a bag with different things in it”. That could be groceries, or it could be a bag of dirty laundry. And what’s with “it says”? Is he reading a definition of groceries? He’s such a con man and grifter.
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