I finally decide to groom Maggie Rose. I wish I’d taken before and after pics. She was so furry (has the most beautiful coat I might add, even when it’s overgrown). She knew when I went to the trouble of pulling out the grooming table that stuff was about to get real. Good news is I’m getting better at grooming her. Schnauzer cuts are not easy. I’ve great equipment. There’s no reason I can’t become proficient.
Anyway, as I’m grooming away I’m listening to the Rittenhouse trial. It may just be me, and I'm obviously not an attorney, but the most interesting information is presented when the jury isn’t present. Go figure. Were I an attorney, or teaching Law 101 What Not To Do, required viewing would be the nutso performance of the prosecutor. I’ve never seen anything like it. His tone was condescending and degrading, even while speaking to the judge. (I thought this was a no-no, disrespecting the court.) He couldn't help himself apparently.
In another lifetime I had the pleasure of watching and listening to Val Fulcher from Freestone County, during a jury trial. He was absolutely fantastic. Fantastic. I expect every attorney to be a Val.
So, the prosecutor will offer lesser charges as an option to the jury, unless something changes between now and Monday. Personally I think his goose is already cooked, the prosecutor. He lost the case almost from the beginning. Would he have won the case with lesser charges according to law from the beginning? Doubtful, based on evidence presented, if I were on the jury.
Brandon proclaiming Rittenhouse a white supremacist blows my mind. The shooting victims were all white. Shot by a young white man. I’ve come to expect nothing less, unfortunately, from Brandon.
Speaking of Brandon…he doesn’t believe average Americans are capable of understanding supply chain issues. While reading Great Decisions Foreign Policy Association publication, back in January, Global supply chains and U.S. national security was the first topic. While I sometimes have a little ADHD, okay, a lot, understanding we are up to our necks in alligators is easy to see, even without foreign policy discussions telling us this.
Admittedly I rabbit chased once semiconductors and computers were discussed. A nice flow chart would better illustrate my wacky thought processes, but in the interest of time, I’ll give you a verbal visual…
Semiconductors→computers→super conducting supercollider. What the what? Semiconductors, which I know nothing about except they matter, big, to superconducting super colliders, which I know even less about. Colliding high energy particles? Black holes?🤷♀️
Seriously, it happened. The common denominator in my mind? Semi and super. A beautiful disco ball flashing before my eyes. So, rather than focusing on one paragraph at a time, I pulled up Google to check out the supercollider that never was. Over $2 billion was spent by DoE, another $400 million of Texans’ money. Our money is to this day, sometimes (almost) literally, and often figuratively, being poured down a black hole. A black hole that will not be working accelerated particles underground in Texas. Quantum something or other. Idk.
(By the way semiconductor shortages are very real.)
And thus ended that particular day of learning about extremely fragile supply chains. It was too much for my brain, chasing around one subject that has little to do with another in the context in which I was reading, putting it simply. It’s way more complicated.
If Brandon is talking about a lady who jumps from one subject to another, out of her league concerning particle acceleration, he would be correct. But I can most certainly break it down Barney style, and The Little Red Hen taught me along time ago what it takes to put food on the table. She actually sounded a bit like a martyr at times, most moms do, at any given time, well, because we have to teach the littles and big-uns. Our hands are very full. It’s hard.
Have I ever told you I think most moms should be given free passage to heaven? Most, not all.
And there you go. I’m off and running again.
Stop it Debbie.
Focus.
I’m semi-qualified to discuss supply chain issues on a Barney level. Most Americans are qualified. We just have to slow down long enough to think about it.
I’m kinda good at teaching Barney and Little Red Hen levels. Because, well, I believe everyone can learn.
Besides, I dated a lovely supply chain professor one time. Osmosis or something occurred over wine. That counts, right?
Even if it’s over my head, I can listen and learn baby.
Listen and learn.
Final random, squirrel thoughts…
The DoD purchased large numbers of Chinese surveillance cameras and software and installed them on domestic and overseas military bases.
Fo REAL?
Yeah, I’m serious as a heart attack.
Maggie looks beautiful tonight. She’s such a good girl and she knows how to chase rabbits and squirrels.
Summary:
Rittenhouse→Prosecutor→Brandon→DumbAmericans→SupplyChains→Semiconductors→Supercollider→Barney→
Little Red Hen→Dang that professor was good looking AND smart
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