I’m off today and looking forward to chasing the little white ball across the grass. My game still sucks – but it does so more consistently now.
This has been quite a week for American democracy. To start with, the President of the United States just came out and basically admitted that he wants to steal the election:
This is just incredible, even if it’s been clear for some time that Trump is willing to dismantle the Postal Service—harming American citizens and American businesses—for his personal political gain. As a Republican in the modern era, the president is well aware that his political survival is tied to keeping turnout down. The post office is just the latest piece in the party’s larger campaign of voter suppression, which ranges from unnecessary voter-ID laws to just straight-up closing polling places. There is no evidence voter fraud is a major risk with mail-in voting—Oregon has operated without much incident since 1998—but Trump doesn’t even really lean on that lie anymore. He just out and says that he’s trying to stop people voting.
This is on top of, I might add, clear cut evidence that Trump’s appointee to be Postmaster General is a corrupt hack.
This is just one of many depressing headlines this week. It really makes me want to jump on a plane and head off to Thighland.
But I won’t be doing that anytime soon. Where I live just announced that 1 in 50 Hawaiians are probably infected with COVID. So I’ve got that to look forward to.
14 years ago, life was simpler. And Fridays at this establishment were devoted to one thing: Beer and Babes!
I’ve gotten away from that in the last few years and perhaps it’s time to get back to basics.
And after clocking in a triple digit score today, I will be ready for plenty of these:
Speaking of beer, I am becoming quite a fan of Maui Brewing Company. Their Bikini Blonde Lager is rather good.
The Pau Hana is good too.
Have a wonderful weekend! Stay safe!