Making Up For Lost Time

 Two days without a post...very old-school in neglect.  Wednesday I was just tired (imagine that) and went to bed somewhat early, while yesterday I just crashed.  Yesterday was a good day, in some ways.  After work I went out to Gates Mills where they are putting together an SVDP Conference at St. Francis of Assisi.  I think it will happen -- people seem enthused and have the spirit -- and this is good.  I drove by the old office -- sort of sad, sort of happy -- and then went to the gym out there, which was busy not terribly so, so I got a good workout in and did some thinking.  Namely, I am not the rah-rah recruitment guy, but I am better at -- once stuff happens -- in running, organizing, smoothing over, keeping tabs on things.  Both traits are useful, but the former I do not have, while the latter is good for my nerdy, detail-oriented approach.  Anyways, I came home, watched the archived J! episodes, did some paperwork, and eventually petered out.  I am feeling it today -- bit tired, bit cold -- so ideally I will be early to bed.

The Cabinet choices...oh, how could I not comment on that.  The Noem jokes make themselves, and...well, I never thought I would see the day a GOPer would want a Kennedy to do anything save for driving off a bridge with as many relatives as possible.  Funny; while I think he is nuts, he does have a point; we are unhealthy -- 3/4 are overweight or obese -- and if he can fix that, it would be a success.  Now, aside from food taxes or the bully pulpit, I am not sure how he can do it, but...

Then, of course, there is Matt Gaetz.  Funny; even before I saw a few articles about this, I figured it was a ploy to completely sideline him.  Basically, he resigns, the Senate (only 53 GOPers, and some are leery) says no, and then the report about his "extracurricular activities" comes out (I think it gets leaked no matter what), and it is so reprehensible that not even Newsmax will hire him.  I don't think the Donald thinks that way, but I am sure there are plenty of GOPers who do, and the fact of the matter is that this move is somewhat...provocative.  Then, of course, one sees this:
Why Matt Gaetz Might Actually Become Attorney General - POLITICO
Which does not exactly fill me with joy.

On the other hand... this does bring a smile to my face:
DOJ staffers in full-blown freakout over Gaetz pick for attorney general - POLITICO

Incoming Trump admin is eyeing new immigrant detention centers near major U.S. cities
This could be me, but putting migrants in the blue and sanctuary cities was a genius move by Governor Abbott, and if Trump decides to double down on it... so much the better.

I finished book 41 a couple of days ago:  Influenza, which was somewhat ironic, as it was written to discuss the flu on the 100th anniversary of the flu pandemic... and before COVID.  So, there are some things that are...unfortunately ironic.  On the other hand, there are plenty of things that were spot on -- not being prepared for a pandemic, not sure how to treat a viral infection (which really doesn't react well to modern medicine), and that we are not doing enough science to fix these things.  Of course, the Trump Administration is going to fix that.

 Scott Jennings Gives Masterclass In Shutting Down Lib Outrage Over Trump's Defense Sec. Pick – PJ Media
This is awesome, and unless he doesn't want it, Jennings has to be in this administration; sparring with the press every week would be awesome TV, and browbeating them...well, they deserve it.