The DNC is now considering what to do about Iowa in terms of where it sits in the order of presidential primaries, since it is traditionally first to go in the presidential race every 4 years.  My opinion?  Dump it.  The unmitigated shitshow of 2020’s caucuses should be the nail in the coffin of Number One Primary, but it goes beyond that.  Iowa voters are not predictive of a winner; its population is older, more rural, and generally less informed than many other states. As an aside, I even question the importance of New Hampshire, but whatever, let’s dump on Iowa tonight.  I’ve got an idea, how about we start out with Super Tuesday and just go from there?

There’s also other upsides to dumping Iowa; no more stupid steak fries, corn on the cob roasts, butter cow sculpture contests, and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on bus rentals going from VFW hall to VFW hall to press the flesh of octogenarians.  On top of that, the Iowa Dems can’t even manage implementing a Goddam iPad app, hence 2020’s disaster.  In short, fuck those hayseeds.  Go to the back of the line; sit down, shut up. Eat your corn.

Not that I’m opinionated.  Or worn out.  Or just sick of hearing about Iowa.  Rant over, good night.

One of the constant threads that wound through Trump’s infestation of the WH was poor grammar, poor usage, and careless misspellings.  Bringing this characteristic to the end, his lawyers’ answer today to the single article of impeachment filed by the House, Trump’s lawyers, in the introductory paragraph, actually misspelled…wait for it…United States.  That’s right, folks, in the very introduction of his defense of the indefensible, United States was spelled Unites States.  These are supposedly high dollar lawyers with deep experience, and they are so careless in carrying out their responsibilities that they didn’t even bother to spellcheck.  Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

Pete Buttigieg is a Rhodes Scholar and graduate of both Harvard and Oxford. He served his country in Afghanistan, as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserves.

Yet, 13 United States Senators voted against him being on the cabinet.

Blackburn
Cassidy
Cotton
Cruz
Hagerty
Hawley
Lankford
Marshall
Rubio
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shelby
Tuberville
Not Voting: Toomey

These are the same senators who voted to approve Betsy DeVoss and Ben Carson.

I have a question for you.  Why would this person think they deserve this?

One of the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 is asking a federal court to let her leave the country so she can make the most of a Mexican vacation she booked prior to the insurrection https://t.co/KrRAFUnwbZ

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 2, 2021

Cudd is the owner of a Midland, Texas, flower shop, and she told the court that the trip is “a work-related bonding retreat for employees and their spouses.”

An FBI affidavit alleged that Cudd was one of a number of rioters who broke into the Capitol and paraded around the rotunda. The government claims Cudd published a Facebook video after the riot in which she said, “We did break down the Nancy Pelosi’s office door” [sic] and claimed to have no regrets about her actions. “F* yes, I am proud of my actions. I f*ing charged the Capitol today with patriots today.”

Now that is audacity.

Thanks to Kary for the heads up.

I was fixing to tell you that I had been indisposed this morning because I have decided that when when all the behind-closed-doors books come out about the Trump presidency, I’m going to have to rent a beach house for a month with a hammock underneath on the breezeway and read my butt silly.

I was coming here to tell you not to miss Axios today because when I think of the fun we all missed by not being able to watch … oh dear, it just doesn’t seem fair.

And then I discover that El Jefe beat me to it.

Honey, it is frightful and delightful at the same time.  Get a cup of coffee and read it.

And if you’ve already read it, check out how a 72 year old retired nurse in Michigan almost got herself virtually shot by a Proud Boy supporter.

Be watching for the Juanita Jean Beach House Rental Fund in the coming month.  Or if you’re armpit deep in snow, be my rental agent and look for a (2 bedroom 2 bath or more) beach house on a beach or close enough to hear the surf, anywhere from Bolivar peninsula to Corpus Christi. Bolivar for the seclusion, Galveston and Rockport for the food, and Corpus Christi for the rowdy friends.  Anywhere will do because my rowdy friends have cars.

Don’t forget to read the Axios.

The AXIOS team has done it again, this time led by Jonathan Swan, telling the tale of the craziness in the WH in Trump’s waning days of infesting the Oval Office.  It’s a stomach turning must read, full of quoted expletives.  Key quote: “When Rudy Giuliani is the voice of reason, you know the meeting’s not going well.”