I had a busy day yesterday so didn’t have an opportunity to sit in front of the computer and put together some ramblings. My friend Special Ed stopped by the house to visit and while I was finishing up an email he went out and roamed the property, coming back in with these morsels – chanterelle mushrooms, cauliflower mushroom, and two highly prized matsutake mushrooms. Matsutake is the kind of mushroom that people in Japan go wild about. Because of their fragrant aroma and absurdly high price, they are considered the “King of Mushrooms,” with the price being upward of $1,000 per pound there. These two weighed just under a pound. Now to figure out how I am going to cook them.
While going through my Apple News later in the day, I saw that the Donald has picked Linda McMahon as his nominee for Education Secretary. She is probably more qualified than Betsy Devos, his first ED Secretary, because she is the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). I have been a school vice principal and principal, so I see the need to have someone as the head of the Department of Education with so much knowledge about wrestling. This pick is right in line as most of tRump’s other nominations, all having the distinction of being unqualified for the position and having either their own agenda or willing to sponsor tRump’s. Matt Gaetz as Attorney General would be the first attorney general in 20 years without prior Justice Department experience and has very little experience as an attorney. Probably the most experience he has had in the legal sense would be that of being investigated himself for sex trafficking. Gaetz said in a post on X that there needs to be a “full court press against this WEAPONIZED government that has been turned against our people.” “And if that means ABOLISHING every one of the three letter agencies, from the FBI to the ATF, I’m ready to get going!” If confirmed as attorney general, he would oversee both the FBI and the ATF. Then we have Kristi Noem for Homeland Security Director, who would oversee Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency responsible for enforcing U.S. immigration laws, as well as many other agencies, including the Secret Service. Probably her strongest qualification for this position was that she shot the family dog who she described as “untrainable.” ICE and Secret Service agents carry guns, so see, she’s qualified. I’m not even going to comment on RFK Jr. for health secretary in charge of Health and Human Services. I can understand the reason he is such a wacko, after all, he does have a disability caused by a brain eating worm. Bobby once said an abnormality seen in a scan “was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died.” Me thinks it ate more than a portion. Anyhoo, as you can see, the Trumpster is following the game plan of his strategist Steve Bannon and “flooding the zone with shit.” He probably expects that not all of his nominees will be confirmed, but, in the meantime he will continue to make nominations that are sure to get folk’s bowels in an uproar.
I need to end this rambling and prepare for the Trail Blazer game against Oklahoma City. Have a great evening and be sure to say your prayers at bedtime. Ziggyman
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