September 22, 23

 Welcome to astronomical Fall which arrives sometime today. Many have already shifted their mental seasons beginning September 1--the meteorlogical start of Fall. I have had a busy morning already. Shopping by way of Instacart, another couple of rows on the Bavarian stitch baby blanket, and a load of laundry. I still have dishes to do and clothes to put upstairs. The rains we have had over the last couple of days have done a nice job of reviving my hibiscus plants. Sometime I have to go out and fill the bird feeder. The birds and the little ground squirrels are feeding for winter now,

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I didn't have too much to say yesterday so I just vegged out and ignored most of the world. We had an appointment with Mom's hearing clinic to get her hearing aids cleaned so between that and doing my morning stint of needlework I haven't done any reading or watching much news. 

I did notice that Disney decided that Kimmel will come back on TV tonight. They faced a rebellion among their subscribers and some of the actors playing in their Marvel movies. The financial threat was enough to send their stock down. I loved the Republicans touting their new talking point about "consequences culture" insisting that people have a right to say what they like but they were not entitled to a job. They intended too apply that to people like Kimmel of course but the same notion can be applied to companies, especially those who depend on public approval for their profits. They can make the decision to fire someone who offends the powers that be but. they aren't entitled to making a profit off those who like what those people say.

I debated whether to link to Frieda Berrigan's post on Tomdispatch today. However, considering how much of the country has been in one level of drought or another. Even the area where I live has gone between dry, and moderate drought all summer. And areas of the country have gone from drought to flood in the space of hours. She puts things in a personal light. What would she do if....? What would you do?

We just had a good laugh. I got an e-mail from someone I don't know who obviously doesn't know me. He wished me a Happy Birthday five months late. Crap.

Robert Reich posted on the Jimmy Kimmel snafu and made some very good points. One of the commentators on MSNBC noted how hard it would be for him to cancel Disney which underlined a point I have been dealing with for sometime although my response is somewhat different. Disney doesn't play much of a roll in my life. I see programs on other providers I would like to watch but I would have to get a streaming service which may or may not have anything besides that one show that might appeal to me. And it would be an additional cost on top of the bill for internet/cable service I now have. Better to do without and stay solvent. Incidentally, I never watched Jimmy Kimmel's shows. I haven't watched any late night talk show since before Johnny Carson reigned supreme. I preferred to get my sleep so I could get up and do what ever I had to do the next day. My mother likes the TV because it gives a background noise that makes her tinnitus bearable. If I had my way I would cancel the cable and keep the internet. I get most of my info that way.

Isn't it interesting how often Trump's actions involve money--A LOT of money. Earlier in this monstrous regime he instituted a "Gold Card" which allows someone willing to invest $1million can get entry into this country. Now he has proclaimed a new "fee" of $100k for H1B visas. That required a lot of cleanup because neither the existing H1B visa holders nor the companies who employ them knew the details--like whether it applied to current visa holders or not. The government and the companies are hashing out those details in the media now. But once again it is a case of "pay to play."