Regardless of the 2024 U.S. election results, 'merica sure appears to have a rocky path forward. Tr*mp has uncovered the rot that still festers at the core of the U.S. and is exploiting it for his own self-serving destructive and incredibly divisive reasons. How one man can subvert so many systems is shocking. The fact that the election race is even remotely close is an indication that 'merica is a truly depraved and failed place. It is a place where a narcissist spewing lies and hate can garner significant public support. This tells me more about 'mericans than Tr*mp. Regardless what bile he says, regardless what repugnant things he's done, they proudly support him, look the other way or don't even care. As long as I win I don't care about the bigger picture. Simple concepts like truth, equality, science and reason no longer have value and are openly ignored or even rebelled against. This election is be a no win situation. Even if Harris wins (and I pray to Allah she does) Tr*mp has already set up means to dispute, lie and subvert another election. It also seems like his brainless cult followers are prepared for more violence if herr leader fails again. Some of those millions of MAGAs may slink back into the swamp or hide under rocks again if he loses, but they absolutely exist, they are strongly emboldened and they're not going anywhere... So ugliness is coming in November, no matter what. I don't see a path forward for the U.S.. I think the division is just going to grow and become more tense. At least everyone there isn't armed and guns aren't easily accessible everywhere. *gasp* I really think Canada should start building a wall.

And the irony of Tr*mp holding a rally at MSG where the Nazi also held one in the 1930s is remarkable. The lunatic speakers from Tr*mp's rally were as racist and incendiary as the Nazis were pre WWII. Just incredible. These tag alongs sure better hope he wins because they have all burnt bridge the rest of the nation. Seriously, what the hell has happened to the Republican party. And yes, the speeches were reviewed and approved by the party. The lack of outage at the bile that spew over and over is stupefying.

Ball hockey friday night was fun. I played in both games and both teams won. Goaltending is huge. If we get a fair chance to win from our goalie (ie. not spotting them 6 goals on 11 shots) we tend to win. This old man was pretty gassed after playing two games. Post-game we changed it up and went to Kelsey's instead of St.Louis. The food was remarkably better...not that Kelsey's is great but moreso that St.Louis is so bad and just reheated frozen foods. It was just so noticeably better. It cost about the same. We do like the people at St.Louis but wow... it doesn't hurt to change up the usual every so often.

I had Edie most of yesterday. I took her for a long walk. She walks slightly better than Mystic on leash. She really enjoys sniffing, pretty much everything. Then I tackled round one of leaf racking. What an exhausting job. Fortunately, bdot has been slowly ordering parts for the hottub and its finally functional again. A long soak is pure magic after a day of yardwork.

Last night we watched Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a perfect Halloween week movie. It was like the first film full of Tim Burton-esque macabre creatures and settings. It was enjoyable but felt a little long in the tooth at times. Mostly solid. ⭐⭐⭐½

Holy crap. Sabres are .500. Sabres can be above .500 and in a solid playoff spot with a win tonight. Yes, yes... very early, but at least, for the first time in ages there is a modicum of hope for this horrible team. They got manhandled badly tonight by a healthy Panthers team. Oh well.