It is Thursday, 5 January 2023, and I am up and ready to get after it. One big glass of water down, one on deck, and a few more scheduled for ingestion.
OK, this little corner of the world today. We had an election last November, and the GOP has taken control of the house. Only problem seems to be that the GOP can’t control jack squat. There have been six votes so far for Speaker of the House, and the GOP can’t get their act together to elect a Speaker. Right now, there are deals being made by Kevin McCarthy of California so he can round up enough votes for the role, but he’s going to give the most far-right factions of the GOP more and more power in order to win them over.
The GOP is being held hostage by Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene. Heaven knows what this bunch is holding out for … there are rumors that they want rule changes about how many votes it takes to call for a no-confidence vote in the Speaker, shifting the line from half of the house to one representative. I’m sure there will be committee appointments on the line, and probably some legislation to fund some priority projects in certain representatives’ districts (read “graft”).
The GOP is a punchline this morning.
I should probably correct that… the GOP has been a punchline for a lot of people in the US and the world for a number of years. It’s simply becoming more of a punchline.
I have a talk here in a couple of hours, so water, coffee, breakfast, and then the rest of it. This month I’m teaching an admin course, so a lot of the folks I’m working with aren’t as experienced with the cloud as the folks I usually encounter in a solutions architecture course.
Not much going on at our house right now, other than Odin digging into a pet toy trying to find that squeaker.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
