The Native Iowan

Running behind schedule here.

Weather is busy outside.

I am a fan of April fools day and should have written, but, again, and again… very occupied.

I recall a clever April Fool’s Prank from high school… A couple kids set up times and people who they went to and said, “The Principle wants to see you in his office”. Of course they go up to the Principle’s office (no secretary then, a small school), knock on the door and ask what he wanted. Every half hour, a different kids knocks on the Principle’s door. The Principle was not happy.

Have 16yrold Mendoza home from school for 3weeks. The time will be used cleaning up the downed fences and damage caused by the floods. We’ve been at it a few days running now. Making fine progress. I am sleeping very well. Almost over being sore. Feels gud.

Watching the world spin. My old pard, W.E., called it, “Headlines from the “Sidelines”…

I fear the Ukraine biz is not going to end well. Old Vlad.P. is in a corner. He has no way out. He has been weakened by the past few weeks of war. I am certain his paranoia is at a very high level. I think him very dangerous.

Stupidity still rulz the political landscape in the US… heard one impotent idiot state, “rather have 20$ per gallon fuel, rather than Trump in office”. Fucking idiot! What about the folks that are struggling to make ends meet.

I got my electricity bill and note that my solar feed-in tariff got knocked back by 20%. My bill is quite high, and my expensive PV array just got it’s financial sense-ability kicked in the groin.

Interesting thing to note, and I advise all to heavily question the propaganda and bullshit being purveyed about, but… 10 years ago a barrel of oil on the world markets (the “spot price”) was 180+ per barrel. The retail price never got close to what we are seeing now. Today’s price per barrel is right on 100$.

What has changed, I ask… who is reaping the windfalls involved with all this?

Its dangerous and sad… Its the war, its the war…

No its not. Even during the two “Gulf Wars” fuel never hit more than 100+.

You, we, all of us are being zoomed.

Smiles

more later