WHAT HAPPENED

Americans have been in the dark for nearly one year. No longer will we have to wonder WHAT HAPPENED.  For a mere, $27.95 one can find out from Hillary Clinton herself exactly WHAT HAPPENED. It's no wonder that the book is 500+ pages. Over the past year, the twice-failed Presidential Candidate has offered a long list of excuses.  This list includes, in no particular order: FBI Director James Comey, John Podesta's pilfered emails, the DNC, the RNC, Bernie Sanders, Vladimir Putin, Steve Bannon, Rush Limbaugh and Anthony's Weiner. Also to blame were Confederate Statues and bad hairdos. There was Talk Radio, Cable News, Regular News, Fox News and Fake News. There was Facebook, campaign misspeaks, editorial critiques and daily Wikileaks. Also, low information voters were partly responsible and high information voters even more responsible But there were also stay-at-home voters, voter suppression, voter fraud and especially insufficient voter fraud. There was also sexism, racism, homophobia, xenophobia, misogyny, voter depravity as well as the earth's gravity. I should include the under-educated, the over-educated and the Electoral College. The loss can also be laid at the feet of the women who failed to support Hillary that now have a special place reserved for them in Hell. (This was according to brilliant deep-thinker Madeleine Albright)  It's all there in Hillary's new book, out today, September 12, 2017: WHAT HAPPENED.

Me? I don't 'buy' these excuses, and I sure as heck ain't going to buy the book. In fact, if someone gives the book to me as a gift, I will immediately donate it to some charity, perhaps the Clinton Global Initiative (I hear good things about them.)

I already know WHAT HAPPENED. And so do you.

If you still think you need this book, WHAT HAPPENED, by Hillary Rodham Clinton here are the details of the book that I lifted from Amazon.com.  You will notice that 'language' is listed as English. My assumption is that this is a typo. I am sure they meant to write: Language: Gibberish.

Product details

• Hardcover: 512 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1471166945
• ISBN-13: 978-1471166945
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.3 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

I did not and I will not be reading this book. 

This will not prevent me from offering my no-star review: It's deplorable.

(Now where have I heard that word before...?)

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I was busy at two appointments yesterday.  The first was a yarn shop in northwest Indiana to sell some buttons and then I had to scoot back to a suburb south of Chicago to sell some fabric,  There was no time to take any kind of walk prior to sundown. I was undeterred. I went out for a evening walk at 8:00PM and logged six miles.

Your Food Diary For:

Monday, September 11, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Egg - Poached Eggs	300	2	20	25	629	1
Quaker Oats instant grits - Instant Grits	300	66	5	6	930	0
	600	68	25	31	1,559	1
L U N C H
Subway - Turkey Sub Sandwich	560	92	7	36	1,620	14
	560	92	7	36	1,620	14
D I N N E R
Little Salad Bar - Asian Chopped Salad	385	46	21	7	1,190	25
Cheese Pizza	401	45	16	18	668	4
	786	91	37	25	1,858	29
S N A C K S
Trader Joe's - Mango & Cream Bar	60	10	2	1	5	9
	60	10	2	1	5	9
Totals	2,006	261	71	93	5,042	53
Your Daily Goal	2,892	361	96	145	2,300	108
Remaining	886	100	25	52	-2,742	55
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 962 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 233.9 lbs in 5 weeks     

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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

OK, lefties... enough. There is not a shred of evidence that Russia tried to install Donald Trump to the Presidency. It is far more likely, that if they actually were behind the wikileaking that diminished Hillary Clinton - it was too weaken her as President. That is what adversaries do. Russia is an adversary that does not share our values. In fact, most of the countries on Earth are adversaries that do not share our values. What DEMOCRAT in America, would have heard anything shameful or horrible about Hillary Clinton that was not already known about her fragile relationship with honesty and integrity and said to himself or herself.... "Yup, I don't like what I am hearing about Hillary. I better change my focus 180° and vote REPUBLICAN and vote for Donald Trump."  This is so preposterous, that whoever invented this myth must be amazed at the level of stupidity of Americans that eat this up, hook, line and sinker. Enough. 

Russian Spies, Boris and Natasha exiting Trump Tower

Your Food Diary For:

Monday, March 27, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	390	81	5	9	510	36
Met-rx - Big100 Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	720	104	10	56	320	50
	1,110	185	15	65	830	86
L U N C H
Sushi - California Roll	900	164	16	25	1,309	16
	900	164	16	25	1,309	16
D I N N E R
Aldi - Asian Cruch Sesame Dressing Chopped Salad	600	52	44	12	1,520	24
365 - dark chocolate chip granola bar	300	0	3	5	0	0
	900	52	47	17	1,520	24
S N A C K S
Zico - Pure Coconut Water, 16 fl oz	140	26	0	0	320	24
	140	26	0	0	320	24
Totals	3,050	427	78	107	3,979	150
Your Daily Goal	2,132	266	71	107	2,300	80
Remaining	-918	-161	-7	0	-1,679	-70
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

KRYPTONITE AND LEAD

There is a lie that is reported over and over again that Vladimir Putin and the Russians tried to help get Donald Trump elected. It is certainly possible that Putin and the Russians were responsible for the  files and emails released by wikileaks. I have no way of knowing for sure one way or the other.  I know one thing, I do not recall hearing any worries about Russian election intervention during the actual campaign season. It seems that this became Priority 1 when Hillary come in second place in the presidential election. What seems impossible is that Putin is smarter than nearly everyone in America who was convinced that Donald Trump would not and could not possibly be elected right up to and including around 6PM on election day. What seems more likely, is that the Russian government, who Mitt Romney, correctly identified as an adversary in a debate four years ago (before practically being laughed off the stage and ridiculed by Barack Obama and The New York Times and all the other geniuses in America) was trying to weaken future President-Elect Hillary Clinton.  Clearly, those leaks were embarrassing to Hillary Clinton. Poor Hillary, she got all the embarrassment without securing the big prize. Now it might be time to get serious.

Let's imagine for a moment that you are a voter in America. You are a Democrat or Independent and/or simply a supporter of Hillary Clinton. Wikileaks releases documents proving with a shadow of a doubt that the elections were rigged. That is, the democratic primaries, which actually did rig the state primaries in favor of Clinton over Bernie Sanders. And if you think that that is not true, please remind me why Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned as head of the DNC on the eve of their convention.  And if you think that it is not true that nearly the entire media colluded with Hillary Clinton in order to promote her candidacy, please explain to me why Donna Brazile was sending Hillary questions in advance of debates. All these leaks did show that the election was rigged in Clinton's favor. Donald Trump meanwhile found himself fighting the Democrats, and the Republicans and the media. He had very few endorsers and supporters. I was not an early supporter, I was very skeptical of the man. I remain skeptical although I am clinging to hopefullness..

This thought experiment is not over. Can someone please explain to me how these leaks would make someone who would have voted for Hillary, do a 180° turn and instead vote for Donald Trump. It is simply preposterous.  The media know the value of repeating a lie as often as possible. That is why lies are endlessly repeated. And if my supposition is incorrect, can someone please explain to me why folks on the two coasts who overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton were immune to the effectiveness of these leaks. 

Were the voters in California, Washington, Oregon, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, etc some kind of supermen (and superwomen) who had natural shielding from these (wiki)leaks much as lead protects SUPERMAN from the harmful effects of Kryptonite? They sure seemed impervious to the Russian intervention. What makes them so special? Or is it possible, and I would say likely, that the leaks had a minimal effect on the electorate?

As a voter for Trump, I was concerned about some of his more seemingly irrational and outrageous statements and behaviour. Nevertheless, I was voting for future conservative Supreme Court nominees and whole litany of policies that I actually support. There was no amount of wikileaks against Donald Trump that could have swayed me to vote for Hillary Clinton. To do so, I would have to do a 180° turn and vote for everything that I am against. That is, of course, preposterous.

So once again, I ask, how did the Russians help Donald Trump? I think it was their intention to weaken the person they thought would be president. Our President at the time, Barack Obama, said he spoke to Putin personally in the late summer of 2016 and told him to cut it out. On that day that Obama spoke to Putin the problem was solved. Kinda like we solved the problem on the Iran nuclear program. We made an agreement with the honorable Iranians so that problem is completely solved. Hallelujah! Really? If you believe that, I can recommend a bridge that you might be interested in purchasing...

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THIS ENDS THE POLITICAL PONTIFICATIONS FOR THE DAY... Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.  My 'streak' of not eating moronically has now spiked to two consecutive days. Once again, I have stayed away from wildly stupid decisions. It has been weeks since I have stepped on the scale on a Saturday morning, while anticipating a good result. I am expecting to change that this week.

Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, January 22, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Omelette - 3-egg Omelette With Cheese, 3 eggs	425	0	21	28	650	2
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon, 4 slices	160	0	12	12	700	0
	585	0	33	40	1,350	2
L U N C H
Whole Foods - Smoked Whitefish Chunks	300	0	23	25	850	0
Generic - Green Bean Almondine	100	6	8	3	505	1
Broccoli - Sauted	75	15	1	6	90	1
	475	21	32	34	1,445	2
D I N N E R
Marie Callender - Chicken Pot Pie 10 oz, 1 Pie	610	57	34	17	990	5
	610	57	34	17	990	5
Totals	1,670	78	99	91	3,785	9
Your Daily Goal	3,462	433	115	174	2,300	129
Remaining	1,792	355	16	83	-1,485	120
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

       Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
9 MILE URBAN HIKE	135	1,552
Daily Total / Goal	135 / 30	1,552 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	373 / 210	4,350 / 4,130

My daughter and I walked 9 miles yesterday. Our first stop was Whitney Young High School where we watched the varsity cheerleaders in the Chicago City competition. We passed a few interesting photo ops along the route...

We passed this cool mural during our 9 mile urban hike.

This globe sits on the plaza of the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) That 's my daughter sitting on Antarctica.

Our trip home included a stop to take a photo in front of Cloudscape, more commonly known as 'The Bean.'

You will likely need to be a supporter of President Donald J. Trump in order to find this cartoon even remotely humorous. I am a supporter of our 45th President, therefore I find this cartoon Hillaryious. (uh, excuse me, I meant hilarious)