The Temperature Isn't Too Bad At 12 Degrees Fahrenheit

This morning I woke up at 4:00 am. I looked at my thermostat, it read 12 degrees Fahrenheit. With the wind chill factor it feels colder. How cold was it? As per the thermostat, the wind chill feels like 0 degree Fahrenheit.

I've come to the realization that my body is going through the process of acclimatization. As much as I hate winter, it seems that my body is adjusting to cold weather. This is what happens when you spend the last four weeks dealing with freezing temperatures. 

I don't want to begin feeling comfortable in colder temperatures. As God is my witness, if all goes as planned, this is my last winter in the United States. 

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¿Quien es el Moron Que Sugirio Prohibir Conducir A Personas de 70 años en Puerto Rico?

Entre ayer y hoy, he leido dos personas en Facebook escribir sobre una ley que han sugerido en Pe-Erre, que prohibiria conducir a personas de 70 años. 

En abril yo cumplire mis 70 primaveras. Ahora que estoy deseando finalmente volver a la isla, y estoy en el proceso de regresar despues de 43 años viviendo en Estados Unidos, ¿como rayos personas de mi edad vamos a movernos de un lado a otro si en Pe-Erre no hay transportacion publica tan eficiente como en Estados Unidos? 

¿Estos morones no saben que hay personas de 70 años que todavia trabajan y necesitan su propia transportacion? ¿Quien es el anormal que quiere proponer esa ley? ¿Y porque el pueblo no se esta mobilizando para protestar esa estupida ley? Solo a un imbecil se le ocurre semejante disparate.

She Helped Elect Trump. Now She’s Speaking Out

Latinas for Trump co-founder, Cuban-American Senator Ileana Garcia of Florida, is speaking out against Trump immigration policies.

She took to X to say: “I'm afraid of someone stopping my son. This is not what we voted for.” She also warns that Trump immigration policies will cost the GOP the midterms. - Senator Ileana Garcia told The New York Times in an interview published today.

The Responses Are Coming Fast and Furious:

- Who did you think he'd be rounding up, Pendeja? You just thought it would be other people’s sons!

- Cupcake, you voted for this! You only regret it now because the racism and hate affecting you! Sit in your own racism and bigotry and roll around in the bed of hate you made.

- People are being brutalized, kidnapped, and murdered and her biggest concern is the midterms? GTFOH.

- She wanted Trump to deport Mexicans, Venezuelans and Haitians, not Cubans. Tough shit. No te hagas la pendeja, si no te diste cuenta eres una idiota. It is exactly what you voted for.

Republican Chris Madel Ends Bid For Minnesota Governor

Minnesota Republican candidate Chris Madel drops out of gubernatorial race, saying he can't support "retribution" by Republicans. "I cannot support the national Republicans stated retribution on the citizens of our state", Madel said. "Nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so." 

Madel calls ICE effort a 'disaster'. "United States citizens, particularly those of color, live in fear," he added. "United States citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship. That's wrong."

“I can’t look my daughters in the eye and say I’m running as a Republican, when they’re pulling over Hispanics and Asians because of the color of their skin and what they look like,” he told The Wall Street Journal. “I did not sign up for that.”

The Right To Bear Arms

The right to bear arms has been a big Republican Party issue for decades. Minneapolis shooting victim Alex Pretti was legally carrying a firearm. But top Trump administration officials now say he did not have a right to do so.

After the killing of nurse Alex Pretti by a federal agent in Minneapolis this past Saturday, FBI Director Kash Patel claimed on FoxNews, that protesters cannot bring loaded firearms to demonstrations. It appears that the Director of the FBI is incorrect. In addition, some Republican government officials are now saying that nurse Alex Pretti deserved to be shot because he was LEGALLY carrying a gun.

Under the Second Amendment and MN Stat. 624.714, gun permit holders may legally carry firearms in public, including during protests. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that public carry is a constitutional right. Carrying a firearm does not legally constitute "inciting violence". 

During the January 6, 2021 attack to the Capitol, the police identified supporters of Donald Trump who were carrying firearms including AR-15s, rifles and Glock pistols on the National Mall on the morning of the insurrection. These same people now claiming that nurse Alex Pretti shouldn’t have been carry a weapon defended the January 6 Capitol protesters who were armed.

It appears that many members of the Republican party want only MAGAs to own and carry guns.  According to their logic, the Second amendment only applies to conservatives. In my opinion, what happened to nurse Alex Pretti was an execution carried out by our government in broad daylight.

It Doesn't Hurt To Dream

It doesn't hurt to dream, or like they say in my hometown, "soñar no cuesta nada." Last night I had a dream I was relaxing on the beach in Cabo Rojo. We've been buried under snow, rain and miserable weather this entire week in Philadelphia. 

I guess my subconscious mind is sending subliminal messages telling me that this snowstorm, at this point in my life is only temporary, to stop stressing out. Can't wait to be relaxing on the beach, definitively.