Various on a Monday Morning

And we did an hour on the treadmill yesterday! We're quite pleased. Given the mask, we've been long distance running at 3.5 rather than 4. In the end this amounts to a half mile difference, which just isn't that big a deal. It's time we care about, not speed. And we're amazed that we can stay on the damn thing that long. It also occurred to us that one day, we won't need a mask, and when that day comes, it'll be like removing an impediment. [It won't be 'like'-Ed] We lifted after. By the Lords of Kobol we feel great.

So yeah, Westmoreland. The more we read the less we like. At first we were impressed with the young Westy. He was a straight shooter indeed. Later he was a man of accomplishment, the kind of man who would decide one morning that he'd want to learn guitar and then go do it. But Westmoreland was a limited thinker, shallow. At MACV, well, Westmoreland just didn't get it. His staff, his generals in the field  couldn't make him see that attrition wasn't working. We're reconsidering giving Westmoreland command of the Korean relief force in The Great Salvation of 1976. While he did command XVII Airborne Corps, we're just not sure he was up to it. It's still a good idea, though. 

We're going back into the Korean chapter war this week. We approach the task with great fear and trepidation. We'll do an initial readthrough, then look for places to expand the chapter.  The Korean War chapter really ought to be the last tough nut in '76. [He's never going to learn. Are all you Yanks like this?-Ed]

Yesterday we watched Ben Shapiro's interview with Gina Carano,  late Cara Dune of Star Wars: The Mandalorian. Until recently she wasn't into politics. Carano hadn't even voted till last year. She was completely blindsided by the entire controversy and cancellation. We liked The Mandalorian, too bad. We're done. This blog just doesn't know how or when this crap stops. 

Well, Ron DeSantis is running for president.  DeSantis brings a lot to the primary race. Governor of an important state, he ran and won a tough, close campaign in 2018. He fights too. That's a good sign. DeSantis doesn't have a low-T problem like certain other Florida governors.

That's assuming Trump isn't running.  Right now our best guess is that he's not. We base that on absolutely nothing. As if anyone knows what the hell is gonna happen in 2024. We think Trump plans for himself a role as elder statesman, the Obi Won of the MAGA movement, if you will.  Of course Trump is keeping his options open. 

Nikki Haley, who betrayed Trump, has requested a meeting. Request denied. Good. Ahhh...Rubio/Haley, what might have been. Yes we've always thought they were a great way to get Latin and other minority voters. Steve Sailer has argued for years that GOP strategy should focus on getting more of the white vote.