Post Diwali Morning Regrets

Last night was Diwali and we live in Bridgewater.  About 50 of us Chindians gathered in the cul-de-sac. It was cold and a firepit was started. Even so, lots of the women folk came out in traditional sari dress. The Indian gals tried to get Mrs. Stroock to put one on but she said no. Damnit. We had a second drink. Wow. Diwali is the kind of night that separates the childhood fireworks dabblers from the fanatics. In a time honored New Jersey fireworks tradition, many times was said, 'Check this out, it's from Pennsylvania!' Kaboom!

This blog endorses Hot Air's analysis of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. This bill was gonna pass one way or another. Haven't you people ever heard of a managed vote? And passing this bill makes it much harder for the Dem's to strongarm Manchin, Sinema and the rest. Zerohedge lists all the things in the bill that are crazy. But most of them aren't that crazy. Is the bill great? No. But it ain't bad either. 

NJ.com has a great piece on the political situation here in New Jersey. Basically it mirrors Virginia. Dem's too far left, unmotivated voter base, energized GOP. Here's a great point about outgoing Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney: 'Sweeney probably saved numerous Democratic legislative seats and maybe even the governor himself by protecting the party from going even further left on taxes, borrowing and spending these last four years.' Which is one of the reasons why we liked him. There's also some talk about Governor Murphy's 'branding'. Yes, he's running for president. 

We got a credit memo from Decision Games yesterday, which tells us they're publishing a piece we wrote about general Hunter Liggett; 2,400 words. We have vague memories of writing a short article about Hunter Liggett. We also have vague memories of having published a short article about Hunter Liggett. Did we already publish this piece somewhere else? Yes our publishing is so vast we have trouble keeping track. Military Heritage, Inforos, Strategy & Tactics, it all mergers together after a while, especially the Russian collusion. Writers aren't supposed to publish a piece in one magazine and then turn around and publish it in another. Of course magazines aren't supposed to stiff writers and put someone else's name on the wargame they designed. So screw Decision Games. Screw them with extreme prejudice.