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| Stormy Weather at Sea Frank William Brangwyn |
In the last 42 days I have spent about four hours physically at work, virtually I've been there the whole time thanks to the magic of the Internet and my trusty laptop.
For the first few weeks though, I had nothing to do, waiting on a contract to free up some shekels so I could get back on my old team. Failing that, to get on a new team. Well, (and I think I mentioned it in these spaces before) I got back on my old team. With some new stuff thrown in working with a guy I got to work with before. I am pretty excited about the whole thing.
At first it was a part time kind of gig, but now I'm head down, full up, and rocking forty hours a week. I'm actually busy again. The days go by much faster than before, and for the time being I can work at home. Makes for an easy commute dontcha know?
Though the trip down the hallway is sometimes fraught with difficulty as the feline staff don't ever use their turn signals. While I want to get the computers up and running, and online of course, they are more interested in having breakfast. I understand that but I need to check the overnight mail while I'm doing the glaucoma eye drop thing. One in the left eye, the lesser of the two, which used to be my "go to" eye, and a different one for both eyes. As I have to (read should) wait for five minutes between drops, firing up the machines, getting logged into the VPN and checking the mail is about five minutes.
When that's done, the feline staff gets breakfast and I get coffee. Then I may or may not get out of my gym shorts and t-shirt for my official work attire. (Jeans and a polo shirt, the only difference between the lab and home is that I don't wear shoes at home. It's a Korean thing dontcha know?)
Anyhoo. One of the things I find somewhat annoying is all of the virus-thingee news we get from corporate, half of whom I don't recognize as we merged with another company at the beginning of April. Most of the messages are from the new bosses, (same as the old bosses), which at least we get to learn who they are. Not all are from the other half of the merger, some are from my company's division out west. We consolidated some functions.
I mean a lot of it is good information, but some of it is of the "we're doing everything we can to prevent, protect, and yada, yada, yada." Okay, I get it, none of the multitude of corporate big shots want to kill us. Nice of 'em. But please, every day there is an update which actually doesn't really say anything new. Hey, if it's an update, shouldn't it contain an actual, ya know, "update."
So the virus-thingee, which was sorta the point of the post, which I will not speak (or write) it's actual "given" name. To name a thing is to give it power. Or something like that (I have no idea who said that). The virus-thingee is a good enough name.
Now there are many conspiracy theories floating about, "the gubmint is evil, they wish to steal our freedoms," etc., etc. That presupposes that people in government are actually competent, efficient, and hard working. The same government that many claim "can't do anything right" is trying to enslave us.
I don't think so.
Most politicians are elected based upon what they look like. At least it seems that way to me, often it's the choice of what one perceives as the lesser of two evils. I mean, most of these folks may seek office to "make a difference" or what-have-you but soon get bogged down in the party politics and the bureaucracy. If evil governments were so damned efficient, why then did the Nazis and the Soviets lose?
At any rate, the stay at home thing is probably a good idea for us susceptible old farts and if I hear one more nitwit use the phrase "herd immunity" I daresay I might have to DiNozzo the offending party. Yup, get out there, that way we'll all get "herd immunity." Most of the ee-jits who use that phrase don't even know what it means.
At any rate, soon the whole overreach by panicking nitwit politicians will subside, people will get sick, people will die. Happens anyway with the flu and a host of other things. As the virus-thingee is different, as in "new," we don't have a handle on it yet. Soon actual scientists and doctors (i.e. not Bill Nye and his ilk) will get a handle on it and things will get better.
Or they won't.
My worry is for all the folks who have lost their livelihoods over this. Will they get them back? Given enough time yes, but the idiots in Congress won't be the cause of that. Their forte seems to be doing the stupidest thing possible over and over again and expecting different results. All the while spending money like an 18-year old Marine on Okinawa who spent the last month up in the Northern Training Area. (Or a sailor in Olongapo from what I've heard. I've seen the former, only heard about the latter.)
Will all the nonsense that is floating around out there, remember,
This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.²Don't be stupid.
And no, I don't know if Kim Jong Un is dead or not.
And yes, I am a bit out of sorts lately. Aren't we all?
/rant
P.S. The painting at the beginning of the post doesn't really have anything to do with the post. I just like the painting.
P.P.S Started watching Season 6 of Bosch. Which is good. So I've got that going for me...
¹ Unknown
² George V. Higgins
I definitely think the cure has become worse than the disease and may even kill more people than the virus thingee. Wasn't George Washington killed by his doctors' bleeding him? Anyway, we now seem to have enough data that shows while infectious, virus thingee is not nearly as deadly as models originally predicted (that seems to happen a lot - climate change anyone?). It's case fatality rate appears to be on par with seasonal flu. Could go on, but you get the point. Enough of the stupidity currently comes from the assumption by those in power in some places that gubmint should do everything it can to stop virus thingee, since if it saves one life, etc, etc. Without stopping to consider what long term consequences are likely to be, or if the policy actually will help the problem being addressed. At least tho they "did something".
ReplyDeleteRe: "those in power in some places that gubmint should do everything it can to stop virus thingee" - that is a problem with those politician's constituents, what some call the "low information voter." Too many people are content with letting the gubmint take care of things, even when the gubmint doesn't have the requisite skill set to deal with a problem. Tornado, hurricane, call in the National Guard to stop looting and maintain some form of order is what gubmints can do. Diseases, pandemics, what-have-you, not in their wheel house really. At least that's how I see it.
DeleteCongrats on the full-time gig Sarge. Bosses seem to want to put their names out there a lot, the issue of their names on communiques is more important than the content........"See this, it's important since my name is attached".... and now I have to take the time to read it.....?!!?? This pandemic is revealing the local Stasi among the neighbors. On NextDoor there's a post from yesterday about people on the school playground equipment while the nearby park playground is yellow tagged!! How dare they!! How do I report them??! Yegads.... when it comes to reporting crime the phrase " snitches gets stitches" is detestable but in this case it's justified. Rant over..... time to focus on that painting you posted, rather interesting it is.
ReplyDeleteWhile it's nice to think that people would have the sense to be cautious in this time of virus-thingee, they don't. So gubmint closes things they don't really have the authority to close. Then the people who elected those very politicians get bent out of shape. COme election time who do those people vote for? The same damn people.
DeleteThat is a cool painting innit?
Man, I keep commenting on the wrong posts.
ReplyDeleteHmph.
Yeah, Bosch is a good show. Need to rewatch season 6 for a real opinion.
Oh dear, somewhere there is a post with a comment from you where the blogger is asking, "What is a bear on about?"
DeleteBeen there, done that.
I think I need to go back and watch all of the earlier seasons as well. I enjoy it that much.
Oh yes, some of them are REALLY good.
Deletethe problem is on my phone, I use Safari as default... read the day's post, but it never saves my login info... So I swap to Chrome to make a comment because it DOES remember, but it's still loaded on the old article, so I just randomly comment...
I found it! It was in the moderation queue on the "Best Fighter of WWII" post.
DeleteSomeday I'll look at that comment and wonder, "How did this get here?" If I'm lucky I might remember...
Yes, probably along with my comment nominating the Fokker D.VII, because somewhere between the top of the post and the bottom, I lost the WWII part.
DeleteNo, didn't see that one. Odd that...
DeleteI deleted it because I quickly realized I goofed. “Hmm, why are all the examples WWII... oh.”
DeleteHahahaha!
DeleteNow if WWI was the question, Fokker D-VII would be the correct answer.
Yeah, Safari still doesn't get it for some reason. I have to "Firefox" you all the time.
DeleteApple doesn't play well with others. They had such a chance to capture the entire market back in the day, but they blew it with their ridiculous pricing. It's why I won't own an iPhone or an iPad. Did have an iPod once upon a time, it was pretty cool. But I seldom used it, I don't like plugging my ears so that I'm oblivious to what's going on around me. Lots of the younger generation at work are constantly plugged in, have to get their attention before you can talk to them. I've thought about taking Nerf balls in with me when the Sparkling Isolation ends.
DeleteGreat rant. I agree. I (ahem) understand that sailors in Olongapo don't have to spend a huge amount of money to have an educational and satisfying shore leave.At least that was true in yesteryear, I've uh, heard.
ReplyDeleteHahaha!
DeleteSo I am up a bit earlier than usual. A bit of heavy weather rolled through about 5 am and woke me up. Lots of thunder and lightning, some hail. Our single feline staff member does not care for this kind of weather, no not one bit. She claws at the bedroom door to be let in to hide under the bed. I couldn't go back to sleep, so got up and made coffee. Weather has moved on, feline staff has come out of hiding and wants breakfast.
ReplyDeleteHave entertained myself the last few days re-finishing and old gun rack. It's nothing fancy, just a wall mount with two uprights notched for four long guns and two cross pieces. It was gift not long after high school, and has followed me around ever since. Used these two products for the first time--
First this--
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Howard-16-oz-Walnut-Wood-Finish-Restorer-RF4016/100199071
Then this--
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Howard-16-oz-Feed-N-Wax-wood-polish-FW0016/100592963
I stripped off the old finish first as there were some places that needed to be sanded. Wood looks great now. Like those products--just like the Karate Kid--wax on, wax off.
It has been decades since this rack held a gun. Long gone are the days when you could leave guns on display in your house. I'm going to hang the rack on a wall that can't be seen from outside, then stick an old muzzle loader rifle on it.
This virus thing has exposed a lot of cockroaches and tip pot want-a-be dictators. I do not trust Fauci. Funny how it has come full circle. Remember what your mother told you? Wash your hands, don't touch things, go outside and play. Fresh air. Sunshine. Hmmm, Kemosabe, big UV in sky.
Yeah, just do that.
Good points!
DeleteI'd like to see your handywork, RHT447. When I was a kid, we had a gun rack built in the living room cabinets. Nice honey colored wood with 2 glass doors. Just an honest old farm house from the 50's. I've wanted a show case like that since. And never had one.
DeleteWashing your hands, covering your mouth, no spitting in public (including spittoons) are all attributable to the fight against both Spanish Flu and Tuberculosis.
DeleteDaily baths and clean cloths came from fighting Tuberculosis and Polio.
Loss of beards and minimal mustaches came around 1917... from military fashion due to need for good face seal on gas masks, followed by keeping the male face clean from sneezing and coughing to prevent Spanish Flu and TB and, later, Polio.
And all those were thrown away by the dirty hippies. Who immediately, because they were dirty, unwashed, unkempt hippies, began to show symptoms of diseases that were not seen since even before the Spanish Flu, and were called names like dripping green crud, red armpit rash, and so forth, and doctors actually had to look at old medical books from before 1900 that listed diseases by symptoms, like dripping green crud and red armpit rash.
And now, after 20 years of what seems like every male wanting to go either Duck Dynasty or Tier I Operator or Dirty Filty Antifa with their face fur, and too many adult children not knowing to keep their grubby paws to themselves, we now have a disease that is teaching us to... shave our faces, wash our hands and bodies, wash our clothes, clean our rooms, quit touching everything, stay back from each other.
If RHT447 were to send me some pics, I'll post them here.
DeleteBeans - Short hair, no facial hair and the like go back much further than WWI in the military. Bathing and cleaning clothes was always a thing in Japan, in the West only the very wealthy could afford the time to do either. (If the poor had washed their clothes they'd have naught to wear in the meantime.)
DeleteCan't blame the "hippies" for everything under the sun in this realm. The current thing for facial hair is nothing new. That sort of ebbs and flows with the times. Ever look at pictures of British troops in the Crimea?
The current virus-thingee is linked directly to Chicom inefficiency and expecting a totalitarian state to be open and truthful. Obsessive washing is actually a VERY BAD THING.
Sarge,
DeletePics sent (although likely you will see them before you see this).
Yes, the facial fur thingy and cleanliness ebbed and flowed, but they were codified by gas-mask use and by public health department attempts to get control of public health crises.
DeleteMy statements were a simplification of a complex topic. Kind of the Cliff Notes version...
Roger that RHT447.
DeleteBeans - What do you mean "codified"? Made into law? By whom and for whom. The military sure, we sign up for that. As to the civilian world, nope, nope, and nope. No law says you have to be clean shaven, neatly groomed and clean. Sure, if you want a job but go visit some of our major cities where certain areas have been turned into shite holes because of the homeless.
DeleteSimplified sure, but wildly inaccurate.
Actually, no. Lots of public health laws were enacted during the Spanish Flu against spitting, sneezing or coughing. Some of them ended up getting the miscreants jailed or beaten.
DeleteAnd not so much into the legal laws, more into the societal standards and mores required.
Ah, back in 1919, before people realized that the Constitution applied to them as well as the rich.
DeleteGomen nasai, we're on the same page now.
Your new bosses which are the same as your old bosses know a lawsuit coming when they see it: you get sick from the virus-thingee, die and your loved ones come after them with a vengeance, since they presumably killed you by employing you. Expect to see continuing updates that say the same thing over and over. It covers your new/old boss butt reasonably well, but still anybody can file a lawsuit at any time for any reason, and they usually do.
ReplyDeleteA little bit of tort reform would fix this by making the loser pay court costs. But since blood thirsty plaintiff attorneys have no incentive to refrain from filing flimsy claims, this will not happen, probably not in my lifetime.
Losers paying the court costs makes a lot of sense. Frivolous law suits would be a rare thing.
DeleteA lot of what we do is to make lawyers happy. Ethics training, diversity training, it's all a CYA sort of thing.
One of the problems of living in a litigious time.
So would common-sense tort reform. Seriously, stupidity should be an immediate stop-now on court cases. Being drunk and sitting down on an operating circular saw with the guard removed should be an immediate stop/no-go for a court case.
DeleteBut, no. Stupidity is awarded.
And, yes, actual case from one of the fraternities around the University of Florida. Seems the jury determined that the power tool company should have made it harder for the frat bros to use a sledge hammer to shatter the safety guard. Fortunately the fool only garnered a couple hundred grand or so, but still cost the tool company money in court fees.
My proposal? If the first thing that comes to mind by everyone hearing about the case is "What a dumbass," then no court case.
2nd proposal? If a prisoner is filing frivolous lawsuits, every one determined as frivolous adds 10 years time to prison sentence. If in jail, adds 10 years to final sentence. If in jail and found not guilty of original crime, then minimal 10 years in prison. Stop this frivolous lawsuit by inmate thing right quick.
Good proposals. Concur.
DeleteInmates filing frivolous lawsuits - just had a mental picture of the inmate being given disappearing ink.
DeleteFrank
Now there's a thought!
DeleteI won't mention that most of the virus stupidity really happened after the impeachment process failed against President Trump. Because THAT would just be too conspiratorial, wouldn't it? Kind of like that email that Tuna sent a few weeks ago that my email just delivered (Sorry, Tuna. My computer/internet seems to hate me.)
ReplyDeleteFor those of you playing at home, basically it was a timeline of the reactions by government to the virus thingy. Which, when done, pretty much shows that the fault doth not lie in the Executive Office, chief thereof.
Yeah... batshitecrazy flu is bad, within a very narrow segment of the population in a very specific environment. Else, well, meh. Stacking bodies as high as your average seasonal flu. Meh, not impressed.
And not impressed by governmental bureaucratic bodies like the CDC, NIH, FDA in this whole 'crisis' thingy, because those three agencies caused more problems than the actual flu bug. Toss in dictatorial Richards in various State and City governments in places that start with 'New' and cue some Drowning Pool music titled "Bodies" ("Let the Bodies hit the Floor, Let the Bodies hit the Floor.")
Again, I attribute this to stupidity, not malice.
DeleteThere are a number of government bureaucracies which need to be disbanded (BATF, CDC, NIH, FDC) and some which need to be burned to the ground, a number of functionaries sent to hard time prisons, then rebuilt from the ground up (think FBI).
But you knew that.
I attribute the initial spread to stupidity. I attribute this nation's response, as presented by the CDC (against the findings of South Korea, Japan and Taiwan) to more malice against certain persons, both in government (the President and his people) and the people in the general population (mostly us dirt people not living in New York City.)(Seriously, NYC. Why should all the regulations and edicts force us out here in not-crammed-onto-each-other land to conform to things that really only apply in... New York City? Like social distancing, wearing masks in public and such. Us dirt people must comply and destroy our way of life because those in New York City are in trouble because the mayor and the governor are refusing to follow the regulations and edicts. And actually going so far as to deny patients access to hospitals, cramming sick old people into overloaded nursing homes instead of parcelling them out to open facilities and so forth and so on.
DeleteOnce is chance, twice is circumstance, third time is enemy action. We're on about 10th time, and the war is real.
It's the "one size fits all," "lowest common denominator" form of bad "leadership." (Leadership is in quotes because some of us know that the so-called Leaders actually work for us, the voter.)
DeleteI'm not saying that TDS isn't behind some of this bovine excrement, but TDS is, in itself, a form of stupidity.
NYC is run by morons, that's obvious. Whether or not they're actually evil? Well, I'll stipulate that DeBlasio is actually evil. Most of his minions are just useful idiots. Heavy emphasis on "idiot."
But we are lacking any Nuremberg Trial capability, with the current FBI and Justice Department. Though AG Barr seems to working hard to fix that, though there have been no mass-firings or mass-exoduses ahead of firings or prosecutions from those institutions (though there is still hope...)
DeleteYup, burn 'em both down, FBI and DOJ, then rebuild. All those prison sentences might encourages to not misbehave.
DeleteWhat bothers me most is, so far, everything is based on unproven theories, otherwise known as guesswork.
ReplyDeleteAnd those are just WAGs, not even SWAGs.
DeleteA VERY neat painting!
ReplyDeleteJB
I saw it, was determined to use it, no matter what.
DeleteIt's a really cool painting.
So, is rowing a rowboat towards the lee of a sidewheel steamer when under way stupidity on the part of the rowers, or malice on the part of the steamer needing to keep the paddles turning to maintain steerage way in heavy sea and wind?
DeleteJB
Wow, that IS a sidewheel steamer, I didn't even notice!
DeleteNeither, but the sea is being a jerk!
My two boys are working from home, although I don't see how the fraud investigator does it. My daughter sneaks into the salon to cut and color some "emergency cases" for her ladies. I am retired at home which is good as no real changes needed to be implemented. Also I am going nuts! Check six, they are really out there now.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of threats out there, that's for sure.
Delete"Check six they are really out there now."
ReplyDelete----And I wouldn't trust 99% of 'em to have the common sense to change the oil in my 6-yr old pick-up truck..
*^^talking 'bout bureaucrats, administrators, politicos, etc--the usual suspects..
DeleteVirgil the first - Most of them wouldn't even know where to begin!
DeleteVirgil the second - I figured those are the morons you meant. Oh, did I call them morons? That's an insult to morons everywhere!
DeleteSarge the second--funny TRUE story: After Katrina City Park in New Orleans(which is 4xlarger than Central Park. Has 4 golf courses 24-court tennis center football stadium/track complex, Indoor merry-go round, party center, etc. plus extensive Bayou fully stocked w. Bass)fell into disrepair as most of the grounds-keepers had been driven from the city as most were poor blacks who live in the 9th Ward by the Miss R. whose homes were destroyed when they flooded when the levee was over-topped. So a young professional named Ron rounded up all the able-bodied males who lived around the Park (and eventually half the city) and they used their own mowers, hedge-clippers, etc, to keep it marginally under control. The even had sweat-shirts made with the image of a lawn-mower entitled: "City Park MOW-Rons" (In N.O. "moron" is pronounced *MOW-ron* among many blue-collar types-thus a double play on words.) Well the guy became local hero of sorts for his efforts to save the park, and a local T.V crew was sent over to do a live-on-air interview. (Remembering that the Mayor as bumbling "Chocolate City" Ray Nagin-the guy who let over 100 yellow school buses flood when the could have been used to evacuate the poor who had no cars)
DeleteSo anyway the T.V gal says in summation: "So what about the morons in City Hall? Been getting any help from them? "NAW" Ron replied "all the 'mow-rons' in the City are over here at the Park helping out. City Hall is where all the imbeciles hang out."
Watching live I. ALMOST.FELL.OUT.OF.MY.CHAIR! ROTFLMAO!!!
Now that right there is hysterical.
DeleteSad though what the politicians did to that fair city.
My wife and I spent an hour today near Philly in one of the parking areas of the Willow Grove Mall because the projected flight path for the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds showed them passing over that area.
ReplyDeleteWe got there at around 1330, parked and saw that there were a scattering of cars in the lot. Most of the people were out of their cars, and either standing or sitting in chairs.
More cars and trucks trickled in, and a few moments after 1400 the Blue Angels passed by well off to the side, they were followed by a single F-16. I thought, "Well, that's a bit disappointing."
But the jet noise didn't go away, and a minute or so later they all passed directly over our heads.
The Thunderbirds were first in a diamond formation and the Blue Angels were right behind them.
It was absolutely wonderful and after they passed the, um, dust effect kicked in.
I'm having the dust effect so badly right now I can barely type.
No photos because I wanted to be a spectator and live in the moment.
Did I mention it was awesome?
Nothing finer that that.
DeleteThe Blues and the 'Birds, love 'em both!
John - your post kicked up the dust in my room a bit - thanks for sharing!
DeleteI saw a bunch of idjits posting that they think these flybys are a waste of money (which should be given to the poor), are Trump propaganda, yada yada ... to say I disagree would be an understatement. Guess haters gonna hate.
As to the other posts above, concur on just about everything related to virus thingee stupidity, NYC (can I use Boo! Hiss! for NYC as well as AAA?), etc.
Saw a post on another blog today from someone obviously infected with TDS - regurgitating a bunch of crap about how blood is on Trump's hands since he ignored the intelligence community, WHO, and other experts. It was a firearms training blog, so I resisted a flaming response to his post, which was basically a previously debunked article from the Washington Post.
It's past time to get back to work and open things up! And I hope we have learned to not put cures in place that are worse then the diseases they are supposed to counter. Virginia will be interesting - Ralph 'Coonman' Northam is saying he may not open the state completely back up until the middle or end of next year! Thomas Jefferson must be rolling in his grave!
Virginia needs fixing. Sic Semper Tyrannis indeed.
DeleteOff topic, but I caught a program on the F-4 today - I did not know that NASA used two Phantoms to take pictures of the Gemini 4 launch as the booster passed through Mach 1 at FL 35. The engineers wanted to make sure the skin of the booster wasn't being deformed and thus be subject to failure at that point in the flight. So they put a couple of 35mm camera pods on each Phantom under the wings and sync'd them to the gun sight and trigger. They took off from McDill AFB on the other side of the state and sallied over to Cape Canaveral just as the booster climbed out. Evidently their timing was spot on, and NASA got the pics they needed which showed no issues with the Titan booster. Now due to the background and impressive knowledge of all y'all here, you might have already heard of this feat. But I hadn't and was pretty impressed
ReplyDeleteI had not heard of that, awesome story.
DeleteTime to dig!
In addition to the workplace non-updates that I've been getting, I was inundated with every company that had my email sending me how they are COVID sensitive, protecting us as they attempt to stay in business. Not really needed imo, but what'cha gonna do? Now every website seems to have a COVID link that you can click and read the same thing. In all fairness to my employer, the US Navy, there's been a boatload of sailors getting infected so their caution to everyone isn't purely one of lawsuit defense. I feel for everyone affected- the non-essential and out of work employees, the elderly, the sick and mentally ill, and the TR/CVW-11 team, and us going stir crazy at home. Until testing and a vaccine are 100% available, we're not going to be 100% safe, but we can't allow people to lose their homes and nest eggs in the meantime so it's time to get back to work with social distancing, continued teleworking, masks, sanitizer, hand-washing, etc. I'm not afraid of a dreaded second wave because we're being more protective. And the stats will show that this isn't as deadly as we originally thought. Unfortunately, the gub'ment is more concerned with more infections looking worse for their political lives, than an economic shutdown.
ReplyDeleteYup, I see the same. My company has been on top of things at least since mid-March, if you can work from home, it's not optional, you must. Last week an email came out saying that if you're in the building, masks must be worn. Temperature checks would be done at the door. When I went by my lab for an hour or so last week the security guards and myself were the only ones wearing masks. WTF? This week the email was a bit more strongly worded. Seems no one paid attention last week. This week's email (at least to me) hinted that if you wanted to come to work without a mask, it would be to clean out your desk as you would be looking for work!
DeleteWith the right precautions we can get back to work. But there will be the gorram idiots who spoil it. Common sense apparently isn't that common!
I've got no real problem with employers setting rules on what their employees should or should not do. I have a real problem with the gummint doing the same thing. One of the things about Abbott's re-opening is his phrasing. 65 YO's and above SHOULD remain home for the time being. Not Half Whit's MUST. One is advice, the other is a power grab, which I pray will end very badly for her in November.
DeleteSame here, in fact I'm kinda proud of how my company is handling things.
DeleteOf course, as regards the gubmint thug-wannabees, the people will no doubt forget all this in November. They'll vote the party line without regard to past failings. I hope I'm wrong.