Yesterday, Denver received its first snowfall of the season. The official total, at Denver International Airport, located near the Colorado-Kansas border, was 5.5 inches, but a lot of places received much more, especially in the foothills and mountains west of Denver. The photograph on the left shows a snowy Coors Field in the background, which I took while driving around town in the snow for 2 hours, until the pest control people said it was safe to re-enter my condo after all the units in my building were treated for roaches.
Speaking of roaches, Donald Trump was elected president once again this past Tuesday in a victory over Kamala Harris. Since the polls showed the contest was too close to call, I was not surprised at the outcome, although I guess Trump did much better than expected in the swing states, and actually won the popular vote. Go figure. The general consensus is that it was the economy that motivated most voters, and they voted for the candidate who they thought would do the most to improve it, no matter the threat to democracy. I think the same line of thinking led to Hitler becoming chancellor of Germany in 1933. Just sayin'. In any case, I imagine talk will soon be revived about putting Trump's face on Mount Rushmore, just like during his first term. South Dakota governor Kristi Noem was all excited about the idea when Trump was in office last time, and so maybe once Trump becomes president for life, it will happen. And, by the way, someone posted the photograph on the right on the internet a while back, showing what it would look like. Pretty scary, if I say so myself.
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