The Lazy Reconnoiter

Digging The Blues

Generally speaking, I’m not one for overcast winter days. But, this winter has been super overcast and I’m rather enjoying “finding the photo” that’s hidden in my very low contrast, low/flat colored surroundings.

Quote Of The Week

“it is a constant of history that nations which start wars find it very hard to stop them.”
― Max Hastings, Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945

Tarnished by Trump: National security officials struggle to find new jobs – POLITICO

Tarnished by Trump: National security officials struggle to find new jobs – POLITICO
— Read on www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/post-trump-jobs-national-security-456180

Partly I’m commenting on the article, partly I’m just seeing how this WordPress feature works.

The article portrays former Trump officials not being able to get jobs their field as a problem. But, I don’t think that’s accurate. I think these people not being able to get jobs right now is the system working correctly. The reality is that right now we don’t know who did what and who we can trust, so these people need to be embargoed for a time. Also, there’s way more qualified people in their field than there are jobs for them, so why would an employer take the risk of hiring someone that was part of the Trump Admin?

My money’s on embargoing these folks for a year or so until we have a better idea of just what went on and who did what.

Pretty Morning

I took this the other day while walking to the library to pickup a book. And people wonder why I don’t drive very often… Once you start to see all the beauty you miss while riding in a car it become quite hard to convince yourself to get back in your car.