Rant #3,047: Brainstorming

Today is Friday, January 6, 2023, the first Friday of the new year.

It is also the Epiphany, as well as being the coming of a new moon.

Honestly, I had no idea what the Epiphany was, so I looked it up, and according to Yahoo, the Epiphany is as follows:

“Epiphany, commonly known as Three Kings’ Day in the United States, is on January 6. It celebrates the three wise men’s visit to baby Jesus and also remembers his baptism, according to the Christian Bible’s events. The United States (US) Virgin Islands observe the day as a public holiday.”

I didn’t know that, and it proves once again that you can learn something new every day,

And being that this is a Friday, and it is the sixth day of the month, we are one week away from 2023’s first Friday the 13th of the year.

How many are we going to have this year?

I looked that up too, and according to the days to site (https://days.to/when-is/friday-the-13th/2023), 2023 is a pretty normal year of Friday the 13ths.

We are going to have just one more Friday the 13th this year.

According to the site, in addition to January 13, we are going to have Friday the 13th on October 13, and that is it for this year.

In 2024, we will have two more, on September 13 and December 13.

And looking way ahead to 2025, we are going to have just one that year, on June 13.

Again, you can learn something new every day.

But one thing that I do know is that what is going on in Washington related to the choosing of the Speaker of the House is not only absurd, but it proves to me once and again that my complete distrust of the two-party system, and my refusal to vote for anyone on the Republican and Democratic lines, is completely valid.

The Republicans simply cannot get enough votes to give Kevin McCarthy that House leadership position, and the right-wing fringe of the party is obstinate in their holding pattern related to this very important vote.

Without a speaker of the House, newly elected members of the House of Representatives cannot be formally sworn in, and legislation cannot be looked at or voted upon.

It puts our government in a complete holding pattern, and it is an embarrassment.

And when you realize that one of the incoming House members who actually has McCarthy’s vote is the perpetual liar George Santos, you just know what a mess our government is in.

And then, to add the raspberry on top of this mess, one House member nominated former President Donald Trump as speaker of the House.

And do you wonder why I won’t ever vote on the Republican line ever again?

And I won’t vote on the Democratic line either, because they don’t get my trust as much as the Republicans don’t get my trust.

That is something I don’t have to look up on the Internet.

All Americans, no matter what party affiliation they might have, should be appalled at all of this nonsense, because that is what it clearly is.

I am just so happy that I am an independent voter, and I am not swayed by either party’s lies and untruths.

But going back to George Santos, I wanted to know what the word “Santos” meant in English.

Look, with all the lies he has told, his real name could be “Joe Shmoe,” but he is going under this name, so what does “Santos” actually mean?

I had to look it up, and according to SpanishDict (https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/santos), the translation of Spanish into English of the word is, as “Santo,” the following:

“Holy” or “Saint.”

Neither of these words describe George Santos, and now that I know the translation, I wonder if his choice of name is another lie, another slander, another slap in the face and another untruth?

Sometimes, you just have to look these things up, and again, you can learn something new every day.

Have a great weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday.

That is something that I do not have to look up.