I guess God has it in for the US. Two level 4 hurricanes within a month, and this one’s going for Texas. Hmmm….
But the US leadership aren’t the only arrogant, bumbling, confused guys out there: on election night, Gerhard Schroeder showed up drunk at a debate and started attacking everyone (verbally). Germany is “a big mess” right now, to quote BBC World. There is basically no government at the moment because no party got a majority of the votes. The conservatives (CDU/CSU) got the most votes, which should mean that a coalition between them and SPD should be led by Angela Merkel, making her Germany’s first woman Chancellor. Unfortunately, Gerhardt Schroeder (of the SPD) says he will not join any coalition where he is not chancellor, because his party did better than predicted, which he interprets as meaning that his party won.
Charlie has an eye and an ear infection. On Tuesday he’s getting an ultrasound to find out why he has blood in his urine. He’s approaching 90 pounds now, so it doesn’t seem that his near constant illnesses are affecting his growth.
