Welcome! Here are the topics for today’s column: 

• Great Falls Data Center
• Trump & Bathrooms
• Trump’s “Piggy” Remark
• One More Thing

GREAT FALLS DATA CENTER:

The Daily Montanan is reporting that in an announcement on Friday, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper said TAC Data Centers had pulled out of its option to lease 569 acres in Great Falls, citing the Great Falls Development Alliance.

Lee Newspapers also reported the news HERE. 

The announcement probably made several people happy and others not so happy. Data centers use a significant amount of electricity and water, and that concerns people. (Source)

In the western United States, I guess the old saying, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting,” still matters. 

TRUMP & BATHROOMS: 

President Donald Trump spoke at the McDonald’s Impact Summit. He decided to talk about water and bathrooms. Here are part of his remarks:

“You know we got rid of the drip, drip water, we call it the drip, drip, where it drip, drips out of the sink,” he said. “States with tremendous water, so much water that they have nothing but problems getting [unintelligible]. They had restrictions on water.  It comes down from heaven, right? They had restrictions on water.”

“So you want to wash your hands or like me, I wanna wash my hair.  I lather up and I turn that— And I— There’s no water! The water’s drip. They call it— They put a restrictor on. I won’t mention the third item in the bathroom cause I always get criticized… I used to mention that but I don’t mention it anymore cause you know— I think you do. If you don’t know what we’re talking about then you shouldn’t be owning a McDonald’s franchise. You wouldn’t do well even with a McDonald’s franchise.”

Presumably, he was trying to refer to his strange obsession with having to flush a toilet “10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once” as he has claimed in the past.

The above remarks are from the man who is running our country. Our standards should be higher – much higher. 

You can view his speech HERE. 

TRUMP’S “PIGGY” REMARK:

President Donald Trump continues to degrade and dishonor the office of the presidency with his conduct. Times Now reported:

President Donald Trump had several heated run-ins with reporters over the weekend, including a tense November 14 press gaggle aboard Air Force One, where he was questioned about newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails that mentioned him by name.

When an off-camera Bloomberg reporter asked whether there was anything “incriminating” in the emails, Trump jabbed a finger toward her and snapped, “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.” The insult drew widespread attention, resurfacing past allegations about Trump calling women derogatory names, including former Miss Universe Alicia Machado’s claim that he had once greeted her with “Hello, Miss Piggy.”

With the U.S. House of Representatives supposedly set to vote on the release of the Epstein files this week, I think it is all a dog-and-pony show.

You can bet that Trump knows what is in the files or what his people redacted to keep his name out of them. Trump is so secure that he now says he wants the files released to show the hoax. (Source)

ONE MORE THING:

I don’t mean to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out. 

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