Veterans Day

 The eleventh day of the eleventh month, marking the armistice that ended the Great War.  Today, we call it Veterans Day.

I see that the Senate yesterday voted to end the shutdown.  Eight Democrats joined Republicans to put it over the finish line.  Tomorrow the House should vote and send it over to the White House.  Presumably, the troops will get paid and the Pore N' Starvin will get their food stamps.

That is a good thing, I reckon.  Although I have seen over the past few days, a number of the perennially broke types posting reels on Facebook and YouTube, complaining about not having food on the table.  Only in America can someone post on the internet about such things while enjoying ownership of a smartphone.  It's supposed to be Supplemental Nutrition, not the primary plan. To my mind, SHAP should be limited to basic food.  Dry beans, salt pork, flour, sugar and cornmeal. A box of milk powder.  Stuff like that. I understand that the US has huge stocks of cheese in underground caverns.  Let 'em eat cheese.

Later today I'm going to put on a pound of dry beans to make Red beans and rice for tomorrow.  I'm not too  good to eat red bens.