Cooler and less humid. Dry front last night swinging the wind from south to west. As usual, the storms coming across Wisconsin and Michigan dissipated as they reached Manitoulin.

Internet finally back—good going Vianet, you bunch of amateur hosers. Though, I must say, that having limited access to news proved to be a good thing, and made me remember how the first Gulf war, now long ago, remained unknown until summer was over and we were back in the States.

I've been getting depressed by the news lately. It is, when you thing about it, by and large, depressing. And it makes me wonder WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BAD PEOPLE? Is evil baked into the human genome?

Why are there:
Internet scammers
Swindlers
Dishonest business people
Private equity manipulators
Inside traders
Money launderers
Sex traffickers
Slavers
Domestic abusers
Murderers
Mass murderers
Wilfull polluters
Welfare abusers
Bribers and bribe takers
Corrupt government officials
Bullies
Psychopaths
Racists
Militarists
Arms dealers
War profiteers
Child molesters
Pornographers
Mobsters
Embezzlers
Liars
Psychopaths
Toadies
Sadists
Snake oil salesmen
Mercenaries
Dictators
Torturers
Scum bags
Extortionists
Traitors
Cheats
Horse thiefs
Shysters
Rip-off-artists
Pirates
Poltroons
Thugs
Goons
Arsonists
Scabs
Cheats
Republicans, and...
Trump suporters