Note on Hillary's language. Also Stephen King's

If you separate out the bits of Hillary's "racist" comment, you are left with, yes, polls showing she is more popular with whites, with working-class, etc.  It's the combination or synergy effect that really twists some folks' underpants.*

And our local Literary King gets roasted for stating an Inconvenient Truth -- that military service is employment of last resort for much of our elitist snob society.  Witness the recent relaxation of enlistment standards to allow unfavorable encounters with John Law, or the lack of a high school diploma.  This less-favored career path also shows up in the statistics when you compare military service rates for poor, rural states like Maine against those of places where you can get a real job that doesn't involve rude people with Improvised Explosive Devices...

*None of this should be construed as an endorsement of Ms. Clinton.  I don't trust her personal or political morals, based on past performance.

Cleaning up the neighborhood

Mowed our dandelions, maple sprouts, and Japanese beetles this morning.  Then took my snippers and pruned deadwood out of the rugosa roses, which may be related to the Japanese beetles...

And overhead, a group of 6-8 crows attempted ethnic cleansing, mobbing a broad-winged hawk that strayed into the wrong neighborhood.  We mostly see those during migration, spring and fall -- don't know where they spend summer and winter.