Flipping the Bird

I'm (well, we're) on an adventure. 

Two evenings ago we made it to D.C., for a few days before we continue on.

There was much discussion on whether we should. Personally, I voted against it. Clearly I lost. 

With multiple states sending National Guard units to the capital to save it from imminent peril (and hand to g-d, BLOTUS riding with them last night!.........with three dozen Secret Service folks), I really wanted little to do with this. 

710 felt the folks of DC shouldn't have to be punished for this dickweed's actions, and while I get that, I was hoping to send a message that not going is financially impacting the city. 

I told 710 to have bail money ready, because no doubt I am going to piss off the wrong someone. He nodded in the affirmative. Not about the bail bonds, but about me. 

For the record, I've seen six National Guardspeople (two were women). All were on my morning run. All on the Mall, where in fact there was zero crime.  ....and expected to be zero crime other than some homeless who might be sleeping on a bench. 

Except there were none. Nor in Farragut Square where homeless not only congregate, but where I've never not seen a truck there feeding them and tending to them. 

I do believe the government shipped them all out. Is ANYONE asking 'to where?'.  Of course not. They're homeless and undeserving of you know, just breathing. It is so fucking heartless. It's possible they had them all killed. It's unclear. 

But yes, I went on my morning run. Pre-dawn. Well.......there was no dawn. It was so grey the black just lightened up a bit. 

I had an idea of where I wanted to run, but set no map nor time. Once again, as last time I ran in DC, not one person did the normal runner wave or nod. Not one. Including me. I opted not to be the only guy who tries. 

The time on my run was ok, but not great. Mostly due to needing to busy roads with long 'don't walk' times (yes, even at 06:30), or circles which have multiple crosswalks. 

Oh, and I stopped thrice to take a few pics. Not that those were horribly time consuming, but they must be counted. 

You see the top one. 

To be fair, 2015-2020 I took similar images a lot. At first I said it was for the man not the office. This time it is both. I needed the updated pic.

To be honest, I wasn't sure I would (or could or should) take the image. The area in front of (well, back of?) is usually crowded. Yesterday, it was just me. Well, me and Secret Service. I was half convinced I would be tackled, arrested and deported. 

Worth it!

But there was zero fan fare. I mean, it took like 4 seconds to take. And then I ran. Not like a coward, but like I needed to finish my run. 

And to cover all bases, I got the legislative branch too. 

It somehow made me feel slightly better.

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