Warm with some possible rain later and Election Year termonology

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have partly cloudy skies giving way to overcast during the afternoon. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High near 65ºF. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. 

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with a stray shower or thunderstorm possible. Low near 45ºF. Winds light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments in the North field are:

Humidity is 74%, the dew point is 42ºF, its 55.3ºF outside with a wind chill of 55.3ºF.

The wind direction is East Northeast between 1.3 MPH and 2.0 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 30.17 / HPA 1021.6 and rising with a weather graphic predicting sun.

The UV rating is 2.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:07 a.m. Sunset is 8:04 P.M. Moon rise is at 5:55 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.

The RAW METAR readings from the airport in Augusta Maine is:

METAR KAUG 191053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/06 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP198 T01000056

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies again today.

We didn’t receive any rain here in the past 24 hours.

Since the presidential election is heating up, I wanted to keep you current with election year terminology.  You may recognize these particular definitions from “The Devil’s Dictionary” By Ambrose Bierce.

Enjoy them and may they help you in interpreting the many things being said by the candidates.

Regarding foreign policy:

ALLIANCE, n.  In international politics, the union of two thieves who

have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they

cannot separately plunder a third.

 

ANOINT, v.t.  To grease a king or other great functionary already

sufficiently slippery. (Foreign policy issues)

 

GUNPOWDER, n.  An agency employed by civilized nations for the

settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted.  By most writers the invention of gunpowder is ascribed to

the Chinese, but not upon very convincing evidence.  Milton says it

was invented by the devil to dispel angels with, and this opinion

seems to derive some support from the scarcity of angels.

 

Regarding Domestic policies:

APPEAL, v.t.  In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw. (Now you know why Trump already has 11 Supreme Ct. nominees)

 

Regarding Campaign Speeches:

ARENA, n.  In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman/woman

wrestles with his/her record.

 

Regarding Campaign press coverage:

BORE, n.  A person who talks when you wish him/her to listen. (Trump)

 

CRITIC, n.  A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody

tries to please him/her. (Fox political reporters)

 

CYNIC, n.  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are,

not as they ought to be.  Hence the custom among the Scythians of

plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his/her vision. (Now I know why I’m blind)