Our

whole, damned,

entire lives

fortunately,

Many Americans have already had enough.

And some have been raised to fight authoritarianism their entire lives

since I have Swedish heritage,

I imagine the Nobel committee gave the Peace Prize to Machado specifically to troll the Donald,

and perhaps to bait him into beclowning himself exactly like this.

Folks in Stockholm will laugh themselves to tears over that pic from now until Midsommar

ok, for some underappreciated voices:

Robert Palmer
kd lang
Aaron Neville
Alison Krauss

"There is a woman in Somalia
Scraping for pearls on the roadside
There's a force stronger than nature
Keeps her will alive
This is how she's dying,
She's dying to survive
Don't know what she's made of
I would like to be that brave"

truth,

which is also why when she sings anything with blues like "King of Sorrow,

or exposes struggle it's absolutely devastating,

like this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI8p...

it may well lead to a "new America"

just not the sort that end times obsessed "Christian" nationalists expect.

a group of mischievous crows,

or a squadron of squirrels bent on destruction

will fuck up a campsite

nah,

skunks are quite placid in their demeaner. They only use their extreme defenses when cornered. I've had skunks walk around my legs unbothered at campgrounds when I was guiding backpacking trips.

on the other hand,

it appears that DHS agents are all but using lethal force already,

the Minnesota National Guard has 13,000 troops.

I understand why Gov. Walz is reluctant to call them up to defend Minneapolis against the Feds,

But if not now, then when?

trying to "create content" with violent interactions in such a small New England former mill town is going to create a backlash and image problem that will haunt CBP/DHS for years.

the problem with that is Minneapolis-St. Paul is a metro of 750,000 with +/- 60,000 Somali residents.

Lewiston/Auburn is a small city of 60,000 with 3,000 or so Somali residents.

Everyone knows Everyone in Lewiston. Somali kids are why the HS won 4 state soccer championships in the past 10 years

I'm going to be waxing skis all weekend in Waterville Maine for my Nordic club's juniors,

I might have to stop in Lewiston on the drive home since I'm going past there,

pick up some take out from Naima or the Mogadishu Store, (counter the regime with support, generosity, & kindness)

every part of Maine besides downtown Portland and Kennebunkport has a LOT of guns.

a month or so in Lewiston/Auburn might show those sunshine brown shirts more about Maine than their nightmares ever could

I can hear it now,

"Ayuh, ya good & stuck, probl'y can't get you out of theah until Black Fly season. But heah, drink a Moxie to take ya mind off it"

oh I'm sure it'll be "fun"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisto...

Rollins should be required to live on A piece of chicken, A piece of broccoli, One corn tortilla, and "one other thing" 6 days a week for a month