Hey @jd-vance-1.bsky.social - a comment on your presser today: you do realize that Mr Trump deep-sixed the most recent immigration deal because he wanted to run on it? (There is a long history of Republicans blocking bipartisan immigration reform - look up “gang of six”)

HEGSETH: No war plans were sent and nothing was classified
THE ATLANTIC: Hold my beer

Good explanation of what is happening… (BTW; Curtis Yarvin is that kid from college who got high; stared at his hand and speculated that atoms were mini solar systems inhabited by micro-people… felt it was a HUGE insight). See: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o... for a good take-down of Yarvin’s ideas

Speaker Johnson: “The adults are back in the room and we are going to turn this economy around”… indeed, turning it around and driving it into a ditch!

As I see it, the citizens most hurt by a shutdown in the near-term will be hurt by Trump and his unconstitutional actions in the mid- to long-term, so a shutdown only accelerates the timing of the pain. 1/

BUT - a shutdown provides the ONLY piece of leverage the Dems currently have to slow down the Republican insanity. So what is the argument for Dems in the Senate voting “yes” and keeping the government open? (End)

I found Elon’s waste and fraud: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

Happy Winnie-the-Pooh Day!

Last week at Brookgreen Gardens

Watching Lions/Vikings with the Bears

I wish everyone a joyous holiday season filled with happiness…

I always found squirrels to be a little bit creepy (“oh they only eat nuts”… yeah, right!)

Spent a lovely evening here in SC with some “blue” friends wondering what is the “bridge to far” that prompts us to move; and where?? CA, WA, or overseas? (or do we stay/fight? We are all either 70+ or approaching 70 … do we have any fight left in us?) - so do we move - to the UK? Canada? Thoughts?

I am puzzled by all the appointments of sitting representatives to become Cabinet Secretaries… while the short-term effect may be small (R Govs will appoint another R), but in the special elections enough “buyers remorse” could flip some seats to D

Hi all … seems like most of the content creators I respect are here … may give up on the former little blue bird…