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George Hughes (American, 1907-1990), Refinishing an Heirloom, 1960. Oil on canvasboard, 27 x 21 ¾ in. (68.6 x 55.2 cm.).

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Is this bad? It seems bad.

Like clock work. Whenever Republicans run the government, they trash the economy for working people. Prices go up. 10 of the last 11 recessions were under Republican Presidents.

Good for the mega corporations and billionaires, bad for everyone else.

Brilliant 🏆

Isata Kanneh-Mason absolutely tears through Rachmaninoff’s fiendish Piano Concerto No. 3 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58

Device ignited outside New York City mayor's residence Saturday contained explosive materials & fragmentation that could have killed people, according to law enforcement sources familiar with probe

A federal terrorism investigation is underway and terrorism charges are pending

Screenshot of an X post by “No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen” claiming Costco is demanding that Trump reimburse them for tariffs so they can refund customers. Below are two images side by side: the Costco Wholesale logo and a photo of Donald Trump looking at a phone while reporters hold microphones near him.

This is what all big companies should be doing.

Trump to Times of Israel: It’ll be a ‘mutual’ decision with Netanyahu regarding when Iran war ends US president clarifies he'll make final call to end operation 'at right time'; says in phone interview that he and PM ‘worked together' against Islamic Republic: 'We’ve destroyed a country that would ...

Because it's America first, Trump says he'll only make war decisions he and Netanyahu can agree on. www.timesofisrael.com/trump-to-tim...

Another day of interest on the tariffs Trump collected and refuses to give back. American consumers paid the tariffs, American taxpayers pay the interest on Trump holding onto the money as long as possible. Every day the bill goes up.

Trading Suspended on KOSPI for 20 Minutes Following 8% Plunge

NTSB is the last exemplar of independent professionalism in federal government, because we used to think stopping plane crashes was a goal beyond partisanship

Kolanovic, ten days ago:

A toy for children that helps them appreciate both what it means to have a "cathedral mind" and how to build a circuit. What's not to love?

Micro-Giant and I retrofitted our LEGO Notre Dame with some sweet ass led spotlights. "I could look at this forever" he says, slowly metamorphosing into an engineer before my very eyes.

My law firm is litigating 90 voting and election cases in 45 states. We are currently fighting for voters in: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MD, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY, and WV.

An acrylic drawing of a enormous blue tit. It is super round. Blue tit is a yellow bird with a funny blue "hat". It's wings are blue too. This one sits on a very thin twig.

BLUE TIT || 20x21cm || Acrylic markers
Not so blue with all the S E E D S it had.

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Scenes from the World Baseball Classic: the Cuban coffee stand in the outfield ran out of coffee.

It’s the fourth inning.

Screenshot of an X post by Really American claiming Republican Congressman Mark Alford said Americans must “sacrifice” by accepting higher gas prices to support Trump’s war with Iran. Below is a split-screen TV news segment with a female anchor on the left, a male reporter in the middle, and Congressman Alford on the right. A banner reads “BREAKING NEWS: CRUDE OIL PRICES HIT NEW HIGHS AMID WAR.”

The American people have sacrificed enough. Stop the war. Tax the billionaires.

Salute to the headbanger kid in my 8th grade art class who one day quietly said that the best guitarist in the world wasn’t Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, or Jimmy Page. It was, in fact, he insisted, George Benson.

We didn’t know what to do with this information but he was resolute.

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Oil prices hit $100 per barrel as big Middle East producers cut output amid Iran war Gulf Arab oil producers are cutting production as they run out of storage space because they can't export through the Strait of Hormuz

Triple digits now

Oil prices hit $100 per barrel as big Middle East producers cut output amid Iran war www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/c...

In first, CIA acknowledges 1953 coup it backed to overthrow leader of Iran was undemocratic While other American officials have made similar remarks in the past, the acknowledgment by the CIA in a podcast about the agency’s history comes as much of its official history of the coup still rema...

I wonder what percentage of Americans knows that the CIA helped overthrow a democracy in Iran in 1953, installing a brutal dictator who tortured and murdered people. Republicans keep citing the 1979 Islamic Revolution as if that was the start of U.S.-Iran hostilities. Go back 26 years earlier.

Dow futures tumble 800 points as U.S. oil tops $100 a barrel to begin the week's trading: Live updates The Dow recorded its worst week since President Trump unveiled his tariff policy in April.

Wasn’t the bargain that we’d give up our freedom and democracy in return for all getting rich ? Guess we got the short end of that stick.

Live: Dow futures tumble 800 points as U.S. oil tops $100 a barrel to begin the week's trading www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/s...

A papillon cross chihuahua pup with a suspicious expression on his face.

The pup is plotting.

Me wearing my Winter Soldier shirt with a smile on my face this morning 😁⛅️

Happy Sunday. Freshly showered and refreshed. Feeling pretty good so far. Looks to be a cloudy day today. And it's Daylight Savings Time. Anyway, have a great day friends. Take care and stay safe 😊😁🌤🌈👍

A woman in a yellow jumper smiles as she cycles on a protected cycle lane.

A group of people on bikes wait to cross the road on a protected cycle lane, with one bike pictured with a child carrier seat on the rear.

Two women cycle together on a shared-use path in Stirling in the rain.

On #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate all the women who enjoy the freedom, joy and independence that cycling can bring. It's vital that we continue tackling barriers to cycling, and make it possible for more girls and women to get on their bikes.

Athletes ask doping agency to take marijuana off banned list More than 150 current and former athletes signed a letter sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency, asking the organization to remove marijuana from its list of prohibited substances. Boxer Mike Tyson, r...

"More than 150 current and former athletes signed a letter sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency, asking the organization to remove marijuana from its list of prohibited substances."

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#Cannabis #Weed #MMJ #Sports

Several more days till my bluebird eggs start to hatch. My pear tree has begun blossoming. Still have raindrops on them from last night's storms.

Sandwich board sign on sidewalk. James and Mary Laurie Booksellers. We Buy and Sell Rare, Used and Out-of-Print. BOOKS MAPS PRINTS Appraisals Search Service.

James & Mary Laurie Booksellers is ensconced in their new location at 933 Marquette Ave. S. in downtown Minneapolis. If I have the sequence right, this is about location No. 6 (N. St. Paul>Stillwater>St. Paul>Nicollet Mall>North Loop>Marquette). Yes, the photo when Mick Jagger visited is displayed.