Watching "Nixon in China" this evening. If Trump had any class or culture he'd be eating his heart out to have an opera written about him.
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Watching "Nixon in China" this evening. If Trump had any class or culture he'd be eating his heart out to have an opera written about him.
youtu.be/FJmXMo9nWRU?...
Reading that screed actually caused the speech center of my brain to freeze up for moment.
Stupid and lazy. Put a rake in front of any of them, and they would step on it, twice.
On the plus side, Kristi Noem just got more free time to finally catch those Dalmatians
Iraq and Afghanistan each had populations of about 25 millions, and they were a long term commitment to get out of after a lot of blood and treasure spent. Iran is a nation of over 90 million. An invasion will likely awaken a sense of patriotism even in those who hate the regime. Looming disaster.
I worry about occupation fatigue, after the first wave, when their lives are completely upended, how many of those 2/3rds will come to resent us. Then once again we find ourselves stuck trying to stabilize the situation and get out, and finding it never seems to be the right time.
Americans cared so much about all the terrible mistakes that happened when Bush invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, causing unfathomable harm to our military and veterans that the American people elected a person dumber than Bush who has now started a war with Iran.
Don't thank me for my service, ever.
Obviously relying on the "they will welcome us as liberators" strategy that worked so well in Afghanistan and Iraq. The PNAC wet dream will haunt us for decades to come if this happens.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
Earth's Moon waxing gibbous over Illinois.
This evenings Moonshot.
Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.
Lit by dawn light, Blaise, a sable German Shepherd, stares intently at a half eaten blueberry muffin.
No cats, but Blaise is eyeballing that blueberry muffin with a fierce desire.
Half Moon in the night sky.
A little phone 📸 of Old Luna, just because.
My follower count here has been skyrocketing lately, now 17k!
And I am not even posting cat pictures. Go figure.
Lot's of accounts with 0 posts...Welcome anyhow y'all.
FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper dictating a message into a tape recorder while driving. Subtitle "Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks."
It's that day again. #TwinPeaks
Watching "The Tale of Zatoichi" 1962. The blind samurai keeps his code of honor, in the midst of a gang war.
Shades of 1938 Germany
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
@malcolmnance.bsky.social
Sr. Chief. So is the Balloon actually going up in Iran or is it all Trump bluster?
It looks like B-roll footage from a low budget porn video.
CBS just can't handle the truth; they keep kneeling before the autocrat occupying the White House. The more they try to supress, the more resistance will arise.
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A mighty oak has fallen. I've written about Rev. Jesse Jackson many times over the years, and spoken with him at length. A controversial figure, without a doubt, but as I learned more about the man, writing this, I came to respect him. He was heroic.
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Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at age 84. We're remembering several of his visits on WGN Radio.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84
Wow.
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
While Puerto Ricans were fighting in Vietnam, Donald ‘The Pedophile’ Trump had his daddy pay a doctor to write a prescription for Bonespurs. While Puerto Ricans were fighting in Afghanistan & Iraq, Kid Rock was doing coke and writing songs about raping underage girls. #FDT #FMAGA
🚨 ICYMI: Illinois is joining the World Health Organization's coordinated network, GOARN, to protect the people of this state.
We will continue to put science, preparedness, and people first. Period.
