CMRivdogs

And now he has Congress and his flunkies on the Supreme Court

Trump was handed everything on a silver platter. Sent to excellent schools but purposely chose not fully take advantage of what was given to him. Even in business, his father bailed him out. When Trump Tower faced foreclosure the banks decided it was cheaper for them to write off the debt than to take on a White Elephant. Fred Trump was a ruthless-racist, the apple didn't fall from the tree. Everything father and son accomplished was thru intimidation and bullying. His Presidency is the same. The only thing he knows is thug law. Exactly what he accuses everyone who opposes him of, and continues to groups he doesn't like. Unfortunately his sons ans sycophants are the same

July 7 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-7

July 6 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-6/congress-issues-a-declaration-on-the-causes-and-necessity-of-taking-up-arms

The jokes write themselves....

Heck, they hardly offer help to rural areas unless there is $omething in it for them

According to reports I've seen, the NWS did its job. Issued warnings and advisories. That's their job. The problem goes down to the state and local level. Kerr County has no warning system, no sirens or even the ability to issue automatic warnings on residents cell phones, for example. Combine that with the death in recent years of any local news coverage in those area. If you do want to broaden the blame a bit, yes cuts to NWS and FEMA as well as NOAA probably did make the problem worse. But these areas have probably been without proper services for several years. You should place most of the blame on those in charge of local infrastructure. Oh Trump's nonchalant answer was horrible. Right up there with pro life's "Thoughts and Prayers" after mass shootings.

We drove past the A’s “stadium” construction site about 18 months or so ago. They hadn’t started doing anything with the hotel-casino there yet. It felt too small an area for one with no viable parking. I kind of get Vegas as a viable market but there seems to be a lot of competition for the tourist dollar there. The minor league team/stadium is too far out and too small to be viable with little room for expansion. The A’s are in the same boat as the Rays. Sell the team and hope someone smarter can make the necessary changes.

July 5 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-5 On July 5, 1775, the Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition, written by John Dickinson, which appeals directly to King George III and expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain. Dickinson, who hoped desperately to avoid a final break with Britain, phrased colonial opposition to British policy as follows: “Your Majesty’s Ministers, persevering in their measures, and proceeding to open hostilities for enforcing them, have compelled us to arm in our own defence, and have engaged us in a controversy so peculiarly abhorrent to the affections of your still faithful Colonists, that when we consider whom we must oppose in this contest, and if it continues, what may be the consequences, our own particular misfortunes are accounted by us only as parts of our distress.” During an Independence Day celebration in Rochester, New York on July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivers what would become his most celebrated speech, “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” Tensions over slavery in the early 1850s are high, and the famed abolitionist’s oration serves as a searing reminder that at the time, only a fraction of the U.S. population enjoyed the freedom celebrated by the nation. After Judge Hugo Friend denies a motion to quash the indictments against the major league baseball players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series, a trial begins with jury selection. The Chicago White Sox players, including stars Shoeless Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver and Eddie Cicotte, subsequently became known as the “Black Sox” after the scandal was revealed.

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

July 4, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-4

Par for this Presidency. He's probably in favor of feeding the loser to the alligators

I’ve found the National Park Service sites helpful for initial planning. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/travelroute66/visit.htm For the Lewis and Clark trail individual state searches was also a helpful, especially for maps

July 3 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-3/washington-takes-command-of-continental-army On July 3, 1775, George Washington rides out in front of the American troops gathered at Cambridge common in Massachusetts and draws his sword, formally taking command of the Continental Army. Washington, a prominent Virginia planter and veteran of the French and Indian War, had been appointed commander in chief by the Continental Congress two weeks before. In agreeing to serve the American colonies in their war for independence, he declined to accept payment for his services beyond reimbursement of future expenses. July 3, 1863: On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s last attempt at breaking the Union line ends in disastrous failure, bringing the most decisive battle of the American Civil War to an end. Idaho is admitted to the union on July 3, 1890. Exploration of the North American continent mostly proceeded inward from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and northward from Spanish Mexico. Therefore, the rugged territory that would become Idaho long remained untouched by Spanish, French, British and American trappers and explorers. Even as late as 1805, Idaho Native Americans like the Shoshone had never encountered Europeans.

He’s Trump’s bitch alright

Not to mention that those who aren’t are leaving town for the weekend.

Master Negotiator What ever happened to America First. Come on MAGA defend this

$175 Million in Michigan

July 2 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-2

I'm 73 with a lung condition. They'll figure I'm not worth the effort. Especially once they kill medicare

Do I get to choose between Germany and Ireland. Are they willing to give me a cottage and a small stipend. Come on TACO make me an offer.

I say we start with the guy wearing the TACAO hat and his sidekick who looks like a character from Pinky and the Brain