CMRivdogs

An American Pope

Good for Gates

They've cleared lots of land nearby for additional building in our subdivisions. Over 10o acres of trees gone. I get it, I knew about this when we bought here. That's not exactly my peeve. It's the after effect. In recent weeks we've seen numerous birds trying to get revenge. There are two robins who constantly attempt to fly into or thru the house, banging into our door to the patio and perching on the furniture. The one that really gets me is one particular bird (I assume) constantly leaving deposits on our car. It's a good thing we have an unlimited pass to the local car wash

The standard Trump Know Nothing answer from anyone in this regime (and their disciples)...Don't answer the question, instead attack person asking the question or do a non-answer with a stupid question.

This entire Regime needs to take a basic civics course.

I think we should rebrand the current Republicans as the new KnowNothing Party... From A Lincoln in 1855 to Joshua Speed

Loved the football game. I was 25, the baseball game came out a year later. A few years before we were introduced to home computers.

May 8 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-8

The REAL reason public media funding is being cut. Somebody has a huge grudge

When a performance that included "singin and dancin" in the rain turned into a nerd fest https://neorsd.medium.com/what-tom-hollands-historic-lip-sync-showcase-taught-us-about-stormwater-management-9dead8680143 This is primarily what my son tells me he does...design wastewater runoff areas

Not only did the dodge the bullet. McKinstry caught it

Says the guy who ruled that Presidents are immune from prosecution and corporations are people.

The Ono move has been discussed in the College Football thread. Instead of it getting more political (but isn't everything political these days) I'll put this here.

There's an ECHL team in Salt Lake's suburbs (West Valley City) that traces its lineage back to a hockey team in Roanoke, Va (Lancers and one time Rebels) with a nice logo. They also at one time sported my favorite team name, Macon Whoopies

There are but very few who are permitted to come out in a day. They delay giving passes, make them wait from hour to hour, and their counsels are not two hours together alike. One day they shall come out with their Effects, the next Day merchandise are not Effects. “One day their household furtinuture is to come out, the next only weareing apparrel, and the next Pharaohs heart is hardned, and he refuseth to hearken unto them and will not let the people go. May their deliverence be wrought out for them as it was for the Children of Israel.”

“It is a lamentable circumstance that the only mediatory power acknoleged by both parties, instead of leading to a reconciliation his divided people, should pursue the incendiary purpose of still blowing up the flames as we find him constantly doing in every speech and public declaration. “This may perhaps be intended to intimidate into acquiescence, but the effect has been most unfortunately otherwise. … This accident has cut off our last hopes of reconciliation, and a phrenzy of revenge seems to have seized all ranks of people. “A little knolege of human nature and attention to it’s ordinary workings might have foreseen that the spirits of the people here were in a state in which they were more likely to be provoked than frightened by haughty deportment.”

Defunding public media, including things like VOA to promote the new Ministry of Propaganda

That will mean even more old movies and fewer programs like Nature and Independent Lens. If you want that great. (I realize you were tongue in cheek) but take a look at what your local station does behind the scenes from things like early learning to Michigan Learning Channel to even PBS Books (PBS Books is online) Most of this doesn’t receive national funding directly but from other avenues that do so

I don't know whether anyone has been following this farse. How much NC taxpayer money had the GOP wasted here?

This is an interesting take, true and some of it holds today...

‪Revolutionary War 250‬ ‪@revwar250.bsky.social‬ “I could for myself wish to see your Friends Washington and [Charles] L[ee] at the Head of it and yet dare not propose it tho’ I have it in Contemplation. “I hope that matter will be Considered with more propriety in your Body [the Continental Congress] than ours [the Massachusetts provincial congress]. If you Establish a Continental army of which this will be only a part, you will place the direction as you please.”

May 7 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-7

Evidently Trump got his Alcatraz idea from watching reruns of the Birdman From Alcatraz on the local PBS station in Palm Beach. Maybe they should start rerunning Mr Smith goes to Washington a few late Saturday nights. Or possibly All the King's Men