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They are putting steel matting down on the streets for this. They told all the Federal workers to stay home so they could do this.

do they like pizza?

because you have sense.

Not supposed to. DC is a no-go for the "No Kings" protests.

concur

Some critique of the "how was the play Mrs Lincoln?" variety is that Hegseth and Noem never planned for the arrival of these troops and they are sleeping on the floors of buildings.

colleague sent me a picture which crashed my DM of Hegseth supposedly wearing a "stars and bars" hankie in his suit pocket

Dag.: "He already took the fifth, before arriving." — Bluesky

that image!

We will miss our SP depth but we are going to break some teams.

GOP Rep Announces Sudden Retirement in Shock Twist for Trump Man, this guy must be reading some tea leaves.

this is the same IOC that let the Soviet Union, China and Nazi Germany host

https://bsky.app/profile/claudiner66.bsky.social/post/3lr7gsmvhvc2a https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/06/opm-recommends-telework-other-flexibilities-dc-area-feds-ahead-military-parade/405936/

The wife was told that OPM has told all federal workers to telework starting Wednesday because of the military parade for The President's birthday.

seems incongruous

Do it. Trigger a constitutional crisis.

Oh, also liking "Murderbot" on Appletv.

I'm enjoying "The Pitt" on Max and "Paradise" on Hulu. I would say the former is more my speed but its a bit gorier than the wife would like.

see below Washington D.C. — No Kings

according to the No Kings Day organizers they are putting together protest outside DC where people are encouraged to bring flags and celebrate no kings and democracy.

I guess Pete's a terrible boss. Hard to keep him sober I guess Kathleen Bachynski: "“Top Defense Department jobs, including the defense secretary’s chief of staff, are normally considered prestigious and typically attract multiple qualified candidates. But at least three people have already turned down potential roles under Hegseth”" — Bluesky

I've been listening to "We Have Ways of Making you Talk" which is doing an 85th anniversary take on Dunkirk. Talk about the hinge of history. So many variables. Apparently the decision for the Germans to back off the pocket around Dunkirk was driven by Hitler's vanity when confronted by Generals who had through their own initiative had crossings over the canal line which could be exploited to drive on the beach and perhaps capture the entire BEF and French allied forces, and confronted by more cautious generals did the one thing he would do in that circumstance: he exerted his prerogative to exert his prerogatives and issued the halt order. Meanwhile, Churchill was desperate to prevent Halifax from convincing the war cabinet to sue for peace and he was fortunate to have Chamberlain who had been burned by Hitler and Mussolini on his side. Without Dunkirk, its a totally different war. Without Britain holding up the Germans in Eastern Europe and Africa and the Battle of Britain, they have much more to throw at the Soviet Union in 1941 (and could have started earlier in the year).

those who have watched Andor and who may have witnessed the summer of 2020 and seen simularities.

seconded