Looks good. Couldn't have done intentional slope sculpting to look that natural.

Melania Throws Donald Under the Bus And just like that, the Epstein files are back in the news.

"Melania chose not to include any assertion of her husband’s innocence in the Epstein affair.

Melania is no fool. And now she seems to think that the man to whom she hitched herself may be going down. She’s trying to arrange not to go down with him."

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I am not one of those who believes that history repeats, but consider the following from Herodotus: the Oracle at Delphi told the fabulously wealthy King Croesus that if he invaded Persia he would "destroy a great empire." Croesus invaded and lost--the empire he destroyed was his own.

Venus. It's mentioned in the third post of the string

There's a story there

What Happened to Pam Bondi? How the attorney general became a person who loves telling Trump yes

Some background on Ms. Bondi that might be useful.
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

"Gone bad" as in soured? No prob. Fermented foods are (almost) never poisonous. In fact, we sometimes keep some "spoiled" milk on hand to use in pancake batter.
"Gone bad" as in moldy? Not good. Moldy foods often have pathogenic organisms.

Omg. This is such a great idea!

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*tortuous road. Close, but not the same

*Somebody* did a bang up job on the alt captions. Bravo!

Granada?

Sen Cassidy is not running for reelection. Let's hope he doesn't go all Senator Susan Collins this time.
He *might* just vote to oppose the nomination. (That said, he does justifiably worry about threats to his and his family's well being. It's not just about votes anymore.)

2/2 Whereas Bryan was a true progressive who embraced policies we now take for granted. Anti-trust, progressive taxation, women's sufferage, and anti American imperialism. His embrace of antisciencific creationism climaxing with his embarrassing performance in the Scopes Trial, was clearly a mistake

1/2 While I fully agree that this excerpt accurately describes the current occupant of the White House, it should be noted that Mencken was an elitist known mostly for his curmudgeonly writings, tinted with antisemitism and racism.

⚒️ A very Eeyore or Marvin-ish thing for a rock to say.

“I used to be a mountain. But would the water cycle leave me alone? It would not. Typical.“

Should have stick with the ham sandwich indictment.

Well, tbh, we did have an election in 2024, and the country voted in the Tangerine Tyrant. So... Oh, wait, he wasn't president until late January 2025. Huh!

Article II, Section 4 reads in full: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."

Carol for Another Christmas - Wikipedia

For anyone who loves (or can't stand) Dickens "A Christmas Carol", I recommend taking time to watch this version. It was made to promote the United Nations, broadcast in 1964, and then lost for half a century. Written by Rod Serling. Remarkably relevant for our times.
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This brings to mind the milliHelen, the unit of force needed to launch a ship.

I prefer "P, as in phone." Also "A as in aye, B as in bee, C as in cede, E as in eye," and so on. I'm still missing a few letters from my devil's alphabet. D, F, I, L, M, N, R, T, U, V, X, and Z. Rather pleased with Gee, Heir, Jay, Kay, Owe, Queue, Seas, and You, though.

The President Who Never Grew Up Instead of focusing on governing, Trump spends his days chasing entertainment, attention and renovation projects that reflect a presidency stuck in adolescence.

J-MART: ".. he’s turned the office into an adult fantasy camp .. brazen corruption, near-daily vulgarity and handing out pardons like lollipops ..

".. the country has never seen such an indulgent head of state."

@politico.com
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Key: One "could watch his positions take shape from one rally to the next—an offhand comment that got a strong reaction would become a talking point at the next rally, and then a core part of his pitch. And he took notice when the crowd got bored, pivoting to the lines that would fire them back up."

Key: One "could watch his positions take shape from one rally to the next—an offhand comment that got a strong reaction would become a talking point at the next rally, and then a core part of his pitch. And he took notice when the crowd got bored, pivoting to the lines that would fire them back up."

Ironically the "ruling stems from a series of machinations that Mr. Trump undertook earlier ... based in part on the decision by another federal judge, Aileen M. Cannon, to dismiss an indictment against Mr. Trump over concerns about the appointment of Jack Smith as special counsel in that case."

Beat me to it

By all means, yes

Ironically the "ruling stems from a series of machinations that Mr. Trump undertook earlier ... based in part on the decision by another federal judge, Aileen M. Cannon, to dismiss an indictment against Mr. Trump over concerns about the appointment of Jack Smith as special counsel in that case."