I think Larry's visit was more than a coincidence. I do believe that there are miracles in this world. We all can benefit from a little more encouragement. Big Al

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“We’ve cleaned, renovated, and beautified over 45 Monuments and Memorials, 28 Statues, and 22 Fountains in Washington, DC,” Trump wrote in a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform on Friday night. “However, we’ve had some real problems with Vandalism at the beautiful Reflecting Pool, which sits between The Washington Monument and The Lincoln Memorial.” He noted that “86 47” was recently etched onto a vast patch of grass nearby – “86” is frequently used across the restaurant industry to mean “stop” or to get rid of something, while Trump is the 47th president of the US – and claimed some people had “also done everything possible to hurt the inside surface” of the pool painted as part of the recent renovation. “No different than the chemicals that were used on the National Mall, they used something similar in the Reflecting Pool to try to destroy and demean our beautiful work,” Trump alleged, again without evidence. Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor who ran against Trump and JD Vance as the running mate of Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went. The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/20/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-vandalism

titivating…

Awww thanks folks!!! A half century goes a lot quicker than one would think, doesn’t it?

@wtg that was a great read, thank you for posting it! My step father was a huge fan of comics in general (and he loved all that merch, the coffee mugs, the t-shirts etc) and he was a pretty big fan of Calvin and Hobbes. I always looked at the Sunday comics growing up and then whenever I had access to a paper. I can't remember when I stopped following Calvin and Hobbes closely (probably when I started studying Japanese and basically stopped consuming English language media of almost all kinds). But I have a vague memory of people talking about the comic ending. I googled and I do remember seeing this last strip. [image: CH.jpg]

And Trump has also found a way to save Hezbollah for Iran.

@CHAS said: I am younger than Biden and Trump. I don't find that to be particularly encouraging. Beats the alternative.

@AdagioM said: Food people: here’s a recipe for avocado blueberry quinoa salad

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@jon-nyc It is ok folks. Consider the source. Mr. Purity lol

Don't bother They're here

@wtg said: As you say, better in someone else's yard. Yep! BTW I have been monitoring the lack eyed susan's in the front of our house, and I'm convinced that the animal doing the eating is a deer. The reason I think that is because the spots that are eaten are in the middle of the bunch, as if a large creature walked up and bent their head down from a height, rather than at the edges, as you might expect with a small creature sitting low to the ground and chewing at that height. This is my current "plant detector" analysis. I remain hopeful that there will still be blooms come July

The perversion of unfettered capitalism. It's been plainly clear for years and years and years that the inevitable outcome of this system--left unchecked--is a concentration of wealth into very few hands. Meanwhile, in the US, children are left hungry, 90% of the citizens experience financial insecurity, ad nauseating lib. It's gross. Not because of the people who are rich (although so very many of them can be held up as examples of uncaring greed), but because unbridled capitalism is a seriously flawed system. Some day we will overcome the economic destruction ushered in by Reagan.

In New York City, the common pickle is the half-sour, the staple of the Jewish deli, and perfect complement to your pastrami sandwich. There are still a couple of retail businesses that specialize in pickles, filling your container from a barrel. The half-sour is delicious, and most supermarkets carry the jarred Ba-Tampte brand.

Yea, the Albanians aren't happy about this. At all. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/16/g-s1-128162/albania-resort-protests-kushner-trump

Oh, those crazy Norwegian fans: Link to video View from the top: Link to video

Good advice. I am from Swampeast Missouri. In the early 20th century a project to drain the area moved more earth than the digging of the Panama Canal. Drainage still requires year round vigilance. Mosquitoes love it. The mosquitoes stayed.