Great photos! Thanks!

@Mik said: Bad Bunny. Kennedy Center. The stupid never stops. The “Bad Bunny Kennedy Center” does have a nice ring to it…

I like it!

Great stories! Thanks!

@Daniel said in Kristi Noem fired: Between ****ing on a plane, firing a military pilot for misplacing a security blanky, and having to rehire him because they ended up stranded, to awarding a friend a government contract for over $100 million who had been in business for six days, she had quite a run, not to mention the torture and spilled blood that will stain her reputation in history forever. It's scary that someone this clearly insipid could do this much damage to a country. "She has done more in a year than many people have done in a lifetime"?

I wish you could send us some, Andy. Apparently, the extreme lack of humidity is exacerbating allergy conditions (mine is a severe allergy to mold I developed when I was 29 in New Orleans and now made worse because the house molded after Hurricane Milton caused the roof to leak water in the house and in the walls). Allergy medications aren't stopping the symptoms now and my nose hasn't stopped bleeding along with producing constant mucus along with constantly coughing up mucus. It feels like a chronic upper respiratory infection after happening for months. I heard today the lack of humidity might be a partial explanation. I've scheduled an appointment with my Doctor for next week.

I can't follow this. RFK, Jr. Is deranged. He has some good ideas in general and some good analyses of the beuracracy related to the COVID debacle but his rides on Epstein's plane and his complicity in the actions of this administration render him entirely unfit for office.

He's said he's sending ground troops. Or at least I think I recall that. He says something new every ten minutes. An official of his government said, "Turkey is the new Iran." At least, I think it was his government official. It could have been an official in Netanyahu's government. They sound the same same. I'm not being snarky. What happened to the old Iran? Is it not still there? Demanding Iran surrender unconditionally shows a complete disconnect from reality.

Ugh. Thanks for the reminder.

This is why we had the New Deal. The FCC is a shadow now of what it used to be. Sad. I keep telling people CNN, CBS, Fox, et. al. are state media. The same is true of broadcast. The same is true of print. The argument I hear back is that they have, "prestige." Well, they might have it. Legitimacy, not so much.

It's hard to tell. One with leverage is one too many.

I lost my Japanese permanent residency during covid, unfortunately. So I no longer have an easy escape.

@wtg said: The United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Ukraine’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. There's irony. Heh!

I like the radiators (perfect, imo) and fireplaces. I like that its stone built to keep out the elements. The closest we have to this in Florida is concrete block. Concrete block houses, apartment buildings, and hotels will stand up to hurricanes, if the there is no ground floor flooding, and if the roof doesn't fail, and both of these risks can be mitigated by researching the flood zone designation and the roof's age. In the case of ground floor flooding in a concrete block built building, the damage can be fixed. These buildings have the added advantage of being sound-proof. I'm ruling out any apartment building that's not concrete block built in the '60's or '70's. The only thing I don't like about this house is it's two stories without a stair lift or a small elevator like a tube elevator. It's not ideal for "age in place." I've observed that sooner or later, nobody can walk up and down stairs. I already mentioned living in a remote location, and especially on an island, isn't for the faint of heart. This is a nit-picking, academic criticism, since the chances of me being able to move to the U.K. and afford this house are approaching zero. Maybe it's perfect like it is because it was built this way.

@jon-nyc said: [image: 1772647741619-bbffc5fa-7bf7-4ca5-8d47-bee35a7e29ca.jpeg] This is great. It's like thinking recycling plastic will save the oceans. The problem is out of control. Plastic doesn't only wash up on beaches in South East Asia. It washes up on beaches on Hawaii Island. There's no way for the U.S. to stop it. How are much poorer countries going to stop it? Carry on.