Thanks for the additional information about your process! I love mixed media work! Mamie’s Wall Is absolutely wonderful!!! Square foot shows are becoming quite popular! An artist friend of mine has done them annually for a few years as well. I know that, in his case, it started because larger pieces weren’t selling as easily so he was trying to make his work more approachable for folks who wanted original art but couldn’t afford thousands of dollars.

@RealPlayer said in Canada is not the United States: Here is a NY Times article from this morning. Should be a gift link. Trump’s Canada fixation is about more than tariffs. Apparently well publicized in Canadian media, but not here. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/world/canada/trump-trudeau-canada-51st-state.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E4.Wl1s.HkMjJ0CPOYAR&smid=url-share I didn’t realize it wasn’t being publicized in the US. It definitely is well known here. That’s why we are so mad.

That guy is a transactional bully. A complete and total asshole. And a lot of much nastier names. I don’t hate many people, but that man is on my list.

Americans are still in the dark about the scope and scale of what Elon Musk is doing with DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, which is working to drastically shrink the size of government by aiming to cut $1 trillion or more in government spending. But there’s some insight into what’s driving Musk — namely, an effort to combat what he referred to as “civilizational suicidal empathy.” During a three-hour interview with the podcaster Joe Rogan released February 28, Musk talked about his deeply held belief in the conspiracy theory that Democrats are working to import as many undocumented immigrants as possible so that they can take over the US government forever. “If they had another four years, they would legalize enough illegals in the swing states to make the swing states not swing states,” Musk told Rogan. “They would just, they would be blue states. Then they would … win the presidential; they’d win the House, the Senate and the presidency.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/elon-musk-rogan-interview-empathy-doge/index.html

I'm sure they're going to say they will go through the photos and pull out the "errors". Of course that's a really good use of a federal employee's time, just when we're cutting back the workforce and trying to reduce costs...<insert facepalm here>

“High new and used car prices, along with higher auto loan rates, have left a record number of car owners with $1,000+ monthly payments,” Gulley said. That's pretty bad. I'm not boasting, but I bought a 10-year old car with less than 70k miles on it. 36 month loan, $222/mo. $1k/mo for a car sounds obscene to me.

We are getting set up for some really bad things to start happening, with no recourse, no repercussions

It's been suggested to me many times by smart well meaning people I have respected a lot I skip the news entirely. One lady told me after I told her it was causing me stress-- "Turn it off!" Well, the truth is I have only so much attention to give it anyway.

@Mik Did you see where the hemp is grown?

Borowitz takes it to the logical next step: https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-warns-of-increase-in-transgender?publication_id=2337656&post_id=158455997&isFreemail=true&r=3e6nnx&triedRedirect=true

Krugman's take on the proposed crypto reserve. https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-planning-the-biggest-heist?publication_id=277517&post_id=158505658&isFreemail=true&r=53zo0e&triedRedirect=true

They haven’t missed anything Nope, they haven’t. They’re after total destruction.

Thanks. So he talked to ex-hostages and knows first hand what happened, what they suffered, and what one US citizen is still enduring.

It has a surplus until sometime in the 2030's I believe after which benefits would fall a certain percentage if nothing were done. A government program with a surplus-- yeah, that sucks. People like Musk going around calling it a Ponzi scheme which it isn't aren't helping. The only real problem with Social Security is it works and this makes fools of the people who hate government.

Trans people have already been through so much hell. Many of them have lost their families, friends, jobs over the years of coming to terms with their identity. They must be experiencing a lot of anguish right now. My heart goes out to them. (I am thinking of some individuals in particular I got to know well.)

Now I have an earworm. Thanks.