Love the pictures!

He's a reputable historian. His wheelhouse is the history of the Arabs. https://share.google/nr9msyvfYCsLpukdD I see he probably did get this wrong. A cartoonist invented red Santa in 1863 for Harper's Weekly and Coca-Cola used red Santa in 1938. - From the comments. I suppose both stories could be true. I think I'll Google an image of the 1863 Santa. But why a red Santa at that time? I like him wearing green. It's my favorite color. Edit- "In 1863, Santa Claus did not wear his signature red suit in Harper's Weekly, as the magazine was printed entirely in black-and-white wood engravings. While cartoonist Thomas Nast famously introduced the prototype of our modern Santa Claus on the January 3, 1863 cover of Harper's Weekly, the actual text accompanying the illustration reveals that Santa was dressed in a patriotic Union uniform of a star-covered jacket and striped trousers rather than a solid color.Nast did not popularize the iconic bright red outfit until 1881, when his famous colorized illustration titled "Merry Old Santa Claus" was published. Thank you, AI Edit 2- He was wrong. He should stick to his area of expertise. A Pictorial History of Santa Claus — The Public Domain Review https://share.google/2kiuUQ8ouUy0lSY5v

That's disgusting and I'm not watching the video because after that it would be in my memory. Are humans the smartest animal or the dumbest?

Yes, and the Senate is furious. As I said in another thread, Republicans and the Acting Attorney General got into a shouting match and the Senate shut down with the House following suit. Basically, Trump demanded everything he wanted, all at once; or, in other words, he wanted a rubber stamp.

An editorial I read suggested it was written by AI. Lol.

So, the Republican Senators and the Acting Attorney General got into a shouting match and the Senate was shut down. Soon after, the House was shut down.

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He can be sane the live long day or not but he's got dementia either way. Also, I wouldn't focus on his agency myself not that I have insight into it. I'd focus on how he's being used by others.

I’m in 100% if I don’t have a conflict.

Reduce, reuse, recycle! This would be great. I hope it works.

It’s the smoke for us here in the city. At least that’s how it has been so far.

I really don't care. There are more important things requiring attention. I watch soccer. It will survive.

They should serve the wild boar to Putin.

The waxwings are back this morning! What a sweet group of birds. They don't fight each other in the bird bath; they just all happily plotz around in the water. Need to look them up. I assume they are migratory and just passing through our area right now.

An American infected with Ebola is being treated in Berlin, while another exposed to the deadly virus is being sent to Prague after the White House reportedly resisted allowing citizens to return to the US for care and monitoring. According to The Washington Post, five people close to the Ebola response said that, over the weekend, the Trump administration resisted allowing the return of Peter Stafford, a 39-year-old surgeon working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid a raging Ebola outbreak. The resistance allegedly delayed Stafford’s evacuation and care, risking his health, as experts note that early treatment is critical for Ebola, which can turn deadly in days. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/05/trump-admin-didnt-want-ebola-exposed-americans-sent-them-to-berlin-prague/