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There will be lots of firings in January of 2029, presuming a Democrat wins. Civil Service protections are out, and they shouldn't go back in until the damage has been remediated. Then the GOP may be willing to sign a treaty that can prevent the re-politicization of federal employment.

No need to look for aliens. They're here already.

Do s my Beany Babies collection count now too?

The called it "an operational error." I think that means somebody left the gate open.

The GOP used to believe that education should be under "local control."

Jennifer Rubin did a good video with Norm Eisen and Katie Phang this afternoon to explain. I highly recommend it. (Just click "no thanks" on the first screen.) https://open.substack.com/pub/katiephang/p/new-scotus-rulings-live-w-jen-norm?r=n5ktx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Some iconic music. RIP Lalo. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/mission-impossible-theme-live-classic-fm/vi-AA1HuZK7#details

Those are great!

The idea that any of those lands will make anybody a dime on timber is laughable. It's a federal boondoggle and will cost taxpayers a ton. Google my piece "The Mismanagement of the National Forests"

@wtg That’s a great story. I’ve read in many places that dementia patients can sometimes sing, even when they can’t talk. The power of music lies so deeply in memory. My MIL is in memory care; they have music therapy/singalong on a regular basis. I don’t know if Mom sings or not, but she seems to enjoy it. I’m planning to go with a small group to sing at a congregation member’s memory care facility in a couple weeks. We’re practicing next week, going the following week. I restrung my guitar in anticipation of this and one other gig in July. (I’m a very rudimentary player; guitar is just meant to keep me singing in key!)

We’ll always need electricians and plumbers!

@wtg Thanks for posting that, wtg. I really needed it after the NYTimes' distasteful decision to run Andrew Sullivan's diatribe against the LGBTQ community today. Why they thought publishing a litany of hyperbole and anecdotes attacking the community under the headline "How The Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way," on the anniversary of Obergefell was a good idea, I can't fathom. Other than the insatiable desire for clicks. It was the last straw for me. Coming on the heels of their couching an endorsement for Cuomo in their "non-endorsing" editorial, and the general descent of their online front page into bland, very "safe" but clickbait headlines, the sum of which leaves one completely unaware of the horrifying situation the US finds itself in, I decided to cancel my subscription.

@Bernard I pretty much do what these guidelines say to, especially the part about smelling the stem end. I buy the Dulcinea cantaloupes at Costco, which are packaged two to a bag. I try to buy a bag with melons at different stages of ripeness so I don't suddenly have more ripe fruit than I can eat in a reasonable time. https://www.southernliving.com/how-to-tell-if-cantaloupe-ripe-7693521

Frankly, I don't care what RFK gets wrong. This is such a stupid non-scientific and ideological bullshit "debate."