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Yes. This is exactly it. They are detaining anyone. Then they are determining the person's "status."

I made it through 6 min and had to stop.

Well, you can see this in HUD's new homelessness policy. Every expert knows shelter first is the prerequisite for success. HUD has overturned this methodology and slashed its budget request by 50%. People without housing will not be able to proceed to rehabilitation, jobs, or any meaningful change in life circumstances. They will eventually end up dead for a myriad of reasons. They will also be de facto criminals according to an executive order and jailed. It won't actually matter if they are mentally ill, drug addicts, mentally ill and addicted to drugs, or among the many people of all age groups, in all states, who can no longer afford the cost of living.
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Healthier foods cost more not less. The healthiest foods cost the most.

The beuracracy is kind of an industry as are non-profits. Just saying.

I thought you were being metaphorical. Glad to be right.

Thanks, both!

Here in Clearwater it's 5 degrees off the forecast high of 59 or in other words 55 and with moderate wind speeds (currently 21 mph). The forecast low is 40.

The forecast high for tomorrow is 56 and the low is set at 40 again. The wind speeds are forecast as light.

Saturday is forecast to be warmer at 66/46 but the next four days are again at '50's/ '40's.

I looked at a weather map for '25. Apparently, this is the depth of winter with green representing the coldest temperature range being a solid steak lasting throughout the days.

There's easily more warm, hot, and sweltering represented on the map than cold as you can imagine.

My circumstances are hardly unique but I would consider them unusual in that I've had shelter (thank God) but not electricity for five consecutive seasons.

What are the weather conditions where you are?

I like how you do that. I'll read it now!

said in So about Greenland:

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/denmark-army-greenland-arctic-trump/685612/

This, a military defense, makes more sense to me than attempting diplomacy with this gang.

I'm no expert on the art of diplomacy, but could it be that people known to be lightweight sycophants and pathological liars would have any actual desire, but especially any actual ability, to conduct diplomatic negotiations?

My grandfather, who was a career NCO in the Air Force, and served in three wars starting with WWII, must be rolling in his grave. He was stationed in Greenland for a year during WWII.

I'm glad my grandparents didn't have to witness this state of affairs, 9/11, and everything that has happened between them and now.

My grandmother was a Democrat and a realist. she would have dealt with all of it better than my grandfather. Her life was divided between being a military wife, raising three children, and myself to an extent, due to exigent circumstances, moving her family around the world, and finally keeping a house and working a job in the private sector with a 20 year vesting.

But my grandfather, in addition to his family responsibilities, devoted his life to the service of his country. He was patriotic to the core. I know he would have been stoic about all of it, but none of this would have made the least bit of sense to him, and I think it would have broken his heart.

Full disclosure-- I couldn't and didn't read this entire article. $80 for a subscription to The Atlantic isn't something I can afford.

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/denmark-army-greenland-arctic-trump/685612/

This, a military defense, makes more sense to me than attempting diplomacy with this gang.

I'm no expert on the art of diplomacy, but could it be that people known to be lightweight sycophants and pathological liars would have any actual desire, but especially any actual ability, to conduct diplomatic negotiations?

My grandfather, who was a career NCO in the Air Force, and served in three wars starting with WWII, must be rolling in his grave. He was stationed in Greenland for a year during WWII.

I'm glad my grandparents didn't have to witness this state of affairs, 9/11, and everything that has happened between them and now.

My grandmother was a Democrat and a realist. she would have dealt with all of it better than my grandfather. Her life was divided between being a military wife, raising three children, and myself to an extent, due to exigent circumstances, moving her family around the world, and finally keeping a house and working a job in the private sector with a 20 year vesting.

But my grandfather, in addition to his family responsibilities, devoted his life to the service of his country. He was patriotic to the core. I know he would have been stoic about all of it, but none of this would have made the least bit of sense to him, and I think it would have broken his heart.

Full disclosure-- I couldn't and didn't read this entire article. $79.00 for a subscription to The Atlantic isn't something I can afford.

Some context--

The ICE agent was the true victim. I'm sensing a theme.

Our cat in Hawaii bonded with Not Me instantly.

And when we went to sign the papers and then came to get her she was running to the enclosure's metal door to greet him and be taken home. She was nine weeks, fostered, and gentle. The other cats were literally climbing up the walls.

She eventually took his side in an argument we had before leaving Hawaii. She actually blamed me for everything. A cat. It was intense.

I'll either have a cat like Mik describes (Mik, what a blessing!) or I won't have any cat at all or any other pet.

I'm not going through that whole responsibility/ emotional journey in the discard pile again!

I wish I had seen it.

There was a cable channel that made a light hearted (made for a teenage audience probably focused toward teenage girls) movie about Emily Dickinson with modern characterizations that were true to life.

It portrayed the homoerotic (psychological) relationship between Emily Dickinson and her sister-in-law and next door neighbor, Susan, openly.

The cable channel was obscure and the movie was fleeting. I wish I had seen that too.

Disney twisted this novel and its famous protagonist Peter Pan beyond all recognition of their darkness, and gave the same treatment to its author, his actual life, and the children whose lived he destroyed through legal fraud, and deep psychological abuse.

Peter Pan, the character in the novel, is actually nihilistic and evil.

The author was badly damaged psychologically by his childhood, and was a sociopath for all intents and purposes.

Light (well, quick) viewing that gives insight into these topics, and that of Disney's twisted film by implication.

My review-- 5/5

AI? I'm so naive!

It is sweet.

I want a cat to choose me. They do. But none in seven years has even come up to me in the street except one a few weeks ago. He was just saying hello. He let me pet him then got overly excited and bit me!

Two cats fell in love with me in Hawaii. I couldn't take in either one due to circumstance.

But one was an old male cat. We adored each other. He intuitively knew I was moving and spent the last two weeks never approaching me just glaring at me.

The other was an orange male cat that used to let me hold him like a baby and he would hug me. That's the exact kind of cat I want! Orange, male, gentle, liked nothing better than to be close to you.

That cat had the same intuitive insight and also was standoffish for about two weeks before I moved.

The only thing I can think of the cats here is that it's a city and these cats ended up here because people abandoned them.

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Congratulations!

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