WTF-Beta

Not used to seeing cardinals in a pack ... outside of Rome, as you note.

Time flies when it wants to ....

I learned the first movement of that Rach piece to play with a friend of mine (a teacher). We gave it a few run-throughs. It's a real killer!

A Democrat in the White House in 2029 should cut and/or thoroughly renegotiate government contracts with many companies, including X, Tesla, Starlink and SpaceX. Implied terms ... you gotta nice firm there, would be a shame if something happened to it! I would happily use Trump's playbook against companies that have thrived and infiltrated into key agencies by playing the MAGA card and committing outright bribery and fraud. And I would also institute a zillion investigations into that fraud ... by hiring hundreds of new (and old) DOJ lawyers. After firing all that Trump has appointed, there will be a lot of vacancies to fill!

They left "ein Führer" implied...

I love these Republicans who find their moral center and their spine only once they've committed to leaving politics ...

If Tillis finally understands the danger, he needs to to find a way to convince Murkowski, Collins, and possibly McConnell, Curtis, and Young to temporarily caucus with Democrats.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/republican-sen-thom-tillis-vows-to-block-trumps-fed-nominees-following-powell-probe.html

A man for whom I have no respect. He saw the light only after he could no longer benefit from kissing Trump's behind. The GOP majority (in Congress and the Court) that he so devoutly worked to create is exactly what is pushing us into this Orwellian situation.

Pros and cons? Quality?

Can you download photos onto your own storage device, or are you stuck with theirs?

Can it do slides as well as paper photos?

I have things like my father's old WWII photo album to digitize, and lots of slides from the 60s and 70s.

They're afraid the army ants are going to come in and eat them alive in the bed ...

Yah, well, his family agrees that he's a douche...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/stephen-miller-own-cousin-calls-154525452.html

Fox and journalism should never be uttered in the same sentence ....

If you want your blood boiling some more, the shooter apparently released video to exculpate himself, which does the exact opposite. And DHS has all of this information and still gaslights us.

Many people in government need to be arrested and tried, even if it's four years from now. No "forgive and forget."

https://bsky.app/profile/pbump.com/post/3mbz5s5eupk2h

When your emotions take off and you kill someone, you need to spend many years behind bars ...

Make 'em Laugh, from Singing in the Rain ... Donald O'Connor's magic.

The feds are preventing MN from investigating. The state must take over anyway, do the best it can, and bring the issue to a grand jury.

L'etat, c'est moi comes to pass.

Gov. Walz prepares the Minnesota National Guard.

If I'm mayor Frey, I move immediately to arrest the Ice goons involved.

https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/walz-orders-mn-national-guard-to-prepare-for-possible-deployment-following-ice-killing/

Showing disdain for the Basij militia ...

https://x.com/IranIntl_En/status/2007153498933342536?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2007153498933342536|twgr^6f989b0c353f029ecf6195d8ec2d008208387d7a|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iranintl.com%2Fen%2F202601029390

... could come soon ...

In some places, security forces have chosen to side with protesters. Always a bad sign for any regime.

Casualties among the police and the Basij (volunteer thugs of the worst sort) suggest people are fed up enough to be fearless ... and armed.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/iran-security-forces-clash-with-protesters-at-grand-bazaar-at-least-36-killed-in-demonstrations

... is no more.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/corporation-public-broadcasting-officially-shutting-months-gop-funding-rcna252443

My WWII-vet father saved "end of war" Stars and Stripes papers. We have this politically incorrect one framed ...

https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0925/10/stars-stripes-extra-edition-japs-say_1_c9f6ccd4af2ca3e6484948771b50b6f5.jpg

Inside is a full set of maps documenting the entire Pacific theater.