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Well, consider the source. Also, protests and protesters are always misrepresented.

Sounds like some interesting reading. I saw a documentary about Christie a while back that had a segment on the Agatha Christie Potent Plants Garden. https://www.torre-abbey.org.uk/gardens/agatha-christie-potent-plants/

There must be something lower than contempt. ??? I reserve hatred for those I once had respect for.

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More lack of planning by the administration. This deployment is all for show….another TrumPotemkin village…. https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/national-guard-california-photos-20368334.php

Bills are thousands of pages. I don't think anyone actually reads them.

@rustyfingers that looks great! I'm glad you have your new car back

Not exactly a bloom, but we emerged from winter this week and I found this little tree. Yikes! [image: IMG-5311.jpg] It’s a dwarf weeping Altas Cedar. It came through the winter of ‘24-‘25 just fine, but the cold snap this winter may have killed it. What? Don’t cedars grow in Alaska and stuff? Nursery guy says it’s probably fine - that it will drop the brown needles and grow new ones. Sure enough, the branches are still pliable so maybe there is hope.

I'm not the only one who finds this reprehensible. Statement from the Organization of American Historians: "the historical interpretations presented at National Park Service sites are essential places that offer the public “opportunities to connect personally with the past and to engage with the intricacies and nuances of America’s history and the rich, evolving tapestry of American experiences.” They serve as a critical counterpoint to the current administration’s “aggressive push to flatten history into a single celebratory story.” The OAH rejects these recent federal actions and the systemic efforts to distort the historical record and impose through executive orders and actions a narrow vision of the American past. The suppression of evidence-based history does not restore sanity; it endangers democracy." https://www.oah.org/2025/06/18/statement-in-response-to-secretary-order-3431-and-censorship-of-history-in-the-national-park-service/

Lawsuits and marches are as effective as thoughts and prayers against this regime.

I didn't think it was his idea. American presidents have less power than many think.

@RichL hi! I think maybe we both went on a Steinway tour back in the day