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Robert Reich on Trump era politics

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 " But we can say with some certainty that in an era when wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few individuals who have bought up key media, and when a thin-skinned president is willing and able to violate laws and norms to punish or reward, there is a growing danger that the public will not be getting the truth it needs to function in this democracy." "We’ve endured 10 months of Trump’s mayhem so far. A question I’ve been asking various people is how long they believe it will take for America to  recover  from Trump — if the nation ever will recover?" "It’s impossible to answer with any definiteness. It depends on how long you believe he’ll remain in office, whether you think Democrats will prevail in the 2026 midterms, what role you believe the Supreme Court will play in constraining Trump, whether you think American voters will boot him (or his successor) out of office in 2028, and if you believe we’ll ever have free and fair elections again." Read ...

Happy Birthday Steve

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The pofit proposal that redefines Europe

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  "The 28-point peace plan that the United States and Russia want to impose on Ukraine and Europe is misnamed. It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else." "The plan was negotiated by Steve Witkoff, a real-estate developer with no historical, geographical, or cultural knowledge of Russia or Ukraine, and Kirill Dmitriev, who heads Russia’s sovereign-wealth fund and spends most of his time making business deals. The revelation of their plan this week shocked European leaders, who are now paying almost all of the military costs of the war, as well as the Ukrainians, who were not sure whether to take this latest plan seriously until they were told to agree to it by Thanksgiving or lose all further U.S. support. Even if the plan falls apart, this arrogant and co...

St. Petersburg USA 2025

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 HELLO WORLD, BOTS... AND OTHER CURIOUS SEEKERS   Things with wings and shells get along  Why can't us all   Curious look at a drone flying way to close                                              St. Petersburg park expansion This street was once a cow path    Where people live   No fly zone  To big and to hard   St. Pete Beach a good place to play in the sun 

The president makes money on his political status

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The president sells access to himself at Mar-a-Lago for profit  The current cost of this privilege is one million dollars     Click the link above for more information - there are multiple commercials from YouTube   Source      New Yorker staff writer David D. Kirkpatrick  Mar-a-Lago on Wikipedia 

Don't grow old

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Age alters time and intent Makes room for life better spent?  The absence of credit always defaults to blogger    Picture - internet

Goodbye Annie we will miss you Love the Mistretta's

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Photo 2011 - handsome, smart and strong   

Government flick off

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  What to know on Day 35 of the government shutdown: The government shutdown is on track to become the longest in U.S. history on Tuesday evening after the Senate failed for the 14th time to advance a bill that would end the stalemate.  The vote to move forward with the House-passed continuing resolution was 54 to 44, with no new Democrats voting in favor. Sixty votes are needed for the legislation to advance The longest shutdown on record occurred in 2018 and 2019 and ended on Day 35, shortly after 9 p.m. The current shutdown will surpass that record tonight, barring an unforeseen breakthrough. Despite the failed Senate vote, lawmakers from both parties have hinted at the emerging contours of a deal to end the shutdown, possibly as early as this week. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that he thinks "there are people who realize this has gone on long enough an d there's been enough pain inflicted on the American people and it's time to end it...

La Familia (siblings)

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These are my brothers and sister  We are all retired and bored shitless  The consequences of exciting occupations  spoiled rotten by hard work  and liberal values    If yous don't like a post call Jimmy  

Rockets don't have fins

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 With all theses rocket motors/funnels the ship is guided by the attitude of propulsion - a non scientific point of view To further guestimate if one motor fails another could be used as a replacement  So why do they (ships) blow up  You'll have to ask Musk that  Or maybe buying one of his cars would make him feel better  This is not to diminish his genius and fortitude regardless of political preference  He could be called the Henry Ford of the space age Certainly one of its progeny source     space.com

New Security Hire

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 I'm here to protect the president but no one is here   BTW when is pay day Daz3D software

Starlight Starbright

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  First satellite I see tonight Photo   Internet

Bloggers are intruders

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So you don't have to be one  

Digital group pose

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A live image appears in the frame because the posing was done on a Mac Mini 10 The browser was outdated so a camera was the only way to lift these guys off the  page Aside from the male having his clothes ripped apart while processing there is one other obvious mistake This older version of Daz3d did not allow for real time posing Can you see something that does not belong   

If you are loyal follow me

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This political metaphor assumes the leader will take the path to doom    Oh, that's right they are turtles who live in water Where do you live '_'  

They are just animals

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T his one bangs his head on wood for a reason  

GovShutdown.snafu

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"After Tuesday's failed attempt, the next Senate vote on legislation to fund the government is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 15 at approximately 2:15 p.m." according to reports ." As of the date of this post no agreement has been made.  The military gets paid.  10/18/25   Credit:  usatoday.com 

My Desk and Entropy

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  Entropy - Wikipedia Entropy is a scientific concept that measures disorder, randomness or uncertainty in systems. It has various applications in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, information theory and other fields. Learn about its origin, meaning and examples. It could also be applied to political situations that do not have a well defined outcome. Know any?

This is your life

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With all due respects RIP     https://billwithers.com/photos-videos/  

Fat Chance

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                    “If Trump convinces China to abandon force against Taiwan he deserves Nobel prize, Taiwan president says,”   per Reuters: “[Taiwanese President  Lai Ching-te ], speaking this week on ‘The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,’ which is carried on more than 400 talk radio stations, referred to comments Trump made in August in which he said [Chinese President  Xi Jinping ] told him China would not invade Taiwan while he was U.S. president.” A little qualified guess is that China will not invade Taiwan no matter who is president of the United States    They are interested in growing their People-Centric economy by encouraging tourism and solidifying relations with South Korea  Not invading China because Trump is president is as faulty an outcome as the US  president's own economic policies  Keeping the Republican and Democratic parties in contention while allowing the executive bra...

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      The days continue my life in time  No jest yet another rhyme Be grateful dog for crumbs from clouds Your place among them cast earthly shrouds That no one knows when they be lift You among them may be set a drift To places only poets know Where no man comes from where all may go To see the world he has built From earthly crumbs he grabs with hilt   CM March 2024                    

Cuba

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By Jon Lee Anderson Have Cubans Fled One Authoritarian State for Another? Source The New Yorker  This article is not free .                                                                                           Cuba Today 2025 They get 1 roll of toilet paper a month, 1 bar of soap a month and no shampoo or conditioner. They get 6 hours of electricity during the day so they are in the dark at night. They get rationed food that has to last you a month unless you have family in the US to send you money to buy stuff on the black market. My cousin is a nurse and there is no supplies or medication. Thank you Roxanne

Stupid

  https://substack.com/@blueampmedia/note/c-158699252?utm_source=feed-email-digest Blue AMP media post           support free speech 

BFF

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 These statues erected in DC show Trump and Epstein holding hands  Memorial plaques included  The statues have since been removed - and replaced as of October 6, 2025 Artist unknown so far 

Danger Will Robinson

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  "Schumer rips Trump on a near-daily basis on the Senate floor, accusing the president of being a wannabe dictator and serial liar who puts his own interests and even Russian President  Vladimir Putin’s  interests ahead of what’s best for the United States." Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily:  Peter1 Will Robinson represents leadership, courage and independent thinking:  Netflix Lost In Space   More episode info not intended to be advertising 

Drone TV by https://www.airvuz.com/

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  Romania     Or whatever is displayed next      Romania was my favorite Set to full screen  @ 720p  for real bird's eye view Enjoy hosted by MSN  and   https://www.airvuz.com/

Gaza - Little more than Vietnam era killing fields

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 " The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought since 7 October 2023, as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts dating back to the 20th century.  On 7 October 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel, in which 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals, including 815 civilians, were killed, and 251 taken hostage with the stated goal of forcing Israel to release Palestinian prisoners."  Wikipedia photo credit Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images Watching Korean streaming content?            <<hint>>         Don't look at their lips.                       Unless...

Hey buddy

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Did I remember to forget To play the game of life with wit To know man is but a gift He bears our strife and our guilt Good or bad I know not which Upon his soul my name is built Take not my child’s humanity Vanquish none just to see What life offers you and me Cruel death unites eternally cm  Thanks Steve  

Russia prepares for long war

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  Russia readies for war                             T urning -occupied-Ukraine-into-a-giant-military-base/ 'We are already in conflict with Russia' — Merz says Putin destabilizing Germany August 30, 2025 2:43 pm •  2 min read by  Kollen Post

Fiber optic drones

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Fiber Optic Drone   replaces radio controlled drone for better picture quality and control Click link for  Kyiv Youtube video explaining benefits of fiber optic drones Hobbyist drone picture of local area

Preamble to the United States Constitution

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  We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,  promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Source:  Wikipedia 

Where is Putin

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Like this lizard who changes colors Putin is always there but not there 

Humorous Classical Musicians

https://youtu.be/RwYjYz7Kt6A?si=xmB19UwaoaueN_NO
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North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his troops to gear up "for real war" as the secluded nation continues to support  Russia's assault on Ukraine. Getty Image North Korean troops replace dwindling Russian forces on Ukraine's front 

Power corrupts

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Puppet king we hear you sing about lost tomorrows  Jobs and people pay the price for a country become hollow  Help yourself while  suffering  science quietly begs our sorrows Are you happy now?   CM 725

Despite a silly and sad portrayal, the constitution however remains sacrosanct

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Matthew Abram Groening is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator.  He is best known as the creator of the television series The Simpsons, Futurama, and Disenchantment, and the comic strip Life in Hell. No disrespect to the president.  Homer (as a character) is used with Donald's signature to express my opinion of his fiscal policies.  At the very least, they are silly and undeniably hurtful.      

Communication

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  Vulcan, I said Instagram not Interstellar    Everyone makes mistakes not only their heads, but with their gut    source  star trek series