Bi Polar People

Aftermath of a strike on a building reportedly housing a girls’ elementary school near Resalat Boulevard in Minab, Iran, which resulted in dozens of casualties. According to multiple sources, including OpenStreetMap and satellite imagery, the current location that was hit was part of / located within the premises of the Sayyid al-Shohada barracks of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy's Asef Brigade.  Location    27.109834, 57.084748 435M+WVQ Minab, Hormozgan Province, Iran    Iranian media now report 40 killed and 48 students injured following the strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, as rescue and recovery efforts continue.   source   x.com/alihashem/stat…

 

Looks like one of the not ready for prime time players’79                                      Gilda Radaner

  J. D. Vance promised one thing during the 2024 presidential campaign, it was that America would not enter into a war with Iran of the kind that is currently raging. “America doesn’t have to constantly police every region of the world,” Vance told the comedian Tim Dillon on his podcast. He continued: “Our interest, I think very much, is in not going to war with Iran. It would be a huge distraction of resources. It would be massively expensive to our country.” In another podcast interview, with Shawn Ryan , in September 2024, Vance even said that a war between Israel and Iran was in fact “the most likely and most dangerous scenario” for provoking World War III.   Source  Atlantic.com   Graphic   Internet

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.  It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. This insight into the mystery of life, coupled though it be with fear, has also given rise to religion. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive forms — this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religiousness. + Albert Einstein

My people can give you a good price on an escalator 

 " At this point, the shock would be if Trump doesn’t pull the trigger and pretty soon. He’s sent about  half the currently available  ships to the region—they can’t stay there forever—and a very large number of aircraft are on call. And the president and his team of “warriors” are overdue for a dopamine hit of “lethality,” and blowing up fishing boats in the Caribbean just doesn’t give the rush that it once did." Credit  Jim Swift @jimswiftdc     Senior Editor, The Bulwark. Editor of Casual Time.

@POTUS : "If you agree with this statement then stand up and show your support: the first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens not illegal aliens." Graphic  internet

My humble opinion does not draw a distinction between sex and wisdom - either way you're screwed   Desire how refreshing the scent  Never ending and can't be spent Loathsome to all who repent Life giving without regret Then age alters time and intent Makes room for a life better spent Lust takes many forms: political, economic, carnal, vanity - anything that man desires can be fueled by lust Lust  is an intense  desire  for something. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]  Lust can take any form such as the lust for  sexual activity  (see  libido ),  money , or  power ; but it can also take such mundane forms as the lust for food (see  gluttony ; as distinct from the need for food) or the lust for redolence (when one is lusting for a particular smell that brings back memories). Lust is similar to, but distinguished from,  passion , in that properly ordered passion propels individuals to achieve benevolent goals whilst lust does not.

  Drone Hands      Drone Shot  Russian Orthodox Church center   Tampa across the bay from St. Petersburg FL  

  For people who have nothing better to do than burn up band width and ignore other humans       Maybe the feet belong to her - alien feet smell too just ask Barack 

  However the average citizen who is concern about his personal liberty and safety may be wondering why change is slow and the chief is for show     

  Anthony Soprano was a proud Italian Catholic union leader a perfect example of how immigration makes our country strong

  Expressed views in this blog are personal    -   understanding is optional  This post was created with the help of AI... just lazy today

       Here is one nut, the parrot won't get today. She missed Donald too:)    

     from this blog:    Hi, I’m Irena Domingo   0. Introduction Planning a trip to travel the Trans-Siberian (or the Trans-Mongolian ) route can seem complicated, especially with all the changes of recent years. In this guide I explain how to organize it step by step in the easiest, most affordable, and most realistic way: visas, train tickets, border crossings, how to pay in Russia without a Western bank card, connectivity, VPN, travel insurance… everything you need to know in one place.     Click on  link above for complete instructions   

    "The federal government has no constitutional or statutory role in states’ election administration, so the call for “nationalization”is an assertion of power that the federal government does not have, a hallmark of other recent White House ploys. Trump’s declaration that “Republicans” could do it may be a suggestion that Congress take action, but it also points to the partisan aims of his attack."    David A. Graham   the Atlantic  

  We are animals too!

“The ways in which federal immigration forces in the United States resemble informal paramilitaries in other countries – operating with less effective oversight, less competent recruits and increasingly entrenched partisan identity... Which is why, I believe, many commentators have surfaced the term paramilitary and are using it as a warning.” Source:  internet news service                                          

 Almost sixty years ago I was an airman in Seville Spain. The double exposure shows Morocco in the background. One of my favorite times in life.  Favorite quote:  Cogito, ergo sum.  Or you learn a lot when stupid! Four children and two grandchildren and two step grandchildren later with many many jobs that I enjoyed or was forced to endure to keep a family:  Aircraft parts stockman, Telephone co. central office tech (I didn't like climbing poles), military Radar electronics school, Microwave engineer, computer help desk support for Home Shopping Club and IBM.  The final job was to automate a helpdesk for my son and his cousin.  That was interesting to say the least.  I survived all the stuff in between because I was to young to  know better. // i.e.  youth as corporate fodder.  Of no particular significance :  Paid no taxes this year.  Thank you Mr. T.  You should be ashamed for letting people die in the interest of ...

  Galileo Galilei once said,  “You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”  Even centuries later, this idea feels strikingly relevant. At its core, the quote suggests that real learning does not happen when information is handed over. It occurs when a person is curious enough to explore, question, and arrive at understanding on their own. Galileo wasn’t dismissing teachers, books, or education. Instead, he was pointing out something more subtle: knowledge that lasts is discovered, not delivered.

Today’s cartoon, by Ivan Ehlers: “Want to watch coverage of the politicians encouraging fascism or the politicians doing absolutely nothing to stop it?”

  My boss just got fired   and his boss is an idiot A constitutional crisis that has shaken Washington Repost from May 2017 Graphic   Andy Warhol https://www.trumplibrary.gov/trumps/president-donald-j-trump

In 1978, the Czech dissident Václav Havel wrote an essay called  The Power of the Powerless . In it, he asked a simple question: how did the communist system sustain itself? His answer began with a green grocer. Every morning, this shopkeeper places a sign in his window: “Workers of the world, unite!” He does not believe it. No one believes it. But he places the sign anyway — to avoid trouble, to signal compliance, to get along. And because every shopkeeper on every street does the same, the system persists. Not through violence alone, but through the participation of ordinary people in rituals they privately know to be false. Havel called this “living within a lie.” The system’s power comes not from its truth but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true. And its fragility comes from the same source: when even one person stops performing — when the greengrocer removes his sign — the illusion begins to crack. It is time for companies and countries to take their sign...

  The Latin Mass

Blogger alteration                          " ICE is  reportedly  investing $100 million on what it calls “wartime recruitment” of 10,000 new agents, in addition to the 20,000 already employed. Its recruitment is targeting gun and military enthusiasts, people who listen to right-wing radio, who have gone to Ultimate Fighting Championship fights or shopped for guns and tactical gear, live near military bases, and attend NASCAR races. It’s calling for recruits willing to perform their “ sacred duty ” and “ defend the homeland ” by repelling “ foreign invaders .”" credit: substsck.com/@robertreich

Graphic Matt Mistretta "You could almost detect the clenched teeth and pursed lips in Tulsi Gabbard’s social-media post. “President Trump promised the American people he would secure our borders, confront narcoterrorism, dangerous drug cartels, and drug traffickers,” the director of national intelligence  wrote on X yesterday afternoon , days after the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.   “The United States needs to stay out of Venezuela,”  she posted in January 2019 . “Let the Venezuelan people determine their future. We don’t want other countries to choose our leaders—so we have to stop trying to choose theirs.” The Atlantic Daily By  David A. Graham  

Never shoot at a moving vehicle Ice person shoots and kills the driver of a moving vehicle in  Minneapolis  " A truck with flashing lights pulls up; the driver and a second agent jump out and rapidly approach a burgundy SUV blocking the road, and the driver appears to tell a woman to get out of her car. The SUV reverses briefly, then starts to move forward. A third officer then fires several shots. The car veers away before crashing." By  David A. Graham

  "The U.S. Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government, responsible for making laws, controlling spending, and overseeing the executive branch, consisting of two chambers: the Senate (100 members, two per state) and the House of Representatives (435 members, based on state population). All bills must pass both chambers to become law, and Congress plays a vital role in the American system of checks and balances, balancing power with the President and the Judiciary." The definition of US Congress no longer applies to the current state of American government  If you are able to vote you can change this abuse of presidential power 

Be Silly Happy New Year to all BP people and the few that aren't  

The Herculaneum scrolls, over 1,800 ancient papyrus scrolls, were discovered in the 18th century at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, Italy, after being carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. They represent the only surviving library from antiquity and contain significant philosophical texts, primarily associated with the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus.   Philodemus  is persuading the people who are listening to him to sort of relax, find good friendships, spend your time living in the moment and enjoying pleasures,” said  Roger Macfarlane , a professor of classical studies at Brigham Young University, Article provided by CNN Watch on Secrets of the Dead PBS Networks  Making headlines around the world, Brent Seales and his team of computer scientists set out on a mission to read the 2,000-year-old carbonized scrolls found in the remains of a villa in Herculaneum. Mt. Vesuvius’s eruption in 79 AD transformed the papyri, fusing together the la...