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  • Trump and Putin in Helsinki
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    #MSNBC’s Steve Benen Wonders About #TrumpPutin Again

    January 31, 2023 - By ginny

    Like #SteveBenen I also wonder why Trump never misses a chance to boost Putin while dragging the country that rejected him in the 2020 election. What happened in #Helsinki – and why has the US translator never spoken out? Trump took the notes, but why? Is it merely a minor embarrassment or a major scandal that Trump wants buried? With this in mind, it stands to reason that the former president, who went to almost comical lengths to make Putin happy while in office, would go out of his way not to appeal beholden to the Russian, especially in the…

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  • Donald Trump’s face on Toad the Mushroom from Mario Kart, standing next to Stormy Daniels
    Mini-Posts - Politics, Schmolitics

    Because I Am Forever A Snickering Tween

    January 30, 2023 - By ginny

    The Manhattan DA revives the inert “hush money” case against TFG, and this little detail will never fail to make me snicker like a schoolgirl. I’m sure AG of The Daily Beans podcast will happily dust off her Pecker jokes! The Times reported on Monday that witness David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, a tabloid that helped broker the deal with Daniels, was seen entering a building in Lower Manhattan where the grand jury has been empaneled. — Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/30/donald-trump-hush-money-grand-jury-new-york

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  • Chuck Todd gestures while fact-checking Rep Jim Jordan as Jordan repeats talking points
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    Jim Jordan presented with factual details he prefers not to know

    January 30, 2023 - By ginny

    Reminded of these important details, which utterly discredited the point he was foolishly trying to make, Jordan — who grinned as the “Meet the Press” host presented him with accurate information — proceeded as if he hadn’t heard a word Todd said.

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    Flybe: all flights cancelled as airline ceases trading | Flybe | The Guardian

    January 28, 2023 - By ginny

    We didn’t book Flybe for the accounts I’m on, but when I used to support a UK-based company – and I’m not surprised at all. The regional airline Flybe has ceased trading and cancelled all its scheduled flights, leaving passengers stranded and hundreds of crew without jobs. Customers advised not to go to airport and to contact their booking agent — Read on www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/28/flybe-all-flight-cancelled-as-airline-ceases-trading

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  • Food, Glorious Food - Mini-Posts

    The one change that didn’t work: I started baking sourdough – and discovered my obsessive side | Baking | The Guardian

    January 25, 2023 - By ginny

    I did manage to bake some decent bread, every few weeks. But it’s not easy.

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  • Meteorite on snow
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    17-pound meteorite in Antarctica discovered by scientists | CNN

    January 24, 2023 - By ginny

    “A lot of rocks can seem like they’re meteorites, but they’re not,” she said. “We call these meteor-wrongs.”

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  • Clan: McTiVo - Entertainment - Mini-Posts

    Eugene Levy steps out of his comfort zone in The Reluctant Traveler | Boing Boing

    January 24, 2023 - By ginny

    I can’t wait to watch Eugene Levy cringe and then relax into seeing the world.

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  • Reconstructed mammoth or mastodon
    Mastodon - Today

    Back to the future: how Mastodon is restoring the lost art of online conversation | John Naughton | The Guardian

    January 21, 2023 - By ginny

    The Guardian takes notice of Mastodon. The new social network with its interconnected ‘fediverse’ is a welcome alternative to blustering rival Twitter and Elon Musk — Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/21/back-to-the-future-how-mastodon-is-restoring-the-lost-art-of-online-conversation

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    Until a House speaker is confirmed, C-SPAN cameras roam free – The Washington Post

    January 5, 2023 - By ginny

    Loud booing. Animated conversations in the aisles of the House chamber. Sleeping children. Lawmakers scrolling on their phones. — Read on www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/05/c-span-cameras-house-speaker-vote/

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    Is Iceland’s language a Norse code – or legacy of Celtic settlers? | Iceland | The Guardian

    January 4, 2023 - By ginny

    Gaelic origins of Icelandic words and landmarks challenge orthodox view of Viking heritage, says author — Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/04/iceland-language-culture-inspired-gaelic-settlers-says-author

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  • Sorry About The Mess: Trump Wrecking World Economy

    Post: He’s nuts if he thinks manufacturers will move to the US; they like paying rock bottom non-union wages and they’ll pass the higher costs to American consumers. Lose-lose! What can possibly go wrong?

    Since he lives in his own bubble universe, I’m wondering how long his big donors, the few relatively sane conservatives in Congress, and his “IKEA cabinet” will hold out until the murmurs behind the scenes become screaming fights in the Oval Office.

    Spine of steel? Nope. Skull of rock.

    Maury Povich lie detector meme: It says here… Trump is as dumb as a box of rocks.

    Global economy rocked again as rates on imports to the US from dozens of trading partners rose further, with China hit by 104% tariffs

    Link: Donald Trump unleashes new wave of tariffs against dozens of countries

  • Now Listening: Joni Mitchell | Black Crow

    Joni Mitchell album cover Black Crow. A woman is superimposed over an empty road that leads into her silhouette.

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    ”Black Crow - There's a crow flying Black and ragged Tree to tree He's black as the highway that's leading me Now he's diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took the ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane I took a plane to a taxi And a taxi to a train I've been traveling so long How'm I ever gonna know my home When I see it again I'm like a black crow flying In a blue blue sky In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving diving diving diving Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing Just like that black crow flying In a blue sky I looked at the morning After being up all night I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light I looked out the window And I I saw that ragged soul take flight I saw a back crow flying In a blue sky Oh I'm like a black crow flying In a blue sky”

     

    Link: Check out this song I heard on Radio Paradise

  • LIVE STREAM Intuitive Machines 2 Lunar Landing - NASA+

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    ”Carrying NASA technology and science, Intuitive Machines is targeting no earlier than 12:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 6, to land its lunar lander on the Moon.”

     

    Link: Intuitive Machines 2 Lunar Landing - NASA+

  • Slava Ukraini!

    This font might work for a quilting project inspired by recent events.

    Gathering some fabric from my stash and some new fabric next.

    A casual font called Sunflower

    www.fontspace.com/sunflowers-font-f50996

  • Living On Blue Island In Lake Illinois

    A local bike riding friend remarked today that he feels like he’s living on a blue island. I made sure he sees this.

     

    ”JB Pritzker trolled the president on Friday by claiming he planned to rename Lake Michigan as Lake Illinois and annex Green Bay.”

     

    Link: Illinois Gov. Ridicules Trump's 'Gulf Of America' Proposal With 1 Of His Own

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