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Politics, Schmolitics

El Rey Trompo Has $1B In Pro Malo Legal Work In The Bag

April 12, 2025 - By ginny

Post: These are just the latest legal firms to bend the knee to Trump, the king of spin and deceit. Now the Deputy Attorney General of the United States can call on his former law firm for free legal work…for evil, not the public good. And also bar Justice Department lawyers from American Bar Association events. Four of the firms – Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett– agreed to pledge $125m each in pro bono work to causes backed by the Trump administration. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft said it would…

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Politics, Schmolitics

Grade D for DOGE: Email Terminates NEH Grant For Archeology Southwest

April 12, 2025 - By ginny

Post: How one NEH-funded group found out their grant was terminated – in an a poorly written, bellicose email that looked like spam. Dear Friends, Well, last Thursday, April 3, after I wrote to you, we received a uniquely sourced, strangely formatted, poorly written e-mail. Ostensibly (see below) from the federal government, it was a notice of termination for our recently awarded $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant that funds meaningfully important expansions of the cyberSW […] Link: New Mexico Delegation Reintroduces Chaco Protection Legislation – Archaeology Southwest

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Politics, Schmolitics

Stephen Miller’s Resting Big Lie Face

April 9, 2025 - By ginny

Post: When journalistic integrity is worth less than keeping your mouth shut and your paycheck coming. Fact-checking is impossible when Stephen Miller gets his Resting Big Lie Face going. His eyes show he’s only listening to the hamster wheel in his head that spits out talking points. Meanwhile, I’m looking forward to working in a sweatshop making Trump merch. The look on Fox host Martha MacCallum’s face is priceless. Link: Stephen Miller Is Delighted Your Retirement Fund Is Tanking

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Geek Out! - The Never-Ending Bloga

ProtoArc XK03 Ergonomic Foldable Keyboard User Manual

April 7, 2025 - By ginny

Post: About a year ago, I picked up this useful little folding ergonomic Bluetooth keyboard, the Seenda KTU-403. But it’s apparently been discontinued, and some of the multifunction keys are starting to spit out weird characters. Fortunately, I’ve stumbled on to some weird key combos so that I can keep using them – they aeem to have different emulator settings or something. Meanwhile, can’t find the manual, scuffled into a drawer or online. Fortunately, after searching for the model number, the manual for a very similar product popped up, probably made by the same manufacture under another marque. So hokay,…

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Sewing And Quilting

Review: Janome “Cat Fancy” Sewing Machine Looks Like A Toy, Sews Like A Boss

April 7, 2025 - By ginny

Yes, it’s cute. But is it a good enough lightweight sewing machine for going to sewing/quilting retreats? But it has cute CATS!

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BREAKING: NEH Grants Terminated – Archaeology Southwest

April 3, 2025 - By ginny

Post: Dammit, #HANDSOFF the National Endowment for the Humanities! One of my non-political interests is archaeology – but now that’s political, too. “Preservation Archaeology Today for 4/3/25: NEH grants terminated; IMLS disbanded; Smithsonian, Interior told to whitewash history; the importance of Indigenous curators; Chaco roads; SunZia case update; podcast, jobs, internships, events, & more.” Link: BREAKING: NEH Grants Terminated – Archaeology Southwest

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Photos and Shutterblogs - Politics, Schmolitics

BREAKING: NEH Grants Terminated – Archaeology Southwest

April 3, 2025 - By ginny

Post: Dammit, #HANDSOFF the National Endowment for the Humanities! One of my non-political interests is archaeology – but now that’s political, too. “Preservation Archaeology Today for 4/3/25: NEH grants terminated; IMLS disbanded; Smithsonian, Interior told to whitewash history; the importance of Indigenous curators; Chaco roads; SunZia case update; podcast, jobs, internships, events, & more.” Link: BREAKING: NEH Grants Terminated – Archaeology Southwest

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Cycling

On Trump’s Hit List: Biden-Era Infrastructure Funds For Biking, Walking

April 3, 2025 - By ginny

“Transportation officials are reviewing local infrastructure funding as the administration leans into fossil fuels.”

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Dear Mom - Only in Utah... - Politics, Schmolitics

Why Can’t Bircherism Die Already?

April 2, 2025 - By ginny

Why can’t we have nice reality? Why do conspiracy theories never die? And why is “the liberal media” not very liberal, and mostly corporate?

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Dear Mom - Only in Utah... - Politics, Schmolitics

Why Can’t Bircherism Die Already?

April 2, 2025 - By ginny

Why can’t we have nice reality? Why do conspiracy theories never die? And why is “the liberal media” not very liberal, and mostly corporate?

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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.

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

Text:

”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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Watching now!

”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.

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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