I was just talking to an LJ friend about travel -- as the world slowly recoups economically. I think that international travel in general (both business and pleasure) will recover only VERY slowly from the downturn ( Read more... )

Just as he's made the Fourth of July on the National Mall about himself, the Asshole-in-Chief tonight moved to make the 2020 U.S. Census about his, DJT's, ludicrous vision of a country ruled by his own ridiculous SELF ( Read more... )

So, yeah, I'm watching a little TV, here in central eastern FL -- and Rachel Maddow is on, saying that the main newspaper of Orlando (80 miles from here), the Sentinal, has gone on record NOT endorsing Donald J.Trumpsky in 2020 ( Read more... )

We've all heard about what billionaire George Soros has done in Eastern Europe (especially in his native Hungary) to promote democracy and liberal ideas ( Read more... )

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/an-invitation-to-impeach-in-mueller-ese/2019/05/29/5ba07690-8244-11e9-bce7-40b4105f7ca0_story.htmlRead more... )

So, Friday the 22nd: the fateful day for Special Counsel Mueller to deliver results of his 2-year look at Trumpsky's collusion with Putin and Russia. Alas, by the Justice Department's arcane rules governing such investigations, only AG Barr has the actual report for now ( Read more... )

So, these days, I'm hanging out on a site supposed to be a successor to the late, unlamented Tumblr. It is named "BDSMLR.com" (I hadn't quite figured out what the "LR" stands for -- "long range"?? Nah, it simply "borrowed" the last two letters of Tumblr ( Read more... )

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