This morning, I wrote to a lovely LJ friend about her UK interests. I wandered a bit, and lost myself in the weeds of international relations. Since my pitch to her got lengthy, I decided to move that part here ( 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... )

I heard on the radio at noon about the awful fire at Notre Dame cathedral. I turned on the TV, and spent a few hours watching live coverage from Paris of the spreading conflagration. No one killed, and NOT a terrorist act -- but a terrible loss ( Read more... )

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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... )

My apologies to one and all for not posting in the last three weeks. The Mid-term elections yesterday kind of overwhelmed me, and -- suddenly -- they were past ( Read more... )

An Aussie doctor, Lisa Pryor, wrote an op-ed in today's NYTimes, very sad for what Trumpsky has been up to ( Read more... )

OMG we're ending a week that turns out to be even more painful than LAST week (Dallas, remember? Seems awfully long ago, I agree ( Read more... )

I've been reblogging over on Tumblr -- will bring some particularly nice shots over here. But I ran into an awful problem: I highlighted part of a home-page description of a girl who reblogged some VERY erotic photos -- and, pffffft! The Tumblr page evaporated. I have a couple of things to try... but I have a feeling that, dammit, she's GONE ( Read more... )

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