ICE are in Berrien Springs, MI. Where? you ask. I get it. BS is a tiny town in SW MI, but crucially it is the home to Andrews University, and the HQ of the Seventh Day Adventist church. It has a huge international population. And ICE has invaded to try for some "easy pickings." 1/2

Corner of Vin Scully and Stadium Way, Dodger Stadium.

One more face of heroic courage:

Full agreement:

Well done Harry!! Fulham wins! #ComeOnFulham #Cottagers

Comic humor, guess the song?

Don Knotts!! Heehee! He has to do the sniff and look around before he speaks! 😹😹

In my head, it will be sung by INXS.

Having lived in a hurricane zone, I would not have believed it possible. And yet...

So...Indiana is suffering mightily because their utility bills are skyrocketing. Their legislators make BIG NOISES about "relief" in the form of making sure that the power companies are assured of getting the huge increases, but over longer terms. Meanwhile, they back power-guzzling data centers...

This:

@cad6711.bsky.social Made a brilliant statement about needing to defund ICE: "Do you think the Gestapo would have been better had they had body cams?" That should be on tee-shirts.

10 points to Ted for this:

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love

The chief thing this period of American history has to teach us is this: Laws hold because the people of a nation agree that they are meaningful. We cannot let that be eroded again by a legal system that asserts that law is their plaything, and you must pay to play. Or by a recumbent congress.

Not to put too fine a [line] on it:

Holy smokes, when the loony wagon gets going downhill, it really picks up speed!

Take a moment to consider a gem of thought from Albert Camus, who reminded us that in a conflicted and conflicting world, "it is the job of thinking people...not to be on the side of the executioners." *through the Zinn filter

“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are: From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

@inmontana.bsky.social pulling for your side against Arsenal...not just because it's just good policy to back every team against Arsenal. 😁

It's a cold Thursday, and I am here to correct the BBC. In a fairly silly article about Ocracoke Island,NC, the BBC online babbles idiotically about the US having an official language, due to an executive order signed by a delusional pettifogger. Sorry, BBC, but that would take an act of Congress.

"ICE Agent" being the same as "thug, ruffian, lawless human fecal sample."

This explains so much!

Not one more paean to the "heroism" of the military when they continue to carry out the sick and obviously illegal whims of a Stalinoid maniac. Is this the service that we are persistently pressured to thank them for? Behaving like lawless thugs domestically and overseas? No thank you.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

This morning, I am ready to take a break from them doom scenario we are locked in to shout (into the widening void, according to astrophysicists), COME ON FULHAM! #Fulham #FFC And shout out to @inmontana.bsky.social with a (pro forma, if I'm honest 😁) best wishes to your side today!

It's not even 10a.m. EST, and here we are.

Today is National Chocolate-covered Cherry Day. So a big shout out to all who celebrate.* *Specifically, I am shouting, "Step away from my chocolate-covered cherries!"

In a nutshell:

Where the heck is @slotkin.senate.gov and where is @peters.senate.gov ??? Get yourselves out in public denouncing this utterly, industrial-strength illegal act of "war" by a demented pedophile!.

Did you see this? Be careful if you vote by mail. This is intended to mess up with that. Grrrrr.

The Epstein situation leads us inevitably back to T***p's many,many payouts to the parents of children he sexually abused and exploited. We must ask what right a parent should have to sell their children's innocence and seal their lips for life? This is not justice. It must end.

Wow. It's like they are testing out all the ways to defraud the American people, and control our access to, well, everything 🤔

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/

This year, I can almost believe this is possible.

A grim day for Michiganders. The body who should have seen that Detroit Edison (DTE) cannot produce the energy for a data center without laying a terrible financial burden on taxpayers, gleefully approved the proposal based on obviously spurious grounds. Regulators? 🤑 Citizens? 🍳

Plotting the rise of corporate money returning to politics in a big way, and the net effect that unrestricted lobbying has had on our nation.

Sounds about right.

Rob Reiner, arriving at the Pearly Gates: St. Peter, with elaborate, comic bow, "AS YOU WISH." 💔

This could hardly be more accurate. 🙁

"He puts in plenty of tackles himself," is not an acceptable argument to let bad behavior by Forest slide 🫩 Seriously, I want new commentators. Ugh. #COYS

The Duchess steers her ship with grace.

Worth repeating...seems timely...

Somebody tripped the Turtle! I believe the world may have shaken on its foundations. Indiana's legislature just voted *against* redistricting to give their (otherwise) dear leader's party an even more gerrymandered advantage. My, my, my.