Watching a detective show called “Mannix”decades ago, and they included some folk singer named Neil Diamond in the story line. Hmm. Nice sound. youtu.be/ZyRXFd1Hv2o?...

How is it that there’s Virginia and WEST Virginia, and there’s North Dakota and South Dakota but no Dakota?

Newspaper headline about Britain’s King Charles stripping his brother of all royal titles and declaring that from now on he would go by his common name: “The Andrew Formerly Known as Prince.”

How about we tear down Mar-a-Lago and pave it over with a ballroom/parking lot?

Just saw a story on CNN about ICE impersonators. Think of the potential: a gang dressed as ICE agents, complete with masks, goes into a bank, robs it, and leaves with nobody able to track them. Sounds like a Die Hard flick, but it could really happen.

Camp Mystic Will Reopen Over Objections From Parents of the Dead www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...

Top Scientists Find Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are, in Fact, a Danger www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...

Lloyd Doggett has declined to run for re-election to the U.S. Congress after radical redistricting by Texas Republicans. Might he run for Senate as he did in 1984? Perhaps now is the time.

Just saw a new Ziprecruiter ad on TV that says they use AI to sift through people’s resumes. Why do companies think people are impressed by their use of AI? Most of the stuff I’ve seen about AI has been negative.

Funny how we assume that the places we see everyday will not change. Walking my dog Ida yesterday along the same route, around the same time (6:15 a.m.), we saw this brilliant sky in front of us.

Interesting visual at the White House yesterday: As Zelenskyy and Trump sit before the media, amid all the gold trappings that Trump adores, there’s that bust of Winston Churchill. Which of the two men has been compared frequently with that great British leader?

“Flash-flood Alley”… Over the past several days, I’ve heard people on the Weather Channel and national correspondents for newspapers and networks use that phrase. I grew up in Austin & never heard it before. Oh, everyone knew the dangers in low-water crossings, etc. But that’s a new term for me.

When I was a child, there were “wind-up” jokes, like the “wind-up Eisenhower doll — you wind it up and it does nothing for eight years.” Oh, to have an Eisenhower again!

I concur!!! It can be anyone who wants to cosplay any kind of agent!!!

THIS “STUFF” HAS TO STOP!

No Kings, Salisbury, North Carolina

What a day for news!

Senator Padilla was violently assaulted for doing his job. If this is how federal agents treat a sitting U.S. Senator peacefully asking questions, how far will they go?

“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.” - Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

So, how is this “Golden Dome” concept supposed to work if you have an entire administration filled with people who cannot keep anything secret?

The Republican Party is morally bankrupt. If Americans insist on a two-party system, someone should start up another party as an alternative.

Jon Tester, farmer and former Senator from Montana, as a guest on MSNBC. A real, genuine guy. Hmmm… if the people running that network are smart, they’ll give him a show - remote, from his farm. If they truly want to reach the average Joe and JoAnn. Great way to reach them.

Among Trump’s “advantages” that the U.S. offers Canada is “tremendous medical care.” Uh, Canadians get free medical care, and meds in the U.S. are notoriously more expensive than they are in Canada.

Hmmm. From a few years back: youtu.be/FOLBQxk72NY?...

“Deer in headlights.” when animals - or people - are so surprised by something staring them in the face that they are paralyzed, not knowing what to do. This country is in that situation now, staring at the unconscionable behavior of its leader. Now what?

With all the supposed brain trusts and think tanks out there, can’t someone come up with something better than demonstrating with signs? That might work with rational leaders, but these folks don’t care.

Tim Cook: How many iPhones do you think you’ll sell now?

Cartoon by @adamzyglis.bsky.social. #TrumpTariffs

Can’t make this up.

Pure Joy

If you had a bag of these and wanted to focus on just one of them, what do you call it… an M&M? … an M?

Given the price of eggs, wonder what the kids will be searching for, come Easter?

Jon Stewart is no doubt readying his Chuck Schumer impression for Monday evening, given the Senator’s unbelievable caving on the Republican budget. Get those half-frames ready, Jon!

More of this! We all know this won’t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point. /cc @shasti.bsky.social

@maddow.msnbc.com When we hear of Trump’s proposal to make Canada the US’s 51st state, the concept seems ludicrous. But look at Trump’s model for the idea: Putin’s decision to annex Ukraine as part of his country. That reality makes the idea more possible.

@maddow.msnbc.com Like a lot of Dems, I’ve been trying to come up with who the next nominee for the party should be. It needs to be someone who can speak clearly, without a lot of political buzzwords, but also someone with knowledge of policies that work. The name: Jared Bernstein.

People are getting up off the mat.

So much for “nobody is above the law.” This is shameful.

UNBELIEVABLE… Why do people insist on pronouncing the word “unbelievable” with a period after each syllable? Imagine Vizzini (Wallace Shawn) pronouncing “inconceivable “ like that every time he used it in The Princess Bride. Argh!

Questions about Westerns (TV and movies): First, why can’t they tie their horses any better? Seems the way they wrap the reigns to a post or branch, they’re inviting them to run off? Second: How come there are always “two or three of you” bystanders willing to carry the wounded to Doc.’s?

@kirkherbstreit.bsky.social Excellent idea about one group doing scheduling! Please push for that.

Why does Dr. Pepper focus on Mississippi State in their commercials?

Saw this on the playground at a nearby elementary school. Seemed appropriate for my first post on this site.