Runoffs are a second chance to spend a first fortune.

Losing a steady hand risks losing a clear head.

An embassy on fire is a candle that lights no man's home.

Remember when naming a war "Epic", a grand name does not mend a broken head.

The last time I heard someone say "the objective has shifted", Ms. Miller had accidentally deleted the exit plans.

So if we are going after dictators whose people are protesting them (and being murdered for protesting)...? Just curious about the schedule...asking for a friend of Lady Liberty.

Release the Epstein Files

I'd venture to guess that Lauren Boebert won't be taking Benny Johnson to see Beetlejuice now.

This is what kids at the Minister's church would have called "Peak Florida Man".

FUN FACT: The U.S. Constitution begins with "We the People of the United States," not "We the Citizens...". BONUS: The 14th Amendment "Equal Protection Clause" is directed toward "any person within" a State's jurisdiction, after the "Privileges and Immunities Clause" dealt with citizens.

For anyone needing something to watch 8:00 - 10:00 (EST) tonight (if boycotting the State of the Union), Turner Classic Movies will be airing "Gaslight" (1944). Some say they're the same, except that with TCM, you're watching it happen to someone else.

When a Supreme Court ruling is described as a "62-page wallop" intended for an audience of one rather than the benefit of many, saying that we have veered off the map may win Understatement of the Year.

Texas, there's a lot of rage bait trying to push you to/from Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico based on religion, but as with a great many Texans, they're both Baptist. She's openly mentioned her Pastor and appeared at churches across the State. He's spoken about how faith shapes his values.

I'm always interested to hear "dramatic" and "common sense" in the same sentence, as if disruption and familiarity regularly sit at the same kitchen table (at least, in a way the People appreciate). Of course, I cannot rage or applaud at whatever message he has. We need specifics, not sound bites.

If everything is an emergency, nothing gets repaired.

One must admire the efficiency. No filing cabinets or shredders. Just a commitment to choaking down anything faster than questions can be asked.

When the powerful fall out over money, the "commoners" are the ones finding life more expensive.

She who lies face-down on her studies shall rise with an ink-stained face.

It's curious that a Board would come from 27 countries, without a single representative from the people whose land is being discussed.

Is anyone else tired of hearing ICE interrupt their shows and songs with military recruitment ads in peacetime?

Many are dealing with the odd truth today that we have now spent billions (maybe trillions) of dollars on automating tasks that very few people understood how to do manually in the first place. Let's hope for no solar storms.

I will again wish everyone a happy President's Day, once the U.S. has a President.

Far too many hear these sisters.

Can we just take a moment to hope that it was the pharmacist, so that Nancy Guthrie can at least get her prescription?

I am open to hearing your thoughts on when we (the People) should begin forwarding proposed legislation, including Articles of Impeachment, to our purported Representatives. They seem to have trouble drafting it themselves.

A government that cannot reliably tell who it is allowed to seize, will eventually seize whoever is easiest. It was true when the South demanded to see "Freedom Papers"; and when Germans, Soviets, South Africa, and ICE demanded proof of "citizenship" or other permission to be out in public.

We've heard from Luigi. The world is waiting for Mario. Or Princess Peach. Really, I'm pretty sure that even Bowser's family would help destroy the monsters that did this to children.

"Together, We are America."

Sorry, what was that? I believe I was just distracted by the Devil sharpening a pitchfork.

In the spirit of Groundhog Day, every day should be an endless repetition of our need for real fulfillment through demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutes the various criminally bad actors in the Epstein Files, until the victims can be satisfied that DOJ has finally done its job.

Black History Month #black #blackhistorymonth #February

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Ya, Alberta. It's time to stand up to Nazis, corruption, traitors, #UCP, #CPC, MAGATs, and Smith. I am atheist and find religion offensive. You will have a big fight if you touch female reproductive rights. Resist. Write letters. Sign recalls. Speak up. The enemy from the USA is here like a cancer.✊

Imagine that, upon realizing how much the economy dislikes your pick for Federal Reserve Chair, you try to cover it up by releasing three million of the Epstein Files. And that you're "Jeffrey's" good friend Donald Trump.

Show me 60 CEOs who realize that some people only respond to money, and I'll show you 60 ghouls who wait until after two unnecessary deaths to tell raving lunatics to "de-escalate tensions".

Reminds one of reading about the Kent State murders in the '60s (of course, I was only able to read about it decades later). D.C. really does want to relive the Nixon years.

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Two headlines are information; two hundred are anesthesia.

If you stare at horror all day, it moves in.

The "constitutional reason" is that Germany has previously been on the wrong side of this sort of thing too often.

Progress without character is just speed (usually without a pleasant destination).

The most exhausting thing isn't grief, it's watching people manufacture emergencies as a negotiating style. Have you ever seen a toddler hold their breath in the cereal aisle? At least the toddler has fewer lobbyists.

If you ask, "What changed today?" you may be told, "We made progress." If you ask, "What progress?" you may be told, "We are continuing to evaluate." This is very similar to paying a chef to "continue to assess hunger" without cooking a single meal.

Tragedy. Nine months before July 2026 is October 2025. When JD Vance was being accused of being too close to Erika Kirk. I truly wish that Usha comes to her senses and runs far away.

The time of appeasements, compromises, and half-measures may well be over, although how has the last year not already been a period of consequences?

Thank you, dear Tricia (@thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social), for bringing me into this wonderful Welsh Daffodil pack as part of the MLK Day celebrations. If ever there were a man for the U.S. to take as king, it was certainly the Reverand Dr. (or Dr. Reverand?), although as true clergy, he'd not take it.

Good Monday Morning ✌🏼🕊️☮️ Remembering #MLK today and all that he represented ♥️ #SheShed

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For his 320th birthday, I am certain that Benjamin Franklin would like to remind you to fart proudly in his name.