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You are a black kettle, in a misplaced attempt at shaming me you were questioning my transportation choices a few days ago.

I could care less about your transportation choices, after all you are apparently a cager and therefore something to be avoided, likely to be dangerous to those not protected by said cage.

What I believe I DID do was comment that someone who claims environmental credit for buying a heat pump apparently flies by airplane often enough to offset said environment credit.

And noted the inconsistency is all.

Do what you want to do, but why the hell would I want to work at 'full professional capacity', at this point in my life that would be stupid.  Been there and done that.

Of course. And my response is why in the hell would I NOT continue to work at full professional capacity because it is FUN! Exciting! I have plenty of vacation time available, more than I usually use, when I'm not working but have a terribly interesting, no one has ever thought of it before let alone solved it problem to tackle, it is like...crossword puzzles! Getting a new degree in a different topic, if I really dig down into particulars of a different field. Ride the motorcycle! (A good ride this evening!). I mean, I've seen what retirement can do to some folks. It is like...you retire.....maybe visit China or something, bother the kids, and then...die.

You do appear to write in an irritated manner at times, in what some call the "golden years". The last one I recall was the danish and coffee and gasoline thing because you work part time in some way that doesn't sound worthy of your professional experience and stated education.

Concerning 'transportation choices' I was prompted to add a new article card.

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The Role of Individual Responsibility in the Transition to Environmental Sustainability
Which can be found using the edit menu and the 'search by title' option under the magnifying glass. First select the title above, and then hover over any card entry and press the edit selection in the right click drop down menu.  Select title using the card title icon and paste in the title you copied.  Then do a search with the magnifying glass (search by title).  The card should load and using the 'Show Card' option will add it to the top of the article choices as if it was the first card found in a reload.

Yeah, I don't even know what these "cards" are. Are they important?

Me, I'm driving for an hour or two this evening to get to an official dark sky location, because it is a new moon and cloud cover it light. Last time I tried this in Arches NP the damn town lights were visible just enough to deduct from seeing the Milky Way.

And I get to do this and not even be retired! And I'll be working at 6AM tomorrow because....there are cool things to discover and reveal and collect accolades for.

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And I get to do this and not even be retired! And I'll be working at 6AM tomorrow because....there are cool things to discover and reveal and collect accolades for.

Bully for you!  What a wonderful life you have!

As annoying as it is hearing my fellow residents moaning and groaning about their various aches and pains, your incessant bragging about how interesting and fulfilling your latter years are is even more grating.  My next door neighbor who has a lot of problems excreting let me know in passing at the smoking gazebo that he had a huge and enjoyable shit today.  I find your daily details of your existence almost as interesting.

Cooler time for bragging.

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Another defeat for Trumpolini, which of course will plod onward to the SCOTUS,  where in the event he loses he'll just ignore the ruling.  He hasn't been real cooperative about getting hungry poor kids fed after all.



Another year of further assault on freedom before the midterm elections, when we get to see if the Dems get control of CONgress and whether they can successfully impeach him.  Sure to be plenty more entertainment before that though, so stock up on the popcorn.

OPB.ORG • 2025-11-07

Federal judge permanently blocks Trump from deploying National Guard to Portland

In her ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut found President Trump "did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard."

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Bring on Max Von Sydow! 😀

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/11/protesters-kristi-noem-hearing-ice

Protesters interrupt Noem hearing with Exorcist line: 'The power of Christ compels you!'

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She wanted to shoot the protesters in the face.   Like the goat and dog.

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"This is what fascism looks like – there is no bright line between democracy and autocracy, it's a spectrum, and not all of the country will experience that switch at the same moment in the same way. But let's be clear: there is a US city living under occupation by fascist presidential secret police right now."

For anyone who still has any doubt...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/25/minneapolis-shooting-ice-trump-analysis

'This is what fascism looks like': terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of Civil War



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POPULARRESISTANCE.ORG • 2026-01-24

The Architecture Of The Repressive National Security State

The state is not drifting toward repression; it is building it with serious intent. ICE raids, militarized police, and mass surveillance are the tools of a system designed to manage and silence people in crisis.

[K-Dog]

EQUATOR.ORG 2026-03-06

Epic Fury ( The Editors )

Modern Western powers, specifically the U.S. and Israel—have succumbed to an "adoration of force" that prioritizes brutal domination over moral or legal justification. It warns that this intoxication with power and the rejection of human limits will inevitably trigger a "Nemesis".

[K-Dog]

CHANNELNEWSASIA.COM 2026-07-06

US President Donald Trump called FIFA’s Infantino before reversal of USA’s red card

US President Donald Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino and asked him to review the World Cup suspension of USA striker Folarin Balogun, which was reversed by football's governing body on Sunday.

SI.COM 2026-07-05

‘Astonished’—Belgium Gives Heated Response to Balogun’s Red Card Appeal

American fans are rejoicing everywhere, given that U.S. men’s national team star striker Folarin Balogun is now permitted to play in the World Cup round of 16 on Monday night against Belgium. The European foe, however, is furious about the sudden change of plans.

UEFA.COM 2026-07-06

UEFA statement on the Balogun case

Yesterday’s decision to suspend for a probationary period of a year the implementation of the one-match automatic suspension following the red card issued to the player Folarin Balogun crossed a red line.

POLITICO.COM 2026-07-05

European soccer leaders make plans to take Belgium’s side against FIFA

As of Sunday evening, UEFA’s plan was to release a statement on Monday in response to FIFA’s ruling, according to a person familiar with the matter. The statement is expected to support the Belgian association, which was directly affected after Balogun was permitted to play against Belgium despite having been sent off in the previous match.

CNBC.COM 2026-07-06

Trump defends call urging Balogun red card review: ‘It wasn’t a foul’

President Donald Trump defended making a phone call to FIFA’s president, which led to the soccer association overturning a one-game World Cup suspension of U.S. Men’s National Team striker Folarin Balogun.

And we are astonished why? deja vu does not generate surprise or astonishment.

Fascism is here to stay.

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TECHTIMES.COM 2026-08-16

US Imprisoned 30 Men in Africa to Bypass Courts That Once Freed Them

Third-country deportation trapped 30 in Eswatini prison; $32 million paid for deals a judge ruled unlawful.

More under paywall.

Trump's terrifying secret prisons that epitomise his America

How many more since the original 30?

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ALJAZEERA.COM 2026-08-19

Trump announces ‘most crushing economic operation ever’ against Iran

President Trump declared an unprecedented economic campaign against Iran, warning any nation doing business with it would face severe consequences amid stalled conflict talks. Tehran rejected the threats as ineffective and economically destabilizing, while analysts highlighted enforcement limits involving key partners and timing.

Fundamentally, this is an American Idiom. It comes from the spoiled kid in the famous "Twilight Zone" episode, "It's A Good Life."

In that episode, a six-year-old kid prone to temper tantrums and getting his own way rules with absolute power over his parents and the townfolk of "Peaksville.". You see this boy has the power to change reality. He can change people into anything he wants, and being a young six year old, what he wants is quite capricious.



And everyone goes along with it.

If they do not, well, then, bad things happen to them.

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APNEWS.COM 2026-08-20

More than 2,300 Mexicans sent to Guatemala and Honduras as Trump ramps up third-country deportations

Some civil organizations believe this change reported in recent days is a way to increase pressure on Mexico, whose government has protested the deaths of 17 Mexicans in immigration custody or during enforcement operations.

17 Dead Mexicans.  I wonder how many dead from all of the S & C American countries total?  Then add the African countries and Middle East & SE Asian countries.  Finally, add the dead Amerikan citizens.  Chump is a very successful Serial Killer.

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Chump is a very successful Serial Killer.

That he is, and if you went back in time before he was in politics or TV and look hard enough my 'spidy' sense tells me somebody who disagreed with Trump vanished a long time ago.  A concrete coffin under a sky-rise?  Perhaps it was one of Trump's temper tantrum deals.  Give me what, I want or I'll get mean.  That's the Trump deal.

You don't say I could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and get by with it unless you already have.  I haves no proof, but fear has made Trump say certain things through the years his motor mouth couldn't help saying.  Guilt does the same thing, but with Trump it is 100% fear combined with a rush of a feeling he got by with something.  An impish adolescent streak Trump with his hardwired arrested development can't outgrow.

Proof is sort of liquid around Trump.  There but never quite there.  Trump claims not to be in the Epstein files but he calls reporters who are young and female rude and stupid.  Statements which say everything about Trump nothing about them.  Trump has the vocabulary of a sex-trafficker who considers attractive women objects.  Is that a coincidence?  No it is not.  The idea that a woman could have a nice rack and a brain at the same time is not in the Trump reality.  Trumps mouth leaks truth in his perpetual stream of lies  He can't help it, and his mouth leaks as much as his asshole now does.  But you have to listen to his words, and not be taken in by the Trump performance.

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I doubt Chump  himself has ever pulled the trigger on anyone.  Contracting to have someone terminated on the other hand I would be surprised if he hasn't.  Epstein's "suicide" for instance has always been a little too convenient and easily affordable in his income bracket.  He certainly has both the Organized Crime &/or Black Ops CIA type connections necessary to pull something like that off.

Even without the secret stuff though, there's plenty of innocent Dead People in the public record directly attributable to his directives and protected by the Justice Dept under his control.  Was there ever any proof those fishing boats  he had sunk were drug smugglers?  Even if they were, it's hardly necessary for a Navy gunboat to sink them rather than arrest them.  They could have fired gas cannisters at the boats and forced the sailors to jump overboard.  They could have towed the boats in then arrested them on shore.  Then there are all the ICE deaths, many while in captivity.  Who knows how many dead of those deported to 3rd party countries?

Because he's POTUS, these killings are considered "legal" by the Fascist justice system.  Agents of the state are effectively given a License to Kill.  That doesn't make it any less Serial Killing.  It's a hallmark of Tyranny.

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When organized crime runs a protection racket it is an actual crime.  But when Trump does the same thing...

😠 Tariffs are nothing more than Trump getting a piece of the action. 😠

 
I'd not mind so much being deported to Canada.  My fathers roots became American when the Maine border was diplomatically finalized in 1842.  Farms are hard to move.

Number 4 did not bite 47 hard enough.^*

* Jane Doe 4 had an encounter wit Donald Trump in the 1980s when she was 13 or 15.  She bit Trump after being forced into a blow job, and he hit her before she was removed from the room.  Canada knows who they are dealing with and hit back.