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Camping, post-apocalyptic events
Hermann Goering at Nuremberg trials described the tactics used to silence the opposition to the Nazi party. Same as are being used now. The Weimar Republic underestimated Hitler. Do we just give up?
July 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
You might put up with extortion once. But when bullying and blackmail just won’t end it is time to opt out, and eventually our trade countries will do that.
July 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Iran claimed victory on Tuesday morning, saying that its attacks had pressured Israel into accepting a truce. NYTimes
Wow. Sounds just like the crap perversity put out by our draft-dodging prez
June 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Orange Jesus conveniently started a war just as his horrible budget nears the finish line. Coincidence?
June 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
place.

“Will we look back and say this prevented an Iranian bomb or insured one?” Sadjadpour said. “Similarly, have we hastened the demise of the regime, or have we entrenched it? The modern history of the Middle East does not give favorable answers to these questions.
June 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I have a relative who has Parkinson’s and had surgery that required intensive nursing care for almost 3 months. After he ran through all insurance benefits he had… My friend in England said “well, the government will take care of him.” Civilized countries don’t know what we endure here.
June 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
22 United Arab Emirates 6.733
23 United States 6.725
24 Germany 6.719
25 Mexico 6.678
This is the world happiness index for 2024 combining several sources and over a three year period. You would be surprised at the number of countries that are above us in happiness.
June 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In the ancient library at Alexandria, cats were kept so that rodents would not chew into the books. They had names and were specifically trained (as much as you can try to train a cat to do anything ) to hunt for rodents in the library.
June 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
News reporters and photographers from around the world are being directly targeted by law enforcement. In LA. A rubber bullet to the face sent one reporter to emergency room. Entire CNN crew forced to leave the protest by law enforcement.
June 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Brittania prepares to defend itself with 12 new attack subs since our traditional partner can’t depend on us.
June 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I have a friend who works in AZ epidemiology. I asked “ do we have any measles cases in Az?” “ we are not allowed to talk about that” they said.
BTW: AZ is in the least vaccinated category (less than 90%. You won’t hear about it in Az.
May 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.
John McCain

No wonder orange Jesus hated him so much. So sad that Washington Post and many others have been bought out.
May 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We are no longer listed as a full democracy. Democratic countries are rated on a 10 point scale. Norway 9.81, Canada 8.69, Japan 8.4, US 7.85, Philippines 6.66.
April 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Representative Jasmine Crockett, Democrat of Texas, found herself in a spat with Marjorie Taylor Greene who made fun of Crockett’s eyelashes. She came back poking at Greene’s “bleach blonde bad built butch body”
Yeah. Stop being ‘nice’. They don’t deserve it.
April 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Laurence D. Fink, chairman of the investing colossus BlackRock, is listing ‘more expensive Barbie dolls’ as a concern. WHAT planet does that guy live on??
April 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
So…..you think the stock market doesn’t matter to you? Where do you think all your retirement funds are? State pension? Yep. All in the market.
April 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Legislative bill to renew DBacks contract wants the city and county to pay for upgrades to luxury boxes. (Among other things that would cost 500 million. Our mayor says nope. But legislature will pass it anyway.
March 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Rumor is: Mel Gibson wants to be Gov.of California. He’s complicated. He understands the religion of Jaguar worship as his hero in Apocalypto becomes the spirit of a jaguar when he runs through the jungle. But it won’t make up for his encounter with a Jewish policeman.
March 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Avocados are 3$ each here.
What is the price in The True North?
March 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
They are already laying people off at K2 ( my son’s work). No new contracts are being signed. No one knows what the cost of materials will be. They are setting up a training center at K2’s office to keep the hard workers on. Workers who never worked hard or had iffy attitudes will be let go.
March 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
@rogue-specter.bsky.social hope to see you at destination. Will you be at the Wreckroom much? I’m driving up early Wednesday. I will be parking my van (a medium high Ford Transit ) at the Engineers plot.
March 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I am really interested in what Bluesky is doing, .. Bluesky is proposing a marketplace of algorithms. So there are still algorithms, but there are choices you're making about how they'll structure the information that you get.
(Article about how Bluesky is different on KJZZ today)
March 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In the Philippines, where information is tightly controlled by the government, Rodrigo Duterte killed an estimated 30,000 people in his drug war. Many were summary executions. Interesting that he has finally been arrested and sent to the Hague.
March 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Washington Post has caved in fear to accurate reporting. Also, the LA Times.
The one paper that is still covering everything and can be trusted (as far as I can see ) is the New York Times. It is expensive but I bit the bullet on $24 a month with the NYT.
March 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Beware the ides of March, where the Senate unleashed their fury
March 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM