Roy Zilko
@royzilko.bsky.social
Semi retired with a bit of wanderlust.
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It’s cold enough to break out the heat lamp to thaw out the hummingbird feeder outside our kitchen window.
February 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It’s cold enough to break out the heat lamp to thaw out the hummingbird feeder outside our kitchen window.
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DOGE is the fraud : wapo.st/40ZCgAw
Analysis | Trump and Musk can’t seem to locate much evidence of fraud
They keep justifying their bold moves as combating fraud, but they have been unable so far to point to much of anything that’s actually fraudulent.
wapo.st
February 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
DOGE is the fraud : wapo.st/40ZCgAw
The view from our front yard. February 2025
February 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The view from our front yard. February 2025
Town hall meeting with our great US Senator Jeff Merkley and new US House Representative Dr. Maxine Dexter at McDaniel High School in Portland. January 2025.
February 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Town hall meeting with our great US Senator Jeff Merkley and new US House Representative Dr. Maxine Dexter at McDaniel High School in Portland. January 2025.
Frankie and I take a walk on the trail system behind our house. These shots are taken on Gabbert Butte and on the street where we live in the Gresham Butte neighborhood. January 2025
February 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Frankie and I take a walk on the trail system behind our house. These shots are taken on Gabbert Butte and on the street where we live in the Gresham Butte neighborhood. January 2025
English Cocker Spaniels in the show ring. Portland Rose City Classic Dog Show. January 2025.
February 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
English Cocker Spaniels in the show ring. Portland Rose City Classic Dog Show. January 2025.
A visit to the Portland Japanese Garden in January 2025.
February 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A visit to the Portland Japanese Garden in January 2025.
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If you are looking for the guardrails on MAGA extremism, it does not reside in government institutions or norms. Nor will you find any courage in the boardrooms of large corporations as they bow and scrape before Trump.
That leaves only the courts.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/cour...
That leaves only the courts.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/cour...
Courts Are the Last Guardrail
From Marc | If democracy is to survive the next four years, the courts will need to perform each of these functions.
www.democracydocket.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If you are looking for the guardrails on MAGA extremism, it does not reside in government institutions or norms. Nor will you find any courage in the boardrooms of large corporations as they bow and scrape before Trump.
That leaves only the courts.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/cour...
That leaves only the courts.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/cour...
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"China is probing the strength of America’s belief in itself because Xi Jinping already has a pretty clear sense of the answer. Weakness is a provocation. That’s the most important rule. Never forget it."
The AI War Is Coming
China. It was always about China.
www.thebulwark.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"China is probing the strength of America’s belief in itself because Xi Jinping already has a pretty clear sense of the answer. Weakness is a provocation. That’s the most important rule. Never forget it."
Oh, the stupidity!
Trump just ordered 2 dams opened up in California in an unprecedented move that risks depleting the reservoirs ahead of the dry summer months.
And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.
And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.
Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.
www.latimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Oh, the stupidity!
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Trump just ordered 2 dams opened up in California in an unprecedented move that risks depleting the reservoirs ahead of the dry summer months.
And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.
And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.
Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.
www.latimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Trump just ordered 2 dams opened up in California in an unprecedented move that risks depleting the reservoirs ahead of the dry summer months.
And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.
And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.
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Trump thinks he can change the Constitution by Signing an Executive Order? HE CAN'T!
youtu.be/32LLQRC1rnk?...
youtu.be/32LLQRC1rnk?...
Trump thinks he can change the Constitution by Signing an Executive Order? HE CAN'T!
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Trump thinks he can change the Constitution by Signing an Executive Order? HE CAN'T!
youtu.be/32LLQRC1rnk?...
youtu.be/32LLQRC1rnk?...
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Bernie Sanders on Biden: "He has been on domestic issues the most progressive president since FDR."
January 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Bernie Sanders on Biden: "He has been on domestic issues the most progressive president since FDR."
California’s economy is one of the largest in the world, larger than Japan for example. And yet the conservatives call it Marxist as if they have no idea what they’re talking about.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy...
January 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
California’s economy is one of the largest in the world, larger than Japan for example. And yet the conservatives call it Marxist as if they have no idea what they’re talking about.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy...
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The Hegseth hearing is doing one thing incredibly well: it’s establishing that when his leadership at DoD fails, it’ll be clear that GOP Senators knew, excused it, and they own it. Serious concerns about experience & judgment are literally being laughed off.
January 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Hegseth hearing is doing one thing incredibly well: it’s establishing that when his leadership at DoD fails, it’ll be clear that GOP Senators knew, excused it, and they own it. Serious concerns about experience & judgment are literally being laughed off.
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Trump did not ‘win by a mandate’ the dumb guys & gals you went to HS with failed to pick up a newspaper and let Fox News air in their homes. MAGA is a political movement for racist mediocrity. It’s ‘Miracle Whip’ for morons. Enjoy what’s left of USA.
January 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump did not ‘win by a mandate’ the dumb guys & gals you went to HS with failed to pick up a newspaper and let Fox News air in their homes. MAGA is a political movement for racist mediocrity. It’s ‘Miracle Whip’ for morons. Enjoy what’s left of USA.
Bowers Fly Baby at the Hood River Fly-in, Hood River, OR. September 2018
January 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bowers Fly Baby at the Hood River Fly-in, Hood River, OR. September 2018
Carlynn posing outside the Belvedere in Vienna, Austria. September 2017
January 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Carlynn posing outside the Belvedere in Vienna, Austria. September 2017
Mt Washington, Three Finger Jack and Mt Jefferson as seen from the Pacific Crest Trail near Obsidian Falls in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area, Oregon. August 2021
January 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Mt Washington, Three Finger Jack and Mt Jefferson as seen from the Pacific Crest Trail near Obsidian Falls in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area, Oregon. August 2021
Frankie and I walk to the Japanese Garden at Main City Park. Gresham, OR December 31, 2024
January 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Frankie and I walk to the Japanese Garden at Main City Park. Gresham, OR December 31, 2024
Sunrise view from the back deck on the last day of the year. Gresham Butte, OR December 2024
January 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sunrise view from the back deck on the last day of the year. Gresham Butte, OR December 2024