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ChrisOravec
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Native American Style flute and photos of Western US scenery. No DMs please.
I agree!
September 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sorry I don’t know why it comes up green and no pic. Sorry.
July 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It all started with Hesiod’s Golden Age.
July 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Correction: Erik!
July 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I have a long quena-like flute of his. Good ol’ Erik the Flutemaker!
July 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Hooray for Eric!
July 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I may be wrong but Scrubs always looked to me like a version of the hospital novel, House of God by Samuel Shem.
June 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Yes, good post. If you live in Colorado see today’s (June 26) NYTimes story on Breckenridge-Dillon, Moab Ut. and elsewhere in the Mountain West.
June 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Lee is my senator. If you want public lands please call your own senator. And call the Parliamentarian to appreciate her procedural courage:

Elizabeth MacDonough
OFFICE OF THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN UNITED STATES SENATE
Address S-133 U.S. Capitol
Washington
DC 20510-0001

Telephone (202) 224-1299
June 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Paying people, no matter what side of the political spectrum, to have children is wrong.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It’s worse. The Nazi party nationalized German industry without taking over the day-by-day management, with full cooperation. Except for prison labor, of course.
June 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The rule’s name lends itself to a number of bird-related puns….There is the “Byrd bath,” when… Ms. MacDonough scrubs and analyzes [the provisions] to make a judgment. Anything that does not survive the scrutiny is known as a “Byrd dropping,” and is removed from the legislation before it can advance.
June 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A bit on Elizabeth MacDonough from NYTimes: “As [the Senate] moves forward with the budget reconciliation process, it now falls to Ms. MacDonough to enact Mr. Byrd’s rule.…
June 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Give her office a call and tell her she’s being noticed for a great job. I did!
June 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM