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Lars
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· Apr 6
Civicslog
Civicslog.com
I’ve been keeping a list of Trump II admin actions on a blog and decided to give it its own home: Civicslog.com. The list goes back to the election and I’ll port those items over several at a time while trying to keep up with the daily flood.
What’s behind the green door?
Another green door.
Another green door.
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
What’s behind the green door?
Another green door.
Another green door.
Congress sure moves fast when it wants to.
BREAKING: The Senate just passed the Epstein bill by unanimous consent.
The bill will automatically pass once it's delivered to the Senate and will then advance to Trump's desk for him to sign — possibly as early as this evening.
The bill will automatically pass once it's delivered to the Senate and will then advance to Trump's desk for him to sign — possibly as early as this evening.
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Congress sure moves fast when it wants to.
Eff it. Let’s make “scuppered” happen. Reskeet for reach.
Observatory looked beautiful last night but clouds scuppered my plans to check the pointing model for our planewave mount. 🔭🧪🎢
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Eff it. Let’s make “scuppered” happen. Reskeet for reach.
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A 50-year mortgage sounds like a new way to make homes affordable—but experts aren’t convinced it's a good idea for home buyers or the housing market.
Trump Floats 50-Year Mortgages—But Would You Want One?
A 50-year mortgage sounds like a new way to make homes affordable—but experts aren’t convinced it's a good idea for home buyers or the housing market.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A 50-year mortgage sounds like a new way to make homes affordable—but experts aren’t convinced it's a good idea for home buyers or the housing market.
Putting death back into the “dead pledge.”
Ingraham: Is a 50 year mortgage really a good idea?
Trump: It’s not even a big deal. You go from 40 years to 50
Ingraham: 30
Trump: It’s not even a big deal. You go from 40 years to 50
Ingraham: 30
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Putting death back into the “dead pledge.”
Sort your trash, people.
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Sort your trash, people.
Every Bond movie from here on out is “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Every Bond movie from here on out is “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
Yesterday I learned about the rule of threes, which is a composition rule for photographers that says to break the frame into thirds and position key elements along those verticals (and or horizontals).
There’s Trump in the left third, nothing much in middle, and the stricken in the right third.
There’s Trump in the left third, nothing much in middle, and the stricken in the right third.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Yesterday I learned about the rule of threes, which is a composition rule for photographers that says to break the frame into thirds and position key elements along those verticals (and or horizontals).
There’s Trump in the left third, nothing much in middle, and the stricken in the right third.
There’s Trump in the left third, nothing much in middle, and the stricken in the right third.
Come for the mountain, stay for the woo.
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Come for the mountain, stay for the woo.
He’s trying to claim an effective Dem campaign theme, “affordability,” as his own, same as he did with “fake news” way back when.
He’s in your base, stealing your memes.
He’s in your base, stealing your memes.
Is this booming economy in the room with you now, Mr. President, sir?
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
He’s trying to claim an effective Dem campaign theme, “affordability,” as his own, same as he did with “fake news” way back when.
He’s in your base, stealing your memes.
He’s in your base, stealing your memes.
God love a terrier.
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
God love a terrier.
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Happy Will Rogers' birthday!
It's a shame his writing about the U.S. government's disinterest in the people it's supposed to serve and "trickle-up" economics proved so durable.
He wrote this just after Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 Presidential election:
#EconSky
It's a shame his writing about the U.S. government's disinterest in the people it's supposed to serve and "trickle-up" economics proved so durable.
He wrote this just after Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 Presidential election:
#EconSky
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Happy Will Rogers' birthday!
It's a shame his writing about the U.S. government's disinterest in the people it's supposed to serve and "trickle-up" economics proved so durable.
He wrote this just after Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 Presidential election:
#EconSky
It's a shame his writing about the U.S. government's disinterest in the people it's supposed to serve and "trickle-up" economics proved so durable.
He wrote this just after Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 Presidential election:
#EconSky
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Quick Weather West update today for sake of discussing fairly strong atmospheric river that will arrive in NorCal Tue-Wed, bringing widespread rain, gusty winds, and maybe isolated t-storms. Warm still, though, so Sierra rain vs snow, & dry in SoCal. #CAwx
After anomalous late Oct warmth, a sooner-than-expected shift back toward wetter conditions in (at least) NorCal - Weather West
A quick blog update amid shifting conditions I suspect that more than a few of us, at our busiest and most chaotic moments, have exclaimed to exasperated friends and colleagues that we "wished there were two of us to help share the load!" Well, in this present moment, I am not sure a single clone
weatherwest.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Quick Weather West update today for sake of discussing fairly strong atmospheric river that will arrive in NorCal Tue-Wed, bringing widespread rain, gusty winds, and maybe isolated t-storms. Warm still, though, so Sierra rain vs snow, & dry in SoCal. #CAwx
Kimberly-Clark corners the market on the flu.
Kimberly-Clark Is Buying Tylenol Maker Kenvue for Nearly $49B. Here's What You Need to Know
Kleenex and Cottonelle maker Kimberly-Clark said it's buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in a $48.7 billion deal.
www.investopedia.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Kimberly-Clark corners the market on the flu.
Looking back, it feels like every move, every hunch Dave Roberts had this series was the right one.
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Looking back, it feels like every move, every hunch Dave Roberts had this series was the right one.
Heart breaking for Torontoans.
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Heart breaking for Torontoans.
Good thing we get the extra hour of sleep.
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Good thing we get the extra hour of sleep.
It’s not looking good for Kevin Bacon.
Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s not looking good for Kevin Bacon.
The chemistry of candy corn: This edition of #PeriodicGraphics explores the colorful chemistry behind this classic #Halloween candy. cen.acs.org/food/food-in... #chemsky 🧪
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Happy Halloween.
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Happy Halloween.
“The Procrastinator’s Monster” or “Hole Saw”
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“The Procrastinator’s Monster” or “Hole Saw”
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The first book-length history of Halloween, from Celtic druids through to the customs and rituals of the British Isles which underpin the celebrations in early 20th-century United States: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-book-of-halloween/
October 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The first book-length history of Halloween, from Celtic druids through to the customs and rituals of the British Isles which underpin the celebrations in early 20th-century United States: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-book-of-halloween/
This Day in Labor History: October 30, 1837. Nicholas Farwell, a train engineer toiling for the Boston and Worcester Rail Road Corporation fell off a train while at work and had his hand crushed by the train. Farwell sued the company for damages. Judge said, nope! Nothing for the injured workers!
October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Anybody win that baseball game yet?
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Anybody win that baseball game yet?
“I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.”
October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.”