I hope that's the explanation for why I couldn't access the Axios AM newsletter this morning.

I'm guessing there were about 1,000 people in Manchester, Vermont, but the crowd was spread all around a big round-about and along all the approaches. It was a huge crowd for a small town in Vermont, and one of more than 40 such events in Vermont.

Yet the US State Department has a Level 4 (Highest Level) Travel Advisory that says: “Do not travel to Syria due to the risk of terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, hostage taking, and armed conflict. Read entire travel advisory.”
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Like everybody else in the world, his signature varies. Here's his signature in a thank you letter he sent me for pictures of his sons Donny and Eric with Hulk Hogan, back in 1988, 12 years before the Epstein birthday card. Even with that time difference, the signature is similar enough to match.

My favorite check: Back in the 90's I was a photographer with WWF/WWE (then known as Titan Sports) . At one point they required us to pay for personal phone calls charged to our company calling cards, and sent us all bills. I identified one call and sent them a check for a nickle. FU Vince!

I gotta keep my unredacted copy of the U.S. Constitution safe so it doesn't end up in the Memory Hole.

I thought it had something to do with this guy:

I enjoyed “A Complete Unknown,” the feature film about the early years of Bob Dylan, staring Timothée Chalamet. It’s an intensely intimate and mostly warm film, until the final segment at the Newport Folk Festival when it goes a bit overboard. Nevertheless, it’s worth watching on the big screen.

There are so many of these memes popping up. Trump's gotta hate it when they slip through the algorithm and land in his Twitter or Truth Social feed.

Interesting number sequence on last nights MegaMillions, but alas, it didn't match my picks so I guess I have to go to work, again.

...the way we were, 1985.

The news has been saturated with stories about the killing of a health insurance executive by Luigi Mangione, but scarcely a mention of the ascendancy of Trump’s Billionaire Cabinet. Crazy times call for biting sarcasm, and thus I‘m pleased to share this on-point cartoon.

I just checked results of Vermont’s Presidential election. There were 3,000+ write in votes including Nikki Haley, Mitt Romney, and Mike Pence, plus lots of odd choices such as Willie Nelson, Snoop Dog, Vermin Supreme, Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, and even “Free Palastine” (yup, it was misspelled).

I found this image in my phone’s “Pictures” file. I didn’t take it, and I have no idea where it came from or how it got on my phone, but I love it either as humor or horror. And oh yeah, a quick Google search shows it’s been around since early 2014.

I always wondered what the “expert skier” looked like, and finally found the answer in the 1963 Sears Catalog. Today was the opening day of Okemo, and my first day riding for the season. It was good fun, but if there were any expert skiers on the mountain they sure didn’t look like this!

I watched a bit of the live feed of WWE setting up for Survivor Series. It looked like Canadian locals were rigged for safety, but the traveling WWE ground crew lacked any PPE at all. I know it’s annoying, but come on gang, build that “safety culture” and live for another day.