Dirigisme; While it is hard to plumb any economic anything from Trump or those attached to him. But they, like De Gaulle, seem to have hit on aspects of Dirigisme.

I shared this today. It is my first wine in years. I became tired of the stuff at my current budget.
My first sip I thought it was thin on the swallow, but I took a glass out and let it and the bottle sit a while and both improved. Not exactly complex, but unembarrissingly shareable.

Somehow the UK Labour party, by their ludicrous actions since moving the No.10, has wiped the utterly insane Tory activities since 2010 from the memory.

Gary Lineker stepping down from BBC sport is an error, and the BBC expecting a form of opinion omertà for presenters beyond news and current affairs is a foul impingement on free speech.

@notnebraskanice.bsky.social As requested on the tictok, a follow from Ireland. :-)

I followed the launch of James Webb ST to commissioning at L2, and since. Reading and viewing the gigantic leaps occurring almost weekly.
Calling a willie shaped rocked carrying wealthy tourists space exploration is ludicrous.
We had many wealthy doing Good with their money, and now this.

This is an acute observation.

When a senior lawyer suddenly walks away from either an ongoing case or a secure job, that is often the greatest of legal red flags.

Something big has happened.

We do what we can.

I saw Dutch Masters paging through the FTA. Who thinks Darts, I sure didn't.

In memory of the late great Janey Godley can we all post this amazing picture of her, flood the zone as the yucky fella Bannon says
Let's 'flood the zone '
#TrumpIsACunt
#Janey

Happy New Year.

No one in their correct mind could argue the presidential tenure of Jimmy Carter was a raging success. Indeed squandered hope might better cover it. But he sure displayed more humanity in his little finger than the seven that followed him combined. Thankfully Biden will see him out, not trump.

Thought for the day.

😝😜🤓🥳💪🏼💙🇺🇸🫶🏼

Some very interesting artifacts found under the floor of Notre Dame. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it

Viewing the torrents produced over the last few days, you cannot help but be impressed. Ireland and the UK are normalised to rain. But what came down in a few hours is quite a few levels above the norm.

Probably the only time I was grateful for a MTG tweet.

First post on this one. Hopefully we get a good run on it before some high-end nutjob buys the thing.