Category: General Interest

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Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Brian Campbell, a 31 year old pro golfer, won the Mexico Open on Sunday with a little help from a miracle. Campbell, the shortest hitter on tour, was in a playoff with a 20 year old who is now the longest hitter on tour. They were playing the par-5 18th hole for the 3rd time when Campbell’s drive sliced right into the OB forest. His ball hit a tree (sounded more like the huge bamboo out there) and bounced back into play, which gave him a shot some 100 yards behind his opponent.

Campbell then managed a birdie to win the match. He has played on the Korn Ferry tour for most of his career where he has never won a tournament, and he was ranked #222 on the PGA tour. Over beside the 18th green, when his final putt dropped, his girlfriend fell to her knees and sobbed.

This was one of the most moving wins I have ever watched, and I think stories like this are desperately needed currently. Here are a couple links to coverage:

apnews.com/article/brian-campbell-mexico-open-aldrich-potgieter-pga-tour-84c740948aa9eb4abe8f7d702d5d8c6c

www.newsweek.com/sports/golf/pga-tour-world-no-222-gets-insane-lucky-bounce-win-mexico-open-playoff-2035072

-Dave

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How does a King forfeit his authority? Let us remember.

Meeting at Hot Creek

An unusual moment of confluence,

a pair of hawks circling at twilight

held up on the winds of a storm

and the fractal light of the setting

sun, an image of timeless buoyancy.

They were soaring high and free,

as if summoned from the still warm

cliffs. In deep silence, bathed

in a hot spring creek and the light

of the descending sun, I met

their buoyancy with my own.

Submitted By: babbles@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

hello to all in BBQ-land who are dismayed at the changes being made at the national level in our country.

someone named John–sorry, i can’t find the original email so i don’t even know his last name–has started an organization called The People’s Union. Described below is their first effort to send a message to Trump, Musk and the spineless Republicans in Congress who are kowtowing to them.

I encourage EVERYONE to participate in this 24-hour economic blackout. what follows below is The Peoples Union description. Below that is another message i received just a few minutes ago from their founder John. ONE person is working to make a difference. Let’s join and support him. This is the future of our democracy that is at stake.

om peace namaste
lucy brook
nehalem resident
U.S. citizen

The 24 hour Economic Blackout
Corporations have billions. Politicians have lobbyists. We have each other.
As our first initial act, we turn it off.
For one day we show them who really holds the power.

WHEN:
Thursday February 27th from Midnight till Friday February 28th Midnight
(A full 24 hours of the 28th)

WHAT NOT TO DO:
~Do not make any purchases.
~Do not shop online, or in-store.
~No Amazon, No Walmart, No Best Buy.
NOWHERE!
~Do not spend money on:
Fast Food
Gas
Major Retailers
~Do not use Credit or Debit Cards for non-essential spending

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
~Buy ONLY essentials of absolutely necessity
(food, medicine, emergency supplies)
~Support ONLY small, local businesses.

SPREAD THE MESSAGE
Talk about it, post about it, and document your actions that day!

WHY THIS MATTERS!
~ Corporations and banks only care about their bottom line.
~ If we disrupt the economy for just ONE day, it sends a powerful message.
~ If they don’t listen (they won’t), then we make the next blackout longer (We will)

This is our first action.
This is how we make history.
February 28th the 24 Hour Economic Black Out Begins.

We are now just five days away from the February 28th Economic Blackout. This is not about stopping every person from shopping. 340 million people live in this country, and of course, some will still spend. This is about sending a message. It’s about showing that when we decide to stand together, we have the power to shake the system. This is the first shot, the warning sign that we are here, we are organizing, and we are ready to demand real change. We will make an impact, and that impact will grow.

Many exciting things are in motion. This week, I expect to have the first proposal for the new website, a space built specifically for us, where we can truly organize, communicate, and grow this movement. For now, keep spreading the word. Thank you again for your support, your belief in this, and for standing in unity with me and so many others who know that real change only happens when the people demand it. We are just getting started. With gratitude, John.

Submitted By: yuiqwe1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

When I first moved in to my Nehalem house it had a couple roof leaks. There is no attic and I couldn’t figure out how water was getting in. Then I noticed a leak in my shop which does have an attic and found that the sink vent pipe was not securely joined together. I placed u-joint pipes over all my vents and no more leaks. Over one hundred inches of water going down an 1.5 inch diameter pipe adds up. I forced some hardware cloth into the opening to prevent rodents from entering or cavity nesting birds from thinking it might be a good opportunity. Maybe this will help someone.

Submitted By: coastbbqfree@protonmail.com – Click to email about this post

You can learn more about these kittens and others available for adoption at unitedpaws.wordress.com. Complete an adoption application to get pre-approved, and once pre-approved, you can schedule a “Meet & Greet.” Please email unitedpawsapps@gmail.com or call United Paws at 503-842-5663 for more information.

Submitted By: nehalembayexperience@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

This Week:
A video message left by Chuck McLaughlin
Fed Budget Freeze and local Housing
A Town Hall meeting in Rockaway
Nehalem Bay’s new Health Care Facility
Green Coast Market is Open
Mayor Denise Donohue’s direction for Wheeler
LINK= https://youtu.be/b7A2xgwT8-g

Submitted By: kseaton@pdx.edu – Click to email about this post

Do you have any spare magazines laying around that you could donate/upcycle to our group art project? We would appreciate any amount that you can give!

Drop off at NCRD Fitness center labeled “For: K. Seaton” or I can pick them up anywhere around town (Nehalem/Manzanita/Wheeler) this week. We are collecting as many as possible before Saturday evening – 2/23/25.

Email to reach me- kseaton@pdx.edu or text me @ 503-553-9875.

Thank you so much!

Submitted By: Karmatenfol@aol.com – Click to email about this post

Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun;
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made,
But at spring mending-time we find them there.
I let my neighbor know beyond the hill;
And on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
‘Stay where you are until our backs are turned!’
We wear our fingers rough with handling them.
Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
One on a side. It comes to little more:
There where it is we do not need the wall:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
‘Why do they make good neighbors? Isn’t it
Where there are cows? But here there are no cows.
Before I built a wall I’d ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offense.
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,
That wants it down.’ I could say ‘Elves’ to him,
But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d rather
He said it for himself. I see him there
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.
He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father’s saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’

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Submitted By: jettkeyser@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Dear Community,

Now We Choose

In time we come to know, welcome in our daily lives the understanding that there is no saving grace in misleading or being misled. Deep and real differences may define our families and friendships but we realize there will be no lasting peace in lies and being misled.

Anchoring these times and spaces of our lives, 
we can carefully listen to the voices of ancestors
and the integrity of friends, “Through love alone
will hate be healed.” 

We all know that we have awakened many times before, left behind a season’s ignorance, the restless, uneasy ways of wanting, hate, and fear.

Slowly, we are abandoning the belief that a man or woman can own another, assume or create a relation that does not recognize the inherent rights and dignity of the other.

At work, as in marriage, our communities, and civic relations, this entitlement is now a birthright, an achievement of what is best in all of us. We are awakening, slowly reaching the understanding that war is not sustainable.

The war in Vietnam, the war in Iraq, Gaza, wherever conflict appears, we are coming to know that war profits a very small minority. For too long we have listened to all their lies, the reasons why our sons and daughters must continue to be sacrificed for profit. 

Why it is that those who have had the most for so long, generation after generation, merit further privileges to accumulate more.

There is no saving grace in being misled. We are also awakening to the precious and fragile gift of our freedom, how our voice and how we choose is equal to any other. 

Will it ever be easy to recognize, accept, and release how we have been deceived? Each of us knows a deeply visceral answer to this question.

But as the typhoons come and the tornadoes grow stronger, as species extinction accelerates, and our divorce rates incline, as our coastal cities submerge and our mothers and fathers die of unrelenting heat, we can awaken, recognize 
how we have been used.

What comes to mind when we hear deceitful and barren platforms full of hateful intentions? It is claimed that we should deport millions of men and women, persons who are seeking, as we have sought, a better life, or listening to their insatiable urge for ever deeper extraction with no respect for those who follow.

What comes to mind and must be remembered is a lost and wounded child, a little boy, stepping down from a broken bus, “They just let you do it.” 

May we all be granted the integrity to awaken, resist, and create a new union. Now we choose.

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United Paws’ Kittens of the Week: Gemma, Ruby and Trina
Let me introduce you to three of the fabulous kittens currently being fostered at United Paws while they await their forever homes.
Gemma has a luxurious coat. She may come off as shy at first, but the minute she feels your soft touch, she leans in for more. Gemma is very affectionate and talkative — if you return her meows she will keep telling you her secrets. You can watch Gemma in action on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe3xY_E-Uj2b_PZIOJkTESC9b4lJKbRAt.
Ruby is the first to investigate everything! She wants to know what is behind every corner as well as the unique nature of each and every toy. Ruby loves gazing out the window at the great big world, and the feather toy is never safe in her midst. Watch Ruby in action here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe3xY_E-Uj2b_PZIOJkTESC9b4lJKbRAt.
Trina is a sweet, golden Tortie who was formerly the beloved pet of autistic boy until she had to be surrendered when his family lost their housing. Trina is very playful and just adores her feather wand toy. In fact, she will sit by her wand toy and stare at her foster until play commences. Schedule a Meet & Greet to see if you can resist!
You can learn more about these kittens and others available for adoption at unitedpaws.wordress.com. Complete an adoption application to get pre-approved, and once pre-approved, you can schedule a “Meet & Greet.” Please email unitedpawsapps@gmail.com or call United Paws at 503-842-5663 for more information.

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

3 paragraphs at the end of an article titled “I met the ‘godfathers of AI’ in Paris – here’s what they told me to really worry about” by Alexander Hurst

[Stuart Russell is one of the “godfathers of AI”]

“There’s the science budget of the world, and there’s the money we’re spending on AI,” says Russell. “We could have done something useful, and instead we’re pouring resources into this race to go off the edge of a cliff.” He didn’t specify what alternatives, but just two months into the year, roughly $1tn in AI investments have been announced, all while the world is still falling far short of what is needed to stay even within 2C of heating, much less 1.5C.

It seems as if we have a shrinking opportunity to lay down the incentives for companies to create the kind of AI that actually benefits our individual and collective lives: sustainable, inclusive, democracy-compatible, controlled. And beyond regulation, “to make sure there is a culture of participation embedded in AI development in general”, as Eloïse Gabadou, a consultant to the OECD on technology and democracy, put it.

At the close of the conference, I said to Russell that we seemed to be using an incredible amount of energy and other natural resources to race headlong into something we probably shouldn’t be creating in the first place, and which the relatively benign versions of are already, in many ways, misaligned with the kinds of societies that we actually want to live in.

“Yup,” he replied.

Frankly I’m beginning to not care because the world will be better off without the human race. That’s an awful way to feel. -Dave

Submitted By: judysugg@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Laura Swanson’s lengthy post on the Pioneer (“Frivolous” Manzanita Lawsuit) on Tuesday left me wondering.

Let me see if I have the facts straight. Laura had a good friend who was briefly the mayor of Manzanita. There was a city staff complaint during her friend’s tenure. The friend resigned as mayor, at least partially because she no longer lived in Manzanita. Laura was unhappy. Laura went to court to gain access to the city staff complaint in 2023. The court heard from her and her attorneys and then turned her down and dismissed the case. Laura appealed. Again, the court and a different judge said no.

Laura’s post was accusatory and hinted of conspiracy. The facts and the courts’ decisions are simple and clear. I have to wonder which view is frivolous.

Please see the City of Manzanita website for the court judgment on Page 13 of FAQs: ci.manzanita.or.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-01-17-Often-Asked-Questions.pdf

Submitted By: nehalemfreespeech@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

And they are BIG!

For me, (finally!) cutting the CIA-front USAID and (finally!) closing the border to the cartel human traffickers (children and adults) and the cartel drug traffickers (fentanyl/liquid heroin/cocaine), the appointment of Tulsi as DNI, RFK’s appointment and MAHA, ending the war in Ukraine, and signaling that the new admin WILL NOT be starting a war with Iran, are all great things.

In my view, the Biden admin (obviously, Joe was NOT running the executive branch, it was Barak and Blinken sending Israel the child-killing Gaza bombs, anointing Kamala, etc.) was even worse than the war war war Bush/Cheney Crime Family admins of the early 2000s.

And I am so happy that corrupt crew of war-loving top-level dems are out of power.

But will I be happy for long?

Here are the two BIG GORILLAS that I see, both are addressed in detail by the excellent journalists linked below.

The first gorilla: The siliCON valley totalitarian technocrats, have jumped the Democrat ship, after a most fruitful ride, and are now on the MAGA ship. After spending four years terrorizing the American people using Democrat power, Bezos/Zuckerberg/Thiel/Musk were all onstage with Trump at the inauguration! Could these technofascist billionaires be anymore shameless and transparent?

The second gorilla: The Zionists, who had a field day killing Palestinian children while Zionist Blinken was running State, also have a friend in Trump.

Below are some smart folks detailing the serious dangers within the Trump admin, dangers you won’t hear about on the likes of CNN/MSNBC/NYT/NPR/OPB.

Kim’s interview at 22:00 starts an interesting minute…but it’s all great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7787k0UWkC4

and

rumble.com/v6k3okd-whitney-webbs-take-on-doge-elon-musk-deepseek-ai-and-the-elites.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

minutes 3:30 and 6:00 and 9:00 are all very interesting, as is Whitney’s entire interview.

Andy, Wheeler
🙂

Submitted By: cindy.obtd@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

The regular meeting has been cancelled this week due to illness. We will resume next week. Thanks for understanding. Cindy

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Reprinted by permission of author Laura Swanson

Now, given my profession and how long I’ve been doing this, don’t do the math (over 40 years – most in this community) I’m usually unconcerned about the gossip and rumor mill. In fact, I don’t listen to that mis-information much at all. But when it does get back to me that a few individuals in a north county city consider me to be “persona non-grata” based upon legal action that’s been taken, and that perhaps it’s impacting my reputation and business, then, I think it’s time to come clean and divulge the real reason behind the pursuit of legal action, because I believe in transparency, honesty and the truth. I’ve had many people ask me about the Manzanita lawsuit because of rumors and misinformation. I usually start out by explaining that the former mayor Deb Simmons and I are personal friends and I didn’t like how she was bullied out of town, investigated (she didn’t even know what exactly for) and then, she wasn’t even given a copy of the investigation. What!? That’s why I was a party to the lawsuit asking the courts to release the investigation. How can the person who was investigated not be told what she was being investigated for – she later learned it was for creating a hostile work environment – “improper conduct” (more on that later.) The report according to the courts and the lawyers is “protected” by client attorney privilege. What is in the report that the city doesn’t want revealed? It’s been suggested that the former mayor would be “embarrassed” by what the report contains – Simmons has asked for the report to be released. Because she resigned before the report was released, the city’s lawyer decided that since she was no longer on council she didn’t get a copy. So the person who was investigated and hasn’t seen the report would like to have it released. There have been indications that releasing the report could lead to more lawsuits against the city, but the city would have saved all these attorney fees by simply releasing the report when requested …. Hmmm. The spin doctors would have you believe that the plaintiffs that brought the “frivolous” lawsuit were “responsible for costing the city thousands of dollars.” Oh wait – if the city had just released the report ….
But the city had already invested thousands of dollars in lawyers “investigating” the anonymous city employee’s complaint against the former mayor. Another factor besides the unfairness of how Deb Simmons was treated – bullied – in this situation because she was asking questions. We all should be asking LOTS of questions, let’s start with the “investigation.” Simmons gave the investigator 20 names, but only ONE of those people were interviewed. There were people mentioned dozens of time in the investigation, yet those individuals were not interviewed. What kind of investigation is this? My reporter senses were tingling big time. There is nothing to prohibit the City from releasing the report produced by the investigator. Vague claims by the City that release of the report may trigger a lawsuit by someone involved with the investigation should details be released. The former mayor has always stated that she fully supports the release of the report and that all of the findings be released for public review. Are we to believe that Simmons wishes to be exposed for misconduct and then would attempt to sue the City for her misconduct? Are we to believe that individuals who were interviewed by the investigator and told what they saw and heard the Mayor do would sue the City if their identities were revealed for making truthful statements? How much did the city spend on the “investigation”? The City doesn’t want that report to ever see the light of day, but that just leads to more questions, what else could they be hiding? Another main purpose of pursuing the report was to bring the attention of the citizenry to what’s going on in their town. Don’t believe what you read on social media from this side or that side, and believe me there are more than just “two sides” to every story. The lesson here is to pay attention to how your tax dollars are being spent, who is making the decisions, and that goes for every community, county, state and our nation right now. Pay attention, city government and elected officials, please serve your constituents in a transparent manner. I’d like to think that the “good ol’ boy” network ended decades ago, but we are seeing it play out before our eyes with the destruction of our democracy by billionaires, and our national government as we’ve known it disintegrating. Focus locally. Be sure that you hold our elected officials accountable. Be sure of your sources and your facts. And if you ever want to know “Why did the Pioneer do that?” You can just ask me – editor@tillamookcountypioneer.net. We abide by our tenets – the truth, fairness, and benefit to the community; we are also mindful and thoughtful about the stories we do. In the case of the “frivolous” Manzanita lawsuit, the burden of proof and transparency remains with the city and they continue to pay the price to cover up the costly choices that have been made – just raising more questions – Who or what are they protecting? And at what cost?

Submitted By: diwax54@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

A quick resistance task:

1. Google Gulf of Mexico.
2. “Gulf of America” will be at the head of Google’s answer.
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of “Gulf of America”.
4. Select “Send Feedback”
5. Click on “Gulf Of America” text.
6. Select “Inaccurate content”.
7. Select “Incorrect” and type in whatever text you want such as “The correct name of this body of water is GULF OF MEXICO!

I wrote this review, posted on Google’s map website:
“Mislabeled. This is the Gulf of Mexico. Too bad Google went along with a racist jab and the underlying purpose of allowing oil drilling, prohibited in the ‘Gulf of Mexico.’ American territory only extends 12 miles off shore, so only a strip of water can be called American. Perhaps Google should rename it the Gulf Strip of America instead, as we do not own or have any territorial rights to the rest of the Gulf.”

Submitted By: genedieken@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

February 13-15 is the 80th anniversary of the firebombing of Dresden in 1945 as World War Two was nearing its close. British and American bombers rained down 650,000 incendiary bombs that destroyed most of the city and killed 25,000. The operation remains controversial to this day.

On the 12th and 13th, the Staatskapella Dresden, the symphony orchestra of Dresden since 1548 and one of Germany’s finest, will be performing Giuseppi Verdi’s Requiem Mass, in memory of the destruction of Dresden. A requiem is a Catholic mass said for the repose of the souls of the dead.

I’m noting this occasion not to add more darkness to our already dark times but simply as a reminder that it’s much less costly in all respects to prevent an illiberal, autocratic dictatorship than it is to get rid of it once power has been captured and protest made illegal.

Here’s a piece that caused me to begin to move beyond my “what can I do?” thinking. An interview of Erica Chenoweth, author of Civil Resistance, What Everyone Needs to Know:
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-nature-of-our-power-a-conversation-with-political-scientist-erica-chenoweth/

The book by Rebecca Chenoweth:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/civil-resistance-9780190244408?lang=en&cc=us

Staatskapella Dresden web site:
www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/en/

I found this account of the Service of Prayer for the Nation, held at the National Cathedral in DC on January 21 to be a reminder how enlivening spiritual and moral clarity can be:
www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/22/herod-goes-to-the-national-cathedral-and-is-disappointed/

Pictures below:

The Dresden Semperoper, home to the Staatskapella, destroyed in 1945 & reopened in 1985

The Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington DC

Submitted By: diwax54@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I swore by an oath I took 42 years ago…

These days, that oath means nothing to those in charge…
It saddens me of what will become of the future missions of the military….
We now no longer have a leadership to defend and keep our country safe and prosperous.
I fear that past history is rapidly repeating the horrific acts of WWII.
Our country has taken a downfall that is so damaging with the over abundance of fascism, hate, racism and divisiveness.

42 years ago yesterday, I raised my right hand and took my first oath (of a total of 6) for enlistment in the US Army at a Recruiting Station in Bishop CA. I was on a 90 day Delayed Entry (or Enlistment) Program (DEP). On May 9th 1983, I left the Military Entrance Processing Station in Los Angeles CA for BASIC TRAINING, FT MCCLELLAN, AL.

The Oath of Enlistment (for enlistees):
“I, Diane Weatherwax, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”

I know in my heart and my love for this country my oath should never expire … But, unfortunately this country no longer abides by a constitution to defend. Today obeying the current president is unconstitutional. Additionally, the regulations I guarantee are no longer under any Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Submitted By: nehalemfreespeech@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

long-time journalist dragged out of presser for asking questions about Gaza!

rumble.com/v6ans0j-journalists-dragged-out-of-state-dept-briefing-w-max-blumenthal.html

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Gardeners protect your cold-tender plants.
The next three nights are to be in the mid to upper 20s, so if you have any plants that won’t survive, push against your house, put in your garage, shed, porch or inside your house.
If in the ground cover with a box. If you use a plastic cover be sure the plant leaves aren’t touching the plastic as the cold will transfer to them directly through the plastic.
Be warm!
Spring is coming.
More tips: yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/how-protect-plants-frost-and-freeze

Submitted By: codger817@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I find Eric Liu’s sermons from his book, “Become America” inspiring. I have been hosting “Civic Saturdays” to listen to his sermons with anyone who is interested. It’s a 10AM zoom, but sessions are recorded and are available by e-mailing codger817@gmail.com.
They are 8 years old, but they mirror the present day perfectly because the same grifter is in office again, even though 68% of the electorate did not vote for him.
Here’s the conclusion of today’s sermon
…..”We who believe in inclusion and integrity can’t out-cynicism the likes of Bannon and Trump. We can out-believe them. We can out-love them, out-trust them, out-mobilize them, out-imagine them. Out joy them. Have you seen Donald J. Trump smile with joy? He cannot. We must. We must do that at home. With our neighbors. With strangers we encounter face to face. And with strangers we can’t see or touch but can imagine.
Trump is weak, not strong, That’s why he has to use a strategy of chaos creation. The people are strong, not weak. That’s why we mustn’t panic. Persist, believe, organize. Do so with love, and with joy. In our laws, our acts, and our hearts this land is our land.”

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

For your consideration I’d like to share an article on US foreign aid:

theconversation.com/as-trump-tries-to-slash-us-foreign-aid-here-are-3-common-myths-many-americans-mistakenly-believe-about-it-248979

Submitted By: nehalembayexperience@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Hi bbq-land. My name is Drew and I am a local video tech/creator. Turn those old 8mm, VHS and DVD’s into digital files you can share with family and friends and save for generations to come.
It’s quick, easy, affordable and local.
The cost is $15 up to an hour and $5 each hour over and turn around is a few days. Your new digital mp4 files can be copied to your Flash drive/external hard drive or I can provide one at an additional cost.
PLease email me with any questions and let’s start saving and sharing those precious moments. Cheers, Drew.

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Introducing United Paws’ newest stars, Baby Shark (Sharky) and Frank. These boys have skills!

Frank is a chocolate point snowshoe Siamese who is named after Ol’ Blue Eyes himself. He was abandoned but luckily found his way to a friendly house about six months ago. He was very guarded from having to survive outside, but with loving, consistent care Frank became more comfortable and trusting. He enjoyed the companionship of the home’s visiting chickens, even cuddling up with one of them in his bed, and
keeping her eggs warm when she went off to feed! Around Christmas it was time for Frank to move indoors, so he now has his own private room complete with all the requisite comforts befitting a star like Frank. Frank loves attention, adores being pet, and responds by rubbing his head against you and rolling around in bliss. Frank is fine around a Shepard mix, so he may adjust to a dog pal.

Sharky wakes up with a smile and is always in a happy mood. He enjoys other cats, playing with feather toys, a kick sock, and lounging in a sunny spot of the house. Sharky comes running when called, travels well, plays fetch, and is even an accomplished bug hunter! Sharky isn’t a lap cat but doesn’t mind being held as long as there’s petting involved, and is an affectionate boy that will gladly snuggle up to your neck or your feet at bedtime.

You can learn more about these boys, as well as other cats and kittens available for adoption, at unitedpaws.wordress.com, where you can also complete an application. If you would like to schedule a “Meet & Greet”, please email unitedpawsapps@gmail.com or call United Paws at 503-842-5663.

Submitted By: genedieken@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DOGE
[DeepFake]

Perhaps back in 1961 Stanley Kubrick was more of a prophet than we realized. 😉

Here’s the video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/0qKSo1mavMQ

You can can also check out the DeepFake of General Jack Ripper: https://youtube.com/shorts/5pVsoL4VhVI

Gene Dieken

Submitted By: Bryan.miller@outlook.com – Click to email about this post

Is there a dancing gorilla amongst the choas monkey business of the new administration?

A Blitzkrieg, a slight of hand, or a fork-in-the-road letter to America? Or maybe a love letter?

Gaza beach resorts, Greenlandia, Panamanium, $Trump, Tariff threats, DOGE Bros, Stargate AI, Quantanamo roundups, Kennedy Center Chairman, Gulf of Florida, anti-DEI, military transport flights, purging DOJ and Federal law enforcement, ongoing Big Tech RIFs, Project 2025 staffers… I hope it’s not a preamble to yet even more.

How much of this is performative TV wrestling kayfabe chaos-monkey business? Maybe 75% smoke-and-mirrors distraction and 25% destructive chaos? Blitzkrieg or slight of hand?

Don’t get too distracted by the monkey business as the dancing gorilla parades in plain sight. I perceive a clever trickster. There is a fork in the road. No matter what color your circus car you drive, we are all in for a ride for sure. Praying for wisdom, for our country, for the world and for our president and those advising him.

You know, we’ve all complained about Washington and the bureaucratic inertia. Let’s hope he doesn’t inadvertently burn it all down in the process.