@zeldakrup
Original Zelda Krup returns with chartreuse pallor and memory like a steel trap Still battling woo, junk science, MAGA fascists, fringe theories, and political pisseurs de copie. Achievement: Haven't missed a Kentucky Derby since I was 6YO.
The same Trump who regularly insults and betrays our allies, including by specifically telling the UK that he does not want their ships, is now calling upon our allies to come clean up the mess he made out of the Persian Gulf.
NONE of this had to happen. ALL of this is Trump's fault.
Maybe Trump shd contact National Rent-A-Destroyer. (Some restrictions apply)
Typical Spokane area attitude:
"I just want to make sure no Somalians are building houses out in Medical Lake [suburb],” Mike Kelly [elected official] said. “Not to disparage the nationality, I’m just making a point … just because they’re federal dollars doesn’t mean they don’t get abused.”
Strong possibility she died during the break-in or shortly afterward. It's a baffling crime.
More evidence for Trump’s next impeachment.
Birds love bushes like that for cover. We have a big Oregon grape hedge, huge box wood and a bird bath with unfrozen water. Within is a city for quail, sparrows, you name it. The leaves move, the branches shake. That cat is looking for birds.
The main historical person who comes to mind for starting wars of no purpose is Kaiser Wilhelm. More than nine million soldiers, sailors and airmen were killed in WWI. About 5M civilians are estimated to have died under occupation, bombardment, hunger and disease. Trump cld do this.
Last week: “We don’t need your stupid aircraft carrier, UK!!!!”
Today: “Hopefully, the UK will send an aircraft carrier to the Strait of Hormuz!!!”
What a fool.
screenshot of a dictionary definition of kakistocracy: government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state. "the danger is that this will reduce us to kakistocracy" • a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens. plural noun: kakistocracies "the modern regime is at once a plutocracy and a kakistocracy"
this word takes up so much space in my head that i'd rather be using for other things
Off she goes into the wild blue yonder
It's Colorado Springs, so not a total surprise. USAF academy is enfused with white Christian Nationalists. Focus on the Family and evangelical sects are located there. Almost as if if is the counterweight to Boulder.
Just so we're all clear, this is a war crime and would be punishable by life or death under U.S. law.
I had that. In fact, still do. It comes and goes and yes, I feel like sleeping most of the day. It sucks. Doctors mostly shrug it off. The conventional "wisdom* in the medical community is " get more exercise." For the record, I'm not a MAHA/woo advocate.
Yup. Wood fatigue. Arborists have told me that in some cases the wind puts the tree in a twisting motion. The tree starts to torque and that's what brings it down.
We've been lucky so far. But tree fall in 2021 just missed our garage. Still, it demolished my favorite ornamental tree. Had several taken down later that presented a danger. Anyhow, we were up till 2:30 am. watching and waiting. I dread wind.
According to one report, the other plane is also KC-135. Top part of its rear stabilizer is missing. Photo from where it landed successfully in Tel Aviv is on socials. Stay tuned for details that may or may not be true.
Sounds like a midair collision and what's in process is a recovery. That said, I'm very skeptical of anything announced by Centcom. Hegseth has used up all his fog-of-war excuses.
I think they're using every aircraft at their disposal. Still using B-52s, also. Don't know where this tanker was based; stock photo showed KC135 at McDill.
Loss of KC-135 Stratotanker reported this afternoon (PDT) in the Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA. Photo appears to be stock photo taken at McDill AFB.
KC-135 Stratotanker refueling jet down in Iraq. Rescue underway, according to Centcom. Tanker is reported to be from McDill AFB. Not shot down, according to US military.
I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment.
Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off.
The 25th is never happening.
The president is handing out oversized clown shoes to his cabinet — and watching to see who refuses to wear them.
It's Solzhenitsyn's Stalin story come to life: the first person to stop applauding ended up in the gulag. The lesson then, as now — never be the first to stop clapping.
I bet one of his advisors used the word “incursion” and he’s been saying “excursion” ever since.
Everything now is Sportsbooks. Trump and friends, thru proxies, are betting on outcomes and exotic wagers that they control. That's why his reasons for war are so vague and shifting.
"Two grifters, off to see the world..." 🎶
BREAKING The US Federal Aviation Administration says it is grounding all JetBlue flights at the airline's request.
The ground stop affects JetBlue flights to all destinations, the FAA said in an advisory, without giving further details on why the request was made
There's a gene in the family DNA that when activated produces Princess Margaret and Jack the Ripper.
Reporters will want to talk to Bessent on Monday. Will he be available? I'd love to watch that android malfunction in mid-interview: "Daisy, Daisy..."
