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I've always wondered how much can you do for your fellow man if your hands are constantly stuck together in Prayers for them?

~ Stanley Victor Paskavich

#NewMexico #Albuquerque #MissionChurch #Southwest #SanFelipedeNeri #cityphotography

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

~ Montesquieu

#industrialphotography #urbandecay #architecturephotography #Albuquerque #NewMexico #Barelas #RailYard

‘Dangerous as hell’: Ted Cruz compares FCC chair’s threats against ABC to mob tactics | CNN Politics GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday denounced Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s threats to pull ABC’s broadcast license as “unbelievably dangerous” and compared some of his rhetoric to...

It is common knowledge that Ted Cruz has no soul. He does however appear to have a vestigial conscience.

#censorship #unconstitutional #mobtactics #tedcruz

Disney cancels free speech with Kimmel, consumers better cancel Disney and ABC.

#jimmykimmel #cancelculture #bocottdisney #boycottABC #standupforfreespeech

Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing.

~ Christopher Fry

#animalphotography #naturephotography #moth #fleeting #understanding

The US Navy Sustainably Manages This Forest In Indiana, All For A 220-Year-Old Ship | GreaterGood Naval Support Activity Crane manages these woods in order to supply replacement lumber for the USS Constitution.

Perversely, our government expends more effort and care to protect the USS Constitution than the U.S. Constitution.

#hypocrisy #NotMyPresident #trump #Constitution #DemocracyLost

My hummingbird babies at play.

Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.

~ Paracelsus

#macrophotography #microcosm #bismuth #heavymetal

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

~St. Francis of Assisi

#possible #RVA #Petersburg #light #shadow

Republicans test a new red line: Denaturalization White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the possibility of revoking Zohran Mamdani’s citizenship status and didn’t say no.

First he pardoned the insurrectionist criminals, and came for your education, reproductive rights, constitutional equality, humanitarian aid, science, voting rights.

Then he drafted legislation to come after your healthcare, social and food benefits.

Now he is going after your citizenship.

Elon Musk just made his starkest political threat since the election | CNN Business After declaring he was stepping away from the political spotlight, Elon Musk got right back in it.

So much for “one crow won't peck the other's eye out”.

#Musk #Trump #karmaisabitch #getthepopcornready

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

- Thomas Merton

#outdoorphotography #reflections #water #appomattox #RVA #Petersburg

On Juneteenth, Trump says the US has 'too many' holidays President Donald Trump said American holidays cost billions of dollars in lost productivity and "must change."

Perfectly agreed. Let’s flush the toilet on his proposed WW I and WW II Victory Days.

#notmypresident #whatanidiot #mydoormatissmarter

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

~ Bernard Baruch

#abandoned #urbandecay #petersburg #RVA #cityphotography #architecturephotography #monochrome

There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.

~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

#plantphotography #nature #closeup #intricate

Let us celebrate Flag Day today and the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.

And let’s remember what the true face of democratic American leadership looks like.

#America #freedom #democracy #constitution #peacefulprotest #trueleadership #obama

There possibly is too much text in the image for it to resonate with the target audience.

Just sayin…

#Musk #Trump #Beavis #Butthead #SoulSisters

And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars.

~ Quran 67:5

#architecturephotography #alhambra #Spain #bathhouse #Islam #Stars #Granada #lightandshadow

You can’t define wonder. You can only stand in the presence of it.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

#SagradaFamilia #Barcelona #Spain #architecturephotography #cityphotography #majestic #Gaudi

Kremlin calls Trump 'emotional' after US president says Putin is 'crazy' Trump said that Vladimir Putin had gone "absolutely crazy" following massive aerial attacks on Ukraine.

The KGB allegedly compared the height of emotional energy back to when the Golden-Shower kompromat photos were taken in Moscow in 2013.

#notmypresident #socialmediadiplomacy #crackerjackpresidency #trump

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

~ Oscar Wilde

#streetphotography #nightphotography #cityphotography #clouds #storm #night #city #RVA

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

~ Dr. Seuss

#outsidelookingin #reflection #art #gallery #artphotography #watching #RVA

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

~ Sallust

#nightphotography #architecturephotography #bridge #clouds #ramparts #RVA

If you keep wandering in the dark streets, may be it is because you find peace in the darkness rather than in the light.

~ Mehmet Murat ildan

#backstreetphotography #cityphotography #night #dark #urban #cobblestone #backalley #RVA

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

Honoré de Balzac

#naturephotography #spider #spiderweb #cobweb #RVA

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

~ Rabindranath Tagore

#clouds #storm #landscapephotography #sky #RVA #Richmond

In the USSR and GDR they used to call that a planned socialist economy where the government dictated prices.

#TrumpsAmerica #NotMyPresident #ThatsNotWhatGoldLooksLike

Tesla troubles: European business is getting worse as sales slump in April Tesla’s troubles in Europe are going from bad to worse.

Sales Heil!

How do you like them apples, Elon?

#musk #elon #karma #karmaisabitch

I appreciate your unfiltered narrative about the photo almost as much as the layered photo itself.
#speakyourtruth