For fun, we watched "Troy," the 2004 movie with Brad Pitt as Achilles. Helen is blonde, the characters speak using fake-formal language and the whole thing is dreadful, both boring and silly.
A jazz rendition of a Beatles tune for your day :) I make these videos to calm my nervous system in trying times and am always pleasantly surprised when others find them helpful. Stay strong my friends. Something - The Beatles
Saturday morning jazz before I make my coffee ☕ Follow along for jazz piano every day here on Bluesky! This was a request I was happy to fulfill. "I'll be looking at the moon, but I'll be seeing you" 🌙 ✨ I'll Be Seeing You- Fain/Kahal 🎹
Today in Park Vendors Ripping Off Visitors. I saw a normal size bag of Beef Jerky, Sea Salt & Pepper, $30. Beware and bring a cooler. Prices in the park are completely out of control.
If you thought John Mitchell or Bill Barr were bad… just you wait.
This little guy's still looking a little smooshed
“THAT’S THE BEST YOU GOT?” Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social reacts to Republicans using his full name in a clearly bigoted effort to gin up racist, Islamophobic fear around his candidacy.
I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.
Half way through the week-- hang in there! Maybe grab some coffee and chill out to some jazz standards before hitting the news. Join me every day here on Bluesky for more music 🎹 Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael ✨
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Whitehouse on Blanche and Ghislaine Maxwell: "It was to get exculpatory information about Donald Trump and then reward her ... How often does a prisoner allegedly facing threats or danger get moved to a less secure facility? Think about it. It doesn't pass the test of common sense."
Whitehouse: "Next we get to this crooked slush fund Trump family tax amnesty scam. We've got these two new pieces of paper. One signed only by Blanche, one not signed by anybody. Neither of which has any legal effect whatsoever. They are decorative. Can you trust Todd Blanche? I do not."
The founders are calling. They suggest you read the damn Constitution.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Any Senator who votes to confirm Todd Blanche is also siding with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell – and is actively participating in covering-up their numerous and heinous crimes.
Marsha before Trump’s cover-up: “I will not stop fighting until all of Epstein’s records are released.” @MarshaBlackburn after Trump’s cover-up: 🤷🏼♀️ More on her refusing to help Dems track down bank records: www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
WATCH: “Todd Blanche is committing a fraud on Congress. This document is a sham.” @SenBlumenthal warns the insurrectionist slush fund is NOT dead, and @SenThomTillis & @JohnCornyn are falling for another Trump/Blanche lie.
During his last session in Congress Flake was the 3rd most conservative member of the Senate.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterdayNEWS: Former Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has endorsed Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for re-election Flake: “I’m still a conservative Republican. But character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution.”
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And narcissistic personality disorder, and, at this stage, psychosis.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "I know Europe better than anybody. Better than the people that run it."
Southern Europe is becoming more flammable with the number of summer days primed for extreme fire conditions more than doubling since 1981 Scientists said the "major intensification" of fire-prone weather was driven by climate change www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
Southern Europe 'becoming more flammable' in hotter climate, experts say
Southern Europe is "becoming more flammable" with the number of summer days primed for extreme fire conditions more than doubling since 1981, a new study found on Thursday.
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Finally, someone mentions that Todd Blanche has stood in front everyone and with his full throat refused to investigate the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti. And there is no federal investigation—at all—of Renée Good’s death.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayKlobuchar: "More than six months after Renee and Alex's deaths when I asked Acting AG Blanche if the department would finally fully cooperate with state law enforcement in these investigations, he said 'it depends on what full cooperation means'...Minnesotans deserve transparency and accountability"
