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Archives: April 23, 2022

'Criminal Trump': New Smoking Gun Tape Shows GOP Leader Eyeing Trump Conviction, Pardon - The Beat

Kevin McCarthy passes the Republican leadership test!

Anatomy of a Scandal

Sunset, southern MD

D.C. man gets 7-year prison term in killing of transgender woman

Evening

Va. Attorney General Miyares ends prosecution of Park Police officers in Ghaisar case

What Artillery And Air Defense Does Ukraine Need Now?

Alien Sex Fiend - Now I'm Feeling Zombified

CNN reportedly talking w/Brian Williams, Olbermann and Chris Wallace for slots after CNN+ shutdown

Why are Republicans called conservatives?

Minutes after bill is signed, lawsuit filed against DeSantis for 'Stop WOKE Act'

Two Russian Gas executives found dead with families one day after the

Wichita-based Koch Industries now planning 'exit strategy' for business in Russia

A thing I did today

Donald Trump Jr. Says He'll Keep Wearing A Mask For 1 Reason

'I Don't Remember': Marjorie Taylor Greene Comes Down With Case of Jan. 6 Amnesia While Under Oath

'Woops': Critics Catch Mike Pompeo's 'Freudian Slip' On Fox News

Satellite images show flower blooms from Netherlands to California

Is Marge okay?

CNN reportedly talking w/Brian Williams, Olbermann and Chris Wallace for slots after CNN+ shutdown

Gov. Doug Ducey's stacked Arizona Supreme Court comes through for the rich again

Do you think other companies will think twice about setting up in red states?

To Madison Cawthorn:

Tweet of the Evening:

Did DeSantis Just Stick Florida Taxpayers With a $2B Disney Bill?

RUDE PUNDIT TO MTG: "You're not a revolutionary. You're just a pathetic, opportunistic worm."

Can Putin Be Ousted From Within Russia? Pussy Riot Musician And Dissident Speaks Out On War - The Beat

Friday Talking Points -- The Wait Better Be Worth It This Time

Woman tears down "Pedo World" sign during Disney protest.

The Cerro Pelado fire is making my air smoky

President Biden signs executive order in Seattle to protect old growth forests

Smith Oaks Sanctuary - Nesting Great White Egret with hatchling by AndyS - "Cropped" (2nd try)

Tweet of the Night:

How come perjury charges aren't slapped on people like MTG?

Looking for a way to show support in FL

Mandatory Friday Mike Malloy thread! TGIF!

Curious industrial disasters keep hitting Russia...

Nunes suffers another legal setback. Status of his 10 lawsuits

TFG says he threatened not to defend NATO against Russia

Perfect name for MTG

Richard Ojeda TEARS Into Republican Ron Johnson

Marjorie Taylor Greene Doesn't 'Recall' If She Urged Trump To Impose Martial Law - All In - MSNBC

CNN+ was an ill conceived and stupid idea.

Melissa Lucio will be executed in just a few days if Texas officials don't block this injustice.

US Senate Elections in 2022 that the Democrats are likely to win.

Marjorie Taylor Greene's lawyer exposed himself to a 'heckuva conflict of interest': former federal

Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about Air Force readiness....

NLRB Files in Federal Court Seeking Immediate Reinstatement for Three Starbucks Workers

DFL aims to make Minnesota an early presidential primary state

Canada Tweet of the Night:

Hey Marj i q..... if the election was full of fraud, how did you "win" ???

What does it mean to take America's "jobs of last resort"?

NLRB Files in Federal Court Seeking Immediate Reinstatement for Three Starbucks Workers

What would you grade President Biden so far?

Clutch - Electric Worry (Official Video)

Debbie Gibson - Only in my dreams (live)

GOP's McCarthy and Greene are confronted by their own words after Jan. 6 - PBS NewsHour

Friday Night Rum Buzz. Ask me anything.

Airlines want to bring back passengers banned over masks

Airlines want to bring back passengers banned over masks

Rick Wilson speculates Elise Stefanik leaked McCarthy recording -- and warns GOP leader to 'get a fo

To Madison Cawthorn. The Kinks-Out of the Wardrobe

Corporate America - DeSantis attacking Disney is your Wake-Up Call

Marijuana: Democrats have been a 'huge disappointment to the industry,' Curaleaf exec says

Tucker Carlson: New-Age Testicle Guru, and, Amazingly, Other Equally Stupid Shit (Ferret)

Highwaymen - Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) - live at Nassau Coliseum 1990

For Gen X, Retirement Bites

#OnThisDay in 1933, King Christian of Denmark celebrated the 100th anniversary

With MTG's hearing, I can't stop thinking about her being the pipe bomb person.

Seth Meyers - Mitch McConnell Told Advisers He Thought Trump Was Responsible for Insurrection

John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy

Bonnie Raitt's "Livin' For the Ones" Lyric Video. "Ones that didn't make it".

How many tapes are there?

'Rich Guy Voter Fraud': Meadows Was Registered To Vote In Three States At Once - All In - MSNBC

Legal experts think Marjorie Taylor Greene lied under oath -- but proving perjury charges will still

My first TRUTH SOCIAL post...

Well! If Macheezy McCarthy wanted to tell Trump to step down? Why didn't he do it?

More damning audio of McCarthy emerges - CNBC Television

Altercation: Has The New York Times Learned From Its Trump-Era Disasters?

As Mariupol is destroyed, NATO must make it clear to Putin that he will not win.

A study of politics and personality orientation

Any DUers watching this Richard Engel special on the war in Ukraine?

If We Don't Like How Powerful Trump Is Today, Thank Kevin McCarthy Says Beschloss - The ReidOut MSNBC

From Train Carriage to Sanctuary: #TrainTigers' Journey to Happiness

BIRTHDAY] 🎂🎻 Yehudi Menuhin, the legend of the violin, was born 106 years ago.

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (live on The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1978)

Time Can Actually Flow Backward, Physicists Say

Octordle, WTF?

New Rule: The War on Democracy Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Yehudi Menuhin, Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major Op.61

Greene Failing To Recall Calling For Martial Law 'Hard To Imagine' Says Schiff - The ReidOut - MSNBC

Ok, not sure how to ask.....worst woman smoking in a movie???

Ok if this video somewhat describes TFG supporters

Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 4/22/22

NY AG James says contempt order needed due to intransigence

Are we all giving McConnell a pass for his lying?? He is even on video telling his lies. Media

Inside The Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That Halted Putin's Bombing Plans

US Senate Seats up for re-electIon in 2022 that the Democrats will win.

GOP lawmakers were deeply involved in Trump plans to overturn election, new evidence suggests

Extra Bonus Tweet of the Day

self help books for the newly dead

EU passes historic law to hold social media sites accountable for illegal content

Galveston - Glen Campbell

"your call is important to us..."

For the younger people on the forum and those that were around in 1970

Would You Believe? Still Alive & Kickin'

Curious Number Of Russian Oligarchs Have Died Since Invasion Of Ukraine - TRMS - Ali Velshi - MSNBC

Alex Jones's Bankruptcy Lawyer Indignant That Sandy Hook Plaintiffs Aren't Grateful

Jan. 6 revelations will 'blow the roof off the House,' Rep. Jamie Raskin says

Alex Jones's Bankruptcy Lawyer Indignant That Sandy Hook Plaintiffs Aren't Grateful He Spared Them

Hey Hey Rise Up (feat. Andriy Khlyvnyuk) Pink Floyd

Meet the 'flavor scientists' behind Old Bay Flavored Vodka -- available in DC, MD and DE

The Doors - Jim Live - Light My Fire 1968

Kara-Murza, Post contributor, charged in Russia for 'false' information

Marjorie Taylor Greene goes full PANIC in court when asked DEVASTATING question - Brian Tyler Cohen

Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6th Probe Shows How Close Trump Came To A Coup - TRMS - Ali Velshi - MSNBC

Texas sues to block Biden administration from lifting Title 42, a pandemic-era health rule used to

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower

The document: Motion for Summary Judgment was released about two hours ago.

Russian Kherson Command Post Destoyed

Erasure - True Love Wars

Meadows was warned of violence ahead of Jan. 6, new court filings show

Folklore: Does the Moon Affect Weather?

Ronnie, Talk to Russia - Prince 1981

Donald Trump's Lies about Coronavirus: The Atlantic, from November 2, 2020

Saturday Morning 🐓 Great Weekend Jazz and Bossa Nova Livestream

Good Mood April 🌺 Happy Jazz & Bossa Nova Background Music for Relaxing

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus Ukraine speech (English subtitles)

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus Ukraine speech

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus Ukraine speech

NYT finds most of the FL books were rejected over social emotional learning, new rightwing target

DeSantis Proves An Apt Student Of Trump-Style Bully Politics - TRMS - Ali Velshi - MSNBC

Christopher Rufo Foments a School-Rape Panic The right's boy wonder finds a new cause.

Björn Ulvaeus Ukraine speech

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus Ukraine speech

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus Ukraine speech (English subtitles)

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus Ukraine speech (English subtitles)

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus Ukraine speech (English subtitles)

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus Ukraine speech

Björn Ulvaeus Ukraine speech

(Jewish Group) UK neo-Nazi, 19, arrested for inciting terrorism against Jews

Doesn't this sound nuts?

Rich guy voter fraud

Hair - 1895

Ukraine has more tanks on the ground than Russia - Pentagon

Jesus Jones Zeroes And Ones

Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

Just saw Ben Simmons being interviewed on ESPN about...

Prince - 17 Days (Live At The Los Angeles Forum, April 28, 2011)

Prince - 17 Days

☦ Eastern Orthodox Great and Holy Friday Lamentations First Stasis

What's the way out of Sri Lanka's economic crisis? - Al Jazeera

Breakfast Saturday 23 April 2022

Large hadron collider upgrade 'revolutionary' - BBC News

Sex, lies and audiotape

Global methane pledge cuts methane emissions by 30% by 2030 - CBS News

How Antarctica tells the story of global climate change - CBS News

Record melt on Alaska's glaciers as climate warms - CNBC Television

Scientists have discovered that people who stop working earlier on Friday

ASOV fighters greet children hiding from enemy shelling in shelters.

So yesterday I'm driving north on Rte. 81 in Scranton

It appears that the new artillery is working:

Russia 'plans to seize southern Ukraine' as peace-talks proceed but no agreement in sight - DW News

Canada will give Ukraine US made Howitzers. And more news...

Inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol:

ASOV fighters greet children hiding from enemy shelling in shelters

Container ships leaving China for US drop precipitously

France and Germany have armed Russia with nearly $300 million worth of military equipment

"..in Japan.. trains painted in blue and yellow in a show of solidarity with #Ukraine."

'Russian forces are making small territorial gains in eastern Ukraine' - FRANCE 24

This actually was a hangout for me, back in the day.

Explosion at Afghan mosque kills dozens of people

Ukraine warns that Russia aims to expand war beyond its borders - DW News

Old skins cells reprogrammed to regain youthful function.

Reuters PIctures: Our natural world in vivid landscapes (Celebrating Earth Day, April 22)

League of Legends 'Arcane' is simply some of the best animated storytelling I've seen in years

Gun violence becomes leading cause of death among US youth, data shows

On this day, April 23, 1940, 209 people were killed in the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez.

party before country (McCarthy)

WORDLE 308 (***SPOILER THREAD***)

I just spent an hour cleaning under the stove cover.

French elections: Macron cites Brexit and Trump in last-ditch bid

Biden's Schedule for Saturday, April 23, 2022

I saw a girl who was noticeably pregnant. My guess is she was 11 or 12.

GQP lawmakers were deeply involved in Trump plans to overturn election, new evidence suggests

NYTimes Wordle 4/23

I really like playing around..........

FM: No point delaying Nato membership bid

Finland restricts electricity transmission capacity from Russia

Ukraine Selling 'Russian Warship, Go F*** Yourself' Stamp

First in Middle East: Aramco's Survey Vessel Gets ABS' Infectious Disease Mitigation Notation

Ukraine reports Russians trying to storm Mariupol plant

'What do I still hear, once it's quiet again?'

New institute announced in hopes of making St. Louis a geospatial technology center

The Mystery Of The Menacing Chimes In Northern Virginia

Employment and Training to Hold Open House and Ribbon Cutting for Jersey and Calhoun Counties New Of

Brazil holds first carnival since pandemic

UK supermarkets limit cooking oil in supply-chain issue

Pet duck helps deputies discover body of NC woman; couple charged

School network aims to 'revolutionise' climate change and nature education

Ukrainians can exchange driving licence for Irish one

I can't help feeling guilty this morning. I woke next to the open bedroom window

The fate of Amtrak's train line along Mississippi's coast will be decided by these key issues

Boy set to graduate University of Minnesota at age 13

Album released on this date in 1971

Photo: Gorenka Grandmother dressed her dog in kerchief during shelling

Brought to you by...Our local GOP Dinner

McCarthy believed that "this would pass"...

Roy Orbison was born on this date.

New Rule: The War on Democracy Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Midnight Rambler

The Kremlin is taking a page out of the Person Woman Man Camera TV playbook.

We all have that "one" friend,

"When it's 5 a.m. at an Irish Wedding - Ho, Ro, the rattlin' Bog"

"You compilation of birdcage lining"

I Got My Pa. Absentee Ballot

For my 14,000th post let's do some Navel/Belly-Button gazing...

GOP lawmakers deeply involved in Trump plans to overturn election, new evidence suggests

FIRE calls on Florida institutions and faculty to push back against unconstitutional law

CPAC head Matt Schlapp demands Ken Burns be locked up.

Judge declares Perjury Traitor Green a

Russian TV uses picture of Russian resort to show life 'returning to normal' in occupied Ukraine

What happened to Mike Lindell's latest "revelations?

Welcome back, otter: Critter seen frolicking in Cuyahoga Falls river -- a first in decades

For anyone in CD 15. We have a Democratic candidate

Punishing Disney, DeSatan Signals a Lasting G.O.P. Brawl With Business

I run a trap/neuter/return org. and we need $ for spay/neuter, food, etc. Please help.

League of Women Voters of Florida and Others Sue Over Gov. DeSantis' Congressional Map

The MTG case will be sent to the Secretary of State of Georgia, Brad Raffensberger...

Exxon Bans on LGBTQ Pride Flags

Actress & model star Bettie Page, was #BornOnThisDay, April 22, 1923.

Covid: Plane riders be aware of the unvaccinated and unmasked...

You raised $110.00 on April 22, 2022 for Admiral (ret) Franken US Senate IA (kick Grassley's butt)

i hate the sound of maggot green's voice.

Babushka squared.

You raised $10.00 on April 22, 2022 new BLOOD for Nebraska Governor

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You raised $5.00 on April 22, 2022 OFFICIAL Democratic Underground for Ukraine

Combatting censorship: Brooklyn Public Library

Important Information About Avian Flu and Backyard Bird Feeding

I hope this isn't considered spam

Asia-Pacific Water Summit opens in Japan

Kishida agrees with PMs of 3 nations to cooperate on Ukraine situation

Filing Virginia income taxes for free. What are the recommendations?

Here's How DeSantis and Florida Republicans Just Violated Disney's Civil Rights

You raised $10.00 on April 22, 2022 Abby Finkenauer for US Senate IA

Broomstraw Philosophers and Scuppernog Wine

they know.

Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change

"If only A. Vindman had taken his concerns about the perfect phone call to a trusted journalist."

Native Americans warn of voter suppression in Western states

US Senate seats up for re-election in 2022 in the states that the Democrats will win.

Which of the Ten Commandments do Republican Christians actually believe in?

The media reports on Trump as the front-runner for the White House in 2024...

The British "bobby" failed to get his man...

New York Attorney General Letitia James says contempt order needed because of "Trump's intransigence

Media gets it wrong on Elon Musk and Twitter: The issue is oligarchy, not "free speech"

Here's a thought on the upcoming election

NPR's Tim Mak: The Dogs of War plus an evening walk

Keep shouting this loudly! DeSantis is raising taxes on Floridians BIGLY!

MTG Can't Recall If She Took Part In A Coup It Appears

Now House R's are getting involved in Musk trying to buy Twitter

US House seats that the Democrats will gain in 2022.

Judge Refuses to Block Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs From Ballot Over Capitol Riot

Thunder and Lightning! Very Very Frightening!

Ukraine's centralized used nuclear fuel storage facility 'ready.'

Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about why parts of the right are supporting Russia....

These Two Feral Cats Will Restore Your Faith In True Love

MTG

Two more dead Russian generals!

Folding stuff used to be a precision exercise

The map below is the latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 23 April 2022

NRBQ - A Little Bit Of Bad (nice Sat. morn tune)

10 SCARIEST Roller Coasters in the World

Marcus Flowers post on MTG testimony.

I got very upset and distressed this morning at a FB thread

Wearing the badge of Christian righteousness- poor girl is OK in my book - bless her

10 miners missing at 2nd coal mine in Poland after tremor

Branding Season - cartoon

Hialeah (FL)'s M & M Liquors does it again !! (re Disney vs DeSantis)

Fact Check-President Biden did not try to shake hands with invisible person

January 6 insurgents ALL should lose their right to vote!

None of These Candidate Disqualifying Things Will Work.

Russian mercenaries are Putin's 'coercive tool' in Africa

Ukraine is still winning

Two Russian oligarchs and their families found dead within 24 hour

Reason why McCarthy/MoscowMitch flipped from condemning TFG to supporting TFG-threat of third party

Why is Elon Musk cyber bullying Bill Gates?

I think he's had enough of the hallelujahs...

Textbook with 'divisive teachings' nixed by Virginia board

Cymbaline

A tweet thread about something good.

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Couple stays in Ukraine to take in all the pets left behind

Russian official admits sanctions are crippling the economy as the country grapples with a sell-off

Biden departs Seattle after whirlwind trip to mark Earth Day, tout accomplishments

Targeted by the Mafia State: An Interview With Cheri Jacobus

@mtg puts up a new sign by her Congressional office door..........

Interesting analysis of why German Chancellor Scholz's support for Ukraine is wavering

An aircraft-leasing company says it will write off $800 million worth of jets stuck in Russia amid s

Anniversaries and Posting Milestones (April 23, 2022)

How We Stand Up to Putin and Stop Climate Catastrophe - Robert Reich

A Texas BBQ chain owed nearly $900,000 in unpaid tips and overtime to employees due to a 'misunderst

Love this Ukrainian meme...

Matt Gaetz Mulls Jim Jordan as New GOP Leader Following McCarthy Audio Leak

U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton warns of risk to Russian assets

Metaphor for how Elon will run twitter. Auto pilot Tesla crashes $3 mill jet.

Finland reduces electricity imports from Russia

Russia has forcibly deported hundreds of Mariupol residents, including 90 children, to Vladivostok

Resupplying the Mariupol steel plant.

Saturday Editorial Cartoons

Russian textbook editors ordered to minimize or remove references to Ukraine and Kyiv

A FANTASY regarding the Speakership in the event of a GQP House . . . . .

Marjorie Taylor Greene grows hostile in testimony over re-election eligibility

Meanwhile on Russian state TV: a never-ending Tucker fest

Beer-drinking repairman gets probation for storming the U.S. Capitol

Local election chief threatened by Republican leader seeking illegal access to voting equipment

Republican C.R.T. Can't Remember Truth!

In Mariupol, Putin now rules a wasteland pitted with mass graves

Gaslit and Watergate: The enduring draw of a 1972 conspiracy

Bye bye DeSantis

Julia Davis: This is never a good sign

Local union members show solidarity for Bridgeton Starbucks workers seeking unionization

Archdiocese, teachers' union reach tentative agreement in contract talks

(Jewish Group) Progressive NC Democrats withdraw endorsement over candidate's AIPAC-affiliated donor

Ron DeSantis's attack on Disney obviously violates the First Amendment

Fed-up workers are organizing, and winning

Scientists find dingoes genetically different from domestic dogs after decoding genome

First Mother Jones Festival planned for May 1 in Mt. Olive, IL

(Jewish Group) A beloved Fresno State librarian fantasized about 'target practice' on Jews

Hot, hungry alligators are crawling through Florida neighborhoods

does the Russian army really does not have nco's ?

Russian diplomats expelled from Poland had been blackmailing Ukrainian refugees for information

McConnell at Louisville High School - Gets booed out the building.

Thousands protest plan to raze German village for coal mine

Woman Who Hid from Nazis in Basement as a Girl Dies at 91 While Hiding from Russians, Family Says

"White people have never, ever done anything wrong."

If Ted Cruz can fantasize Mickey and Pluto "going at it"....

Reps. Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan plotted with Trump to stop Biden from becoming president, House Janu

Trump fan explains that Princess Diana & Jackie O are still alive:

Tillis super PAC launches $300K ad buy knocking Cawthorn

Billionaires

McCarthy's push to ascend to House speaker relies on Trump

Trump fan claims antiTrumpers never can name any reasons for not liking him:

Dog steals the show.

The first film shown at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival (2013) was

MTG hearing clearly shows that the obvious reason that MTG couldn't

Things like this are why I'm not a race car driver:

Remember: Trump on nuclear power:

Bangladesh to ban 'immoral character' evidence in rape cases

Bangladesh to ban 'immoral character' evidence in rape cases

Bangladesh to ban 'immoral character' evidence in rape cases

Do you agree with Rick Beato that Gen Z doesn't care about music, preferring video games?

Opinion: Disney should leave Florida. It's time for DeSanty World. - Milbank

The U.S. Could Learn From Argentina's Groundbreaking Plan to Reduce Maternal and Childhood Mortality

The U.S. Could Learn From Argentina's Groundbreaking Plan to Reduce Maternal and Childhood Mortalit

The U.S. Could Learn From Argentina's Groundbreaking Plan to Reduce Maternal and Childhood Mortalit

The U.S. Could Learn From Argentina's Groundbreaking Plan to Reduce Maternal and Childhood Mortali

Big "why did I have Taco Bell right before this client meeting" energy here

Qs I would have liked the attorney to ask MTG

Do. Not. Mess. With. Libraries.

Jeff Tiedrich tweet:

Shall Jews stay, or come, to Florida?

More than 20,000 troops killed or missing, Russian officials appear to admit

Cartoons 4/23/2022

Elected leaders narrow options for Everett light rail stations, tracks

Zelensky warns Putin's Ukraine invasion is only the 'beginning'

Physicians Have Abortions Too: Maintaining Access to Abortion Supports Women's Careers

Physicians Have Abortions Too: Maintaining Access to Abortion Supports Women's Careers

TFG's Oz, Vance endorsements bring cash windfall, backlash

Physicians Have Abortions Too: Maintaining Access to Abortion Supports Women's Careers

Physicians Have Abortions Too: Maintaining Access to Abortion Supports Women's Careers

Picture perfect: life imitates art

Corporations Are Using the Pandemic as an Excuse to Profiteer -- Permanently

Donkey reunited with the girl who raised it:

Tokyo Drift, Russian tank style

Russia investigates media report on presence of British SAS special forces in Ukraine

Steve, the indoor family sheep

Tour boat with 26 aboard missing in frigid Japan waters

250 Ads for Self-Managed Abortion Pill Info Launch in NYC Subway System

Another update to my SmugMug page! Pictures! Birds!

Ky. judge who 'exploited her judicial position to satisfy her personal desires' removed

Updated the web page again!

250 Ads for Self-Managed Abortion Pill Info Launch in NYC Subway System

Terrified Stray Dog Once So Scared Of Humans Is So Happy Now

Another update to my SmugMug page! Pictures! Birds!

250 Ads for Self-Managed Abortion Pill Info Launch in NYC Subway System

Baby elephant's first clumsy steps:

250 Ads for Self-Managed Abortion Pill Info Launch in NYC Subway System

OMG! Checking out YouTube's cute animal clips and a horrible thing happened...

Moon rose @ 2:40 a.m.

Does Putin read the news? One expert says he'd be surprised if the Russian president's media diet 'i

Rescued Sheep Makes Himself Part Of The Family

I avoided posting but I feel like I have to vent re: DeSantis, Disney

R.I.P. Guy🕯

Stretching?

Elon Musk confirmed leaked texts show him turning down a philanthropic opportunity with Bill Gates a

Tucker Carlson In A Tizzy Over Obama Disinfo Speech: 'Full-Blown Fascist Who Hates You'

Julia Ioffe: Mothers for Putin

'Silence guarantees nothing will change': film-makers challenge the anti-abortion movement

'Silence guarantees nothing will change': film-makers challenge the anti-abortion movement

"Greedflation" is the term we need to start using. It puts the blame where it belongs.

'Silence guarantees nothing will change': film-makers challenge the anti-abortion movement

'Silence guarantees nothing will change': film-makers challenge the anti-abortion movement

Constitutional law experts: Disney could 'absolutely' sue Florida for retaliation

U.S. Envoys Blinken, Austin to Visit Ukraine, Zelenskiy Says

Who smokes a "cigar" with a roach clip?

Disney World in Texas? Houston-area judge attempts to lure company from Florida to Lone Star State

EARTH DAY: When you choose the Earth, you choose Indigenous women. When you choose Indigenous women

EARTH DAY: When you choose the Earth, you choose Indigenous women. When you choose Indigenous women

EARTH DAY: When you choose the Earth, you choose Indigenous women. When you choose Indigenous women

Happy birthday to Shakespeare and Prokofiev - both born on this day, in 1564 and 1891.

"I love you Dad". Aww. But wait, there's more.

I shouldn't listen to silver age mysteries

Keep accusing the left of "grooming" and pedophilia and I'll keep pointing out what's really

AOC calls Jan. 6 a 'trial run'; warns that a GOP-controlled House could refuse to legitimize

Dozens of New York City teachers placed on unpaid leave for using fake coronavirus vaccine cards

who knew.

The girls I taught in Kabul were Afghanistan's future. The Taliban has taken that away

The girls I taught in Kabul were Afghanistan's future. The Taliban has taken that away

The girls I taught in Kabul were Afghanistan's future. The Taliban has taken that away

Ludlow Massacre, April 20, 1914, Colo.: 1,200 Miners In 'Deadliest Strike in the History of the US'

Tweet of the morning

(Jewish Group) Uncovered: Myth that Anti-Zionism or Criticism of Israel is Never Antisemitic

(Jewish Group) Remembering the only Jew on the first Freedom Ride - 75 years ago

Don Winslow retiring -- to wage war against the GOP!

(Jewish Group) VIDEO: Watch this rare home film of a Seder in 1932

Daily Distraction 23/04/2022

Commander Hints at Broader Russian Ambitions

Daily Distraction 23/04/2022 Posted in Photography

Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance for Ukraine

❤️ President Biden. This actually happened two years ago today.

For those interested in who won PA Democratic Debate...an online polling site. Link to poll.

Pete Strzok has caught something very sinister in testimony

How to Make School Board Culture Wars Even Worse

Cute copycats:

The Ever Forward just managed to make that turn in the Chesapeake Bay

I've posted this before, but it's well worth a repeat:

The revelations regarding Jan 6th show that the Republican leadership in Congresss thought that the

Call of the wild:

AOL - Zelensky warns Putin's Ukraine invasion is only the 'beginning'

An Appeal to Russian Soldiers. The Enemies are in the Kremlin (Warning: Graphic War Footage!!)

NC GOP leader threatened to fire election official if he wasn't given illegal access to voting machi

Bill Murray allegedly 'handsy' with women on Aziz Ansari film set

Afternoon, female osprey on 'nest' made on OWL box, & later

Are you having problems with not enough memory loss?

They asked me what my name was, and I said "Captain Kidd." They believed me but they wanted...

Ardent Voting Fraud Accuser Mark Meadows Is Registered to Vote in Multiple States

Babies, dogs, giraffe, and crab--all flummoxed by their shadows:

Free to Be... You and Me

Second fire in 8 years to threaten our neighborhood

What's for Dinner, Sat., Apr. 23, 2022

Putin's German puppet asks who poisoned Navalny

Damn shame ... the howitzers that the UA forces just got flattened a building w/ 50 Senior...

DC shooting suspect found dead. Gun cache found

Post a little known fact about a rock song

US House seats that the Democrats will lose and gain.

Will these historic mysteries ever be solved?

Hopefully, this will be the end of the tea party, now called the freedom caucus.

A very pertinent question, Tom Cotton

From Potemkin to Putin: What a centuries-old myth reveals about Russia's war against Ukraine.

I catch fish for you!

I have a mug of tea I just-just- poured. 1 minute minimun since I set the mug down

Wisconsin pair found dead were electrocuted using dangerous art technique, officials say

I wonder if Ukraine still had their nuclear weapons, if any of this horror would have happened?

Man Finds a Strange Wild Kitten And Gives Her a Ticket To Life

Purjury Taylor Green is a liar

Vox Media's Ian Millhiser: I know that it feels wrong to side with a Fortune 500 company here, but

German Shepherd Puppy Meets Cat for the First Time

Starting a side hustle

Peoples in bw beauty lives in us

We now go live to the ceremony honoring newly promoted Russian generals.

The GOP war on democracy is working. Just look at Ohio.

US Senate seats up for re-election in 2022 in the states that the Democrats will win.

When will the next CA US Senate Election for Feinstein's seat be? 2022 or 2024?

Radiolysis, Radiation-Driven Dynamics of AlO(OH)2 Dissolution Observed by In Situ Liquid-Phase TEM.

Marvel's Doctor Strange Sequel Banned in Saudi Arabia over Inclusion of Gay Character

Let us not forget what unites us.

Bette sets us straight

Tweet of the Day

It's hard to miss the tanks -- or the rhetoric -- as Russia prepares for Victory Day

PM Update: Calming breeze tonight. Serious warmth tomorrow.

Imagine Dragons - Enemy...from the outstanding Netflix animated series 'Arcane'

Denver, Colorado Apologizes for Anti- Chinese Race Riot of 1880

Florida Atheist Petitions to Ban the Bible in Miami-Dade and Broward Schools

Democrats' chances in the 2022 midterm elections are better than doomsayers predict MSNBC

Gryff has decided to start meowing

Man charged with threatening Merriam Webster over gender definitions

Tweet of the Night:

Yankee "fans" throw bottle and cans at Cleveland players ...

Kids In The Hall returns for a new season on Amazon Prime 5/13/22

It was fun seeing Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore because

Russia descends even deeper into medieval barbarism

" The Surveillance States" by Ronan Farrow

6 Russian Major Generals have been killed in the Ukraine

looking for golf club advice

update on Kitty who was deeply traumatized by vet visit...

This is noteworthy

Daryle Lamonica, QB who led Raiders to first Super Bowl appearance, dies at 80

"Sheer Beauty" (in my opinion)..Posted by catbyte, in lounge, at link below: 1 min 46 secs.

Texas Paul REACTS to Marjorie Taylor Greene Lying Under Oath! - MeidasTouch

Happy Easter, Mr.putin. The Heaven will never accept you.

Wanna play "where's the bobcat"?

I just went to vote in the french elections today in Norfolk , VA

Split verdict in first-ever Air Force general military trial

"What does one Russian general say to the other?

Tweet of the Evening:

Carbon capture tweet:

TFG Rally-The cult is gathering already in Ohio for the Trump rally tonight.

US military drops appeal of Hawaii order to drain fuel tanks

US military drops appeal of Hawaii order to drain fuel tanks

Rick Wilson on DeSantis: "..government used to intimidate and threaten, Rights are taken. Property s

Mexican workers vote for independent union at border plant

Mexican workers vote for independent union at border plant

Rep Eric Swalwell. Breakfast

So...let's see if I understand what DeSantis did correctly...

Proof that Garland is Investigating Trump- 8 min :14 seconds..."protect integrity of ongoing work"

George Harrison - Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)

As Western Arms Pour Into Ukraine, Zelensky Promises Victory

Tweet of the Evening #2:

I love this face

GOP lawmakers helped Meadows, other Trump aides on strategy to overturn 2020 election: court filing

"The Mindset of Russia's Army is Concerning." - Malcolm Nance - Political Voices Network

Russian mercenaries are Putin's 'coercive tool' in Africa

Bee Gees - Marley Purt Drive

Russia's Putin attends midnight Orthodox Easter mass in Moscow

Chocolate from radiator !

North Korea boasts of 'invincible power' world cannot ignore ahead of holiday

Goose on sandbar

Biden administration to continue Covid-19 funding push when Congress returns next week

Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

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