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I live in a little ramshackle cottage in the northern Michigan countryside.
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I'm getting the impression that 47 is trying to start a war so he can be a wartime president. Maybe. It looks that way anyhow.

We got up to 55ºF today! That's 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. Cold weather clothing is never packed away for the summer like they do in the South.

Arab-Americans sure have the gall to complain about Trump. If they hadn't thrown their hissy fit about Biden/Harris last fall, Trump would have lost Michigan and the presidency. We have Trump because of Arab-Americans protesting by not voting. They need to apologize to America.

Because of the all-volunteer military in the United States, it is heavily Republican-leaning. The army in America could easily become the military wing of the Republican Party.

The sun is up so late that I sometimes get started doing something and accidentally see a clock. Curse this technology.

If Trump starts a war, I hope Michigan will be on the right side. This federal overreach has gone on too long. #BigGretch

My nephew called. His dad, my brother, died early last week at an advanced age from clearly obvious physical issues, and his kids did literally nothing to prepare for it. I sympathized but told him he has to deal with it. That's his job now. If your parent is old and sick, prepare for the end.

My brother died on Monday night, and I only found out because my nephew's wife decided to tell me by-the-by. My sisters and I, the surviving siblings, have heard literally nothing since then. A funeral? A memorial service? No idea. My brother's weirdness I guess he passed on to his children.

I was raised by a narcissistic mother, and some of these apply to me. Not all, though, because I've spent decades of making mistakes and learning how to resolve some of the issues. It may be near the end of my life, but I'm glad I'm still making progress.

Cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social.

We got fog this morning, and some dumbass is racing down the blacktop through it. When they act like that, is it a dopamine rush or something? Dopamine was meant to help us survive, not get through a day.

I made chicken tacos for dinner. It was my patriotic duty.

So 47 issues an order to Congress, and the Republicans bow as to a king and do as he says. He demands they stop giving money to public radio among other things, and they all sieg heil and obey. That is not a congress; that's a rubber stamp conclave.

If we change Foxtrot Delta Tango to Foxtrot Delta Taco, it would amuse me no end.

For the record, I learned about hurricane season when I was in elementary school.

Wouldn't you love to be a school teacher in a classroom in which the MAGA cult has erected a copy of the Ten Commandments, and you have to explain to your third graders what "covet thy neighbour's ass" means?

Europe considered the United States a security threat. That's why nobody in the 47 administration knew in advance of Ukraine's brilliant and powerful military mission against the Russian forces. Keep him in the dark because 47 will spill the beans if he thinks he can personally benefit from it.

I just learned that my brother has a couple days left on this earth. He's over in Petoskey under hospice care now. My other brother is a Trump MAGA and has cut himself off from me and the other non-Trumpers in the family. We have no way to contact him about this. Trump has ruined everything.

in the light of evolution by natural selection, the Christian religion dissipates. There was no fall of Man and therefore no need for a human sacrifice which means the Eucharistic participation in the death of the god is meaningless.

If we have to watch a military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, I'd rather it be a state funeral.

Note to self. When a friend posts a photo on Facebook of his wife whom you've never met, don't ask, "Is that your mom?" Sometimes I forget we're old.

Dear Iowa: Mrs. Ernst is up for re-election next year. She's the one who didn't think losing Medicaid was all that bad because "we all are going to die".

The smoke from Canada has arrived. It's a faint scent, but it's unmistakable. Lord have mercy on those who fight the fires.

47 is a faker. He's nothing that he claims to be.

There are three places in Alpena that serve tacos. A cheap one, a medium one, and a pricey one. Guess which one I'm going to.

It's hilarious when flatearthers spin a wet tennis ball fast to make fun of the globe earth. The earth turns at the speed of the hour hand on your clock taking 24 hours to turn around one time. Let's see flatearth models that turn a wet tennis ball that slowly. #flatearth

King Charles has invigorated the Canadians even more. With cancer, probably sicker than he's letting on to the public, and he traveled to Ottawa to let Donald Trump know that Canada is free, and their king stands with them on that.

If your identity is completely tied to your political leader, you have some serious issues to work on.

I'm supposed to cheer the Detroit Red Wings... but lately, I've been leaning toward the Maple Leafs out of principle.

If it turns out that Mike Johnson is really the antichrist, I would not be surprised one bit. That would explain so much about that little weasel.

What I admire about the 1950s... affordable state colleges, taxing the rich, and my birth. Everything else can kiss my grits from that decade.

If you serve your time, the sentence passed down by a judge, and you complete that sentence to the very day, you should have your citizenship rights restored. States that don't do that are punishing people for life, not just for the sentence imposed by a judge. #justice

Whoa... 47 spoke up against Putin?? Has hell frozen over?