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April 19, 2025

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Happy Easter.

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59 comments:

Gospace said...: Thread- with pics- showing a Democrat congresscritter being an unlawful combatant in Ukraine.... https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1913650480942641157.html; 4/19/25, 5:21 PM
n.n said...: Van Hollen Backtracks As El Salvador Stunt Backfires Spectacularly

... the Trump administration revealed the evidence that Abrego Garcia is, in fact an MS-13 gang member, but also that he reportedly engaged in human trafficking and domestic abuse.

With El Salvador unburdened from gangs, the original stipulation for denying return to his home nation is a moot point. Next year in San Salvador.; 4/19/25, 5:23 PM
Lawnerd said...: The ice has finally melted from our lake here in the north woods of Wisconsin. The heated mats have been taken down from the roof and the gutter melters removed. Spring has sprung, but I have to keep reminding myself that sometimes it snows in May, and sometimes it even snows in June.; 4/19/25, 5:29 PM
Gospace said...: "Lawnerd said...
... Spring has sprung, but I have to keep reminding myself that sometimes it snows in May,..."

And further south and east from there- cold weather injuries at the annual West Point Camporee because leaders didn't see to it their youth were prepared for weather changes. One year on Mother's Day there it snowed > a foot on Saturday night. Global warming really needs to get on the ball...

I've been to that camporee before. Twice is all. And the weather in the Hudson Valley can turn on a dime. Also been to two other camporees where every year seems to face different weather. Had to shovel snow to pitch a tent, had sunburn from running around in short sleeves, got rained on, and helped other troops as their tents or dining flys took off in the wind. Ours have never done that... not due to luck, but rather proper staking down and setup.; 4/19/25, 5:44 PM
FormerLawClerk said...: The story of the day is of course being ignored by most of the media.

The Democrat Party run county hospital in Hennepin County, Minnesota is running staff trainings for their 7,000 doctors and nurses that teach them when it's OK to use the N-word.

You read that right: It's OK for employees to use the N-word at this Democrat Party run hospital. So long as the proper training materials are followed.

The training goes into the history of the N-word and how it was routinely used by both white and black people before it somehow became verboten. But then it became OK again to say the N-word in the proper circumstances.

If you are an employee of this hospital, you can call people the N-word, under the proper circumstances.

This is the Democrat Party.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14628103/hospital-n-word-training-video-flow-chart-slur-minnesota.html; 4/19/25, 5:44 PM
john mosby said...: Watched this week's Doctor Who. Pretty good counterexample of why race-blind casting sucks. The Doctor (played by an Afro-Brit) and his new companion (played by a South Asian Brit) travel to 1952 Miami. Jim Crow stuff comes up here and there - a bit heavy-handed, but better than if the show had gone with anachronistic rainbow-coalition casting. Then there was a nice bit of fourth-wall breaking where the Doctor meets present-day fans of the show, who are played by a mix of groups reflecting current urban England.

You can't do stuff like that if you get your audience used to seeing every time period inhabited by equal United Colors of Benetton actors.

JSM; 4/19/25, 5:54 PM
Iman said...: Bernie Sanders:

“That guy who comes to a potluck empty-handed, complains about the food everyone else brought, then tries to take all the leftovers.”

https://x.com/ClownWorld_/status/1913438313584955601; 4/19/25, 6:07 PM
Captain BillieBob said...: 83 degrees here today. Last weekend we had 3" of snow.; 4/19/25, 6:10 PM
tcrosse said...: An old college friend from 60 years ago sent me a gift subscription to The New Yorker. Neither it nor I are as we once were, so TNY is not exactly my cup of tea. I have been getting nowhere with the cartoon caption contest at the back, not having a suicidal outlook.; 4/19/25, 6:21 PM
wildswan said...: Had melon-ball size hail here yesterday. I watched the hailstones bouncing up from the pathway stones and I wondered about the flowers. Checked around today and the magnolia blooms are coming out. Maybe they wondered who was knocking - was April really there?; 4/19/25, 6:22 PM
J L Oliver said...: Capt. Billy Bob- The average would be near normal.; 4/19/25, 6:43 PM
Original Mike said...: "The heated mats have been taken down from the roof and the gutter melters removed."

I don't know about these. Are they to prevent ice dams?; 4/19/25, 7:05 PM
Big Mike said...: I had a scary thought today. What if the COVID-19 release from the Wuhan lab was not at all accidental? What if it was an act of war?; 4/19/25, 7:41 PM
Political Junkie said...: Anyone have experience with adoption? Asking because wife and I are about to go through the adoption process. Thanks for your comments.; 4/19/25, 7:41 PM
wildswan said...: 12 million people came into this country during 4 years of Biden and this happened because due process was not observed and no judge objected to the absence of due process for this group of people. Does it not then follow that for those who came in without due process and without judicial intervention during the Biden years we can follow the same process to expel them and no judge can object?

Biden by executive order said that everyone who arrived while he was President was to be admitted by the Border Patrol regardless of how they answered questions on the required forms. And no one in the judiciary objected. Trump can then expel members of that same group regardless of how they answer questions on a required form. For he can claim that none of the group admitted under Biden at the Southern border filled in the required forms at that time.; 4/19/25, 7:52 PM
Lem Vibe Banditory said...: Happy Easter.; 4/19/25, 8:00 PM
Mary E. Glynn said...: Political Junkie said...
Anyone have experience with adoption? Asking because wife and I are about to go through the adoption process. Thanks for your comments.
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Be nice and say a prayer every night they keep you...; 4/19/25, 8:04 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Happy Easter to everyone. I've gotten involved in watching Season 5 of the TW zone. Dont tell my boss, but I can watch TV shows and work at the same time. And over the last 2 weeks I was able to watch all of Season 5. Highlights: Living Doll, Steel, Number 12 looks just like you, Ring-a-ding Girl, Terror at 20000 feet, the long morrow. Overall impression: Serling must have been burnt out. Lots of pale replays of previous episodes. Lots of "The Jerk gets his compuppance". Too many where everyone or mostly everyone is obnoxious.

And the postives: What great acting. What great camera work and set design. Lee Marvin, Jack Klugman, Richard Baseheart, Kojak, "hoffy" from Stalag 17, and many others.; 4/19/25, 8:11 PM
Lem Vibe Banditory said...: I stopped watching the lord of the lotus sometime halfway thru the first season. but now that it's a hit, I predict they are going to tackle transness. I got a lot of catching up to do.; 4/19/25, 8:28 PM
Mary Beth said...: If you are an employee of this hospital, you can call people the N-word, under the proper circumstances.

I saw the flow chart. The "proper circumstances" was what I expected - allowed if you are black, not allowed if you are not.

I scrolled back to the top of the article to make sure it wasn't published on April 1. Some words have no place being used at work. This is one of them. It's not "reclaiming" the word, it's trashy.; 4/19/25, 8:33 PM
Lem Vibe Banditory said...: Local Headline: "Deer population explosion creates concerns in Peachtree Corners"

"James Robinson and so many others here are concerned..."

“They’re certainly a nuisance in terms of, you know, if you’re a gardener or if you have any plants that you really are fond of. You’re probably going to lose those unless they’re deer-proof, and if you have any puppies or young dogs like I have, they very much want to get your deer poop, eat it, and it can cause some real problems.”

"City officials said the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR)... are now working... to find large tracks of privately owned land to potentially conduct controlled hunts. Not everyone likes the idea."; 4/19/25, 8:46 PM
Jamie said...: Political Junkie, I'm breaking my Lenten silence a day early because I want to congratulate you on your new arrival! I have no personal experience with adoption but dear friends have two adopted sons. Are you adopting domestically or from another country? Baby or older?; 4/19/25, 8:53 PM
lonejustice said...: Just curious. What does the small blue sign in the first photo say?; 4/19/25, 8:57 PM
lonejustice said...: Just curious. What does the small blue sign say in the lower part of the first photo?; 4/19/25, 9:00 PM
Lawnerd said...: @Original Mike- yes, we have two heated mats and gutter heaters to prevent ice dams. Without them, at times the water comes pouring in through the ceiling and wall.; 4/19/25, 9:04 PM
Rocco said...: lonejustice said...
“Just curious. What does the small blue sign in the first photo say?”

Warning! Lake ahead. Do not drive past this point.; 4/19/25, 9:14 PM
Kathryn said...: Political Junkie We adopted one of our sons 42 years ago We adopted across state lines so we had to meet the requirements of both states with two sets of social workers, etc Blessings to you all on this journey; 4/19/25, 9:19 PM
Original Mike said...: @Lawnerd - Interesting. Thanks!; 4/19/25, 9:23 PM
Political Junkie said...: The adoption will be in state (TX). We are still in the background investigation stage, so have a ways to go before we have kids in the home. We will be doing "foster to adopt".; 4/19/25, 9:39 PM
Michael McNeil said...: Brought forward from before:

“Why is following a hot-link supposedly daring?”

You must be new around here. Some people would provide links way off topic that are...hard to forget seeing.

I've been on this blog for 20 years. Beyond that, one can always look to see where a link—even a hot-link—is going before following it. For instance, using a computer with a hot-link, hover your mouse over the link; on iOS hold your finger down on it for second or two. (For those using iOS, turn off “Preview” first; when employing a computer, turn on [e.g.] “Show Status Bar” [Safari] first.)

I recommend checking before following a link—but hot-links are not dangerous in this regard. Simply look first, as always.; 4/19/25, 9:59 PM
Jamie said...: Our friends adopted their sons from Russia and Lithuania, almost 30 years ago - a very different experience from what you're undertaking, Political Junkie, but with at least the commonality that they were welcoming children who desperately needed a loving, stable, and structured home. I wish I had advice to offer beyond what I'd tell any new parent - eat your Wheaties, and don't expect to get what you give - not right away! The rewards are unlike anything you can find anywhere else, but they can be a while in coming.; 4/19/25, 10:34 PM
Wa St Blogger said...: Political Junkie said...
Anyone have experience with adoption? Asking because wife and I are about to go through the adoption process. Thanks for your comments.<\i>

I’ve adopted 6 times from 2002-2016 and have advised friends several times since. What do you want to know?; 4/19/25, 11:10 PM
Wa St Blogger said...: begone?; 4/19/25, 11:11 PM
gadfly said...: Sorry n, n: Governmental officials have admitted in court on two occasions that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported in error.

Besides, SCOTUS has now declared that all those prisoners in the Salvadoran gulag and those deportees picked up illegally by ICE get their day in court.

"To the extent the Government removes even one individual without affording him notice and a meaningful opportunity to file and pursue habeas relief, it does so in direct contravention of an edict by the United States Supreme Court."; 4/19/25, 11:29 PM
Original Mike said...: "Governmental officials have admitted in court on two occasions that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported in error."

Can you provide a link to that, please?; 4/19/25, 11:46 PM
Political Junkie said...: Wall Street Blogger - Any stories you share are interesting and helpful. Thanks.; 4/19/25, 11:46 PM
Lem Vibe Banditory said...: I guess alcohol was my anti anxiety drug. Thinking about the fish taking more risks after consuming higher doses of diluted anti anxiety drugs in the treated waste water that reenters the streams and rivers. Now. How diluted does the vax regime have to be not to have not to have a deleterious effect on newborns?; 4/20/25, 2:09 AM
Big Mike said...: The question is, if Abrego Garcia was deported in error, what was the alleged error? Answer, some judge overly caught up in the pettifoggery of Abrego Garcia’s lawyer ruled that he could not be deported to El Salvador’s, which is where he was, in fact, deported. Judges should be more skeptical.; 4/20/25, 2:17 AM
Big Mike said...: It’s after midnight. Happy Easter, everyone.; 4/20/25, 2:18 AM
guitar joe said...: Happy Easter! He is risen!; 4/20/25, 5:09 AM
Olson Johnson is right! said...: Political Junkie: Advice? Okay-every day think how lucky you are. Every delay, every setback, every slow-walk-lawyer-talk-baloney you go thru, just be grateful.
Great great Grandma Kay was put on an orphan train just before the civil war- she rode from New York to Galena IL. She was 12 or 13, she spoke no English. She did speak excellent Danish. Her new home was with farmers who also had a store. Married a farmer and had a dozen children.; 4/20/25, 5:42 AM
Lem Vibe Banditory said...: Reddit: Things that Grok ignored about Grego Garcia

Grok needs to do more research.; 4/20/25, 6:15 AM
Breezy said...: Political Junkie, we adopted a newborn baby boy 27 years ago from another state. After a week, we were able to travel home with him. The wait for a match for us seemed unending, but once we were matched and we were able to see and hold him, it all made sense. Ours was a closed adoption, btw, which was not the norm then or now I believe. We would’ve done open or closed - this was the birth parents’ wishes. This past month, our son has begun outreach to make contact with his birth parents. We fully support them finding each other. We expect they’ll be as proud of him as we are.; 4/20/25, 6:24 AM
Jamie said...: Happy Easter, all!; 4/20/25, 6:40 AM
exhelodrvr1 said...: He is risen indeed!; 4/20/25, 6:44 AM
Jersey Fled said...: tcrosse:

The best thing to do with The New Yorker is to immediately throw it in the trash. Do not even bother to recycle.; 4/20/25, 7:22 AM
Mary E. Glynn said...: Ours was a closed adoption, btw, which was not the norm then or now I believe. We would’ve done open or closed - this was the birth parents’ wishes. This past month, our son has begun outreach to make contact with his birth parents.
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So they gave you their child with one "catch"...
and you enjoyed him for 27 years, and now you are reneging on the deal.
They chose a closed adoption, so they could move on with their lives, put him in their past, and build new families. Maybe did not even tell their new spouses and children about their past "mistakes". To you, it was a child. To them, it was something they did not abort and disappear, but they chose closure and shutting that door...

Your son should respect that. I'm sad for him that he feels the need to "know". I'm angry at you that you are acting as through your child needs to be affirmed by his birth parents, that they need to know how he turned out and will be proud...

You are disrupting their lives, having him come in now knocking on their door, when they were both promised a closed adoption. Shame on you.; 4/20/25, 8:35 AM
Mary E. Glynn said...: Big Mike said...
It’s after midnight. Happy Easter, everyone.
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It's a sunset thing, not a clock thing.
The Easter Vigil kicked off Easter... you are hours late.
You're Jewish, right? nttawwt. But educate yourself or just keep mum.; 4/20/25, 8:38 AM
Original Mike said...: "The question is, if Abrego Garcia was deported in error, what was the alleged error?"

That's what I've been asking, because the left sure seems to think this is a killer argument.

"Answer, some judge overly caught up in the pettifoggery of Abrego Garcia’s lawyer ruled that he could not be deported to El Salvador’s, which is where he was, in fact, deported."

Is that it? Is that the error they keep talking about?; 4/20/25, 8:38 AM
Mary E. Glynn said...: Big Mike said...
I had a scary thought today. What if the COVID-19 release from the Wuhan lab was not at all accidental? What if it was an act of war?
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Always late to the party you are. People have been wondering this for years...; 4/20/25, 8:39 AM
wendybar said...: Congratulations Political Junkie!! We need more people like you and your spouse!!! Happy Easter!; 4/20/25, 8:40 AM
FullMoon said...: "This past month, our son has begun outreach to make contact with his birth parents. We fully support them finding each other. We expect they’ll be as proud of him as we are."

Hope that works out.
14 year old neighbor put her baby boy up for adoption.
No further contact. She is now married with two kids and leads a normal middle class life. Husband has no knowledge of previous child.
Other situation, baby bot raised from birth by grandparents, who he believed were mom and dad. As a teen, birth dad contacts him. Grandparents marriage dissolves, kid is confused, is not really accepted into fathers family.In the end, nobody is happy.
On the other hand, do know one where adult daughter contacted birth mom years ago and everything turned out great. Both families kinda blended and everyone happy.; 4/20/25, 9:37 AM
dbp said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/20/25, 9:59 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Army delivered armored combat vehicles to southern border ahead of Trump's order authorizing military to occupy federal land (CBS News)

"President Trump last week authorized the military to take control of a 700-mile-long and 60-foot-deep strip of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border stretching from California to New Mexico in an order that claims the U.S. is "under attack from a variety of threats."

It's an attempt to get around the prohibition on using the military for domestic law enforcement because the land will now be an Army base.

...

There were about 7,200 illegal border crossings during the entire month of March, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. In 2023, there were some days when more than 10,000 people crossed.

And on a recent morning on Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, New Mexico, where foot trails have been worn into a hillside, a CBS News crew didn't see a single person trying to cross. "

There's an Army depot near where we live, at which there was a parking area filled with MRAPs and other transport vehicles. A couple of months ago, it was empty. I guess I know where they probably went.; 4/20/25, 10:02 AM
Wa St Blogger said...: Any stories you share are interesting and helpful.

Jamie makes a good point:

eat your Wheaties, and don't expect to get what you give - not right away! The rewards are unlike anything you can find anywhere else, but they can be a while in coming.

Much depends on the circumstances of the child's history and their age. For littles (say under 2), your biggest concern is trauma and any issues the birth mother introduced while the child was in the womb. For children older, you will have to be concerned with attachment issues. If the children never had a stable home and never attached to a primary care-giver, they may never fully attach to you. This is a very significant factor and something you should be very prepared to navigate through.

In general, trust could be the biggest concern to deal with at first. Disruption in family life for a foster child is huge, and they will likely not trust that you are for real and will stick with them. This can get so bad that they may purposefully try to sabotage the relationship either to test you or to avoid what they don't relate to - they don't want to let anyone in.

It was told to me early in my adoption experience that you cannot spoil a child in the first year. Build their trust by always being the one to meet their needs. Protect them from bad choices, and don't let them do bad things, but don't punish them harshly, but set clear boundaries and love them to death no matter what.

I have tons of stories that I cannot fill this space with, so if you want a longer conversation use my g mail account wabloglog at...

I will give one anecdote. On our first adoption, the three year old, after being placed with us, when nighttime came would stand by the front door with her backpack on crying hysterically, pointing to the door and saying she wanted to go home. Now she is 25 and has a very close and deep relationship with her parents.; 4/20/25, 10:43 AM
gadfly said...: Elon has Tesla odometer-setting software designed to eliminate vehicle warranties early/a>

Surprise, Surprise!; 4/20/25, 11:05 AM
Political Junkie said...: Thank you all for sharing the adoption stories.; 4/20/25, 11:36 AM
gadfly said...: Last November, American farmers and agricultural corporations threw their support to the Tariff King. Now that the escallations in Trump's China tariff war have reached 145% by both sides, our bulk sales of farm commodities are substantially reduced unless we go tariff free on farm commodities.

What is different this time — aside from much higher tariffs — is that China has poured money into warehouses, railroads, ports and other infrastructure in Brazil and Argentina over the past decade to get more early and frequent harvests of cheaper agriculture commodities onto Chinese ships. That includes opening a giant terminal this year at Latin America’s largest port in Santos, Brazil which will become its largest foreign seaport.

The only thing that prevented ruin for American farmers during the last trade war was a $23 billion government bailout program. The Trump administration is again contemplating an agriculture bailout — a tacit acknowledgment that retaliatory tariffs will hurt farmers — but there is no guarantee it would make up for all losses in the future. And no matter what happens with farmers, American consumers will take any tariff increases on the chin.; 4/20/25, 12:29 PM
Jersey Fled said...: Re: Gadfly above.

Article was written by a guy with a degree in pharmacology based on a report from another guy who thinks his odometer might be wrong.

Oh, and some posts on Reddit.; 4/20/25, 1:10 PM