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August 6, 2025
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…unfortunately doesn’t look like the smoke is clearing. It was a perfect day in Lake Tahoe today. Zephyr wind was down and the lake was quite calm. Hundreds of kayaks, paddle boards and foils out and about..
I just listened to RFK Jr's Public Service Announcement regarding mRNA vaccines.
Clear, concise, to the point, and providing a path for individuals to explore it further. I feel sure more will be coming out on this. What a good choice for Trump to have made, and he's doing constructive things, not taking a scorched earth approach. But I'm also hoping that the fish-in-a-barrel business environment enjoyed by the pharmaceutical companies won't be around too much longer..
The streets where I live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ItoVAinNp0&t=309s
You can see our piso (flat) across the river on some shots.
Video was made on a nice sunny day, but that is not typical. The climate here is very like Seattle or Vancouver, but rainier.
This (Casco Viejo) is the core of the pintxo (Basque Tapas) zone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFMjAhKeHsI&t=517s
The rather excited narrator aside, Bilbao is not a tourist destination at all. The nightlife in the video is certainly mainly locals, or suburbanites in town Saturday night. Also a good reason not to live in the actual Casco Viejo, street noise.
Me, I'm no longer up to the wine and pintxos lifestyle.
This summer was blazing hot in June and early July with highs over 100, but cooled to lows around 65 degrees. In August!
Before global warming mania, no one pretended that they could predict the weather or predict a woman's emotions. Today, every month is the "hottest ever" even when it's not, and women's emotions are mostly predictable as rage or paranoia.
Adam Schiff is now under investigation for bank fraud, mortgage fraud and wire fraud.
He's due to not be arrested next week.
Because he's above the law.
Isn't Schiff the guy who publicly insisted many times that there was direct proof of Trump's Russian collusion (which nobody else has ever seen)? If anyone deserves to twist in the wind...
What's important for people to realize this week is that the FBI has something they call "burn bags."
They put evidence in there. To destroy the evidence. You see, they put the burn bags in a furnace and that way, they destroy the evidence.
Remember that the next time you're on a jury and some FBI guy is testilying.
The air was unhealthy for sensitive people when we went out this morning and sensitive is defined to include those over 65 so it was like smoking a couple cigarettes.
"... it was like smoking a couple cigarettes."
A pack of smokes is now $14 in Boston ($7 if you buy the 'imported' Marlboro cigarettes from the mob guy driving the food wagon down the construction site).
You're getting this for free and whining about it?
When I bought a 2006 Mustang GT, I could never imagine that she would be the most reliable and long-lived vehicle I’d ever own. I’ve lived 9 addresses since. 175k miles on the original spark plugs. No tune ups, nothing but fluids, tires, wiper blades, batteries, filters, belts, and bulbs. I honestly believe I could get another 100k out of her, these 4.6 3Vs are impossible to kill, but because of utility, I let her go.
Up until now, every car and truck I’ve ever owned has been blue. If I’ve learned anything recently, it’s to be like George, and do the opposite! So it’s a Hyundai Santa Cruz XRT in Canyon Red (Orange?) I hear bad things about Hyundai engines lately, although the older V6s are anecdotally very reliable. The XRT employs a 2.5 turbo with impressive HP and torque.
If not for the 10 year warranty, I might have gone in a different direction.
I also closed on a 2/2 condo this week, in the same neighborhood of the house I sold. The house sale was a nightmare. I moved out 18 months ago and had to file a forced partition lawsuit to get it done. Probably lost $300k on the distressed sale and more on legal expenses, but I had no choice. I was held hostage.
It’s all good now, and getting better. I met a lovely woman on the beach about a year ago while conducting my evening sunset photo ritual, and we’re getting along quite well.
BREAKING: "No bag policy" has been implemented for tonight's WNBA game in an attempt to crack down on dildo throwers.
Dildo? - dang they caught me
I used to ride this path in the 1990- early 2000's.
It was mostly pristine.
Now that Democrats run the shit show - it looks like this.
More: When Democrats run the shit show.
(Colorado - In decline)
btw- I define fascism as the massive oppressive punitive democratic regulatory state.
I tried to read the Glamour piece about the dildo throwing ... it only took five 'graphs before the author started blaming Republican men.
Why do so many un-educated idiots like Mamdamni?
The BBC and CNN can suck it.
"BBC and CNN are in full panic mode—after one of their key Gaza sources, Islamic Jihad spokesperson Tariq Salami, was captured and interrogated by Israeli forces.
During the interrogation, Tariq openly confesses what the media won’t let the audience to know:
Western journalists agreed to Hamas’ propaganda terms for covering the war.
According to him, here’s how it works:
•When Hamas rockets hit Gaza hospitals or schools, blame Israel.
•When Hamas fires from hospitals or hides in schools, Israel isn’t allowed to strike—because “war crimes.”
•When Palestinians commit terror, it’s justified—because Israel exists.
Yes, you read that right:
They blame Israel not just for defending itself, but for simply existing.
Tariq also confirmed that the explosion at Al-Ma’madani Hospital was caused by an Islamic Jihad rocket that fell short—but Hamas and the media agreed in advance to blame Israel no matter what.
This isn’t journalism.
It’s a coordinated disinformation campaign—between Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Western media outlets.
And they’re STILL doing it."
@Peachy (10:29), check the definition of “free stuff.”
For the better part of 20 years, Senator John Cornyn has spent his time attacking Democrats and judges. At the behest of our revenge president, he has submitted legislation aimed specifically at NY AG Tish James who won case against Donald Trump for ripping off lenders. Trump has not paid the $500 million settlement.
So Cornyn is introducing the LETITIA Act to increase penalties for public officials who commit financial fraud because Trump's DOJ is investigating a charge of home mortgage fraud against James and Senator Adam Schiff.
I doubt that he considers that the law may affect Trump as well.
Remember that the next time you're on a jury and some FBI guy is testilying.
They want us to believe that their handwritten notes are always completely truthful, and therefore no audio or video recordings of their interrogations are necessary.
This is stupidity on stilts. We have known since the Clinesmith scandal that the FBI will falsify its reports to serve their political masters.
If an FBI agent told me the sky was blue, I'd look out the window. If an FBI agent testified at a trial where I was a juror, I would ignore any evidence that came only from his notes with no other corroboration. They are untrustworthy Stasi scum.
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