Those 3 pictures were taken at the same time and place. The trees are nearly entirely bare in the third picture because they're in a much more exposed position. Here's one more photograph, about a mile away, taken at 3 in the afternoon, in the rain.
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“Lotta track today Red, lotta track.” Eddie Sweat
Would it be newsworthy to report that an illegal alien who was in custody pending deportation and released by a Democrat judge has been re-arrested and charged with rape, or is this too much like "another day ending in "Y"?
The Althouse crowd aren't really trekkies, they're the exact oppposite. But i'm surprised no one mentioned the death of "Picard" aka Patrick Stewart - Captain of the Enterprise - TNG version.
He was 86, and lived a long full life. A very good actor, who toiled away in the Royal Shakespeare company before somone persuaded Roddenberry to make him Captain Kirk's successor.
Of course, he was a dumb libtard, but he wouldn't have lasted long in Hollywood as a conservative. And in any case, he was English and kept a relatively low profile via US politics.
What's really sad if there seem to be no new "Picards" or guys like Anthony Hopkins.
No matter what happens tomorrow (or whenever they finish counting votes in your area), Trump will still be President for another two years, Congress will still get nothing done and the race for 2028 - with no incumbent in the WH - will begin in earnest.
If the left captures one or both chambers, will they govern with an eye on 2028 or will they go scorched Earth with their Trump hatred and poison the well....
I voted early, and that is all I will do, so I did my best and am done.
I fear a Blue Tsunami, but hope I am wrong.
If I had to have one R senator pull off a victory, I would sacrifice my home state of TX to ensure the Jew Hater in Michigan is defeated.
Let me tell you a story. I think it was 2022, somewhere in there. And I'm in a Bible study. My chuch, Christ Episcopal church, liberal church. I might possibly be the most right-wing guy in my church. And everybody likes me. Church is wonderful.
Anyway, on Thursday mornings we have this 30 minute service, and then 30 minute breakfast and chat, and then 30 minutes of Bible study. And we're in the 30 minutes of free talk. Which, on this particular day (unusual believe it or not) we got a little anti-Trump in the commentary.
A black lesbian was going on and on about how crazy the president was, and awful he was, and how dangerous he was. I knew who she was talking about, of course. But she kept saying "the president."
So I said, "Wait a minute. Are you talking about Joe Biden?"
And she said, "No! I'm talking about Trump!"
"But he's not the president," I said. "He's out of office. He's irrelevant. Why are we talking about him?"
"Everybody's talking about him!" she said. And they're shushing us and trying to change the subject. Her white wife is trying to shush her, and everybody else in the room is trying to shush me. We try to keep it spiritual and happy on Thursday mornings.
Anyway, she's still anti-Trump. Most of us, we don't change our politics. (Until we do!). But it's still worth it to talk to people. Plant seeds. We all have different experiences and difference life stories. And you don't know anybody until you talk to them.
I'm sure she's voting straight ticket. I voted straight ticket. When I was young I always tried to vote for both parties because I figured there were good people in both parties. (Ooo, I got burned by that idea).
But what I want people to think about is that all these Senate and House candidates will get millions of votes. And most of the people voting are really good people, nice people. We have ideas about politics. And sometimes our ideas don't match up with the grimy reality. And it can be hard to figure out what's real sometimes. The seen and the unseen.
Anyway, God bless everyone. Go out and vote. Let's build the best country we can. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
Anyone on the left want to defend their side's attempted and maybe successful coup in Poland, where the leftists decided "This Democracy voted the wrong way, so we'll just declare the President invalid while he's out of the country and assume power. What, like we should listen to the people's vote in a Democracy?"
RIP Donnie Iris.
“Ah, Leah”…
YouTube: "Amélie" (2001) Analysis on the French movie 'Amélie' is on my list of favorite movies.
One of my children lives in FL. In the Space Coast area. His town received >20" of rain in the last 24 hours. That's a LOT of rain. He had mentioned something about zoning there when I visited and I called today to see if I remembered it correctly.
The slab a house sits on has to be 24" above the nearest road level. Which means on most lots- his included- the house sits on fill that was hauled in, or dug from somewhere on the lot creating a small pond or lake. Apparently that's enough (so far) to handle torrential downpours. This is the first such torrential downpour they've received since moving there. The house is currently surrounded by a moat. 4-5" below the foundation as the rainfall lessens. So the road is passable by canoe or kayak- but not everyday cars. A foot and a half of water sitting on the road is too much for most.
The ground down there is pretty porous. And, of course, they have a few streams and rivers that drain to the Indian River, which is basically the ocean but a little less salty...
I've walked his yard many a time, and there are always parts that are squishy when you trod upon them. Don't need to dig down far to find water. He has one artesian well that came with the property. No clue how deep the pipe is, but the spigot is 4 foot off the ground and water flows out at a nice rate.
Makes me wonder if FL hydrologists know where all the underground water flow in Florida is coming from and going to.
His company has everyone who can work from home working from home for the next few days. As i suppose most sensible companies are doing.
Underground water movement is fascinating. My neighbor and I live basically on top of a hill. I have a garage near the road, and a basement, and my house runs about 120' to a end in a garage on a slab- at about the same level as the upper garage floor. I have a sump pump in the upper garage. My neighbor's well is about 100' from the road and the water level is about 75' down. My well is about 700' from my house. going downhill towards the swamp, and is a dug well, with the water level down around 12-15' below ground level. TBH, probably about the same actual water level as my neighbor's well. My water quality is better- he has some sulfur in his, there's none in mine. And- no detectable iron in mine, a few PPM in his.
He and I are both puzzled over why, on top of a hill, I need a sump pump in an 8' foundation for the upper garage.
Probably more then anyone wanted to know, but I shared anyway.
Some interesting non-US-related news from the Caribbean (link):
"HAITI: THE GANG LEADER KNOWN AS 'GALAXY' HAS BEEN KILLED. 18 HOSTAGES HAVE BEEN RELEASED, INCLUDING 12 YOUNG GIRLS
"According to several online sources, El Salvador's special forces launched a massive land and air assault deep into the forests where the gangs are hiding.
"Around twenty gangsters, including the leader "Galaxy," are said to have been neutralized."
It will be interesting if El Salvador's Special Forecs clean up Haiti, just to get their 4 hostages back, when dozens of nations, and dozens of NGOs, have utterly failed to do so while spending billions. Of course, like all NGOs, these were more interested in spending money than solving problems.
The picture at the link has more text, mentioning drones, and telling us Galaxy's gang is (was?) called Cabaret.
It's cold out. Let me in. May I stay?
"Of course, like all NGOs, these were more interested in spending money..."
You misspelled "stealing".
Just sayin'.
Political Junkie at 7:52, you are awesome, brother
Notice how afraid they are to simply ask questions.
More strikes in Iran right before people vote tomorrow? That ought to do wonders for oil prices.
I’m tempted to feel a little smug knowing I would never have voted for this loser—and that I left the Republican Party over his nomination. But the damage he’s doing to this country is far too serious to gloat about. He is a grave danger to the nation.
Thanks, Republicans.
The cutest. thing. ever.
Democrats are corrupt evil fucks.
Just remember when the smoke clears in about a month when California finishes counting its home made ballots that Fetterman is essentially a Republican.
It takes days and days to get the cheat right for Biden.
Crime/mob/ruin.
Yeah, rich. The war in Iran is so unpopular that thousands sre protesting.
Oh. Wait. There are no protests. How come there are no protests, rich?
"How come there are no protests, rich?"
Ooooo! Ooooo! ***raises hand*** Call on me!
Cuts to USAID?
“ He and I are both puzzled over why, on top of a hill, I need a sump pump in an 8' foundation for the upper garage.”
Probably a perched water table, you may have a foundation on fill over a deeper clay layer that keeps water in the soil on the hilltop. The water stays there even though it may slowly drain when it gets high enough, like a bathtub. That’s what happens when you dig in clay and fill with sand or gravel. But it happens naturally too.
Or you may have a leaky water line to the house that drains into the sump. Or your downspouts are not tiled to carry water away from the house.
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