Erik of Portland, Ready For Hot Commie Summer

a man wearing a white hat and a white shirt is screaming and says let . Alt: a man wearing a white hat and a white shirt is screaming and says "Let them fight"

I cannot think of a more appropriate time to use this gif

I am in a state where our state levelmlaws are nearly as good as the federal. Only difference is liquidated damages. So if im careful about what causes of action I allege, and I avoid diversity, I can still help.

Which is fine if he's selling steaks but Presidenting is a whole different thing.

This is a fine way of putting it. When voters demand a solution to a problem, you need to give them a solution, not tell them there is no problem.

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A 52-star flag. It looks like the current flag but the upper left field of blue is now adorned with 52 stars arranged in 4 rows of 7 stars and 4 rows of 6 stars. Visually still looks very similar to the flag we know today.

But since Puerto Rico should be a state, also, we need a 52-star flag.

A 51-star flag. It looks like the current flag but the upper left field of blue is now adorned with 51 stars arranged in three rows of 9 stars and three rows of 8 stars, alternating between the two. The visual impact is very similar to the current 50-star flag with alternating 6- and 7-star rows.

Or here's another:

A 51-star flag. It looks like the current flag but the upper left field of blue is now adorned with 51 stars arranged in a circle within which there are 5 triangles of 10 stars each, arranged in a circular pattern around a central star. Another way to describe it would be a five-armed asterisk made of stars, with four stars in each arm and a central star, and a 6-star 1-2-3 pyramid in between each of the arms of the asterisk.

Here's one way to do it:

Was talking about this with the Boomers this weekend; they were alive for Alaska and Hawaii being admitted but didn't really remember it happening very well (they were pretty young). They sort of noticed the flag changing.

Ugh the brain fog is very real today

Seeing her recent efforts make headlines has made me remember that not enough bad things can happen to this person.

Same company has been trying hard recently to sell me very expensive root beer scented soap. Sorry, even with a 20% discount I'm not buying a $9.00 bar of soap. And I don't much care how hot Sydney Sweeney is, I'm not buying soap scented from her bathwater. (It's just a damn turn of phrase, people.)

The middle piece (used for game 2 of the series) was a movement from Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." I didn't immediately recognize the other two.

This was a fantastic series against the Mets, probably very frustrating for NYM fans.

Dumb as a box of rocks.

Like, not even the cool rocks like geodes or kitchen-countertop-quality-granite, just some busted-up pieces of cinderblock.

2025 will be chronicled as the Year America Abdicated Global Leadership.

Saturday I might go to church in Sellwood...

Love this for him

Well that's it, I'm going to need to get some pierogis this week.

Today is 11 August 2025.

Greenland: Danish
Panama Canal: Panamanian
Canada: Canadian
Russia: at war against Ukraine
12 large grade-A or better eggs available at Safeway near me: $4.29
Tomatoes: $2.00/lb
Haitian immigrants in Ohio who have eaten household pets: 0
President's felony convictions: 34

Grilled onions, queso queso, and despair, except whimsical.

How weird it must be to be Big Balls and get beat up by a 15 year old girl but then have the national guard get called in on your account. Who the fuck is this guy.

As I prepare to welcome new law students, I am fighting the urge to go deep-cynic about law and courts. I think the most powerful act of resistance I can offer is to teach future lawyers how to think clearly, how to care about facts, and how to understand fundamental legal values.

A day on the river is great. Floating, completely carefree. No phone. No social media. No deadlines. Obama is still President. Just my friends and I, half submerged in the cool, water, so we can pee whenever we feel like it. Osprey circling overhead and tall green trees everywhere.

Today is 10 August 2025.

Greenland: Danish
Panama Canal: Panamanian
Canada: Canadian
Russia: at war against Ukraine
12 large grade-A or better eggs available at Safeway near me: $4.29
Tomatoes: $2.00/lb
Haitian immigrants in Ohio who have eaten household pets: 0
President's felony convictions: 34

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Today is 09 August 2025.

Greenland: Danish
Panama Canal: Panamanian
Canada: Canadian
Russia: at war against Ukraine
12 large grade-A or better eggs available at Safeway near me: $4.29
Tomatoes: $2.00/lb
Haitian immigrants in Ohio who have eaten household pets: 0
President's felony convictions: 34

I did this for a while too, and my big American body put a lot of wear on my Achilles tendon tgat way. Get good footwear with arch support!

...get shot by the police during an arrest?

2025's NYC voters hear one candidate trying to make the cost of living affordable with ideas that might or might not work but he's at least TRYING SOMETHING, and another glorying in the achievement of cutting the Erie Canal two centuries ago, far upstate, so that Chicago might prosper. Tough choice!

Speaking of fusion-temperature takes...