Blue Shepherd

I’m reliably told on this app that your position is correct, unless applied to Gavin Newsom (Donald Trump Jr., West Coast), who cannot be criticized.

Once more for the back rows. Natural gas does not equal gasoline used to fuel cars. They’re unrelated, other than that they’re both hydrocarbons. Expensive natural gas therefore does not increase gasoline prices. It increases electricity and heating costs.

UK is having King Charles reach out to Donald Trump. My unsolicited advice - make Prince Andrew the official ambassador to the US. He and Trump have overlapping interests and would get on like a house on fire.

Been going for over ten years. I’d vote for him over Trump, but just because the other side has a disingenuous sleazebag doesn’t mean we need one of our own.

Newsom is Don Jr. in a Democratic state. Every time I hear the guy, every last one of my instincts of “don’t trust this clear fraud” fire off. Surely we can do better.

Moitessier portrait update. Probably 8 hours or so from artificially calling it finished because I’ll be tired of staring at it. 50”x30”. For anyone looking for a good read, The Long Way by Moitessier is a fascinating read.

I suspect it’s like the old WWII rule of thumb for artillery fire. If you see it/hear it, it’s not on a course to hit you. That said, if I see that I’m taking cover on principle.

I wonder if some kind of Alberta for Washington/Oregon trade can be made.

I typically cheer for any team that plays ManU. But then I see Arteta’s stupid entitled face on the sideline, and all I can do is cheer for injuries.

Best present I got.

He had glass encased renaissance paintings on the walls of his home basketball court. I would 1,000% do that with enough money.

I’m fairness, Fanni Willis wasn’t ever qualified to be prosecuting anything to begin with - Trump case or not.

If they’re serving noodles and other street-based food, too much cleanliness is a sign they don’t care about authenticity.

I’m calling BS on the name alone.

So Tom Barrack, who somehow recently got a jury to acquit him on charges of being an unregistered foreign agent of UAE, will now be our ambassador to Turkey. I’m sure that will be a purely philanthropic affair for him.

Fully expecting that his manifesto will read like Taylor Sheridan writing dialogue for a lawyer.

My former Antiochian Orthodox Church congregation has some vocal and… disturbing… views on the Assad situation. Very glad I don’t have to interact with them anymore.

Leaving a bag of monopoly money near your murder scene and watching the cops fail to find it for three whole days while following an unrelated bike is what being a D&D DM is like

How necessary was confirmation on this one?

That was a vicious hit. That kid walking off the field on his own was impressive.

100%. Has anyone said whether he had an accent?

Halfway through my Moitessier painting. If I finish this one I’ll have to celebrate with French champagne by myself and not speaking to anyone for a few days. That will be a wonderful time.

He also appears to have gotten a pretty unique gun to do it with. And he didn’t really care that much about fingerprints or photos. I’m fully expecting that he left the country shortly after the event.

He probably ought to take a deep breath and just have a stiff drink.

This dude apparently bought and used a specific purpose assassin pistol with built in wet suppressor. I’m re-evaluating my earlier thoughts on the likelihood of this being a personal grievance.

The last couple years have clearly broken Sheridan’s brain. Yellowstone, Lioness and Landman are all tv versions of Clint Eastwood debating an empty chair. He’s capable of writing fun tv, he’d just rather debate straw men with the dumbest arguments possible.

I married up in terms of social skills, fun, looks, and ability to interact with the world. I am, however, clearly the better oil painter. So it’s close to a wash.

Your accuracy wounds me.

Elon Musk and Pete Hesgeth are the kind of tough alpha males that America needs, according to their mommies

Definitely adding to my block list over this one. Helpful for rooting out the truly awful people that are on one’s own side.