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This exchange should be all over the Q-anon community, but I suspect that they are gradually coming to accept that their God-King is a pedo, and that it's not great, but acceptable.

I was referring to the point (basically the last 1/2 mile). Lots of the entire Cape Henlopen State Park is off limits but some of that may have to do with unexploded WW2 ordnance! When weather permits I ride through the park on my bike for exercise. So much to see.

Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

Let's note that Christopher Caldwell, who gets to defend Hegseth’s rabidly bigoted, sexist speech in the New York Times, wrote a whole book about how the Civil Rights Act constitutes an illegitimate departure from the Constitution.

So, of course he is on board with imposing white male domination.

Nothing balances racism. Hegseth flat out accused female and non-white officers of bein unqualified. That's not rude. It's racist.

"Mr. Hegseth described certain officers of recent years as “the first” — and here he formed air quotes — 'but not the best.' This rudeness was balanced, however, by a recognition that there is a burden of proof on the Defense Department..."

RUDENESS? Isn't it racism? "This racism is balanced by.."

I had to wait until today to read this column.

"Mr. Hegseth did not prove last week that diversity arguments are always wrong. But he made a powerful case that in one walk of American life, they are wrong more often than not."

He made a powerful case? Really? Seems to me he just riffed on them.

It's a north-south migratory path. Cape Helopen is closed to humans during migration season. They just opened it up last week.

We have three rows of houses between us and the shore. No real marsh in that area, but lots of it just to the West and East. Tons of shore birds particularly on Cape Helopen (about 2 miles away from us). Osprey, many gulls, pipers, and inland cranes, herons and the occasional bald eagle.

I watch our little beach on the Bay go up, down, left, right from year to year based on storms and winds. It cuts both ways. Cape Helopen is growing toward Cape May due to the same forces that are taking homes in NC/SC.

Old men and their daughters.

I'm enjoying it, but not investing emotionally. She could flip any moment, or morph into something worse than MAGA.

I saw something recently about New England cliffs falling, as if it was a new thing. But all evidence is that it's been happening for thousands of years and we just had the hubris to build houses on the cliffs and then mourn them when the cliffs recede.

Yep. 100 yards from the Delaware Bay. For the 8 years we've been here the situation seems stable. But water table salinity will change the mix from trees to marsh. I don't expect to see that in my lifetime. Houses falling into the ocean are more about currents and erosion than sea level rise.

Clearly, the solution to this problem is to fire the people at the Labor Department conveying this news. And then delete all evidence of their report. Then hire a new team to say how everything is great - better than any time in global history.

It varies. Some places may be gone in our lifetimes. Some may be around another 200 years. I now live in a flood zone. It's 8 feet above sea level so it's not going anywhere for a long time; but storms and tides are going to have increasing impact.

Articles like this refrain from taking clear positions. They won't say that the 2020-2024 prosecutions of Trump were well-founded (unlike Trump's attacks on Comey et al). They won't say the reason that an independent DOJ is essential to democracy.

They treat those things as if they are opinions.

I don't mind someone disagreeing with me or challenging me. As long as they respect me and don't drift into abusive territory.

I have always engaged on social media as if it was face-to-face. I'm not changing.

I block on Bluesky out of love. I love my feed. Smart people with imagination and insight. When someone pollutes my feed, even just slightly, perhaps with a Twitter-like mocking tone, I'm blocking them. I don't want to fill my time with their noise and I don't want them to interact with my posts.

If what's happening to Tangier Island was happening to St. Michaels (nearby Summer weekend haven for DC's big money) I am certain they would have found a solution.

It occurred to me this morning that Trump 2 is the rise of the ideologues. During Trump 1 they sat back and watched - figuring out how to manipulate Trump. Now they have hacked his OS and they know how to manage him. Instead of being buffered by normies, he is now being operated by zealots.

The attitude toward climate change can change overnight.

His call for imprisoning people who oppose him seems to be losing steam. He's overplayed that card. When Comey walks, it'll be another nail.

PS: Why haven't they taken any legal action against the stolen election of 2020? It seems like that should be their primary objective. If true, of course.

I'm an optimist. At some point during this term it will sink in that Trump's personal power is fading, and the cowards on Capitol Hill will start to worry about their future exposure for what they have done. It'll flip like a switch and the factions will fight.

Joy Reid asks “Why are conservatives so angry?” 🤔

Because Trump's policies are like his decor -- slapped together, flimsy, flashy -- it can all be reversed as quickly as it was created. All it takes is for Republicans in Congress to remember their oath.

Wall Street bankers never rely on government numbers. Their secret sauce is the data they compile and analyze privately. It is more current and accurate than what the feds put out. They have an enormous advantage right now.

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Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s pre...

Trump’s billionaire buddy threw him a $50M fundraiser.

Trump approved construction of a road for his mining company in Alaska, endangering wildlife and harming indigenous communities.

This is happening out in the open. Imagine the corruption we don’t see
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You know it's rampant because Trump doesn't even see it as corruption when he does it. And he controls all avenues of enforcement.

So the American taxpayer eats it twice, once on tariffs and again on a second farm bailout. I’m glad farmers are getting help, no one should lose their farm, but it’s remarkable how fast “socialism” stops being a dirty word when the checks clear in red counties.