Your choice of course; but IMHO those boots are extremely incongruous to the rest of the outfit. You'd need a feather boa and sequins to do them justice, rather than that sober daywear.

This week's Economist cover:
(the answer seems clear)

Gotta love Borowitz!

This is NOT the rule of law!

jcofny.substack.com/p/its-the-on...

Well, except for Project 2025...

Well, no. Income is not wealth. A person can be wealthy and have zero income, just lots of cash in a checking account. Similarly, a high-income (six-figures) person can be deep in debt, with a net worth below zero.
It's too common to confuse these concepts: wealth & income. You are not alone.

There's a reason it's called Sunset Beach (Cape may. NJ). These pix all one evening this week.

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Just do it. Call, speak, repeat!
5calls.org

Same guys who first dug up and ate a truffle? Or the first one to imagine the thing inside an oyster shell might be tasty?

And might the Musk example dave Germany from the AfD!

Today, my hard-working altruistic children have been declared enemies of this lawless state in its coup.

The chart of everything This chart shows every object that has ever existed, and raises a question: is the universe a black hole?

Simply remarkable!

www.economist.com/interactive/...

Nothing is more indicative of how authoritarian the political culture of the GOP has become than the fact that over the past few months its elected leaders have basically turned it over to an unelected rich guy who has threatened to primary them if they disobey orders. And no one has complained.

Sad Funny quote of the Day:

"[Consider] the diversity of Donald Trump’s new cabinet. Despite some criticism, he has promoted underrepresented minorities: never have so many Florida billionaires held power."

- Lane Greene, Sr. Editor, The Economist

Nice little media you have there. Would be a shame if anything happened to it...

Remarkable. Points for digging all the way down. Tough to be famous, sometimes.

Quote of the Day:

Absolutely

like i have been saying, a lot of americans do not treat politics as “real” — they approach it with an ironic distance that allows them to treat clear threats and statements of intent as mere rhetoric. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/u...

How we'll know if Trump is going to sell America out to China Keep an eye on the export controls. They are the key.

Best article I’ve seen about expectations from the next administration

www.noahpinion.blog/p/how-well-k...

Oh, 2025! What can we expect in a year begin with WTF?

Lots of psychopaths pretending to be autistic these days.

Apparently the GOP has its own Jesus!

Quote of the Day:
"Donald Trump is still mad at Senator John McCain because he provided a crucial vote to save Obamacare when Mr Trump wanted to kill it. Yet Mr Trump is also proud of himself because he saved Obamacare when instead he could have killed it. "
- James Bennet, in The Econmist

Quote of the Day (remember and compare results four years out):

16 million new jobs, more than any 4-year presidential term in U.S. history; low unemployment; record 20 million applications for the new businesses; stock market at record highs.

- H. C. Richardson, historian, citing President Biden

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta donates $1M to Trump inauguration fund Meta’s donation comes weeks after Mark Zuckerberg met President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, as the Facebook founder seeks to mend ties with the right.

Another good reason to leave Facebook, as well as ex-Twitter:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

48 years, quite a grand ride, so far!

Striking findings from 2024 Here’s a look back at 2024 through 14 of our most striking research findings.

A good quick read on some measured facts about us ( i laugh at #2 here, cuz, well, DUH!):
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...