🇨🇦 Howling At The Moon

YouTube video by Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop The Rain

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky

Day 25 - a song I associate with vinyl

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop The Rain

youtu.be/T9MXNbpXQ3g?...

Horrific😩

#classwar

Photo of a painting of my great grandmother and my namesake. The painting hung in my grandmother’s dining room throughout my childhood. Unfortunately it was damaged and eventually discarded. I am happy to have this photo of it.
#art
#family

YouTube video by Robert Reich Why Are CEOs Paid So Much?

What would a typical worker earn today if their wages had grown as fast as CEO pay over the past 50 years?

Take a guess and watch this video to find out.

This is really good.

It’s not a great platform technology wise for sure. Lots of glitches and issues.

It was the first day before the opening ceremonies for some of the events that got underway prior, that Gem had all the issues. Seems all the complaints were heard and the technical issues were fixed.

I agree 100%

Trump accused of ‘corruption, plain and simple’ after UAE invested in family firm White House says president is not involved in running his businesses. Ethics experts remain concerned

Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.

And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

One of the richest people in the world decided he wanted to be richer in money by making the rest of us poorer in many ways

The idea of public good is alien to these mega rich. They build palaces for themselves instead of libraries for everyone. They are very rich people & exceedingly poor humans

Sounds like this should not be allowed to me?

I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.

But did you look at the judge's order?

It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."

Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Trump on NATO:

"The problem with NATO is that we'll be there for them 100% but I'm not sure that they'd be there for us, if we gave them the call".

We did get the call on 9/11. 26 NATO members sent troops to defend the US. Hundreds died doing so. It was the only time Article 5 has been activated.

DAMMIT It's Not Alzheimer's! Here's Why It's A Far Worse Nightmare Scenario You deserve the facts, not conjecture. Alzheimer's diminishes a person. Trump's not diminishing, he's escalating, and you need to know the frightening reason why.

Fronto-temporal dementia
frankgeorge8675309.substack.com/p/dammit-its...

Never forget that billionaires spend billions to convince you that voting doesn't matter. Don't help them. Voting isn't the ONLY thing we can do, but it is the most powerful check on the executive. "Don't bother voting because there'll be no free elections" is oligarch propaganda.

Bravo sir, what I want to know is where the hell are the veteran organization. I am asking you American Legion, VFW, Marine Corp League, MOAA (military officers) and the rest of them. Stand up and be patriots.

Tony

Pew Research Institute (2023):

• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants

• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants

• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.

And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."

It's *not* about immigration.

Photo of my mom, senior lady with curly blond hair and a burgundy patterned sweater.

My 95 yr old mom is in a long term care facility in a small town in Northwest Ontario. She is happy. The care is good, she enjoys the meals, many activities are provided, she enjoys the many singers and bands that come in from the community to entertain the residents. Kudos to the staff and all!

Beagle face peering at the bottom of a recliner.

Getting to spend time with this sweet girl. I was eating a snack, she was patiently waiting for a bite.

Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

DANISH PARLIAMENT MEMBER: “🇺🇸 had 30 bases on Greenland, why did you leave? You can resume that tomorrow without attacking a NATO ally… the rationale lacks factual foundation and doesn’t stand any logic testing.”

(Unless the point is to hurt us and end NATO, a Putin/Xi goal)

Stack of books to be read!

My stack of #books to be #read is growing. I rec’d a number of new ones for Christmas. I just finished Louise Penny’s “The Black Wolf” and am now reading John Grishams “Widow”. In 2026 I plan to read more and #walk and #swim more, less scrolling and news.

Planning a trip overseas with my spouse- exciting.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Pretty cool

www.bbc.com/news/article...

A male northern cardinal on the orange perch of a birdfeeder.

Good morning, my Bleeps. The birds don't know we're stressed. They're just continuing to do their bird things. Be like the birds.