A.G. Pasquella

The only thing that's ever worked for me in keeping raccoons out of bins is bricks

(Stacked on top of the bins, not thrown Krazy Kat-style at the raccoons)

President Lula of Brazil: “My message to the US, Israel and Iran is simple: the world is tired of your conflicts. Diplomacy is not a sign of weakness; it is the highest expression of human intelligence. Those who die are not the ones signing the attack orders; those who die are the innocents.”

Empty city street with houses and apartment building in the background. Pothole in the road filled with pink flower petals

Pothole full of petals

A bipartisan tradition

I fear those stupid people are going to take a lot of other people down with them

Also disclosing sensitive info to the Saudis. Wild scenes.
Full story link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

After Trump is no longer in power, there will be a huge effort to blame all of America's ills on him.

The truth is Trump could never have done it alone. The media, the Republicans, many Democrats, many CEOs & other business leaders enabled him.

In an ideal world, they would all face consequences.

Feb 13 — White House on Noem, in a statement: “The President continues to have full confidence in the Secretary.”

Mar 6 — White House on Bondi, in a statement: “The President has full faith in the Attorney General.”

Start the clock.

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Exclusive: AI Error Likely Led to Iran Girl's School Bombing Pentagon investigators believe a bombing of a girls' school in Iran on Saturday likely resulted from inaccurate information provided by AI.

Local Massachusetts weekly says it's confirmed that the Pentagon was relying on Claude for strike targeting, which is how they came to bomb a girls' school.
thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-ai...

Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.

"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fuck off forever, Dan

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

This woman, US citizen living in Skokie, was detained at Ohare yesterday, taken to Broadview, then transferred to a detention facility in Wisconsin, now released. We know all this not because of DHS, who repeatedly denied that they even had her, but because her phone was pinging in those locations.

southeast corner of Queen St East and Kenilworth Ave, a ghost sign for The Home Bank of Canada (picture taken 2017-07-01)

a Home Bank of Canada ghost sign in Toronto

still there on Google street view, too -- www.google.ca/maps/place/1...

#ghostsign

A black-and-white photograph shows a group of men standing in front of a small wooden building with a sign reading “HOME BANK OF CANADA” above the entrance. The building has large front windows and a simple rectangular structure. Several men stand in a row near the doorway while one man sits on the ground in front. They wear early 20th-century clothing such as shirts with suspenders, jackets, and hats. Pieces of wood and debris lie scattered on the ground in the foreground, and open land with a few structures appears in the background.

On Aug. 17, 1923, the 71-branch Home Bank of Canada failed.
Faced with public outcry over constant bank failures, the government acted.
Since 1923, two Canadian banks have failed, while 17,000 have failed in the USA.
This is the story of Home Bank of Canada

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How an Italian Immigrant Rolled Out the Radio Flyer Wagon Across America Three generations and more than 100 years later, the company is still flying high

Why are wagons red?

The short answer: that's the colour Antonio Pasin, founder of Radio Flyer, chose and that's the colour that sold the best

www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/h...

We have gone from "In order to save the village, we were forced to destroy it" to "in order to save the children, we were forced to kill them"

Apparently the marine Brian McGinnis who had his arm snapped by U.S. senator Tim Sheehy just so happens to be a Green Party candidate for U.S. senate and the news is trying extremely hard to suppress this information

Lt. Sonny Fuzz first appeared in "Beetle Bailey" 70 years ago, on March 7, 1956. Here’s his debut:

White House: the witness’s allegations are “completely baseless” and “backed by zero credible evidence.”

Fact: FBI found her credible enough to interview repeatedly, and she received a financial settlement from the Epstein estate.

Where structural masonry becomes architectural expression the stunning new belvedere at Begijnhof Hasselt, Belgium.

Where structural masonry becomes architectural expression the stunning new belvedere at Begijnhof Hasselt, Belgium.

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

Milton Avery (American, 1885–1965)
Porch View, 1945
Oil on canvasboard
45.7 x 35.6 cm.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.

What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.

When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.

Remember this.

A sidewalk vendor with a giant vat labeled “AI Slop”

Roz Chast, from this week’s New Yorker