John Adair

A black and white picture of the Oval Office with president Trump behind the desk and Rod Serling superimposed on the photo. Serling is saying "Enter Donald J. Trump, two-bit conman, television huckster, a denizen of gaudy casinos and smoke-filled back rooms, who conned himself into the biggest job of all. He is our guide to a new realm you won't find on any map: a world of his own creation, where words like 'truth' and 'lie' no longer have meaning, where man's darkest instincts are given license, and where things like human decency and tolerance are relics of a bygone day. Case in point: Mr. Donald Trump, a man with one foot in his mouth and the other... in the Twilight Zone."

This may not be new, but I hadn’t seen it before.

Crowd of about 200 or more people in Watertown NY along Route 3 for No Kings protest.

First of two #NoKings protests in Watertown NY today. Maybe 200+ folks here, and I’d say 👍🏼 and 🎉 outnumbered 👎🏼 and 🖕🏻by probably better than 3 to 1.

“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”

-Declaration of Independence

Tri color sheltie lying on a cement patio with Lake Ontario, blue sky, and clouds in the background.

Glamour shot of Arrow this morning.

Lazing on a Saturday afternoon at the lake. #Shelties

Two freshly groomed shelties facing each other and looking at the camera.

I’m kicking off what I hope will be a more consistent presence for me here with a photo of our freshly groomed shelties: Raven on the left and Arrow on the right.

Thanks, and I’ll try to post something tomorrow after their grooming appointment for the full effect.

A bi-black and a tri sheltie sitting on a deck looking at the camera.

Raven and Arrow like #sheltiesunday!

I don’t care WHO you voted for. If you can’t admit these last couple months have been an absolute shitshow, you’re part of a cult.

I agree. I’m a subscriber, and it may not be to everyone’s taste, but take a look at the free content and judge for yourself.

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

What a front cover...

I’m not sure the nascent backfiring will be enough to stop what’s already in motion, certainly the international ramifications will be felt for decades. On the other hand, the few MAGA’s I’ve had contact with have gone silent, so maybe cognitive dissonance finally setting in?

Shelton on Substack Remember when the US economy was stable? Air traffic was safe? Gas prices were flat? We were viewed by the world as the #1 leader of democracy for our support of ukraine? Inflation was trending down? ...

Ah, good times, good times.

I often describe myself as a “Jack of all trades, master of none”, so this cartoon seems fitting.

Photo of a tricolor Shetland sheepdog sitting on the floor looking up at the camera.

Hi there west coast; cute critters. We’ve been strictly dogs for a long time, but maybe a cat after our older sheltie passes.

Dear DOGE guy at OPM. Here’s what I did:

1. Woke up
2. Fell out of bed.
3. Dragged a comb across my head.
4. Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
5. Looking up, noticed I was late

#20DayAlbumChallenge #SpoutibleMusic

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you.

• One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
• No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 20 for me:

“They were careless people ... they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made . . . . ”

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

#20DayAlbumChallenge #SpoutibleMusic

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you.

• One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
• No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 19 for me:

Still can’t believe you guys actually adopted a dog. Welcome to the ‘sky side 🦋

This is from a town hall held by my congressman. ✊🏻 #paultonko

A quick test to see if I can cross-post to Bluesky. This is a recent shot of one of our shelties.

Photo of Gilbert Keith Chesterton; English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic.

“Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.”

― G. K. Chesterton

All this "fraud" and "abuse" they keep exposing, yet no one has been arrested. So weird huh. Almost like they just wanted access to that pile of taxpayer money for some other reason

Sadly, I saw too much of what he describes here on Facebook and finally made the cleanest cut I could.

I know we’re all focused on domestic stuff, but Trump’s foreign policy has always been just as terrible and dangerous, and it worries me more.