Atticus F.

Why is this even an issue? It should be a baseline. A given. What have we become as a nation. I don't recognize US anymore.

That’s one heavy seagull!

Gun Violence Archive Near real-time tweets of American gun violence incidents. Non-profit. Non-advocacy. Just the facts.

You mean that with 16,000 gun homicides (2000 of whom were juveniles), and 31,000 gun injuries, and 500 mass shootings this year (2024) alone...that we might have a problem with guns?

www.gunviolencearchive.org

Yes, but...you've read about the hibakusha?

I was reading today on how the Roman Republic with its Senate, Representatives and Judiciary branches fell to the Roman Empire. The comparisons to today are too close for comfort.

Will Mr. Trump be our first US Emperor?

If you are thinking turkey leftovers, the next morning it's hard to beat turkey hash.

In New Mexico we also make turkey enchiladas (red or green whichever is hotter at that season).

Luminarias/Farolitos
Biscochitos/Bizcochitos
Pinto Beans/Black Beans

it's a Santa Fe thing.

Put more concisely by Howard Zinn: You can't be neutral on a moving train.

Just before reading this tonight, I was reading a poem by Wislawa Szymborska, observing that everything is political.

The ground you walk on has a political history. The air we breathe. Our genes.

littlestarjournal.com/children-of-...

Thanks! I was just thinking of what new recipe I should try for Christmas Dinner, and now I've bookmarked it and am all set! :)

This happened to me as well. I used to work at a convenience store in a rough part of town in New Mexico. Graveyard shift. At the end of my shift I had to throw out a substantial amount of food. Instead of that, I shared it with local homeless folks.

I was fired.

The Atomic Bomb’s First Victims Were in New Mexico | HISTORY The Manhattan Project’s Trinity test—the first atomic bomb detonation—led to infant deaths, cancer and decades of health problems.

Yup. A fuller backstory for those interested.

www.history.com/news/atomic-...

In the 17th Century there were traveling showmen who had assistants whose job it was to eat (or pretend to eat) a poisonous toad. The charlatan in charge would then save them, all part of the show. This is where we get the word "toadies".

We are living through a kakistocracy. Something to tell your grandkids if we have any.

Yes! We did this for dinner tonight. With a green chile sauce from our garden. Something to be thankful for. :)

Thinking of my MO/TN/NM relatives who names begin with spiral curves...explains a lot.

Cephus
Chester
Clara Sue
Clyde
Cody Ray
Colt
Ora Joy
Orin
Orville

Laura Helmuth you are my new hero!