Ole Danielson

We cannot believe any single speech or press conference answer. Only in the aggregate, long-term view will the truth become visible. And, I am afraid of that truth already.

James Balog book: ICE, Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers

And for sheer beauty:

Cruelty was always the objective because the targets are considered unworthy of humane treatment. Where has this thinking been encountered before? What happened? What will prevent it from happening again?

Podcasts are audio Ambien. Good thing Apple AirPods know when you fall asleep and stop play so you don't miss much.

Why? Is there not even a farcical wholly imaginary string of word salad explanation for why? For what benefit? Yes, a justification IS required!

Inexplicable other than by virtue of the imagination and skill of the artist that such simplicity of composition can produce such an arresting yet utterly calming scene.

There has been a point of inflection for labor vs. capital and it was quite some time ago, like last millenium.

Thisnone is better

Might have worked well as an SNL short, don't you think?

But the harm is that the Trump-appointed ones DO find in his favor in a truly disproportionate number of cases. So, those judges as a group are not impartial, they will bend and strain and misrepresent the law to suit the desired outcome.

The (unofficial) Olympic Sport of Champions.

Nodding bobble-head words. No truth, no honesty, no principles, no scruples, no morals, no heart, absolutely no heart.

Used to call them a Clown Cabinet, turns out they are an Acursed Cabinet.

It's a slow death, but a death nevertheless.

When the witnesses become the targets, we have clearly crossed into authoritarianism.

China vastly improved their smog problem, but the socio-political ingredients were different. There may still be lessons to learn.

Joseph Goebbels as a woman.

The headline understates the loss of trust.

He did not inhale.

If only anyone in the administration could be believed. Gonna take a much stronger shock collar and whip to stop these beasts.

Corruption is something we all recognize and know the smell of; no law degree, no PhD, no MD degree required to detect it. Plain, ordinary (if vast) corruption. Say it over and over and over, CORRUPTION of the whole federal government by those benefiting its (in)actions.

Erases, just plain "erases"? Sounds fishy to me ...

Really, just "revokes" it? No process, no discussion, no commentary, just arbitrarily says "nah, never mind". That's not governance, that's corruption.

SQUIRREL!!!

FOLLOW THE MONEY, there just has to be a huge payoff for such flagrant flaunting of personal power in a top government position ... oh, wait, it might be both power and money, so, still, FOLLOW THE MONEY!!

Politically we have arrived here

Yes, the means do matter to the ends; the ends don't justify the means (and let's note the presence of word "MEAN" in here).

Yeah, corrupt. In so many ways besides the money kind, through and through corrupt.

Citizens bearing witness. Bless them all, whatever they are wearing while doing their duty.

OFFS, the power has gone to all the little children's heads. Heaven help us!