Paul Saffo

VIDEO: U.S. marshal kicks dog in Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A video making the rounds on social media appears to show a U.S. marshal in Memphis kicking a small dog. The woman who shared the video with WREG called it “unacceptable&#822…

The Republican ideal of a "Kinder, gentler America"...
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YouTube video by DW News American Jews reclaim German citizenship | DW News

The dark irony of this is breathtaking...
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YouTube video by Marc Skjervem Minnesota Anthem

Anthem!
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MAYDAY from the airwaves: Belarus begins a death penalty purge of radio amateurs Behind the absurdity of charging Baofeng users with ‘High Treason‘ lies a terrifying intellectual genocide and an urgent call for…

In case anyone thinks Amateur Radio is quaintly obsolete and irrelevant to current geopolitical struggles, read on...
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Read this book - Stewart Brand at his very, very best!

YouTube video by Yesterday Restored The San Francisco Earthquake – In Colour (1906)

The 1906 earthquake, described in the words of Jack London:
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It is just a matter of time before the Orange Menace outlaws whistles. ( Seen outside a gallery in Northern California)

YouTube video by demonflyingfox Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video)

Support your right to arm bears!
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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem. Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…

ICE murdered a poet. That haiku pretty much summarizes the vast systemic evil of this administration.
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a much better breakdown than that CNN dreck, imo

Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building The president of the Kennedy Center is criticizing musician Chuck Redd for canceling a Christmas Eve performance.

I don't know why President Grenell is upset.
Redd did him a favor by cancelling - now Grenell and his new board can schedule the performance they want, ringing in the new year with a MAGA choir singing the Horst-Wessel-Lied and other Nazi-era favorites!
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YouTube video by LIND LIND To The Wild (California): Episode 2, "NorCal"

Put on your headphones, sit back, light a joint - and watch this! You are welcome.😎
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The Penny Is Dead. Its Magic Isn’t. As the coin fades out, David L. Ulin reflects on its invaluable magic.

Read this, and you will never see a penny on the ground in the same way ever again...
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A ghost walking by daylight...
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Portrait of a sociopath...

Venus and the dawn moon this morning

Observation from a journalist friend who has been a DC insider for many decades:

Le Nouveau Moment Grotius | Le Grand Continent La dislocation de l’ordre international pourrait n'avoir qu'une cause aussi simple que profonde : les États-nations ne tiennent pas dans l’espace numérique. De la planète Mars à Westphalie, en passan...

My take on the shape of this perilous moment in international affairs:
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/08/2...

This morning's shy moon. People get all excited about seeing transients like eclipses but forget that astonishing beauty like this appears every day over their heads if they would just look up.

Wow! I had no idea one could buy ICE in 600 lb bags!

Walters announces PragerU-backed ideology test for teachers from 'woke' states State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced Wednesday Oklahoma will withhold certificates from teachers from "woke" states who do not pass a new ideology test developed by PragerU.

Hey kids, everyone propose your questions to include on their "patriots not activists" exam!
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Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’ DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.

The public protest response to DHS's grotesque abuse of civil liberties is being used by the government to justify even greater abuses.
www.wired.com/story/dhs-te...

From the Kent Monkman exhibit "History is Painted by the Victors" at the Denver Art Museum. If you are anywhere near Denver, don't miss it!

YouTube video by LIND El Baile // LIND

Dance on your own wave!
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Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, CNN reports An early U.S. intelligence assessment indicated that the U.S. military strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities last week did not destroy the core components of Tehran's nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing three people briefed on it.

Rumor is that Il Douche is demanding a full refund on those bunker-busters... 🤣
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

This observatory's first images are stunning — and just the start The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly spot previously unseen astronomical objects.

The 3.2 billion pixel camera (the world's largest) at the heart of the observatory was built at Stanford University's Linear Accelerator Center. Of course Trump and DOGE want to cripple or kill it because they hate science, discovery and innovation.
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