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FROM ITALY, WITH LOVE How the Roman Empire Took to the Sea & My Italian-born Dad Got His Odd Name | October 14, 2025

My new mini-doc 'FROM #ITALY WITH LOVE' portrays the historic roots of my #Italian born dad's odd first name: Dulio. It's not so odd when you track it back to Gaius Duilius, who won the first big sea battle for the #RomanEmpire in 260 B.C. westvirginiaville.substack.com/p/from-italy...

COMPARE & CONTRAST: A Presidential Acid Test:

That is a serious alternative reality portal he gazes into when he shaves in the morning looking into his bathroom mirror. He sees 'One of the Greatest ...' We see: 'Handmaiden to Fascism ...'

At least Trump stands in a long line of American presidents who have spoken their truths ...

COMPARE, CONTRAST & SHARE.
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From the 'Quote | Unquote Works' of westvirginiaville.substack.com
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#trump #jfk #lincoln #Washington #jefferson

PART 2: After the Violence, a Reckoning Hanging out with the Dalai Lama in Belfast after the bombs fall silent. | August 22, 2025

In Part 2 of my article on 'Hanging out with the #DalaiLama in #Belfast after the bombs fall' the #Buddhist monk meets victims and perpetrators in #TheTroubles in #Ireland and then walks 'The Peace Line' in Belfast. westvirginiaville.substack.com/p/part-2-aft...

PART 1 | A Lighthouse in Ireland Hanging out with the Dalai Lama in Belfast after the bombs fall silent. | August 21, 2025

In honor of the #Dalailama turning 90 this Summer I'm reprinting this profile that lifts up a specific instance of the Buddhist monk’s inspirational work in the world in addressing 'The Troubles' in #Ireland in a peace conference in #Belfast in 2000.
westvirginiaville.substack.com/p/part-1-a-l...

WHY IS THIS STEADY STREAM of people on two and three wheels and on foot crying out "Happy Thursday!!!" to me recently in #Sandusky, Ohio? Here's why (read to the bottom, where you'll find this video): westvirginiaville.substack.com/.../looking-...

A key phrase in this excerpt from the above @meidastouch.com exclusive about #Trump, #Epstein and #PrinceAndrew is the phrase "the cover-up that is still ongoing."

Exclusive: Trump Biographer on Trump, Epstein, and the ‘Pussy Committee’ Michael Wolff’s MeidasTouch exclusive reveals a grotesque bet, royal connections, and the depravity at the heart of Trump’s circle

The Trump-Epstein connection is the gift that keeps on—disgustingly—giving. Check out this @meidastouch.com exclusive about the ... ahem, 'Pussy Committee' of which Trump was allegedly a part with Jeffrey #Epstein to procure women for #PrinceAndrew www.meidasplus.com/p/exclusive-...

LOOKING OUT on AMERICA Snapshots from criss-crossing Middle America while fearful it's coming apart at the seams | August 9, 2025

My roadtrip began with the biggest version ever of Mona Lisa in Columbus & ended with an inspiring community bike ride in Sandusky, Ohio. In between are photos of Middle America & musings on the thugs, bullies & abominables trying to hijack the place.

westvirginiaville.substack.com/p/looking-ou...

In other words ...

CNN: INTEL ASSESSMENT CONTRDICTS TRUMP
MSNBC: CEASEFIRE HANGING BY A THREAD
FOX NEWS:

#thoughtoftheday

I am an inveterate Turtle Rescuer when they start trying to cross #Appalachian roads in the Springtime, stopping and ferrying them to safety. So I fully support this #turtle salvation measure.

GETTING INTO CHARACTER(S) Three short videos & some snapshots of the alternative medieval timeline on view one recent Saturday at the 2025 West Virginia Renaissance Festival. | June 24, 2025

We somehow must counter Trump’s onslaught of mis-rule & trauma w/protest & solidarity while ALSO leading rich, anti-traumatic lives. A frontline report from hanging out with pointy-eared medieval fairies & harps at the #WestVirginia #Renaissance Fest.
westvirginiaville.substack.com/p/getting-in...

what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.

If you need a mental refresher on a day when Donnie Trump burns $45 million of our dollars on tanks, helicopters, soldiers & planes to crush the asphalt of DC while fan-boying himself as a god-emperor, here's a #babygoat in rural #WestVirginia. I stand with the baby goat. #NoMoreKings

DEAR DONALD: What does a nobody like me think of tomorrow's grotesque Viagra Strongman Pump-up #Parade? I defer to Percy Shelley and his #Ozymandias. Those lone and level sands await, sir.~Sincerely, Douglas PS: Can you please post the poem in the Oval Office. Thanks, man!

DEAR DONALD: What does a nobody like me think of tomorrow's grotesque Viagra Strongman Pump-up #Parade? I defer to Percy Shelley and his #Ozymandias. Those lone and level sands await, sir.~Sincerely, Douglas PS: Can you please post the poem in the Oval Office. Thanks, man!

This beautiful 1,000-foot rainbow flag was displayed in the WorldPride Parade in Washington, D.C., this weekend.

And This Trumps wants a 45 MILLION dollar parade...🐂 💩

Veritas.

#meme #thoughtfortheday

Map of deep convection locations across models

One of the most immediate climate tipping point dangers is an abrupt cooling of the subpolar gyre, with major impacts on 🇪🇺 climate possible in the next decades. 🌊
Great how @swinda.bsky.social Falkena et al. use advanced causal inference methods to tease out the mechanisms!
arxiv.org/html/2408.16...

This really cannot be said enough. The only two major internal crisis's in the US are combatting climate change and affording healthcare.

So-so-so-so true.

The reason Trump keeps getting away with his crimes is because police are looking for a guy 6’ 3”, 239 pounds.

2/ Interestingly, they changed the title of 'Rocket' Boys' to 'October Sky' as market research showed the book title might dissuade females from seeing the movie. #HomerHickam was also in #WestVirginia to discuss the coming filming of a new memoir titled 'December Sky,' about his life since fame hit

IN HIS OWN WORDS WATCH NOW | Homer Hickam's Keynote Address at the West Virginia Writer's Inc., conference, on June 7, 2025 at Cedar Lakes in Ripley, West Virginia

I just went to a writer's conference with #HomerHickam as the keynote. Here's a video of his talk I did in which he reads from some of the 19 (!) other books he has put out since 'Rocket Boys' and its spinoff film 'October Sky' made him famous. westvirginiaville.substack.com/p/in-his-own...