DT
Wednesday
And Don Lemon's still running around free.
Do you think you'd still be free if you did what he did last Sunday?
Do you have that sneaky feeling you wouldn't have been free by Monday night if you did what he did last Sunday?
And probably arraigned by now? With large - if any - bail?
Oh, that poor misunderstood gay black man that everyone picks on.
Suffering from all the white privilege he's surrounded by.
Doesn't your heart just break thinking of how much he's been put upon?
No one's above the law - so they say - but it sure seems a bunch of people are outside it.
Update: Hm-m-m ... maybe. He's not big potatoes but he does have name recognition.
The Trump Justice Department charged Don Lemon and 7 others for storming Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
However, the magistrate judge rejected the charges against Don Lemon.
A Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint charging independent journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday, multiple sources familiar with the proceedings told CBS News. Lemon admitted he was embedded with BLM activist Nekima Armstrong and the group of rabid protestors.
Interesting:
The magistrate in Minnesota who refused to sign off on an arrest warrant for Don Lemon is Douglas L. Micko and that his wife works as an Assistant Attorney General in Minnesota AG Keith Ellison’s office.
We ARE At War
with China.
But China isn't attacking us directly - so smiley face, so accommodating of trade.
But it is going after our major allies: Great Britain, Australia, now Canada.
Politicians are so easy to buy ... isn't that right, Swalwell?
And everybody's so freaky right now about Israel - good distraction.
Continue reading →Per Request – Abandoned Building
Out in the Oregon wastelands between OR205 and US395 are the remnants of hardier people than of now that made a go of survival. Perhaps in their time, they were successful - this ruin certainly does not appear to have been a barely-hanging-on rancher's shack.
One wall - between the two parts of the house - looks to be stone; perhaps part of an original structure built as protection against Indians (1850s) or the harsh winds of winter. The shake shingles suggest construction before the advent of corrugated tin or asphalt roofing. The thickness of the window frame suggest thick walls. The portion to the left suggests a screen porch. The outhouse was on the other side of the tree - whose condition suggests plentiful water. The metal artifact low in the grass suggests 1920s.
The condition of the building and surrounding grounds suggests it might have been lived in as late as the 40s or 50s.
If I could remember where I was when I took this photo, I'd go back and see what has changed in the 20+ years since I was there last.
Sometimes All One Can Do …
... is stop to smell the roses.
If it weren't for needing to keep an eye on my enemies, I wouldn't bother watching the news.
Continue reading →Tunesday – Camel Medley: Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider
A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.
Today's double selection: Camel Medley: Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider 1974
Off one of my favorite albums, this medley off "Mirage" is inspired by "Lord of the Rings".
I've blown out speakers cranking this piece up at about 7:00. My solution? Get bigger speakers and crank it up further.
Camel was formed in England in 1971, Mirage being their second album. Their first performance was as the opening band for Wishbone Ash. Back in the mid-70s, they toured with Wishbone Ash quite a bit - I believe I saw those bands together in 1974 at a place called "The Icehouse" in Kalamazoo before I left Michigan although I can find no record of such a concert. Everything's on the internet except my memory.
The original lineup produced 4 albums until 1976 when personnel changes began. One member of the original band is still part of the group. Not fully active since 2002, they still perform live occasionally.
If It Had Been A Black Church …
Don Lemon instigates an anti-ICE protest against a church during services. In Minneapolis St Paul of course.
(Same metro area with a river between them. C'mon Portland, you're slipping!)
Pretty much something every day now ...
It was Cities Church of St Paul, somewhat affiliated with the Baptists.
One commenter:
"Yeah, so if Don Lemon and every single radical that stormed that church isn’t immediately arrested, people are going to start taking matters into their own hands & things are going to get ugly fast.
Either the DOJ steps up, or the American parents whose kids were terrified, will"
The fuse has been lit. Is it possible to snuff it out before things blow?
Or maybe it's time to let it blow and sort this crap out once and for all.
I don't see either option as a "good one".
Stay tuned - same bat time, same bat channel
It appears Don Lemon "has been put on notice" by DOJ.
At least until the next incident puts this one on the back burner.
(Killing? Do you remember any killing?)
World’s Most Beautiful Airport
San Francisco International Airport’s Harvey Milk Terminal 1 received the top honor.
Why you might ask?
"Harvey Milk Terminal 1 was designed to establish a new benchmark for an extraordinary airport experience, bringing to life our mission to put people and planet first. Being the first airport terminal in the world named for an LGBTQ+ leader only enhances the significance of this recognition, and my thanks go out to the entire project team for this milestone achievement"
Continue reading →Another Damn Salamian
Headline: "The White House posted a video clip Saturday of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) calling the United States of America the “U.S. G**damn States” in a rant about ICE immigration enforcement."
A Muslim crook and illegal immigrant to boot.
Go back to Salamiland where you belong. Maybe those groups that forced you to leave in the first place will give you the treatment you so richly deserve. Remember you were not part of the oppressed but one of the oppressors that got run out.
Come to this country as a so-called refugee and spend your time dissing the place and people that saved your ass.
We have enough of our own "bad" people - but they're ours.
You're not.
When are the people of this country going to say enough is enough? The judges are useless and the politicians aren't going to.
I suspect this summer should be "interesting" - if the conflagration holds off until then.
Taken from SG Ammo by way of Bayou Renaissance Man:
"We have seen a sharp increase in consumer demand for bulk ammo orders over the past 8 days. Daily sales volume initially rose 25% to 35%, and now 35% to 45% over the past 3 days when compared to the daily averages of the first week of this month. This also represents an even larger increase from demand in December."
