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I was unsure if this was supposed to be weather or news. Protests against Elon Musk's seizure of the U.S. Treasury payment system are planned at the state capitals of all 50 states for 5 February, 2025. Also, a weather front bringing rain and snow is forecast.

Mr. Trump apparently thinks he is a 19th Century colonialist. The Panama canal was started by France who worked on it for 18 years and the U.S. only the last 10. It belongs to Panama.

Independently of the tariff threat, Trump threatened a military invasion of our good neighbor to the South.

Canada was the first foreign country I ever visited and a wonderful place! In 2004 when George W. Bush was reelected, there was a meme picturing a map of "The United States of Canada" that included all the states that voted against Bush (the Northeast and West coast states), with the rest of the US labeled "Jesusland."

First in a series of flags of the places the convicted felon and US President Donald John Trump has threatened. Of course, I must start here.

Escape from recent events.

Dear media: Stop trying to normalize fascism. The Deutsche Welle commentator tried to explain this away with "No one knows but Elon Musk" what this was intended to be. Well sir, he did it twice and American neo-Nazis are celebrating. They knew what he intended. Within hours the U.S. President that he bought issued orders to halt immigration, remove legal protections from minorities, end birthright citizenship, end family reunification programs, and begin a mass deportation. And that's just the start.

For many years it seems there is always a crane in the view from here.

A small section of filbert orchard removed due to filbert blight. Disease-resistant trees will be planted soon.

Once a busy streetcar stop for the city's only hospital on one side and a sports stadium on the other, it's now just a busy street with speeding cars and narrow bike lanes.

U.S. Thanksgiving 2024. The first Thanksgiving since 2018 I've been able to use my entire kitchen table. Lefse, Gewürtztraminer, mushroom gravy, Kürbiscremesuppe, sourdough dressing, sweet potato - cauliflower mash, and cranberries. That Gewürtz bottle won't fit in my refrigerator, so better finish it off :)