Yes, but he is a Krampf Henne. Everything has to be a big production, even if he only imagines it. I wonder if the Secret Service has a tranquilizer gun in the emergency medical kit.
Noon; no rain since early (well, around breakfast time) this morning; strong cool wind out of the south, cumulus clouds scudding by, brilliant sunshine. We shall do our walking in the grocery store today. ---Alan
Blue sky here the past two days and in the 40s! Meltoff is rapidly commencing. Hurrah, hurrah! Rain and wind expected Thursday...solely because that's the day we're taking the ferry across Lake Champlain to see our new boat for the first time. LOL.
Your attribution is likely correct, Susan...Ogden Nash in NYC. Made famous in England by Spike Mulligan.
Spring is sprung, the grass is riz. I wonder where the birdies is. They say the birdies on the wing, but that’s absurd. I always thought the wing was on the bird.
BBC: Donald Trump called for protests against his possible imminent criminal indictment, and police in major cities are preparing for unrest. But the prevailing message from some of his most fervent supporters is: stay home. It's a contradiction that makes sense after investigating pro-Trump spaces online. On mainstream social networks, messaging apps and Trump's own Truth Social, rumours are swirling. There's breathless chatter about double agents and "false flags" - attacks carried out with the intention of blaming opponents for the violence. Many of the former president's steadfast supporters believe that the Capitol riot on 6 January 2021 was instigated not by Trump fans and far-right groups such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, but instead by federal agents or left-wing "antifa" - anti-fascist activists who hoped to discredit Mr Trump. They point to the presence, revealed in court documents, of confidential FBI sources in the crowd that day. But that's very different to saying there was a plot by federal authorities to spark violence. While there's no evidence of that - and voluminous evidence that the more than 1,000 people arrested in connection with the Capitol riot were Trump supporters - fringe news sites have been filled with wild speculation and suggestions about "deep state" plots. Some of the coverage has even filtered up to more mainstream outlets such as Fox News. The rumours, and fear of a repeat of the events of January 2021, have dissuaded many of those who would be out on the streets protesting over Mr Trump's possible arrest. Ali Alexander, a far-right activist who organised protests leading up to the Capitol riot, announced that he wasn't planning to protest and said that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of Infowars was also staying home.
Current report for reservoir upstream from our place: currently at 80% of capacity, total discharge into river and two canals 10,000 cubic feet per second. A substantial amount of that discharge will be going into the groundwater aquifer one way or another. River level remains very steady. ---Alan
Special Counsel Says Trump Misled His Attorneys [Click] “Prosecutors in the special counsel’s office have presented compelling preliminary evidence that former President Donald Trump knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys about his retention of classified materials after leaving office, a former top federal judge wrote Friday in a sealed filing,” ABC News reports. [Click] —Alan
Sorry the poem out front is hard to read. Here's an easier version:
ReplyDeleteSPRING
Somewhere
a black bear
has just risen from sleep
and is staring
down the mountain.
All night
in the brisk and shallow restlessness
of early spring
I think of her,
her four black fists
flicking the gravel,
her tongue
like a red fire
touching the grass,
the cold water.
There is only one question:
how to love this world.
I think of her
rising
like a black and leafy ledge
to sharpen her claws against
the silence
of the trees.
Whatever else
my life is
with its poems
and its music
and its glass cities,
it is also this dazzling darkness
coming
down the mountain,
breathing and tasting;
all day I think of her —
her white teeth,
her wordlessness,
her perfect love.
~ Mary Oliver
What Trump surrendering will look like [Click]
ReplyDeleteU.S. takes politician indictments in stride; Trump case should be no different: Maddow [Click]
—Alan
Yes, but he is a Krampf Henne. Everything has to be a big production, even if he only imagines it.
DeleteI wonder if the Secret Service has a tranquilizer gun in the emergency medical kit.
Taser?
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They’ll need the large size t. g..
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DeleteHeather Cox Richardson: Will Trump’s Supporters Really Be There for Him? [Click]
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Ex-CIA Agents Say Bush Lied About Saddam Hussein---al-Qaeda Intelligence Findings [Click] I know of a fellow out in the Appalachia of the West who had that figured out at the time.
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Idaho hospital will stop delivering babies as doctors flee state due to abortion ban [Click]
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No problem; just declare all members of the legislature OB-GYN's.
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Ew, ew, ew!
DeleteTheir malpractice insurance premiums might be rather high . . .
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Tax increases to fight inflation? [Click]
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Noon; no rain since early (well, around breakfast time) this morning; strong cool wind out of the south, cumulus clouds scudding by, brilliant sunshine. We shall do our walking in the grocery store today.
ReplyDelete---Alan
Blue sky here the past two days and in the 40s! Meltoff is rapidly commencing. Hurrah, hurrah!
DeleteRain and wind expected Thursday...solely because that's the day we're taking the ferry across Lake Champlain to see our new boat for the first time. LOL.
(Susan) Not feeling serious today. I like this poem, I think Ogden Nash?
ReplyDeleteSpring is sprung,
the grass is riz.
I wonder where the birdies is?
Immediately this put me in mind of Henry Gibson on "Laugh In" reciting:
DeleteSpring is sprung,
the grass is riz,
I wonder where the flowers is?
Your attribution is likely correct, Susan...Ogden Nash in NYC.
DeleteMade famous in England by Spike Mulligan.
Spring is sprung, the grass is riz.
I wonder where the birdies is.
They say the birdies on the wing, but that’s absurd.
I always thought the wing was on the bird.
'Vibrant' Roman mosaic discovered under supermarket construction site
ReplyDeleteHas he been arrested yet? Any demonstrations?
ReplyDeletepuddle
Nothin' yet. More reporters than protestors.
DeleteBBC:
DeleteDonald Trump called for protests against his possible imminent criminal indictment, and police in major cities are preparing for unrest.
But the prevailing message from some of his most fervent supporters is: stay home.
It's a contradiction that makes sense after investigating pro-Trump spaces online.
On mainstream social networks, messaging apps and Trump's own Truth Social, rumours are swirling.
There's breathless chatter about double agents and "false flags" - attacks carried out with the intention of blaming opponents for the violence.
Many of the former president's steadfast supporters believe that the Capitol riot on 6 January 2021 was instigated not by Trump fans and far-right groups such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, but instead by federal agents or left-wing "antifa" - anti-fascist activists who hoped to discredit Mr Trump.
They point to the presence, revealed in court documents, of confidential FBI sources in the crowd that day.
But that's very different to saying there was a plot by federal authorities to spark violence. While there's no evidence of that - and voluminous evidence that the more than 1,000 people arrested in connection with the Capitol riot were Trump supporters - fringe news sites have been filled with wild speculation and suggestions about "deep state" plots.
Some of the coverage has even filtered up to more mainstream outlets such as Fox News.
The rumours, and fear of a repeat of the events of January 2021, have dissuaded many of those who would be out on the streets protesting over Mr Trump's possible arrest.
Ali Alexander, a far-right activist who organised protests leading up to the Capitol riot, announced that he wasn't planning to protest and said that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of Infowars was also staying home.
LOL! They've freaked themselves out.
Remember that the only source for the idea he was going to be 'arrested' today was Donald Trump himself. Do you believe him? I don't.
Delete”That’s written in stone:” judge rejects Trump’s pleas to delay trial in $250 million dollar fraud case. [Click]
ReplyDelete—Alan
Killing cancer with a breakthrough therapy [Click]
ReplyDeleteThis afternoon the clouds thickened, turned from white to gray, and it rained again; but the wind died down. Near sundown now.
ReplyDelete---Alan
Current report for reservoir upstream from our place: currently at 80% of capacity, total discharge into river and two canals 10,000 cubic feet per second. A substantial amount of that discharge will be going into the groundwater aquifer one way or another. River level remains very steady.
ReplyDelete---Alan
Note: Fresno is above the 19th Century head of navigation on the river.
DeleteSpecial Counsel Says Trump Misled His Attorneys [Click] “Prosecutors in the special counsel’s office have presented compelling preliminary evidence that former President Donald Trump knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys about his retention of classified materials after leaving office, a former top federal judge wrote Friday in a sealed filing,” ABC News reports. [Click]
ReplyDelete—Alan
Sounds like a life preserver for said attorneys.
Delete---Alan