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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Snowed in

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To my knowledge, the snow-and-sleet storm that hit the region of The District They Call Columbia on Sunday has not been given a name; no Sno...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Post-storm

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As you might be aware, there was a snow storm here. The company contracted to clear snow from our cluster left a 2ft-high margin of 5ft in f...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

If not now, when?

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Eighty-one years ago today, the Red Army—no strangers to nightmares—came upon a hollowed-out shell of a compound that became the one-word re...
Monday, January 26, 2026

Gratitude Monday: Feathered friends

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We had a big snow storm yesterday. Prolly about 5” in The People’s Republic, as measured by the top of the table carved out by the heated bi...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Don't give it up

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After the unhinged performance in Davos Wednesday, I was thinking today’s earworm had to be “Yakety Sax”. Or maybe “Horst-Wessel-Lied”, for ...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Sadly not at Davos

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Since I have no words (well, I do; but they’re very uncouth and I’d just run them on a loop for 72 paragraphs) for yesterday’s unhinged perf...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

So long...

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Spotted this yesterday in the parking lot of the little park down the street. Seems like a sad end to the season for a little guy who’s ju...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

He has the nuclear codes

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This is the week the world discovered the real reason that Li’l Donnie Two Scoops is saber-rattling about needing Greenland for US national ...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Gratitude Monday: Be Good

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Today I give thanks for the life of Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on 7 January. She was 37. I didn’t ...
Friday, January 16, 2026

Not to love the Fuehrer is a great disgrace

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Events earlier in the week inspired Ken White, one of the Law Bluesky people I follow (a resident of Pasadena), to rewrite the old classic, ...
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Writer, New Military historian, humanist in a world of technocrats. I post five days a week on whatever strikes my fancy. Sometimes I bite, but I've had my shots; you're safe. Probably.
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