Yes, I just read that this morning. Very disorganized thinking on Trump's part, like his plan is "Miracle occurs here".

@taiwan_girl said in 70 f***** hot dogs.: That is just crazy!!! (Edit - referring to @Mik post. 555. But if true, @jon-nyc post is crazy too) Big if true.

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no real thoughts on this, except that in the short looping video on the website, the grey haired gent that appears for a second riding in the "car" looks remarkably like the israeli politican yair lapid [image: 1751721646590-21426704-4681-4ab4-be85-0a688bbee51f-image.png]

last nights dinner, was carpaccio dressed with olive oil and arugula, stuffed grapevine leaves, (made by a druze woman who sells her stuff at the market), some whole grain bread, and a bottle of prosecco. nothing particularly american i must say, but a nice meal anyway. happy the war is over for now. alaska in two weeks.

may her memory be a blessing, especially the good memories when she was cognitive...., take comfort in those and not the difficult ones at the end

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At least Benjamin Franklin was smart enough to turn his back on the whole bunch.

Good luck. Keep us updated!!!

Lol

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On a much smaller scale...Years ago the a/c compressor went out on our minvan. It seized up, causing the most god-awful noise when the engine was running--whether the a/c was in use or not. Replacing wasn't worth the cost...and even taking it out was gonna be a chore. We were able to buy a shorter serpentine belt and just bypassed the damn thing. Traded it in, in the fall...

@LuFins-Dad Yes. I will have all pizzas now delivered to my shop up the street, and tip myself 1000% every time, making all future income tax free. This feels like a rock solid plan. @mark Two of my (adult) kids have bought cars this way from them this year. So far, both very positive experiences.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/03/trump-tax-bill-china-artificial-intelligence-energy/ China to win the AI arms race ... the argument goes that because the bill cuts clean/renewable energy subsidies, that will lead to the U.S. developing 344 Gigawatts of new electricity generation capacity over the next ten years, handicapping the American AI industry, ceding the win to China that is taking the "all of the above" approach to energy development and adding new electricity generation capacity like crazy.

Ain’t gonna happen.

GOOD NEWS: America’s National Bird Thriving in the Buckeye State Ohio can celebrate a milestone this Independence Day with 964 confirmed active bald eagle nests. ️ More than 1,800 reports from citizen scientists statewide helped complete the 2025 bald eagle nest census. Our staff followed up on these reports and confirmed nest locations in 87 of Ohio’s 88 counties. ️ Active nests were counted as those with an incubating eagle, eggs, or eaglets present. Given the high volume of nests, this nest census represents the most complete picture possible of Ohio’s breeding bald eagle population. [image: 514409899_1201915068634773_1703650384597186156_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=kht-w0iWltEQ7kNvwEMji5m&_nc_oc=AdmStb_5WqPVYy_8G8MWgJrpZRKc1ZVpsiDj1iySn0ZmZNmr36T0RTNfowLr3Uv5SXWc3UyYdg0nv2fsZJU9tpVZ&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fluk1-1.fna&_nc_gid=PaCZuRC4jjIdXis2YYyAkQ&oh=00_AfNDqeM_uEJiAUwbPvMLO9J9F9aotvbKsVpxyZKOgRp0xQ&oe=686DD8B6]

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