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@Doctor-Phibes said in What to wear?:

I may have told this story before, but we first arrived in small-town Ontario, Canada in December. We were told that the office Christmas party was 'Strictly Formal Wear'. Pretty much everything was in storage, so I rented a tux, and Mrs. Phibes bought a nice dress.

We showed up, and I discovered what was meant by the term 'Canadian tuxedo'. I was by far the most over-dressed person of the 400 or so peoplein the place. There were those little leather ties, a lot of cowboy boots, and I think at least one stetson. A couple of the more senior managers wore ties and jackets.

Everybody was far too nice to say anything, so we still had a good time. I did, however, look and feel a proper Charlie.

Too bad we didn’t know one another then. I would have done the same as you; out here we call it “western casual”. Leave it to Easteners, eh?

@Doctor-Phibes said in White Smoke Observed…:

Nobody knows more about Trump than the Holy Spirit

I’m more concerned about what MTG thinks imagines she knows about the Holy Spirit.

Not sure if she’s weighed in on Leo XIV yet. Am certain she will.

@89th

Speaking of Cardinals, man it sucks he’s a Cubs fan. He really could’ve been slick by being a St Louis or San Diego baseball fan!

His Papacy may bode well for the basement dwelling Black Hawks come next season.

Makes sense, so does his adult life working in Peru.

@Mik

What’s so special about the south side of Chicago?

I wear one year round.

Dress pants, blazer and new black t-shirt.

A mob of Donald Trump fans have apparently been gathering outside St Peter’s Square for the last few days, hoping to replicate their ‘historic liberation of the Capitol building on January 6th’.

https://newsthump.com/2025/05/08/maga-fans-preparing-to-storm-st-peters-basilica-should-trump-lose-conclave/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKJwcFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsyGIG-_5bX-44ZAmgM-knJ9tAAy77jOGnNYujGTFEu_IVFYMTY8BNiomJFf_aem_c7BDu91zbtJ4ILcR4rfnmw

….. from Sistine Chapel

Habemus Papam

Surprised that Trump didn’t airbrush in an American flag being raised by Soviet soldiers on the Reichstag. Am quite certain his base would not have known it was bogus.

Incidentally, the Soviets staged that photo themselves a day or two after Berlin fell. Trump would merely have been “faking a fake” had he chosen to do so.

Am sure she will take a holistic approach to surgeon generaling.

Big holiday week throughout Russia this week celebrating 9 May, Victory Day. I doubt whether the mayhem will be sustained much past the weekend.

Trumpian exceptionalism.

I understand the today Bessent referred to Putin as a war criminal before the committee.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/52210

That remark should now make his days numbered in the Court of the Orange Tsar.

New appliances here also carry the Energy Star rating. Has been that since at least the 1980s; maybe earlier. I never realized it was a USEPA programme.

Yep, as usual, sloppy thinking

…if indeed there is any thinking..

Once again, Cohen and his mentor, John Mearsheimer, conveniently ignore facts.

One, Gorbachev himself confirmed there was never any promise by the US or NATO not expand eastwards.

Two, that beginning in the 1990s with the Partnership For Peace initiative, Russia had every opportunity to coordinate and even integrate its armed forces with NATO.

Third, in 2004 Putin himself requested the NATO Sect’y General, Lord Robertson, to invite Russia to become a member of NATO. Robertson informed Putin that NATO membership is not by invitation, but rather by application and that there was no impediment for Russia to undertake the application process. Putin however did not feel that as a permanent member of the UNSC and nuclear super power that Russia should be forced to submit an application like any other non founding member of the Alliance.

Four, Putin knows full well that NATO is a purely defensive alliance and poses zero threat to Russia’s security.

Cohen lives in a world of ideological make believe and probably believes that Russia remains the proletarian paradise of Soviet times. FuCa, on the other hand, lives with his head up his arse.

The reigning Occupant has either a reading comprehension problem or attention to detail deficit:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-wrongly-credits-trudeau-russia-g8-removal-1.7528717

There are some first rate Speech Pathology clinics out there that specialize in stuttering mitigation therapies.

Perhaps FuCa can get the ice cream Field Marshal, Ben Cohen, to weigh in on this conflict as well.