rubio on cuba : "cuba is in trouble"

"the leadership in cuba does not know how to fix it so they need new leadership" rubio

does this "rubio doctrine"' apply in washington as it does in havana?

i might say that "the entire earth is in trouble ...."

the 2026 quarters, featuring trump and female as pilgrims

are they done by the same "artist" that does the norman rockwell immitations or the nfts?

the front page ny post headline

no quotes cause the story is as crazy as can be, but i think we need to see exactly how delusional these people are.

are these people hypnotized? compromised? mass psychosis? does he use subliminal advertising or persuasive voice techniques?

what the hell am i missing about this blowhard who belongs at the end of the vfw bar where his insane rants don't kill people.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/25/opinion/trumps-home-run-state-of-the-union-2026-showed-exactly-how-crazy-the-democrats-are/

al franken w/ molly jong fast

"am i allowed to curse,, here?"

Al Franken. this week Mark liebovich of the atlantic

so it begins, happy mardi gras

about 2 blocks of drunk cockroaches just passed m house en route to the french quarter.

i played a few bars of "second line" on clarinet and was answered by their litlle brass section.

weather is spectacular. play safe.

robert reich podcast. seems to be "news of the week"

bob compares gop to "royalists" but gets french history off by a few roman numerals.

i think the royalist comparisons are fair, but this is really approaching totalitarianism

Gypsy in space and time

Gypsy in Space and Time

I thought he was a madman at first, but his request was remarkable.

A character out of Dickens. Thin. Pointy chin. Long gray pony tail and four days of unshaved wreckage. Green Eyes, clear vision. Affluent enough for cataract surgery and prescription weed, but not rich enough for the manners to stay out of my face.


I was calm. Keep him quiet until security arrived.

“So that’s all you want? An Antikythera Mechanism? No Problem. Let me see if they have one over at the Calibration Lab.

He leaned over my desk and put his hand on the telephone.

“No. I want you to help me find the best photographs of the original. I need all the imagery, and access to the systems and software to use it”

Sorry to tell him the truth. I don’t know any of that

“Have you checked the yellow pages? Now sit down. Do you want a cuppa coffee?”

He looked at me like I was crazy

I looked back.” How about a slug from this bottle. I only keep it for the times I need to tell a patient his mother died.”

The drink helped. We both relaxed until security took him away in a straight jacket.

Carnivore

Carnivore
Blossum brought me a present.

I thanked her graciously, danced the rat dance and shared a cup a catnip tea and a can of sardines. Ya feed ‘em every day and then, when they finally do their job, they want a bonus.

“EEEW, that looks like something the cat drug in” I cut her off. Time to mansplain.

“That’s ‘dragged in’ dear, and If you did your job and cleaned the kitchen, Blossum wouldn’t need to bring me evidence”

I almost got that last word out before the rolling pin hit my ear.

I woke up with blossom licking my eyelids, instinctively going for the best part before other scavengers arrived. “Sorry, girl, not this time, “ but I did get up slowly.

“Just hang around, girl, it won’t be long.”

Blossom sat like the sphinx and licked her lips.