"Exhausted From Grueling Fundraising Trips, POTUS to Vacation for 17 Days.

Oh, yeah. The country's in the best of hands...

Reminded of the poem by baron_waste

In Flanders fields the poppies blow ( Read more... )

... it's a bit simplistic, but still:


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It’s as if, in some sort of national spasm of carelessness and self-deceit, we elected a guy entirely unqualified by experience or personal characteristics to the single most important office in the land, to serve during a period of unusual troubles that he was not equipped to addressIndeed ( Read more... )

... back when he was still funny, "your moment of zen." A Mariachi band serenading a beluga whale.

I'll let that sink in a moment.

It's a Mariachi band.

That is serenading.

A beluga whale. A whale who seems to be, as far as I can tell, quite enjoying the music - or at least the attention.

Cool beyond words :)

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From an altitude of more than 89,000 feet (27,000 meters), the balloon took photos of NASA's shuttle Atlantis making the final liftoff of the space shuttle program. Atlantis blasted off on Friday (July 8) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


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Apparently, if you're a union member, you can now legally beat up anyone who disagrees with you.

I tell you, this is a proud moment to be an American.

I would like to note that this is the first time I've ever posted on LJ that my current mood is "Pissed Off."

The IRS - that's the Internal Revenue Service, to you folk in foreign lands - just informed me that they have not sent me my refund check yet because they don't have my home address.

They informed me of this via a letter.

That they sent to my home address.

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Ku Klux Klan protests Westboro Baptist Church.

Let's face it. If the Klan is protesting you, you're either doing something very right or you're doing something very wrong :)

They've always been my go to for restrained quality journalism.

And I'm the queen of Romania.

However... in this instance I find myself in perfect agreement with them.


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