Wow! Two (count 'em) great new expressions to use from this past week - "Republican Sewer States" and "Butt Snorkeling." 👏🏼🤭👍🏼
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Wow! Two (count 'em) great new expressions to use from this past week - "Republican Sewer States" and "Butt Snorkeling." 👏🏼🤭👍🏼
Being as today he can't open his mouth without uttering outright lies, it is heartening to know that a few decades ago he attempted to be an honest man. For example, look at the personalized NY license plate with initials standing for "Dick Just Tiny." 😉
Well… it certainly was - for Putin. He played Trump for the simpleton he is.
Yours is a very accurate and underappreciated reply. 👍🏼
It's gotten this bizarre - In the "olden days" rookie journalists fresh out of school would get an internship and/or low paying job at Fox with dreams of being a full time reporter or anchor. Now the interns there have dreams of being appointed to head a Federal Government Department. 🤷🏼♂️
Instead of "Bolder," perhaps the headline should more accurately read, "Now Unhinged."
Po-TAY-to, Po-Tah-to. 😐 Himmler or Goebbels ? Both cowards died of self-administered cyanide poisoning 80 years ago this May. Himmler did it quickly to avoid incarceration. Goebbels and his wife planned it so they could also murder their 6 children. Himmler, Goebbels & Miller - 3 peas in a Nazi pod.
To Americans who don't quite get it - now is NOT the time to say, well let's see if the Democratic candidate is worthy of my vote; if not I'll sit the next election out (but I'll post a clever meme). The goal is simple: TYRO. It stands for THROW YOUR REPUBLICAN OUT.
Hopefully no one named Kyle is among those who are armed.
👍🏼🎉🥳🎉👍🏿 It's a great honor George. Congratulations!!! Way to go! 👍🏾🥳🎉🥳👍🏼
It truly is starting to look like instead of these files being called the Jeffrey Epstein files, just maybe the more accurate title should be the Donald J. Trump files featuring Jeffrey Epstein. 😐
No matter how sincere, any sentence beginning with these seven words, "The Trump administration would be wise to..." can only be read as an attempt at humour, for there is zero wisdom in the Trump administration, only the whims of a narcissistic tyrant who cares nothing about anyone but himself.
A beautiful #butterfly on a wonderful #waterlily. ISO200 85mm f5.6 1/125s #photography
Alliteration dictates that today could be Meerkat Monday, so here is a photo of one I took Saturday afternoon at the #Calgary #zoo. Here's hoping everyone has a good week, considering all the weirdness going on in our world these days (another reason to post something #cute). #photography #animal
All you Americans should just be grateful Trump didn't hand Alaska back to Putin and claimed a win because Russia in return agreed to pay for all the new American flags with 13 stripes and 49 stars.
Trump is now too old for that. The last three way meeting he had was probably on Epstein's island.
Nope. And I think you just have a crush on him. 😉
Nonsense. The Kennedy Center needs a Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and they can't find a celebrity Trump sycophant in the arts who would be deemed worthy. They went for Cruise because he is politically closeted (because he has good business sense). If he was MAGA he'd jump at it.
Honestly, I'd welcome a person with any different religious leaning on to SCOTUS, to counter the 6 Roman Catholic Trump Sycophants who wear the robes there.
Uh oh! Kid Rock might get the lifetime achievement award by default... OR... Mar-a-Lardo will just bestow the "honour" upon himself.
Oh goodness, everyone is puzzled. How will Donald Trump manage to get his ballroom but expediently when it looks like there are so many delays and necessary regulatory checkpoints in place. I see several soon-to-be unemployed regulators in Washington. Trump will just be Trump.
Taken last night. it is rare to find 19th century ruins in a big city but that's exactly what this is. On east 12th Avenue in #Calgary are remnants of the city's first major #hospital, built in 1899. It featured 35 beds, an operating room & a nursing school. #photography #architecture #yyc #history
I know I've not posted a #photo in a while, so on #SkyscraperSaturday (I kind of made that up), I took this early evening shot of the south facing side of the 3rd tallest #building in #Calgary, the 60 storey #TelusSky. That's the #downtown Hyatt in its reflection. #photography #architechture #yyc
Vance may have Donald Trump’s dubious endorsement to replace him down the line, but to get the rest of the GOP and MAGA on board he has to show that he can consistently lie through his teeth. He’ll never match Mar-a-Lardo in that category, but he’s capable of coming close.
Reading between the lines on this strategic move by Trump seems to indicate only one reason he would do this - It’s because he is mentioned several times in the Epstein files.
From the article - “It slammed into the 52-year-old after becoming increasingly agitated and killed him almost instantly.” There’s something poignant about the insertion of the word “almost,” no?
It doesn’t matter how potent your weaponry is, if you’re going after something called the “Black Death” it’s going to be a tad more dangerous than killing thousands of doves over three days in Argentina, which this prick bragged about on his social media account. #GoodRiddance
He's always been near the top of my list, but Ted Cruz's most recent hypocrisy may soon see him replace Stephen Miller as "The Most Punchable Face in America."
I wonder if Trump believes he can hold off long enough until the genocide being attempted by Netanyahu's goons (some call it an army) is complete and there are no Palestinians left. Of course in reality Mar-a-Lardo has no idea what is happening because the atrocities are not reported on Fox News.
It's tough for Mar-a-Lardo, for if he seriously looks hard and unobjectively, this is what he'll see -
Why do so many objective observers question why someone who is clearly, crooked, incompetent, unfit and over his head, appointed to a significant government post (and these observers wrote about it at the time of the appointment) suddenly express shock when he behaves EXACTLY the same way? 🤷🏼♂️
Sorry, but it was never about free speech, except for what Trump and the new GOP wants to hear. He’s one-eighth through his term and he’s just getting warmed up.
There's a new "Most Punchable Face" candidate in America... But only if we agree longtime title holder Stephen Miller should just retire with the Lifetime Achievement Award in that category.
How sad is the state of the conflict that a person simply holding a “Stop the Starvation” sign is labeled a "left-wing activist?"
A question: This IS so unbelievably wacky and out-there that I don't think it is unreasonable to ask the following: Tulsi Gabbard is 44 years old. Did she first meet Donald Trump in 1995, when she was 14? She certainly is acting like someone who has been groomed for decades.
Now... I'm in Canada (a Commonwealth country) so I feel qualified to sign the petition seen at the bottom of the page. If you detest Mar-a-Lardo as much as most of the free world scan this petition to ban his golf course from hosting the 2028 Open. You will need a valid Scottish postal code. 😘
For a good defence Owens can just give numerous examples of things she has said showing she herself doesn't believe she is black (And every black person I know is embarrassed that she is).
Thanks. 😊
Lawrence is one of the last brave journalists on network television not bowing down to the tidal wave of authoritarianism that has been destroying democracy in the USA since Trump was voted back into office. America needs more like him to find their spine.
😊 Thank you.
On this #wildfowl #Wednesday I confess that when photographing a #mallard I get so distracted by the #iridescence of a drake's head 🦆 I often ignore the #beauty of a hen. Here's me making amends today with this #photo of an awake but resting female #duck. 🙂 #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #fowl
💯 %✔️ Stinking to High Heavens. 🤨
Have a good Tuesday, all! This was taken east of #Strathmore, which itself is east of #Calgary. There are many picturesque #fields of yellow #canola in southern #Alberta this time of year. The trees separating the two properties and the wispy #clouds added to the #photo. #photography #summer
Good Monday morning, all! Is #MooseMonday even a thing on #BlueSky? 🥴 Today it is for me as I post two #photos of a very healthy adult #moose couple I spotted from a distance in January while on a logging road near #Sundre, #Alberta. Such a magnificent animal! #photography #wild #nature #wildlife
It's reassuring to read everyone in this thread expressing disgust towards Mar-a-Lardo, but with each passing day two things are becoming more apparent - 1) He is getting less popular with Americans, and... 2) He is steamrolling to a dictatorship from which he believes he cannot be removed.
Now in fairness to Don Jr., perhaps he meant to write, "In 47 years I've never seen him diddle once." And that is plausible, because young Don never witnessed a lot of what his father did, similar to how a good friend of a rural MAGA man might not even know his buddy has a special goat.
And... Here's that aforementioned mother hen, standing guard at a distance and later in the stream. The white trim on her feathers make such an attractive pattern, no? #bird 🪶 #birds #mallard #duck #nature #photography
Happy Sunday everybody! Time for something #cute. Yesterday I took a photo of 4 #mallard #chicks huddled together and resting on the bank of a stream in #Confederation #Park in #Calgary. Their mother was nearby and didn't mind me getting close. #photography #duck #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wild #yyc
Well, according to the NYTs story on that poor woman (who committed suicide in April at age 41) who Epstein first met and abused at Mar-a-Lago, he would tire of the girls when they approached 18 years of age and he encouraged them to invite and bring their younger friends to his house. 🤮
A "cutie" (eye of the beholder!) who married a man over twice her age. Daily seething as she tries to avoid ever-increasing problems generated by Trump will be compounded in a couple of decades when she is changing diapers at home, and I'm not referring to infants.
Thank you. 😊
I took this #photo of a #mallard in a #pond not far from the #Alberta Children's Hospital in #Calgary. To get this angle I laid still on the bank of the pond with my hand touching the water. After 10 minutes or so the #hen slowly drifted into my frame. #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #wild #nature #duck
Great shots!
Taken in a community garden near my home in NW #Calgary. I shot this #photo at 8:30pm. Some #sunflower #blossoms, #backlit by the #sun, which was low in the sky as it dropped below clouds in the background. I hope you all have a super weekend and are finding ways to enjoy #summer. #photography #yyc
Last Saturday I was near the #foothills east of the #Rocky #Mountains in #Alberta when I saw these two #wild #whitetails, their annual antlers coming along nicely in the #velvet stage. Both #deer froze when they saw me, which I found most considerate. 🙂 #photography #bucks #nature #wildlife #photo.
Hope everyone's day is going well. I took this #photo of a herd of #cattle on Saturday at 7:30 in the morning, on grasslands just outside of Okotoks, Alberta. A big #cow with aspirations walked up a small hill on the property to get a good look at (or maybe just to pose for) me. #photography #rural
But... what is that hideous green thing on his right?
Yesterday I walked in the rain through Confederation Park in #Calgary when I saw this beautiful (wait for it)... waste receptacle! These 4 photos show all sides & feature #birds who frequent the park. Kudos to the #city for turning this usually army green eyesore into something visually appealing. 👍🏼
Thank you. 😊
Good Tuesday morning all! Just after noon three days ago I was south west of Okotoks, #Alberta, where I was taken by the shadows of hundreds of #clouds polka-dotting the landscape of yellow canola and green grassy #fields, the latter peppered by grazing #cattle. #BigSky #Pastoral #photography #rural
I took these yesterday morning in Riley Park (immediately north of the Kensington district of #Calgary). The city's grounds crew & gardeners do a wonderful job from spring through September, constantly tending the park's many #flowers. July is a great time to visit. #photography #yyc #garden #summer
To think that I am not worried about my own country when Mar-a-Lardo is eyeing Canada the way Hitler eyed Europe is a typical MAGA response. Just like spouting off with unsubstantiated crap. Why not just stick to the facts? There's enough there to condemn him but no, y'all have to embellish. #SMH
Thank you. 😊
Gee, you should testify. You seem to know a lot. Can it not be as simple as Trump is on the list? Period! Your President has never given consideration to anyone other than himself. Why on earth would he start now?
So, an easy subpoena that would be the gift that keeps on giving: get Elon Musk under oath and ask him why he insinuated on 'X' in June that Trump was in the Epstein files, which is why they won't release them. Yes he deleted his post but SO WHAT? He seems to have learned things from his DOGE days.
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Here's wishing everyone a great Sunday! Yesterday, after I took the #photo I posted of this young #white tailed #buck grazing in a field of #canola, he walked to the top of the hill, stopped & looked back at me, allowing me one more #photograph. 🙂 #photography #deer #wild #nature #naturephotography
Thanks. Sometimes it's patience and a matter of being at the right place at the right time.
Taken today near #Okotoks, #Alberta. Sometimes the best part of #photography are the #surprises you chance upon, like this young White-tailed #buck I saw munching away on #canola plants in a farmer's field. Enjoy your weekend, everyone! #wildlife #deer #nature #summer #wild
Happy 12th of July all. The Riley Park #poppies, in the Kensington district of #Calgary are in full bloom. I took these yesterday evening. The sun had just set but these bright red beauties didn't need any additional illumination. Have a great weekend everyone! 🙂 #photography #flowers #poppy #yyc
I hope everyone reading this has a super weekend. 😊 I'll feel better tomorrow but now I feel like a cranky old... coot! So what better #photo to accompany my mood than one I took of this adult male #coot, foraging on a swampy lake shore not far from #Calgary. #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #waterfowl #wild
"Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high." That's "Summertime," the opening of the opera Porgy & Bess, 1st sung 90 years ago this September, 1935 in Boston by Abbie Mitchell. My #photo, taken yesterday, has neither fish nor cotton, but it's definitely summertime.
I know. Someone messaged me and said that I spelled turn wrong in the lyrics I posted. I replied, “It sort of evens out, for the band that performed that version of the song misspelled Birds.” 😝
"To everything, Tern, Tern, Tern There is a season, Tern, Tern, Tern And a time to every purpose under heaven." I'm multitasking here, as we approach the 60th anniversary of the #Byrds 1965 no 1 hit. This #photo is of a Forster's #Tern (get it?), taken last week. #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature
Last week I took a #photo of a Black-necked Grebe with a #chick on its back on the surface of Frank Lake, #Alberta. These #birds typically lay a clutch of 2 to 4 eggs in a floating nest, but I only spotted the one chick, who'll soon be fending for itself. 🙂 #photography #bird 🪶 #nature
Ain't THAT the truth. We don't get any Gray's up here in Canada. This one was photographed in Mexico. 😬
2 very different #photos of the concrete struts & the red pedestrian crossing beneath the Crowchild #Bridge spanning the Bow River in #Calgary. The 1st was taken 5 minutes before sunset, with the sun's rays warmly lighting the pillars. The other 8 minutes later from the opposite shore. #photography
Yesterday I took this photo of a Scentless False Mayweed growing through a crack in the concrete near the pedestrian bridge below the Crowchild Bridge in #Calgary. Leonard Cohen wrote, "There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in." Not just light. #photography #yyc
Thanks. 🙂
Okay, I have one last #pelican photo from last Sunday to share with you. It's of four beauties who were considerate to pass near me in the light of the morning sun above Frank Lake, #Alberta. They look so sleek and graceful, no? #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #wild #nature #wetlands
Good Monday morning everyone. We're expecting a bright sunny summer day today in #Calgary so along that line, here is a male Yellow-headed Blackbird I photographed while at Frank Lake, #Alberta last Sunday. I hope everybody has a great week. 🙂 #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wild #wetlands
Last Sunday I shot a #photo of two #American #White #Pelicans in flight. Note the long, stiff, symmetrically paired black feathers on the wings or tail of the #birds, almost invisible when a pelican is on land or in the water. Those flight wings are called remiges. #bird 🪶 #photography #nature #wild
Another #American #White #Pelican #photo I shot at Frank Lake, #Alberta. Unlike #Canada #Geese, who mate for life, Pelicans are seasonally monogamous. So these 2 males (waiting while their partners preen) will likely return next year with different mates. #photography #bird 🪶 #nature #birds #wild
So, with my last post I announced today is going to be a day of #pelican posts, with all #photos taken last Sunday at Frank Lake, #Alberta. Here's a close up of one in open water, resting before hunting for the pike, suckers and carp that swim beneath the surface. #bird #birds 🪶 #photography #nature
Today is going to be a day of #pelican posts, with all #photos taken last Sunday at Frank Lake, #Alberta, where there are no sharks, sea lions or alligators, so adult pelicans like this big fellow (average bet. 11 & 20 lbs.) have little to fear. #birds 🪶 #photography #nature #wetlands #soaring #bird
Nice. 👍🏼 And thanks. 😌
Last weekend I drove through areas of #rural #Alberta where almost every town or #hamlet had #grain #elevators along railway tracks. Though many have been demolished some still remain, standing tall & proud like these ones in the hamlet of #Mossleigh. 🙂 #photography #prairie #history #Canada
Good Saturday morning everyone! 5 days ago I posted a #photo of an American #Avocet in it's beautiful breeding plumage. Here's another I shot of the same #bird 🪶 at Frank Lake, Alberta. Check out that long, narrow beak! Enjoy your July weekend folks. 😊 #photography #wader #stilt #nature #wild
Different grain elevator. Cool gas station.
Happy Friday everyone! This #photo of two American white #pelicans lifting off from Frank Lake (ESE of High River, #Alberta) was taken last Sunday morning. Pelicans have the 2nd-largest average wingspan of any North American #bird, after the California condor. #photography 🪶 #birds #nature #wild
Last Saturday I drove through areas of #rural #Alberta where almost every town or #hamlet had #grain #elevators along railway tracks. Though many have been demolished, a few, like this one in #Brant is still visible from a distance. More photos of others will follow. 🙂 #photography #prairie #history
Is #WaterfallWednesday a thing on #BlueSky? 🤔 Here’s a little #slow #motion footage of the #Crowsnest River as it drops over the #Lundbreck Falls in SW Alberta (right next to the Highway 3A crossing of the river between Pincher Creek and the Crowsnest Pass). #photography #July #summer #waterfall
The Seoul Cafe in Kensington. Yes indeed. Here are the design credits for the Okotoks Bakery. I’ll have to see if the YYC design was done by any of the same ppl.
I was in #Okotoks (South of #Calgary) & had a coffee & some baked goods at Take the Cake Bakery (94 Elma St. W). I took this untouched #photo of their seating area. In this decor you feel as though you are in a Tim Burton animated movie. And the food is great too! 🙂 Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 #photography
A large #Canadian #flag blowing proudly on the #Calgary #Stampede #Grounds on a past #windy #July day. Happy #Canada #Day! It’s July 1, 2025, making our country 158 years old. Here’s hoping all Canadians have a great month of #July, starting with today, our #national #holiday. 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 #confederation
Because it was a clear #sky and I had not used my trusty metal #tripod in a while, at 10:00pm (shortly after sunset) here in #Calgary I took this #photo of the #moon, near the end of its #waxing #crescent stage. Good night all! Let’s have a spectacular July. 🌙 ISO2500 270mm @f8 1/400s #photography
Thanks! I was unaware of the hashtag.
Happy last day of June all! These #photos of #Coots I took yesterday at Frank Lake (ESE of High River, #Alberta) may have you think twice before saying, “ALL #baby animals are cute.” Here’s an adult male and also a small #covert of a #hen & her #chicks.” 🫣 #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wild
