My plum trees are wracked with black knot. That’s a gnarly looking fungus that infects a branch, and kills the rest of the branch. Close up, the corruption looks like this.
I didn’t know that Jimmy Cliff was still alive.
Bob Marley was the star that burned too hot to last. He popularized reggae music, but died at 36 years old. Jimmy Cliff was not as intense or known, but put out good music for a long time.
Reggae music isn’t all fun and games, there is often a message about oppression or liberation. This line from The Harder They Come, sticks with me.
I’d rather be a free man in my grave, Than living as a puppet or a slave
We like to think we are men of principle, but you never really know.
Jimmy Cliff played in Cleveland, at the Agora, almost exactly 50 years ago. Here is when he played in Cleveland.
- November 10, 1975, The Agora
- September 15, 1982, The Front Row Theatre (with Peter Tosh)
- August 9, 1992, Nautica Stage, (World Beat ’92)
I attended the 1992 performance.
It’s crazy to notice that Cleveland was the 10th performance that Jimmy Cliff had ever performed in the US. Even though he played hundreds of times after 1992, he never came back to Cleveland.
Cleveland either lost it’s music scene or the rest of the world caught up to us.
Sparky is insubordinate. Or he’s quiet quitting or protesting. It’s hard to tell with beagles.
This is nice.
The protestors get together to show their commitment to a cause. Home Depot gets traffic in their stores a month before Christmas.
BREAKING – Liberals in California are now standing in line at Home Depot to purchase a single 17-cent scraper, only to return it and get back in line to purchase another, aiming to freeze sales in protest of Home Depot allowing ICE to conduct operations in their stores. pic.twitter.com/LaoDbsjOUv
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) November 23, 2025
WSJ: Here’s What It’s Like to Retire to Portugal
Four years ago, with my adult daughters gone from the nest, it was time for me to fly, too. And even though I had never set foot in Portugal, I decided to retire to Lisbon.
It has paid off spectacularly.
Doubt it.
This lady will change her mind and move back to the US within the next four years. A person who moves to a foreign country that she’s never visited, is not a deep thinker.
Japan suffered deadliest month of bear attacks in history, with 7 deaths and 88 maulings in October
Alaska averages about one death by bear attack per year.
Because it’s Japan, there has to be some odd cultural practice they aren’t telling us. Like for Halloween, everybody dresses like bears to parade through the woods, or honey-scented backpacks are popular.
Time: Court Filings Allege Meta Downplayed Risks to Children and Misled the Public
“Meta has designed social media products and platforms that it is aware are addictive to kids, and they’re aware that those addictions lead to a whole host of serious mental health issues,” says Previn Warren, the co-lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the case.
That’s really bad, but everybody knew this. It’s not like anyone cares about kids.
Everything to know about ‘Stargate’ from Amazon MGM Studios
The Stargate franchise never had the high profile of Star Trek or Star Wars, and there hasn’t been a new TV show or movie in 15 years, but it was inevitable that a studio would pick up this IP.
You’d have to be pretty dumb to get excited about any new adaptation until more is known, but I am cautiously optimistic.
Several Democratic senators and congressman are one word away from sedition.
Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.
Their statement is true, and every member of the military knows it. This message to the military is very dangerous and will do harm.