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One of Melania’s little projects.

April 25, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Melania Trump unveils a White House replica beehive buzzing with new colonies on the South Lawn

First lady Melania Trump on Friday announced a sweet new addition to the South Lawn, expanding the White House honey program with a newly installed and fully functioning beehive modeled after the executive mansion.

The queen-worthy new hive, hand-crafted by a local Virginia artisan in the image of the White House, will add two new bee colonies to the property’s existing two.

That seems like a good idea, but it’s not going to stay pretty.  Everything about bees is sticky.  Melania can probably call Goddard Space Flight Center and get a new mini White House printed up.  NASA has large volume 3-D printers, and they are only 6 miles away.

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Sparky had an exhausting day.

April 24, 2026 / / 0 Comments

After our workout, my brother came by for lunch.  Sparky was a charming host, so didn’t get to take his nap.  At the same time, a rain storm blew in, putting Sparky on high alert.  He wants to be close to people, smiles like a maniac and pants like he’s going into labor.

 When the storm had passed and the visit was winding down, Sparky was wiped out.  He never takes a full on, eyes closed, nap.    

Poor little fella.

Fixing up the place.

April 24, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool gets a blue coating as Trump tackles renovation project

In Trump’s telling, the reflection pool project is a case study in business acumen. The president said he scrapped plans to have the granite replaced, which he said was estimated to cost $301 million and would take at least three years.

The usual haters will think this is a bad idea and some judge will delay Trump’s project, but I like having a president who wants to fix some shit and has a plausible and economical way to do it.

The president went with a plan to clean the granite and lay down a new “industrial grade pool” surface for $1.5 million, he said. All told, it would take a few weeks. Trump noted it would be ready well before July 4, when the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence.

Fourteen years ago, the reflecting pool got a $34 million renovation that held up for a few years before having more problems.

Trump says he’s built maybe a 100 swimming pools and has some guys.  If it holds up for 20 or 30 years before it needs to be redone, that’s great.

The SPLC was playing the long con.

April 23, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Presidential candidate Trump was frequently attacked for saying, “there are good people on both sides.” at the ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Now we learn that the bad people on both sides were working together.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), started out as an organization to help poor Black folks in the South.  That was back in the day.  Now, the SPLC is the organization that decides who or what organizations are racist, or right-wing extremists.  The FBI, corporate media and major banks respect their opinion.

Now we learn that the SPLC was paying the White supremacists that they were publicly opposing.  That seemed to ludicrous to be true, and the corporate media isn’t explaining it, so I read the indictment from the Department of Justice.

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Sparky is the real victim.

April 22, 2026 / / 0 Comments

I have been painting molding and trim in the solarium.  Over time, it gets nicked up and scratched, so it’s a nice, limited project.  Sparky doesn’t like it because I can’t stop to play.  When I am sitting on the floor to get the low stuff, Sparky isn’t welcome to help.  I have to send him away.

Now that the work is done, Sparky is happy to go outside and goof around.  It’s so nice out, I’m tempted to get a beer and go back outside.

Get sun when you can.

April 20, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Sparky and I look like a couple of convalescent old bastards, but we’re good.  There isn’t a cloud in the sky, so we wanted to soak up some sun before it rains again.  It’s only 40o outside, so we are bundled up.

Don’t say we’re snuggling.  Sparky is pretty homophobic. 

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