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Government

ICE app seems like it could be a criminal tool.

CNN Showcases App Designed By Pro-Antifa Creator That Helps Illegal Immigrants Dodge ICE Agents

Users can share the exact location of ICE agents that are located within 5 miles of them and add specific details about the agents, including what they wore or what vehicle they were using.

It would be a fun idea for law-abiding Americans to use that app to flood the system with spurious reports of ICE activity.  The app would lose credibility.

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TV Shows

The TV show ‘Katla’ is a serious supernatural mystery from Iceland. 8/10

 

The best thing about Katla is that it’s from Iceland.  Everything about it is a little different from other TV shows.  

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Sparky

Sparky is a tunnel rat.

There were two rabbits in the yard when we went out this morning. 

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Projects

Creek rehab is finally done.

The creek rehab project is done.  Laying the sod was the last step.

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People

NY Post articles that caught my eye.

FDNY suspends officer for giving ‘hot girls’ ride on firetruck.   That just sounds like community outreach.

California boy walked off a 120-foot cliff in front of his horrified father. There were plenty of warning signs and other hikers willing to help. Father wasn’t paying attention.

Bison boils to death in Yellowstone hot spring in front of tourist.  Nothing in nature dies peacefully surrounded by loved ones.

Police arrest fugitive who posted on social media following New Orleans jailbreak.  Another social media victim betrayed by posting too much.

Texas man confesses to ‘snapping’ and strangling his missing flight attendant roommate.  Mundane story until you look at the photos.  Here’s the man and the flight attendant roommate he had for a year.

 

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Government

Freddie, thank you for your service.

Egyptian Man Pleads Guilty to Kicking Customs and Border Protection Beagle

As the CBP canine handler started questioning Marie, he violently kicked Freddie with sufficient force to lift the 25-pound beagle off the ground.

Whatever the Egyptian guy did wrong, deciding to “violently assault a defenseless Customs and Border Protection beagle” is going to make the criminal penalty twice as bad.  Look at that face.  Any judge would throw the book at him.

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Uncategorized

Sparky goes to his happy place.

Sparky is anxious and needs a friend, but because of the poison ivy issue, I have been standoffish and not as cuddly as is our custom.

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Food

Outside incentives

Walking the dog or doing yard work is more fun when candy grows on bushes.

The blackberries are getting ripe and they are the best.  Cherries are just as tasty, but birds eat them about 15 minutes after they ripen.  Plums might be good, but my trees have more black knot than fruit.  Eating an apple doesn’t feel like a treat, and the pears are too firm until they sit on the window sill for a while.

No sign of poison ivy in Sparky’s favorite parts of the yard.

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Sparky

Sparky can’t be my comfort animal.

Sparky doesn’t really understand, but he is contrite anyway.

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People

Carl has a story.

This is my neighbor Carl.  He just told me that he is 94 1/2 years old.