Don Lemon arrested in connection to anti-ICE church protest
There is no Constitutional right to protest. That’s not a thing. It’s not in there.
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CNN: Here are the 2026 Oscar nominees
The Academy Awards have evolved into a virtue signalling, Hollywood, circle jerk, but I always check the list in case there is a good movie I missed or to see if we agree.
Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy should lean into that premise.
Star Trek technology was always based on dilithium crystals as a power source. The Burn, was a catastrophic event in which all the dilithium crystals became inert. All star ships that were deployed lost power, resulting in the deaths of a vast number of Star Fleet personnel.
Star Fleet personnel were always the best of the best, because in a post-scarcity society, people could pursue any career or endeavor that appealed to them. After The Burn, the best of the best were gone, and their courageous and competent genes were gone too.
A hundred years after The Burn, when Star Fleet is ready to reestablish Star Fleet Academy, all they have left are these theater kids.
ICE arrests in Minnesota surge include numerous convicted child rapists, killers
Governor Walz needs to explain why he is fighting so hard to keep violent foreign criminals walking free in Minnesota. ICE released a list of some of the worst criminals that have been picked up in Minnesota.
Of these 18 people, a dozen are killers, while 5 have raped, sodomized or sexually assaulted children. They have all been tried, convicted and have deportation orders.
If Governor Walz worked with ICE, foreign criminals could be picked up in a safer and more orderly manner. Instead, blue states and cities actively oppose federal immigration enforcement, resulting in these chaotic confrontations in order to keep citizens in danger.
It makes no sense.
A woman died yesterday after interfering with federal ICE officers. I won’t post a link because you have already decided whether or not you are in favor a civil war in America.
When the power went out a couple of days ago, my electricity was back in a few hours, but my home automation didn’t come back.
The First Electric Christmas Tree Lights
from the Detroit Post and Tribune (1882)
Johnson’s glowing Christmas tree was visible through his home’s windows, and caused a stream of people to pass by his house, intrigued by this new use of electricity.
[It was described in an article by William Augustus Croffut, a Michigan newspaper reporter.]
“Last evening I walked over beyond Fifth Avenue and called at the residence of Edward H. Johnson, vice-president of Edison’s electric company. There, at the rear of the beautiful parlors, was a large Christmas tree, presenting a most picturesque and uncanny aspect. It was brilliantly lighted with many colored globes about as large as an English walnut and was turning some six times a minute on a little pine box. There were eighty lights in all encased in these dainty glass eggs, and about equally divided between white, red and blue. As the tree turned, the colors alternated, all the lamps going out and being relit at every revolution. The result was a continuous twinkling of dancing colors, red, white and blue, all evening.
I need not tell you that the scintillating evergreen was a pretty sight – one can hardly imagine anything prettier. The ceiling was crossed obliquely with two wires on which hung 28 more of the tiny lights; and all the lights and the fantastic tree itself with its starry fruit were kept going by the slight electric current brought from the main office on a filmy wire. The tree was kept revolving by a little hidden crank below the floor which was turned by electricity. It was a superb exhibition.”
Winter can be bleak and dreary, especially when the snow is old and the sky is overcast. Nature is shades of gray. That can bring a fella down.
It doesn’t bring me down, I’ve got a beagle, but as part of my Continuous Improvement Plan, I added automatic color.
Choosing a retirement gift is tricky because you may not know the person very well. Not just what does the person want or need, but what are they going to want or need after reaching a milestone that changes everything.
I’m going to help you.
Ars Technica: Why is my dog like this? Current DNA tests won’t explain it to you.
Another disappointing article about dog research.
The dog shown in the photo above is a stock photo chosen for this article. To me, the photo says,
“Hi, my name is Patches! They found me at a pet sematary. This paw is bigger than my other paws, and my ears don’t seem to be related. I look to be patched together from a bunch of dogs, so they call me Patches! Can I take your kids for a walk over to the edge of the forest? You don’t have to come along.”