Venice Flooding

Venice is now flooding due to global warming. Oops ... see: Junk Science Post.

Headlines

Trump ‘deadly serious’ about Mexico tariffs, Mulvaney says

China vows to defend ‘islands and rocks’ in the South China Sea

Wire: Big tech should be afraid. Very afraid ...

Veterans skip meeting with AOC after she bashes Trump’s foreign policy

Trump tempers optimism on Middle East peace plan

Goldman Sachs is predicting an escalation of the global trade wars

Trump hits back at London mayor on arrival in UK ...

Poll: Majority of Americans oppose Donald impeachment

Trump backs no-deal Brexit

5 injured in Venice as cruise ship slams into tourist boat

Palestinians say U.S. ‘deal of the century’ will finish off their state ...

Virginia Beach police chief: No gun law would have prevented attack

Headlines

All from Internet new sites. Guess which from Politico?

Kelly moves to control the information Trump sees

Violent leftist group vows to 'shut down' Berkeley March against Marxism

Hurricane warning Texas, 30 inches of rain?

UNICEF: 'Appaling increase' in use of girls as 'human bombs' in Nigeria

Trump meets with Flake challengers before Phoenix rally

WSJ editor told his reporters to stick to the facts, so they leaked his e-mails

Car plows thru Trans Lives Matter protest ...

Wrapped: Charlottesville covers Confederate statues in black

California Democrats lead attack on Trump's mental health

ACLU apologizes for tweeting photo of white baby with US flag

Venice mayor orders cops to shoot anyone who shouts 'Allahu Akbar'

... Trump: We'll probably end up terminating NAFTA ...

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Tables are Turned

The Ducks are Coming

Venice

Flower Girl

Full Moon above Prague

Bedfellows …

Make strange politicians. On Saturday George Clooney, 53, and Amal Alamuddin, 36, got married in a glitzy wedding in Venice, Italy … to the bitter disappointment of thousands of female wanna-bes around the world. It seems that this match-up had political overtones as Clooney, an uber-left, Israel-hating, Obama-loving, environmentalist, movie actor, and Alamuddin, a Lebanese-born, Israel-hating, human-rights attorney; share most of the same political views. Clooney is now also rumored as having his eye on running for governor of California in 2018 and an Arab bride would obviously round out his diversity credentials in this hotbed of mindless liberalism … see: Breitbart Story.

I have seen most of the swooning reports of these nuptials and I have yet to notice any indication that Alamuddin was sporting a beard.

Afterthought: I also have yet to see any mention of George Clooney's parents at this wedding ... strange?

A House Divided

There are more than a few political commentators who are mewing that, since the majority of Crimeans (but not the 96% as the recent voting indicated) believe that this part of Ukraine should be reunited with Russia, who are we or others to object? Interesting point … but then one must also ask why were not the Confederate States allowed to secede from the United States back in the early 1860’s? Why cannot all or part of Montreal split from Canada whenever it chooses? If Scotland soon votes to depart the United Kingdom should this be opposed or even penalized in some way?  Venice, from Italy?

As long as we are exploring the notion of national self-determination, why cannot Chechnya or other predominately Muslim republics secede unopposed from the Russian Federation? Isn’t what is good for the sow bear also good for the boar bear?  Why are not Tibet or other western Chinese provinces allowed to go their own way independent of Bejing’s tight control?

And how about the real poser … what if large portions of the American southwest, including California, now that they are predominately Hispanic, vote to rejoin Mexico?  Should this be permitted … or even encouraged? One could argue that this might significantly shift the United States’political balance rightward … and also relieve much fiscal stress on other neighboring American states.

President Abraham Lincoln once said, “A house divided cannot stand.” But as that other U.S. President, slick Willy Clinton, might have added, “It all depends on what your definition of ‘house’ is.”

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Antarctica

Venice

Happy Frogs

Raining Violets

Fluorite

reddit Gallery XXXVII -- Cities

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Alesund, Norway

Prague

Venice

Porto, Portugal

York, England