Sunday, July 06, 2025

Panis Angelicus--Bread of Angels--original lyrics by St. Thomas Aquinas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tufbM2TJoBs

13 junta aircraft shot down since 2021 coup--myanmar.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/thirteen-myanmar-junta-aircraft-shot-down-since-coup.html

Darwinism--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism

Factoid--Voltage used in Canada--

AI Overview
In Canada, the standard voltage for household electricity is 120 volts (120V). This is the same voltage used in the United States. The frequency of the electricity is 60 Hertz (60Hz).

The Scopes Monkey Trial and Darwin's Theory of Evolution--

https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/law/scopes-monkey-trial-facts

The male penis--facts.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/527234/12-facts-about-penis?dicbo=v2-aq2RqqT

Slow cooker chicken dinners--

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/these-5-slow-cooker-recipes-need-only-5-ingredients-and-a-glance?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Negotiation Theory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_principles

Sunday, June 29, 2025

The Big Ugly Bill--Musk criticizes--

https://www.aol.com/dramatic-vote-senate-pushes-ahead-124013124.html

"Iranians" who have been here 47 years arrested/deported. They never refer to themselves as "Iranians"--they always say Persians.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-immigration-arrests-us-trump-deportations-9a4136657bda3a277125738807848368
One came bc her father was executed by the Shah.
Several supported Aung San Suu Kyi from Burma.
Some came via Teheran after Khomeini returned from Paris in 1979.
I knew then he would pull Iran back to the Middle Ages.
When he died there was pandemonium, his remains almost falling out of coffin as it was airlifted by helicopter.
***

US strike on Iran 7 b--all for very little--will only set Iran back a few months.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/world/iaea-iran-enriched-uranium-intl

Justice for Myanmar says Belarus supplying Burma weapons systems and training--

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/belarus-supplies-air-defense-system-to-myanmar-junta-activist-group.html

The Complete Persepolis--pdf version.

https://rhinehartadvancedenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/1/0/22108252/the-complete-persepolis-by.pdf

Persepolis 1 & 2--by Marjane Satrapi--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(comics)

How to resist authoritarianism--Google search results--

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+resist+authoritarianism&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=f7a3d7663a73d1dc&sxsrf=AE3TifPLp73LQ3jstBuYZTen_KGZ4jK-sw%3A1751209270165&ei=NlVhaMbdCd-p5NoP78zigQU&oq=How+to+resist&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

What is Reiki?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki

Special--Long preview of Maus--famous graphic novel set in Poland.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Maus/sSLKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA2&printsec=frontcover

Wow--evolution of rats in the city (Chicago)

https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/rodents-chicago-evolving-real-time-123000725.html

Massive medieval hospital found under sinkhole in York, UK.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-sinkhole-opened-up-on-a-street-in-england-revealing-the-remains-of-a-massive-medieval-hospital-180986890/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Friday, June 27, 2025

Michelle Obama at 61

https://www.aol.com/michelle-obama-mocks-rumors-her-150052904.html

Supreme Court sides with Trump on Birthright Citizenship.

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/27/nx-s1-5435786/scotus-birthright-citizenship-universal-injunctions

Amal Clooney--the epitome of good breeding, class, style and taste.

https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/fashion-trends/840541/amal-clooney-perfect-lbd/

Novelists and Love--They are--or we are--just like other people--though maybe more intense

and more open about their feelings. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/famous-literary-relationships-from-best-to-worst?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Achingly beautiful--long preview of A Passage North--set in Jaffna

https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Passage_North/aLhPEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
The grandmother--grandson interaction is more absorbing than the romance with the Tamil Tiger activist--just hinted at so far.
Reminiscent of Anthony Marra's Bosnia novel--
Kyi May

Fiction set in Sri Lanka--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_a_Brief_Marriage

Jaffna in Sri Lanka--formerly Ceylon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffna

Jaffa in Israel--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine

Human Rights Organisations--AI/Google search results.

https://www.google.com/search?q=human+rights+organizations&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=9df8d0d36b3fc424&sxsrf=AE3TifPnPW9tVYn_sNF_hPV_w9XcbAAFXg%3A1751022620369&ei=HHxeaLmaFtel5NoPzMvFIA&oq=human+rights+&gs_lp=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_owCsgcGMC4xMi4yuAe6EMIHCDItNC4xMC4yyAe3AQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Thursday, June 26, 2025

The fake prince--like out of a bad romcom.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-prince?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Sorry about previous post--

Here is correct link to Sharp's book--written at the request of U Tin Maung Win--who was son of U Win--a minister during democratically-elected PM U Nu era-- https://www.amazon.com/Dictatorship-Democracy-Conceptual-Framework-Liberation/dp/1595588507/ref=pd_bxgy_thbs_d_sccl_1/136-6155691-6110964?pd_rd_w=xW8WG&content-id=amzn1.sym.dcf559c6-d374-405e-a13e-133e852d81e1&pf_rd_p=dcf559c6-d374-405e-a13e-133e852d81e1&pf_rd_r=KA14SQM818ZN49SQ59TZ&pd_rd_wg=V4hH3&pd_rd_r=8fb641e3-a9da-4e36-b69f-a45c1fe8ed32&pd_rd_i=1595588507&psc=1&asin=1595588507&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1 U Tin Maung Win praised an interview I did of Dr Maung Zarni--then still a PhD candidate -- Interview was for RFA--during the time I worked there--1997-2001. I was elbowed out by junta-inclined Burmese language boss Soe Thinn--because my broadcasts became very popular inside Burma and in diaspora. k 6-26-2025

Gene Sharp--the sage of non-violent resistance--a hero in Burma--

One of my colleagues called him Djin Shapp.
k

Stagflation warning due to tariffs with step graphs from 4 leading economists--What a showdown looks like--

Stagflation warning due to tariffs with step graphs from 4 leading economists--What a showdown looks like-- https://www.aol.com/news/us-staring-down-fate-worse-090001383.html and this does not take acct of other factors, such as fear, uncertainty, BS prez, war, international reactions--so Stagflation will be GLOBAL. https://www.aol.com/feds-williams-sees-slower-growth-163704737.html I get so tired of warnings, warning people who wish to retreat into shells like hermit crabs--but KUDOS to those who stay, reboot and fight the good fight in whatever way they can. It may end like Massada--but at least we tried. And people shld have an exit strategy. Or several. In 6 months it's turned into Nazi Germany. *

Monday, June 23, 2025

AI search results--what to do if drafted--

https://www.google.com/search?q=What+to+do+is+drafted&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=de7b93cea84487c6&sxsrf=AE3TifOiF_3EyMFEUKJ_zIWnDn64CK_8EQ%3A1750684544910&ei=gFNZaK-oN9ScptQPkcn2-A4&ved=0ahUKEwiv6KaT0IeOAxVUjokEHZGkHe8Q4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=What+to+do+is+drafted&gs_lp=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_eajiIBgGQBgqSBwYzLjIyLjGgB93wAbIHBjAuMjIuMbgH-BrCBwgyLTkuMTYuMcgHhAI&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Draft fears after Iran strikes--

https://www.aol.com/u-strikes-against-iran-nuclear-121324759.html

NYT live on Pentagon air strikes on Iran--

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/22/world/israel-iran-us-trump

Nightly News June 22.2025--US strike on Iran--more detail--

https://www.google.com/search?q=NBC+Nightly+News+June+22&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=93ce38f3dfebfde2&sxsrf=AE3TifMeM1DrL-41E_WwISesjJohfSUPfQ%3A1750653987558&ei=I9xYaO70IZ3MkPIPrfmPyAo&ved=0ahUKEwiukrao3oaOAxUdJkQIHa38A6kQ4dUDCBE&oq=NBC+Nightly+News+June+22&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGE5CQyBOaWdodGx5IE5ld3MgSnVuZSAyMjIEEAAYAzIEEAAYAzIEEAAYAzIHEAAYqQYYHjIHEAAYqQYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBUitkwFQ1QpYx4gBcAF4ApABBJgBkAKgAcMlqgEGMC4zMC4yuAEMyAEA-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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:686df828,vid:cWkwWgibcEI,st:0

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

AI--is it safe to eat pre-washed salad greens?

Did you mean: is it safe to eat packaged salad greens without washing them Whether the greens are boxed or bagged, or are salads or microgreens, there are no scenarios when pre-washed produce should be washed, says Baker. You may be tempted to give it a rinse if the packaging is torn, but in this case, it should be thrown out rather than being washed and consumed.Feb 15, 2024
Should You Wash Pre-Washed Salad? - Martha Stewart
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Mark Caputo and Axios--Trump and immigration--targetting Democratic cities.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/17/trump-whiplash-immigration-raids?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Senator Alex Padilla recalls his traumatic experience being forced to floor and handcuffed.

https://www.aol.com/choking-back-tears-sen-alex-182044197.html

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Thousands leave Teheran on 5th day of conflict.

https://www.euronews.com/2025/06/17/iran-fires-fresh-missile-attack-on-israel-as-conflict-enters-fifth-day-live

Copied and pasted from Axios--ICE USD 2 B in debt.

The agency charged with carrying out President Trump's mass deportation promises has warned Congress it is short a whopping $2 billion for this fiscal year, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repeatedly has faced significant budget shortfalls in recent years. Trump's immigration plans — which include deporting "millions" of unauthorized immigrants — would rack up costs even more.
Congress would send ICE an extra $500 million in the stop-gap spending bill that passed the House and is being debated in the Senate.
But that wouldn't come close to covering the nearly $2 billion the agency told Congress it needs just to keep up the work it's doing through the end of September, two sources familiar with the communications told Axios.
Add to that the expense of fully implementing Trump's plans —which will include hiring hundreds of people, more than doubling ICE detention space to 100,000 beds and adding many more planes for deportation flights.
Zoom in: Not all of that is addressed in the bill now before Congress, which means the additional money ICE says it needs is unlikely to land anytime soon.
The Department of Homeland Security may have to pull money from its other agencies — such as FEMA or the Coast Guard — and direct it to ICE.
A report from the Government Accountability Office on budgets from 2014 to 2023 found that ICE regularly overspent and had to grab funds from other agencies within DHS to cover its costs.

Saturday, June 14, 2025

Elton John --Abide with Me-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Nl4rEceaU

Musical and Memory Essay begins here--Pavarotti sings Nessun Dorma.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pavarotti+sings+nessun+dorma+for+last+time&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=647724f9ebf23bcf&sxsrf=AE3TifN2fdpkbZHAOxb_olcHYrJbnUJX9w%3A1749954810244&ei=-jBOaP7WDrXY5NoPr5enkAo&oq=Pavarotti+sings+Ness&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFFBhdmFyb3R0aSBzaW5ncyBOZXNzKgIIADIFEAAYgAQyCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTILEAAYgAQYhgMYigVI-ltQ_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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:192bf100,vid:cWc7vYjgnTs,st:0

Musical event at the Obama White House--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEH9kVbNX3A

Robin Gibb's funeral--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOMMytOeU1g

Leonard Cohen sings Hallelujah--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q

More Democrats--

We are in mourning for Melissa Horton and Mark Horton--still rattled by LA events--LA still under curfew.

No Kings rallies renamed June 14th President Obama appreciation day--so here are Democrats--thus starving His Orange TACO out of oxygen.
Knowing how he loves publicity.

Around 2-3 AM--Sat. June 14, Democratic Lawmaker Melissa Horton and her husband Mark assassinated in their home in Minnesoto

by a 57 year old man impersonating a police officer.
Came in a police car.
Very sad--this requires a very thorough INVESTIGATION.
State Senator Democrat John Hoffman and his wife shot multiple times in their home 9 miles away--underwent surgery.
Police have identified suspect.
It does't need a Nobel brain to know who probably instigated this.

Sat June 14th --No KINGS rallies across USA--over 2000 in 50 states.

https://www.aol.com/former-u-military-officials-fear-201421181.html

Bored soldiers in front of the Smithsonian Building--

https://www.google.com/search?q=CNN+parade&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=5734fedee28d1695&sxsrf=AE3TifOf93E4SUYiNVAFSB-XFFr_peZMQg%3A1749936775310&ei=h-pNaP7WEsTm5NoPz4rN-QQ&ved=0ahUKEwi-tvy-7vGNAxVEM1kFHU9FM08Q4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=CNN+parade&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:29be2e77,vid:bvHcxovL1dQ,st:0

The Guardian: Washington Post in talks with Substack abt using its writers--

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/14/washington-post-in-talks-with-substack-about-using-its-writers

Christmas in the Trenches--

Friday, June 13, 2025

Gabriel Marquez's One HundredYears of Solitude to become Netflix series

https://jasondeegan.com/one-of-the-greatest-novels-of-all-time-is-becoming-a-netflix-series/

BBC--Israel-Iran conflict.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdj9vj8glg2o?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Air crashes and survival stories--distressing--

https://www.aol.com/why-six-extraordinary-stories-sole-130534278.html

Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor--In The Taming of the Shrew--by William Shakespeare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz3MeVccdXA

Al Jazeera--Israel's targeted assassinations--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQdN4hWBxe0

Himal Southasia 2025 Fiction Fest--panel on Speculative Fiction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQdN4hWBxe0

Himal Fiction Fest Winner--

Special post--The Waters between Us--by Glen Loveland--Himal Fiction Fest-
Beautiful, sad short story--drowned cities and an archivist--a girl from the water communities.
The Waters Between Us: Himal Fiction Fest 2025
The Waters Between Us: Himal Fiction Fest 2025
Glen Loveland
This story is part of the Himal Fiction Fest 2025, a showcase of original Southasian speculative fiction. In the...
Note--the title does not say"The Waters under Us" but Between Us. All the great cities are gone.
This is like one of Stephen Baxter's novels.
Speculative fiction in year 2500, I think, was the theme of the competition.
My
entry did not win--featuring a billionaire woman in a high rise and an angel with detachable wings--
but this is beautiful too. I congratulate Glen Loveland and Himal judges.
You can open an acct. and read articles and stories with your password.
The Southasia articles including Myanmar, and the videos and podcasts are of very high quality--as this story shows.
6-13-2025

Monday, June 09, 2025

How the 2nd richest man in the world moves house--

https://luxurylaunches.com/celebrities/jeff-bezos-shuts-fifth-avenue-traffic-06092025.php

He's going to make the whole world ugly including the Rose Garden.

https://www.aol.com/latest-trump-travel-ban-takes-122030129.html

Justin Baldoni $400m lawsuit against co-star Blake Lively dismissed by judge--

https://apnews.com/article/justin-baldoni-defamation-lawsuit-dismissed-blake-lively-f1f3a84ccc09be6c4897841dd29668c2?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
I think Lively was speaking the truth. Men in the workplace do that. Also Lively's other co-stars (women) on the set supported her claims.

Redesigned Rockefeller Wing of Metropolitan Museum of Art,NY.

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/06/09/michael-c-rockefeller-wing-the-met-why-architecture/

TimO'Brien--If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home.

https://www.amazon.com/If-Die-Combat-Zone-Ship/dp/0767904435

Trump polls--disapproval rising, approvals falling and lower than disapprovals.

https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-silver-bulletin

Something interesting going on--besides the Trump stuff and the Ukraine War--

A writers' and editors' email group I am in is redoing itself as members become seniors.
They always worked from home. About 100+ members--held together by one woman.
Over 6 years, I have dropped 5 people from my email list over years 2019-2025. On the other hand I had lots of followers on FB and Twitter, bf I got off them too. Now I have all the like-thinkers I wish to follow on Substack.
I haven't gone on Linked in since 2014--but it's still there apparently--it did result in 2 pitching trips to LA and link-ups with previous family friends.
I've dropped out of Fiber Group which got me through Covid--still do a lot of Fiber art.
I've stopped paid writing groups, not enough bang for the buck.
Mostly write and paint at home.
I have "redone"my life at least half a dozen times,and regularly change my focus as things change.
It's been a very interesting life, full of interesting people and ideas.
Time also for the USA to redo itself.
By the way, I am a specialist on Systems and Structures in Social Science, not engineering.
Wrapped Reichstag by Jeane Claude and Christo.
kmk

Audrey Hepburn's home--looking old and funky

https://www.aol.com/audrey-hepburn-former-la-mansion-130000862.html

From somewhere near the beginning of the C-drama--sorry, but all in short clips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzsyyJ6KATs

Very short clips 3 --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpvUtS8jZpI

C--drama--part 2 of something--story of Ping Ting and Bai Jie--but very good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KXVN-BfeaM

Caravagio--oil painting technique--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfnL_9hs1Xc

Sunday, June 08, 2025

ABC News correspondent suspended after tweet calling Trump 'a world class hater' LA Times Stephen Battaglio Sun, June 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM EDT
https://www.aol.com/abc-news-correspondent-suspended-tweet-180704897.html
Veteran ABC News correspondent Terry Moran was suspended Sunday after he posted a harsh criticism of the Trump White House on X.
Moran, 65, took aim Saturday at President Trump and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who has been outspoken in his desire to see a step up in the deportation of undocumented migrants.
"Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He's a world-class hater," Moran wrote his post, which has been deleted. "You can see this just by looking at him because you can see that his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate." He also described Miller as "vile."

Very nice rom com--

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=df09a438fed4af63&sxsrf=AE3TifMIMJdE-yWnHRCSYywTkw5wIDMwZw:1749408786682&q=Rom+coms+youtube+full+movie&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4hrDKv-KNAxUYK1kFHXFdIu8Q1QJ6BAg4EAE&biw=960&bih=470&dpr=2#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7fe37241,vid:RYRznN2s4nw,st:0

Extreme sports--human heart--

https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/ultra-runner-66-runs-100-210000539.html

Saturday, June 07, 2025

George Clooney plays Edward R. Morrow on Broadway--in his play Good Night and Good Luck.

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/cnn-george-clooney-good-night-and-good-luck-edward-r-murrow-b2765822.html
Clooney is said to have written the play some time ago.
Set during MCCarthy communist witch hunt era.
You can also read about it in Howard Fast's memoir--Being Red and
Howards Zinn's A People's History of the United States.
Howard Fast was also Molly Jong Fast's paternal grandfather--who also wrote Spartacus.
Amazing books.

ICE clashes with demonstrators in Paramount, CA + Abrego Kilmar Garcia etc

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/us/la-immigration-raids-ice.html?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAQ24H1jZ-8vbQDGIWK8MnKw4WpugEqDwgAKgcICjCO64oDMJavPA&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=g&gaa_n=ASWzDAhW_L7WeCyaVJR5VbkABtFSdvisOfJBc6Ah_lxQpMe8Pk2_qtw9FmJEJqPPMhdvUtMkmqXk-_tP76_N5phMhTFBKko8xwWbsQ%3D%3D&gaa_ts=6844e5d7&gaa_sig=PnYbP1Zy6kYhMoEgT3uzL3l6vwZfSYPMUls1kq3gvqkEVjUQY3vhDdqsn7FH7vXVLzJWD4Ihy-IA8ctp2pYPog%3D%3D

NordoostPolder, Netherlands--completely reclaimed land.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noordoostpolder

Yemen's Al Quaida branch threatens Trump, Musk etc.

https://www.aol.com/yemens-al-qaida-branch-leader-143711720.html

Trump-Elon Musk rift deepens --"Poor guy has a problem."

https://www.aol.com/trump-news-glance-elon-musk-234508521.html

Gor set up Trump-Musk feud.--Actually who cares if Mars is colonized or NASA focus is on moon?

I don't.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/06/trump-musk-feud-nasa-white-house-aide?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Copied and pasted--Blondie Bondi accused of serious professional conduct.

https://www.aol.com/bondi-accused-serious-professional-misconduct-231513851.html
Bondi accused of ‘serious professional misconduct’ in Florida Bar complaint
The Hill
Tara Suter
Thu, June 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM EDT
Attorney General Pam Bondi is accused of “serious professional misconduct” in a Florida Bar complaint, the Miami Herald reported Thursday.
Bondi’s record as the head of the Justice Department is being slammed by close to 70 law professors, attorneys and former Florida Supreme Court justices via a Florida Bar ethics complaint filed Thursday, according to the Herald.
In the complaint, the group alleges Bondi has breached ethical duties in her current role and that “serious professional misconduct that threatens the rule of law and the administration of justice” has been carried out by the attorney general, the Herald reported.
Bondi is from Florida and previously served as the Sunshine State’s first female attorney general. A “Pamela Jo Bondi” is listed as a member of the Florida Bar “in Good Standing.”
A few months ago, Democrats pressed Bondi amid her confirmation hearing over her ability to push back against Trump, who had repeatedly stated he would come for his enemies and that he has the “absolute right” to do what he wants with her department.
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Bondi is also stated in the complaint to have “sought to compel Department of Justice lawyers to violate their ethical obligations under the guise of ‘zealous advocacy,’” according to the Herald.
The Hill has reached out to the Justice Department and the Florida Bar for comment.
In a statement, Justice Department chief of staff Chad Mizelle told the Herald that “the Florida Bar has twice rejected performative attempts by these out-of-state lawyers to weaponize the bar complaint process against AG Bondi.”
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Abrego Garcia--contd. Copied and pasted from link below:

"Mr. Garcia is going to be vigorously defending the charges against him," the attorney said.
The decision to pursue the indictment against Abrego Garcia led to the abrupt departure of Ben Schrader, a high-ranking federal prosecutor in Tennessee, sources briefed on Schrader's decision told ABC News. Schrader's resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons, the sources said.
Schrader, who spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Nashville and was most recently the chief of the criminal division, declined to comment when contacted by ABC News.
The alleged conspiracy spanned nearly a decade and involved the domestic transport of thousands of noncitizens from Mexico and Central America, including some children, in exchange for thousands of dollars, according to the indictment.
Abrego-Garcia is alleged to have participated in more than 100 such trips, according to the indictment. Among those allegedly transported were members of the Salvadoran gang MS-13, sources familiar with the investigation said.
Abrego-Garcia is the only member of the alleged conspiracy charged in the indictment.

Abrego Garcia back in US but facing more (trumped up) charges.

https://www.aol.com/kilmar-abrego-garcia-way-back-185850961.html
Mistakenly deported Salvadoran native Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been brought back to the United States where he will face criminal charges for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S.
More than two months after the Trump administration admitted it mistakenly deported Abrego Garcia from Maryland to his native El Salvador, a federal grand jury has indicted him for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the United States.
A two-count indictment, which was filed under seal in federal court in Tennessee last month and unsealed Friday, alleges Abrego Garcia, 29, participated in a yearslong conspiracy to haul undocumented migrants from Texas to the interior of the country.
MORE: Justice Department investigating 2022 Abrego Garcia traffic stop: Sources
He was scheduled to have his initial court appearance Friday in the Middle District of Tennessee.
Abrego Garcia's return follows a series of court battles in which the Trump administration repeatedly said it was unable to bring him back, drawing the country toward the brink of a constitutional crisis when the administration failed to heed the Supreme Court's order to facilitate his return.
Abrego Garcia's attorney, in an online press briefing, called the charges against his client "an abuse of power."
"They'll stop at nothing at all -- even some of the most preposterous charges imaginable just to avoid admitting that they made a mistake, which is what everyone knows happened in this case," said attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg.

Friday, June 06, 2025

Homer's Odyssey--translated by Samuel Butler--

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1727/1727-h/1727-h.htm#chap01

Laertes--father of Odyseus--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laertes_(father_of_Odysseus)

Pronunciation--of name Laertes--

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+pronounce+laertes&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=7665cda6fcdc6470&sxsrf=AE3TifOcvB5Oo_VQuz_Hsyhg4g-WASkK7Q%3A1749236898775&ei=ojxDaJ2GL4Sh5NoP4eyy2A8&oq=how+to+pronounce+&gs_lp=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_EFsTwc1mvEaBeSBwYxNC41LjKgB_6BArIHBjEyLjUuMrgH9g_CBwgyLTcuMTMuMcgHxwE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:596ea303,vid:osQXZZ2TsWE,st:0

Name--

AI Overview
The name Laertes means "gatherer of the people" or "urging the men". It is a Greek name, with roots in the words "laos" (people) and "eirein" (to fasten together or to speak, say). Laertes was a significant figure in Greek mythology, known as the father of Odysseus. He was also a king of Cephallenia.

Best way to save money--

Snopes
Trump posted 'easiest' way to save money in the federal budget is to cancel Musk's government contracts
Claim
: U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts."
Fact check by Snopes.com: Correct Attribution
20 hours ago
By Laerke Christensen

Tesla seeks to block Austin, TX from releasing robotaxi trial stats.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-seeks-block-city-austin-releasing-records-robotaxi-trial-2025-06-0

Big expensive Kim Jung Un style parade.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/trump-military-parade-washington-dc-streets

Group of 8 incld one Burmese/Karen stranded in shipping container with ICE in Djibouti

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/migrants-djibouti-ice

Chinese propaganda surges after RFA folds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/06/trump-radio-free-asia-cuts-china-propaganda/

Flight disruptions DC during June 14 parade--

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/06/05/army-trump-birthday-parade-airport-closure/

Thursday, June 05, 2025

Nalanda Univ in India--5th century AD--stupa was built over remains of Shin Sariputra

the Buddha's "Right Hand" main disciple. The "Left Hand" was Shin Maugalyana--
see wikipedia, Buddha's life story.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/nalanda-the-university-that-changed-the-world?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Ukraine drone hits of Russian planes and Arakan Army assassination of junta general

got the most blog hits on this blog in last 2 weeks.

Tesla stock slide as Trump Musk feud escalates.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-musk-disappointed-spending-bill-rift-fe003cf1?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqDwgAKgcICjCf1skBMPfLFTCO9NwC&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=g&gaa_n=ASWzDAiW-nE3jXOZ1I6lWLi8D60GvXUIWv-mxXjCDnt3f-uMUQvZXtCOu_t94XgVUYekUyzge1sfqmBnvpKz8gkBDj9MO2slHaIE9w%3D%3D&gaa_ts=68423b42&gaa_sig=xUJd4KJRnC4Ygu0pfWkYWGyQkMhi4GCmi-1-abUEKzpArhmhZZ1kSIe5xXPUJeq6QETnNRluMIzwwcNbvwBwXA%3D%3D

Trump Musk Feud--several articles--

https://www.aol.com/trump-says-great-relationship-musk-162522983.html

From Harry Sisson--Substack--Musk is Icarus--I could not save "Elon and downed Space X"

Space X near Brownsville, TX--problems with community--EPA violations.

Musk calls for Trump impeachment--impeached twice already.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/05/musk-trump-impeachment?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Here comes the Trump Musk "sa-plit"like

AFPFL split in Burma in 1950s, which escalated Ne Win's1962 coup.
Now to paraphrase the Burmese saying, as two water buffalo tussle, we the grass roots must beware we don't get crushed. Grass by definition cannot run.
k
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/05/tesla-stock-elon-musk-president-trump

NYT on Trump travel ban--

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/05/us/trump-news-travel-ban?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAQ0JOBhZrV8p1OGLGUrY_eqcrYhQEqDwgAKgcICjCO64oDMJavPA&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=la&gaa_n=ASWzDAiiKZ7EeiVGdQOt34zJ9o9XyOflY8NtX4SbD726qovyf2hEuUJjfAX4qMw7lZVpbjG0874Sg-k9azdZUBsWTMMGl--qelyZgQ%3D%3D&gaa_ts=6841962c&gaa_sig=z0_5v0FkUE5IRZPHsexThQPJm8I4tLMrBSIiEnVTHMpeCXlwsbgn13yDf-sGLGHShcagiLM3_lE7Qi7LykdT-w%3D%3D

Trump bans travel from 12 countries, incld Myanmar.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx271g270v7o?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Reporters recently fired from CNN. OAN--Pardons fromTrump big business.

https://www.aol.com/cnn-parts-ways-correspondent-whose-172325943.html

Very good movie--set in Jackson, Mississipi--The Help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kctkgy-X4Q
Previously, due to the title, I thought it was a romcom like The Nanny.
But instead it's a serious story about Civil Rights, almost as good as Mississipi Burning.
A bit slow going,rough going, but worth it.
Made by Participant Media, which also made Lincoln, Malala, Kite Runner, Syriana.
It stopped production in 2024--partly due to Hollywood writers' strike--a real pity.
In 2015 I queried them about my novel Wolf, and got a nice rejection and a phone call.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participant_(company)

Sunday, June 01, 2025

Boulder CO terror attack at shopping mall--

https://www.aol.com/news/multiple-gaza-hostage-awareness-marchers-221851798.html

CDC warns after measles spread in plane--

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-measles-travel-warning-spread-in-airplane/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Tickets for June 14 Pope Leo virtual celebration already sold out.

https://wgntv.com/news/pope-leo/tickets-for-chicago-celebration-for-pope-leo-now-on-sale/

Ukraine targets 4 Russian airports in major drone attack--

https://abcnews.go.com/International/russian-railway-bridges-collapse-2-regions-bordering-ukraine/story?id=122391100

Ukraine says it has hit over 40 Russian strategic bombers in mass drone attack.

https://www.euronews.com/2025/06/01/ukraine-reportedly-strikes-down-over-40-russian-strategic-bombers-in-mass-drone-attack

US bond auctions

https://www.aol.com/news/opinion-bond-auction-shows-trump-200000172.html

Sustained funding for Myanmar Resistance--Zachary Abuza, 2023, Stimson Inst.

https://www.stimson.org/2023/sustaining-funding-for-myanmars-spring-revolution/

Special post--Courtauld Museum --Gauguin's semi-memoir--Avant et Apres--Before and After.

There's a French-English translation--but unfortunately it's formatted too small for my laptop screen and my eyes--but it's very poetic.
https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/the-collection/prints-and-drawings/discover-avant-et-apres/
There are lots of youtubes of van Gogh--
And a new article on Gauguin in The Atlantic
And a new book on Gauguin-
But I don't like guided tours and I don't like biographies and I don't like being told what to look for and how to look--but I do wish my screen was large enough so I could read the English version of Avant and Apres--I think the Courtauld is playing a trick on us.
I thinkI will just write my own novels--I'm too poor to make my own movies.

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Bangladesh recalls ambassador to Myanmar--

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/bangladesh-recalls-ambassador-to-myanmar.html

Polish movie-The Resistance Fighter--end of WW II--Polish ExileGov in UK--based on true story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11AIfdyv7ik

A Warm December--Sidney Poitier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOGzggHVxQ

Al Jazeera English in Gaza--so-called "talks"breakdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCNeDWCI0vo

Arakan Army kills Myanmar junta general near Kyaukphyu

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/aa-kills-myanmar-junta-general-near-kyaukphyu.html

NAACP calls for immediate shutdown of Elon Musk's Memphis superconducters--

https://www.aol.com/news/naacp-calls-emergency-shutdown-musk-214543496.html
"Being the world's richest man does not give you the right to pollute Black communities."

Dr. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Obamas--

Lester Holt's last newscast at NBC--thank you--we will miss you--please come on Substack soon--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9993ST1hbao
Boy feeling President Obama's hair--photo--Pete DeSouza.

Mozart's The Magic Flute--the version I like best--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om_qtZ-Hm7k
This is version I like best, that I watched first.
I tend to like the items I read or saw first.
km

The Pandavas--whose story started in the Baghavad Gita--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_wre-uaL0

I'm never sure about these--look AI generated--but here--Mahabarata Vol 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_wre-uaL0

Snowy story--quite nice--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=outu0h_2MLY

Friday, May 30, 2025

Intercultural marriages--there are many--here is one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZPfC3BN8-k

NYT--US deportations--

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/21/us/trump-immigration-policy.html?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAQu5u5-PrpuI6zARiC87GGgqTg4KcBKg8IACoHCAowjuuKAzCWrzw&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=g&gaa_n=ASWzDAjkklSGUhjUw2_CX0yhI3bwSIafBHeZwusjXiqdbk4Q1JJ3Nzy5XqGF1pniMAiRiOZWwO-jcpH8EuQHFr3tN1dXxB5PkyB6yw%3D%3D&gaa_ts=683a105d&gaa_sig=gKQ4UZmHwuKoYTSJxB3gvGHH59oXosJCyfUERHwQMBYkTqbRiTsL6Gp7KCgHNZpAdlGY53jxdkw_J1REm28TZg%3D%3D

CNN--photos of the week--

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/world/gallery/photos-this-week-may-22-may-29

Trump Musk in Oval Office--Musk with black eye--

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c0qg40051lyt?page=2

AP-Survivors of Myanmar earthquake still in tents.

https://www.aol.com/many-survivors-myanmars-devastating-quake-164820192.html

Abraham Verghese's Commencement address at Harvard Univ--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m45Lqo5rUyQ

Invictus--read by Morgan Freeman--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uc9wS3DOPo

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

We need a break--redo your back yard--+ DIY projects--

https://www.aol.com/2-month-project-transforms-boring-233000179.html
My fave--Crown Prince of Norway's lamp coffee maker or coffee maker lamp.
Runner up--van Gogh ducks.
--
DIY cat tree.
etc. Since I don't have a backyard, I am redoing my indoor plant pots.
I am all for art using recycled materials.
Big thank you to anonymous donor and Village Center who gave me a whole lot of needlepoint yarn, and the non-anonymous 2 ladies who gave me Amazon yarn coupons--
for the blue-green color that van Gogh loved, but I am not so fond of--for personal reasons. --
kmk
Farmer's market in Beirut--Chef Andres' substack.

Another thing--Trump admin cancels contract with Moderna for bird flu vaccine--

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2025/05/28/moderna-bird-flu-vaccine-funding-cancelled/83908209007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
All medical professionals worldwide, scientists and WHO should protest loudly.

Americans overseas--+ travel warnings--

https://www.aol.com/state-dept-warns-travelers-terrorism-181827883.html

Josephine Baker--

https://monitor.mozilla.org/?utm_medium=firefox-desktop&utm_source=new-tab&utm_campaign=april-banner&utm_content=970x250-no-button-us&_gl=1*eoesm2*_ga*MjAyMjQ3NzE3My4xNzQzMTAxMjAw*_ga_RBRZ44JSVD*czE3NDg0MDc1MDAkbzQxJGcxJHQxNzQ4NDA4MTE1JGo2MCRsMCRoMA..

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Langston Hughes--The Negro Speaks of Rivers.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44428/the-negro-speaks-of-rivers

Art of the World Gallery--Houston, TX.

https://www.artoftheworldgallery.com/represented-artists/zhong-zhuang-bio/

San Luis Potosi in Mexico--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis_Potos%C3%AD

The dream--damp garden in Mexico.

https://wonderground.press/gardens/the-surreal-gardener-edward-james-the-making-of-las-pozas/

Water loving plants--TX

https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Watershed/blog/creekside/WetlandGuideByFamily_WEB.pdf

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center--

https://www.google.com/search?q=rock+gardens+in+TX--native+plants&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=a983052df2b98a8d&sxsrf=AE3TifNlk30bRIw0KTOmwilzKP52O3oMHA%3A1748368769707&ei=gf01aJf8KqbZ1e8PotCd6Qg&ved=0ahUKEwjXwNGbncSNAxWmbPUHHSJoJ40Q4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=rock+gardens+in+TX--native+plants&gs_lp=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-bcUJYgGAZAGCJIHCjIuMC4yNy4zLjKgB_6YA7IHCDItMjcuMy4yuAfFR8IHCzAuMS4xNS4xNS4zyAfbAg&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:1727580c,vid:LC3wrcL8PKg,st:0

Rock garden tips--

https://planetdesert.com/blogs/news/rock-garden-plants-and-design-ideas-tips-care#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20succulents%2C%20there%20are%20also,as%20cacti%20and%20certain%20varieties%20of%20grasses.&text=In%20California%2C%20Arizona%2C%20Texas%2C%20and%20Florida%2C%20cacti,as%20they%20are%20the%20best%20drought%2Dtolerant%20plants.

Alexander Caldor--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Calder

Louise Bourgeois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois

Two famous (female) sculptors: Louise Nevelson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Nevelson
Upon Nevelson's death, her estate was worth at least $100 million. Her son Mike removed 36 sculptures from her house. Documentation showed that Nevelson had bequeathed these works (worth millions) to her friend and assistant of 25 years, Diana MacKown.[54][55]
In 2005, Maria Nevelson, the youngest granddaughter, established the Louise Nevelson Foundation, a non-profit 501c(3). Its mission is to educate the public and celebrate the life and work of Louise Nevelson, thus furthering her legacy and place in American Art History. Maria Nevelson lectures widely on her grandmother at museums and provides research services.[citation needed]
Nevelson's work was included in the 2021 exhibition Women in Abstraction at the Centre Pompidou.[56]

Micro units and Gen Z--maybe can be adapted for intergenerational--

https://www.dwell.com/article/can-micro-units-help-gen-zs-loneliness-epidemic-36682a41?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Guardian--when systems are failing, but daily life continues.

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/may/22/hypernormalization-dysfunction-status-quo

Bette Bao Lord and Winston Lord.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Bao_Lord