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Friday Night Photos Elly Font Edition

Happy Friday everyone. Welcome to Friday Night Photos your once a week escape from the day to day insanity of the world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music or whatever else you find of interest that helps tune out the madness.

Wednesday I went to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to check out the newly renovated elephant habitat that just reopened last week after being closed for 2+ years. I don't know how many millions the Zoo spent on the project, but it looks fantastic and the elephants seem to like it.

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For now

farewell to this long-lived and loved community of friends and teachers who have contributed to so many facets of my personal growth and understanding. I’m sure I will continue to read and listen to the evening blues, as well as other essays, and continue to also be inspired by the photography, music and humour here. But for now I will enjoy a period of cosy hibernation. Cheers all

What would Harris or Biden do?

You cannot go by what they said, as Trump proved by ignoring his campaign promise to end regime change wars. Would either or both of them be bombing Iran for any reason? Or for Trump's purported reasons?

This poses the question of Who is in charge?

The Constitution and wall to wall media bloviation say POTUS is the Big Cheese, period.

I don't think so.

But I do not know anything for sure.

Open Thread - Thurs 12 Mar 2026 - Didn't Bush Do This?

Didn’t Bush Do This?

Remember years ago when Bush was running for President? And he was in the super market, showing how ‘normal’ he was, and he didn’t even know how to go through the actual process of buying things with the cashier? He was raised with other people doing his shopping for him, shopping is too menial a chore for someone that well off, and he didn’t even realize it. Well, I ran across a Really American video the other day talking about a video that Trump’s grandkid (yea, he’s got them), made about buying stuff in a very posh ‘grocery’ store in LA and then trying it out. I kept wondering if she knew that Bush had screwed this kinda thing up years ago. But probably not, she’s too young. The Really American video discussing her video is hilarious. So I’ve linked it below so we can all have a chuckle.

Force Majeure

I'd like to ask the c99 community for some help with a couple of perplexing questions.

We were sitting across from one another during dinner this evening, my dinner partner and I. I wont name names to protect the innocent (me), but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out of whom I speak.

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