Diaries
Friday Night Photos The Lakes Edition
Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 1:08pmHappy Friday everyone. Post whatever photos, memes or music your little heart desires.
Since I do a lot of my bird photography at Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve and it's only a 15 minute walk from my house I thought a tour would be nice. The preserve has seven small lakes they stock with fish, campgrounds for campers, rental cabins on the water, playgrounds for the kids and two pavilions for live music on holiday weekends.
Open Thread - 11-18-22 - And You May Ask Yourself
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 8:34am
"Well, how did I get here?"
I was looking for answers. The Bush II administration was in the full process of changing the world as we knew it. I shouldn't have to revisit those years, I'm sure you all remember it vividly. I couldn't believe what was happening in and to the world as those lunkheads made history.
I was surfing the web. I don't remember how I stumbled upon it or what the article was about, but I had taken my first bite of the acidic orange blog, Daily Kos, around or about 2003. It made sense to me then, what the writers were saying about the strange new world that the neocons had concocted for us all. I read there every day from that point on.
Many a diary I agreed with, some I did not. I found the comments interesting and many times appalling. At times I would cheer internally at the truth to power some of the authors laid down. Other times I would cuss and spit at my monitor over the vitriol of some of the yahoo-ic numskulls that had the absurd temerity of laying their ill formed ideas to print. Again, I bet you all know exactly what I'm talking about. The site was enlightening and maddening at the same time. It didn't take long to develop a love/hate relationship with la naranja amarga.

The long journey
Submitted by QMS on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 8:16amHey all. This is kinda fun. Have been tracking a client's sailboat on their trip to the
Caribe. It's a 65.5' Oyster. They wanted me to captain her, but had trouble with one
of the owners so declined. So far, they have made Bermuda.
Here is the link which is cool as it shows the wind patterns along the eastern
seaboard. If you zoom in to their location you can see the whacky course line.
Cheers!
Essay Title Contest
Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 12:35amHow did that work out for us?
First lady Michelle Obama considered wearing her hair in braids while living in the White House. But then she thought of the American people.
“Let me keep my hair straight,” Obama said of her mind-set at the time. “Let’s get health care passed.”https://t.co/uF1peWIj29
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 17, 2022
Pentagon fails yet another audit
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 11/17/2022 - 10:59pmAll federal agencies, including the Pentagon, are under the same requirement to undergo an independent financial audit since the early 1990s. Every other federal department has satisfied audit requirements since fiscal 2013. The Pentagon doesn't expect to pass an audit before 2027.
The Evening Blues - 11-17-22
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 11/17/2022 - 3:00pmOpen Thread - Thurs 17 Nov 2022 - And the Second Greatest Evil is Indifference
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 11/17/2022 - 5:03am
And the Second Greatest Evil is Indifference
You might know that Chris Hedges has a new book out - The Greatest Evil is War.
The Evening Blues - 11-16-22
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 11/16/2022 - 2:02pmOpen Thread WE 16 NOV 22 ~ trades
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 11/16/2022 - 6:00am
Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with sovereign control of his craft.
Eugen Herrigel