Photographers Around the World Capture Astonishing Auroras During the Solar Maximum

Good morning everyone.
Wringing everything out from the last atmospheric river flowing through the Pacific Northwest. It was a doozy.
Otter Creek through the Farm was up 4 ft. and washed a lot of debris down and out into the Cowlitz River, itself at flood stage.
Another AR coming Wednesday and Thursday mixed with snow.

I read a few days ago that the official death toll in Gaza had passed 70,000. I have no idea how accurate that is but I think it’s safe to say that number is low, and probably very low.

Pirates, Thieves, and Murderers

Onward with the degradation of the West. Taking tankers full of oil...how do they connect that with a so called drug war? Then in the EU the bureaucrats dictated new laws with no vote to allow Ursula fond of Lying to steal Russia's money deposited in the EU. Murder in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen continue unabated using US weapons that we tax payers purchased. Meanwhile Russia continues to advance in Ukraine. End of empire is in the air...

Afternoon folks!

As usual, there's a buncha good stuff this week. It looks smaller, but the albums are longer. Starting off is Bobby "Blue" Bland's early r&b recordings on the Duke label. After that is Chicago jazz-blues guitarist Floyd McDaniel with a studio album. Next we shift into Rock/r&b/etc. with a compilation from the Flamin' Groovies. We finish up with Tex-Mex/rock with Doug Sahm's band the Texas Tornados.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

I recently had a little spat with some people on Facebook who claimed that Poland was "democratic" despite its banning the Communist Party. Their proposal, here, appears to be that banning parties is totally democratic because we don't like them. My response: