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The Treaty of Versailles 2.0 or Minsk Agreement 3.0?

Was Trump and team played to sign the MOU at Versailles? After all that treaty ended WWI but set the stage for WWII. Pepe explains in the first clip below the signing was moved up to Thursday and the location changed because Mossad planned the assassinate the Iranian delegation in Switzerland. Most people never heard of the Minsk Agreements (there were two) which both Merkel and Hollande (guarantors of the agreement) claimed was a delaying tactic to allow Ukraine to arm, recruit, and build defensive structures. So my question today is the MOU designed to delay in order to regroup, created to lead to another Iran war, or a genuine effort at peace. Whatever the purpose of the MOU this week it was signed, sealed and delivered...

Afternoon folks!

This week it's a real smorgasbord of styles for you. Starting off we've got swamp blues from Lightnin' Slim followed by some raw, electric, Mississippi blues from T-Model Ford. Moving on from there we have a compilation of Clarence Garlow's 50's era cajun blues and then we switch to a collection acoustic Piedmont blues from a variety of artists. Finishing off, we have Klaatu's second album which is a good bit different from their first album that I posted a few weeks ago but worth a listen.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Good morning, good people! Hope you are all in fine fettle, enjoying your weekend!

This is a PSA. Disclaimer: I am licensed in Texas to practice law, so I am prohibited from giving legal advice to anyone in any other state. All I am allowed to say is to get a consultation with a licensed attorney in your state for any legal issues. PLEASE.

The one legal issue I wish to talk about is what to do with a will when the testator dies.

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.

It's been a week of nice weather. Sunny skies and temps in the upper 70s to low 80s. Supposed to be more of the same next week. Two weeks ago the price of gas dropped 30¢ over night and dropped another 10¢ this week. It's now at $5.39 a gal. A corresponding drop in the price of groceries sure would be nice.
A few weeks ago I volunteered to represent the camera club at the county fairs photo exhibit not realizing it was on a Friday evening, so I will be out tonight. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves until I get back.

These are the last of the photos I had not posted yet from my visit to the San Diego Museum of Art way back in Feb.

White And White #3 - Martha Alf

82 Years!
It's been 82 years since the USA and its allies stormed the shores of Normandy and started pushing the Nazis out of France. Reed Galen, writing on his substack (Home Front) produced a pretty good article, 2 years ago, about the 80th anniversary of D-Day. He republished it a few weeks ago, on the 82 anniversary of D-Day. Now, Reed Galen is a moderate conservative, and helped start the Lincoln Project. He opposes Trump and those who support Trump. I can't say I always agree with his takes on things but the article about D-Day was really good. Here's what he says at the beginning:

I originally posted this two years ago when the world was in a different place and it looked as if the forces of good might prevail. They did not, and now we owe it to ourselves, those of the Greatest Generation, to look back, learn their lessons, absorb their wisdom, and plot our own path through the darkness.

A bit later he writes:

As we face a battle of our own time, we must remember we’re not being asked to step off a landing craft or jump from a rickety airplane into the unknown. Our tasks are safer to be sure, and even mundane, but important nonetheless. As the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings wash over us, take hold of the spirit of those that came before us, that gave their last full measure of devotion, understood their tasks and faced their fears to do their duty.

We freedom-loving, democracy-defending Americans, we the lucky and the free, owe them nothing less.