Dave Clarkin

@daveclarkin.bsky.social

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Husband, dad, nature lover, advocate. Uncomfortable truths.

Matthew 7:24-27 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
Storefront of the Recyclery.org.
common snapping turtle v alligator snapping turtle
“The main thing both Democratic partisans and those loosely-attached voters in the middle of the electorate who are most up-for-grabs don’t like about Democrats is that they are some mix of weak, feckless and either unwilling or unable to fight for what they claim to believe in.” - Talking Points Memo
“Some people have told me, sure those things are important. But it’s probably better to keep quiet about them or ignore them until you get a trifecta and just do it then. In the abstract that may make sense.” - Talking Points Memo
Facebook ad from AOC.
Wiki description of “Doobie or not Doobie,” a two-part episode of the tv show “What’s Happening?”
Car window smashed with chair over parking spot.
Racial profiling data from Arlington Heights PD shows APD twice as likely search Black and Latino drivers, even though they are less likely to have contraband. These searches are most likely to be pretextual searches for license and registration.
Wrigley Field, Cubs v Sox.
Steve McClard is the bomb. “Instead [of protecting airline customers] our government is spending their time gerrymandering and exploding the debt.”
Scam traffic court notice from “Illisouri.”
Chuck Schumer wants to know what it will take to get me to give him $20.
Picture of a witch flounder, a deep sea flat fish that is on the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s watchlist of fish to avoid eating. It cannot, however, cast spells.
Quote from Kurt Vonnegut novel, The Sirens of Titan: ““There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.”
Bluesky post lamenting AOC’s lack of experience.
Maria Bartiromo stares wide-eyed as Trump says gasoline prices might not go down any time soon.
Chart shows oil prices have increased almost 20% over last five days.
Reptilian Overlord from Alpha Draco star system.
Great egret near Cambria, CA.