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Mostly politics with some bitching about Detroit sports. #NAFO fella since March 11, 2025 #NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable

Screenshot of Wikipedia box for 1932 German federal election, which the Nazis won with 33.1% of the vote. The box also shows the Social Democratic Party in second place with 20.4% and the German Communist Party with 16.9%
Caption: This poster announces the "Konklave" in Kokomo (Ind.), 1923, one of the largest Klan rallies in US history.
Colorado Rockies hitter Kyle Karros taps the top of his helmet to initiate a challenge of a called strike under Major League Baseball's new automated ball-strike system.
Description via Wikipedia: "The Doge of Venice Marino Faliero's portrait (right) was removed and painted over with a black shroud as damnatio memoriae for his attempted coup. The shroud bears the Latin phrase, 'This is the space for Marino Faliero, beheaded for crimes.' "
Text of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The words "a new birth of freedom" are highlighted.
A clip of a scene from the television show Mad Men. The scene takes place the morning after a company Christmas party is ruined by an obnoxious client. In the clip posted here, Roger Sterling (played by John Slattery) asks in an accented German "Did you enjoy the Fuhrer's birthday?" Don Draper (played by Jon Hamm) responds "May he live for a thousand years!"
Pluto Dome at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. This is where Clyde Tombaugh discovered the dwarf planet using an astrograph to compare photographs of the same section of night sky, looking for indications of a planetary body in movement. Photo taken by me April 23, 2026
Photo taken by me April 24, 2026 from Pima Point at Grand Canyon National Park. It shows the Colorado River cutting its main channel through the landscape
Matthew Berry in his first appearance as Douglas Reynholm in The IT Crowd.
Fans at the Iowa-Iowa State football game in 2023 give Donald Trump the middle finger directly in front of him
New Yorker cartoon depicting the "Five Stages of White House Employment" during Donald Trump's first term. The cartoon depicts a new White House staffer from their arrival, greeting Trump, losing favor with Trump, being criticized by Trump who brandishes a knife, and finally leaving the White House with the knife in their back.