River Tide

@eastslope.bsky.social

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Rejector of our ongoing political fecklessness. What happened to civic engagement? Tans more, rusts less these days.

4 SC National Guard helicopters fly over 4th of July beachgoers in Myrtle Beach, SC.
A fireworks shell bursts overhead in a random yard in America, besting Trump's supposed 4th of July Washington DC display while he makes every effort to give a speech to a nation that knows he is an idiot.
UK firearms justification for dangerous game weapon(s).
No storms projected in Washington DC afternoon and evening of 6/28. Just Trump and his thrown katsup.
The basement pub. Summers okay. But a cold winter day is something else.
DPI, ground level pub.
Tacky-ass Oval Office plastic medallions stuck in every imaginable surface.
Trump State Department proposed new passport design with his mugshot headshot photo and his signature in gold ink - and an imagined passport control stamp identifying Trump as an adjudicated rapist (May 2023) who should be held for further review.
Trump State Department proposed new passport design with his mugshot headshot photo and his signature in gold ink - and an imagined passport control stamp identifying Trump as an adjudicated rapist (May 2023) who should be held for further review.
Trump State Department proposed new passport design with his mugshot headshot photo and his signature in gold ink - and an imagined passport control stamp identifying Trump as an adjudicated rapist (May 2023) who should be held for further review.
A mini stand-on skid steer with bucket attachment. Tonka dirt digging fun for a weekend.
Aston Martin Lagonda circa 1990. Last hurrah.
Lloyd Center Mall, PDX. As remembered 1970s.
A score of 0.0044. Made my eyes hurt!
Proposed site plan of Trump's ballroom east wing at the White House, dwarfing the entire complex - obscenely.
Statue of Trump and Epstein, hand in hand above the National Mall
Hudson's Bay Company crest over a background of their four color blanket stripes, green, red, yellow and navy blue.
The Hudson's Bay company flag with a red background, a Great Britain flag in the upper left corner and a stylized HBC mark in the lower right.
Party voting by county depicted in map form. Buncombe County leans Dem. while the other counties of Western NC lean Rep., some heavily. While Buncombe is by far the most populated, overall the region has voted Rep.
An AI generated map of the Western US with incorrectly labeled cities and states, even with duplicates.
Trump campaigning as an orange-faced Ompalumpa garbage man in Fall '24.
Sign describing the establishment of the Portland Japanese Garden in 1963, a tranquil place honoring those Japanese interned during WWII. Garden is considered the most authentic outside of Japan.
Just the New Cracker, sans logo.
Middle District of Florida Judge Badalamenti, and his clerk (and Co-Adjunct Professor) Ashley Grabowski from the court's website.
World leaders converse on a comfortabley seated deck at the G7, while the US Sec of the Treasury looks on as if the child at the adult table.
Brindle puppies at play
Stern of the Spanish-built tall ships showing the rudder above the waterline.
AP 2024 election analysis between Harris and Trump by location (urban, suburban, rural) and education (high school or less, some college, college, and graduate degree). From 2020 election, the only shifts are that high school or less and some college voters shifted to Trump in 2024 and more Harris voters had advanced degrees than did 2020 Biden voters (more schooling during COVID?). Voting by location was basically unchanged from 2020 to 2024 with Trump getting a majority of rural voters and a minority of urban voters.
US Census bureau current designation of urban areas as occupying 3% of the US land area. Rural areas, with 19.3% of the population, occupy the other 97% of the landmass.
Trump's personal attorney, Emil Bove, putting his thump on the scales of justice for naked political gain at the expense of the Rule of Law.
SecDef arrives at the Pentagon wearing his dusty boots (brown shoes, polished).
Elon throws a Nazi salute after the inauguration.
The racist Elon Nazi saluting behind the seal of the President of the United States.
Elon Musk doing Nazi things while cosplaying behind the Presidential seal.
Elon Musk cosplaying behind the Presidential seal, but not playing a Nazi. Is a psychopathic, Nazi saluting lout.
Trash be dazzled.
Report public corruption to the FBI.