MAHMOUD KHALIL DECISION - GROUNDS FOR GUARDED OPTIMISM: Three-judge panel of Federal Third Circuit rules that District Court lacked jurisdiction over immigration case. Mahmoud Khalil is an immigrant who fraudulently obtained a visa by omitting information on his...
Verdammte! So much for "like a Swiss train." Q: What do you call a Swiss Banker who prefers Francs (FF) to Deutsche Marks (DM)? A: Queer. Anyway, that's all I got. The comments are all yours.
Dracula's Chivito, a protoplanetary disc. IOW, it's a space vag and it's about to give birth. I'm back after a wonderful Christmas / New Years break. I had a fabulous time at the farm with the boyfriend, his extended family, and of course the cows (who I got on the...
Recently we were having a family discussion about Chatham Manor in Fredericksburg and its last private owners John and Lilian Pratt. I was most familiar with John Lee Pratt through his philanthropy. Pratt Park, and the former Pratt Clinic were both named after him....
Obvious music choice. THURSDAY PM LINKSTER WANTED, APPLY WITHIN: I need someone to take over this timeslot for a while (farewell message at end of post). When I announced this to the Glibs editorial board, WebDom indicated that it might be fun to give the commenters a...
TRUMP TEAM SECURES RELEASE OF US HOSTAGE FROM TALIBAN: Your daily ray of sunshine. A LITTLE TROUBLE IN BIG CHINA: Hopefully, this drama will keep them occupied for a time. I love the term "propaganda organ." FEDERAL JUDGE TANTRUM OF THE DAY: Judge denies effort to...
Not sure if I've ever played this chick on here, but in honor of the link below... IT'S LIKE RAIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY: I hope more people look at things like this and see the climate scam for the grift it is. The article doesn't mention all the jet fuel that will be...
IM-2 MISSION STATUS: Intuitive Machines IM-2 Lunar mission is on the surface, charging, and returning data. It is unknown whether the lander is upright, or fell over as did IM-1 last year. The presser starts at 4:00 PM EST, and I'll update this post as appropriate....
Don't hate, this tune is on-topic. BREAKING / BEST NEWS OF TODAY: The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule had conditioned millions of dollars’ worth of community development block grants from HUD on the completion of lengthy demographic analyses. Of...
BREAKING -- KASH PATEL CONFIRMED AS FBI DIRECTOR FEDERAL JUDGE GOES ON BIZARRE RELIGIOUS RANT DURING HEARING ABOUT TRUMP EO: During hearing about Trump's EOs about transgender service members, US District Judge Ana Reyes asks, “[w]hat do you think Jesus would say to...
BREAKING CONFIRMATION NEWS: Kennedy confirmed as HHS secretary. Patel nomination advances, full floor vote as early as next week. LIKE TOSSING GOLD BRICKS OFF THE TITANIC: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin promises to claw back $20 Billion in grants that were rushed out in...
Everyone sing!
BREAKING -- FEDERAL WORKER BUYOUTS PAUSED: A federal judge in Boston has paused federal employee buyouts. Dammit. If I'm understanding this correctly it means that the roughly 60,000 employees who had already accepted the offer will have to show up at work tomorrow....
GERMANS HAVE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH: In what may serve as a pivotal moment of the federal election campaign and perhaps the future of German politics as a whole, the ‘firewall’ barring establishment parties in Berlin from working with the AfD broke down on Wednesday as...
You kids can follow the headlines on your own. Here is a wrap-up of things you may have missed this week. YOUR DAILY NUTPUNCH (OR OVARY TAP): DC Jail, Federal Bureau of Prisons slow to release J6 prisoners who were pardoned. The DC Jail holds federal prisoners under...
Okay, little astronauts, we’ve got a long checklist to go through. So buckle in and get ready to launch into the links.
If you see this, then manual excerpts are back.
Today I'm going to focus on catch-up links since I was off last Thursday. Also, today is couch swapout day here at Castello di Ursi. Must remember to verify the whereabouts of the cat before taking the old couch to the dump. Here's some fluff and fun for you:...
Since WordPress is still doing the ignore your manual exerpts thing and ganking your first Text Block, I'm putting this here. This delightful little ditty from my youth popped into my head when I began composing these here links. KLEO AND SVEN IN BERLIN -- WHEN THE...
The excerpts you manually create using the "add an excerpt" control (below the "Featured Image" control) are currently not showing on the feed (main page) and WordPress now automagically uses the first paragraph (text block) of your post as the feed excerpt. But...
Did you miss me?
SugarFree and I are switching links duty for this week. Today you get me. He’ll bring you your afternoon links tomorrow.
I’m baaaaack!
Your linkster takes a break from idyllic country life to bring you the value-added links you’ve come to expect in this timeslot.
I’m busy af this week, mostly in a good way, but not to busy to bring you your linkings.