Queensland Beach – 100CountryTrek.com

Beautiful flat sand in the beach and so peaceful.

There are so many wet black rocks on the beach.

Source: Queensland Beach – 100CountryTrek.com

Lost Kinjo: Oakland once had 2 Japantowns. Now there are none – AsAmNews

Picnic in Oakland Courtesy: Alameda Japanese American History Project: Family and Community Collection

 1907 Photo of Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, later renamed West Tenth
Methodist Church
Courtesy: Yamashita Family Papers. MS 411. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz
1907 Photo of Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, later renamed West Tenth Methodist Church Courtesy: Yamashita Family Papers. MS 411. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz

Source: Lost Kinjo: Oakland once had 2 Japantowns. Now there are none – AsAmNews

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Snippets | Filosofa’s Word

For some reason that I cannot possibly imagine (sarcasm intended), my mood is on the upper end of the grumpy scale today, so I decided to vent a bit in the form of some very short snippets of snark!


The New York Times headline reads:  “The justices paused an E.P.A. plan to curtail air pollution, dealing a blow to President Biden.”  No, the justices dealt a blow to every living creature, present & future, on the planet!  This is not the first, nor likely the last time the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the fossil fuel industry and against life (and they call themselves ‘pro-life’???) on Planet Earth.  And I’m just going to step out on a limb here and speculate that maybe, just maybe it has something to do with those little million-dollar gifts and treats that certain of the justices periodically receive.  On a surprising note, though, Justice Barrett actually voted against the other five eggheads.  Perhaps there’s hope for her yet?


And speaking of that noble body, the U.S. Supreme Court, they may have found a way around the recent hullabaloo over those gifts they’ve been taking under the table.  Legalize them!  Sure, make it legal for a justice to accept a trip, motor home, or other minor little perk worth a few hundred thousand dollars, then nobody can call it corruption!  In the case of Snyder v United States, the Court ruled in the usual 6-3 fashion that “gratuities” – that is, post-facto gifts and payments – are not technically “bribes”, and therefore not illegal. Bribes are only issued before the desired official act, y’see.  So, I guess that makes it perfectly legal to promise … oh, say Justice Clarence Thomas … an all-expense-paid vacation for him and his traitorous wife to be paid after he rules in favour of … oh, say cutting certain EPA environmental protections.  It’s legal … he didn’t get to go on the trip until after the ruling!


Yesterday, the Republicans in the House of Representatives were apparently working … wait, did I just say they were ‘working’??? … on the appropriations bills for next year’s budget.  They decided to cut the salary of Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas … to zero.  That’s right … by their reckoning he doesn’t deserve to be paid.  Said Republican Andy Biggs, the ‘brains’ behind the idea to eliminate Mayorkas’ salary …

“Alejandro Mayorkas—who was impeached earlier this year—doesn’t deserve a single penny from American taxpayers.”

And why, you ask?  Because they say they don’t like the way he’s handling immigration at the southern border … and this, after they refused to pass a bipartisan bill that would have ended many of the border problems!  The salary cut won’t go anywhere and Mayorkas’ full salary will be in next year’s budget, but it galls me that the damned eggheads who call themselves ‘conservatives’ are wasting their time and our money on such stupid games.  Perhaps it is they who should have their salaries de-funded!


Okay, I guess I’m done for the moment.  There is lots more I could snark about, such as the amount of money being thrown away on space exploration while people are starving, the ineptitude of certain congressional representatives, the latest mass shootings that barely got a mention in the media, etc., but I have vented enough for the moment and I have ‘stuff’ I need to do.  But stay tuned …

Source: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Snippets | Filosofa’s Word

फैशन / Fashion

अब नहीं परवाह किसी को बदनामी की, फटे कपडे पहन लोग गुरूर करने लगे हैं… नए युग में जन्म हुआ है नए फैशन का, कपड़ों पर लगे धब्बे बन गए उनके तमगे हैं… 🥇 …

फैशन / Fashion

The Wall – Haiku 2024 #ThursdayDoors – Suzette B’s Blog

West Arcade Entrance, St. Vincent Basilica, Avila Spain. Image credit: © sedmak | iStock

within faith’s limits

protected by unseen borders

outside the wall

 


Situated outside Ávila’s famous wall—Spain’s best-preserved and longest medieval fortifications dating back to the 11th century—stands St. Vincent Basilica (circa 11th-14th centuries.)

The featured wood doors (above) are the West arcade entrance to St. Vincent Basilica, Ávila, Spain.

The stone sculptures of saints on either side of the featured doors are unique in style in contrast to the usual entryway statues.

The sculptural forms here seem to depict movement as if— a moment of conversation was captured between the figures. A closeup of the featured door is below.

**Featured door. West Arcade Entrance, St. Vincent Basilica, Avila Spain. Image credit: © AndresGarciaM | Stock

Source: The Wall – Haiku 2024 #ThursdayDoors – Suzette B’s Blog