David Sobotta

Trump recently made a disgusting slur against Norway calling it a "shithouse country" and stating that Norwegian immigrants were not welcome in the United States. Actually it is trump & his policies which are not welcome in the US. Voters will prove that America can resist a wannabe dictator.

Another favorite picture of Malarky. We still have the trout pillow and green blanket but the big chair hair has gone to live with friends.

When you find a pillow that just fits, why fight it. Our long departed cat Malarky in our former coastal home.

If you live in NC, well worth reading the article. "All in all, North Carolina is poised to prove that a president and a political party can’t outrun reality, not with shady scheming, not with mountains of cash, not with all the swagger and bluster in the world." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/o...

Feed the hungry, don't turn them into beggars.

The ones holding office, especially ones appointed by Trump are even worse.

He doesn't care about the environment.

Anyone surprised? From The New Republic.

Trump needs to be stopped, this is just plain wrong. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/o...

Not surprising considering AI is the only kind of intelligence this bunch of clowns has. “Based on the nature and scope of these errors, it appears that the Agency may have used a generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tool in drafting its brief,” www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/hhs...

Crab on the menu.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One of the things I miss most in leaving the coast is the ability to get really fresh seafood for chowders. My wife's seafood chowder is pretty amazing. I imagine the ingredients would cost a fortune and there is no guarantee that would be as fresh as what we used to get from Clyde Phillips Seafood.

An appropriate metaphor for the Secretary of Stupidity & what he has done to the world. Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. WaPo
Photos The Post obtained by show a gash in the World War II-era artifact from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon.

Gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/o...

Trumps says "'Never mind the Republicans actually running, vote as if he’s on the ballot." The voters’ top concern isn’t inflation; it’s government corruption. A record-high 89 percent of Americans believe corruption is widespread in government. And Trump gets the blame. wapo.st/4yyFrhy

Steve Witkoff Trump's negotiator just called Vladimir Putin a humanitarian. Witkoff is about as qualified to negotiate with Putin as one of our tabby cats. Actually Goose is more qualified. Releasing one person doesn't wipe out the sin of an attack on a sovereign nation that has killed thousands.

"Ukraine’s noble resistance to Russia’s onslaught is as glorious as Britain’s lonely resolve during Hitler’s Blitz of autumn 1940. Donald Trump’s enlistment in Putin’s criminality is an election-eve illustration of the cascading absurdities of his downward-spiraling presidency." wapo.st/3Wi3Av9

Wait until we have a hurricane along the Gulf of Mexico. There are going to be a lot of unhappy Trump voters. I cannot imagine those Carteret County gop lovers will be very happy either.

wapo.st/3UzKQa4

Trump should be impeached for this. Russia, sensing victory, cheers Trump’s latest shift against Ukraine

When Putin says jump, Trump says "How high?" "Oct. 16, two days before the new sanctions were to take effect, Trump signed an executive order taking all teeth out of them, making a deal with Vladimir Putin for Russia to sell diesel to the U.S." The Hill Trump is a traitor and a Russian asset.

The scrambling would have been unneeded if the GOP had just backed one of Trump's impeachments. Anyone out there still have doubts Trump has a Russian connection? www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Always follow the money when looking at republicans and I love the predictability of republican complaints. You can just about guarantee that while they complain about Democrats doing something nefarious, the reality is that the republicans are the worst offenders.

Bari Weiss Exposed for Pushing CBS to Smear Democratic Candidates CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has been pushing reporters to use incendiary language and go on goose chases in attempt to attack Abdul El-Sayed and James Talarico. By Malcolm Ferguson Oct 19, 2026 newrepublic.com/maz/post/216...

Good insights reallyamerican.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

No surprise there. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I never believed that you learn leadership in a classroom. I expect. You learn how to lead by leading people. "Business-educated elites increasingly populate political leadership, bringing with them a transactional view of public life." See less

Great answer. youtube.com/shorts/Xdltm...

How could 64% of any group of supposedly cognitively sound adults NOT believe that Trump is enriching himself. He is blatant about it. He no longer hides it. How could you miss the Qatari government giving him a 747? He has done thousands of stock trades many of them reeking of insider trading.

It is easy to sell something cheap if it is stolen. However, this is minor theft compared to the years that trump has stolen from us all. He needs to rot in a cell or self-deport to his buddies in Russia.

If the Republican party had one shred of moral decency or even a passing concern for our allies not to mention we promised to protect the Ukraine when they gave up their nuclear missiles, they would immediately impeach trump and everyone in his cabinet who wants to abandon support for Ukraine.

Davie County got our blue votes today. There was no one at the polling place from either political party. I was voter number 550. Davie is an overwhelmingly Republican county 78% for trump. Hoping this year is better. Franklin D. Roosevelt victory in 1940 was the last Democratic president to win.

No doubt.

I sure hope this happens.

“At this point, the only true October Surprise Trump could deliver would be to do the right thing. End the tariffs. Support Ukraine. Work with Congress. Try to get Iran back into a nuclear deal like the one he ripped up.” www.washingtonsun.com/perspectives...

Arkansas black apple, so hard I had to use a knife.

Merlin watching for us from my office window on the second story.

Pansy time in NC foothills

I disagree that "Trump was never somehow an agent of Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin." I think the evidence is pretty clear that he does take orders from Putin.

Treason

Jester in her fort.

www.washingtonsun.com/metro/reflec...

Wow! Even FOX News is abandoning Trump by publishing the truth about the economy.

Anyone who is surprised at Trump withholding data that doesn't match the rosy BS that is pedaling should flush their head.

No surprise if you live in the real world instead of the GOP fantasy world.

Dragon's Breath Celosia in the fading afternoon light.

Goose resting his eyes this morning.

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