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I Hope Trump Supporters are Satisified

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More good news for those who would rather line billionaires’ pockets and spend a billion dollars bombing the entrance to an Iranian nuclear facility than to support schools in the U.S. (Not to mention $25 to $45 million for Trump’s birthday parade and $30 million for his trips to Mar-a-Lago (not counting costs for security.)

THINK, PEOPLE!!!!!!

Supreme Court allowed Trump to slash the Education Dept.

The Supreme Court issued an order this afternoon that cleared the way for the Trump administration to fire thousands of employees from the Department of Education and effectively dismantle the agency.

The decision was a significant victory for President Trump, who has set out to sharply curtail the federal government’s role in the nation’s schools. His administration has announced plans to fire more than 1,300 education workers, which would largely gut a department that manages student loans, tracks student achievement and enforces civil rights laws in schools.

Excerpt From the New York Times,

Author Headshot By Matthew Cullen

FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show

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NY Times: FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show

Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended.

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Kristi Noem, dressed in a black polo and a dark hat with a FEMA logo on it, sits in front of a microphone.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a news conference in Kerrville, Texas, on Saturday. Ms. Noem did not renew a contract to staff call center workers until Thursday.Credit…Jordan Vonderhaar for The New York Times

By Maxine Joselow

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Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.

The lack of responsiveness happened because the agency had fired hundreds of contractors at call centers, according to a person briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal matters.

The agency laid off the contractors on July 5 after their contracts expired and were not extended, according to the documents and the person briefed on the matter. Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, who has instituted a new requirement that she personally approve expenses over $100,000, did not renew the contracts until Thursday, five days after the contracts expired. FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

The Numbers Game #81, Please Play Along, July 14, 2025

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Welcome to “The Numbers Game #81”  Today’s number is 203. To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title. This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Here are my contributions to the album.

MERA
Warm talk that makes you feel good
Tzintuntzan Pyramid, Michoacan
Tzintzuntzan Pyramid
“Pussycat pussycat, I love you. Yes, I do!”
Open Lens
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Help Solve a Mystery?

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I had 6,343 views so far today-  A good portion of them are from Germany. Can anyone explain to me why? If you are in Germany reading this blog, can you tell me what prompted your reading it?

 

For the Sunday Stills Red, White and Blue Challenge.

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Sunday Stills  July Color Challenge: Red, White and Blue Challenge.

Luz Marie’s 6th Birthday for Cellpic Sunday, July 13, 2025

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Luz Marie, Birthday Girl
Luz Marie and Dad, Ishmael.

This was a blowout event, so I couldn’t publish just one pic.

For johnbo’s Cellpic Sunday

To “L” With It, for Fibbing Friday, July 11, 2025

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Another Friday brings yet another opportunity to fib.  Here is this week’s Fibbing Friday challenge:
To ‘L’ with it this week: Some may be familiar, so fib away with your definitions, please.

1. Lunkhead: A certain American president
2. Lugubrious: a feeling of dread and gloom brought on by the process of carrying numerous heavy boxes when in the process of moving from one house to another.
3. Lickspittle: What dogs do to the faces of owners who are sputtering in rage.
4. Lampoon: An ironic humorously-shaped lamp fixture
5. Lollywater: The product of rinsing off a child’s sucker when they drop it on the ground.
6. Lollypopper: A child pulling a Tootsie Roll Pop out of their pursed lips.
7. Lumpen: A small swelling.
8. Loofah: Polite slang for the letting of a small fart while on the potty.
9. Lippy: One’s condition after a botox injection.
10. Lughole: Something it is impossible to do.

Did you know???

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On July 9, 22, and August 5, 2025, the Moon will be farthest from Earth’s equator, shifting its gravitational effect on Earth’s axis and altering rotation speed. Earth is set to mark Wednesday, July 9, as the shortest day ever recorded, with similar short days anticipated on July 22 and August 5, 2025.

The Numbers Game #80, Please Play Along, July 7, 2025

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Welcome to “The Numbers Game #80”  Today’s number is 201. To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title. This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Here are my contributions to the album.

Ollie wants to come along
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Gloria
2018
2010
2017
South Dakota 1954. Zippy, our pet raccoon
1950
1956

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Yikes! I have 19,000 more  201 photos in my media file!!!! I’ll spare you the rest.

Simply Red for July Squares

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The prompt for July Squares is “Simply Red.”