On the Edge

A Few Reads for Sunday

Some sanity seems to be happening in Hungary.

Meanwhile, insanity still rules the day in the White House.

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A Few Reads for Saturday

O.J. Simpson died two years ago, so why anybody would care what his final days were like dying of cancer is a mystery to me. Ron and Nicole are still dead, dead long before their time.

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A Few Reads for Thursday

Why do so many No Kings protesters seem to be retirement age or older?

My take is they probably know more than younger generations just what is at stake.

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A Couple of Reads for Wednesday

This is absolutely batshit insane even for the Trump administration.

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Obituary: The first American to summit Mount Everest, Jim Whittaker, has died at the age of 97.

Snip:

Whittaker died Tuesday at his home in Port Townsend, Washington. according to a statement from his family.

His Mount Everest feat made the once-shy, rangy climber an instant celebrity, in demand for public appearances and expected to lend his support to good causes.

And it gained him entree into the world of celebrities, including the inner circles of the Kennedy clan. He became a close friend of Robert Kennedy, with whom he climbed a 14,000-foot (4,267 meters) Canadian peak named Mount Kennedy after the 1968 presidential contender's assassination.

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A Read or Two for Tuesday

It appears Armageddon has been delayed for at least two weeks.

Or is it WW III?

He needs to be out of office, but he isn't going anywhere anytime in the near future.

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So why didn't Trump follow through? Perhaps more than a few in the military gave Kegsbreath a clue.

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Trump clearly isn't all there in the head:

A Few Reads for Monday

The world wonders if Trump will ever be tried for war crimes if he makes good on his threat against Iran tomorrow.

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The View from Grizzly Peak

Today I went on a group hike through the Medford Parks and Recreation Department to Grizzly Peak, which is located in the Cascade-Siskiyou Monument near Ashland, Oregon. Here are a few pictures I took from the top of the peak, which is more like a butte than a mountain peak: