…..tic toc tic toc… goes the doomsday clock…..tic toc tic tic tic tic

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…Bob Dylan’s Nobel Lecture…

.......for obvious reasons ....this one is being published all over the place ......swiping abounds.... fore and aft ... not inside...... Dylan visiting Stockholm for the first time in 1966. Photo: Ronny Karlsson Bob Dylan's Nobel Lecture When I received this Nobel Prize for Literature, I got to wondering exactly how my songs related to literature. … Continue reading …Bob Dylan’s Nobel Lecture… →

Pedi-cab Driver

…….I used to sit on the curb with this guy, floating Popsicle sticks down the gutter in the rain…….well done mark….got that one to turn the corner….cool!……w

lyftingmeup's avatarLyfting Me Up

My life has taken a very interesting new direction.I am “Back in The Saddle Again”.It looks like I will be serving as the Senior Pastor at Greeley First Christian Church for the foreseeable future.In the past 19 months I have logged 3805 Lyft rides – you might call that ‘full time’. I have found joy and purpose driving complete strangers all around this five county area, and turning my riders into the stars 🌟 of this blog.How my new job affects what happens in our conversations in this blog, goes like this: I will be finding these ‘gems’ in 15-20 rides a week rather than 80-100.If it goes like it did with my three rides on Tuesday, it will be no problem.

I had just finished a 20 minute ride from near my house to about 10 miles west.He was a fascinating man with…

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…….“The more they screamed, the more I knew I was doing the right thing,” …….

When Don McGahn first arrived at the Federal Election Commission in July 2008 as a shaggy-haired, guitar-playing campaign finance lawyer, his casual appearance masked his carefully crafted plans for the sleepy agency charged with regulating campaign finance. As a new commissioner, McGahn—now President Donald Trump’s top White House lawyer—quickly consolidated power. He persuaded the two … Continue reading …….“The more they screamed, the more I knew I was doing the right thing,” ……. →

……the world that trump and ailes built…..

The measure of their influence lies in the distance between today’s media and politics and those of the years they were born. By Jill Lepore THE New Yorker Illustration by Tom Bachtell Roger Ailes died recently, at the age of seventy-seven, during a week when the ground shook beneath a stumbling Donald Trump. The two … Continue reading ……the world that trump and ailes built….. →

……eric prince in the hot seat…..

Blackwater’s Founder Is Under Investigation for Money Laundering, Ties to Chinese Intel, and Brokering Mercenary Services Eric Prince, founder of the now-defunct mercenary firm Blackwater and current chairman of Frontier Services Group, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies for attempting to broker military services to foreign governments and possible … Continue reading ……eric prince in the hot seat….. →

……It may be time to disobey the commander in chief…….

With his assault on the rule of law, President Trump has undermined his legitimacy.....   ..........................“I hope you can let this go.”President Trump’s firing of James Comey (right) may have served to undermine the rule of law. In the space of a week, Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, lied about why he did it, … Continue reading ……It may be time to disobey the commander in chief……. →

…A Vision Of Trump at War….

.....once upon a time..... How the President Could Stumble Into Conflict By Philip Gordon  Just a few months into the Trump administration, it still isn’t clear what course the president’s foreign policy will ultimately take. What is clear, however, is that the impulsiveness, combativeness, and recklessness that characterized Donald Trump’s election campaign have survived the … Continue reading …A Vision Of Trump at War…. →

…….Colorado should remove its monuments to genocide….

With the Old South finally cleansing itself of outdated statues, Colorado should consider names like Evans, Byers and Gore. Mountain Evans, as seen from Aurora, is named for John Evans, the first territorial governor of Colorado. In 2014, a nine-member committee at Northwestern University investigated Evans’ role in the Sand Creek Massacre and determined that … Continue reading …….Colorado should remove its monuments to genocide…. →

……………..The Liberal Order Is Rigged…………..

 You like apples? The Liberal Order Is Rigged Fix It Now or Watch It Wither Prior to 2016, debates about the global order mostly revolved around its structure and the question of whether the United States should actively lead it or should retrench, pulling back from its alliances and other commitments. But during the past … Continue reading ……………..The Liberal Order Is Rigged………….. →

……Meet the American Who’s Playing His First Major-Tournament Tennis Match at 25……

Tennys Sandgren, now ranked No. 114, has his first match against Mikhail Kukushkin, currently ranked No. 88  Tennys Sandgren in his qualifying match against Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan during the Australian Open at Melbourne Park in January 2016. Sandgren didn’t make it out of the qualifying rounds. PHOTO: MICHAEL DODGE/GETTY IMAGES On Friday evening in Paris, … Continue reading ……Meet the American Who’s Playing His First Major-Tournament Tennis Match at 25…… →

…..Imagine a Manchester-style attack in the US. Now imagine Trump handling it……

What if it happened here? Imagine a Manchester-style attack in the US. Now imagine Trump handling it. Photo: Getty Images, Photo-illustration:Javier Zarracina/Vox In the final years of the Obama administration, the president and his top advisers worried constantly about the growing threat ISIS posed to the United States. Part of their fear was about the … Continue reading …..Imagine a Manchester-style attack in the US. Now imagine Trump handling it…… →

…Congress Can Remove Donald Trump From Office Without Impeaching Him…

Presidential psychology is quickly becoming a bipartisan issue. Recently, Senator Al Franken said that he and several of his GOP colleagues shared the opinion that President Donald Trump is “not right mentally.” Shortly thereafter, 35 mental health professionals — psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers — took to the pages of the New York Times to … Continue reading …Congress Can Remove Donald Trump From Office Without Impeaching Him… →

…….Dan Rather Blasts GOP: What’s Taking You So Long To Show Guts And Hold Trump Accountable?…..

Wed, May 10, 2017 If Republicans can't put democracy first, they must step aside and let an independent commission do what they're too cowardly to do.                                                           … Continue reading …….Dan Rather Blasts GOP: What’s Taking You So Long To Show Guts And Hold Trump Accountable?….. →

Earth Day…Revisited

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Tails Around the Ranch's avatarTails Around the Ranch

Despite wanting to share this post shortly after attending a photography seminar, a hectic life sort of interfered. But I decided it was just too good not to share the experience. “Walk on the Wildside” was held in connection with Earth Day sponsored by a local camera shop at the Denver Zoo. The guest speaker was not only a phenomenal photographer but one who happened to be a Nikon Ambassador.

Ron Magill, director of communications for the Miami Zoo, is a trained zoologist but never took any photography classes. He learned how to photograph through practice, patience and necessity (stock photos were too expensive when he first started out). I signed up for this class not because I’m planning on a safari trip to Africa, but because I figured any tips could be used in taking photos of Sam and Elsa (who often resemble wild animals).

Boy am I glad I did!! Although I shoot with…

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…..From pigsties to prime locations Brutalists barns and concrete cowsheds: England’s new rural architecture

.....pushing the definition of rustic........... Hidden behind farmhouses and tucked into the corners of fields, bold architectural experiments are under way in the English countryside. A recent change in planning regulations has simplified the development process, allowing landowners to give derelict post-war farm buildings new purposes and, sometimes, exotic makeovers. A fashion for rural living … Continue reading …..From pigsties to prime locations Brutalists barns and concrete cowsheds: England’s new rural architecture →

The Baby Boomer War

.....look back... JAMES WRIGHT VIETNAM '67 Of all the tropes about the Vietnam War, one stands out far above the rest in American memory: It was the baby boomers’ war. By the spring of 1967, most American soldiers being killed in combat had been born in 1946 or after. To understand the war, we have … Continue reading The Baby Boomer War →