portland, 82nd airborne, 2312, psalm 8:3-4, new dress
yesterday i was grateful for a full moon, a new pair of earrings and a sweet beach day...
today i am looking forward to one last autumn summer day before the rain and cold come...
odd fellows cafe and then a walk to take pictures... it is humid... weather change approaching...
administration contemplates using an elite paratroop unit to "invade" portland... only cowardice of pete hegseth, who wanted presidential approval cover, kept it from happening?...
Salisbury was in Minnesota to attend a funeral. His Signal chat was clearly visible to bystanders, one of whom provided images of it to the Minnesota Star Tribune. The two men were discussing a plan to deploy the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army to Portland, Oregon. Since World War I, the elite 82nd Airborne has specialized in parachute assaults into hostile areas.
Nine days ago, when Trump first threatened to send troops to Portland, Oregon's governor, Tina Kotek, told him there was no reason. "He thinks there are elements here creating an insurrection," Kotek said after her call with Trump. "I told him there is no insurrection here and that we have this under control."
Trump responded to Kotek this way:
"I said, 'Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? … They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place … it looks like terrible."
kelly anne conway famously said "facts don't matter, what people believe matters"
this extends all the way to the white house?... doesn't he have a national security team to tell him portland isn't the hellscape he believes it is... apparently, fox news is his national security briefing source and, oops, they added footage from the george floyd riots in 2020 to current reporting...
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
yesterday i ordered a new dress... on sale... $40...
a quiet afternoon reading 2312 by kim stanley robinson... probably best scifi by a male writer i have read... full of imagination and virtuosic technical detail... characters are a little two dimensional...