Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Joe Lieberman disappointingly reemerged to remind us that he’s still alive.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

As long as McCarthy is Speaker, the House will never be in order.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Consistently wrong since 2002

American History and Black History Cannot Be Separated

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Good lord, these people are nuts.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

“Squeaker” McCarthy

This fight is for everything.

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On The Road and In Your Backyard is a weekday feature spotlighting reader submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, please share your part of the world, whether you’re traveling or just in your locality. Share some photos and a narrative, let us see through your pictures and words. We’re so lucky each and every day to see and appreciate the world around us!

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Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

 

Yet more on a wonderful treasure of humankind. This community is just amazing.

Today, pictures from valued commenter Wag.

I’d like to share photos from our trip to Notre-Dame last spring. One of my favorite places in the great city of Paris

Taken on 2018-03-29 00:00:00

The Spire

Taken on 2018-03-29 00:00:00

Notre-Dame

A gargoyle on one of the towers of Notre-Dame

Taken on 2018-03-29 00:00:00

Notre-Dame

The Nave of the Cathedral

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Notre-Dame

The stained glass was exemplary

Taken on 2018-03-29 00:00:00

Notre-Dame

Please light a candle for Notre-Dame, and hold her in your heart

 

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  2. 2.

    J R in WV

    Great photos. I had burned up the charger for my camera, and was down to taking photos with my samsung tablet at the end of the trip. One charger was OK with 220V, the other needed a transformer, which I had, but I got used to using the voltage agnostic charger.

    Took a femtosecond to burn up the Panasonic charger at 220V. Poof, little puff of carbonized something. Hot smell. The end.

    Thanks for these photos with great definition and depth!!! How did you get up to the tops like that? A different tour? Lots of steps?

    Great job. Hope to return someday as restoration nears completion. Love Paris. I wonder if we could afford to live there if we seek asylum from Trump fascism? Notkidding!!!

  4. 4.

    Alain

    I think we have one more set from ND for tomorrow. We again look forward starting Monday. Have a great weekend, everybody, you’ve all done..very well.

  6. 6.

    Wag

    @J R in WV:
    Yes, a tour of the towers was a separate tour with timed tickets. The tour involved climbing the stairs up one tower, crossing to the other tower, and descending a second set of stairs. Once you were past the first set of stairs you were welcome to move at your own pace, and I got lots of great photos of Paris landmarks from the tops of the towers, in addition to photos of gargoyles and spires. We also were able too see the bells, which were huge. Unfortunately, the photo submission tool only allows 5 photos. I could have submitted another 25 to give a sense of the majesty of N-D.

  7. 7.

    Alain

    @Wag: email them to me, use the contact form or just make 4 more submissions. I know we’d love to see more from on-high!

  8. 8.

    Another Scott

    Beautiful pictures, Wag. It’s easy to see the crumbling state of the pre-fire stones in the gargoyle picture.

    Thanks.

    In other news, BBC:

    A man has been arrested after walking into New York’s St Patrick’s Cathedral carrying two full petrol cans, lighter fluid and lighters, police say.

    They say guards confronted the 37-year-old as he entered the Manhattan church on Wednesday evening.

    He spilt gasoline on the ground and officers took him into custody.

    Deputy police commissioner John Miller noted that the “suspicious” incident occurred just two days after a fire gutted Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.

    St Patrick’s is the seat of New York’s Roman Catholic archdiocese.

    “An individual walking into an iconic location like St Patrick’s cathedral carrying over four gallons of gasoline, two bottles of lighter fluid and lighters, is something we would have grave concern over,” Mr Miller told reporters.

    The NYPD deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism however said it was “too early to say” whether terrorism was a motive.

    […]

    If the reporting is accurate (it is often hard to know these days), it is certainly concerning. But not unexpected – unfortunately. Notorious fires bring out the crazies. :-(

    Have a good day, everyone. No matter what the Barr Report says, we’ve gotta keep our eyes on the prize.

    Thanks Wag and Alain.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  9. 9.

    Spanky

    @Another Scott:

    “An individual walking into an iconic location like St Patrick’s cathedral carrying over four gallons of gasoline, two bottles of lighter fluid and lighters, is something we would have grave concern over,” Mr Miller told reporters.

    Oh really? Good to know the NYPD detectives are experts at deduction.

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    Wag

    @JPL:
    If you look carefully at the base of the spire you can see a number of copper statues of the Apostles. These statues were removed from the spire a week prior to the fire as part of the restoration project, and were safely off the property.

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    J R in WV

    And that picture of the spire shows very well the lead roof tiles, still a clean gray look after 800 years, compared to the ~200 year old copper statues on the spire’s base, all green with verdigris.

    That lead is all mostly melted now. I imagine it should be reclaimed and a more modern material used for the new roof. But maybe not, the old roof lasted well for most of a millinium. Longer than any of my roofs will last!!

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