Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Now at 28 hours of rain, and up to 3-4 inches of standing water:
As I was outside surveying my new pond, Lily came outside, started down the steps, saw the water, turned around, walked back up, and then took a shit on the deck and all I thought was “I’d do the same thing.”
There is nothing low-grade, low-risk, or low-cost about any war. It was time to end the war in Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/jAGbWnBzol
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 1, 2021
This is correct. https://t.co/pNYIy2HYAy
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) September 1, 2021
He’ll need all the help he can muster, given the circumstances, and his enemies in the GOP and the media…
Repeated theme in post-speech analysis: How dare the president defend his policies in ways that do not suit the narrative I have been peddling for the past few weeks? How dare he make his case on his terms and not on mine?
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 31, 2021
oops I did it again pic.twitter.com/eHhd5h82Dc
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) August 31, 2021
The “strange” part is that yet again the news media and Washington insiders don’t have a clue what people outside of their bubble care about. https://t.co/SVHDkpK9ht
— Tom Brennan (@Brennanator) August 31, 2021
If there's a criticism of Biden to be had it's that his lack of confidence in the entire Afghan War project wasn't nearly pessimistic enough. https://t.co/94qJd9hWdb
— zeddy (@Zeddary) August 31, 2021
the Bargaining Phase https://t.co/UbYRqGCF8u
— flglmn (@flglmn) September 1, 2021
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Question: Do people who own horses typically walk around with a photo of themselves and their horse? pic.twitter.com/QWjV1R2SZt
— Ray [REDACTED] (@RayRedacted) August 29, 2021
https://t.co/l1tsqWA7dd pic.twitter.com/FY0iB8HY83
— OneHitPopehat (@Popehat) August 31, 2021
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Last week I featured the Sun setting between the two towers of the new bridge(yet un-named) that has replaced the Gerald Desmond Bridge between Long Beach and Terminal Island. I’ve been wanting to photograph this bridge since I could see it’s rising two towers in cityscapes that I’ve taken over the past several years.
I wanted to get a closer view than I’d had the previous week and discovered that the bridge has a pedestrian walkway and bike lane.
The lighting on the new bridge can change color, though my shots show it with blue lighting, this video shows it cycling though it’s colors. The can change the color scheme for special occasions and have colors set up for all the local sportsball teams.
I’d also located via Google Maps a place that would give me a good shot of the whole bridge just to the south of the bridge. So after work on Sunday, I headed to the first location to park and walk up the bridge hoping to get a shot of the bridge and the Moon. The sign at the entrance said “No Pedestrians”, so on to plan B. I had worried that there might not be parking at my second location, but that concern was unfounded. After taking my shots I headed over the new bridge, continuing over the Vincent Thomas bridge to the 110 and home to Glendale.
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Sunset from the previous week, you can see the two towers of the new bridge along with the arch from the Gerald Desmond Bridge.