Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Let’s finish the job.

“But what about the lurkers?”

Joe Biden can go out like FDR, not by dying in office, but by crushing the fascists.

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

The lights are all blinking red.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

It could be worse. Vance could have said “post-menopausal sows.” Waiting for that audiotape to surface.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL.

I’m just a talker, trying to find a channel!

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

We are aware of all internet traditions.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Democrats are back in array!

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

If West Virginia and San Francisco had a love child.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

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Paul in Jacksonville

Images from just over two decades. from the mundane to the (imho) the remarkable. Collection 1 of 2.

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Sunrise Boca Raton, FL 2010, taken from a bridge over one of the hundreds of man made canals designed to drain the Everglades.

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Sunset St. Augustine Beach, 2018. Standing in the Atlantic Ocean with the water up to my ankles.

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Sunset Peaks Island, Maine, visiting friends. The island is just off the coast of Portland. One of the interesting discoveries I made was a cemetery with graves dating back to 1797.

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Sunset 2006, somewhere on the Oregon Coast.

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Sunset 2018, Gatlinburg, TN. I found a mountaintop airbnb overlooking the city. I’m not sure what was watching me at that particular moment.

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Sunset Boca Raton, 2021. Wile E. Coyote with some odd clouds.

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Sunrise from Spring Mountain in the Napa Valley, 2006. For 10 years during my wine career, I represented small family owned wineries from Santa Barbara in the south, to the Anderson Valley in northern California. One of my tasks was to entertain clients by guiding tours from winery to winery. Our Napa Valley winery had a guest house near the top of Spring Mountain. Here you see the early morning fog on the Valley floor.

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Sunrise St. Augustine Pier, 2020. For me, sunrise at the beach is nirvana-esque.

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Sunrise 2018, Gatlinburg, TN.

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Sunset 2023 in the Riverside/Avondale neighborhood of Jacksonville, FL.  One evening outside of the wineshop/restaurant where I spend three days a week.

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    Kristine

    Lovely photos. I don’t miss living in Florida—the humidity gets to me—but hard to beat the sunrises and sunsets.

    A Napa visit is a dream.

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    sab

    Wow.

    We have taken to watching the Brit/French police procedural comedy Death in Paradise just to see the Caribean sunsets featured on every episode.

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    Albatrossity

    What a great idea! I hope that others are inspired by this post to send in their 10 favorite sunsets and sunrises from the past!

    And I certainly agree with you about beach sunrises. That is a sublime time to be at a beach.

    Thanks!

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    WaterGirl

    I feel calmer just looking at these.

    graves from 1797, wow!  And some crazy clouds.  TN looks like the apocalypse.  Napa Valley is stunning, and the sunrise at St. Augustine Pier is like nothing I have ever seen.

    What a great idea for a collection of photos.

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    stinger

    from the mundane lovely to the (imho) the remarkable spectacular

    FTFY

    That first Gatlinburg photo — yikes! Run away, run away!

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    pieceofpeace

    A brief sleep interruption in the wee-wee early hours greeted me with these dynamic, drop-dead photos.  Could not have brought anything other than the force of nature bringing on calm, blissful relaxation as I enjoyed them.

    They are each lovely.

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    Dan B

    Your Wiley E Coyote is accompanied by Mamatus (sp?) clouds, from mamary. All we need is Mamatus over the Tetons to have a big titty picture.

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    Paul in Jacksonville

    @Albatrossity: Oh my.  I’ve been reading BJ since I don’t know when. To me, you are the preeminent contributor to this part of Cole’s domain. Your recognition is deeply appreciated. Muchas gracias!

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