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We’ve been on the road the past three weeks following Lewis and Clark from Kentucky to the headwaters of the Missouri. On our way back we took a detour and ran by Devils Tower. Got this before the clouds lifted

Trout spends too much time injured. Pass.

So the guy up and decides to move to Russia after one of his daughters learns about lesbianism from a CLASSMATE. Not a teacher, but a classmate. Probably like this dude learned about sex in middle school (or Boy Scouts). Kids will be kids if you don't want them to learn this kind of stuff try something like homeschooling, or maybe move them to one of the religious schools they have in Texas. So he gets to Russia, doesn't speak the language and decides to join the Army. His wife says they promised him a non combat position. Once again keep in mind, he doesn't speak the language but he's trying to be a loyal Russian citizen. Bottom line is he made those choices, no one forced him. He deserves everything he gets. His wife wants to be a media influencer. She didn't try to dissuade him of his decisions. The only ones I feel sorry for are his offspring. They deserve better.

Another step to turning into a Confederation of Dunces

At least it wasn't an auto pen.

July 21 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-21

The Extortionist in Chief's latest attempt of shooing folks from Epstein and deportations as well as other crimes and misdemeanors against the Nation He's doing virtually the same with the Cleveland Baseball Squad

Could JD Vance play Brutis in the latest Trump "scandal" JV Last https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-jd-vance-out-to-destroy-trump?utm_source=substack&publication_id=87281&post_id=168853427&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=45wcm&triedRedirect=true

July 20 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-20

July 19 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-19

When you pull out of a parking lot the last thing you expect is a heard of cows

Not to mention football and basketball coaches who doubled as history and civics teachers when they weren’t teaching Drivers Ed

Trump holds grudges. He wants to punish CBS for the 60 Minutes interview with Harris. Under a normal administration this wouldn’t be an issue.

He’ll probably end up on a streaming service. CBS will show bad reruns of their “comedies”

July 18 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-18

A lot never paid attention to all the crap he pulled back with the casinos and bankrupting Trump Tower. If they knew him at all it was because of the Apprentice. Where they fixed up his dump of an office and made him seem bigger than life. As PT Barnum once said "A sucker is born every minute" or something like that... Or to quote Paul Simon...Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest

July 17 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-17 One note Disney would often visit with JD Rockefeller Jr in Williamsburg, Va.during the 40s and 50s It's said that the two would sit in the rear of the Rockefeller financed Williamsburg. Theatre as they shared their interest in movies during that time. That was about the time Colonial Williamsburg came to life (the idea started in the mid to late 1920s). It's not surprising that. Disney wanted to bring a bit of education to his theme parks.

I haven’t seen any confirmation of this.

“I have found great Inconvenience for Want of this Art, since I have had to contemplate America so much, and since I had to study the Processes and Operations of War. But their Honour, Truth, in one Word their Morals, are of most importance. I hope these will be kept pure.”

Those of us of a certain age have fond memories...

It all makes sense. The statue was probably placed on word of mouth history. Archeology has gotten so much better in recent years. One example in Williamsburg is latest work on the armory. When Colonial Williamsburg was being recreated back in the early 1930s they relied a lot on peoples memories (Parts othe armory was still standing, memories said the walls were much higer than later research found they were too high. Also the first rebuilt armory had a wooden slat roof. To store gunpowder it probably had to be slate. Just this past year while clearing land for a proposed indoor sport facility for travel teams, construction workers found remains of what is thought to be barracks for the British Army near Yorktown (about 15 miles away) This is the stuff that fascinates me since we moved here 5 years ago