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The wife was told that OPM has told all federal workers to telework starting Wednesday because of the military parade for The President's birthday.

seems incongruous

Do it. Trigger a constitutional crisis.

Oh, also liking "Murderbot" on Appletv.

I'm enjoying "The Pitt" on Max and "Paradise" on Hulu. I would say the former is more my speed but its a bit gorier than the wife would like.

see below Washington D.C. — No Kings

according to the No Kings Day organizers they are putting together protest outside DC where people are encouraged to bring flags and celebrate no kings and democracy.

I guess Pete's a terrible boss. Hard to keep him sober I guess Kathleen Bachynski: "“Top Defense Department jobs, including the defense secretary’s chief of staff, are normally considered prestigious and typically attract multiple qualified candidates. But at least three people have already turned down potential roles under Hegseth”" — Bluesky

I've been listening to "We Have Ways of Making you Talk" which is doing an 85th anniversary take on Dunkirk. Talk about the hinge of history. So many variables. Apparently the decision for the Germans to back off the pocket around Dunkirk was driven by Hitler's vanity when confronted by Generals who had through their own initiative had crossings over the canal line which could be exploited to drive on the beach and perhaps capture the entire BEF and French allied forces, and confronted by more cautious generals did the one thing he would do in that circumstance: he exerted his prerogative to exert his prerogatives and issued the halt order. Meanwhile, Churchill was desperate to prevent Halifax from convincing the war cabinet to sue for peace and he was fortunate to have Chamberlain who had been burned by Hitler and Mussolini on his side. Without Dunkirk, its a totally different war. Without Britain holding up the Germans in Eastern Europe and Africa and the Battle of Britain, they have much more to throw at the Soviet Union in 1941 (and could have started earlier in the year).

those who have watched Andor and who may have witnessed the summer of 2020 and seen simularities.

seconded

Hey look, the Dad of the large defense contractor who has access to all our PII is hanging with Putin. https://www.the-sun.com/news/14426030/elon-musk-dad-ptsd-mistake-trump-white-house/

it certainly was

Yep

it sucks to lose to a good team when we are scuffling along with our #3 and #4 (Olson and Jobe) starters on the shelf and our MVP caliber LF is having a broken couple days.

Our all star is broke.

Meadows is due.

Twiniaks lose

Houston defeats the Cleveliaks.

not liking not cashing in.

cmon Kerry.

always good that pitchbot

an achievement that was almost simultaneously being duplicated in scale on the other side of the world in the invasion of Saipan and Tinian (on June 15, 1944). We really did a lot of building up in 1942 and 1943.

Some amusing content here from semi-funny Dana Milbank Opinion | Trump’s mistakes are multiplying only five months into his second term - The Washington Post