Moon and Mars

Lunar Occultation 12/7/22

That's going to be my best shot tonight. The sky is clear, but thick fog is rolling in and the dew point is absolutely ridiculous. Scope and camera are just running water.

But, all in all, from the Florida Panhandle shooting through soup, I'll take it.

Tonight's Cold Moon from the Florida Panhandle

Warming up the scope, waiting for the Mars occultation. Clouding up though, so I probably won't get any good shots. It's like looking though clam chowder on the best of nights here. We'll see.

Whenever this goof tweets something like this, I picture him slowly eating a banana while making aggressive eye contact with everyone in the coffee shop.

Me: Oh, hey, lookitthat! Gas is $2.89 a gallon. I wonder what Republicans gonna be mad about NOW?

Republicans:

Me:

Republicans: WE WANT MORE HUNTER BIDEN DICK PICS!

Trump called for the termination of the Constitution

I say let's take him on it

Oh settle down. I don't mean all of it, just the one amendment no one ever talks about, #3

Let's terminate that one

<knock knock!>

Trump: Who's at the damn door NOW?

SURPRISE! It's us, the entire 1st Armored Division! Hello! We'll be quartering here at Mar-a-Lago until further notice!

Trump: Noooo!

Hope you don't mind tanks on the fairway!

Trump: THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

LOL. Which way to the omelet bar?

Seriously though, we do need to worry about groomers who dress up in weird outfits and tell ridiculous stories to children.

We do.

Keep your kids away from priests, that's what I'm saying.

Since his election, Trump has been credibly investigated for 56 separate crimes, for which he has been indicted exactly zero times.

The guy was impeached TWICE and suffered NO consequences at all -- and now he's running for president AGAIN.

Right?

I mean, goddamn, the laws and the Constitution ALREADY don't apply to Donald Trump and never have.

What more does he want?

(Yeah, I know: all of it)

3/3

Here's a guy who committed a crime every day for most of his life, from medical fraud to get out of serving his country to numerous sexual assaults to a running a scam "charitable foundation" to endless tax evasion to extorting foreign countries to destroying government records to stealing classified documents to repeated election fraud and campaign finance fraud to SEDITION without ANY consequence or accountability of any kind whatsoever.

2/

Trump demands we terminate our laws and the Constitution and install him as dictator.

Ironic.

Not just ironic, but hilariously ironic. Over the top ironic. Exploding weasels and flaming clown shrapnel ironic.

1/

A Republic If You Can Tweet It!

Today's twitter shenanigans expanded and turned into an essay on Stonekettle Station (note, moving your content to other platform seems ... prudent at this point)

https://www.stonekettle.com/2022/12/a-republic-if-you-can-tweet-it.html

First they came for the dick pics and I said nothing...

I imagine when it comes to investigating dick pictures, the list of Republican "expert witnesses" is going to be pretty extensive.

They'll have to set aside at least 3 days for Lauren Boebert's testimony alone

At first I was a little disappointed Republicans took the House in the recent election.

But now? I'm looking forward to the House Select Committee To Investigate Hunter Biden's Dick Pictures.

I wonder who they'll appoint as "Special Master?"

Republicans: WE ARE CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES!

Trump this morning: THROW OUT THE CONSTITUTION AND CROWN ME KING BECAUSE TWITTER!

Republicans:

Republicans:

Republicans: Yeah, okay, that sounds good.

GIVE ME HUNTER BIDEN DICK PICS OR GIVE ME DEATH!
-- MAGA Patrick Henry

I feel like the American education system has failed me because I honestly had no idea allowing James Woods to post unlimited Hunter Biden dick pics was the cornerstone of democracy. It literally never came up once on my way to a graduate degree.

Rollin' into Twitter every morning and blocking the trolls like SHOO! SHOO! Get outta here you flying rats! SHOO!

Bonus shot.

This my favorite image from today. I think it really captures the dynamic, the foil cutting through the water like a knife, the white spray flying at speed, the tons of boat in the air, and the crew's stoic faces completely focused on their tasks.

New York City Yacht Club American Magic's vessel, Patriot, flying over Pensacola Bay.

Patriot is an AC75 design hydrofoil, 75-feet long and capable of speeds in excess of 50mph, it literally flies above the water. These boats are highly specialized and take incredible skill and teamwork to operate.

The American Magic team is practicing for the upcoming America's Cup in 2024 at Barcelona, Spain. They'll be here in Pensacola for the next year, so if you're in town be sure to check it out.

Found this weird dog in the yard. No collar. Doesn't bark.

TFW you turn on the camera for an online conference and suddenly realize you've got a bad case of Andy Rooney eyebrows.