@gemswinc That was Walt Kelly's comic strip Pogo, not the Commodore. I'd let it go, but it's such a deft and brilliant paraphrase it's become better known than its creator (no relation AFAIK).

The original was "We have met the enemy and they are ours," written by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry after defeating a force of American Indians on Lake Erie in 1813 -- long before the other Commodore Perry, Matthew Calbraith, forcibly opened Japan to trade with the West.

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@jenebene Um. Maybe because he's being sentenced, he should be disqualified from office?

Good thing we have a working, efficient justice system, that treats everyone equitably!

What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Frostbite!

On this week in 1883, railway companies in the US and Canada transformed time in both countries, leading to the ground-breaking concept of time zones worldwide.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20241115-how-railroads-inspired-the-creation-of-time-zones

The artist behind this vessel has been identified as the Boreads Painter, who led one of Sparta's most prominent pottery workshops between 575 and 550 B.C. As with most Greek vase painters, his true name is unknown, and he is recognized solely by his distinctive style, especially his way of rendering figures and his signature use of pomegranate bands to frame interior scenes. The name Boreads Painter derives from one of his tondo designs, which depicts the Boreads, sons of the North Wind.