Baby Dove & Mama in their nest on the wall in my backyard ...

Caught a nice moment this AM, Mama Dove and her chickadee ... the neighbors on the other side of the wall were doing yard work including trimming the oleander behind the nest, I told 'em to make sure not to cut down too much and where the nest was. Mom was trying to keep an eye on 'em through the bush ...

Can't believe this chick was in an egg like 1.5 inches long just 2 weeks ago ... they grow like weeds!

Really hope I'm lucky enough to be home and outside when the chick flies away, that'll be pretty cool!

I actually saved this kiddo's life, at one point 2.5 weeks ago I came home from work, and one egg was cracked on the ground below , and the other one was just sitting on the wall, literally an inch from doom, completely outside the nest, and Mom and Dad were GONE. I was quite distraught about the whole situation.

So I carefully put the egg back in the nest, and at some point overnight, they came back and resumed sitting on it. Thankfully it wasn't a cold night, about 72 at sundown and maybe fell to 68 during the night. I'm not sure how long the egg was alone but I feared it would die from lack of warmth ... but NOPE!

The chances that the $200M KY aluminum plant, built with Deripaska's money, is a TrumPutin mind f**k

are definitely NON-ZERO.

I think the possibility that this is a bullshit story ... should be strongly considered. It's just the sort of thing the GRU might come up with in order to further destabilize our Democracy.

We shouldn't simply 'buy into' this story, without some serious critical analysis of the likelihood that it is 'real'.

Is a site chosen? If so, where, and when, and by whom? Have permitting processes begun? If so, when? Are there documents in any KY state agencies regarding this possible construction, and if so, when were they submitted? Who are the American partners in this business, if any? Is it going to be Russian AL that's being processed, and if so, WHY would Russia not just be doing so on their own soil?

The whole thing raises a lotta red flags for me on the 'Russian disinformation' front.

Which is not to say the Turtle isn't totally involved in, and supportive of, Putin's efforts.

I'm gonna say it, as a fellow old fart ... LET'S GO TIGER!!! (nt)

I think IQ45 could end the 'Border Crisis' with a few words ... but he doesn't want to ...

Here's what he just needs to say:

"I have no intention nor desire to change the official policy of the United States towards Refugees from other Nations. Refugees will remain welcome as long as I am President".

Think about it ... people are showing up large numbers recently ... despite by far the most openly hostile-towards-immigrants POTUS in any of our lifetimes.

WHY?

I thoroughly believe that this happening because they're trying to beat the clock. They believe Trump/GOP will succeed in changing the official policy, and they're trying to make it here first, to dip their toe across our border ... before that action can be made meaningless, legally. And they've no reason to believe Trump won't eventually succeed in changing those laws, and possibly quite soon.

So they're showing up droves right now. At least that's the only explanation for this 'timing' that makes sense to me.

But if he just chilled his freaking rhetoric and said 'I promise the laws aren't going to change' ... it would go a LONG WAY towards mitigating the issue.

But he doesn't want to. He WANTS a crisis. Plus his base would be wildly disappointed.

So he won't.

vampire weekend - harmony hall (studio - 2019) - definitely looking forward to the new album ...

expected in early May.

It's unlikely Ezra will be able to top 2013's brilliant Modern Vampires of the City (unquestionably the most universally critically acclaimed record of that year, and among the tops of the decade), esp. after the departure of highly-talented multi-instrumentalist Batmanglij in 2016, but the pre-release singles have all been pretty promising, I gotta say.

This is the one getting the most attention but they've put out 6 songs ahead of the 19-song record, and they've all been pretty decent.

Police Arrest Suspect in Slaying of Beautiful Black Baby Girl, 10, Gunned Down in Her Driveway in AZ

for gLaM - bash & pop - tiny pieces (studio-1992) the best faces song they didn't write :)

Fronted by ex-Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson right after the breakup, he plays guitar and bass and sings and wrote it ... great song from an under-appreciate album. I know every song on it by heart, put it that way. This was my fave, the closing track ...

So, the 4/2 deadline came and went, and I saw basically nobody mention it today on DU ...

Trump/Barr basically said FU to Democrats on 4/2, did not deliver the report, and there were no threads started about it (that I saw) which makes me think nobody even talked about it in the media, either?

If not, I find that very disturbing. This should have been a major news story.

DU'ers not talking about it I guess I understand, since all we do now is bicker about Biden.

As for the media, I guess they're saving it up to make a big deal about it tomorrow when the subpoena's are issued? What if the Dems don't, though? Then I guess what just happened here ... will be ignored? On to the next stupid ass thing Trump tweets or does?

No Matter How Bad The S**T Gets ... You Can Count on This Video To Make It A Bit Better ...

ELO - All Over The World - Flash Mob Version!

If this doesn't make us smile (and maybe cry a little, in a good way) ... well, then ... God Help Us All ... cause we're REALLY in a bad way.

Sittin On the Dock of The Bay (Song Around The World)

Sometimes, you just need to watch some Global Love ...