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"... I ain't say that it will
But today looks like today in both versions of the story
So gon' grab you a quill, it depends what we do
There's only one person the future starts and ends with, it's you."
Marlon Craft - State of the Union
66A descends Bull Run Grade behind a pair of Union endcabs and a loaded coke train for the E.T. Works.
Hi All, With the current state of the union and Ohio's stay at home order I have fortunately been able to take advantage of the outdoor exercise exception. I have a wonderful marsh across the street from my house and wading in mucky marshes is indeed good exercise! Best of all, proper social distancing is guaranteed!
"There is a voice shouting in my head
And there is a voice
That is singing there instead
And there is a choice
To which one will I listen
For one the road is long and hard
The other yeah, the road will glisten"
John Stewart "Ticket To The Stars"
The third Tuesday of September annually is the day on which the King (of the House of Orange) of The Netherlands reads the government's Speech from the Throne. It's a kind of state of the union discourse which puts forward the government's plans for the coming budgetary year. There's lots of pageantry which goes back on March 8, 1748, the birthday of Wiliam V of Orange (1748-1806), last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic before the monarchy was established in 1806. Of course, orange is the dominant color.
This flower is a 'Bishop of Oxford' Dahlia; bishop dahlias descend from a line developed by Fred. G. Treseder (Cardiff) in the mid-1920s.
There are some combinations that will never stabilize, like oil and water. Mixing politics with pandemics is another example, and a bad one at that.
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I uploaded this on Saturday,but I thought it would work well for slider sunday...
Union Street was once one of the busiest in Bodie,California,it led up to the Standard Mine which was the biggest and most successful in the area.Now the street is nearly empty-abandonment and the 1932 fire wiped out nearly every structure....
As for that other guy...whozit...fatso pumpkin orange quasi-hairpiece squished sun-hardened putty face. Whatever his name is, let it live in infamy and let him live on Rikers Island.
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"Behind Bars-a-Lago" -- with thanks to Peter Schultz!
Not sure if this is a Russian bear or if the old saw is completely accurate, but I will say that the state of the union at this point is completely insane, both sides contributing with increasing vehemence to the nonsense. It's pathetic and painful to watch such dysfunction within a political system that clearly is and has been broken for years, regardless of party control.
Not such a simple question anymore.
Lyrics from Arlo Guthrie's "City of New Orleans"
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The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is a four-acre (1.6 ha) memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt that celebrates the Four Freedoms he articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address. It is located adjacent to the historic Smallpox Hospital in New York City at the southernmost point of Roosevelt Island, in the East River between Manhattan Island and Queens. It was designed by the architect Louis Kahn.
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Migration. Present all year in many parts of range, but birds from northern interior move south to southern United States or extreme northern Mexico in winter.
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Song Sparrows are found in every state of the Union and Canadian province. They are the most common and widespread sparrow native to North America. There are 31 recognized subspecies of the Song Sparrow, more than any other bird species found in North America.
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the state of the union in this time of the covid 19 pandemic
mixed media on wood: acrylic paint, metallic paint, sharpie pens, stamps, collage
18" X 12"
jennifer beinhacker
jenniferbeinhacker.com
art outside the edge
MEANING OF THIS PAINTING:
the state of the union in the age of the global covid 19 pandemic is sorely lacking direction . our union needed to be prepared to act swiftly, but aside from a few other countries, this was not so. it is said "we are all in this together", but alas, this is not how many in our union are acting. if we do not act together we will have no union left when we reach the other side.
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this is the second time i have been featured in this magazine.
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February 7, 2019: Arrest Trump. Rise and Resist sends a message before the State of the Union outside Grand Central Station.
Explored. I guess I still have it.
Okay so. (:
The last few days, we've had snow here in Ohio. Snow=snowdays.
We had two, and now are back in school.
My ears have been hurting. Just thought I'd let you know.
Both my eardrums ruptured. I don't even know how that happens.
This weekend is Valentines and I am going to see Valentines Day the movie.
Hopefully. With some friends.
I was able to get Photoshop CS3, so now I can edit my RAW images in CameraRaw.
That's the state of the union.
Oh and yeah I will probably still do self portraits, because it's either them or nothing,
because people are more dynamic and I am the only one around.
Slash I cut my hair can you tell?
***I did not use AI to create this image ***
All manipulations were created in Photoshop.
Artwork ©jackiecrossley
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Concrete wall: vecteezy
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Inspiration from Banksy of the Child with the Balloon
Listen PUBLIC ENEMY - State Of The Union (STFU) featuring DJ PREMIER | OFFICIAL VIDEO
Whatever it takes, rid this dictator
POTUS my tail, Ass debater
Prime-time Preemo, rhyme-time crime
Like no other in this lifetime
White house killer, dead in lifelines
Vote this joke out, or die tryin'
Unprecedented, demented, many president'd
Nazi Gestapo dictator defended
It's not what you think, it's what you follow
Run for them jewels, drink from that bottle
Another four years gonna gut y'all hollow
Gutted out, dried up, broke and can't borrow
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
Mister, I am the law and you are not
In fact, I'm god, I got a lot
Mister these united breaks takeover come over
Orange hair, fear the comb-over
Here's another scare, keep them hands in the air
Better not breathe, you dare not dare
Don't say nothing, don't think nothing
Make America great again the middle just love it
When he wanna talk, walk y'all straight to them ovens
Human beings of color, yeah we be sufferin' (come on)
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
Go, go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go, go
Better rock that vote or vote for hell
Real generals now, not some USFL
Not a fuckin' game, I dare not mention his name
Operation 45, yeah it's the same thing
Sounds like Berlin burnin', same thing
History's a mystery if y'all ain't learning
End this clown show, for real a state bozo
Nazi cult 45 Gestapo
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
State of the Union, shut the fuck up
Sorry ass motherfucker
Stay away from me
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Two and a half years after the CPKC merger, we're in what you might call the railroad's "rainbow era" as mixed locomotive consists from both roads are the norm. Such is the case here as this CP/KCSM/CP trio leads a northbound at McElhany, MO on November 23, 2025.
The U.S. Capitol is among the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. It has housed the meeting chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives for over two centuries. ... In addition to its active use by Congress, the U.S. Capitol is a museum of American art and history.
The most recognized symbol of democratic government in the world, the United States Capitol has housed Congress since 1800. The Capitol is where Congress meets to write the laws of our nation, and where presidents are inaugurated and deliver their annual State of the Union messages.
"There be dragons here"
Annotation used by ancient cartographers to indicate the edge of the known world.
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I Indianapolis Indiana
Indianapolis currently has about 879,000 residents and is the 15th largest city in the United States. The history of Indianapolis dates back almost three centuries.
Indiana was admitted on Dec. 11, 1816, as the 19th state of the union. Its capital has been at Indianapolis since 1825. Except for Hawaii, Indiana is the smallest state west of the Appalachian Mountains. After the American Revolution the lands of Indiana were open to U.S. settlers. The influx of white immigrants brought increased war with the Native American tribes. The conflicts continued until the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, which was won by General, and future president, William Henry Harrison. With a name that is generally thought to mean “land of the Indians,”
The automobile, as in most American cities, caused a suburban explosion. With automobile companies as Duesenberg, Marmon, National, and Stutz, Indianapolis was a center of production rivaling Detroit, at least for a few years. With roads as the spokes of a wheel, Indianapolis was on its way to becoming a major hub of regional transport connecting to Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus and St. Louis, as is befitting the capital of a state whose motto is "The Crossroads of America." Today, four interstate roads intersect in Indianapolis: routes 65, 69, 70, and 74. The city is a major trucking center, and the extensive network of highways has allowed Indianapolis to enjoy a relatively low amount of traffic congestion for a city its size.
The Indianapolis 500, also formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, or simply the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, a suburb of Indianapolis. The event is traditionally held over Memorial Day weekend, usually the last weekend of May.
The Indy 500 is also surrounded by numerous traditions, from the 500 Festival Parade in downtown Indianapolis to the release of multicolored balloons and the singing of “Back Home Again in Indiana” on the day of the race. The Borg-Warner Trophy, awarded since 1936, includes small bas-relief likenesses of all previous winners. The Indy 500 victory celebration famously includes the winner drinking a bottle of cold milk, a tradition that dates back to 1936, when driver Louis Meyer drank buttermilk after winning for the third time. The tradition was made permanent in 1956.
This stamp harks back to the earliest day of the race by depicting the Maron ‘Wasp’, the customized yellow-and-black car which Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500. On that day, May 30, 1911, around 80,000 spectators watched him beat 39 other drivers with a time of 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 8 seconds. With that race, Harroun also started an automotive tradition when he bequeathed a priceless invention to drivers everywhere: the rearview mirror.
"On the page where McHenry records the events of the last day of the convention, September 18, 1787, he wrote: “A lady asked Dr. Franklin 'Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy'
A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it.”
Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A. - October 31st, 2021
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Construction on the fortress was from 1672-1695. The native
coquina (soft shell) stone was quarried from a local island.
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www.exploresouthernhistory.com/castillodesanmarcos1.html
History of Saint Augustine: Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain in 1513. (Christopher Columbus discovered North America in 1492 but actually landed in the Bahamas). Other Spanish explorers later found gold and silver in Mexico and Peru. The treasure was sent back to Spain in ships sailing in the Gulf Stream. Spanish settlements needed to be built in Florida to protect the Spanish Treasure fleets. King Phillip II of Spain sent Pedro Menendez to settle in Florida and drive out French garrisons recently established there. In September 1565, Pedro Menendez with 700 soldiers and colonists, landed here and founded St. Augustine, making it the oldest continually occupied European settlement in North America.
Menendez successfully destroyed the French Fort Caroline at the mouth of the Saint John's River 40 miles north of St. Augustine and ended the French incursion into Florida.
St. Augustine settlers, isolated and often near starvation, lived in constant fear of attacks by pirates who roamed the coast. Diminishing supplies and increasing hostility of the Indians made life treacherous for the early settlers.
Englishman Francis Drake burned the village and wooden fort to the ground in 1586. The town was sacked again in 1668 by pirate John Davis.
Spain's Queen Regent Mariana realized that St.Augustine was the keystone in the defense of the Florida coast, so she ordered the construction of a new fort made of stone. In 1672, the Castillo de San Marcos was begun and took 23 years to complete. Originally the fort was covered with white plaster, some of which can be seen today. The towers in the four corners were plastered red.
The fort was built of coquina, a locally quarried soft shellrock. Coquina was easily shaped by artisans and did not become brittle and crumble under cannon fire. The fort, the city gate, and many homes in St. Augustine were made of coquina which is still evident today.
In 1702, seven years after its completion, English troops from South Carolina besieged the Castillo for fifty days. Fiffteen hundred Spanish citizens fled into the security of the fort and refused to surrender. The British finally gave up the siege and burned the town. This event is why there are no buildings older than 1702 in St. Augustine today.
The Spaniards rebuilt their settlement and erected a defensive earthwork on on its northern limit, fortified the walls around the city and strengthened the walls of the Castillo.
The English attacked again in 1740, this time by General James Oglethorpe of Georgia. He bombarded the Castillo and town for twenty-seven days before he also gave up and left. The coquina walls held firm, absorbing the cannon balls without breaking apart.
England defeated Spain in the Seven Years War, and Florida was transferred to English control by the Treaty of Paris in 1763. England then divided Florida into two colonies, and St. Augustine became the capital of East Florida. During the American Revolution St. Augustine remained loyal to the crown. The entire Florida peninsula was returned to Spain as part of the negotiations ending the American Revolution in 1783.
They came back to an impossible situation. The border problems of earlier times were multiplied as runaway slaves from Georgia found welcome among the Seminole Indians, and ruffians from both land and sea made Florida their habitat.
Spain ruled for another 37 years known as the Second Spanish Period 1784-1821. During this time, the Spaniards had difficulty luring settlers from the mother country and other colonies to repopulate this area.
On July 10th, 1821, the Americans took over from the Spanish. In the1830's, hostilities rose between Seminole Indians and the Federal Government. In October 1837 one hundred Seminole Indians, including Osceola, were captured under a white flag of truce just south of St. Augustine. The end of the Seminole War made Florida safe again for visitors who came to take advantage of the fine climate. In 1845 Florida became the 27th state of the Union.
From 1875 to1887, Indians from the Great Plains and the Southwest were exiled to Florida and imprisoned in the fort. The government sought to educate the Indians and allowed them some freedom of movement. These activities led to more progressive Federal Indian policies.
During the winter of 1883-84 Henry M. Flagler, co-founder of Standard Oil Co., visited the city and was impressed with the charm and possibilities of the area. He later made a major impact on the architecture and economy of this historic city by building the Hotel Ponce de Leon, Hotel Alcazar, the Memorial church and more.
History, plus 43 miles of white sand beaches bring over three
million visitors a year to St. Augustine and St. Johns County.
(1565-1763 ~ 1st Spanish) - (1763-1784 ~ British Period)
(1784-1821 ~ 2nd Spanish) - (1821-Present ~ American)
You can easily summarize the State of the Union speech into a few words" my way or the highway." That's Trump's view on the meaning of Unity. : (( As a wonderful White House Freudian slip, check out their inability to spell "Union" on the speech invitations at www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/state-of-the-uniom-ticket... Not surprising considering the source. : ((
Events:
1192 – Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan (12th day of the 7th month on the Japanese calendar)
1331 – King Stephen Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stephen Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.
1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
1772 – King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
1808 – Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
1810 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1863 – Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.
1879 – The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears at Knock Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.
1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
1897 – Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobiles was founded.
1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee.
1918 – World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
1942 – World War II: The flag of Nazi Germany is installed atop the Mount Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus mountain range.
1942 – World War II: the Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
1944 – Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
1945 – Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1957 – The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
1961 – Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
1963 – Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
1968 – Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
1968 – James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
1969 – An Australian, Denis Michael Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
1971 – A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
1976 – Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjom, South Korea.
1979 – Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States.
1982 – Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport).
1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.
1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
1992 – Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho
1993 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
2001 – NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
2001 – The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 27, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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