Liberty: Some Assembly Required

Some cool pictures of the Status of Liberty, as delivered to the US from France and prior to assembly.

I still think it looks much smaller than it should.

Retronaut – 1885: Unboxing the Statue of Liberty

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9 hours ago

The #Trump administration has finally come up with an odd rationale for banning #windfarms : they confuse radar, so drones can sneak past them and do drone things, so clearly they are an existential #nationalsecurity risk.

Next up: "You know, when drones fly just above trees in national forests, it confuses radar, so ..."

https://gizmodo.com/pentagon-says-drones-can-hide-in-wind-farms-freezing-155-wind-projects-2000787068

3 days ago

Cheesy Zucchini Casserole https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/cheesy-zucchini-casserole.html

4 days ago

I am not a fancy-talking diplomat or politician, but this sure looks like a shake-down to me -- basically, charging all shipping through the Strait of Hormuz a 20% tariff to pay for the costs of keeping the Strait open which were largely necessitated by Trump's actions in the first place.

Must be nice to have a great big navy to extort people with.

#trump #hormuz #usnavy #iran

6 days ago

Strawberries Romanoff https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/strawberries-romanoff.html

1 week ago

#Trump continues to fire anyone who's not a zealous supporter or deep-pocket contributor, as enabled by #SCOTUS. In this installment, he's basically emptied out the #ElectionAssistanceCommission leadership. That "independent" agency certifies voting machines, maintains the national mail voter registration form, etc.

Gee, why would he be doing that just a few months before a critical #midterm?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-terminates-election-assistance-commission-members-2026-07-10/

1 week ago

Getting things, and people, and places mixed up is, I speak from experience, a not-so-early sign of some form of #dementia.

Recalling the dictum that everything about Team #Trump, including the boss, is about #projection, it's illuminating how much effort they put into asserting Biden's mental unfitness and how it was being covered up by his cronies and power-mad hangers-on.

https://crooksandliars.com/2026/07/trump-mixes-zelenskyy-putin-japan-and-iran

1 week ago

A good friend of mine spent several patient minutes explaining, procedurally, how Trump's call could have had no effect on the re-evaluation of #Balogun's red card.

Even granting that, the stench of corruption around both #Trump and #FIFA make even ultimately disproven accusations seem credible.

Ironically, the best thing that happened to the US #Soccer Team was losing the Belgium, as any overall wins would have been tainted by Trump's inappropriate actions.

#worldcup #football

2 weeks ago

"Will no one rid my team of this troublesome Red Card?"

The #Trump claim that he didn't tell #FIFA what to do regarding #Balogun doesn't pass the laugh test. *Making the call* is influencing. As he well knows.

But, then Trump is an entitled brat who exercises power -- hard and soft -- without a care for how it looks, just so long as he gets what he wants.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/07/06/trumps-request-before-reprieve-us-star-casts-pall-over-world-cup-match/

2 weeks ago

Blue Cheese and Basil Dip https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/blue-cheese-and-basil-dip.html

2 weeks ago

How incredibly fragile #MikeJohnson 's sense of citizenship must be if folk who look or sound or act differently from him being still considered citizens weakens the meaning of being an American.

Frankly, I find Johnson himself more of an insult to what means for me to be an #Americam #citizen than some kid born here of unlawful immigrants.

"Mike Johnson says Congress should look at birthright citizenship bill" https://share.google/ZHqHXXwROV1ivAmmh

2 weeks ago

The #DearLeader 's plans are, of course, genius, perfect, divinely inspired, so anything that goes wrong must, by definition, be the plotting of the tools of the Great Antifa Satan. QED.

#Trump #ReflectingPool

"Burgum doubles down on blaming vandals for reflecting pool woes - POLITICO"
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/05/burgum-vandals-reflecting-pool-00987197

2 weeks ago

Mud Hen Bars https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/mud-hen-bars.html

2 weeks ago

RE: https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-176a-47ee-cd27-bf2451052013

#JohnAdams was aware that then, like today, keeping the principles of the #DeclarationOfIndependence alive would be a difficult, perhaps bloody, task -- but that it would be worth it.

2 weeks ago

A thought for the Fourth ...

#Independenceday #fourthofjuly #declarationofindependence

2 weeks ago

#Trump cares nothing about the hoi polloi, even if he supposedly depends on their support and worship. Picnics? Fishing? Enjoying cherry blossoms? Insignificant against being able to create a #golfcourse for him and his cronies.

And I'll wager the place ends up with his name on it, or a gaudy-ass statue to him, or both.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-d-c-golf-course-164253445.html

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