As if we needed yet another throwback to Nazi Germany. perspectives.ushmm.org/item/chart-o...

That "trophy" reminded me of something I couldn't put my finger on and it just came back to me. It was in Mel Brook's Silent Movie (1976), the logo of the big nefarious corporation Engulf and Devour. Come to think of it, their motto is pretty much on brand with FIFA as well.

RIP Sam Neill. So sad. 📸 IMDB

Merryl Streep

Sunset over La Manche (The Channel) from Wimereux, France.

Morning in Wimereux, France. No wind, no waves, the waters of La Manche (The Channel) are totally quiet.

After sunset, #Venus is shining bright above la Manche (the Channel) viewed from Wimereux, France, on the Opal Coast.

Sunset over la Manche (the Channel) from Wimereux, France.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.

A Georgia O’Keefe like sky above my home this evening.

Strong #thunderstorm approaching my neighborhood. Violent #wind. Spectacular #lightning.

Sorry, Cookie, no relief from the heat anywhere... 37°C (98.6°F) in the shade for the second day in a row. #Caturday #Cats #CatsofBluesky

The Invaders, which I saw as a teen in Belgium. Star Trek The Next Generation, which is inextricably linked to when I lived in the US.

Heat = 1 Cookie = 0

Cookie between drapes and curtains. #Caturday #Cats #CatsofBlueSky

Thunderstorm over my neighborhood, right now. #Weather #Thunderstorm

Shadows on the field in front of my house. And a hot air balloon in the distance. #Spring is about to end and the first #heatwave is about to hit.

I had tears in my eyes that fateful day. #ObamaAppreciationDay from Belgium

Cookie on the windowsill of my study. #Caturday #Cats #CatsofBlueSky

Earlier this evening in front of my house. The full #rainbow then closeups of the left then right bases. I like how it seems to beam out of the trees. #weather

Soldier Blue

Dusk above my #garden. #Venus (brightest) and #Jupiter conjunction shining bright above the trees. Lucky break as the weather was overcast with showers most of the day.

Back in 1925 teaching #evolution according to #Darwin was a crime in Tennessee. (And some still want it to be that way across the United States.) Inherit The Wind, 1960, directed by Stanley Kramer.

Cookie thoughtfully basking in the warm evening light. #Caturday #Cats #CatsofBlueSky

I received this a short while ago. Has anyone else? I smell a rat 🐀 #Scam

True for many if not most countries of the world. And it's not new either. A book was published in France in 1977 titled "Ces malades qui nous gouvernent" (These sick people who govern us). The debate has gone on for as long as I can remember.

Cookie lying on the floor tiles of the hallway to get a little relief from the muggy weather. It got in the upper 80’sF and humid after this morning thunderstorm. #Caturday #Cats #CatsofBlueSky

Fortunately it was nothing like the flash flood of our street 7 years ago, May 19 2019.

The calm returns after the storm.

Spectacular but in the end harmless.