James Freeman
@james-t-freeman
A denizen of Omaha, by God, Nebraska, home of the beleaguered Blue Dot of the Electoral College. A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana . . . which is just beleaguered. Proud graduate of Baton Rouge Magnet High School and LSU. This occurred many years ago.
The man’s nuts. Certifiable. Mental. Bat-shit. Cray-cray. A combination plate shy of a combination plate. #Trump also is scared shitless, which in his case is *wicked* terrified. At some point, he’ll try to nuke Iran. The question: How many world-class, suicidal war criminals lurk in our military?
OK, folks in the #UK . . . what does this sign mean? A) Jogging track this way. B) The absolute closest toilet this way. Good luck. C) If Nigel Farage shows up, run this way before he notices you. D) Emergency exit.
Karma’s a bitch. Expect Trump’s reaction to be unhinged and directed at Team USA.
If there’s a defining characteristic of the United States, it’s birthright citizenship — that people can come to America, and the children they have here are natural-born citizens. As historians have said, it’s an assimilation machine that has spared us much of the whole Us and Them dynamic. 🧵 1/2
Satyn Kelly shows what she’s made of. That would be pure hatred.
Awe — what you feel when the #NovaScotia Archives shows you a piece of yourself from 317 years ago, your 8th great-grandfather’s signature in the sacramental register of Saint Jean-Baptiste parish in Port-Royal, #Acadie, New France. Abraham Bourg witnessed the marriage of my 7th great-grandparents.
Happy Saturday in #Omaha. Torrential rain, wicked wind and sporadic hail right now, with some places getting 1 inch stones. Don’t think our hail is that bad yet. Wife took the car to the hospital parking garage nearby. I brought the tomato and pepper plants inside — a big advantage to grow sacks.
FAFO Amerika. If this goes on much longer, there’ll be precious little left.
Just a bit ago, I told my wife “Wouldn’t it be cool to go to #NovaScotia and find the graves of my ancestors?” I can’t find the grave of my 8th great-grandfather, Antoine Bourg, in Annapolis Royal. He’s somewhere in this bare patch of earth. Les anglais destroyed every headstone. #genocide
What could go wrong at #60Minutes? “I have a notebook full of ideas,“ Bilton wrote. “Some are about the show itself. Some are about the next generation of correspondents.“ www.thedailybeast.com/new-60-minut...
I particularly love the robotic central stacks. There’s also scads of meeting rooms and seating areas. A fine coffee shop, too. The old central library downtown, torn down for the new Mutual of Omaha tower, was great. But this is frickin’ next level . . . and just a mile from our house in midtown.
Finally made it to the new #Omaha Central Library, which opened last month, for coffee and to explore. Dear Lord, what a stunning space. It’s a really comfortable, inviting space, with tons of computer stations, computer and media labs, a maker space — everything. 🧵 omahalibrary.org/locations/ce...
The rains on the Plains is mainly . . . wrapped around #tornadoes. Turn on your TV in #Nebraska this time of year, and this is what you’re likely to see. Nonstop. Like right now. Fortunately for us, it’s all way south of #Omaha — at least tonight — but still in the local stations’ viewing area.
The Sierra Nevada range was stunning. The train had quite the (slow) climb in a couple of places.
You have to know that, in some locker there, there’s an altar to Jobu.
When I was at Cannon Beach, it was cloudy. My first time seeing the Pacific Ocean. The first thing I did was walk across the beach, zombielike, until my feet were in the water.
The United States of America has become Russia, but with the Benny Hill music playing 24/7. Now where’s the “breaching tool”?
I highly recommend Vancouver. Just absolutely beautiful. Granville Island has a stunningly cool public market, not to mention the shops, entertainment space . . . and the views. The Aquabus was a hoot. Of course, me being me, I had to hit up Neptoon Records. And we didn’t have a bad meal.
Let me get this straight. The president of the United States — a convicted fraudster, adjudged rapist and alleged pedophile — wants to spend $400 million of taxpayer money, amid an illegal war, to build a moderately sized ballroom THAT LOOKS LIKE THE INSIDE OF A BUG LIGHT. Sounds about right. Help.