NOT MY PHOTOS, but, yes, my diptych, with the help of Big Huge Labs.
--In other words--mostly MEN, mostly OLDER, mostly WHITE.
I cannot claim the clever tag line. It appeared in one of the American papers recently. I see now that it is a journalistic catch phrase that's been around for awhile--here's one from the Economist (Britain) in 2014.
www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2014/07/cabinet-changes
**President Truman and his cabinet on the right, so I make no comparison about the presidents, except that they are EXTREMELY different men. David McCullough's massive biography is one of the best books I've ever read! Highly recommended, especially if you need an antidote to the present day horrors.
Yes, of course, the present group has at least one very young, not to say, wet behind the ears, person, and some in between, agewise. And we don't yet have "a cabinet", God forbid. But we see the trend.
(Photos are getting harder than ever to download from the web. It was so easy a couple of years ago when I was teaching classes with illustrated lectures!)
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NOT MY PHOTO.
A graphic from the "Economist" newspaper (next week's edition, already online).
www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/01/daily-chart-21
Showing that 1/3, or about 700 miles, of "The Wall" already exists, having been started under the GWBush admin. The area not currently fenced is tortuous terrain, deemed almost impossible to secure. Much of the Texas border land is privately owned and would have to be negotiated for--or can it be grabbed by 'eminent domain'?
It will be interesting to see what happens with this crazy scheme.
FURTHERMORE, Mexican immigration has already dropped sharply from where it was ten years ago, largely because new house construction work has dried up. Do they really think a wall is going to keep out the highly lucrative drug traffic? Think again!
The points I mention are widely published. I found the above linked article and the graphic interesting.
Somehow I don't think "Happy Fence Friday" is the right tag for this one.
See my comment below.
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The so called 'wiring diagram' from a book I happen to have handy, 'American Ambassadors'.
Making his own rules:
www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-diplomacy-internatio...
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Snapped while stopped for a light. Downtown Oakland. Wednesday.
This is a fabulous old theater. Restored years ago and operated very creatively. All the old neon outside "works", including a fabulous display on the roof.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Lake_Theatre
"The main auditorium is also equipped with a Mighty Wurlitzer organ hidden beneath the floor. On Friday and Saturday evenings, the historical organ rises for a brief concert before the movie."
"The sign mounted on top of the Grand Lake Theatre is the largest rotary contact sign west of the Mississippi River. It measures 52 feet (15.85m) high by 72 feet (21.95m) wide and consists of 2,800 colored bulbs and was designed by Theodore Wetteland. The firing sequence is controlled by a device much like a music box. The sign is typically lit Friday and Saturday, from dusk until the start of the last show of the night."
When my son was very small (decades ago!), we lived in an apartment on the hill behind this theater. We loved to watch the "rotary lights" give their aerial display!!
IT'S NOT SUCH A CRAZY IDEA, HAND-COUNTING BALLOTS.
IF ONLY WE WERE AS SMALL AS THE NETHERLANDS.
www.reuters.com/article/us-netherlands-election-cyber-idU...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Women%27s_March
From POLITICO, 1/25/17:
"The march, which has been called the largest protest in U.S. history, drew between 3 and 4 million protesters across the country."