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Anyone see a hummingbird yet?
Not seen but I had a hummingbird at my feeder last week. I've got a Haikubox which records and reports calls outside the house and it definitely was a hummingbird, but it didn't stick. I always have a feeder up all winter and have gotten several ruby-throated, a few rufous, and black-chinned, and a calliope during the winter.
Ruby-throated usually show up at my house around March 4 so I'm paying attention. I've had Chuck-will's Widows calling since late February. And Swallow-tailed Kites and Purple Martins have been around for a week or more. I love watching the birds arrive. And the ones that have been here all winter are getting much more vocal (Yellowthroats, Cardinals, and Towhees esp.). March is a fun month. And it gets better in April.
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Putin is willing to accept US security guarantees in Ukraine.
We guaranteed Ukraine's security in the 1994 Bucharest Memorandum. Why would our security guarantee mean anything now?
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Tucker is bought and paid for by Qatar
And Russia before that. He's been obviously for sale to the highest bidder for several years now.
David Foster Wallace's commencement speech was pretty good. It starts off:
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Greetings parents and congratulations to Kenyon’s graduating class of 2005. There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes “What the hell is water?”
re: Truly don't understand how anyone can consider themselves an "Independent" at this point
Posted by Tigris on 2/25/26 at 6:51 pm to Sheriff Brackett
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As long as there is a two-party system
One of the biggest problems we have. But both parties and the media are invested in propping up this bullshite.
No Country for Old Men - Cormack McCarthy was one of the best ever and the audiobook works very well.
The entire Master and Commander series (23 books). By Patrick O'Brien, great writing and series.
True Grit. Exceptionally well written.
The entire Master and Commander series (23 books). By Patrick O'Brien, great writing and series.
True Grit. Exceptionally well written.
After going through that list - I've been to 76.
My favorite is Denali followed by Glacier for the lower 48. Other favorites - Capitol Reef, Cumberland Island, Dry Tortugas, Big Bend.
Favorite hike - Iceberg Lake at Glacier (Garden Wall too). Too many to list at Rocky Mountain NP (hundreds of days there). Activity - taking the boat into Kenai Fjords. Camping at Cumberland Island and the Dry Tortugas.
Next on the list - Isle Royal.
Parks visited that most others haven't - Gates of the Arctic, Cumberland Island, Dry Tortugas, Capitol Reef, Theodore Roosevelt. (I HATE crowds and love parks with very few people.)
Best thing I ever did was buy a VW camper and spend 2 summers with the wife on the road to Alaska one summer and out west for another summer. The US is the best place in the world to live on the road.
My favorite is Denali followed by Glacier for the lower 48. Other favorites - Capitol Reef, Cumberland Island, Dry Tortugas, Big Bend.
Favorite hike - Iceberg Lake at Glacier (Garden Wall too). Too many to list at Rocky Mountain NP (hundreds of days there). Activity - taking the boat into Kenai Fjords. Camping at Cumberland Island and the Dry Tortugas.
Next on the list - Isle Royal.
Parks visited that most others haven't - Gates of the Arctic, Cumberland Island, Dry Tortugas, Capitol Reef, Theodore Roosevelt. (I HATE crowds and love parks with very few people.)
Best thing I ever did was buy a VW camper and spend 2 summers with the wife on the road to Alaska one summer and out west for another summer. The US is the best place in the world to live on the road.
re: Update: War in Iran thread
Posted by Tigris on 2/25/26 at 5:43 pm to VolInBavaria
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BREAKING: JD Vance says US sees evidence that Iran is trying to rebuild a nuclear weapon.
Awesome. Dusting off the neocon WMD playbook.
re: Post A Song With Slide Guitar
Posted by Tigris on 2/17/26 at 2:09 pm to DeltaTigerDelta
Original version of Willin. Ry Cooder on slide because Lowell George had injured his hand in an accident with a model airplane.
re: Vietnam book recommendations.
Posted by Tigris on 2/16/26 at 3:04 pm to Gerry Laval
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A Rumor of War
Good one. I'll add The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam.
For fiction - Fields of Fire by Jim Webb. Webb fought as a marine in Vietnam and was heavily decorated (Navy Cross, Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, 2 Purple Hearts) so he knows what he wrote about. He's also a good writer. And was the Secretary of the Navy under Reagan and a Senator from Virginia. Talented guy.
re: Costa Rica - La Fortuna, Monteverde, and Manuel Antonio (Recommendations Needed)
Posted by Tigris on 2/13/26 at 4:54 pm to Jack_Handy
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I would suggest hiring a private guide - they will show you around the park and will find amazing animals that you would never see on your own. They all carry telescopes that can display the animals
This is great advice. The local guides know where to look for many of the animals, but also have trained their eyes and can spot things that few people can, When I was young I was too cheap/proud to hire a guide. I've learned better. That goes for most places in the world if you want to see wildlife, but also just to have a better experience.
For the youngsters - it's about George Harrison's wife at the time.
It was Duane Allman that really made this song special. That and the piano.
It was Duane Allman that really made this song special. That and the piano.
re: A Book that made you ask "What did I just Read?"
Posted by Tigris on 2/9/26 at 7:31 pm to Gerry Laval
Gravity's Rainbow.
I gave up on it multiple times as a printed book. But I was determined, so I got it on Audible. And then powered through the thing. I won't do that again with any book. What a waste of time. There were parts of it I enjoyed. But they were rare. And I still have no idea what the thing was about.
I gave up on it multiple times as a printed book. But I was determined, so I got it on Audible. And then powered through the thing. I won't do that again with any book. What a waste of time. There were parts of it I enjoyed. But they were rare. And I still have no idea what the thing was about.
I'd live in a tent next to a 1965-1975 house.
re: "We Built This City" is often labeled as the Worst/most annoying song of all time. BS.
Posted by Tigris on 2/8/26 at 2:53 pm to magildachunks
Made because they were forced to do an album and needed some filler:
Thanks for that link.
Agreed. I've been on a Billy Strings deep dive for a month and he's the real deal.
Back to the topic of the thread, which I've been late for. Bobby Weir first came on my radar around 1980 when the Dead were playing Boulder and Bobby did a long interview with a Denver TV station. He acquitted himself really well. My impression was very negative towards the Dead, without actually knowing anything about their music. Bobby talked about going for a run in the mountians with lightning hitting all around; and that he could respect the freedom aspect of conservative thinking. It changed my impression of the band for the better.
1981 I'd just joined the work force in a place that was awful. Showtime came out with a Grateful Dead special on their Reckoning (and Dead Set?) shows. I must have watched it a dozen times and was hooked. I liked Bobby, in particular on Dark Hollow and Monkey and the Engineer.
Last time I saw him was with Ratdog in Baton Rouge around 2000. Honestly, not a very good show. But I remember seeing Bobby walking around with a couple of hippy chicks on the fringes of another band playing and thinking "Holly Crap, does nobody else recognize him?".
RIP. He could have had some more years of playing great music. But even then, what a hell of a life he lived.
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Billy is the man
Agreed. I've been on a Billy Strings deep dive for a month and he's the real deal.
Back to the topic of the thread, which I've been late for. Bobby Weir first came on my radar around 1980 when the Dead were playing Boulder and Bobby did a long interview with a Denver TV station. He acquitted himself really well. My impression was very negative towards the Dead, without actually knowing anything about their music. Bobby talked about going for a run in the mountians with lightning hitting all around; and that he could respect the freedom aspect of conservative thinking. It changed my impression of the band for the better.
1981 I'd just joined the work force in a place that was awful. Showtime came out with a Grateful Dead special on their Reckoning (and Dead Set?) shows. I must have watched it a dozen times and was hooked. I liked Bobby, in particular on Dark Hollow and Monkey and the Engineer.
Last time I saw him was with Ratdog in Baton Rouge around 2000. Honestly, not a very good show. But I remember seeing Bobby walking around with a couple of hippy chicks on the fringes of another band playing and thinking "Holly Crap, does nobody else recognize him?".
RIP. He could have had some more years of playing great music. But even then, what a hell of a life he lived.
Typical post for you. Show ISW maps and then insert your commentary which is nearly identical to Russian sites about the relentless Russian advance.
Here's one from November:
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You were happy to post the Pokrovsk map showing complete Russian control. When I posted the updated map showing that Russia had lost most of Pokrovsk (which you hadn't bothered to show for some reason) you lost your shite.
From today:
I think this will hold up just as well as your November nonsense.
As another poster has said, the maps are fairly meaningless at this point. Gains and losses are a tiny percentage of the territory and the movement is literally slower than a snail. This war will 100% come down to whether European nations have a spine. Russia can easily be defeated if there is a will.
Here's one from November:
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11/16/25 at 1:43 pm
Russia now to consolidate around Pokrovsk and push north and west to flank the Slaviansk Kramatorsk agglomeration? Perhaps we are reaching the final act of the Donbas war.
You were happy to post the Pokrovsk map showing complete Russian control. When I posted the updated map showing that Russia had lost most of Pokrovsk (which you hadn't bothered to show for some reason) you lost your shite.
From today:
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This will be recognized as one of the most significant tactical movements of the entire war when it is all said and done.
I think this will hold up just as well as your November nonsense.
As another poster has said, the maps are fairly meaningless at this point. Gains and losses are a tiny percentage of the territory and the movement is literally slower than a snail. This war will 100% come down to whether European nations have a spine. Russia can easily be defeated if there is a will.
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to ruin their once great county like no African county before has been ruined.
South Africa is fairly bad, but can't hold a candle to Rhodesia's history. Congo and Nigeria are much worse than South Africa but never were all that much for quality of life to start with.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Tigris on 2/4/26 at 8:25 am to Coeur du Tigre
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What could Russia possibly want from Ecuador?
Cocaine. Guayaquil is a major smuggling port for cocaine. Most of the drug violence in Ecuador is turf wars in Guayaquil for control of the smuggling. Probably headed to Russian mafia who then give a cut to the Putin goverment.
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I just checked the advanced metrics. I was wrong. At the moment it’s 15-20 deaths per day not 20-30
Spectacular job of doubling down on stupid.
re: The US govt has lost the right to forcibly tax us.
Posted by Tigris on 1/2/26 at 6:43 pm to sumtimeitbeslikedat
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Our politicians aren’t Kings
Seriously??
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