(No)Conceding Sunday

While the world waits
and watches, Trump walls off himself
(and his ego) from reality.

News blues…

For this round, at least, the excruciating counting of ballots is over. Oh, there will be a recount, and lawsuits, and Trump trashing, but the election has been decided. Biden and Harris have been declared the winners. The United State has 74 more days before the Biden/Harris team begin its four years in the office of president.
Alas, Donald Trump has 74 more days to wreak havoc on the nation that doesn’t want him around anymore. Here’s a possible breakdown of phases:
Phase 1: Donald Trump lost the election.
Phase II: Donald Trump refuses to concede.
Phase III: Donald Trump behaves as usual: plays golf  while promising litigation, and sets “his” justice department to do his bidding and his lawyers to go to court
Phase IV:

As intemperate, foolhardy and reckless as many of Trump’s actions have been to date, critics warn that they all took place as Trump faced a referendum from voters. Now, that pending job review has passed… “ He will create as much chaos as humanly possible,” said Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer who was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison for, in part, arranging illegal hush money payments to keep women from revealing affairs they had had with Trump just prior to the 2016 election.
“Donald Trump will take to the airwaves, to radio and print media whining about how the election was stolen from him due to fraud and foreign interference,” Cohen said. “He could never accept the fact that he lost because he is incompetent and arrogant.” 

Never a dull moment with the Trumpster….
Big question: “Can Trump be Indicted by SDNY Prosecutors During Lame Duck Period to Test OLC Memo?”  (13:00 mins)
My answer? Yes! Please!

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“It’s a good day for a whole lot of people” – Van Jones (2:08 mins)

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New York, New York…  (song parody - 1:30 mins) 

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The Lincoln Project declares its next steps:

Trump is no more. America can start anew.
Thank you!
This is your victory.
This is your moment.
History will remember every patriot who stood up, put country first, and defeated the most urgent threat to the security and stability of our Republic since the Civil War.
…Joe Biden … will become the 46th President of the United States.
Our work is not over though. Far from it. Until Trump concedes, the Electoral College votes, and Joe Biden is sworn in, we will not rest.
And as you know, this movement is not just about one man.
Until every Trump enabler is out of office and has paid a price for bringing our country to the precipice of catastrophe, we will not relent.
We are not done. But we’re sure glad to have you with us….
Our Republic, and democracy at large, were tested to the breaking point. Democracy prevailed.
Today, we celebrate. Tomorrow, we continue the fight for our Republic.

Healthy futures, anyone?

Healthy coral.
© Q.U.I 

Rocky road for coral… 

Half of the corals on Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef have died since the 1990s, according to a troubling new study that analyzed just how devastating years of catastrophic mass bleaching have been for one of the most biodiverse structures on Earth. 

A Noah’s ark-like plan to house hundreds of the world’s most at-risk coral species at a publicly accessible bank next to the Great Barrier Reef could prove an important part of long-term coral conservation, marine biologists say. 

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Green groups denounce Brazil's 'sham' Amazon tour for foreign diplomats.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Temperatures back into the lower and mid-30s (C)
I’m making more compost while I still have a concrete mixer to do the heavy work.

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We’ll host an open house for interested potential buyers this coming weekend. Got to prep for that. It’s been almost a month and NO nibbles at all. That must change.