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The published texts create that impression. Especially Hegseth's. Million dollar idea?: T-shirts that read: "Are we currently clean on OPSEC, Pete?"

Yesterday, the National Security Council’s spokesman, Brian Hughes, said this: “At this time, the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain.” Today, from the NY Times: "Representative Don Bacon, Republican...

And now for something completely different. . . I’ll just stick with the facts, as acknowledged by the White House itself today: So the Vice President, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the National Security Adviser, the Director of National Intelligence, the C.I.A. Director...

The U.S.A.'s vote on the resolution is shocking enough. The company the U.S. is now keeping is absolutely appalling. North Korea? Sudan? Belarus? Really? Note that even China and Iran abstained.

Day 1 The last previous storm cycle had dumped 70cm, but that was 10 days prior after barely any snow at all in January. On the other hand, it had been very cold, so untracked and sheltered snow was in still very good shape and totally right side up were it had not been wind affected. Jasper was...

That's never been quite true in late summer in some of the shallower, more protected parts of the lake, like Wisconsin's Apostle Islands. In other parts of the lake that were historically frigid year round, it has increasingly not been the case that the lake is too cold for tolerable swimming...

That's somewhat true most winters, but not all. For example, here's the satellite time lapse for 2013-2014 we've been discussing above: Several winters since I first moved here in the 80s, I've had the experience of standing at an overlook on or around the Superior Hiking Trail hundreds of...

Superior hit its maximum ice coverage on March 6 of that year. Here are the snowfall records for the Keweenaw that winter: So there was measurable snowfall 20/31 days of January, 20/28 days of February, 11/31 days of March, and 8/30 days in April. January and February had several stretches of...

Superior froze to 100% in 96 and has gone well over 90% five times in the last 25 years. That is less frequently than it used to. I remember the lake effect shutting down in 2014 and 2019. Presumably, it also shut down in other years where more than 90% of the lake froze. From NOAA:

The most perilous part of the Coq is between Hope and Merritt. The alternative route I’m talking about is the Trans-Canada between Hope and Kamloops via Cache Creek. It’s much lower altitude and a lot less steep. To get this thread back on track, try a Back Hand of God stout while you’re in the...

I'm not sure where you'll be headed in BC from Seattle, but if you're planning to take the Coquihalla Highway with standard rental car tires and no chains, make sure your plans include enough time for an alternative route if there is really any winter weather about...

I also think it unlikely Harris will win Iowa, but also strongly suspect Selzer’s latest poll is measuring something real in Iowa. It’s no surprise I have seen hardly any Trump signs around Minneapolis and St. Paul. What I have been noting more of is Republicans-for-Harris signs, many on yards...

Trump never ceases to amaze me with his ability to surround himself with wildly incompetent people. Apparently, no one in the campaign vetted Tony Hinchcliffe’s routine for Trump’s very own night at the garden yesterday evening. Tomorrow, Trump is holding a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a...

So yesterday I was waiting in an exam room with the door open at my optometrist's office in St. Paul when another patient walked past in the hallway with a tech leading her either to or from another exam room. By appearance, she was pretty close to stereotypical for sweet little old lady. She...