Ah well, something else will jog my memory.

There are only a few countries I would go back to: Austria, Germany, Suid-Afrika, Finland, Japan, Turkiye, and now I'm thinking of Switzerland. And I could swing by Lichtenstein and buy some false teeth first hand.

"In parts of the southern US, daytime temperatures regularly climb into the mid-80s Fahrenheit and beyond during June and July. The Club World Cup held in the US last summer drew complaints from players and fans about the heat.

"Temperatures at 14 of the 16 stadiums being used for the World Cup could reach levels that pose health risks for players and spectators alike."

~snip~

No bridge. Driving west to Bern it was on the right side.

It looks like this without the castle and with shorter trees.

Good point about Payton Gendren. 18 FFS.

And look at the San Diego mosque shooters. High school age.

The internet and hate-mongering have combined to form a doomsday machine.

Historical Note: In the Third Reich, when young German rural farm boys were recruited into the SS or other security organs, they had never come across any Jews. Jews were urban, living in the big cities. But these young farm boys heard and read all the Nazi propaganda, without ever seeing a Jew up close.

The Nazis incarcerated the Jews in filthy, inhuman conditions in the camps.

When the crisp young Nazi recruits saw the "filthy Jews" for the first time, they ----------: "Ja! Ja! Der Fuhrer is right! Jews are pigs! Look at them, Hans! Look! Dirty!"

All the Nazi lies were then validated in the simple minds of those Aryan youngsters.

The IDF killed two more paramedics in Lebanon yesterday.

That's it! Palais Des Nations in Geneva. If the lake is directly in front of it, that's it.

Classical architecture with a vintage feel.

I was told the League of Nations used this hotel for meetings or something.

Caravans of dark limos with rich Arab sheikhs would slowly drive by when I took my walks.

Somehow through one of my contacts I met an ex-Opus Dei member in Geneva after hours. He was "ex" because at that point he was a heavy drinker (and that night so was I).

Thanks for the memories, Nerfherder.

BTW: Do you know the tiny white chapel on the island that I am referring to?

Hi Nerfherder:

I enjoyed a few trips to Switzerland decades ago. I recall a little chapel on a tiny island in a lake on one of my drives. Someone pointed out to me hidden pill-boxes and bunkers on the sides of the mountains, too. One hotel I stayed at was near an old League of Nations building. I can't recall all the details now. My mistake was not buying a used Rolex or Omega from one of the second-hand shops in Zurich or Geneva-- they are just as good as new ones.

*** IDF General: "There is no ceasefire for IDF in Lebanon ***

No kidding. IDF attacks in Lebanon yesterday killed nine people, including two paramedics.

To the southwest, the death toll in Gaza increased to 72,969. By next week the IDF will reach 73,000 dead Muslims in Gaza. In the month of May, the IDF killed 119 Palestinians, despite the so-called "cease-fire." By pen and paper calculations at this rate of attrition, the IDF will have liquidated approximately 74,000 Palestinians in Gaza by the end of the year.

Estimating the total 2026 death count for Palestinians in the West Bank is a bit trickier, as the lunatic Settlers operate ad hoc, usually going on their rampages on Thursdays, but no casualty pattern has been established.

I'm sure you cadets called ROTC "Run Over To Canada" back in the day.

Like the Honeymooners, less is more with the Night Stalker.

They covered just about every ghoul, creature, and monster out there anyway.

When I used to watch TV, that was one of the series.

And Max von Sydow was just too good.

Puerto Rico has by far the highest per capita rate of military service of any state/territory. 23% of people born on the Island of Puerto Rico have served in the military dwarfing second place Alaska's at 8%.

Nearly 1 in 4 Puerto Ricans have served in the US military.

USMC aviation owes something to Puerto Rico. On 6 January 1914, 1LT Bernard L. Smith established the Marine Section of the Navy Flying School in the island municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican Infantry Regiment LTC Teofilo Marxuach (28 July 1877 - 8 November 1939) was the officer who ordered the first shots fired in World War I on behalf of the US when a German cargo liner tried to leave San Juan Bay without permission (21 March 1915).

My first unofficial military teachers in NYC were two Puerto Rican brothers who were Vietnam War veterans and they taught me a lot.

Good Morning Doc Sarvis:

Jeepers! The ink is barely dry on my OP and Max von Sydow has already been sh*t-canned.

You're right, at times the Vatican moves like a brontosaurus-- this time they attacked like velociraptors.

I am surprised you didn't catch the words of the Immortal Bard uttered by Kang.

BTW: In the early 1970s, the cult classic TV show The Night Stalker was cancelled over budget and salary issues. Anyway, the producers had an unaired script about Carl Kolchak uncovering a plot where US politicians are being secretly replaced by aliens.

Maybe Kang, Kodos, or both.

The canceled off-shore wind project would have saved New Yorkers $10bn in energy bills, brought more than 1,700 jobs to the Empire State, and powered 1.7m homes.

Joining NYS AG Letitia James (D) in the lawsuit are the attorneys general of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

NYSAG James and the coalition are asking the court to strike down the plainly unlawful agreement, vacate the lease cancellation, and stop the junta from taking further action to implement this illegal deal.

~snip~

The insidious Trumpf junta is directly hurting NYS " as well as other Blue States in this election year" as well damaging the environment to help the fossil fuel industry of Texas and their good-for-nothing Republican candidates and energy company magnates.

*** Bill Pulte is as Popular as JD Vantz or an Intestinal Blockage ***

"Senate Democrats are privately urging GOP leaders to pressure Dummkopf Trumpf to withdraw his appointment of oligarch Bill Pulte as acting DNI " and threatening to tank a bipartisan FISA deal if the Dotard refuses. Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) asked Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use his influence with the White House to reverse Trumpf's move to install lickspittle Bill Pulte as overseer of the nation's 18 intelligence agencies."

*** Crapulent Broadcasting System (CBS) Fires Scott Pelley; No Surprises ***

*** Decomposing Dotard Wants to Name Worthless Todd Blanche USAG ***

"...with police firing water cannons at crowds that included children."

The Albanians must really be pissed at the Trumpf Crime Family (TCF).

Disgraced ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams was just granted Albanian citizenship; guess that didn't help the most hated family on the planet.

Oy!

Reminded me of a Rorschach test.

"So, what do you see here?"

"Chaos, cancer, turmoil, malice, nothing redeemable whatsoever."

"At the Federal Housing Finance Agency, good-for-nothing multi-millionaire Bill Pulte levied mortgage fraud allegations against several of Dummkopf Trumpf's perceived political enemies, including NYS AG Letitia James, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), as well as Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

None have so far resulted in any convictions.

Former CIA officer John Sipher said Pulte's track record suggests he's meant to run a detective agency for the morbidly obese draft-dodging geriatric pedophilic president using the director of national intelligence' office."

Good-for-nothing unpopular oligarch Bill Pulte has a net worth of $105m according to open source reporting.

US national security continues to be flushed down the toilet with incompetent, Islamophobic appointments, all to the Kremlin's and Benjamin Netanyahu's delight.

FTA: "A flesh-eating parasite that feeds on warm-blooded animals has been detected in the US for the first time since 1966."

1966!

Hi Clownshack

What did you think of Dummkopf Trumpf's portrait for the new $250 bill that I inserted?