Hey guys…
Here is the latest on my wrist… nothing has changed yet. I had my MRI but am still waiting for the doctor to get back to me with her interpretation of the results. I will keep you all updated when I get some more information. Thank you to EVERYONE who has sent me well wishes! I appreciate each and every word!
Now, as a side note… Does anyone in Canada or maybe Costa Rica, or pretty much ANY other democratic country want to sponsor two guys and a dog so they can move to a different country? Asking for a friend…
I know that I usually stay away from politics on this site, but people need to know that not everyone in America agrees with, thinks like, or wants what the person who holds the office of President of the United States says or does. The events that transpired at the White House on Friday with the President of Ukraine were embarrassing. I know that some of you may not agree with me and that you may no longer be a fan of this site, but I CANNOT stay silent when he is supposed to be representing ALL the American people and SO MANY Americans do NOT agree with him, even a LOT of people who voted for him.
I am going to TRY and promise that I am not going to turn this blog into a political site, but I feel that if those who disagree with their “leaders” and stay silent when they do something unacceptable, then they are almost as bad as the person or people who are flushing everything that America has stood for and that good men and women have died for down the toilet.
OK, I am done. I apologize for venting, but I am watching the news as I put this post together and I am bit riled up, as you can tell.
Ok now I am REALLY done and hope everyone can understand why I had to say something.
ANYWAY, here are the selfies for this week and I hope you enjoy them!
Cheers,
Jason
Can’t tell you how much I look forward to your Self Portrait Saturday posts! Always some great young talent there and the pictures themselves are so natural and intimate!! Cheers and kudos again!!
Thank you so much, Michael! It is always nice to hear!
Jason
You are right on the mark- Congrats for speaking up! America has been shamed beyond recovery! I am embrassed to be sitting in this country.
Thanks for the great pics – as always!
I agree with you 100%, that disgusting display when the Felon orchestrated his drama queen act was a national disgrace.
Hang in there, I hope you find some relief for your wrist soon.
Thank you for saying so, Jim. The next 4 years has me very worried. It hasn’t even been 3 month and look at what he has done!
Stay strong! (At least that is what I try to tell myself!)
Jason
Nice, thanks!
I wonder if you still remember my request from a couple of months ago for a self-portrait Saturday with just young buys with full, bushy pubes (no shaved or trimmed). I’d still love to see that, but I also understand if it is too much to do for you.
Anyway, have a great day!
Amen to your fourth paragraph!
You’re not alone! I would gladly become a Canadian citizen if Canada invaded the West Coast. The orange anus and those that support him just want to burn everything down to benefit them. Steal from the poor to give to the already rich. No human should ever be a “billionaire.” Capitalism is a cancer. It’s disgusting how fast democracy was snuffed out. The ignorance and stupidity of many Americans has no limit it would seem. They have a rude awakening coming. 😡 I supported the economic blackout yesterday and there are more coming. Also, a boycott on Meta in May. Finally, I stand with Ukraine!! 🇺🇦🏳️🌈
Yes, please, all you gents who view this site from countries other than the USA – don’t believe for a minute that we all back the megalomaniac and his Taliban-bearded lap dog currently stinking up our beautiful White House. Thx Jason for a well stated read on the pathetic display from the oval office. It burns me up to know that a country like ours, that is supposed to be the shining example to the world of freedom and democracy, is being represented by such low brow, ignorant, hateful beings who are backing a communist dictator over a fellow democracy.
PS – love the many beautiful fellows of color that are in today’s post!!
No one can represent all of America, not any more. It’s been two countries for some time now, irreconcilable.
Please let us know, Jason, as soon as you get the MRI results. And remember to warn them that the results must be what you want…
Here is how I am coping, 1) I have avoided all news on the internet (I ditched TV 2 years ago) and the radio, and being an introvert, I have avoided contact with most people since January 20 – or whenever it was that private bonespurs pardoned the January 6 criminals, (being retired and living 45 minutes from just about everything helps), 2) I put myself in their place 4 years ago, you know they were all saying the exact same things.
There are downfalls, 1) I missed the moving of the SS United States out of Philadelphia – a Lady I have known and loved for more than 20 years, since I first bicycled past her in south Philadelphia, 2) apparently the Eagles won the world bowl or the super series or the heisman cup or something or other.
The number 1 rule about politics: Neither side wants power, they want revenge.
Yes, bluntly put, I have my seat belt firmly fastened for the upcoming bumpy ride, and I have my head in the sand. For now, it is working for me. AND, interpret this how you like, and you would probably be correct, I have an exit strategy.
1,421 days until January 20, 2029, but who’s counting …
Thank you for your comments about the planned, orchestrated, humiliation of an invited guest to the Oval Office.
As a Brit, it’s good to know not every American thinks like the Orange ManBaby.
“Evil succeeds when good people stay silent”
This is actually one of the very, very few issues on which I basically agree with the orange monster, more or less. Putin may also be a monster, but Zelensky is not much better, and this war could have been settled nearly three years ago if it wasn’t for the United States and the United Kingdom pushing for Ukraine to keep fighting to the last Ukrainian.
https://jacobin.com/2023/02/ukraine-russia-war-naftali-bennett-negotiations-peace
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-06/the-story-behind-2022s-secret-ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations
More than a decade ago, we supported a coup against a democratically elected President of Ukraine (yes, he was corrupt, and yes, he wasn’t anti-Russian, but he was also democratically elected according to the Carter Center and other western election observers), and the new government enacted policies that discriminated against the large part of the population that spoke Russian, and there’s been a virtual civil war ever since.
We had been warned for decades that Russia would draw the line at Ukraine joining NATO (What happened to the peace dividend we were supposed to see at the end of the Cold War? Why wasn’t NATO disbanded in the 1990’s?), and yet our capitalist rulers pushed for this war, anyway. Their main interest isn’t in human rights or the right of Ukraine to join NATO, it’s to take control of the Black Sea and ultimately reduce Russia to a banana republic from which the US ruling class can extract natural resources and wealth. And so what if a majority of Ukrainians do want to join NATO? Was that desire worth a war and a million deaths, military and civilian, Russian and Ukrainian?
Trump, Vance, Musk, Mike Johnson and Russell Vought can all burn in Hell, and the sooner they get there, the better. But Biden spent the last two years of his presidency backing war in Ukraine and ethnic cleansing and genocide in Palestine to the hilt, so he can join them there, as far as I’m concerned.