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It’s 5.02pm. The wine bar opened at 5. We’re here early because it’s the bar’s second birthday. Over those years the owner has become a firm friend. The sort of friend you need when you live abroad and friends aren’t just a nice-to-have.

They’re essential.

The situation calls for Champagne. Good Champagne. It pops, it pours, and we fall silent, as wine pros do when excellent wine is on the table. My friend whips out his phone and shows us pictures of when he was fortunate enough to visit the domaine. We observe the rare black silex rocks, whose influence makes this particular Champagne so special.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s stance on vaccines has prompted support for the environmental lawyer turned politician while also sparking condemnation from public health experts. Among his most prominent critics is his cousin, Caroline Kennedy, who, in a recent letter—publicly read in a YouTube video—referred to him as a "predator."

Caroline Kennedy - the cousin of Robert F Kennedy Jr - has urged US senators to reject her cousin as America's next health and human services secretary in a scathing letter released on Tuesday.

The designer’s son confirmed her death in a post on Instagram. Ms. Ban had designed jewelry worn by celebrities including Rihanna and Beyoncé.

First off, for those of you playing at home, it’s been about six days since the social justice contingent last called someone a Nazi.

But now the focus is on Elon Musk, who supposedly gave a Nazi salute during Trump’s inauguration event.

Except that he didn’t. Let’s look at it in context, shall we?:

President Donald Trump's administration directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off. It also moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting.

President Trump early Wednesday morning slammed the reverend at a National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration who called on him to have mercy on transgender children and immigrant families.

Trump, in a lengthy post on Truth Social, called Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s remarks “nasty” and not smart.

“The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater. She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart,” he said.

The Washington, D.C., pastor who delivered a liberal sermon during a church service attended by President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance is facing fierce backlash from fellow pastors, as well as critics on social media for "weaponizing" the pulpit instead of promoting unity. 

Elon Musk is an aspie supremacist, in addition to — or, as part of — being a neo-nazi fascist. Aspie supremacy is an “ideology is based upon the belief that people with Asperger’s are superior to other autistics as well as to non-autistics”.

I’ll explain why this is so important and highly relevant — and why the majority of the Autistic community does not identify with Musk’s hateful, bigoted views. Autism is not an excuse for hate or bigotry, and people like Musk give all Autistics a dangerously bad name.

To those who have little, he promises to make America Shangri-La with a sprinkling of nirvana for every one of his loyal supporters. For those with nothing to lose, he represents their saviour.

Listening to Donald Trump give his inaugural speech yesterday, I could see why so many people buy what he’s selling. He’s peddling hope to the hopeless who are willing to sell off their humanity in return for promises made by a lunatic. It’s like watching a run-away train head for a cliff.

Grab something off a high shelf for a short person.

Pitch for an adult-amateur community baseball league. This is a great hobby for someone who needs to improve their coordination and can’t make friends based on their personality.

Pick up a classic work of literature — one that’s heavy and powerful, like a gun you can read. (Not Mein Kampf.)

Conduct a symphony (not Wagner).

Rock one of his twelve abandoned children while singing a lullaby — something besides ‘Horst-Wessel-Lied,’ the anthem of the Nazi Party from 1930–1945.

Yesterday, Donald Trump was sworn in as president of the United States and signed more executive orders on Day 1 than any other president has signed in one year. Some are blatantly unconstitutional. Some are already being legally challenged and likely to be slowed or even overturned by the courts. All are designed to create chaos and inflict harm — ending birthright citizenship, declaring it the policy of the United States to discriminate against trans people, banning federal funding for programs affirming transgender people, and more.

The Acoustical Knowledge of Mr. Cat

I’ve often felt frustrated by the persistent noisiness of Mr. Cat. He’s pretty quiet most of the time, but when he does decide to exercise his musical talents, he doesn’t let up until he’s achieved his usual objects of receiving food and my undivided attention.

Did You Know Cats Are Actually High-Dimensional Beings?

Like small children, animals have purity and awareness, unlike most humans. As a child, whenever I encountered a cat, something inside me would light up. Although no one understood or saw me, whenever I was in the presence of a cat, I felt seen. I always had a profound connection to the pesky furballs, but I didn’t know why until much later.