USA 250, Parma 200

Small boy bubbling up the side street by St. Charles.

Parma is celebrating 200 years.

Some time ago, Parma accepted the pink flamingo jokes; it did not come right away. It is now a mascot.

There are two flamingo statues mounted in Parma. They are both the second at their locations, previous ones were stolen, and broken. Here the remainder of one is floating.

Don't have an answer. Looks fun. 

Now what i believe should be in every Independence Day Parade: the three guys from the Spirit of  '76 painting, Statue of Liberty (and her friend Lady Justice), Uncle Sam, marching bands, of course if the weather is amiable — dogs and horses, old cars are neat. The weather has been brutal this week, it was not so bad this morning, but i was feeling it, and left early.  I read that Philadelphia, and DC cancelled their parades, but american nazis paraded through Washington DC, after all their boys are in charge.

Normally, comic book heroes don't show up, but this one should.

Because, Liberty is not well. 

Judith de Leeuw. Roubaix France. 4 July 2025.

It is always great to see dogs. This is Nitro, he is 14% German Shepard. Just coming into adulthood. Nitro is happy, and well behaved.

The little fellow is Dallas.

Guessing 1957 Chevy Bel Air.

Guessing 1954 Chevy Bel Air.

A hospital was in the parade, and they sent one of their life flight copters to go back and forth.

 

No Kings, No Crowns, No Clowns

 28 March 2026 — Parma O. & America —  Ω ☨

Patriots gathered across the land in town squares, and along thoroughfares.  

The weather varies across the continent.  In the northeast corner of Ohio, the morning was at or below freezing, with a trace of small snowflakes drifting through occasionally.

28 March 2026 — Parma O. & America — Ω ☨

There were many points that needed to be aired.

Trump is evil a priori, and that evil creates more evil.

Sometimes for a good foto snap a rise in elevation helps.

George Santayana had similar thoughts:

•  Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
• The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again.
• A country without a memory is a country of madmen.

Again, statements must be aired.

America is now not among the free lands of democracy, yet some people intend to return it so.

Humor helps, the Devil does not like to be mocked. He must be mocked, and ridiculed.

As Professor Timothy Snyder says, "Protest brings joy. It feels good to be active and to be with other people. It dispels the loneliness we might experience when we are alone or online. When we realize that we are with millions of others, we feel we can make a difference, because we are making a difference: in the world, and in ourselves." 

All we are saying...

2026 Miscellany #1

 

Eileen Dorsey has painted a few brick walls in Old Brooklyn Cleveland.  This was on Broadview.

This is to the right of the entrance. Some masking tape still attached when photographed in December.

part of a very long mural on St. Clair & E.75ᵗʰ Cleveland by Raffg Studio Team:  Garrick, Tom, Steve

One of the most corrupt companies in America is this particular electric virtual monopoly we have in this part of Ohio. They have owned the state government, and have fought off their indictments and sentences over illegal activities with political intervention. They are corrupt, dishonest, disingenuous, in short—quite evil. The Public Utilities Commission grants nearly their every demand. They try to fool their customers with heavy handed, or light propaganda. In this attempt, they give me a "tip" to save on their charges to me:  drink coffee in a thermos. I drank coffee in a thermos on the job for years, including their Ohio Edison plant in Vermilion on Lake Erie at 15°F. What they want me to sit on a bucket in the garage and drink it now. I am pretty sure their management teams will be asking for ice water in Hell.

road closed 

Theophany is another term for Epiphany & Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan, which is to-day, which is also Three Kings. St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox, Parma O.

I think the ice cross was constructed Monday, also for Theophany.

Parma saloon dropped a pierog (right) for New Year's.

2025 Miscellany #20

 

New mural in Ohio City replaces Bernie getting arrested.  Shadows obscure, here is a portion of ancient Greece with a modern addition. Greek coffee is like Turkish coffee, American coffee is different:  it is put in a throwaway container, and is brandished like a torch (either the one with a battery, or real fire).

Well, Parma has replaced the second stolen and vandalised flamingo. A second bunch of probably drunken deplorable yahoos hit this location. Besides being that, these idiots did not have sense to bring a wrench. Using a wrench would have removed the three nuts, instead they snapped the statue off. Well now the flamingos have a bulky gps unit.

There is a graveyard in Cuyahoga Falls that has a large waterfowl pond. There are several farmyard geese, and a pair of  Black Swans that reside there, and sometimes ducky guests. This is the male swan, he is active, and will nip at people.

Three mile water intake crib viewed on a very clear morning from Lakewood; it was  a random shot, i should have taken some care. Pollution used to be so bad, it was seldom seen.

On a Saturday, some of the teachers painted their parking spaces at John Muir Parma.

The back of a tee-shirt worn by a patriot.

Samurai skeleton with koi in Parma

Akron German Shepherd barked at me.

No Kings — Parma II, tyranny not welcome

The Constitution is not a suggestion. 

First of all *rump and his boot lickers lie profusely.  They project their behaviour, and there animus onto those they oppose. They want to win the definition of terms, and the media always presents their deceitful words verbatim. These fotos were taken to-day in Parma of Ohio. Now, Parma is the seventh most populous city in Ohio, and it is the largest suburb of Cleveland. This was only one of several easy distance drive in northeast Ohio. The lies of the regime are these are violent, and un-American people. What anyone who came there could see, are people in a jovial mood. They are friendly. They have good humour. They are contradicting the liars, and mocking the Devil. This First Amendment Assembly of Patriots was scheduled from 10am to 1pm. We got there before 10.15, and the sidewalks on both sides of Ridgewood were filled with hundreds of sign carrying, and some costumed determined Americans of good cheer. The number was slightly less than the previous No Kings event, perhaps there were more locations this time?

The beagle's sign reads, "Antifa paid me in belly rubs".

The Portland Frog sent me.

Parma loves America not kings!

Another happy member of the Kermit resistance. — Ω ☨

Morons Are Governing America.   &  Don't read to me.

Why are Ice agents all fat Magats

Democracy dies when good people remain silent. #No kings in America

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."  Mark Twain

Fox "News" causes brain rot.

No kings. No fascists. No tyrants. No nazis.   &  No kings since 1776.

 

 “It is possible,” Jordan says. “Then you will have to fight in your country as we fight here.”
“Yes, we will have to fight.”
“But are there not many fascists in your country?”
“There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find out when the time comes.”
—Robert Jordan [American] in conversation with  El Primitivo [Spaniard] in For Whom the Bell Tolls. by Ernest Hemingway.