159,000,000

That's how many trees there were in Chicago as of 2019, according to the US Department of Agriculture. I had a hard time believing that myself, and did a spot check. On the half-block where i Live there are cose to thirty trees in the [arkway and in yards. This is a short sstretch with three parking lots.

Between 2000 and 2010, the City planted about half a million trees. I've notice another surge in tree planting jut in the parts of Lincoln Park that I pass on the bus. In one stretch between Diversey Harbor and Belmont there are ovr two dozen nenw trees. That's only about half a mile.

Chicago s rapidly becoming The City in a Forest.

A Note on Green Man Review

I actually remembered to do an udpate post on Green Man Review. Unfortuntely, our host is having issues, and the site is inaccessible. When an upate is possible, I'll do one.

Earworm du Jour

I sort of heard this on someone's phone this afternoon and it stuck in my head. I remember how much I loved this song.

But Don't Call Him a Nazi

Via Joe.My.God.:

The New Yorker reports:

It turned out that the generals had rules, standards, and expertise, not blind loyalty. The President’s loud complaint to John Kelly one day was typical: “You fucking generals, why can’t you be like the German generals?”

“Which generals?” Kelly asked. “The German generals in World War II,” Trump responded. “You do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off?” Kelly said.

But, of course, Trump did not know that. “No, no, no, they were totally loyal to him,” the President replied. In his version of history, the generals of the Third Reich had been completely subservient to Hitler; this was the model he wanted for his military.

I remember reading that Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bedside. Do I need to say more?

What's New at Green Man Review

hA day late, but better late tan never, right? This edition looks pretty juicy:

lots of SF books and audiobooks; Euro-folk, Indian classical, and some jazz, plus lots of African music; jerky; Jonah Hex; and more!

So find a nuce cool spot to rekax and nosey on over.

Republicans Descibing Republicans

Florida Seen. Rick Scott came out with this one recently (via Joe.My.God.):

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott warned the Texas Conservative Political Action Conference Friday about the “greatest danger ever” faced by America. “The militant left wing in our country has become the enemy within,” Scott contended during his speech in Texas. Scott also predicted that “in their new socialist order, everyone will obey and no one will be allowed to complain,” while again describing the “woke Left” as a “modern day version of book burners” and the “most narrow-minded intolerant people our country has ever seen.”

This is pure projection, as we might expect. It seems to be the right's favored tactic these days,at leat in public ssstatements. And grab your irony meter --that post appeaared right after this one:

Michigan Town Defunds Library Over LGBTQ Books

Yu know it's not the laft doing that.