Dick Storey

https://www.yahoo.com/news/article/poll-americans-disapprove-of-trumps-white-house-ballroom-project--and-east-wing-demolition--by-a-more-than-2-to-1-margin-155640454.html

Over the last week, President Trump has completely demolished the old East Wing of the White House in order to make way for his new 90,000-square-foot ballroom — and only about a quarter of Americans approve, according to a new Yahoo/YouGov poll.

More than twice as many disapprove.

The survey of 1,770 U.S. adults was conducted from Oct. 23 to 27 — the days immediately after the entire 123-year-old structure had been reduced to rubble. On question after question, respondents split into two clear, consistent groups: a majority who disapprove of every aspect of Trump’s ballroom project, and a much smaller minority — usually half as big — who approve.

• 61% of Americans disapprove of "the plan” itself: adding “a 90,000 square foot ballroom to the White House complex in order to accommodate people for grand parties, state visits and other large events." Just 25% approve.

• 55% of Americans disagree that "construction of a new ballroom pays respect to the history and purpose of the existing White House buildings." Just 27% agree. (Trump has said his ballroom plan “pays total respect to the existing building,” and a White House spokesman called it “a bold, necessary addition that echoes the storied history of improvements and renovations from commanders-in-chief.”)

• Finally, 58% of Americans disapprove of “demolishing the existing East Wing as part of this project." Just 26% approve.

Nova Guynes

Have the candy ready, the Goblims are coming. 

Nova Guynes

 I am not for or against the ballroom, but I do think that Trump should of went through channels to see if the people were in favor of it.  It’s too late now since the demolition has been completed.

Dick Storey

Nova---Not to repeat myself, but various polls show about 55% to 65% of Americans oppose, or disapprove of, what he has done (and how he did it) and is doing now with his gilded ballroom.

He wants to build the Trump Ballroom and he is raising the money to do it (like Mexico was going to build the wall---???) So why not put it somewhere that does not require destruction of the East Wing or other historically important buildings?

Nova Guynes

Dick – I saw that 55% to 65% are against the White House Ballroom.  I was saying that it doesn’t matter who is against it now.  The East Wing has been taken down, and the new Ballroom is under construction. 

President Theodore Roosevelt ordered the construction of The East Wing of the White House in 1902, and it was expanded in 1942 by Franklin Roosevelt.  I wonder if Theodore Roosevelt or Franklin Roosevelt got as much flack for changing the White House as Trump is getting for the construction of the Ballroom. 

I wonder how much Biden’s open borders have cost us in lives from, the drugs that came across the border, human trafficking of kids, and payments and medical cost for those who have crossed the border illegally.  You probably don’t agree with Trumps methods of closing the border, but he did accomplish it in a very short time. 

W Leggett

the NEW White House Ballroom. I DON'T GIVE A  XXXX ABOUT IT AS LONG AS SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING FOR IT. I WILL NEVER GET TO SEE IT OR EVEN GET INSIDE OF IT.

Gary Price

Price Squirrel Circus Update of November 4, 2025

The groundskeeper is going to need a smarter tweak.

Nova Guynes

Gary – That squirrel is amazing the way it jumps from feeder to feeder.  Great video. 

Gary Price

Thanks, Nova.

It's an ongoing, entertaining rivalry.  I'll provide updates.

Price Squirrel Circus Update 2 of November 4, 2025

Here's the groundskeeper's smarter tweak (flexible plastic scavenged from a notebook binder).  Will it suffice?  If so, for how long?

Gary Price

A look back to July 22, 2025

 

2nd Price Squirrel Circus Update of July 22, 2025: suet tweak #1

(delayed posting)

 

Here is the minimalist tweak by which I hope to redirect gutter-hanging Price Squirrel Circus performers from the birds' suet. As I implied in the previous Price Squirrel Circus Update, I find it an enjoyable challenge to devise simple tweaks whose minimalistic touch—although light—suffices to disrupt or discourage troublesome behavior.

 

Now for an improvised tweak to disrupt performers' binges on birds' suet. First (and hopefully only) tweak: I've repurposed an early-pandemic face shield whose forehead cushion came off. Using adhesive-backed Velcro patches, I've attached the flexible face shield to the rain gutter's outer wall. The face shield now hangs between any edge-hanging squirrel and the chain on which suet hangs.

 

Will it suffice?

 

Gary Price

Price Squirrel Circus Update of November 2, 2025

 

A particularly agile rogue performer had occasionally succeeded in leaping from this wooden structure to the bottom of the hanging, squirrel-proof suet cage, then trapezing over to the screen-mesh finch feeder and thereafter to a birdseed bonanza.

 

The groundskeeper is entertained not by brute-force obstruction but by minimalist degradation of a poacher's pathway. In accord with that design principle, this partial barrier erected on November 1 doesn't fully block the performer's hopeful leap; but it does narrow the take-off crouch. If it works, this seemingly minor change in the leap-off apparatus may lower the apex of the rogue's parabolic trajectory just enough to make it unsuccessful.

Today (Nov. 2), yesterday's leap-complicating tweak seems to have motivated an alternative, drop-from-above strategy. Time will tell whether the drop-from-above strategy evolves to a birdseed bonanza. Not yet.

 

Alas, the monster leap that Nova liked in my first video was achieved despite this setup.

 

 

Gary Price

Price Squirrel Circus Update of November 5, 2025

Hearkening back to the tweak of July 22, 2025, the groundskeeper scavenged another early-pandemic face shield.  He added it to the rain gutter's outer wall to discourage gutter-hanging at the location of a new, squirrel-proof suet cage.

Dick Storey

Vetererns Day  11/11/2025

My family and I offer congratulations and a profound thank you to all the vets in our group.

We are grateful for everything you've done for our country and salute you as we continue to enjoy our freedom.

Thank you for your valor and sacrifice for our country.

Nelson Evans

You are welcome, Dick.

Our thanks to all veterans and Welcome Home to all Vietnam Veterans.

Nova Guynes

Gary, attempts to prevent Rocky from accessing the bird seed have so far proven challenging. If these efforts continue to be unsuccessful, there is a possibility of enlisting outside assistance. Specifically, Natasha and Boris could be called upon to help address the issue and improve the chances of keeping Rocky away from the bird seed.

Randy Richardson (Richardson)

Weelll. Thier track record was a bit shakey bud....

Gary Price

Nova and Randy,

Actually, we welcome Rocky when he glides in!  No heavier than a songbird, he has free range on our "squirrelproof" feeder.  He arrives on winter nights, triggering our motion-activated light.

It's the larger and more numerous gray squirrels that provide ever-more-complex challenges.  More on that in a subsequent video.

Gary

Gary Price

Novice Poacher Gets Stranded

5-minute video

I've made several changes since my previous posts.  Instead of reviewing them and hoping that they would succeed, I'm sharing this video, which I took today.

W Leggett

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Randy Richardson (Richardson)

Hubba Huba Bill!!!!! Now ya gottta go back to work.... We need smart folks like you to hep us out of this mess....

Gary Price

This is for Bill.

Cheryl Corazzi (Essex)

I love it. It's not just for Bill!

W Leggett

Cleaning out the backseat of a car can really make you realize. Some people have no respect. Our children are these people

W Leggett

W Leggett