Thanks for the help

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sybil-Ann

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Women Declare Themselves Corporations to Force Supreme Court to Grant Them Rights as People

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P.

By Andy Borowitz June 27, 2022

Women protesting the Supreme Court decision.

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Millions of American women and girls have declared themselves corporations in order to force the United States Supreme Court to grant them rights as people, legal observers have reported.

Attorneys across the nation indicated that they have been swamped by requests from clients seeking to incorporate as soon as possible.

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If Clarence Thomas were consistent, he’d oppose Loving v. Virginia

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P.

Ed note: My wife and I were married in Pennsylvania in 1964. This would have been illegal in Virginia at that time. The Loving v. Virginia case of went to the Supreme Court in 1967, giving citizens the right to an interracial marriage. There’s an excellent movie about this on Netflix simply titled Loving. This article below discusses this constitutional right and others that may be challenged in the future.

By Jesse J. Holland, MSNBC Opinion Columnist

In a concurring opinion to Friday’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, “In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.” The rulings Thomas referred to guarantee the right to contraception, same-sex relationships and same-sex marriages.

Justice Clarence Thomas, a Black man, is married to Ginni Thomas, who’s white.

But those substantive due process precedents also include Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court’s 1967 decision that says that laws banning interracial marriage violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. And Justice Clarence Thomas, a Black man, is married to Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, who is white.

Unlike Thomas, the other justices, both conservative and liberal, contended with what Friday’s decision could mean for cases that include Loving, and seven mentioned Loving by name.

But the only African American on the Supreme Court, and the only Supreme Court justice in an interracial marriage, doesn’t mention Loving at all. Though Thomas argues that all those other precedents should be reconsidered, he implies by his silence that the one that affects him personally is sacrosanct.https://midgard.pressekompass.net/compasses/msnbc_opinion/the-current-supreme-court-reaches-its-op?embed=embed&paywall=anonymous&curl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Fopinion%2Fmsnbc-opinion%2Fclarence-thomas-s-roe-v-wade-opinion-leaves-us-questions-n1296586&bifrost=true

He doesn’t acknowledge that his decision and the decision of his conservative colleagues could theoretically give his own state of Virginia, which had to be forced by a Supreme Court ruling to permit interracial marriages, another shot at banning them.

I’m not the only one who believes Loving seems intentionally left out.

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The new Alito-Cavanaugh-Barrett Line

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Jim deMaine
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What’s in the heart?

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

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Essay on the future – read forward and in reverse

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Yvonne P.

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Vito’s Go Fund Me

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Frank C.

The fire in the Madison Apartments did not directly damage Vito’s, but 20,000 gallons of water came down into the restaurant from the upper floors.  A Go fund Me project has been launched to help Vito’s staff during the forthcoming weeks of closure.  The details are given here:

Vito’s Staff Relief Fund, organized by Stephanie Loose
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Help to “Stuff the Truck” on Sunday

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary R.

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Neurogenetics talk this afternoon at 3:30 PM in the OT

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Woody Guthrie died from Huntingdon’s Chorea in 1967. Although he passed away in his 50’s he was a prolific song writer–the most famous being “This Land is Your Land.” His mother died of Huntingdon’s when he was 14. His first two daughters died of Huntingdon’s.

So what’s going on here?

To find out please come this afternoon at 3:30 PM to hear neurogenetics Associate Professor of Neurology from the UW talk about genetically inherited neurologic disorders.

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Skyline sunset on June 21st

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Jim deMaine

37 Degrees North of True West, 9:10 PM

Thanks to Mike C.

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Getting our attention

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F

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It’s a fact!

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sybil-Ann

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Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Bob P.

75 year old Tom Russell’s songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Doug Sahm, Nanci Griffith, k.d. lang, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Dave Alvin, Iris DeMent, Dave Van Ronk, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Joe Ely, Tom Paxton, Ian Tyson, and Joe Ely, among many others. He graduated from the University of California with a Master’s degree in Criminology and taught Sociology in Nigeria during the Biafran War.

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Conservative Judge J. Michael Luttig speaks of the imminent danger to our democracy

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Jim deMaine
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Netflix – “Loving” – a tribute to Juneteenth

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Jim deMaine

It’s ironic that both father’s day and Juneteenth are both today. Until 1967, an African American was not allowed to marry a person of another race in the state of Virginia (including all southern states and many others). Their children were considered bastards. The couple could be forced to move, pay fines or wind up in jail. In the Netflix movie Loving, this history is well portrayed in the Loving family’s Virginia case which went all the way to the Supreme Court. That decision, based on the 14th Amendment, was one of the key racial justice improvements that led the way to others. We need to know the past to understand the present.

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Don’t charge in

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Jim deMaine
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Your Lingering Covid Questions, Answered

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Jim deMaine
In most situations, you don’t need to throw out your disposable mask after each use.

The science is evolving but the NYT in this article answers common questions. Click here to read the article.

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Universal danger

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Jim deMaine
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Interview with Ed Thorp – the investor who spotted Madoff’s scam has some new worries

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Jim deMaine

This is, my apologies, a long interview (1.5 hours) but you may find it interesting. Click here if interested.

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Your rapid tests may have a longer expiration date than listed on the box

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary M.

Click here for the NYT article that lists new longer expiration dates for most brands.

The F.D.A. regularly updates the life span of at-home coronavirus tests online
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Glorious insults

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sybil-Ann

These glorious insults are from an era “before” the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words .
 
A member of Parliament to Disraeli:   “Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.”
“That depends, Sir, “   said Disraeli,   “whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”
 
 
“He had delusions of adequacy   .”
Walter Kerr
 
 
“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”
Winston Churchill
 
 
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.”
Clarence Darrow
 
 
“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”
William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
 
 
“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.”
Moses Hadas
 
 
“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
Mark Twain
 
 
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”
Oscar Wilde
 
 
“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one. “
George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
“Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second… if there is one.”
Winston Churchill, in response
 
 
“I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.”
Stephen Bishop
 
 
“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.”
John Bright
 
 
“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.”
Irvin S. Cobb
 
 
“He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.”
Samuel Johnson
 
 
“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.”
Paul Keating
 
 
“In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.”
Charles, Count Talleyrand
 
 
“He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.”
Forrest Tucker
 
 
“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?”
Mark Twain
 
 
“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.”
Mae West
 
 
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”
Oscar Wilde
 
 
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination. “
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
 
 
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.”
Billy Wilder
 
 
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I’m afraid this wasn’t it.”
Groucho Marx

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The Tobacco Wars’ Lessons for the Vaccination Wars

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Ed note: This essay in the New England Journal of Medicine is an interesting comparison of the public health imperatives in both tobacco abuse and vaccine denial. It outlines some possible strategies to improve vaccination rates going forward–by looking back.

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Entrances to Yellowstone Park Are Closed After Heavy Rain and Floods

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Visitors were evacuated after record rainfall washed away roads at the national park, the authorities said. It was unclear when the park would reopen. Click here for the article and videos in the NYT.

Parts of the highway between Gardiner and Mammoth in Montana were washed out on Monday.
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A quiet hero

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P.

From Wiki: Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE (born Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British humanitarian who helped to rescue children who were at risk of oppression by Nazi Germany. Born to German-Jewish parents who had emigrated to Britain at the beginning of the 20th century, Winton assisted in the rescue of 669 children, most of them Jewish, from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II. On a brief visit to Czechoslovakia he helped compile a list of children needing rescue and, returning to Britain, he worked to fulfill the legal requirements of bringing the children to Britain and finding homes and sponsors for them.[1] This operation was later known as the Czech Kindertransport (German for “children’s transport”).

His humanitarian accomplishments went unnoticed by the world for nearly 50 years until 1988 when he was invited to the BBC television programme That’s Life!, where he was reunited with dozens of the children he had helped come to Britain and was introduced to many of their children and grandchildren. The British press celebrated him and dubbed him the “British Schindler“.[2] In 2003, Winton was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for “services to humanity, in saving Jewish children from Nazi Germany occupied Czechoslovakia”.[3] On 28 October 2014, he was awarded the highest honour of the Czech Republic, the Order of the White Lion (1st class), by Czech President Miloš Zeman. He died in his sleep, in 2015, at the age of 106.

Notable people saved

Of the 669 children saved from the Holocaust through Winton’s efforts, more than 370 have never been traced. BBC News suggested in 2015 that they may not know the full story of how they survived the war.[38][47]

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