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I remember when today was Decoration Day, was observed the 30th of May, & involved honoring the graves of the Union war dead. Now it's a three-day weekend for driving your ATV all over nature & ruining the environment, or buying a mattress. No wonder people hate America. That said, let's see if we can find anything worth reading. Claytoonz at the Glibertarian Convention. Actual memory from Heather Cox Richardson. Meanwhile, the Amazon Post, from LAWdork. Half Empty at Juanita Jean's brings comedy relief. By M.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareChances are, you’re disgusted and appalled by the corruption and extremism of Supreme Court Justices Alito and Thomas. But imagine having them as colleagues! CNN reported that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the three liberals on the Court, told an audience at Harvard University on Friday, “There are days that I’ve come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried.” She also said, ominously, “And there are likely to be more.” CNN noted that high-profile cases, such as Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from his election subversion case and two major abortion cases are yet to come from the Court this term. But Sotomayor also spoke of the need for all of us to keep fighting in the face of despair. More from CNN: “There are moments when I’m deeply, deeply sad,” she said at Harvard.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share“The verdict in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial remains a mystery, at least for a few more days. Less of a mystery is what Mr. Trump will say and do after it is announced — whatever the outcome might be,” the New York Times reports. “If the past is any guide, even with a full acquittal, Mr.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHere's an example of why I think TikTok is not going away anytime soon. Short user-submitted video mashups have made TikTok the 4th largest social media platform in the world. You combine a few disparate elements to make what I think is better than the individual parts. In this case, the wonderful Swedish swing dancers Nils Andrén & Bianca Locatelli who in their original video were dancing to a slow blues by B.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWASHINGTON — Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention on Saturday night, with many in the crowd shouting insults and decrying him for things like his COVID-19 policies, running up towering federal deficits and lying about his political record. When he took the stage, many jeered while some supporters clad in “Make America Great” hats and T-shirts cheered and chanted “USA!
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSeán Ono Lennon, whose mother, Yoko, did a good job of raising him, asked when the Democrats became America’s “War Party.” The answer is that they never were.
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