Moms for Liberty’s Hamilton County (IN) chapter apologizes for quoting Hitler in newsletter
Southern Baptists say no to women pastors
Terrible news about the submersible. Still, but Behan Communications noted “the disparity in how the news covered that search vs. the attention given to the sinking of a packed migrant boat that one European official said may be ‘the worst tragedy ever’ in the Mediterranean.”
Sam Alito: yet another corrupt conservative justice
Global network of sadistic monkey torture exposed by BBC
The Story We’ve Been Told About Juneteenth Is Wrong. The real history is much messier—and more inspiring
Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dies at 92
Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick, who wrote ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ dies at 99
Glenda Jackson: Oscar-winning actress and former Member of Parliament dies aged 87
The Federal Trade Commission filed a friend-of-the-court (amicus) brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit challenging a district court ruling that invalidated a key anti-discrimination rule in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA).
Kelly does a quiz and closes tabs
Now I Know: A Tree* Grows* in Brooklyn* and The Invisible Eyelash Bugs That Can Trace Family Histories and The Language Designed to Protect the Nuts and The Norwegian With The Magical Beer Tap? and The Digital Version of Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?
Albany Public Library
Join the Friends and Foundation of APL in celebrating 100 years of the Albany Public Library at the Centennial Celebration, which will take place on Saturday, October 21, 2023.” Honorary Committee Tickets can be purchased here. Regular Tickets can be purchased here.
Getting geeky
The U.S. Census Bureau: Data from the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS), a survey that measures business conditions on an ongoing basis. Also, the United States’ median age increased by 0.2 years to 38.9 years between 2021 and 2022, according to Vintage 2022 Population Estimates. Median age is the age at which half of the population is older and half of the population is younger.
NYS population is declining, down by 2% from 2020 to 2022. The percent of the population age 65 or over increased from 16.9% in 2020 to 18.1% in 2022, and the median age increased from 39.2 in 2020 to 39.9 in 2022.
Math and reading test scores among US 13-year-olds declined significantly since 2019, according to figures released from the National Assessment of Education Progress, also known as the “Nation’s Report Card.” Observers claim pandemic school closures likely accelerated what was already a decade-long downward trend in basic academic benchmarks.
The Global Liveability Index 2023. The Top 10 metros: Vienna, Austria; Copenhagen, Denmark; Melbourne and Sydney, Australia; Vancouver, BC, Canada; Zurich, Switzerland; Calgary, AB, Canada; Geneva, Switzerland; Toronto, ON, Canada; Osaka, Japan; Auckland, New Zealand
Citizen Archivist Missions. Click on a topic that interests you, and it will bring you right to those historical records in our Catalog.
djt
When I read the guy is screwed, I am wary. Sure, as indictments pile up, Senate GOP skeptics multiply as the man blows a gasket, even complaing that FOX News is “prejudiced” against him. Check out the YouTube channel MeidasTouch.
But he still could win the Republican nomination and even the election. Half as Many Republicans Call Jan. 6 an ‘Insurrection’ Compared to 2021. Garland’s Inaction on January 6 Gave Him Breathing Room. The RNC is stipulating that any one candidate who wants to be on the debate stage this summer must vow to support the eventual 2024 nominee—which could mean backing a convicted felon.
Moreover, 12 million Americans believe violence is justified to restore him to power (The Guardian), with folks such as as Kari Lake leading the charge. Stefanik and MTG want to expunge his impeachments as though they never happened.
Andrew Coyne of the Toronto Globe and Mail, indicating that djt can’t win the federal case against him, worries that it makes him more dangerous. djt’s “response is not to cop a plea… It is to bring the whole U.S. justice system down around him… It is the reaction not of a criminal but of a revolutionary nihilist, someone who is not interested merely in breaking the law but dismantling it.”
seriously?
Some folks running for President believe that djt deserves a pardon in order to “heal the country”. Since I expect that he will never acknowledge even a modicum of responsibility for his crimes, that’s a non-starter with me.
Matt Gaetz accused John Durham of being “part of the cover-up” when Durham’s 300-page final report that he submitted to the House Judiciary Committee acknowledged that Russian election interference in 2016 was real. Durham failed to validate the conspiracy theories exonerating djt or to “prove” the absurd fantasies of a Deep State conspiracy against 45. The facts just don’t matter.
Ultimately, what hit me is a video that Plastic Mancunian posted. It was James O’Brien’s evisceration of Boris Johnson; you don’t need to know the particulars of British government. Compare it with how djt not only survives but thrives, with the mainstream media’s inability to respond effectively to the lies of either bdj or djt.
Music
Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? by composer John Adams
Randy Rainbow for President; Donald In The John with Boxes – Randy Rainbow
Do You Love Me? from Fiddler on the Roof
Coverville 1446: The Todd Rundgren Cover Story II
Hey Bulldog – Fanny
Green Tambourine– the Lemon Pipers
Ladies of the Canyon – Annie Lennox
Faninitza by Franz von Suppe
Wheels of a Dream – Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell from Ragtime
Fly – Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors
Note: the photo is one I took in Paris in May 2023 on my cellphone, sticking my arm between an iron gate, and fearful that the device would slip from my hand.
The pastor of my (Disciples of Christ) congregation has remarked many times “if women didn’t take leadership roles here, we’d have closed down long ago.” We don’t have a woman pastor, but many of the other leadership roles (including head elder and also the incoming congregational chair) are held by women.
Also, many years ago, i was baptized by a woman pastor. So I view the SBC thing with bemusement and sadness and a hope that they aren’t shooting themselves in the foot for the future. (Then again: they need to clean house, based on stuff I’ve heard, and denying women can be pastors is one of their lesser issues)