No matter what you think of the monarchy or of the person being remembered, his widow has to live through this very personal loss in public. Just as she did when she lost her father and became Queen, her personal and private life are very intertwined.
only a bird in a gilded cage?
last week in dailymail:
LP about yesterday
https://youtu.be/3EAmKqEWl1Q
Today marks 100 days since the events of January 6th and the Capitol Insurrection. Republicans want you to forget about what happened that day. We cannot look away from this moment. #TheBigLie #Jan6NeverAgain
bill about the present and other groundhog days
Bill recaps the top stories of the week, including America’s exit from Afghanistan, President Biden’s approval ratings, and new allegations of misconduct for Rep. Matt Gaetz.
jamie, a story for you from the guardian:
There are only three known northern spotted owls left in the wild in Canada, including just one breeding pair. Their chicks have on occasion been taken for a captive breeding program, to try and boost the species’ prospects.
Now Canada and British Columbia have announced a more full-throated response to the potential extinction of the owl within the country’s borders. In tandem with the breeding scheme, the province will enforce a one-year halt to logging in the few remaining old-growth forests that the owl favors, until more permanent protections can be instituted.
Here’s a quote from Liz Cheney in response to the reported organization of the House America First Caucus by Marjorie Taylor Green, wholeheartedly endorsed (the caucus, that is) by none other than Matt Gaetz.
Umm, really? What Republicans? I don’t know where Liz has been for the past 12 or so years, but it apparently wasn’t in Washington.
snopes fact check on “america first” phrase as used by the former guy in 2018:
better name for the new gaetz-greene groupies: america 1st KauKus Klan
Pat
Thank you for the post on the owls. It hasn’t been a good year for the birds. Despite being outlawed in many states, rodenticides are still in heavy use as well as lead poisoning. Another species that could do well without human beings.
don’t know for sure but I may have gotten myself in trouble with Twitter again. Is anyone else having service problems.
Marjory Taylor Twitt posted about the America First caucus group in support of “Anglo Savon” values. I asked if she planned to wear her Nazi uniform to work. Now I can’t log in to Twitter.
QEII will once again live up to her original promise:
Despite all too well reported problems in the early stages of their marriage, Philip has been her stalwart supporter. It is said that even after more than 70 years, her eyes lit up when he entered the room. Like it not, her private grief must now be lived in public; this time without him by her side.
can we get a trail mix copyright for
“America 1st KauKus Klan”
if so, i hereby plant the flag and claim it for mixers
CNN Politics A Miami woman has been charged for allegedly threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a criminal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. “Niviane Petit Phelps knowingly and willfully made threats to kill and inflict bodily harm upon the Vice President of the United States in violation of Title 18, United States Code Section 871,” from February 13 through February 18, according to the complaint. On March 3, Special Agent David Ballenger was notified of a threat to kill Harris, according to the complaint. The threats were sent by Phelps to her incarcerated spouse in Wakulla Correctional Institution via JPay, a computer application that allows for sharing of media between non-incarcerated and incarcerated people. A Secret Service special agent assigned to the case obtained the videos and photographs that were sent by Phelps to her spouse. “The videos (that are of relevance to this investigation) generally depict Phelps complaining and speaking angrily to the camera about her hatred for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, among others,” read the complaint. “However, in these videos, Phelps also made statements about killing Vice President Harris.” [… tells of her seeking concealed weapon permit and rants…] According to the complaint, Phelps said, “She was angry at the time about Kamala Harris becoming Vice President but that she is ‘over it now.’ Phelps expressed how she believes Kamala Harris not actually ‘black’ and how during inauguration Kamala Harris disrespectfully put her… Read more »
The Naval Hymn is one of the more beautiful expressions of faiith.
Pogo – MGT and company are into some straight-up, nazi doo-doo.
Also, none of them seems even to have studied European history, let alone architecture or engineering and their origins. As for aesthetics, there is no beauty to be found in any of these ideas nor in those who are promoting them.
“In a section describing its position on infrastructure, the caucus says it will “work towards an infrastructure that reflects the architectural, engineering and aesthetic value that befits the progeny of European architecture.”
Jamie – A worthy reason to get banned from Twitter, again.
Expect the return of Confederate statues if the KauKus Klan has their way, despite having lost the Civil War.
The insurrectionists and all those supporting this fascist non-nonsense should have to take a DNA test. Let’s just see how many are as “pure” as they think.
The acoustics for the small choir and soloist…the music really carries this morning. It’s a beautiful space.
Watching it all, gotta hand it to the Royals. Even in Covid they do kick-ass funerals.
Luckily I wasn’t banned. It was a temporary local outage.
When these “American First” types discuss Anglo/Saxon traditions,, you can pretty well bet none of them have even tried to read the Harvard Classics much less The Great Books of the Western World.
There is a canon dating from BC that has in recent years faced some controversy as more authors representing other ethnicities (not to mention women) are included, but those are an inclusion for the better not a subtraction from existing works.
Condolences to The Queen
NEW Photo released by Buckingham Palace: Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip on holiday in the Scottish Highlands
you can imagine the effect on the listeners within the church of the diminishing sound of the bagpipe as the piper walked out the door. must have sent quite a chill up the spines as though witnessing his spirit leave the room.
It was sad to see the Queen sitting alone. Even she adhered to covid pod protocol.
Think of how many families had funerals that were also made small and isolated affairs because of covid, as well as all of the folks lost to the virus.
That’s a lovely picture of the two of them in Scotland.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/americas/cuba-raul-castro-communist-leader-intl-latam/index.html
“Castro stayed as head of the party, which oversees long term planning, but said Diaz-Canel would likely assume that position too in 2021.”
“As Castro announced he was stepping down on Friday, his country is deep in crisis. The tourism-dependent island has been battered by the pandemic.”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-caucus/index.html
“The Congresswoman wants to make clear that she is not launching anything. This was an early planning proposal and nothing was agreed to or approved,” he said in an email to CNN, referring to a flier promoting the caucus, obtained by Punchbowl News, that used inflammatory rhetoric.“
“This is a reversal from Friday, when her office said she would launch the caucus “very soon.”
Air travel is back. This is the first Saturday, or other day, in a year where aircraft are arriving to Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI). The sounds of jets turning and going into final approach is constant, all day long too. It is possible these are a mix of freighters, Amazon in particular, and aircraft being brought back into service and being positioned for summer travel season. But the number has not been overhead since January 2020.
I live in alignment to BWI so a lot of aircraft fly over, about a half mile above me. They are getting in line to land and are a minute or two from dropping landing gear. A few minutes ago a 737 went directly over me. I should set up a camera to take pictures of the belly of those.
Truth is I am torn on the number of flights. I think it is too early for air travel, not enough people are totally vaccinated. But, like others, I want to travel. Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands are high on my list right now.
“Anglo-Saxon” values, eh? So, Republicans want to take us all the way back to the 12th century, now?
…maybe she meant 5th century post-Roman Britain? Hard to tell.
Is it possible she just meant “white”?🤔
Do you think they’re just talking in racist code?
Do you think they might have been talking in racist code the WHOLE TIME?!?!🤯
Bink – like a lot of the other stupid things they do, I think they think the rest of us do not recognize they are white supremacists and KKK monsters.
DC goes to the dogs — Major and Champ, that is | TheHill
Ben Franklin died today in 1790. The only man to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Paris and the constitution. His last public act was to urge abolition of slavery. Congress ignored him.
Renee, Celts are hot!!! Great game against GS.
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