Hope and Change Unchained

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1. click here for the whole ceremony

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3. Among the classified documents seized by the F.B.I. at Mar-a-Lago was material on a foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities, and former presidential advisor Steve Bannon is facing state indictment in New York.

4. debating the debates

   politico:

   “We’re absolutely going to debate Dr. Oz, and that was really always our intent to do that,” Fetterman told POLITICO in an exclusive interview. “It was just simply only ever been about addressing some of the lingering issues of the stroke, the auditory processing, and we’re going to be able to work that out.”
   Fetterman declined to specify which de
   bate he will attend or provide an exact date for it, though he said it will “be sometime in the middle to end of October” on a “major television station” in the state.
   He also said that the campaign is looking at the possibility of using a closed captioning monitor for the event so that he does not miss any words as he continues to recover from his stroke.
   “We’re just exploring that,” he said of the closed captioning. “I have every ability to talk about all of these issues and have a full debate. And that’s really just the one lingering issue of the stroke — that some of my hearing was damaged a little bit, but it’s continuing to get better and better and better every day.”

   https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/09/07/sen-raphael-warnock-accepts-herschel-walker-senate-debate-challenge/8011358001/

   Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign has provided a counteroffer to his opponent Herschel Walker in the ongoing U.S. Senate race debate drama.

   In June, Warnock accepted invitations to three debates at the Atlanta Press Club and the Mercer University Center for Collaborative Journalism in Macon, as well as one in Savannah hosted by WTOC. In August, Walker, who has not accepted any of these debates, proposed a fourth debate also in Savannah, but hosted by WSAV.

   Now Warnock has said he will attend the WSAV debate on two conditions — that neither candidate receive the topics for the debate ahead of time, and that Walker accept either the Atlanta Press Club or Mercer University debate as well.

5. Michelle Obama would make a great POTUS. 

   I hope Fetterman beats Dr. No the election and the debate.

6. editorial board

   Opinion | Congress must reform the Electoral Count Act, now – The Washington Post

   Congress has a lot on its to-do list ahead of November’s midterm elections — confirming circuit-court judges, funding the government and possibly enshrining same-sex marriage protections along the way. But at least as important is a piece of business getting less attention: passing the Electoral Count Reform Act.
   The bipartisan bill would mend and modernize the archaic 1887 law that governs the counting and certifying of votes in presidential elections — the same law that President Donald Trump and his allies tried to exploit to overturn the legitimate 2020 presidential election results. Reform would protect the democratic process from future attacks from unprincipled politicians who would manipulate the system to install their favored candidates in the White House, regardless of the voters’ will.
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   The bill has never been perfect, but it has so far boasted a politically plausible path through Congress — itself an achievement given today’s politics. The Senate proposal, with plenty of support from Republicans, has much more of a chance to pass than any alternative with fewer bipartisan bona fides. Lawmakers should do whatever they can to improve the bill, but they should also recognize what they do. And they should also act quickly, before this remarkable compromise loses what momentum it has left.

7. thinking of the Queen, sounds like she’s in a bad way

8. It was wonderful seeing the Obama’s gracing our WH again.
   If Michelle ever decided to run… I’d bet she’d win in a landslide.

9. Craig – just saw that she is not doing too good.  My first thought was she at least got to see Boris out the door. 

10. and for today’s daily fb meme…
     
     

11. Bernard Shaw has passed away at 82 

    Bernard Shaw, who was CNN’s lead anchor for 20 years and distinguished the network’s coverage of such landmark events as the Gulf War, died Wednesday, the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet disclosed. He was 82.

     

12. All of the Queen’s children – Charles, Anne, Edward, Andrew – are either at the Queen’s bedside or travelling to be with her. Her grandson, Prince William, is also in Scotland. This is as grave as it gets, I am so sorry to say.

13. BB, from the last thread, yes, I agree – and I was not suggesting that NASA should get Artemis off the pad before they can do it safely.  But if it’s gonna fail, I’d be OK with it tracking about 150 miles due south and landing in spectacular fashion on a certain club there that recently housed stolen classified government documents, and preferably while the “owner” is home.

14. Sorry to hear about Bernard Shaw’s passing and teh Queen’s ill health.  Best to her.  

15. It is a measure of the Queen’s global presence that the first Prime Minister she greeted as Queen, Winston Churchill, was born 100 years before the most recent Prime Minister, Liz Truss.  

     

16. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/08/us/andrew-tate-manosphere-misogyny-solutions-cec/index.html
    Toxic masculinity – we need a vax for that, too. 

17. Queen is dead

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19. I’m anti monarchy but I am an Elizabethan

20. It’s always sad when an era comes to an end, IMO.  
    Queen Elizabeth saw her country through a lot of trials and tribulations… and she did it with grace.
    May she Rest In Peace.

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22. CC –
    I second that emotion. 
    Near the end of the war , she learned to drive a lorrie , and to do maintain one. Right down to changing flat tires. 
    I always was a fan after I learned that.  

23. Watch Trump try and go to the funeral, it’s a real hot spot light, and he is a very fat moth. 

24. Speaking of GB –
     
    PBS has been running a 3 part series on the Boleyn family .
    Really a remarkable tale. Part 2 reruns tonight. 
    https://www.pbs.org/show/boleyns-scandalous-family/
     

25. The official statement is from King Charles. Iwonder how long his welcome will last?
     
    Phillip Bump, WashPo, worked the CIA World Facts and says about ninety percent of the world population was born after her coronation. That fails to make me feel younger.

26. North Korean ammo will stretch Russia’s supply, but with clear limits and drawbacks

    https://www.npr.org/2022/09/07/1121477374/north-korean-ammo-will-stretch-russias-supply-but-with-clear-limits-and-drawback
    This ammo has been sitting for over 30 years.  I’m sure the North K-commies have kept it in tip top shape. 
     
     

27. Rather entertaining review of 1000 years of kings and queen

     

28. BB –
    He’ll be a “Green King” .  PM Truss is a “Drill Baby Drill” , girl. 
    She wants more from the North Sea , although the North Sea hasn’t said yes. She  dropped  the fracking ban. 
    A real battle for the future .
     

29. Majority sees Trump MAGA movement as threat to democracy: poll
    https://thehill.com/homenews/3634006-majority-sees-trump-maga-movement-as-threat-to-democracy-poll/
     
     

30. DOJ appealing 

    The Justice Department is appealing a court-ordered special master review of the materials seized by the FBI at former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. https://t.co/udOuFMHK1X

    — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 8, 2022

31. Aw, so sad about QEII.  She was a good egg.  Remember the speech she made when Orange Adolf kept mum.  At that moment, she was the leader of the free world; not SFB.

    The funeral will be in about ten days.

    The coronation ceremony is months away. 

    Charles III

    “We will meet again.”

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