Expulsions from state legislatures have been rare in American history, with most cases involving “state lawmakers who faced criminal charges or accusations of sexual misconduct,” according to The Times.
Fun
Fun is stillness
Daoism has had a profound influence on Chinese culture in the course of the centuries and Dao masters (道士; dàoshi), a title traditionally attributed only to the clergy and not to their lay followers, usually take care to note the distinction
Tom
Old Tom Bombadil water-lilies bringing
Comes hopping home again. Can you hear him singing?
Hey! Come merry dol!
Rosie
Rosie is so cute but quite a handful.
Admiral Kirby: Let’s keep these documents secret from US public
Admiral Kirby said: There’s no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain, they don’t deserve to be in the public domain
Banks Are Panic Selling Mortgages at the Fastest Rate Since the GFC as a Crash is Imminent
Steven Van Meter says:
small and Regional banks are going to get trapped in these mortgages they won’t be able to get out it’s going to trigger the next liquidity crisis that we’re going to make the case that this time the fed and no other government agency will be able to bail them out the senator Bloomberg we picked today’s story up with a headline a 1.5 trillion wall of debt is looming for the U.S commercial properties
Jon Stewart NUKES Pentagon Official On Failed Audit | Breaking Points
Jon Stewart exposes the institutional thinking at the Pentagon, when he says:
I think most people would consider that somewhere in the realm of waste fraud or abuse because they would wonder why that money isn’t well ccounted for and especially when they see food insecurity on military bases and they see talk
Justin Jones: Tennessee lawmaker reinstated three days after expulsion
The BBC says:
Ms Johnson, who is white, survived her expulsion by one vote, leading her to accuse Republicans of racism for expelling the other two legislators, who are black.
But Republicans said the reason they did not expel Ms Johnson was because she had less of a role in the protest and did not use a megaphone to lead chants.
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Republicans accused three Democratic representatives – Mr Jones, Mr Pearson and Gloria Johnson – of bringing “disorder and dishonour to the House” when they joined protesters at the statehouse
Scott Bessent on Nord Stream
Look, the Europeans, we look back and there was a famous meeting where President Trump told the Europeans that you’re insane
for building Nord Stream 2. What are you doing? You already get most of your energy from Russia and you’re going to double down on it? And they did. And look what happened. So we blew it up.
Somebody did. somebody Somebody there. Probably Putin!
Some Norwegian fishermen bumped into it, is what I read, but look, the Europeans
go kicking and screaming, but I think they’re going to have to rebalance, too.
A Beloved Canadian Novelist Reckons with Her Mennonite Past
A few years ago, Toews was walking around Toronto, where she lives, turning the idea for a novel over in her mind. She had been thinking about it on and off since 2009, when she read about a series of crimes that had taken place in a remote Mennonite community in Bolivia known as Manitoba Colony.