On Morning Edition, NPR was talking about Juneteenth. It’s a big deal. They predicted that highway traffic may be reduced because everybody is off for the federal holiday. I was going to go to Aldi today, I should check if they have reduced hours.
Since Sparky is half Black, I wanted to do something special, but NPR was vague on the Juneteenth traditions. Breakfast in bed is always welcome and appropriate, so I went with that.
MPs vote against Tory call for new grooming gangs inquiry
This is dark, dark, dark. Worse than the Catholic priest scandal or whatever went on at Epstein’s island. I don’t usually get too serious, but in the UK, law enforcement, the BBC and government officials are comfortable with Pakistani men raping White girls. Our corporate media doesn’t have an incentive to spend time on this depravity, so people may not know about it.
At the start of last year, the UK Parliament voted against investigating the widespread rape of White girls, so Rupert Lowe, a member of Parliament, independently conducted the investigation.
The report looks comprehensive and legit. The events are horrible.
Oh Good Lord.
It’s customary, I get that. It’s fitting that Obama’s Presidential Center has a basketball court, but no presidential library. Why did they put these people on display for the party?
The High Schooler Who Designed the 50-Star American Flag
It was 1958, and Robert G. Heft was a junior at Lancaster High School in Ohio. His history teacher, Stanley Pratt, gave the class an open-ended assignment: make something, anything, and bring it in. Most students chose something safe. Heft decided to redesign the flag of the United States.
Heft took the challenge seriously. He sent his flag to his congressman and began a steady campaign of letters and calls. Then history caught up with his design. Alaska became a state in January 1959, and Hawaii followed that August. Suddenly the country needed a 50-star flag, and submissions poured in by the thousands.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower selected a design identical to the one Heft had sewn in his grandparents’ kitchen. On July 4, 1960, the 50-star flag became official. It has flown ever since, the longest-serving version of the American Flag in the nation’s history.
And the grade? Pratt kept his word. The B minus became an A.
Now you know the rest of the story.
On a motorcycle, even a routine drive to work is fun. Being gone since Wednesday, I needed to mow the lawn, so Sparky came out to make it fun.
His first idea, was to walk along the retaining wall to sniff out chipmunks. It looked a little dangerous, but Sparky is a free man with agency, so he can decide for himself. He is pretty graceful, so I wasn’t worried.
That looks awesome.
While foreigners are spreading out around North America for the Soccer World Cup, Americans can watch a fight on the White House front lawn.
Some of the people online who are butt-hurt because they say this is below the dignity of the presidency, wouldn’t be too shook up if President Trump was assassinated.
I don’t care about UFC or Soccer, but it’s good to see people having fun.
We spent four days RV camping at Mount Gilead State Park. Park management seems like they made logical decisions without having ever met a human. The weather was great and we had a big group, so it was a good trip. It’s just not designed for people.
This Japanese fella posts on Twitter/X. I like how he writes about America, so I may occasionally post on my site. I’m not fond of embedded posts, so I cut and paste.
NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依
@japan_nobunaga
A little dish of coins by the register.
“Take a penny, leave a penny.”
No lock. No guard.
Just honor.
I added three coins and bowed to it.
Someone had to keep the balance.
A cashier asked if I was okay.
The dish is safe, I told her.
“It’s just pennies.”
She has no idea what she’s protecting.
I carry a pouch of pennies now.
Not one dish runs dry on my watch.
In America, a dish of coins is left, and trusted.
Who decided that? I’d like to thank them.
Since it’s Monday and Sparky hasn’t woken up yet, starting a cult seems like a good way to pass the time. The cult won’t commence until March 14th, so it’s safe to tell you how the operation works.
Provide your social security number, and the universe provides guidance on what today holds for you. The system is based on the irrational number, Pi, so it’s scientific.
I don’t get how this can be controversial. A company that uses sophisticated materials and techniques to seal large pools, was brought in to seal the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The project took six weeks and cost $15 million, which is quick and inexpensive.
Not a crazy idea, and if it holds up for a couple of decades, that’s great.
Fifteen years ago, Obama spent $30 million to address structural and water circulation issues. I don’t recall that being controversial because it wasn’t crazy or extravagant.
Nice stuff has to be maintained.
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