Multitasking & Monkey Wrenches

Humor, Personal 4 Minutes

If you want something done, ask a busy person.  I found this statement to true almost all the time. 

In order to take advantage of college grant money available only to full time students, I went to evening college four nights a week. (Full disclaimer: my first semester, I was not allowed to be full time—I had to prove myself. I took 3 classes, paid for them myself and aced them.  I was then permitted to go four nights a week.)

My son and I were living with my parents and my mom watched him during the days until a daycare opening became available.  So, I had to find babysitters for him 3 nights a week (Mom would do it one night).  I made weekends as special as possible and I made my son a promise that as soon as I graduated, we would go to Disney in Florida. (This was over 35 years ago, mind you.)

Time passed.  I worked full time days, went to classes 4 night a week and spent weekends pouring over brochures with my son mapping out our week in Florida.  Then, in my last summer session, my son asked me to invite Jenny’s Dad to his birthday party.  I asked about her mom too, but my son said no!  I did as he wished and got a call a few nights later from Jenny’s Dad asking me what my son wanted for his birthday.  We started talking and comparing exes and we laughed and laughed.  Then he asked me out…

Three months later we were engaged and planning a June wedding.

Over my Christmas break, we booked the Chapel at my college, the reception hall, the caterer, the DJ, and met with the Priest.  Since by that time, my first husband had passed away, I was free to remarry in the Catholic faith.  Hubby, however, was not Catholic, but his first wife was.

 He would need to annul his first marriage…

Fortunately, they were not married in a Catholic church and his ex-wife was eager to remarry herself, so she agreed.  We would still need to attend “marriage classes” and they were on Saturdays.  Could I fit more into my jam-packed schedule??

When my final semester approached, I was studying at work—reciting my notes while I sewed, amusing the Syrian women on either side of me who didn’t understand a word of what I was saying.

Weekends were a whirlwind—marriage classes, shopping for dresses for the bridal party and my mom, spending time with the kids, and solidifying our travel plans to Florida—a promise is a promise!

My own search for a wedding dress was fruitless.  My parents adored my prospective second husband and wanted to pay for at least my dress (we were paying for everything else), but every dress was soooo expensive.  I decided to make my own.

For about $60 in fabric, lace and trims, I would have the dress I wanted.  I just had to find the time to make it!

May finally came and I took my finals. They were a breeze. (Yeah, I’m bragging, sue me…lol)

Next up was the trip to Disney with my son, and HIS first plane ride. At the airport we were told our commuter flight to Philly was canceled but they could get us on another one—but we couldn’t sit together!

This plane was a puddle jumper and only had a few rows of 3 seats.  The only remaining seats were in the middle of two rows, one behind the other.  I asked everyone around us if they would move so we could sit together but no one wanted to do that…so I slid my arm between the seats and held his hand throughout the entire (blessedly short) flight. We sat next to each other on the larger plane to Florida and we had a blast in Disney.

When we got back to PA, it was the end of May and I was looking forward to starting, yep, STARTING my wedding gown.  Mother Nature had other plans.

I caught bronchial pneumonia.  It left me drained, and most evenings all I wanted to do was sleep.  It took two weeks for me to finish a rough version of the wedding gown.  (I decided to use cheaper fabric to make a “practice” dress—fitting it and changing it before using my intended fabric.)  I was still working during the week and the weekends were filled with bridal showers, assembling centerpieces and favors and still blending our soon-to-be-family.

Finally, our wedding day arrived with a surprise. 

One of the groomsmen brought a limo for us from the company he worked for.  We already had the bridal car decorated and my brother was our driver.  Then the groomsman told us HE alone was permitted to drive the limo. I told hubby to make the decision and after he smoothed things over with my brother, he decided to use the limo. 

After the wedding ceremony, we drove in the limo out to the Rose Garden for pictures.  On the way we discovered the air conditioning in this particular limo was not working in the BACK. 

After pictures in the hot sun, in a limo with no air in the back, I passed out. They decided to take me back to my parents’ house and brought out a glass of water, which they promptly threw in my face…

ruining my hair and make-up.  (It did, however, bring me to…LOL)

I attempted to get out of the limo—to fix my hair and make-up—but they told me we would be late for the reception. I said screw that…and fixed what I could.  We were indeed 20 minutes late to the reception, but I will never forget walking into that hall.  I smiled and sighed knowing all I had accomplished to get to this point.  Hubby gave me a tender kiss as the DJ announced…”for the first time anywhere, please welcome (Hubby) and PATRICK Frederick…”

Sigh…

Happy 32nd Anniversary Honey!

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177 thoughts on “Multitasking & Monkey Wrenches”

  1. Morning All!
    I can hardly believe it was that long ago…lol…
    amazing what we can accomplish when we have to…lol
    foggy out there–a little smokey too. hubby says it should be gone by late morning.

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        1. Very cool! Did you ever contemplate that your son was the vehicle that the angels used to get you & future spouse together?!

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          1. Morning Bill!
            I did and i do.
            my pregnancy was the result of a rape and i do not believe in abortion. God had a plan and i am proof that everything happens for a reason.
            I discussed this with my son after he graduated college and i told him that he was the reason i found the love of my life, and I will always be eternally grateful for that.

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    1. And Turley SUPPORTED his nomination for AG! Bet he also supported him for SCOTUS, too! Never forget that Turley is a leftist….

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        1. Sorry but I have to disagree on that one – he WAS exposed way back when they tried to get him on SCOTUS. Turley IS a leftist, always has been, just not as radical. I do have to say I would trust him on the Constitution over all the TV talking heads, including asswipe Levin!

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          1. despite being a leftist, he does seem to base a lot of his opinions on the Constitution and the law. i give him credit for that

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  9. Mark R. Levin
    @marklevinshow
    APPOINT FORMER US ATTORNEY BRENT TOLMAN AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE JOE BIDEN, INSIST THAT GARLAND RECUSE HIMSELF, AND ALSO APPOINT A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE GARLAND. THIS IS A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF OUR GOVERNMENT, AND IT MUST BE ROOTED OUT, EXPOSED, AND THE PERPS PUNISHED.

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  13. this is a weird one…

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      1. whoa…I didn’t realize there was a thread attached to this…
        long and gruesome.
        i do remember hearing about some of these and thinking it was strange the way they were doing it…but didn’t give it much more thought than that

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  14. “Milley said it would be cheaper to leave all of our equipment behind in Afghanistan instead of flying it back to us. That’s when I knew he was a FUCKING IDIOT!” 😂 pic.twitter.com/LhkwGBJsh5
    — 🇺🇸ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) June 28, 2023

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  19. Citizen 817
    June 29, 2023 12:27 am

    @realDonaldTrump

    16h
    Great Poll numbers this morning. Ron DeSanctimonious might as well turn around & head back to Florida, where they don’t see him at all lately – he is wasting his time. Ron was elected Governor not to spend all of his time campaigning for another position. It reminds me of Sloppy Chris Christie. He was Governor of New Jersey & then virtually moved to New Hampshire to campaign for President. He drew flies, quit the race, enthusiastically endorsed me, but became VERY unpopular in N.J. 9% Approval!

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  21. Jonathan Turley
    @JonathanTurley
    Consider the import of the Shapley/Baier interview. Not only did the DOJ allow the statute of limitations to run on crimes, lower the charges approved by prosecutors, and allegedly tip off the Bidens on searches, but actually allowed Hunter to evade paying taxes on hundreds of thousands of dollars from influence peddling. For the Bidens, the old adage is true: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”

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  23. so we WERE right! no statue of limitations for committing tax FRAUD–which includes intentionally trying to avoid paying taxes…which hunter most clearly did. (the article details further examples–as did joe)
    FTA
    The public has been told that there is a six-year statute of limitations on Hunter Biden’s tax returns, but there is actually no limitation when intentional tax fraud occurs, and that is clearly the case with Hunter Biden.

    When it is determined that there is a substantial understatement in tax returns, the IRS will usually have six years to challenge the filing. However, this can be overturned when it is demonstrated that:

    There was a filing of a false tax return
    The taxpayer willfully attempted to evade paying taxes, or
    The taxpayer filed a false or fraudulent return

    If any of the three apply, the Internal Revenue Service can audit and charge interest and penalties without any limitations period.

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/06/the_statute_of_limitations_when_intentional_tax_fraud_has_occurred.html

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  24. I think M posted this last night – been reading back, trying to catch up….

    Spacing edited: “Brutally honest take on Ukraine from a U.S. Army Veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq that is also a Purple Heart recipient:

    I have never and will never support the war in Ukraine. If you do support the war, this tweet is going to offend the shit out of you. And I honestly don’t care what you think. Some of you may agree, and some of you probably need to hear this.

    I have been shot at, blown up, returned fire, everything imaginable. War is serious shit. This is not Call of Duty, this is real fucking life. I cannot even BBQ anymore without being reminded on the smell of human flesh burning. The term “War is hell”, is coined for a reason.

    First: I will start with NATO and Europe. Why the hell are we in NATO if they don’t lift a finger for shit? Why is America always the one that will carry the burden of these asshats. To NATO: If you want this war so badly, then grab a compass and head due East.

    Second: You can say whatever you want about President Trump. You can like the man, or you can hate him. However, you cannot argue the point that none of this bullshit was going on when he was President. Just throwing that out there.

    Third: Why is it that it took an Airman to leak classified documentation to totally disprove the efforts in Ukraine? Don’t you notice how this story has been wiped from the mockingbird media? They are concealing the truth as well.

    Fourth: Where is all of our American taxpayer money going? Let’s be honest about it. How do you “over-calculate” over $6 BILLION DOLLARS of our money for this effort? Where exactly is it going? Into Politician or Zelenskyy’s pockets? If any of us made an “accounting error” on our taxes, we would all be in prison now. This is fraud, waste and abuse putting it lightly.

    Fifth: This brings me to another point. Are politicians making money off of this war effort? If so, sorry to say, but you belong in prison. Plain and simple. And that is bipartisan speaking. There are Americans working 2-4 jobs at times just to make ends meet. People are recovering from a lockdown that YOU created.

    Sixth: To the Americans backing this war. Why don’t you book yourself a flight to Kyiv and partake in this fight? It’s easy as fuck to be okay with war, while you’re chilling with your Starbucks in your comfortable environment. You love to criticize our country but have never contributed a fucking thing to it.

    Last: Why are we not discussing diplomacy? There have been ZERO attempts to sit down like grown fucking men and come to an agreement. None. It is all too clear that they want this war to continue.

    I sure as hell don’t claim to know everything, but this bullshit has gone on long enough. To the dickheads who will inevitably cherry-pick this tweet know this, your opinion does not matter to me. You can comment, but I won’t give you the benefit of replying. Thanks for playing.

    I know this is a very long-winded post. But if you took the time to read, thank you for listening.”

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    1. he isn’t wrong at all/
      not wanting more and endless wars is why the mic hates President Trump.
      stop sending taxpayer $$$$$$$ into politicians’ pockets thru stupid ass wars

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  26. seriously screwed up!!
    Sarah Fields
    @SarahisCensored
    AB 665 in California has passed the senate. It is predicted that it will pass the assembly, and Newsom has already sworn to sign it into law. 12 year olds will be given the ability to decide if they want to live at home, or if they want to go under the care of the State of California into a shelter.

    In California, legislators believe that no one under the age of 26 should be interrogated by an attorney because their prefrontal cortex is not yet fully developed. They have also passed bills stating that vape manufacturers cannot target anyone under the age of 26 for the same reasons.

    Yet they are willing to give children the ability to leave home. Children will have the ability to tell a school counselor that “they don’t feel supported” and they can be removed and rehomed without parental knowledge. 12 year olds also have medical privacy in California, which means parents will not be given a reason but will still be financially responsible for care.

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  27. Zeek Arkham 🇺🇸
    @ZeekArkham
    I was on a left wing podcast run by a Black host and when I mentioned that my daughter is biracial, he asked if I was teaching her about “the Black experience.”

    I told him the only thing she knows about “the Black experience” is that her dad’s one shade and her mom’s the opposite shade. It’s not something she has ever mentioned or seems to think about.

    He got pissed off, accused me of hurting her by not teaching her about “the Black experience,” and ended the interview.

    Not sorry, but my little girl isn’t going to grow up thinking her skin color is an “experience” or hinderance.

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  28. Ah-ha! Gray tabby just showed up for breakfast…I heard an Oriole male just chattering away for an extended period, then saw him fly up and land on one of the west gateposts, looking down towards the ground in front of the patio, screeching away. I looked out and there he was, peeking out around the flower pot. So I put his food out, then left him to it…..

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      1. Wait and see….it could be they are nesting. They come and go here – I can go for days and hardly see any. Then, suddenly, there are whole flocks of them out there. I can’t imagine Orioles being afraid of the Grosbeaks….! I went looking and this doesn’t address the interplay between them specifically, it does explain how to recognize what’s happening between the various birds, with a number of videos.

        “Power Struggles Are Playing Out At Your Feeder—Here’s What To Look For”
        By Charles Eldermire and Hugh Powell
        March 11, 2015

        https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/power-struggles-are-playing-out-at-your-feeder-heres-what-to-look-for/

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      2. This is from a discussion thread about both birds – this thread is from 18 years ago:

        “I have had both rose breasted grosbeaks and Baltimore orioles,both male and females at the feeder for the last 4-5 days.Thought the orioles had moved on but had one at the hummingbird feeder this morning.Also had a blue grosbeak.These are all birds that we don’t usually see at the feeder.I did buy another sack of sunflower seed and am feeding later this year.Have one woodpecker who throws a lot of the feed to the ground and really makes a mess and wastes the feed!What unusual birds are you seeing at your feeder? Posy Pet”

        Another one: “i’ve had grosbeaks, and orioles for about 3 weeks now. i have 2 male orioles, but i’ve only seen one female. i adapted a hummimgbird feeder especially for them, but, i’m wondering if why they’re staying so long here this year, could be the grape jelly i’m putting out for them. anyone else tried this? i read in the bird forum that it would attract them, but–has anyone ever had them stay in this area?”

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  29. OK, I’ve lost track now…IIRC, this is from a Tweet M posted last night…at least, I think it was M….unfortunately, this site has tons of pop-ups asking for $$$ but it’s worth the read.

    EXCERPTS: “In October of 2021, new evidence surfaced linking disappeared Indigenous children to MK Ultra experiments conducted by CIA-sponsored researchers. A white Winnipeg resident named Lana Ponting testified in Quebec’s Superior Court that in 1958, when she was 16 years old, doctors from the Allan Memorial Institute, a former psychiatric hospital affiliated with McGill and the Royal Victoria Hospital, held her against her will, drugged her with LSD and other substances, subjected her to electroshock treatments, and exposed her to auditory indoctrination: playing a recording telling Ponting over and over again, that she was either “a bad girl” or “a good girl.”
    —————
    The CIA, along with the U.S. and Canadian military and powerful U.S. charitable foundations, are directly implicated in this ordeal. According to John Mark’s 1991 book The Search for the Manchurian Candidate and Steven Kinzer’s 2019 book Poisoner in Chief, in 1977, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, CIA archivists uncovered a previously hidden box of MK Ultra financial records revealing, among other things, that the Memorial Institute was home to MK Ultra “Subproject 68.” Under the leadership of psychiatrist Ewen Cameron, whom Ponting accused of raping ­her, experiments in this subproject sought to “depattern” people’s minds using violent methods Cameron termed “psychic driving.”
    —————
    In 1966, New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, whose family foundation helped establish the Allan Memorial Institute, launched a partnership whereby a team of McGill consultants were brought to New York to establish programs and conduct research at the Dannemora State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, according to Canadian psychiatrist Bruno Cormier’s 1975 book The Watcher and the Watched. Located in a remote hamlet 25 miles south of New York’s northernmost border with Quebec, the institution confined prisoners who were transferred from other state facilities after being deemed “insane” by prison doctors.
    —————-
    An affidavit authored by anthropologist Phillippe Blouin in support of the Mohawk Mothers identified the late psychiatrist Cormier as a person of interest. Blouin located correspondence between lead “Subproject 68” psychologist Cameron and Cormier, who worked as a clinician at the Allan Memorial Institute during the 1950s and 1960s. Authored between 1957 and 1963, the exchanges pertain to a proposal for a Pilot Centre for Juvenile Delinquency, which would include laboratories “for psychological studies, for work in genetics, for endocrinological investigations, for sociological studies, both within the unit and also for field work.”

    Commenting on the proposal, Cormier suggests that the center’s purview should not be limited to rehabilitation. He stresses that “research of this kind should bring light on all behavioral problems” and that it had the potential to “bridge the research gap between juvenile delinquency and adult criminality.”

    Not long after this exchange, New York officials selected him to lead the Memorial Institute’s partnership with the New York prison system. The man who helped make this happen was a German physician named Ludwig Fink, who became assistant director and subsequently director of the Dannemora hospital after practicing psychiatry in Iran and India during the 1940s. By 1969, Fink and some of the McGill consultants had trained prison guards in hypnosis and aversion therapy techniques, resulting in scenes that an observer called “quite revolting both for those who watched and those who took part.”
    —————
    Between September 9 and 13, 1971, nearly 1,300 incarcerated people rebelled in New York’s Attica prison. Most of them were Black, but a few, such as John Boncore “Dacajeweiah” Hill were Mohawk. New York’s partnership with McGill appears to have ended shortly after the uprising and the brutal state-orchestrated massacre that followed it. At roughly the same time, the Dannemora State Hospital was rebranded the Adirondack Correctional Treatment Education Center, and became home to a “new” behavior modification initiative called the Prescription (Rx) Program.”

    https://truthout.org/articles/new-docs-link-cia-to-medical-torture-of-indigenous-children-and-black-prisoners/

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    1. As long as everything available in nature is not determined to be illegal….I am a big supporter of individual rights to use nature’s bounty as we see fit. If someone uses it to hurt someone else, then charge them for that – do NOT make the substance that was misused illegal. They don’t make cars or alcohol illegal when someone drives drunk and kills someone! No, they charge the perpetrator, as it should be. If it is something they can grow for themselves and consume themselves…then it’s none of the government’s business.

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        1. I don’t have a problem with that either if it is within their own home and on their own property. Again, not the government’s business – someone who makes their own beer and wine – are they allowed to sell that? If they sell to children, then that is a different matter entirely.

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          1. i don’t think you can sell it unless you’re in a private club type of thing. you have to be responsible if your process isn’t right and you make people sick or die.
            it’s like if i try to run a catering business out of my house…there are inspections for the kitchen and property.

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    1. ENTICO Management ??? I can’t find that with “Management” anywhere….IDK if these are connected or not….

      “Entico – Business Information
      Architecture, Engineering & Design · Belgium · <25 Employees

      Entico is a company that operates in the Information Technology and Services industry. It employs 11-20 people and has $1M-$5M of revenue. The company is headquartered in Berchem, Flanders, Belgium.
      https://www.zoominfo.com/c/entico/454650218
      ——————
      "Our consultancy services

      ENTICO ICT provides services in the domain of software development, analysis and project management. Our consultants work mainly at our customer’s premises during all the phases of the project: from analysis, design and conception, to development, testing and project-management. Our consultants have a technical background in informatics, and are specialised in Software Development, Software Architecture, Functional and Business Analysis, IT Project Management, …

      Our company and approach

      ENTICO ICT strives to provide the highest quality and continuity of our services, for both our consultants and our customers. We continuously invest in our consultants by providing inhouse or outhouse trainings and help them to develop their skills on both professional and personal level, so that our customers can benefit from our high quality consultancy services. Follow up and continuous communication between customer and consultant are facilitated by our business managers, focusing on a long term collaboration."

      https://www.entico.be/ict/ict

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    2. Or might it be INTICO?

      https://www.facebook.com/InticoCorp/

      “IntiCo is a Technology Company with wide expertise and focus on Omnichannel, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Communication Services. Since 2005, we have been helping companies to achieve their goals with innovation and tech. We are proud to be trus…”

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  33. sauce for the goose…she still claimed rape after a jury said no rape…that damages HIS reputation…go for it Sir!
    FTA
    On May 10, a day after the decision, when she was asked in an interview on CNN how she felt when the jury did not find Trump liable for rape, Carroll responded: “Well, I just immediately [said] in my own head: ‘Oh, yes, he did. Oh yes, he did.’”

    In his countersuit, Trump alleged that Carroll’s statements were defamatory and contrary to the jury verdict in which he was found not liable for rape.

    She made the statements “with actual malice and ill will with an intent to significantly and spitefully harm and attack” his reputation, Trump’s suit alleges.

    He is seeking a retraction of her statements and unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, as well as reimbursement for legal fees “and any further relief” the court deems necessary.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-sues-e-jean-carroll-claims-defamed-television-rcna91574

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    1. Know who that really reminds me of? Larry Elder….he is CREEPY!!! Those eyes!!! Whew, buddy, it’s hot out there! Humidity is up, too – 87 and I just got finished watering everything (dripping with sweat), including the Hostas (lookin’ pretty sad these days!), Weigela bushes, and peach and willow trees….scared a bunny out of one of the garden beds – I found the nest she had dug and filled with grass clippings – thankfully, no babies yet! Go find an evergreen tree, bunny!!! That nest is history!

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      1. once when i was weed whacking the small hill by the garage, i saw movement right before i moved the trimmer head. there was a bird’s nest IN the ground surrounded by high weeds. thanks goodness i saw it or those little babies would have been toast. and it’s not like there’s not enough trees around to build on…

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  39. “The Supreme Court ends Affirmative Action–Justice Roberts ends race-based college admissions”
    TECHNO FOG
    JUN 29, 2023
    EXCERPTS: “Sixteen years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote these wise words: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

    Today, the Chief Justice put action behind that statement and held unlawful the race-based admissions of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC), declaring they violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In doing so, he ended Affirmative Action in the colleges.

    At issue in this particular case were the programs of Harvard and UNC, both of which consider race in determining which students get admitted. In Harvard’s admission process, race is determinative “for a significant percentage ‘of all admitted African American and Hispanic applicants.’” It’s also determinative for a large number of Asians and whites who are not admitted based on their race. At UNC, “underrepresented minority students” were rated higher “than their white and Asian American peers.” Race is a key factor – sometimes, the key factor – in the admissions process of these universities (and of universities around the country).
    ———–
    While the universities made those arguments in favor of affirmative action, both Harvard and UNC suggested “that race is not a negative factor because it does not impact many admissions decisions.” Yet the universities maintained “that the demographics of their admitted classes would meaningfully change if race-based admissions were abandoned.” In doing so, they admitted that race was used as a “negative” and that they violated a central principal of the Fourteenth Amendment: “The “[e]qual protection of the laws is not achieved through indiscriminate imposition of inequalities.”

    Justice Roberts would conclude: ‘Many universities have for too long done just the oppo­site. And in doing so, they have concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned but the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.’

    Justices Sotomayor and Jackson both wrote dissenting opinions, which Justice Kagan joined. There was no surprise that they argued in favor of affirmative action. Likewise, there was no surprise that the dissents of Sotomayor and Jackson were weak and unpersuasive.

    Justice Sotomayor harped that the Court rolled back “progress.” It cemented “a superficial rule of colorblindness as a constitutional principle.” To Sotomayor, “the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment enshrines a guarantee of racial equality” – a guarantee which allows for discrimination to achieve just racial results. Thus, by ending affirmative action, the court subverted “the constitutional guarantee of equal protection.” (For Sotomayor, unconstitutional means can be used to achieve constitutional ends.)

    Justice Jackson wrote that the race-based discrimination by the colleges would allow students to thrive in a “diverse learning environment.” Thus, the Court needed to “get out of the way” and let the universities continue to discriminate. The Court’s announcement of “colorblindness for all” would only stop the colleges from trying to solve “America’s real-world” racial problems. In any event, according to Jackson, the Fourteenth Amendment doesn’t preclude racial discrimination where the end of racial discrimination is “the maintenance of freedom.”

    The dubious pronouncements of Justices Sotomayor and Jackson were decimated by Justice Roberts. He argued that “Lost in the false pretense of judicial humility that the dissent espouses is a claim to power so radical, so destructive, that it required a Second Founding to undo.” The Chief Justice also observed why the dissent’s argument was particularly disturbing:

    ‘Most troubling of all is what the dissent must make these omissions to defend: a judiciary that picks winners and los­ers based on the color of their skin. While the dissent would certainly not permit university programs that discrimi­nated against black and Latino applicants, it is perfectly willing to let the programs here continue. In its view, this Court is supposed to tell state actors when they have picked the right races to benefit. Separate but equal is “inherently unequal,” said Brown. 347 U. S., at 495 (emphasis added). It depends, says the dissent.’

    Justice Thomas had harsher words for Justice Jackson. She would replace our constitutional structure “with an organizing principle based on race.” She uses observations about statistical racial disparities to “label all blacks as victims.” Justice Jackson’s dissent isn’t the “vanguard of the innocent and helpless” but a call for “empowered privileged elites” to silo us into “racial castes” and pit “those castes against each other.” Ouch.

    Make no mistake – this is a significant victory not just for the rule of law and equal protection under the law, but also for the students who were victimized by colleges for being born the wrong race. It ends years of discrimination – but will also require vigilance, as we can be sure many universities will used some sore of pretext as a substitute for race-based admissions. The fight isn’t over.1

    1 Chief Justice Roberts writes “nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.” However, applicant essays (or other submissions) referencing race cannot be used by colleges to get around the race-based admissions ban: “What cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly.”

    https://technofog.substack.com/p/the-supreme-court-ends-affirmative

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    1. In that case, then it’s on YOU to get your hoodlums under control!!! 90% of the crime is committed by YOUR people!!! Not to mention….you are paid by those suburb taxpayers, bitch!!!

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    2. Never mind – it finally did show up. I still have to sign in completely for every single comment and can’t like here any more.

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      1. we haven’t changed anything here–it’s got to be because we are a “free blog”. i never paid to upgrade anything as other sites have. sorry.
        i do know i’m having problems with my avatar, but that’s different from word press i believe.

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        1. Used to work fine. I think WP changed something. Can’t remember if it started before I had to buy a new Macbook Pro laptop.

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      2. HOWEVER – I do not get the notification Bell at Craftstoreart.wordpress.com – or at Wolfie’s – I only get those at Sylvia’s and Marica’s.

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  43. George
    @BehizyTweets
    BREAKING: Judge gives Kari Lake a massive court win by denying Maricopa County’s motion to dismiss her mail-in ballot signature verification request

    “I’m inclined to think that there might be the need to take some evidence here,” the Judge

    She has been granted access to the actual ballot signatures for verification

    This is HUGE!

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  44. “I still remember “Take your son to work day” when I was a young boy”

    “Play time is mandatory…”

    “God bless Tennessee!”

    “Damn, those Mexican gardeners are good!”

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  47. Old Train Thursday:


    “Looking West. Two lane Highway 70 near Quincy, CA is directly above this tunnel.”

    “Looking East. The Union Pacific track on the right continues up the Feather River Canyon and goes over Beckwourth Pass. The track on the left heads north to Bieber, a major junction between the Great Northern and Western Pacific railroads for north-south traffic, now owned by BNSF Railway.”

    “If you ever want to go on a train watching vacation the Quincy area is the place to go. Just east of Quincy is the one-mile-long Williams Loop, where if you’re lucky you might see a freight train passing over/under itself. I was lucky enough to haul logs in the canyon for a couple of summers. It sure was fun. It’s kind of lucky I didn’t run off the road while watching the trains! The three above pics, sent in by Elmo, the Log Truck Driver.”

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