On Escaping the Claws & Navigating the Hammers

 

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On Tales Told & Hills Climbed

 

Plus, found this one on The Other Tapper, from 2018.  Who knew then that all that tapping would eventually lead to a Twitter Turnaround and the Surprise of a Second Presidency?

On Delusions & Definitions

 

On Reign & Rule

 

On Up & Down; Beliefs & Declarations

 

On Standing Upright, Living & Dying

 

Above, the Normandy American Cemetery; below, quotes from The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day, by Cornelius Ryan:

“(Actually, nobody at this time could even imagine the full extent of the Nazi barbarism that had washed across Europe—the millions who had disappeared into the gas chambers and furnaces of Heinrich Himmler’s aseptic crematoria, the millions who had been herded out of their countries to work as slave laborers, a tremendous percentage of whom would never return, the millions more who had been tortured to death, executed as hostages or exterminated by the simple expedient of starvation.) The great crusade’s unalterable purpose was not only to win the war, but to destroy Nazism and bring to an end an era of savagery which had never been surpassed in the world’s history.”

..."This was the pattern. Brigadier General Cota, the 29th Division’s assistant commander, had been setting an example almost from the moment he arrived on the beach...Along Dog Green and Dog White, a crusty fifty-one-year-old general named Norman Cota strode up and down in the hail of fire, waving a .45 and yelling at men to get off the beach. Along the shingle, behind the sea wall and in the coarse beach grass at the base of the bluffs, men crouched shoulder to shoulder, peering at the general, unwilling to believe that a man could stand upright and live.”

One by one, alone and together, all who've stood upright, lived and died in service to their country, made a difference.  We honor and remember their sacrifice, and the responsibility that accompanies the freedoms we hold, value, and celebrate. 

Added:  Don Surber's Memorial Day Post wonderfully covers the history and meaning of the day, closing with this quote and lesson:  

"Let the lesson of Memorial Day reflect Lincoln’s words:

 'It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.'

That’s a burden we have so often failed to carry. Let this be the Memorial Day that inspires us to live better and work harder at preserving (some would say re-installing) the government of, by and for the people."

On Humor and Heart

 

This one was a fun surprise today, in the midst of all else going on.  My heart was also touched on hearing of Trump's call(s) to Scott Adams  after finding out about his diagnosis.

More direct connect here:  https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1925578278846230889

On Weasels & Crickets

 

On Out in Left Field & No Message

 

On Lapses, Coming Clean & End Stage Credibility Syndrome

 

On the Trail & No Idea

 

On Screeches, Buzz & Be Like

Standouts involving noise from Powerline's Pics of the Week Seashells by the Seashore Edition 

On Cornered & Hitting the Wall

 

On Party Lines & Loyalists

 

On Flying Aces & Dancing the Night Away

 

On Upping the Ante & Owning the Decline

After finding my way from Alcatraz, through the pope smoke, I came on these two that brought a smile from Powerline's Week In Pictures: Escape From Alcatraz Edition.

On Triangles & Truth Points

 

On Fears & Guesses

 

John Roberts may be reminded for whom he works

Brandon's famous shouted, "I don't work for you", to a group of tax-paying, voting citizens has been  emblematic of all the revelations of Elon and his Whiz Kids, but now comes something different.

Now the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is being hit with a lawsuit proclaiming the Judicial Conference and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, both overseen personally by Roberts, have functioned more like executive agencies rather than neutral arms of the judiciary

In and of itself, not much, maybe, but OTOH this is the stuff of shots across the bow. Roberts has long been accused of being more concerned with getting good notices from the WaPo and the Gray Lady than with what's best for the American people. 

It has also been speculated he had a connection with Jeffery Epstein.

It could be a Long Hot Summer after all.

On Moving into May & Subjects at Hand

 

On Addresses & Locations

 

With the addition of 6)  The satisfaction of knowing Judicial Rule was followed.

On Empty Heads & Borders

 

On Full Drawers & An Open Cabinet

 

And this, disclosed by Rubio, in yesterday's cabinet meeting:  

"One of the most shocking revelations probably came from the last speaker of the day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who revealed that Biden was keeping files on United States citizens, monitoring their social media profiles, and attempting to identify 'purveyors of disinformation'. 

Not only was the Biden administration keeping files on U.S. citizens, but one of those people was sitting there at the table, a member of the actual cabinet. 'And by the way, I'm not gonna say who it is — I'll leave it up to them — there's at least one person at this table today who had a dossier in that building of social media posts, to identify them as purveyors of disinformation. We have these dossiers. We are going to be turning those over to these individuals...and they'll decide whether they want to disclose it or not.   

But just think about, the Department of State of the United States had set up an office to monitor the social media posts and commentary of American citizens to identify them as vectors of disinformation when we know that the best way to combat disinformation is freedom of speech and transparency'."