Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Double Impatiens


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  1. Enough gardening for today. Yesterday and tomorrow about the same--around 90F. A slight cool breeze from the river bottom on the north side of the house, no breeze and reflected sun on the south side of the house. Salt pills and water were in order for me.

    Alan

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    1. There are some teensy obstacles, starting with the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Between the States of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia. A
      Article XIII reads:

      Article XIII. Every State shall abide by the determinations of the united states, in congress assembled, on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the united states, and be afterwards con-firmed by the legislatures of every state.

      And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union, Know Ye, that we, the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do, by these presents, in the name and in behalf of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said articles of confederation and perpetual union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained. And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the united states in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them. And that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be perpetual. In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, in Congress. Done at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, the ninth Day of July, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy eight, and in the third year of the Independence of America.
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      And then there is the little difficulty that State of California had no sovereign existence before it was created by the United States.

      Being a native of [the lost provinces of] Cascadia, I would unhesitatingly apply for a Cascadian passport if they were to be made available. Hmmm....better look that up, just in case the situation has changed.

      --Alan

      P.S.: I don't take much account of the "State of Jefferson."

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    2. Gee, can us Vermonters get out on a technicality? Namely, at the time of the signing, we were The Grants so sort of straddled by NH and NY, and later became the 14th state. We really really really should have joined Quebec. OY!

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    3. I don't think so, listener, on account of formally agreeing to everything else the previous 13 had agreed to. And then there are those matters of the Green Mountain Boys and the various goings-on at Fort Ticonderoga. But a Baja Quebec Liberation Front might be interesting!

      Alan

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  3. Comey REALLY knows how to lawyer up![Click] That Comey’s legal team so far outclasses Donald Trump’s warms the cockles o’ me heart, it does.

    Judge Rules Trump Must Continue DACA[Click] And accept new applicants!

    Midwestern Democrats Want Less Focus on Russia Probe[Click] The DNC is out of touch but still wants to run everything? Why, who could have guessed?

    Michael Cohen’s Life Since the FBI Raid[Click] Said one person close to Cohen: “He is really confused. He doesn’t know what they could charge him with, but he’s on the edge of his seat.”

    —Alan

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    1. Ordinarily, I would have sympathy for someone suffering anxiety, but seeing as it's Cohen...

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    2. Re that "Midwestern Democrats" bit: Sitting here in the middle of the country I don't see the DNC putting that much focus on the Russia investigation. Yeah, there's that silly lawsuit, but it didn't honestly make that much of a splash. That's not mostly what I hear Democrats talking about.

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    3. Thanks for the field report, Bill; sounds good.

      Alan

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  4. Would folks be interested in reading installments of a new story in progress? It's kind of silly. Well, all right, it's *very* silly. It's also currently 6,168 words and slowly growing.

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    1. Cat, I don't have my head above water enough to commit. But I'll be sending you good vibes!!! ♡

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