Saturday, June 01, 2019

Suddenly, it's June...


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  1. David Frum: No, the Gun Culture Won’t Always Win [Click] “After another mass shooting, this time in Virginia Beach, the world looks bleak. But hope is on the horizon.”

    Don’t Expect Trump’s Europe Trip to Go Smoothly [Click] I certainly hope that he will be greeted “warmly.”

    The United States periodically debates whether to do more or less abroad. Trump won by promising both. But he can’t possibly deliver. [Click] A long read, but an interesting one.

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  2. Proposed amendments to the Constitution of Vermont. [Click] It seems that amendments to the constitution receive VERY thorough consideration.

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    1. We’re nothing if not thorough! This will get a lot of local conversation and debate and folks will come out to vote. Should be gratifying in the end.

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  3. Illinois has just become the first state where the legislature authorized commercial sale of marijuana.

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    1. Illinois has been up to some surprising things of late!

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    2. Ironically, there is an up side of having elected a Republican governor in 2014. People are so sick of gridlock they were more than willing to move forward.

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  4. Epic floods and trade wars - how politics and climate beats up US farmers [Click] “The weather is wild, the tariffs are rising, and as frustration ripples through the Iowa corn fields, rural America is ready to confront its 2020 candidates”

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