Yep, I'm a geezer. Yesterday I used a colloquial expression that was definitely still current when I was young, and proved completely unfamiliar to my daughter. I observed that it was "hotter 'n a two-dollar pistol."
Headlines at politicalwire.com this morning: [Click] Another Trump Search Warrant? Federal Judge Rejects Graham’s Bid to Quash Subpoena U.K. Approves New Booster Shot [including Omicron] Republicans Look to Flip New Mexico ‘Extreme Heat Belt’ Will . . . Emerge in the U.S. Readers Flock to Publications Aimed at Women Breach of Voting Machines Points to National Pattern The Arizona GOP’s Anti-Democracy Experiment [I figure it’s all due to those swarms of undocumented Anglo immigrants from the Midwest.] Liz Cheney Is Going to Get Crushed In GOP Primary Trump’s Evolving Explanation Over the Documents Trump’s Shifting Explanations Follow Familiar Playbook
As memory serves me (which it doesn't alwarys) there was one catch-all category which might have included them. Allegedly three passports, one outdated. One was probably his diplomatic passport. In any event, I think passports remain technically the property of the government.
Wonderful that he made it to age 96! This beloved author and good soul also spent some of his time worshiping at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Middlebury, Vermont and preached there on occasion.
I assume you are being facetious. If Buechner was an evangelist, it's in the original and best sense of the word, nothing like the "televangelist" breed. He was a wonderful author who wrote the book Telling the Truth: the Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale. A deep soul with a great sense of humour.
Heather Cox Richardson tonight From the "Letter": Today, the Department of Justice has asked a judge not to unseal the affidavit behind the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago, saying that it “implicates highly classified materials,” and that disclosing the affidavit right now would "cause significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation." CNN, the Washington Post, NBC News, and Scripps all asked the judge to unseal all documents related to the Mar-a-Lago search. But, “[i]f disclosed,” the Justice Department wrote, “the affidavit would serve as a roadmap to the government’s ongoing investigation, providing specific details about its direction and likely course, in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps.”
Legal analyst and Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe commented: “This suggests [the Department of Justice] wasn’t just repatriating top secret doc[ument]s to get them out of Trump’s unsafe clutches but is pursuing a path looking toward criminal indictment.”
I really do wonder if Trump might be the second person to run for President from a federal jail cell; Gene Debs was the first, in 1920--and he was sent there for a violation of the Espionage Act of 1917. (Which has been toned down a good deal-- it no longer applies to discouraging enlistment in the armed forces, as it did back then.)
Well, howdy. We survived!! Our three grands were here for two nights, and we all survived, including the cats. VERY tired, though. More tomorrow! 😁
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DeleteYep, I'm a geezer. Yesterday I used a colloquial expression that was definitely still current when I was young, and proved completely unfamiliar to my daughter. I observed that it was "hotter 'n a two-dollar pistol."
ReplyDeleteNot too geezy, though, since I'm 66 and I know what it means.
DeleteHeadlines at politicalwire.com this morning: [Click]
ReplyDeleteAnother Trump Search Warrant?
Federal Judge Rejects Graham’s Bid to Quash Subpoena
U.K. Approves New Booster Shot [including Omicron]
Republicans Look to Flip New Mexico
‘Extreme Heat Belt’ Will . . . Emerge in the U.S.
Readers Flock to Publications Aimed at Women
Breach of Voting Machines Points to National Pattern
The Arizona GOP’s Anti-Democracy Experiment
[I figure it’s all due to those swarms of undocumented Anglo immigrants from the Midwest.]
Liz Cheney Is Going to Get Crushed In GOP Primary
Trump’s Evolving Explanation Over the Documents
Trump’s Shifting Explanations Follow Familiar Playbook
Promises To Match Donor Contributions By Eyebrow-Raising Amounts [May Be Endangered] [Click]
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Boris Johnson believed to be in Greece on second summer break in three weeks amid ‘zombie’ government accusations [Click]
China’s economy slows unexpectedly as Covid outbreaks and property crisis bite [Click] Whaddaya mean, “unexpected”? Exports increased, but how much of that is due to existing backups at the ports and shortages of container ships?
‘The whole embryo was there’: expert makes rare find on Sheffield museum opening day [Click] Dean Lomax identifies oldest known vertebrate embryo from UK at Yorkshire Natural History Museum
Giuliani Reportedly Told He's Target Of 2020 Georgia Election Probe [Click] Head in the vise time; couldn't happen to a nicer guy. . .
ReplyDeleteBREAKING: Trump’s Passports Allegedly CONFISCATED by the FBI in Mar-a-Lago Search [Click] I had been wondering about this; but will await confirmation. I don’t think they were listed in the inventory of seized materials.
ReplyDeleteAs memory serves me (which it doesn't alwarys) there was one catch-all category which might have included them. Allegedly three passports, one outdated. One was probably his diplomatic passport. In any event, I think passports remain technically the property of the government.
DeleteI can't decide whether I'm happy about his passports being confiscated or not. Ha! Probably a good sign that he's going into the klinker yet, though.
DeleteTrump-Allied Lawyers Pursued Voting Machine Data [Click]
ReplyDeleteAlleged rogue juror under investigation in Whitmer kidnap retrial [Click] Surely there would be alternate jurors.
RIP Frederick Buechner
ReplyDeleteWonderful that he made it to age 96! This beloved author and good soul also spent some of his time worshiping at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Middlebury, Vermont and preached there on occasion.
DeleteAn ordained evangelist? I had no idea there was such a thing.
DeleteI assume you are being facetious. If Buechner was an evangelist, it's in the original and best sense of the word, nothing like the "televangelist" breed. He was a wonderful author who wrote the book Telling the Truth: the Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale. A deep soul with a great sense of humour.
DeleteNo, not being facetious at all--I never before heard of anyone being ordained as an evangelist.
DeleteI was only responding to the obituary you linked to; nothing to do with televangelism.
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ReplyDeleteHeather Cox Richardson tonight
ReplyDeleteFrom the "Letter":
Today, the Department of Justice has asked a judge not to unseal the affidavit behind the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago, saying that it “implicates highly classified materials,” and that disclosing the affidavit right now would "cause significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation." CNN, the Washington Post, NBC News, and Scripps all asked the judge to unseal all documents related to the Mar-a-Lago search. But, “[i]f disclosed,” the Justice Department wrote, “the affidavit would serve as a roadmap to the government’s ongoing investigation, providing specific details about its direction and likely course, in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps.”
Legal analyst and Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe commented: “This suggests [the Department of Justice] wasn’t just repatriating top secret doc[ument]s to get them out of Trump’s unsafe clutches but is pursuing a path looking toward criminal indictment.”
I really do wonder if Trump might be the second person to run for President from a federal jail cell; Gene Debs was the first, in 1920--and he was sent there for a violation of the Espionage Act of 1917. (Which has been toned down a good deal-- it no longer applies to discouraging enlistment in the armed forces, as it did back then.)
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