Open Thread July 19, 2022

Yesterday, I slept in so got a late start – but woke up thinking “Ah – special days are nice but it’s good to sink back into routine.”There was also lots of news – nothing huge, but interesting. I even found a couple of soties to far out I might want to do a “News of the Weird” post (unless Nameless wants them forst.) On Thursday, a new public hearing is expected, and I do look forward to one that I won’t have to juggle. I also think we can expect that it wont be the lastone. Some of the additional evidence is going to be (well, if they spoke up, I guess I can too,) but some is going to be (OMG, I thought for sure someone would have reported that, I thought there were dozens of us who knew,” and that is going to be special. BTW, don’t miss Nameless post yesterday.

Cartoon –

Short Takes –

Crooks and Liars – Carol Leonnig Drops Small Grenade About Secret Service Records
Quote – “I learned about an episode that has never really been reported, in which a series of boxes, and only the boxes that contained the juicy bits, so to speak, disappeared from the Secret Service archives at the same time then a committee that replaced the Warren Commission, if you will, a committee of Congress was investigating a series of reports the Secret Service agents and headquarters had received numerous warnings and early red flags that Kennedy was being targeted by people who wanted to shoot him from a high spot in a building,” she said.
Click through – it’s short – certainly thought provoking.

Letters from an American – July 17, 2022
Quote – Shaw and his men had shipped out of Boston at the end of May 1863 for Beaufort, South Carolina, where the Union had gained an early foothold in its war to prevent the Confederates from dismembering the country. The men of the 54th knew they were not like other soldiers: they were symbols of how well Black men would fight for their country. This, in turn, would be a statement of whether Black men could truly be equal to white men under the country’s laws, once and for all, for in this era, fighting for the country gave men a key claim to citizenship. The whole country was watching…and the soldiers knew it.
Click through for full story – which is also the basis for the movie “Glory.” Not that I’ve seen it, but the musical score is a favorite of people who make radio shows arounf film music, and I’vs heard the music a lot. And occsionally a quote. One quote, attributed to Shaw’s father, always cokes me up – “My God! What a bodyguard he has!” Yes, it smacks of privilege, but it’s also a tribute.

Food For Thought