Yesterday, I kind of dodged a bullet. I couldn’t get in to my credit card website for a couple of days, and had to call. I’ve had fraudulent charges on my account before and it’s a pain to have to go through the “new number” process. This time, there was no fraud. As everyone here knows, I do not order from amazon until the product is vitally necesary and there’s no other way to get it. So I had seen a product (a particular style of coat hanger) on amazon, but went to the brand name, found it, and ordered directly from the manufacturer. Pretty much no one does that, and the company name – “Songmics” – was unusual, and it got flagged. So I verified that and three other transactions, and I have my access back and get to keep my card number. (Sigh of relief.) Other than that, things were quiet. Afternoon thundershowers but otherwise quiet.
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Short Takes –
Washington Post (gift link) – A 1792 case reveals that key Founders saw abortion as a private matter
Quote – In the early republic, abortion was largely a private matter. It was not a cause for public concern, nor was abortion considered a criminal act. In fact, contrary to Alito’s assertions in Dobbs, three Founders from Virginia — Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and John Marshall — did not seek charges in a sensational court case from that era in which evidence of an abortion was discovered.
Click through for details (no paywall.) I would point out that the Constitution was ratified and went ito effect in 1789, and therefore this case is subject to it. It isn’t just an interesting example of public opinion at the time – it is an actual precedent.
CNN – An ‘imposter Christianity’ is threatening American democracy
Qute – That’s because they follow a different Jesus than the one depicted in the Gospels, says [Kristin Kobes] Du Mez [author of the New York Times bestseller, “Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation”], who is also a professor of history and gender studies at Calvin University — a Christian school — in Michigan. They follow the Jesus depicted in the Book of Revelation, the warrior with eyes like “flames of fire” and “a robe dipped in blood” who led the armies of heaven on white horses in a final, triumphant battle against the forces of the antichrist.
Click through for details. “The insurrection marked the first time many Americans realized the US is facing a burgeoning White Christian nationalist movement”? Hello? How blind can people be?TomCat pointied it out for years – decades. Hence all those “Republican Supply-Side Jesus” cartoons This article would make a great documentary – are you listening, CNN?
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