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<\/p>\nYesterday, I got to see Virgil, and we got to play cribbage. The cards were still elderly and not in good shape,but Virgil managed to get three triple runs of three, and one quadruple run of three, and I managed to get a couple of quadruple runs of three, over the course of the afternoon. I also got a hand which consisted of only 3s, 6s, and 9s (IIRC it was one 9, one 6 and three 3s – it was a beast to count but a nice score.) Lona, Virgil loved the photo you sent for him (the same one you put in a comment ast weel. He is allowed to tape a few things up on the wall and it is now one of them. Thank you so much! And of course he returns everyone’s greetings.\u00a0 My main computer has been dragging all day,so I was late getting out the newsletter, and even later posting this. I had to run CCleaner – once in the “Health Check” mode and once in the regular cleanup mode just to keep going. And I think I forwarded the letter for the Substack I am using today out yesterday by mistake. So if you get that, check to see where the quotes fit. At least today is Monday, and I’ll be sleeping in hard.<\/p>\n
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Letters from an Americn – July 29, 2023 (Saturday)<\/a> The Hill – Here are the Republicans who have met requirements for the first debate<\/a> Food For Thought<\/p>\n Yesterday, I got to see Virgil, and we got to play cribbage. The cards were still elderly and not in good shape,but Virgil managed to get three triple runs of three, and one quadruple run of three, and I managed to get a couple of quadruple runs of three, over the course of the afternoon. […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":50381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[3704],"class_list":["post-52550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nQuote – I had intended to write about Bacon\u2019s Rebellion today, since on this date in 1676, Nathaniel Bacon published the Declaration of the People of Virginia, outlining the rebels\u2019 demands \u2014and, let\u2019s be honest, also because I am giddy with relief at finishing the final stages of the new book and eager to be doing actual history again\u2014but President Joe Biden gave a surprisingly interesting talk in Freeport, Maine, yesterday that hit my in-box today just as I was sitting down to write about Bacon…. As he spoke informally to a small audience, he seemed to hit what he sees as the major themes of his presidency so far. The talk included an interesting twist…. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing changes\u2026 across the world in fundamental ways. And so, we better get going on what we\u2019re going to do about it, both in foreign policy and domestic policy.\u201d … If I were writing a history of the Biden administration 150 years from now, I would call out this informal talk as an articulation of a vision of American leadership, … So I guess I got to write about history today, after all.
\nClick through for full column.<\/a> Yes, it’s long. But it’s possible to skim it and then go back to particular points. And if it’s going to be important in 150 years – it’s important now.<\/p>\n
\nQuote – But before candidates can get on the Aug. 23 debate stage, they must first qualify by meeting several requirements set by the Republican National Committee (RNC). Candidates need at least 40,000 unique donors to their principal presidential campaign committee, including at least 200 from 20 or more states and territories each. The presidential contenders also must be polling at 1 percent or higher in at least three authorized national polls \u2014 or at 1 percent or higher in two national polls together with one \u201cearly state poll\u201d from two separate \u201ccarve out\u201d states recognized by the RNC: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. Perhaps the most contentious requirement is the RNC\u2019s ask that candidates sign a loyalty pledge to support whomever becomes the eventual Republican nominee.
\nClick through for those who have, and a few that have not<\/a>. I’m almost sorry that Pence hasn’t made it (at least not yet) I have a couple of barrettes, each with a fly on it, and that would be an occasion to wear one or the other.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/intheway.jpg\")
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