Category: General
Posted by: Tocqueville
In Lawrence v. Texas Justice Kennedy announced: "At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life." [Query whether this applies to the notorious Octo-Mom?] The architects and proponents of decriminalization assured us that Scalia's slippery slope argument was a canard--that the enshrining of homosexuality (once taboo) into law would not lead to the mainstreaming of other historically taboo but consensual relationships. Well, they were wrong.
It's finally begun. Here's the next vanguard in the "civil rights" struggle. Romania is set to decriminalize incest between consenting adults.
It's finally begun. Here's the next vanguard in the "civil rights" struggle. Romania is set to decriminalize incest between consenting adults.
14/03: Stop the Presses!
From the front page of today's New York Times:
"But in a much anticipated court filing, the [Obama] Justice Department argued that the president has the authority to detain terrorists there [i.e., Guantanamo Bay, Cuba] without criminal charges, much as the Bush administration had asserted. It provided a broad definition of those who can be held, which was not significantly different from the one used by the Bush administration."
Are there no truth commissions? Is the "Wheel" no longer in operation?
"But in a much anticipated court filing, the [Obama] Justice Department argued that the president has the authority to detain terrorists there [i.e., Guantanamo Bay, Cuba] without criminal charges, much as the Bush administration had asserted. It provided a broad definition of those who can be held, which was not significantly different from the one used by the Bush administration."
Are there no truth commissions? Is the "Wheel" no longer in operation?
Category: General
Posted by: an okie gardener
Brits at their Best has the story of Lieutenant-Colonel Tom Carew, who recently died at age 89. Excerpts:
On August 26 1944 Carew was one of a three-man Jedburgh team, code-named "Basil", which was dropped into France south of Besançon, near the Swiss frontier. His companions were Captain Robert Rivière, of France, and Technical Sergeant John L Stoyka of the US Army.
The team became separated, and their canisters – which should have contained vital equipment and a wireless set – were full of cocoa and propaganda leaflets. They had only their pistols and the clothes they stood up in, Carew said later.
He hid in the house of a schoolmaster, where he heard a BBC message on the local radio which told him where he could contact the Resistance. Their leader later recalled the anxious wait at their HQ. They had received a large arms drop, their map was marked up with promising targets – but they were in a foul mood because their special agent was missing.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and everyone in the room scrambled for a weapon. The door slowly opened to reveal a blond young man in a Harris tweed jacket and corduroy trousers, smoking a pipe. "Excuse me, gentlemen," he said. "My name's Carew. I dropped in this evening, you know. Got lost somehow." When the laughter had died down, he gave them the plan.
After successfully leading Resistance fighters against the Germans, he was parachuted into Burma where he had similar success against the Japanese.
On August 26 1944 Carew was one of a three-man Jedburgh team, code-named "Basil", which was dropped into France south of Besançon, near the Swiss frontier. His companions were Captain Robert Rivière, of France, and Technical Sergeant John L Stoyka of the US Army.
The team became separated, and their canisters – which should have contained vital equipment and a wireless set – were full of cocoa and propaganda leaflets. They had only their pistols and the clothes they stood up in, Carew said later.
He hid in the house of a schoolmaster, where he heard a BBC message on the local radio which told him where he could contact the Resistance. Their leader later recalled the anxious wait at their HQ. They had received a large arms drop, their map was marked up with promising targets – but they were in a foul mood because their special agent was missing.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and everyone in the room scrambled for a weapon. The door slowly opened to reveal a blond young man in a Harris tweed jacket and corduroy trousers, smoking a pipe. "Excuse me, gentlemen," he said. "My name's Carew. I dropped in this evening, you know. Got lost somehow." When the laughter had died down, he gave them the plan.
After successfully leading Resistance fighters against the Germans, he was parachuted into Burma where he had similar success against the Japanese.
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