Free At Last
On my knees when the light pass'd by
I thank God I'm free at last
Tho't my soul would rise and fly
I thank God I'm free at last
Brittney Griner
is free at last
Thank you President Biden! The price was high, but the end is so worth it.
Free At Last
On my knees when the light pass'd by
I thank God I'm free at last
Tho't my soul would rise and fly
I thank God I'm free at last
Brittney Griner
is free at last
Thank you President Biden! The price was high, but the end is so worth it.
Whiter Shade
of Pale
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
That it is because it is on a spectrum, not a binary.
Autism is said to exist on a spectrum. And a form of high functioning Autism,
Asperger’s Syndrome, is still said to be on the spectrum. A co-worker joked that
Asperger’s must be in the job description at our firm. Those with Asperger’s
have to be reminded that the old CBS show “The Big Bang Theory” is a comedy, not a documentary.
The most recent podcast of Stuff You Should Know was on Face Blindness, prosop
I think that I
may have an undiagnosed form of Face Blindness. Admittedly this may be that I
have developed coping mechanisms for most cases, but not this one. I do not
have the ability to recognize faces in unfamiliar settings. The most prominent example
was when I was on vacation in Virginia and heard a voice say, “Hello, Dan.” I asked the person who they were. I
should mention that she was distinctive in the manner that only a freckle-faced,
bi-racial woman could be. Her response was that I was her supervisor at work in Massachusetts and sat next to her for the previous five years At work, no problem, 1,000
miles from work, who are you? Oh yeah, that’s why I should know you.
One of the
coping mechanisms that I may have developed is trying to treat everyone with kindness.
If the old adage is true that "You should treat people nice on the way up the ladder, because you might meet them again on the way down,” then treating everyone nice
because they might be a long-time friend that you don’t recognize at the moment
is even more true. Those with Face Blindness, even on a spectrum, may have to treat
everyone the same because they can’t recognize any differences. People who you
have treated well in the past, expect the same treatment, whether you recognize
them or not.
I’m A Man
I stand outside creatin'
All the groovy kinds of love
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so
And no man is
God.
Justice “Not Merrick Garland” Gorsuch during oral arguments
for the 303 Creative case slammed the State of Colorado for forcing a Christian
baker to undergo a “reeducation program” after he refused to create a custom
cake celebrating a same-sex marriage on the grounds that it violated his
religious convictions.
That Christian baker is licensed by the state of Colorado. That baker has his premises inspected by Health
Departments of governments in Colorado.
That baker receives police, fire and other protections and services from the government. That baker accepts payment in US currency,
not in barter. Is it too much to ask that
this Christian baker abide by the laws of our governments, even if those laws
and regulations violate his religious belief. The Supreme Court is being asked to be Caesar, not God. It should be a good Christian and remember Christ's teaching “ Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s,
and to God the things that are God’s." The
baker’s religious convictions are God’s.
The state of Colorado and the Supreme Court are not God, they are Caesar. Is Justice Gorsuch under the impression that he is God?
Go to the
Mirror, Boy (See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me)
I often wonder what he
is feeling
Has he ever heard a word I’ve said?
Look at him in the mirror dreaming
What is happening in his head?
Maybe our universe IS inside the mirror.
The original Star Trek
( yes, I am that nerdy), had an episode Mirror, Mirror where Captain
Kirk entered an evil mirror universe ( the one with Spock with a Goatee!). Our universe appears to be hyperbolic https://dbeagan.blogspot.com/2022/07/forever.html.
It may also be that evil mirror universe.
Random events appear to
follow an exponential distribution. Those
random events, and that statistical distribution, are constrained to real positive values. This
may be a limitation of our universe. If
negative numbers are allowed AND the negative distribution is a mirror of the positive
distribution instead of being confined to positive numbers, there is a
discontinuity at the origin. In other words,
the Probability density function, PDF of the exponential distribution for all values of x, not just x>0, may be
(x≥0)*(λ*e-λx) + (x<0)*( λ*eλx)
Up on Cripple
Creek
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak, she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
The Supreme Court has a leak. Who will
mend it?
I previously thought
that Justice “Long Dong Silver” Thomas was the most dangerous man in America. I
based that on his opinions and those of his wife. But with his leaks, Justice “Strip Search Sammy”
Alito has pulled into the lead.
The draft opinion
for Dobbs, which was written by Justice Alito and included the overturning of
Roe v. Wade, was leaked in May. Now it has come to light that Justice Alito
also leaked the draft opinion in the 2014 Hobby Lobby case, which he also wrote.
I have watched enough episodes of the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Perry Mason, Scooby
Doo, etc., to know that the criminal is usually the one who most benefits from
the crime. Before the 2020 leak, Chief Justice Roberts was lobbying the other
Justices to possibly not overturn Roe v. Wade. After the leak he ceased those
efforts and Justice Alito’s draft opinion became the Court’s majority opinion. Given
his history and the fact that Justice Alito benefitted the most from the leak, if you do NOT think that Justice Alito was the source of the leak, I have some nice
ocean front property in Kansas I would like to sell you. 😏If Chief Justice Roberts wants to maintain control of his Court, not only should he adopt the position
that supermajorities, which on the present Supreme Court means 6-3 opinions, are
required, I believe that prior to the Hughes Court in the 1940s, the Chief Justice always required
that its opinions be by consensus, Chief Justice Roberts should also never, ever,
let Justice Alito write an opinion. If he doesn’t write the opinion, then maybe
he won’t leak it.
Why Don’t We
Do It in the Road
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
No one will be watching us
Why don't we do it in the road?
We don't because the road is a public space, and “it”
is a private action.
In the song, we all know what “it” is, and “it” is a private action. The rules for
public spaces are there, regardless of whether someone is watching you or not. And
just as private actions are allowed in private spaces, and public actions are
allowed in public spaces, public control should not exist in private spaces, and
private control should not exist in public spaces. When a public group tries to
control private actions in private spaces, or a private group tries to control public
actions in public spaces, there is a problem.
The government is the public. It grants certain rights for example, to those who are married. Marriage means that health care of spouses, inheritance, etc. are protected by the government. A marriage, like all government actions in one US State, has to be acknowledged in every other US State. Just as a Driver’s license in Massachusetts is valid in Texas, Texas does not have the right to say how Massachusetts issues that driver’s license, ....or marriage license. And if a transaction happens in the public marketplace, then no one should have the right to object based on private beliefs. The public can’t change what is in a private heart. But the public can control what are acceptable public actions, subject to the rights of individuals guaranteed in the constitution. You should have to show actual harm to ban a public action. Being offended is NOT justification to ban a public action. But the public also does not get to change what is in a private individual’s, or a group of private individuals', heart. If you want the public’s protection in economic transactions, then you also do NOT get to also decide in which economic transactions you will participate.
It is also why Justice Thomas is showing his hypocrisy in saying Obergefell, Lawrence, and Griswold were improperly decided but Loving which would affect him, was omitted from his list. Render onto Caesar, the things that are Caesar’s, and to God, the things that are God’s. There seems to be some confusion among the Justices of the Supreme Court as to which things are which.
Pretty Polly
A debt to the devil, Willie
must pay
A debt to the devil, Willie must pay
For killing Pretty Polly, and running, and running, and running, and running
away.
Is our
national debt to the devil?
To answer my own question, the national debt is an investment in the future, NOT a
debt to the devil. Since we have a fiat currency
that is based on the national economy, our national debt should be a percentage
of the national economy. That way if the
economy grows, the debt ceiling will also grow. Also the debt ceiling should NEVER be set in unadjusted
dollars. The US currency has been subject
to inflation, especially beginning with the Nixon Shock of 1971. The debt ceiling should recognize this inflation. If the economy is stated in current dollars,
not in the dollars of a previous year, then the debt ceiling should also be
based on the economy stated in the current years dollars, and not the dollars
of a previous year.
It is arguable that there should not even be a national
debt ceiling set by Congress. Congress
has the power of appropriation in spending bills. And the ability to raise taxes to pay for
that spending. Then why is there also a need to also impose a national debt ceiling on that spending. The debt
ceiling should not be used as a hostage to hold spending, or taxes, hostage. Yes, if there is no debt there
is no need for spending, or taxes, to repay that debt. But then there is also no investment in the future. If you believe in the future, and you believe
in growth, then you have to also allow for debt.