@Teri_Kanefield is there a distinction between “falling in line” and “following the law”?
The 14th amendment was adopted in 1868, the 5th amendment in 1791, and both have been applied sketchily, if at all.
Depending on your standing, you can follow the constitution when it suits you, bend it to your will, or sweep it under the carpet.
Am 21. Februar veröffentlicht Valerie Renay ihre neue Single "Under The Oak". Die in Berlin lebende Künstlerin, bekannt als ehemalige Sängerin von Noblesse Oblige und als Performancekünstlerin auch unter dem Namen Femme Facade, verbindet hier verspielte Elektronik mit einer folkig-mystischen Gesangslinie, die eine märchenhafte, fast sagenhafte Atmosphäre erzeugt und leichte Zufallsreminiszenzen an Acts wie Orchis implizieren. ...
A quotation from Addison, Joseph:
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“I have often thought,” says Sir Roger, “it happens very well that Christmas should fall out in the middle of winter. It is the most dead uncomfortable time of the year, when the poor people would suffer very much from their poverty and cold, if they had not good cheer, warm fires, and…
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/addison-joseph/31965/
#quote #quotes #quotation #charity #Christmas #cold #holiday #meme #noblesseoblige #poor #poverty #timing #winter
Another post from the distant past.
Noblesse oblige
https://janetannelogan.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/noblesse-oblige/
Proof of life lol :)
#montblanc #noblesseoblige #stylus #writingpen
(sidenote, this is the more rare platinum (PT) version of this pen. I still cannot believe how much my Mum spent on it - she wasn't rich)