Barbara M

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Figure of a cat, probably Kyoto ware | Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

My long-time online friend Jon Schwarz quotes my newer friend @sethcotlar in his latest Intercept article on the historical failure of Josh Hawley, student of history.

https://theintercept.com/2023/07/09/josh-hawley-tweet-patrick-henry-quote/

This Week, America Failed to Get Josh Hawley to Feel Shame

Everyone pulled together to get Sen. Josh Hawley to correct a false “quote” from Patrick Henry on the U.S. and Christianity. It didn’t work.

The Intercept
@ethanschoonover Your a Big Boy Now!
@sethcotlar Poor baby! Glad he’s better!

From her doorway, Clark said she heard the worker tell Amato, “‘Well, I’m going to call the cops and I’m going to tell them you assaulted me.”

Nguyen said he was inside his store when he also heard shouting and went to the back stairwell.

“I came out and told the gentleman, ‘Ronny’s OK to be here, I own the building, we allow him to be here,” he said.

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/03/light-him-up-police-repeatedly-use-taser-on-homeless-man-in-gresham-friends-decry-treatment.html

‘Light him up’: Police repeatedly use Taser on homeless man in Gresham; friends decry treatment

The City of Gresham claims Ronald Amata, 59, attacked a Homeless Services Specialist on March 9, but witnesses said the assault never happened.

oregonlive
Pretty revealing that conservatives drop the "if you don't comply with cops you deserve to be executed BLUE LIVES MATTER" bit when the target was a child molester cult leader instead of like, a black kid.
Tiger Lily is Displeased #Caturday @BarbaraM

It’s been 22 years since the sheriff’s office blew off the violation of a restraining order against the ex-boyfriend of my grandmother’s caretaker. He showed up at the house and killed my bed-ridden 82-year-old grandmother with a shotgun.

https://www.darrelplant.com/to-grandma-margaret/

To Grandma Margaret – darrelplant.com

@stephenjudkins @darrelplant He felt that if you were speeding, and rapidly overtaking another car, that flashing your lights at them was “a courtesy, really.” Give them a chance not to die, I guess. He was an idiot. Thought he was VERY bright, and a member of the aristocracy. But he was just a WASP who failed to live up to expectations.