For me, the Grand Tragedy of the abolitionists is that no one came up with a real plan for what to do with all the freed slaves. Give them land (or at least allow them to get some), integrate them into the economy, all that. Seemed that giving them freedom was all they had to do; the rest would work itself out..... Riiiiight.
Anyone listening to SCOTUS atm? The government made decent arguments and had quality interaction with the justices. The other side's argument sounded like a Trumpian snark/attack. Now the court is asking questions of him.
It's ridiculous that the court even needs to hear this case and shows how far the NRA and gun nuts have gotten in their attempts to arm everyone in the country. Of course making gun, gun accessory, and ammo makers a fortune as more and more people die from gun violence and suicide.
Out running errands and saw a person that had a tree stand safety awareness sweatshirt*, pants halfway down butt, scruffy neck beard, cap on backwards.
* sweatshirt had image of hunting tree stand and guns and . . . Didn't see long enough to see it all.
This country was never going to do something as sweeping as giving plantation holders' land to the slaves, not with the ties Northerners had with the Southerners (it does take a bit of cheek to happily buy cheap cotton for your mills while complaining about the slavery that kept that cotton cheap for you). And even the land we were willing to steal from the Indians was going to go to white settlers first, silly Freedmen!
It might have been feasible to at least provide some compensation to the Freedmen from the Treasury, but there wasn't even political will to do that--the Republicans were split between those who wanted to help the Freedmen and those who just didn't give a shit because they were more into conquering the West and making tons of money. Not our proudest moment!
For me, the Grand Tragedy of the abolitionists is that no one came up with a real plan for what to do with all the freed slaves. Give them land (or at least allow them to get some), integrate them into the economy, all that. Seemed that giving them freedom was all they had to do; the rest would work itself out..... Riiiiight.
Liberia did not turn out well.
Also on this day in history, three years ago today.
“Remember, remember the 7th of November, dumb Rudy at 4 Seasons, I plotzed;
for there is a reason why dumb Rudy at 4 Seasons should ne'er be forgot.”
I always learn so much from these columns; thank you.
Which reminds me, whatever happened to the Harriet Tubman?
She retired to Auburn NY.
Andrew Johnson was an unmitigated sack of shit.
Mike Johnson longs to live up to his example.
Anyone listening to SCOTUS atm? The government made decent arguments and had quality interaction with the justices. The other side's argument sounded like a Trumpian snark/attack. Now the court is asking questions of him.
If you are looking for the PDF:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/qp/22-00915qp.pdf
The case is about whether people under restraining orders can own guns.
Because when do people who have been violent before ever get violent again?
It's ridiculous that the court even needs to hear this case and shows how far the NRA and gun nuts have gotten in their attempts to arm everyone in the country. Of course making gun, gun accessory, and ammo makers a fortune as more and more people die from gun violence and suicide.
The public defender sounds unprepared, like he figured he could just wing it.
That is just my interpretation,however.
Maybe he figured that the fix was already in? At least with the Pious Six?
Out running errands and saw a person that had a tree stand safety awareness sweatshirt*, pants halfway down butt, scruffy neck beard, cap on backwards.
* sweatshirt had image of hunting tree stand and guns and . . . Didn't see long enough to see it all.
BLAAAARRRRG
Here's my tip on tree stand awareness: Don't drink so much you fall out of the tree.
You're welcome.
They will listen to that advice.
Rolls eyes so hard brain is seen.
There's actually a tree stand safety foundation believe it or not.
When I saw "tree stand" my mind went to xmas trees and I though "Too soon!"
I was seeing holiday ads on TV before Halloween. It's not too soon.
OT:
"There are two things a Sicilian won't do: file a tax return, and lie about pizza." - Sophia, "The Golden Girls"
https://www.dw.com/en/italy-seizes-780-million-from-airbnb-in-tax-probe/a-67324005
OT: Yer morning bun.
https://substack.com/profile/76665937-weejee/note/c-43223559?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=19n7td
This country was never going to do something as sweeping as giving plantation holders' land to the slaves, not with the ties Northerners had with the Southerners (it does take a bit of cheek to happily buy cheap cotton for your mills while complaining about the slavery that kept that cotton cheap for you). And even the land we were willing to steal from the Indians was going to go to white settlers first, silly Freedmen!
It might have been feasible to at least provide some compensation to the Freedmen from the Treasury, but there wasn't even political will to do that--the Republicans were split between those who wanted to help the Freedmen and those who just didn't give a shit because they were more into conquering the West and making tons of money. Not our proudest moment!
If Stephen Miller had been alive in 1862, he'd have sued the government over the Port Royal Experiment because it's racist against white people.
Speaking of whom, where is that little nazi? He seems to have escaped Trump's legal black hole.
Last I heard, he was suing government agencies for being too WOKE.
I assume the worst of him. I assume he's involved in EVERY bit of Drumpf's plans for when he "assumes the mantle" again.
Perhaps he's been singing like a bird.
No, I assume he'll take the cyanide pill hidden in his watch before he ever testifies.
"The soldiers routinely beat and raped the slaves, stealing their food and their land."
Historically speaking, all cops are bastards.
Speaking of Port Royal, ALL HAIL HARRIET TUBMAN!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpTf1GFjCd8
She was the baddest.
Enjoy a voting day brane klenzer.
https://substack.com/profile/157525103-hoovervilles/note/c-43222572?r=2lsb5b
Republicans ended Reconstruction early so Rutherford B. Hayes could go on to become one of our greatest 46 presidents.
So he could Rutherford B President?
Is it possible there are billions of presidents, living in other dimensions?
That's the "Many Worlds" interpretation of quantum physics - which has a LOT of problems, including that it can't be proven.
Interesting to think about, though.
A multiverse of mundanity?
Birb will be President. Give food and tiny homes to the poor.
Then they not poor.
So, same shit, different days.