Saturday, 3 September 2022

President Biden on MAGA threat

“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that
threatens the very foundations of our republic.”
...
 “the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by
Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans, and that is a threat to this
country.”

They “do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule
of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. They refuse to
accept the results of a free election. And they’re working right now,
as I speak, in state after state to give power to decide elections in
America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to
undermine democracy itself.”

They “are determined to take this country backwards—backwards to an
America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no
right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. They promote
authoritarian leaders, and they fan the flames of political violence
that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice,
to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country.”
...
“The soul of America is defined by the sacred proposition that all are
created equal in the image of God. That all are entitled to be treated
with decency, dignity, and respect. That all deserve justice and a
shot at lives of prosperity and consequence. And that democracy…must
be defended, for democracy makes all these things possible. Folks, and
it’s up to us.”

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Thursday, 20 January 2022

Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act

 The bill became a lightning rod, as it illustrated the gulf today between Democrats, who want to use the federal government to regulate business, protect civil rights, provide a basic social safety net, and promote infrastructure, and Republicans, who want to stop those things and throw the weight of governance back to the states. 

If Republican-dominated state legislatures are permitted to keep the laws they have passed limiting voting, they will continue to pass discriminatory laws, including ones that limit women’s constitutional rights, stop the teaching of any material that legislators see as “divisive,” and so on.


Heather Cox Richardson

Tuesday, 18 January 2022

What are we made of?

 Here are the top 6 elements in the human body, by weight:

Oxygen 65%
Carbon 18%
Hydrogen 10%
Nitrogen 3%
Calcium 2%
Phosphorous 1.1%

At less than 0.35% are potassium, sulphur, sodium, chlorine.

Traces of elements: magnesium, iron, manganese, copper,iodine, cobalt, zinc.

From: The Chemistry of Life ~ Steven Rose