LOL NY Times...

The NY Times seems to be testing a feature that is new to me - present the story they want to tell (and their Upper West Side readers want to read) early on and then run appropriate corrections and clarifications deep in the original story. No need for embarrassing appended editor's notes!

Here we go. The topic is Schumer's failed 'plant a flag for the elections' vote on a Dem abortion bill. Their narrative goal is evergreen: Common sense Dems thwarted by extremist Republicans, ie, all of them.

Bill to Guarantee Abortion Rights Fails in Senate

Dated May 11 and the byline goes to Annie Karni, a name we will keep in mind.

WASHINGTON — Democrats tried and failed on Wednesday to push forward legislation to guarantee abortion rights nationwide, as Republicans and one Democrat in the Senate blocked an effort to enshrine the landmark Roe v. Wade precedent in federal law.

With 51 senators opposed and 49 in support, Democrats fell short of the 60 votes they would have needed to take up sweeping legislation to ensure abortion access and explicitly bar a wide array of restrictions.

...

Republicans, who unanimously opposed the measure, were joined by one Democrat, Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia. Mr. Manchin, who opposes abortion rights, said the legislation was overly broad, noting that it would go substantially further than simply codifying Roe and warning that it would “expand abortion.”

The resulting vote showed that a majority does not now exist in the Senate to support maintaining legal abortion nationwide. Democrats who supported the bill framed it as a call to action, ahead of midterm elections, for voters who support abortion rights to elect likeminded candidates who will preserve them.

People who read beyond the Times and have been following the debate will notice two howlers, because the bill goes well beyond enshrining Roe v. Wade, and majority does exist in the Senate for a pro-choice bill.

But don't take my word for it! Eventually (paragraph 17-18):

The legislation Democrats tried to advance on Wednesday, called the Women’s Health Protection Act, would protect abortion access nationwide, going beyond simply codifying Roe. It would explicitly prohibit a long list of abortion restrictions, including some that have been enacted by states since Roe was decided in 1973 and that have severely limited access to the procedure.

Democrats conceded that their bill was more expansive than Roe, saying that they had drafted the measure in line with their view that some of the statewide restrictions that have been put in place over the past decade are inconsistent with that precedent.

As to a possible Senate majority, that is retracted in paragraphs 19 and 20:

That position cost them support from Mr. Manchin and two Republicans who back abortion rights but said they wanted merely to preserve the status quo — not roll back existing abortion restrictions.

Senators Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, had proposed a narrower bill that they said would codify Roe by outlawing any limit that would put an “undue burden” on a woman’s right to obtain an abortion. It borrowed language from the 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, which affirmed what it called the essential holding in Roe: that states may not prohibit abortions before fetal viability.

Democrats dismissed the proposal as toothless, noting that it lacked clear guidance about what states can and cannot do, and that it would not explicitly rule out abortion bans before a fetus is viable or bar any specific prohibitions on abortion methods.

So basically, the bill attempts to "codify Roe" by re-writing it as the law as abortion actists would prefer.

But at least this story gives determined (and patient!) readers a fighting chance at finding the facts. Last week Ms. Karni previewed the bill, and provided only the most opaque of belated clarifications. Here we go again, as common-sense Dems battle extremist Reps:

Democrats Plan a Bid to Codify Roe, but Lack the Votes to Succeed

In announcing a Wednesday vote on doomed legislation to enshrine abortion rights into federal law, the top Senate Democrat teed up a political fight for the midterm campaign.

May 5, 2022 by Annie Karnie

WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, moved on Thursday to set up a vote next week on a bill to codify abortion rights into federal law, acting quickly in the wake of a leaked Supreme Court draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade, despite clear evidence that the measure lacks the support to be enacted.

The plan is little more than an effort to send a political message before the midterm elections and a seismic ruling that could have major legal, cultural and electoral consequences, with deep significance for voters across the political spectrum.

The legislation is all but certain to be blocked by Republicans, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance past a filibuster. It also appears to lack even the simple majority it would need to pass the 50-50 Senate, given that Senator Joe Manchin III, the centrist Democrat from West Virginia who opposes abortion rights, voted against bringing up a nearly identical measure in February and has shown no signs that he has shifted his position.

...

Even if Democrats have no real path to passing a bill to enshrine Roe into federal law, the vote will give them a chance to show their progressive core supporters that they are trying to do so. They also hope the action stokes a backlash against Republicans by swing voters, including college-educated suburban women, who might be alienated by the G.O.P.’s opposition to abortion rights.

OK, the headline and paragraph 8 talk about codifying Roe. Much late, starting at para. 17:

They have also altered the measure [from a February version] in an effort to garner more support among Republicans who back abortion rights, removing a lengthy series of findings, including passages that referred to abortion restrictions as “a tool of gender oppression” and as being “rooted in misogyny.” Also scrapped was a section clarifying that while the bill refers to women, it is meant to protect the rights of “every person capable of becoming pregnant,” including transgender men and nonbinary individuals.

Yeah, swing voters worry about protecting abortion rights for transgender men. Whatev. They took that out. Still, para. 18-23:

But the fundamentals of the bill remain the same. It states that health care providers have a legal right to perform abortions, and patients to receive them, and would expressly nullify a wide range of requirements, restrictions and bans.

Democrats had hoped that removing the nonbinding findings could win over Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, two Republicans who support abortion rights.

But Ms. Collins said on Thursday that she still opposed the bill, because it went beyond simply codifying Roe v. Wade, which she supports, and lacked provisions that would allow Catholic hospitals to refuse to perform abortions.

Democrats said they were not interested in finding a compromise that might be acceptable to Ms. Collins and Ms. Murkowski, who have introduced a narrower bill that would bar states from imposing an “undue burden” on a woman’s right to obtain an abortion before her fetus is viable.

The Democrats’ bill is more prescriptive, explicitly invalidating any abortion ban or restriction before viability, which it defines as the point at which the treating physician judges the fetus has “a reasonable likelihood” of “sustained” survival outside the womb.

“We’re not cutting back; we’re not compromising,” Mr. Schumer said at a news conference when asked if he would consider taking up the Republican bill. “We’re not looking to compromise on something as vital as this. This has been American law for 50 years.”

Ms. Karnie updated and clarified her description of the Collins/ Murkowski bill for her latest story. I'll reprise it for comparison:

Senators Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, had proposed a narrower bill that they said would codify Roe by outlawing any limit that would put an “undue burden” on a woman’s right to obtain an abortion. It borrowed language from the 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, which affirmed what it called the essential holding in Roe: that states may not prohibit abortions before fetal viability.

Well, yes - the mysterious "undue burden" of the earlier story is now explained as coming from Casey (1992) which upheld restrictions (such as parental notification) which were found to be an undue burden.

 

 

 

Comments

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

That's a lot of words just to say Democrats enjoy killing babies.

[Narciso]

karni had that hillary hagiography, that would have embarassed procopius, in his earlier incarnation,

[Narciso]

where's that trapdoor

https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/05/john-kerry-says-ukraine-crisis-is-opportunity-to-shift-green-and-deweaponize-energy/

[Neo]

The day wouldn’t be complete without a statement from Liz Warren preening for the Party Of Death

[Narciso]

as all druids would

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/video/draghi-says-eu-companies-can-pay-for-gas-in-rubles~2439855

[Davod]

George Natsioulis, Night Run Pt. 2

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/nightrunpt2.jpg

[Davod]

Caltagirone, through lucaslens

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/Caltagirone.jpg

[Davod]

Disney’s kindergarten.. 😊

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524848048660267026

[Davod]

Love is such a thing... You can even walk on water! ❤️😂😂

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524439518300065794

[Davod]

Next volleyball Olympian!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524823258268323845

[Davod]

Why’d the chicken cross the road?

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524795626122268673

[Davod]

Owls are basically cats with wings.🦉😅

https://twitter.com/i/status/1513902262447493120

[Davod]

Stop kidding me.Where's the card..🐈🐾🃏🤣🤣

https://twitter.com/i/status/1515759497700167682

[Davod]

Plot twist..🐕🐾🧍😂😂

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524358660339732480

[Davod]

Baby otter..🦦😍

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524751265711812609

[Davod]

Bernese are such gentle giants.🐕🐾🐥🐥😍

https://twitter.com/i/status/1516227582630535175

[Davod]

Where'd the ball go...🐕🏌️🎾😅

https://twitter.com/i/status/1515661358733266945

[Davod]

God bless them! 🙏🙏💕

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524792880144994305

[Neo]

Website Link: https://bronx.news12.com/study-finds-cleaner-air-leads-to-more-atlantic-hurricanes-njs-state-climatologist-breaks-it-down

Message: Study finds cleaner air leads to more Atlantic hurricanes: NJ's state climatologist breaks it down

[Neo]

NEW: The Pro Choice Caucus has just sent out messaging materials to House Dems on Roe draft.

One of the recommendations: Don't use "choice."
https://mobile.twitter.com/sarahnferris/status/1524792388677402626

Replacing “reduce abortion/’safe, legal, and rare'” for “safe, legal, and accessible.”

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Shouldn't they be renamed the Pro Decision Caucus?
Or maybe the Pro Decision Cock Us.

[jim nj]

Two assessments of the Ukraine war:

https://militaryland.net/ukraine/invasion-day-78-summary/

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-12

[Davod]

Pardo’s Push: An Incredible Feat of Airmanship
2003-11-06T16:04:00-05:00, by HistoryNet Staff6/12/2006

[This is an amazing story]

https://www.historynet.com/pardos-push-an-incredible-feat-of-airmanship/

[Davod]

John Deere releases new tractor for the Ukrainian market

https://twitter.com/Sputnik_Not/status/1504477461660069899

[Davod]

The make-believe John Deere tractor does not compare to a real WWII tractor tank - Odessa Tank / NI

https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/soviet/soviet_NI_Odessa_tank.php

[jim nj]

Take this with a grain of salt.

Russia has been trying, on about four different arcs, to encircle Ukraine forces west of Sievierodonetsk in the Donbas on their most important front without much success. They have also been fighting more closely in the suburbs of the city to encircle just the city.

"Ukrainian forces have retreated from Rubizhne and Vojevodivka towards Sievierodonetsk and Pryvillia. During the retreat, Ukrainian forces blew up a bridge connecting Vojevodivka and Sievierodonetsk. This has been confirmed by the head of Sievierodonetsk city council." [from Militaryland.net]

That must have been a brutal fight to force the Ukrainians out of prepared defensive positions only now for the Russians to be faced with urban warfare in the city if they continue. So a quick pincer movement to trap those forces with an arc would have been so much easier.

NBC reports on an attempt to close one of those arcs roughly 20 KM west of Rubizhne.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukrainian-military-says-destroyed-russian-pontoon-bridges-strategic-wi-rcna28466

Ukraine says it blew up Russian pontoon bridges over a key river — and units trying to cross it
The defense ministry shared images that appeared to show dozens of destroyed or damaged armored vehicles on both banks of the Siverskyi Donets River.

According to a Twitter account purporting to belong to a Ukrainian military engineer Ukraine believed they knew where the pontoon bridge would be erected and were ready for it.

https://twitter.com/kms_d4k/status/1524506104192974849

What I did to destroy Russian pantonne bridge over Siverskyi Donets - a thread 🧵

Here you go -> -> ->

The guy has a PayPal account and asks for donations at the end. He's a cheeky bastard or a fraud. I think the former.

Overhead photographs, presumably supplied by Ukraine, are analyzed here:

https://twitter.com/Blue_Sauron/status/1524742847664173057

A tally of Russian losses from the infamous failed Russian Siverskyi Donets river crossing near Bilohorivka.
In total 73 Russian equipment were destroyed/abandoned, including a BTG worth of AFVs.

My point here is that I think both sides have fought to a stalemate. Either of them may spend some months to try to disprove that, but I think the lines are pretty much fixed by now. They may move the lines a little here or there, but it will be a waste of manpower and resources.

Time to talk.

[MissMarple2]

Good morning! Eye appointment at 9:30. I am having a devil of a time with the internet. Will try to keep up.

[Neo]

The updated Netflix Culture memo includes a new section called “Artistic Expression” that states that it will not “censor specific artists or voices” even if employees consider the content “harmful.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/netflix-fires-major-warning-shot-at-its-woke-employees-with-new-culture-memo

[Neo]

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users
https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1525049369552048129

[MissMarple2]

Observation: since racial division has sort of fizzled out, it seems that the next effort is generational division. Twitter is full of criticism of Boomers, Millenials, Gen Xers, etc. all blaming each other for the current mess.

[Rocco]

Russian President Vladimir Putin Reveals ‘Evidence’ That Pfizer, Obama, Soros, Clintons And Rockefeller’s Created Illegal Military Biolabs In Ukraine

Russia added to its statement, warning, “provocations are being prepared to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of using weapons of mass destruction, followed by a ‘Syrian scenario’ investigation to fabricate the necessary evidence and assign blame.”

The Kiev administration’s request for personal skin and respiratory protection equipment to protect against toxic chemicals and biological contaminating agents is proof of the impending false flag, according to the Russian MOD.

https://en-volve.com/2022/05/13/russian-president-vladimir-putin-reveals-evidence-that-pfizer-obama-soros-clintons-and-rockefellers-created-illegal-military-biolabs-in-ukraine/

After the long list of false flags by Ukraine so far, I don't doubt it.

Great day to rid the lawn of clover and other stubborn weeds, this stuff really works well.

https://www.domyown.com/how-to-use-tenacity-herbicide-v-207.html?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=(ROI)%20DSA%20-%20In%20Market%20Only&utm_term=domyown&utm_content=All%20Webpages%20-%20Pest%20Control%20Services

[Melinda]

Did Chief Justice John Roberts Kill Cock Robin?

Roberts made a Supreme Court that is political instead of judicial. That’s where the buck stops now.

https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/12/did-chief-justice-john-roberts-kill-cock-robin/

[matt - deplore me if you must]

We are witnessing the Great American Meltdown, it would seem.

Beef, pork, poultry feed is in short supply. Baby formula is being rationed, diesel is next. Gas prices at all time highs. Digital currencies in free fall. All in the short space of 15 months.

To listen to the pundits, the markets are next and the real estate bubble is right afterwards.

This is how economies contract.

Trillions of dollars disappeared in 2008/2009. It looks like a similar, Biden-made correction is once again occurring.

[Davod]

Matt. The price of chicken has gone through the roof.

[henry]

Davod, new bird flu or something hitting poultry and pigs.

[clarice]

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/05/how-zuckerberg-used-tax-exempt-foundation-help-david-horowitz-and-john-perazzo/

[Neo]

Fred Ward dead at 79
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom .. "The Right Stuff"
Tremors
Remo Williams, The Adventure Begins

[Neo]

Moderna’s recently appointed chief financial officer has stepped down after just one day on the job following his previous employer launching an internal investigation related to financial reporting.

Moderna announced on Wednesday that its new chief financial officer, Jorge Gomez, is leaving the company effective immediately.

[Neo]

The 7-day moving average of COVID deaths is now at its lowest since March 26, 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic.

[Davod]

Henry. I am prejudiced. I prefer to think the cause is Bidenflue.

[Narciso]

i''m cynical but I can't keep up

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/05/13/jen-psaki-says-her-time-as-bidens-spox-has-convinced-her-that-dc-is-the-opposite-of-rotten-and-corrupt/

[jim nj]

https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-south-korea-north-545c208da2802a79d2187b853d0622ee

N. Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak

North Korea said Friday that six people died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across the nation, a day after its first acknowledgement of a COVID-19 outbreak.

I had assumed they had Covid all along and just didn't talk about it. Strange.

[Narciso]

fwiw

https://thefederalist.com/2022/05/13/house-counsel-who-subpoenaed-mccarthy-for-jan-6-under-fire-for-conflicts-of-interest/?fbclid=IwAR2h0SXrNkP4gVVMIIJxRc7sz8gbJzUAhujjmyRrF9R9W8hHs30OK-aKAFI

[Neo]

This video unfortunately is not satire. It has a giant online audience that supports the mission.

This is the ending of the white woman whipping black teens video. It was a “lesson on courage”.
https://mobile.twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1525132847400501248

[Davod]

Roos?

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/joeyshugging.jpg

[Davod]

Goose breaks up rooster fights

https://twitter.com/i/status/1512777540699447300

[Davod]

Cat loses her kittens

https://www.tiktok.com/@kiwigirlxoxox/video/7092990126388743426?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&refer=embed&referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lastampa.it%2Fla-zampa%2Fgatti%2F2022%2F05%2F10%2Fnews%2Fla_mamma_gatto_perde_i_suoi_cuccioli_ma_dona_il_suo_amore_ai_piccoli_cani-3519588%2F&referer_video_id=7092990126388743426

[Davod]

That's his favorite spot when travelling.🐕🐾🚗😅

https://twitter.com/i/status/1513721065289052164

[Davod]

Whoa WTH?? 😂😂

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524359651604799488

[Davod]

Feeding an excited baby tortoise.. 😊

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524606451863412736

[Davod]

Kindness! ❤❤❤ #BeKind #TuesdayMotivaton #lovelive #randomfacts2022

https://twitter.com/i/status/1523952423299072000

[Davod]

Cat knows trick or two to get in after escaping out..🐈🐾🤕😂😂

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514808231889100800

[Davod]

Regular customer...🐿️🥜😍

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524426608379154432

[Neo]

The Archbishop [Carlo Maria Vigano] believes the current decision only addresses the jurisdiction of the case and not the fundamental decision related to the right to life.
https://www.scribd.com/document/574028394/Vigano-en-roe-vs-Wade-12-May-2022#from_embed
Odd that so many have completely missed this simple observation

[Davod]

Jazz hands...🐈🐾😍

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524456808332541952

[Davod]

Kitten realizing it has paws.. 😅

https://twitter.com/i/status/1522860333853036544

[Davod]

They were instantly best friends…🐶🐾👶😍

https://twitter.com/i/status/1513124635327442951

[Davod]

They were instantly best friends…🐶🐾👶😍

https://twitter.com/i/status/1513124635327442951

[Davod]

Let's play hide & seek❤😄😆

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524316689005002752

[Davod]

Five more minutes please..

https://twitter.com/i/status/1522933703030321152

[Davod]

Such a talented dog..🐩🐾😍

https://twitter.com/i/status/1512271515135451137

[Davod]

Beautiful nature😍

https://twitter.com/i/status/1523149102875250688

[Davod]

Could be pandas.. 😂

https://twitter.com/i/status/1522920527693848577

[Davod]

The struggle is real..

https://twitter.com/i/status/1522866171535663104

[jim nj]

One assessment of the Ukraine war:

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-13

[Davod]

.How to keep track of the office Corgi

https://twitter.com/i/status/1488642073808957443

[Davod]

Shutting down Russia's pipelines hurts their economy.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/Damn%20good%20question.jpg

[Barbara]

"The American people reject the calamitous policies of 2021-2022. Yet the radical cadres surrounding a cognitively inert Biden still push them through by executive orders, bureaucratic directives, and deliberate cabinet nonperformance."

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/13/hanson-the-american-people-imagine-the-unimaginable/

Victor Davis Hansen predicts our worst nightmares will occur over the next 5 months. I wonder if at this point he would reconsider some of the critical and lukewarm comments he made about President Trump in the years prior to the theft of the 2020 election.

[MissMarple2]

Oh look. McConnell, Collins, Cornyn and Barasdo went to Ukraine to meet with Zelensky.

I am not surprised nor impressed.

[MissMarple2]

Barasso. I have trouble typing without error on this phone.

[Marlene]

Good Morning. MM, isn't is strange that all these politicians jump on a plane for a "surprise" visit to Ukraine? Why? Did they travel all the way to Ukraine to assure Zelensky that his money will arrive? Something is very weird. Also, Steny Hoyer was on the House floor shouting "we are at war!"

[Davod]

Marlene. They didn't trust third parties with their bank account information.

[Neo]

Tough luck. Oh, thanks for that virus you sent us.

China's leader Xi Jinping is suffering from brain aneurysm: reports

Something Joe Biden and Xi Jinping have in common

[Davod]

Friendly neighbor:

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/peepdog.JPG

[MissMarple2]

Marlene,

Yesterday I learned my daughter knew nothing about the baby formula shortage. Fortunately my sister that I am staying with clued her in, as she would never believe me.

Lots of weird stuff going on, for sure!

[jim nj]

https://www.space.com/super-flower-blood-moon-may-2022-what-time-is-it

What time is the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse?

Depending on your location, a partial lunar eclipse begins May 15 at 10:28 p.m. EDT (0228 GMT on May 16). The Blood Moon will reach its peak at 12:11 a.m. EDT (0411 GMT) on May 16 before the lunar eclipse ends at 1:55 a.m. EDT (0555 GMT). The penumbral moon phase of the eclipse will begin about an hour earlier and end about an hour after the partial eclipse, according to TimeandDate.com.

[jim nj]

Three assessments of the Ukraine war:

https://militaryland.net/ukraine/invasion-day-80-summary/

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1525541738147991554.html

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-14

[Pinandpuller]

Somebody tried to tell me that Zelensky was a Cypriot comedian but he acts more like a Cretan if you ask me.

[clarice]

good morning, JOM!https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/05/the_internal_revenue_election_rigging_service_.html

[clarice]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/john-durham-goes-to-court-russia-collusion-hoax-fbi-trump-clinton-sussmann-dnc-indictment-charges-11652393183

[Neo]

Missed this last week:

Bill Gates says he has tested positive for COVID-19

[sbwaters]

Clarice, what quiet, compelling precision!

Without saying it specifically, you have made complicit everyone who sees what they did and yet refuses to be outraged.

Thank you.

[clarice]

Thank YOU, sbw

[Jane]

Great Pieces Clarice. You have a great brain!

[Davod]

Neo. This reinforces my theory that the Dems want to use "I can empathize because I've had Covid" as a campaign tactic.

[Davod]

Library cutbacks.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/051522-Joke.jpg

[Davod]

.How the War in Ukraine is Being Fought. By Ben Hodges May 15, 2022. A presentation given at the Westminster Institute.

https://westminster-institute.org/events/how-the-war-in-ukraine-is-being-fought/

[Narciso]

onward

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/laying-siege-to-the-institutions/

[Narciso]

sure why not,

https://mobile.twitter.com/SgtTim911/status/1525905853169254400?cxt=HHwWgIC-rb7Sja0qAAAA

[Pinandpuller]

Of course the Soviet Union manufactured the International Tractor.

Why didn’t I see that before?

[Narciso]

lucy worsley, is revisiting the princes fate on pbs at 8,

[Neo]

Above all, progressives are captivated by the idea that the Democratic Party is free to move leftward, and no longer needs to appeal to centrist or conservative voters to win elections, because a “demographic revolution” is creating a “new American majority” in favor of progressive policies, a majority consisting of ever-growing numbers of non-whites, and progressive young professionals. The classic statement of this is the book Brown is the New White: How Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority. It exults in the idea that old conservative and centrist white voters are dying off and being replaced by progressives, mostly by non-whites, due to “the explosive population growth of people of color.” The book was heralded by the Center for American Progress, a virtual extension of the Democratic Party described in Time Magazine as “Obama’s idea factory,” and headed by Biden’s senior advisor Neera Tanden. The book was written by a Senior Fellow of that Democratic think-tank, Steve Phillips.
https://libertyunyielding.com/2022/05/15/great-replacement-theory-is-fueled-by-woke-progressives-gloating-about-america-becoming-non-white/

[Neo]

What changes elections ? Events …

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/15/leading-pennsylvania-democrat-candidate-for-u-s-senate-john-fetterman-suffers-stroke/

[Davod]

Something is happening to the Moon!

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/blood%20moon%20051522%20scaled.jpg

[Davod]

Hungry

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/Huey%20dinner.jpg

[Davod]

Timelapse of Earth rising over the Moon.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1525486288148627456

[Davod]

Ace bridge scape

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/5%2015%2022%200nt.jpg

[Pinandpuller]

This must explain the origin of the so called Ottoman Turks:

"...conditions in Siberia are often described as atamanshchina. Ataman is the Russian term for a Cossack leader. The suffix -shchina is attached to nouns to denote a ‘syndrome or set of circumstances associated with a person or place’; normally its use is pejorative. Thus, atamanshchina means the regime of the atamans. The equivalent terms in Ukrainian are otaman and otamanshchyna. In this article, they will be translated as ‘warlord’ and ‘warlordism’ respectively and the words used interchangeably. As in Siberia, military leaders appeared in Ukraine calling themselves otamans and the chaos there has been described as otamanshchyna. By using the word otaman, the Ukrainian commanders styled themselves as Zaporozhian Cossacks, whom Ukrainian nationalists had long hailed as the bearers of the Ukrainian national idea in the early modern period."—Christopher Gilley, 'Fighters for Ukrainian independence? Imposture and identity among Ukrainian warlords, 1917–22'

[jim nj]

One assessment of the Ukraine war:

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-15

[MissMarple2]

Good morning!

Quite a bit cooler today. I may go outside and do some work on the patio.