July 8th...   

Morning reads...

Heather Cox-Richardson     on the anniversary, history of the 14th amendment to the Constitution.

Equal Rights & Citizenship 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fourteenth_amendment_0

The Fourteenth Amendment contains a number of important concepts, most famously state action, privileges & immunities, citizenship, due process, and equal protection—all of which are contained in Section One. However, the Fourteenth Amendment contains four other sections. Section Two deals with the apportionment of representatives to Congress. Section Three forbids anyone who participates in “insurrection or rebellion” against the United States from holding federal office. Section Four addresses federal debt and repudiates debts accrued by the Confederacy. Section Five expressly authorizes Congress to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment “by appropriate legislation.” The states ratified the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War, along with the other Reconstruction Amendments—the Thirteenth and Fifteenth.

Then over to Jesse's Cafe for a booster shot of anger and dismay over the grift and greed of our oligarchy... "Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction." Erich Fromm

And from there, leaping over to Covid-19 "miracle cures" and conspiracies from Orac at https://respectfulinsolence.com/   As the drip-drip-drip of negative evidence for ivermectin against COVID-19 continues to roll in, conspiracy theorists are doubling down. Why? It’s always about the grift.

The CA heat wave beckons..  so out to water the tiny garden spot and perhaps go down to the boat for a moment....