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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Once . . .

. . . again, made America respected???. . .

(from http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-respect-20180607-story.html)

". . . "We are respected again, I can tell you that. We are respected again," Trump told the naval cadets. "A lot of things have happened. We’re respected again.". . . The evidence — both in nonpartisan polls and in the increasingly critical remarks of exasperated allies — suggests otherwise. . . leaders of long-standing allies like (Japan's President Shinzo) Abe, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May — all initially deferential to Trump and his famous ego — have grown frustrated and at times disapproving. . . Significantly, so have their citizens, increasing the pressure on foreign leaders to distance themselves from Trump’s America. Across 134 countries, the median approval of U.S. leadership dropped 18 points in Trump's first year, to a record low of just 30%, according to a Gallup survey released in January. That was before Trump's decisions to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and impose tariffs on a number of allies, which further alienated many of them. . .The finding echoed a Pew Research Center survey last year that found in all but two of 37 nations polled, Trump got far lower marks than President Obama; the exceptions were Russia and Israel. . . "In the main, it's a preposterous claim to say the U.S. is better regarded in the world when we haven't had for many decades this many crises with our allies," said Nicholas Burns, a career diplomat under several presidents — serving as ambassador to NATO and Greece and as undersecretary of State — and now a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. . ."

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Work . . .

. . . -out (or applying 'exercise' wisdom to playing music. . .

(from http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/exercise-quotes/)
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."
-Joseph Addison

“To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise."
-Gene Tunney

“True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united."
-Wilhelm Von Humboldt

“Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them. "
-Lee Haney

“Exercise is labor without weariness. "
-Samuel Johnson

“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much. "
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health."
-Hippocrates

'Working out' on an old composition. . .
Epilog
(originally appearing on Critics Choice)
©2005 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Irrespective . . .

. . . of differences, we must respect . . .

(from https://www.luvze.com/respect-quotes/)
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
– Confucius

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
– Benjamin E. Mays

Be kind, don’t judge, and have respect for others. If we can all do this, the world would be a better place. The point is to teach this to the next generation.
– Jasmine Guinness

Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal affords them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace. – Ingrid Newkirk

Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.
– Mona Sutphen

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.
– Philip James Bailey

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
– Bruce Lee

If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
– Maya Angelou

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
– Bryant H. McGill

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Monday, October 8, 2018

Report . . .

. . . card

. . . for Mitch McConnell

(from https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/mitch_mcconnell/300072/report-card/2017)
-Held the fewest committee positions compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 1 other)
-Held a leadership position on 0 committees and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session.
-Cosponsored the 3rd fewest bills compared to All Senators
-Joined bipartisan bills the 5th least often compared to All Senators
- Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 8th fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 2 others) McConnell tends to gather cosponsors only on one side of the aisle. 5 of McConnell’s 24 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2017.
-Got influential cosponsors the 10th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 8 others)
-Got bicameral support on the 13th fewest bills compared to All Senators (tied with 4 others)
-0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of 8 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the Senate

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Sunday, October 7, 2018

I know . . .

. . . a place
That's not too hard to reach
Where the music is good
And the sand almost bleached

The sun rosy red
About twice every day
Salt air will invigorate
As waves gently play

The ocean is rolling
Almost as in speech
Soothing, cajoling
Down at Bosely Beach

Bosley Beach
(work in-progress)
©2018 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Saturday, October 6, 2018

Stuff . . .

. . . I want to know . . .

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones)

". . . Opiliones are a distinct order that is not closely related to spiders. They can be easily distinguished from long-legged spiders by their fused body regions and single pair of eyes in the middle of the cephalothorax. Spiders have a distinct abdomen that is separated from the cephalothorax by a constriction, and they have three to four pairs of eyes, usually around the margins of the cephalothorax. . . English speakers may colloquially refer to species of Opiliones as "daddy longlegs" or "granddaddy longlegs", but this name is also used for two other distantly related groups of arthropods: the crane flies of the family Tipulidae, and the cellar spiders of the family Pholcidae, most likely because of their similar appearance. Harvestmen are also referred to as "shepherd spiders" in reference to how their unusually long legs reminded observers of the ways that some European shepherds used stilts to better observe their wandering flocks from a distance. . ."

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Friday, October 5, 2018

Judging . . .

(https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/judge-brett-kavanaughs-impeccable-record-of-constitutional-conservatism/)
". . . Judge Kavanaugh in 2010 wrote a lengthy concurrence drawing on American historical tradition and the original meaning of the Constitution to defend the invocation of God and the practice of prayer at official government ceremonies, such as the presidential inauguration and Supreme Court sittings. The Supreme Court adopted a similar approach several years later in upholding prayer before a town meeting in New York. . ."

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States)
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...". . . (and in a) letter by Thomas Jefferson, addressed to the Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut, and published in a Massachusetts newspaper. Jefferson wrote, "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. . . "

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