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March 22 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/March-22/stamp-act-imposed-on-american-colonies In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years’ War(1756-1763), the British government passes the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765. The legislation levied a direct tax on all materials printed for commercial and legal use in the colonies, from newspapers and pamphlets to playing cards and dice. Though the Stamp Act employed a strategy that was a common fundraising vehicle in England, it stirred a storm of protest in the colonies. The colonists had recently been hit with three major taxes: the Sugar Act (1764), which levied new duties on imports of textiles, wines, coffee and sugar; the Currency Act (1764), which caused a major decline in the value of the paper money used by colonists; and the Quartering Act (1765), which required colonists to provide food and lodging to British troops under certain circumstances.

BTW if you have TMobile they’re offering free MLB TV again this year. Signup is 3/25-3/31

Heading out tomorrow to catch a huge boat to Aruba and nearby islands. Hopefully I’ll make it back thru customs next weekend on my return. If not Godspeed

And start promoting his time at the golf course (he's spending his weekends there at least) and the cost of his trips to the US taxpayer.

A make believe reality TV show set him up that way. It got good ratings and the Goobers believed it was true. When he was president a fake TV news network and hundreds of dying AM radio stations caught the "conservative" virus. Granted this began back during Reagan and Clinton, however by the time Trump came along he was a master showman. And the Goobers believed it was true

You needn to throw in Social Security among what will eventually work against him. The mere fact that they have limited access to customer service, which was bad to begin with, forcing seniors and their caretakers to spend hours to get simple questions answered. Closing local offices and forcing folks to drive an hour or more to actually talk to a person will also not help the numbers among seniors. Hopefully we'll see a major backlash in 2026

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/March-21/selma-to-montgomery-march-begins

Here's the official proposed by the Packers https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-rule-changes-2025-packers-move-to-outlaw-tush-push-while-lions-suggest-major-playoff-seeding-change/ The Lions are proposing a change in playoff seeding..

It's tit for tat. Let's do it

Great song. The link lead me to this https://youtu.be/NySpcFpPcQg?si=v4iBdC0oathxeJZD

Homage to a Government, Philip Larkin Next year we are to bring all the soldiers home For lack of money, and it is all right. Places they guarded, or kept orderly, Must guard themselves, and keep themselves orderly We want the money for ourselves at home Instead of working. And this is all right. It's hard to say who wanted it to happen, But now it's been decided nobody minds. The places are a long way off, not here, Which is all right, and from what we hear The soldiers there only made trouble happen. Next year we shall be easier in our minds. Next year we shall be living in a country That brought its soldiers home for lack of money. The statues will be standing in the same Tree-muffled squares, and look nearly the same. Our children will not know it's a different country. All we can hope to leave them now is money.

Having seen these folks in action, this one hurts. Say goodbye to your local libraries, any local museums that may get a modicum of Federal funding. As the Regime continues to attempt to rewrite history when they can't even define words such as WOKE and DEA https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2025/03/17/trump-cuts-library-funding-institute/82495263007/

At least they didn't take down any more statues of Confederate Generals

Cue Warren Zevon's Splendid Isolation

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/jackie-robinson-military-service-webpage-dod-dei?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top

On March 19, 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, U.S. President George W. Bush announced in a televised address, “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.” President Bush and his advisors built much of their case for war on the specious claim that Iraq, under dictator Saddam Hussein, possessed or was in the process of building weapons of mass destruction.

I guess the concert was originally scheduled for the Kennedy Center but was canceled because of MUMP's executive order against diversity. Here's the CBS story https://www.cbsnews.com/news/playing-in-harmony-despite-presidents-dei-executive-order-60-minutes/ I've been wondering how this affects private organizations like Sphinx, which has a 20 plus year relationship with the Detroit and Ann Arbor area in promoting diversity within orchestras with its annual competition and concerts. https://www.sphinxmusic.org I guess Trumpers don't like to see people of color performing in orchestras they never go to see. (Besides all they want to hear is Sousa Marches anyway) not music like this Edit, I admit the Concert Band is a fairly white group, the composer Omar Thomas is not. It's a great piece, unfortunately I "retired" from the Farmington Band before I had a chance to perform this

Leaving tomorrow for a cruise, we sail out of Fort Lauderdale Saturday AM. If you don't hear from me in about 3 weeks....

Tim Kaine has been fairly vocal in his opposition to the MUMP regime. Warner has been fairly quiet but did vote against the measures. I have a feeling he prefers to work behind the scenes. Duckworth has been a bit low-key lately as well.

A Musk/Trump speciality. In other words Systems Normal All Farked Up

We've been on a BBC/PBS Masterpiece kick lately. Currently rewatching Foyles War. Basically a police drama set in WWII. It holds up well, and especially cool watching younger versions of actors who show up later with their own "Masterpiece/BBC Dramas" Also rewatching Wolf Hall, based on the Hilary Mantel novels about Thomas Cromwell and Henry VII. Getting caught up because The third novel "The Mirror and the Light" is coming to PBS this fall. Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis are fantastic as Cromwell and King Henry.

Add Slow Horses to the mix