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I personally like this take on the whole "Democratic Party argument" https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-democratic-partys-problems-real?utm_source=substack&publication_id=87281&post_id=165181488&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=45wcm&triedRedirect=true

June 4 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/june-4

There seems to be a lot of this going around in MAGA circles. Yet they want to gut education

In July 2016, Ray Mabus, then United States Secretary of the Navy, advised Congress that he intended to name the John Lewis-class oilers after prominent civil rights leaders, with this ship to be named in honor of gay rights activist Harvey Milk.[5] The ship was officially named at a ceremony in San Francisco on 16 August 2016.[6][7] Though Milk was gay, this ship is not the first US Navy ship named for an openly gay person, as that would be the WWI troopship USS Von Steuben (ID-3017), commissioned in 1917 and named for a revolutionary war hero and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.[8] Per Wikipedia

Forget protecting our country from enemies. Let’s go after the WOKES

Everything he touches….

Mmmmmm

These "Trade Agreements" are becoming the 2025 version of Infrastructure Week

One more thing from JVL

Meanwhile the other side of the coin today's JVL missive https://www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-worst-people-in-america?utm_source=substack&publication_id=87281&post_id=165011642&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=45wcm&triedRedirect=true Talking about some very fine folks in Kennett, MO who are upset because one of their own was caught in the ICE Trap... Shot and Chaser

Not sure about the strategy here. Trumpublicans will gladly take the free handouts while trashing benefits.

It's the third of June....

As much as I dislike Rand Paul for several reasons, he's correct here. This should be a major Democrat talking point in '26

That's the series

I can't remember the name of the series, but it was an airborne version of Band of Brothers that kind of pushed that to the forefront. Incidentally we learned a few years ago that one of my wife's cousins' was a member of C Company. One of the other groups who parachuted into France during D Day. He was much older than my wife. There is a book out there somewhere about C Company. He was a bit of a prankster. I believe he went back to Pennsylvania after the was and worked for the railroad.

We don't attend too many concerts. There are a couple that stand out. 1) Springsteen (of course) late 90s at the United Center in Chicago. The electricity from his concerts is amazing. Worst was probably when I was about 16. For some reason i took the girl i was dating to see Mason Williams and Jennifer Williams. The cncert was OK, rest of the evening MEH... Non Rock event... 1) 2008 on a trip to Dublin, my wife found a concert led by pianist Barry Douglas who had formed a small orchestra called Camerada Ireland. An All Ireland Chamber Orchestra in response to the Good Friday agreement. This concert was held outside the Historic Castletown Estate near Cellbridge. Douglas conducted while playing three Beethoven Concertos. It was an unique experience. And turned us into BD followers for several years. 2) Another Barry Douglas performance, this time with the Nashville Symphony. Krzystof Paderecki, probably best know for the soundtrack for The Shining, was conducting. They did Paderecki's Resurrection, in response to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The "Church Bells" at the end of the piece gave me chills. We also had a chance to attend a weekend of tapings for Bluegrass Underground a few years ago in Eastern Tennessee. Warren Hodges. (Drivin N Cryin, Jason and the Scorchers) was fantastic. I also enjoyed Mac McAnally.

June 3 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/june-3 A quick personal note, Washington later bought the land around Fort Necessity. One of the reason the land was preserved and became part of the US Park Service

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Once upon a time when I was a wee lad of 12, I placed a few bets with newfound friends in a new town. I was the new kid and a "Yankee" at that. While I was a Pirate fan at heart, they were not World Series bound for a few more years in 1964. I was never a fan of their National League rival. I had about $10 or so riding on that series. I've really hated both teams ever since.

This is cool. We had a chance to visit when we were up in February. The old train station looks fantastic. This is icing on the cake... https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2025/06/02/michigan-central-announces-new-nomad-hotel?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_detroit&stream=top