Full text of the Pope Francis’ residential school apology: ‘I am deeply sorry’ | Globalnews.ca

Source: Full text of the Pope Francis’ residential school apology: ‘I am deeply sorry’ | Globalnews.ca

The Future Of The Nation …

Filosofa's Word

There is much debate, though I personally believe it is cut and dried, about whether or not a former president can be prosecuted for crimes committed while in office.  The debate isn’t about whether the crimes were committed, but simply about the precedent it would set to prosecute, about whether it’s true that nobody is above the law.  I think Charles Blow is spot on in his assessment in yesterday’s New York Times


We Can’t Afford Not to Prosecute Trump

By Charles M. Blow

Opinion Columnist

24 July 2022

We all learn from failure.

Our mistakes become the bridge to our successes, teaching us what works and what doesn’t, so that the next time we muster the will to try, we’ll succeed.

But nefarious actors can also learn from failure. And that, unfortunately, is where we find ourselves with Donald Trump. His entire foray into politics has been one…

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” Os homens hesitam menos em ofender quem se faz amar do que em ofender quem se faz temer; porque o amor é mantido por um vínculo de obrigação que, por serem homens pérfidos, é rompido por qualquer ocasião em benefício próprio; mas o temor é mantido por um medo de punição que não abandona jamais. “

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Execution of Burma’s Pro-Democracy Leaders – United States Department of State

The United States condemns in the strongest terms the Burma military regime’s executions of pro-democracy activists and elected leaders Ko Jimmy, Phyo Zeya Thaw, Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw for the exercise of their fundamental freedoms. These reprehensible acts of violence further exemplify the regime’s complete disregard for human rights and the rule of law. Since the February 2021 coup, the regime has perpetuated violence against its own people, killing more than 2,100, displacing more than 700,000, and detaining thousands of innocent people, including members of civil society and journalists.

The regime’s sham trials and these executions are blatant attempts to extinguish democracy; these actions will never suppress the spirit of the brave people of Burma. The United States joins the people of Burma in their pursuit of freedom and democracy and calls on the regime to respect the democratic aspirations of the people who have shown they do not want to live one more day under the tyranny of military rule.

Source: Execution of Burma’s Pro-Democracy Leaders – United States Department of State

It’s Time To Dry The Herbs — In Dianes Kitchen

Dehydrating my home grown herbs is such a rewarding process for me, especially in the winter when I use them and know that we grew them. The picture above is our parsley, which went crazy this year. After picking the parsley, I rinse them thoroughly in a colander and let them drain well, until almost […]

It’s Time To Dry The Herbs — In Dianes Kitchen

Pope Francis apologises for abuse at church schools on visit to Canada | Pope Francis | The Guardian

Pope Francis has expressed “my sorrow” for the legacy of abuse at Canada’s residential schools, asking survivors of the church-run system for forgiveness as he tours the country on a “pilgrimage of penance”.

The pontiff’s widely anticipated apology came during a Monday morning visit to the community of Maskwacis, Alberta – the first formal event of his one-week tour after landing in the western province on Sunday.

I am sorry. I ask for forgiveness, in particular, for the ways in which many members of the Church and of religious communities co-operated, not least through their indifference, in projects of cultural destruction and forced assimilation promoted by the governments of that time, which culminated in the system of residential schools,” Francis said, telling nearly 2,000 survivors of the residential school system of his “indignation” and “shame” over the “painful” memory of the treatment of Indigenous children.

Source: Pope Francis apologises for abuse at church schools on visit to Canada | Pope Francis | The Guardian

1792 Case Of Nancy Rudolph Abortion Shows Founders Did Not Punish Procedure – Second Nexus

Multiple historical sources prove reproductive choices were strictly private matters, not interfered with by outside parties during the time of the drafting of the Constitution. Herbs were widely used to induce miscarriages when a pregnancy termination was wanted and drugs to induce abortions were openly advertised in newspapers to be bought from pharmacists, physicians or through the mail and if drugs failed, people could visit practitioners for instrumental abortions.

As detailed from United States history by The Washington Post, a 1792 case even gets the approval of several founding fathers, including the mentor of one of the chief architects of the United States Constitution—Thomas Jefferson who mentored James Madison. Three United States founders from Virginia—Jefferson, Patrick Henry and John Marshall—sought no charges in a sensational court case where evidence of an abortion was found.

In 1792, an 18-year-old unwed woman, Nancy Randolph, allegedly became pregnant by her 22-year-old brother-in-law and cousin, Richard Randolph. Nancy lived with Richard and his wife, her sister Judith. When Martha Jefferson Randolph—Thomas Jefferson’s daughter who was cousin and sister-in-law to Nancy and Judith—visited in September, she recommended Nancy use gum of guaiacum to end the pregnancy and sent her some later with the note it would “produce an abortion.”

Two weeks later on a visit to another of their cousins, Nancy Randolph induced the miscarriage and abortion then disposed of the fetus on the property where it was found by one of the slaves leading to rumors and scandal among the upper society which eventually reached Martha’s father Thomas Jefferson.

In his letter to her, Jefferson expressed only sympathy for Nancy, writing:

I see guilt but in one person, and not in her.”

Eventually Richard Randolph was charged with “feloniously murdering a child delivered of the body of Nancy Randolph or being accessory to the same” based on rumors the fetus was full-term, Nancy had given birth to a live child and Richard killed it to avoid charges of incest—a crime in Virginia at the time.

But evidence suggested a deliberate second-trimester abortion and not a live birth of a viable infant.

In April 1793, Richard appeared before a tribunal of county judges acting much as a grand jury does today, deciding if the charges should be adjudicated. Richard was defended by Patrick Henry, John Marshall—future U.S. Supreme Court chief justice and William Campbell—U.S. attorney for Virginia.

Evidence of both Nancy and Martha’s part in inducing an abortion was presented and documented, but neither woman was charged with any crime. The only illegal act—Richard killing a living infant—was considered disproven and all charges dropped.

Source: 1792 Case Of Nancy Rudolph Abortion Shows Founders Did Not Punish Procedure – Second Nexus

Pacific Theater items

Pacific Paratrooper

Lipa Railway Station, May 1945

showing damage, looking south from Lipa Cathedral

The 11th Airborne continued their patrols, moping up details and training at Lipa. General Swing had another jump school built that created 1,000 newly qualified paratroopers. Plus, the entertainer, Joe E. Brown came to visit.

The new glider school concentrated on the “snatch pickup” method, whereby a CG-4A Glider on the ground with a towrope and a C-47 with a hook. As the plane goes overhead at an altitude of 15 feet, it snatches up the glider and brings it to 120 mph in a matter of a few seconds. (The noise from the plane, shock and whiplash must have been overwhelming.).  With May drawing to a close and the Japanese Army being pushed to the northeast corner of Luzon, the men of the division began to realize something was afoot.

Joe E. Brown passing out mail call…

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Liberdade

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Liberdade

A liberdade quando não é administrada corretamente, torna-se uma espécie de caminho restrito. E, entenda uma coisa: não é para os aventureiros não, é pra você. Sabe como? Ela Amontoa as dúvidas, pede prudência. De repente, as pessoas se tornam menos confiáveis- e a maioria das vezes, o seu conflito será entre “você e você mesmo”, não com o mundo. Então bússola principal, passa a ser apenas a sua intuição.
Quando finalmente, bem ou mal- você tiver maturidade para compreender que liberdade é um caminho seleto, e escolhido com menos fantasia e mais leitura da realidade, irá observar que este não aprisiona, porque não mais existe a confusão feita entre as suas escolhas. A resposta do que precisa, simplesmente, está logo ali… na frente.

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Imagem: Marii Freire/ Jardim Botânico/Rio de Janeiro

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