2.14.2025 – enough a fool or

enough a fool or
coward will file but never
going to be me

“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

From the resignation letter of Hagan Scotten, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

The New York Times reports that “Mr. Scotten served three combat tours in Iraq as a U.S. Army Special Forces Officer and earned two Bronze Stars. He graduated from Harvard Law School and clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court, and for Brett M. Kavanaugh before he, too, became an Supreme Court justice.

A Southern District spokesman declined to comment on Mr. Scotten’s resignation.”

As Huck Finn said, “Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.”

2.13.2025 – we are doing this

we are doing this
for people that cannot speak
show up, support us

Adapted from the paragraph:

“We are doing this for the people that cannot speak, … we’re carrying the torch for people that feel like their rights are being violated,” said Bucardo, who ideally hopes the event “would stay peaceful and respectful, and our whole community, not just Hispanics, people from different backgrounds, places, show up and support us.”

In the article, Immigration reform protest planed for Feb. 17, by Mike McCombs in The Island News on Feb 12, 2025.

Remember those days when this, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door” used to mean something?

Something that made us proud.

I read the other day that one of the most maddening aspects of those who embrace Trumpism is that those folks, deep down, know better.

What do these folks think when they read, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

What do these folks think at night?

As Mr. F.S. Fitzgerald said, “In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.”

What do they think?

Where is their treasure?

Where is their heart?

What are they doing for those who cannot speak?

2.12.2025 – to acquire Greenland

to acquire Greenland
and to rename Greenland as
Red, White, and Blueland

119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. ll
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. CARTER of Georgia introduced the following bill;

To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as ‘‘Red, White, and Blueland’’.

Today is Mr. Lincoln’s birthday.

The 16th President of the United States.

The man who said in his 2nd Inaugural Address:

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

Today, bills are introduced in the House of Representatives that would authorize the President of the United States to buy Greenland and rename it, Red, White and Blueland.

As Mr. Twain said, “Suppose I was crazy and suppose I ran for Congress. Wait, I repeat myself.“

Where did these people come from?

Who elected them?

As Mr. Mencken said or close to it, American’s get the government they deserve.

2.11.2025 – sixty four meanings

sixty four meanings
for noun, set, seventeen are
labelled obsolete

According to the Online Oxford English Dictionary.

Sometimes, we would go upstairs to the room where he worked, just the two of us, and go through his O.E.D. together. He was proud of that handsome set . . . ‘set’ — that word has one of the longest entries in the O.E.D., fifty four columns of nouns, verbs, adjectives, I think. That was what fascinated Thurber. I would read him the ‘set’ definitions for hours on end.

From Thurber : a biography by Burton Bernstein (Dodd, Mead, New York, 1975).

2.10.2025 – want to know what the

want to know what the
secret to good coaching is?
get good players …. hmmmmmmmmmmm

Adapted from the article, Super Bowl 59 winners and losers: Eagles come together as Chiefs fall apart, by Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz of USA TODAY where Mr. Middlehurst-Schwartz writes:

“You want to know what the secret to good coaching is?” Sirianni asked on NFL Network’s postgame show. “Get good players.” Roseman [Philadelphia Eagles GM] has unquestionably done that and then some. After Philadelphia flamed out in spectacular fashion to end last season, the architect of the roster embarked on what will be remembered as one of the most aggressive and transformative offseasons in league history. He netted massive returns on free-agent contracts both big (2,000-yard rusher Saquon Barkley) and small (NFL Defensive Player of the Year finalist Zack Baun), and a draft class highlighted by Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean took the secondary from a weak point to a source of strength. Recall what A.J. Brown said on Opening Night: “I think Howie Roseman is the reason we are here tonight.”

I am reminded of a college game years ago when a feller named Keith Jackson was the play caller for ABC Sports and after some stellar play, Mr. Jackson quietly said … “It’s the players … not the plays.”

On the other hand, the line, ‘… get good players” reminds me of comedian Steve Martin’s bit, “You can make a Million Dollars … and not pay any income tax.”

Made it sound so easy.

Especially as the instructions started, “First … Make a million dollars .. then … “

Secret to good coaching?

Just get good players.

(Haiku question – how many syllables in hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm)