Pioneering SpiritAn open letter to Lin-Manuel Miranda on the last, best hope to save the republic
Sir, The hour grows late. The President asserts the right to govern by decree. Worse, the Congress has ceded its constitutional prerogatives, neglecting to protect its power of the purse and even the sanctity of its chambers from executive overreach. Charles I chuckles from the grave. In this dark and doom filled hour, one hope remains: the power of story, aided and abetted by unassailable songs stirring up this country’s frayed and nearly forgotten faith in this experiment in self-governance...
Pioneering SpiritApplied research questions on the past, present and near future of government operations
by Patrick Atwater
Pioneering SpiritIntroducing the California Alternative Transformation (CAT) principles for moar efficient, effective…
The Meme Lords are rallying, with the DOGE Techno King and his digital court scheming their next big gambit. The internet's good citizens face a choice: cheer from the sidelines or chart a better path. Let's talk CATs, not DOGE.From our AI Oracles: “Here’s an image of a regal Shiba Inu wielding a scepter and playfully smashing the Capitol.”Putting the future of American government in the hands of a self-styled “Techno-King” seems, uh, mildly antithetical to the spirit of 1776. Not to mention ...
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Pioneering SpiritAn open letter to Lin-Manuel Miranda on the last, best hope to save the republic
Sir, The hour grows late. The President asserts the right to govern by decree. Worse, the Congress has ceded its constitutional prerogatives, neglecting to protect its power of the purse and even the sanctity of its chambers from executive overreach. Charles I chuckles from the grave. In this dark and doom filled hour, one hope remains: the power of story, aided and abetted by unassailable songs stirring up this country’s frayed and nearly forgotten faith in this experiment in self-governance...
Pioneering SpiritApplied research questions on the past, present and near future of government operations
by Patrick Atwater
Pioneering SpiritIntroducing the California Alternative Transformation (CAT) principles for moar efficient, effective…
The Meme Lords are rallying, with the DOGE Techno King and his digital court scheming their next big gambit. The internet's good citizens face a choice: cheer from the sidelines or chart a better path. Let's talk CATs, not DOGE.From our AI Oracles: “Here’s an image of a regal Shiba Inu wielding a scepter and playfully smashing the Capitol.”Putting the future of American government in the hands of a self-styled “Techno-King” seems, uh, mildly antithetical to the spirit of 1776. Not to mention ...
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US:
Former US President Herbert Hoover is campaigning to send 400,000 tons of American food to Nazi-occupied Europe, to ward off prophesied famine. British blockade bans all food imports.
World:
The Somaliland Camel Corps- defenders of British Somaliland- are making a stand against Italian invaders at Tug Argan Gap. It’s a mountain pass en route to vital port of Berbera. 4000 Somalians (& 14 British officers) with rifles & machine-guns are facing an invasion force of 20,000+ Italians with tanks & artillery. Their only advantage: the high ground.
Source: @RealTimeWWII
US: another Democratic candidate stepped up to challenge the incumbent Vice President Humphrey, who became the heir apparent after LBJ stepped back from the race. Senator McGovern entered the race after RFK was assassinated and the anti-war faction in the Democratic Party lost a firm champion.
World: "President Tito of Yugoslavia, the leader of the first Communist country to break with the Soviet Union, received a publicly jubilant but officially reticent welcome today when he arrived on a visit to Czechoslovakia.
Source: timesmachine.nytimes.com/
US:
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris selected as her Democratic running mate for president Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a former geography teacher and pheasant hunter; and independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted to finding a dead black bear on the side of the road during a falconry outing, and then loading it into his trunk, driving to a New York steakhouse for dinner, and dumping the corpse in Central Park next to a bicycle so as to make it appear as if a cyclist ran over and killed the animal.
Source: Harper's Week in Review
World:
A Ukrainian security source says that by Saturday August 10th, some units had moved a full 40km inside Russia towards the regional capital of Kursk. The attack, shrouded in secrecy, caught the Kremlin off-guard. Some 76,000 locals have fled and the Russian authorities have declared a state of emergency there.
Source: The Economist
US:
Former US President Herbert Hoover is campaigning to send 400,000 tons of American food to Nazi-occupied Europe, to ward off prophesied famine. British blockade bans all food imports.
World:
The Somaliland Camel Corps- defenders of British Somaliland- are making a stand against Italian invaders at Tug Argan Gap. It’s a mountain pass en route to vital port of Berbera. 4000 Somalians (& 14 British officers) with rifles & machine-guns are facing an invasion force of 20,000+ Italians with tanks & artillery. Their only advantage: the high ground.
Source: @RealTimeWWII
US: another Democratic candidate stepped up to challenge the incumbent Vice President Humphrey, who became the heir apparent after LBJ stepped back from the race. Senator McGovern entered the race after RFK was assassinated and the anti-war faction in the Democratic Party lost a firm champion.
World: "President Tito of Yugoslavia, the leader of the first Communist country to break with the Soviet Union, received a publicly jubilant but officially reticent welcome today when he arrived on a visit to Czechoslovakia.
Source: timesmachine.nytimes.com/
US:
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris selected as her Democratic running mate for president Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a former geography teacher and pheasant hunter; and independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted to finding a dead black bear on the side of the road during a falconry outing, and then loading it into his trunk, driving to a New York steakhouse for dinner, and dumping the corpse in Central Park next to a bicycle so as to make it appear as if a cyclist ran over and killed the animal.
Source: Harper's Week in Review
World:
A Ukrainian security source says that by Saturday August 10th, some units had moved a full 40km inside Russia towards the regional capital of Kursk. The attack, shrouded in secrecy, caught the Kremlin off-guard. Some 76,000 locals have fled and the Russian authorities have declared a state of emergency there.
Source: The Economist
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