Don Hood

What is necessarily implied in this declaration of the Democratic Party? 1. That citizenship is not a birth-right, and from this it results that the majority may rightfully, in the several States of this Union, deprive the minority of all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States. I submit that no greater political atrocity can possibly be committed by human agency. Let the people accept this proposition and they will become the architects of their own ruin. Nothing can be clearer than this, that under the representative system of government the rights of the minority are as sacred and inviolable as the rights of the majority. If the majority may rightfully disfranchise the minority of citizens on account of race, color or former condition of servitude, they may, with equal propriety, disfranchise citizens for want of stature or property, or on account of nativity, thereby, presenting to teh world the miserable spectacle of a government wherein a mere majority subjects to the absolute despotism of their will a minority of their fellow citizens, almost equal in number to themselves, and per chance, greatly superior in all the attainments and virtues which adorn, or elevate, or ennoble human nature.

On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”

🕶️ What is the best 3D movie?
Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Stewardesses:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQz-...

World on Fire • OLIVIA NUZZI was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile-and to a California up in flames. In an excerpt from American Canto, our West Coast Editor takes stock of scorched earth

What a difference a day makes:

Phew/Whew! #natick

Props!
You left us hanging: did you make yesterday's 8 am class on time?

The Oriental Palace! Dang, I've been trying to remember the name of that iteration of the place for years. Thanks!
I was only there once but it was grand. I figured it had been a vaudeville hall.

Damn right it's still the Bloor! Just like Skydome remains Skydome, you egocentric Rogers.

Jonathan the Tortoise (left) and friend

Happy Birthday (Observed) to the uncontested KING Jonathan The Tortoise, estimated to be 192 years old

192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!

Why do I sense Duffy lost his virginity in a woody wagon?

'Dick' is a d...

Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments Conch-shell trumpets discovered in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia make tone similar to french horn, says lead researcher

Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Early morning after an ice storm. The morning sun has broken through on the horizon, but the storm clouds remain

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Bill Vander Zalm!

I love that movie. First viewing: my sister and I rented it on VHS one weekend. She was in the kitchen cooking dinner and there was a Lisa Eichhorn Jeff Bridges scene that just floored me.
I exclaimed: Oh, Wow!
She came running into the living room: What happened?!
All I could do was shake my head.

YouTube video by musique d'ascenseur Various – Amarcord Nino Rota [Full Album]

A fine primer for folks that may not know the great man,
Amarcord Nino Rota, the first of the Hal Wilner tribute albums;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI4z...

He seems to have a real affinity for the ones who are least adept* at it as well. Can't remember if that's Transference or Projection in Freudian terms.
*One of my main beefs with the Trump v1 grifts was: He's not even good at it it!

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.

BTC purchases former Talisman Mountain Resort lands | Bruce Trail Conservancy The Bruce Trail Conservancy (BTC) is excited to announce the purchase of the former Talisman Mountain Resort lands in the Beaver Valley. This landmark

Wow. Huge news for the Bruce Trail & Beaver Valley. There were fears the old ski resort was to become a sprawl housing development.

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”

Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

I like the instinct to go with a character actor. Harry Dean Stanton would be a good one as well.

My parents better get me them cha-cha heels I asked for.

Thanks but no thanks.

That is one terrific movie! So much swashbuckling fun.

What a great headline

We believe technique to be nothing more than failed style.

The Local's AI Policy | The Local When you read The Local, know that our stories are written and edited by real people.

I can’t think of a more existential threat to journalism right now than AI-generated content masking as original reporting. Once the well is poisoned we’re all toast. @thelocal.to is taking a stance with our new AI policy. thelocal.to/ai-policy/

The picture shows six needles of different sizes. They were made of bone resemble their modern descendants with an eye at one end and a tapered end.

Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2

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That may be the most desicatted feast I've ever seen.

Crazy enough, I had the chance to see them all* live as well!
*The Meters had morphed into the Neville Brothers, so no Leo Nocentelli, but close enough.

Oh, man, that's timely.