Why they hung the flag upside down at Yosemite National Park, and now the Yankees can have beards?

I don't know about you? But it's scary out there, and I need good news. Pretty though - lovely clear blue sky. Definitely taking a long walk this afternoon - when it reaches 60 degrees. I'm taking today off - to adjust my body to DST. My Super is coming around 12:30 to install a new nob on my bedroom radiator. I may request that he turn off the bedroom radiator.

1. This week's New Yorker had a lovely article about the man who orchestrated the hanging of the upside down flag in Yosemite National Park. I spoke to my niece about Yosemite - asking if she'd been to it (she's been to practically all the other National Parks in California). She hadn't. Mainly because it's too popular and far too crowded. Of all the parks, it's the most busy, with the most activities, so she's avoided it. It's probably because of the famous El Capitan, which is where they hung the upside down flag.

The man who organized the hanging of the flag - didn't do it alone. He managed to round up a bunch of volunteers, various rangers and climbers, who were willing to help him do it. Why? To protest the firings. Nate Vince was a locksmith with the park, and the idiots that fired him didn't understand what he did.

( Excerpt from the article - What Nate Vince Did at Yosemite )

He didn't do it for very long - just to capture a picture. And they were careful about it - didn't drop it, unfurled it upside down for about thirty minutes to an hour - to grab a picture, then folded it up again and removed it - so the visitors could see the light hit the cliff face at the end of the day. The New Yorker Article goes in detal




Also the Daily Mail got the entire story wrong - I checked it out, hunting photos. It had a mechanic, and the wrong name. So folks? Don't read or subscribe to the Daily Mail - it's a tabloid.

2. Also, New York Yankees Change Facial Hair Policy - the players can now wear beards.

A little Good News...

Took the day off, as previously posted, and since it was a beautiful day in the low sixities - I took a walk - my knees still hurt - so just two miles, one to the stores and one back via Ditmas (which is basically little Greenwhich, CT, complete with huge beautiful Victorian Homes and yards). I picked up three books, one in hardback ("A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker, 1925-2025 edited by Deborah Triesman" and it appears to be signed by the cover artist, who lives in the area), and two in large paper back : Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, and A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. Also got a gluten-free buttenut squash bundt cake from Mimi's made with butternut squash, cinnamon, almond flour and some sugar. It's not frosted - so not as high in sugar. And some roll on CBD cream for aching muscles.

Anyhow, here's the Good News Report from the American Resistance Movement and it's Global Allies. (Note - I've decided to spread good news instead of negative, mainly because we're all getting enough of the later?)

Note a lot of this information is not being reported by the international press or the American broadcast media.

We the People Have Created Some Good News

1. We have been able to revive the old CDC site thanks to the archival work done by the people. It is restored!!

Restored Site

"RestoredCDC.org is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or any government entity. The CDC provides information free of charge at CDC.gov. Note the following: 1) Due to archival on January 6, 2025, no information on recent outbreaks is available. 2) Videos have not been restored. 3) Go to data.restoredcdc.org(folder organization on-going) to access restored data. 4) Use of this site implies acceptance of this disclaimer."

This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

2.First, a gym full of people. Then an overflow crowd. Then an overflow-overflow crowd, and an overflow-overflow-overflow crowd. More than 9,000 people came out in Warren, MI to say NO to oligarchy & NO cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and VA programs.

3.The Presbyterian Church of the USA, one of the largest mainstream Protestant denominations, is speaking out forcefully against Trump's agenda.

4.Greenland's Prime Minister verbally backhands Donald Trump after he calls for seizing the country "one way or another" during his lie-filled speech to Congress. Greenland's Prime Minister proudly states: "We are not for sale and can’t just be taken." Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede stated that Greenlanders "don’t want to be Americans, or Danes either. We are Kalaallit." The Kalaallit are the indigenous people of Greenland.
"The Americans and their leader must understand that," the prime minister continued in his Facebook post. "We are not for sale and can’t just be taken. Our future is decided by us in Greenland."

5. Apple’s shareholders voted, and the company’s DEI policies will continue.

6.Federal judge reinstates labor board member Gwynne Willcox fired by the Republican president.

7.The Go Fund Me for Dr. Borrenpohl—the woman dragged out of the Idaho Town Hall—has surpassed $325,000. Also, the city of Coeur d’Alene has revoked the business license of the security company whose unidentified thugs dragged her out of said Town Hall last weekend.

8.The Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose long-running appeal has attracted support from a broad coalition after independent investigations revealed prosecutorial misconduct.

9.A Roanoke College poll finds Virginia’s gubernatorial race has taken a dramatic twist as Abigail Spanberger (D) surged to a healthy lead over Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R), 39% to 24%. The two were tied at 39% in the same survey in September. Ahem. Something’s happening.

10.Rudolph Giuliani, finally, has "fully satisfied" the $148 million judgment won by two Georgia election workers who said he defamed them by falsely claiming they helped steal the 2020 U.S. presidential election and made their life a living hell..
( the rest )

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Oh, the Super sent a handy man to my apartment today to install a new valve on my radiator in my bedroom and to turn it off. I don't care about the living room or the bathroom or kitchen. But the bedroom was becoming a major issue.

Ugga Bugga...really Canada and the US? Really?

Okay both Canada's Visa/Green Card requirements and the US's should be smacked upside the head on this one?

R.E. Burke - famous British Cartoonist is detained by US ICE after being detained and refused entry into Canada due to a Visa mixup

I saw this initially on FB and was confused by it. I thought that travelers from the UK did not require VISAs for Canadian or US travel?

This article kind of explains the gist of the mix-up. RE Burke was staying with a family, and paying for her room and board by doing household chores.
( excerpt )

That's scary. I wonder if Canada and the US realize their idiotic VISA practices could kill Tourism dead? We kind of all depend on it?