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Happiness and moral duty William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-4-23
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
George Washington
Russia To Invade Virgin Islands? — US Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George filed a lawsuit, Dec. 27, against JPMorgan Chase saying the bank failed to report suspicious activity regarding the late Jeffrey Epstein’s accounts in order to garner sweet bucks from Epstein’s pedo-trafficking operation.
Joe Biden spent his post-Christmas vaca in the Virgins.
Well, son of a bitch. She got fired.
The only question that remains is when do the Russians invade.
Should Schools Encourage Children To Transition?
By Bob Small
Trans people are not “an issue”.
They are people.
The first activity many of us need to do, when looking at new formations is force ourselves to understand that this is 2023, rather than 1983 or 1953 or any prior date. The second activity, and this is purely my idea, is how do we neither encourage or discourage a mature person from becoming a Transexual Person but how do we wait until they are mature enough to come to this decision. How old is mature enough? To my mind, if they are not old enough to drive, enlist in the military, or vote, they are not old enough to make as final a decision as “transitioning”. Or is the opposite true, should 12-year-olds be able to drive, enlist in the military, and vote? And how should this be decided?
And, more importantly, who should make the decision. I only have answers, not questions.
The toolkit for gender spectrum brings up some fascinating questions like “are there gender differences in what kids are expected to do during recess? They also discuss the “gender-neutral day”. There are some fascinating ideas here, which are, at least, worth debating.
In Philadelphia, for instance, had quoted the Pope Francis as saying “The Catholic Church consistently affirms the inherent dignity of each and every person.” I’m not sure of the current translation of that, since there are not any recent posts, but you can see the previous details here.
The Post Millennial, is a conservative Canadian publication which has published some stories I found dubious one of which was the Pennsylvania Department of Education says kids can identify as transgender.
So I checked Pennsylvania Department of Educations website and it did have the line, under “Creating Gender-inclusive schools and classrooms that “If you don’t know a student’s preferred personal pronoun, it’s always best to ask”.
I couldn’t find anything on three-year-olds identifying as transgender, however.
In Delaware County, Haverford High School introduced proposed School Board Policy 259, ensuring Equity and Non-discrimination for Gender Expansive and Transgender students and Strath Haven’s The Panther Press carried an article Unlocking the door to equality by Cece Olszewski on Jan. 20, 2022
The first high school in Pennsylvania to adopt a Transgender Bathroom Policy, was Springfield Township in Montco.
So, is there a way to arrive at an age for this decision. Is there even a way to discuss this?
I’d like to hear opinions.
If a race could be won William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-3-23
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: If a race could be won after the first gallop, thousands would wear blue ribbons.
John Quigg
enjoy life’s good things
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: A man may beget a hundred children, and live many years; but however many are the days of his years, if he does not enjoy life’s good things, or has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
Do not despise him in his merrymaking
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Do not reprove your neighbor at a banquet of wine, and do not despise him in his merrymaking; speak no word of reproach to him, and do not afflict him by making demands of him.
Sirach 31:31
When you are right you cannot be too radical
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cotton Bowl QB Set Unbreakable Record
By Joe Guzzardi
Sports’ fans love to compile lists of accomplishments that are unlikely to be equaled. Here’s a sampling. On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain, then playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, scored 100 points against the New York Knicks. In 1946, the Cincinnati Reds’ Johnny Vander Meer tossed back-to-back no-hitters against the Boston Bees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 2022, pitchers completed only .01 percentage of the games they started, let alone tossing 18 consecutive hitless innings within four days. Speaking of no-hitters, Nolan Ryan’s total of seven over his 27-year career is safe for the same reason Vander Meer’s is—pitchers don’t finish their starts.
But an extensive Internet review of impressive sports accomplishments all overlooked one outstanding performance. And since football fans are reveling in the non-stop televised bowl season that began on Dec. 16, and ends on Jan. 9 when the National Championship Game will be played, 42 games total, today’s a good time to turn back the clock to the 1946 Cotton Bowl. In the match up between the University of Texas Longhorns and the University of Missouri Tigers, Longhorns’ quarterback Bobby Layne accounted for every single point scored in his team’s 40-27 win. A You Tube video of Layne’s Cotton Bowl action is here. Don’t expect anything remotely comparable to happen again.
Layne was also an outstanding Longhorns’ hurler who posted a 39-7 record that included two no-hitters, and he drew offers from the New York Giants, the Boston Red Sox, and the St. Louis Cardinals. Choosing not to endure the long grind up from Class D to the big leagues, Layne opted for the NFL.
That Jan. 1 in Dallas 1946 marked the beginning of Layne’s legendary college and professional career which spanned 18 years from 1944 to 1962, and produced a four-time All-Southwest Conference pick, six-time Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections, a spot on the NFL’s 1950s All Decade team, and 1967 induction into the NFL Hall of Fame. In 1995, Sports Illustrated named Layne the “toughest quarterback who ever lived” and in 1999, the Sporting News placed him #52 on its list of 100 greatest players. Layne’s gridiron success came despite his notorious partying which meant that he was often hung over at kick off, and his teammates recalled, imbibing a few quick ones at half-time.
In Detroit, Layne is remembered ingloriously for the successful curse he put on his former team, the Lions, after they traded him to the Pittsburgh Steelers. During the early 1950s, Layne and the Lions dominated the NFL. With Layne under center, the Lions won three championships. Layne partied on, but his antics exhausted the Lions’ front office. In 1958, the defending champion Lions traded Layne to the Pittsburgh Steelers. On his way out the door, a disappointed and angry Layne predicted that the Lions wouldn’t win again for 50 years; Layne’s famous hex worked. On the 50th anniversary of Layne’s curse, the Lions went 0-16. Along with the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans, the Lions are one of three teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl.
When Layne retired in 1963, he owned the NFL records for passing attempts 3,700, completions, 1,814, touchdowns, 196, and yards passing, 26,768. He left as one of the last to play without a face mask, and was credited with creating the two-minute drill. Doak Walker, Layne’s Hall of Fame running back said, “Layne never lost a game…time just ran out on him.”
Heavy drinking and wild living took years off Layne’s life. Layne partied hard and died young. In 1986, liver failure took Layne at age 59. “My only request,” he once said, “is that I draw my last dollar and my last breath at precisely the same instant.”
Joe Guzzardi is a Society for American Baseball Research member. Contact him at guzzjoe@yahoo.com
What kills a skunk William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 12-30-16
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
Abraham Lincoln
Changing Default Search Engine Can Save America — Most of the problems facing those of who love America are either complex and hard, or simple and hard.
Here’s one that’s simple and easy to fix, and that would lead to surprisingly consequential results.
Google is used by 86.49 percent of Americans for searching the web according to a November survey.
Dr. Robert Epstein, who had been one of the world’s most prominent psychologist until he pointed out that Google’s manipulation of search results pushed millions to vote D, notes that Google’s manipulation of search results pushes millions to vote D.
If we can get 10 or 20 or 50 million Americans to make something other than Google their default for searches, 10 or 20 or 50 million Americans would be better informed. Also conservative websites — and their content — would become much more visible, and those who want to bring forth a New World Order of drag queens will lose millions of votes.
How to switch?
BusinessInsider.com gives good directions. Note that the options in the default search engine dropdown menu for the major browsers are Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo and Ecosia.
There are other search engines but remember that we are making this easy for grandma.
We’ve been using Ecosia, which is used by .09 percent of us but Bing (about 8 percent) and the Duck (2.35 percent) are also infinitely superior to Google.
Forget Yahoo (2.95 percent) as it is no better than Google.
