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How Things Don’t Change

August 31, 2015 by Avogadro Mole

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends… that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

    ~ Adlai Stevenson, campaign statement in Fresno, California (10 September 1952)

Filed Under: Politics

Why yes, you can video police

August 17, 2015 by Avogadro Mole

From this article: U.S. Department of Justice Slaps Baltimore Police Over Right to Record Issue

"On Monday, the Department of Justice slapped the Baltimore Police Department with another letter, condemning it for writing such a vague general order and for allowing the harassment to continue.

"It is a very impressive read. Eleven pages of case citations and Constitutional clarifications. One of the most solid efforts from the federal government in protecting the rights of citizens to record police."

From the Letter from the U.S. Attorney General comes these tidbits, as quoted in the article above:

No individual is required to display ‘press credentials’ in order to exercise his/her right to observe, photograph, or video record police activity taking place in an area accessible to, or within view of, the general public.

And this:

In addition, policies should prohibit more subtle actions that may nonetheless infringe upon individuals’ First Amendment rights. Officers should be advised not to threaten, intimidate, or otherwise discourage an individual from recording police officer enforcement activities or intentionally block or obstruct cameras or recording devices.

The millstones of the gods grind slowly
but they grind exceeding fine.

Filed Under: Commentary, Politics

LIFE HORSE!

August 3, 2015 by Avogadro Mole

From three years ago, moved from old blog:

I made a pilgrimage to the University of Vermont Middlebury’s Morgan horse farm on 8 August. It was just a bit hot and humid, so I didn’t stand outside much. And the pictures in the barn didn’t come out too well. Gee, I guess I’ll have to go back.

Morgan Statute At UVM

Statute given in memory of Justin Morgan

FoalRunning

MaresAndFoals2

MaresAndFoals

RunningMare

MaresAndFoalsRunning

MaresFoalsAndAdmirers

MorganInHarness

MorgansUpClose

UVM_T-Rex

Filed Under: The Great Outdoors

My Favorite Quotes

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

— Charles Kingsley

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