An interesting Thanksgiving table
Friday February 25th 2022, 10:07 pm
Filed under: History,Politics

This made a good metaphor for the moment–sometimes you *do* have to push the bear away that’s threatening your loved ones, even when it has claws and you don’t. (BBCnews link.)

Meantime, Pres. Biden’s Supreme Court pick for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is married to a man whose twin is married to the sister of former House Speaker Paul Ryan’s wife. Ryan praised her intellect, her character, and her integrity (his description) today.

We’re going to have a great Justice on the Court.

Such a strong, strange-feeling mixture in the headlines this week.


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That girl was so lucky! Wow. And yes, at least there was SOME good news this week.

Comment by ccr in MA 02.26.22 @ 6:35 am

And Ketanji is a knitter! My son delightedly shared when he read, “(during her US District Court confirmation) The stress was severe enough that Jackson, who learned to knit scarves to try to relax her nerves, “started so many scarves I could have outfitted a small army,” she recalled in a 2019 talk.”

Comment by DebbieR 02.26.22 @ 8:58 am



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