Back Among the Living

After three days of feeling lousy, and one day at about 50% lousy, I'm more-or-less myself today.

 

Well, myself plus another dose or two of the cold and flu meds which seemed to have the greatest effect on the symptoms.

 

So ... has anything happened out there whilst I was away?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just kidding.

 

Yesterday was too warm (for us), hovering near 40 degrees all day. But the ground is frozen, the snow is deep, and the net effect was that snow piles shrank some, but are a long way from gone. The highway is clear, side roads are clearing, and residential streets are still a mess. Since they hadn't been plowed well to begin with, most are down to a lane and a half. Makes those blind corners a bit more exciting, don'tcha know.

 

But I digress.

 

Mostly, today, I'm encouraged by President Trump's pick for the Supreme Court. Judge Gosuch is an outstanding jurist, and a strict constructionist when it comes to Constitutional issues. I like everything I've read about him, so far.

 

I'm also enjoying the sights and sounds of liberal heads exploding on the two coasts. It's fun to watch. :)

 

I've avoided looking for too long at the local paper's website, because the headlines they choose are all too predictable. It's a McClatchy rag, so you already know what they publish, and how they phrase the stories.

 

In the words of President Lyndon B. Johnson (not someone I often quote or even consider):

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'

Of course, that was back in a time when reporting was more even-handed. The furor which attended President Nixon's peccadilloes a decade later destroyed that era forever. Thanks, Dick.

But I digress. Again.

The point I originally intended to make is long-since gone from my thought processes, this morning. I'm sure there was one.

Or maybe not.

But I'm feeling better, and it's Hump Day. All y'all have a good day out there, and thanks for stopping by.

Supreme Court Blocks Obama's Climate Change Plan

From USA Today:

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Obama's signature climate change initiative Tuesday by halting the administration's effort to reduce pollution from coal-fired power plants while a legal battle rages on.

The move by the court's five conservative members was a shock to environmentalists, who had hoped the justices would deny -- as a federal appeals court did last month -- a petition filed by 29 mostly Republican-led states and industry leaders.

Now the Environmental Protection Agency must halt enforcement of the so-called "Clean Power Plan" until the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decides on the merits of the GOP-industry lawsuit against it. Oral arguments are set for early June.

Follow the link to read the rest. Me? I'm feeling just a little better about the world, now.

A little.

Quote of the Day

Nothing can destroy a government more quickly than its failure to observe its own laws, or worse, its disregard of the charter of its own existence.

~ U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark - Mapp vs. Ohio