TomSlick
TomSlick's Journal150 square yards of sod just delivered.
I'll start laying sod at sunrise trying to beat the predicted heat as best I can. If I'm off the net for a couple of days, that means I'm down with my back.
If I'm laying sod on a Saturday, how early can I start drinking beer?
Arkansas Pro-Gun rally.
The local NBC affiliate did a very short bit on a pro-gun rally at the State Capital in Little Rock. The reporter read that "hundreds" turned out. From the video, I'd say maybe two or three hundred.
There were 3,500 to 4,000 at the Little Rock March for Our Lives. My report from that afternoon.
[link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10418312|
Remember, this is Arkansas I'm talking about. The gun nuts do not out number us.
The Day After Tomorrow?
Freezing temperatures are predicted in south Arkansas tonight - south Arkansas! On April 7!
I just brought in plants and started a fire in the fireplace. Tell me again how there is nothing to this climate change stuff.
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Trump not a "target." Question for federal criminal attorneys.
I have a question, or maybe a theory, about the report that Mueller has told Trump's lawyers that he is not presently a "target."
Might that only mean that Mueller does not intend (at least for now) to seek an indictment? For instance, if Mueller has concluded a sitting President cannot (or ought not) be indicted but intends to report criminal activity in his report to Congress, would that explain this report?
Extension on edit: The guests on Chris Hayes were just advancing my theory, so maybe I'm not too far out there.
Military to Build "The Wall?"
Trump has suggested using money appropriated to the Department of Defense to fund his wall on the southern border.
I have to admit that federal procurement law is not - and never has been - my area. Nevertheless, my memory from back in my Army JAG days is that money can only be used if it is the "right color of money," that is money appropriated for the specific purpose. Money is specifically appropriated for research and development, operations and maintenance, etc. and can only be spent for that purpose. As a general rule, money cannot be moved from the account of one "color of money" and be spent for another. My understanding is that spending the wrong "color of money," in addition to violating federal statute also violates the "appropriations clause" of the Constitution.
It seems clear to me that the appropriations to DoD were not intended to build Trump's wall. Based on my very shallow understanding of the rules, this cannot be done.
I am curious if any one with a clearer understanding of federal procurement law has an opinion on whether Trump can find a lawful way to use DoD appropriations to build his wall.
Photo from Little Rock March For Our Lives
The crowd stretched for six blocks. I haven't seen a crowd estimate - I'd guess a couple thousand anyway.
Herself and I are in there somewhere.
[link:http://www.arkansasmatters.com/news/local-news/participants-gather-in-little-rock-for-local-march-for-our-lives-event/1074988276#|
Little Rock, Arkansas March
Just back from the March for Our Lives in Little Rock.
Great crowd. The most moving point was before the march actually started. The call went up for students to move to the front. Lines of students started moving forward. We old folks parted and applauded - and fighting tears.
The young people who spoke were simply amazing. It's not just the students in Florida. All these students are amazing and will save us from ourselves.
ARKANSANS - ARKANSAWYERS - whichever you prefer.
There are SIX marches in Arkansas for March for Our Lives. Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the Jonesboro school shooting. This is real, we need to act.
I got it, we're outnumbered by the gun nuts but it's time to show up and March. Wherever you are in Arkansas, there is a March within driving distance.
[link:http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/mar/23/more-800-march-our-lives-planned-across-country-in/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=afternoon_032318&utm_content=afternoon_032318+CID_44dff31954923a4b64ac6dab42c524c7&utm_source=Email%20Marketing%20Platform&utm_term=At%20least%204%20Arkansas%20marches%20planned%20as%20part%20of%20movement%20urging%20gun%20control|
March for Our Lives - Arkansas additions
According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (don't be confused by the name, a very right-wing paper) reports there six marches planned in Arkansas. As a result of calendar karma, the March is on the twentieth anniversary of the Jonesboro, Arkansas school shooting in which five children were killed and ten wounded.
[link:http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/mar/23/more-800-march-our-lives-planned-across-country-in/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=afternoon_032318&utm_content=afternoon_032318+CID_44dff31954923a4b64ac6dab42c524c7&utm_source=Email%20Marketing%20Platform&utm_term=At%20least%204%20Arkansas%20marches%20planned%20as%20part%20of%20movement%20urging%20gun%20control|
Try not to read the posted comments. The NRA nuts are eager to respond - not so much normal folks.
You have to give Trump credit for one thing.
Between Stormy, the new law suit by Karen McDougal, and the promise of more to come, Trump is making Bill Clinton's escapade seem like small beer.
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