TomSlick
TomSlick's JournalIt's a damned good thing I'm not in charge.
I understand that national policy should not be made based on emotions but I'm past being dispassionate.
Putin is an international criminal. He committed a crime against peace by his invasion of a non-threatening neighbor. He has committed numerous war crimes by targeting civilians. He is engaging in genocide against the Ukrainian people. But targeting a maternity hospital is simply a bridge too far. Dispassionate decision making be damned. Something has to be done to preserve international law.
If I was in charge, I would give the Russian military an ultimatum to withdraw from Ukraine within 24 hours or the US will intervene in Ukraine to prevent additional war crimes. That intervention could include attacks on any Russian military units in Ukraine and artillery units in Russia that fire on Ukraine.
It's a damned good thing I'm not in charge.
I heard the first crack in the US obligation under Article V of the NATO treaty.
Lawrence O'Donnell and Eugene Robinson were discussing the return of the Cold War and how nuclear powers simply cannot get into a shooting war with each other lest it escalate to a nuclear exchange.
The discussion was about why NATO cannot impose a no-fly zone in Ukraine. However, this will be the argument for why the US must not honor its NATO obligations when Russian invades the Baltic States or Poland.
If Putin is not stopped in Ukraine, he will attack a NATO member. The US must decide soon where the red line is drawn. Is an attack on Latvia crossing the line? How about attacking Poland or Germany?
Free Band Arrangement of the Ukrainian National Anthem.
If your college, high school, or community band wants to play the Ukrainian National Anthem, there is a free pdf of US Army band arrangement.
https://www.acbands.org/ukraine-anthem
I'm starting tomorrow I'm bugging the director of my community band to play this in our next concert.
TomSlick
Trombone hack
The twins are both home!
Mac was released from the NICU this afternoon. Mom, Dad, and grandmother claim to be able to tell them apart. I’m skeptical.
The tension level is way down. Two more beautiful baby girls the world has never seen.
At-home covid tests.
I got "the word" that the local health department had at-home covid tests to give away and managed to score three boxes with two tests each. I have ordered the tests from the federal government site but these from the health department will be good to have until the federal ones arrive.
There was no public announcement - I just heard the tests were available.
It might be worthwhile to call your local health department and ask.
I need any medics out there to talk me off the ledge.
My newborn granddaughter has been in the NICU for a week. She was placed in the NICU due to early breathing concerns.
She's off O2. She's eating more and weighs more than her twin sister at home. (The pediatrician tells us the child at home is thriving.) The NICU docs will not (or at least have not) talked to the parents in days. The nurses (the only people with whom the parents can speak) keep providing different metrics for her release. The parents are convinced she is being held in the NICU until her calculated due date - in two more weeks. (It's probably a good thing that her G-Dad can't get through the door due to Covid restrictions.)
At some point, laying in an NICU bed instead of being held by her parents and grandparents - especially her G-Dad - has to be bad for her development.
I get it, my degree is in law and not medicine and obviously don't know what I'm talking about. Someone out there who does know, please tell me that everything is fine.
Thank God for DU (& the truck hot spot)
I’ve delivered the DIL to the hospital for the 9:00 feeding in the NICU for the twin still there.
I am not allowed in the hospital due to COVID restrictions. Fortunately, I have a tank of gas and a hot spot in the truck. I can sit and read DU. It’s all good.
It's granddaughters - two of them.
I'm just back from NW Arkansas for the birth of two granddaughters - identical twins.
One is in the NICU (strangely, the larger of the two) but expected to be released soon. The older brother's third birthday is next week. I'm driving back tomorrow after fighting some fires at the office.
Look out world. There are two more little Slicks.
AG Leslie Rutledge has dropped out of the Arkansas Governor's race.
The good news is that now I don't have to vote in the GQP primary. The bad news is that there is not so much as a speed bump between Sarah Smokey Eyes and the Governor's office.
Hey Grandpa. What's for supper?
Calf liver and onions cooked in bacon on the griddle. Mashed potatoes and brown gravy. Squash with more onions from the griddle.
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