Random News and Notes 7 August
There was some sort of glitch over at the Library of Congress’s Constitution Annotated page yesterday. In what the LOC is describing as a coding error, sections 9 and 10 of Article 1 were missing. It seems that parts of section 8 were also missing, but not having seen the errors, I can’t tell you where the deletions started.
It took approximately 11 minutes for the error to be corrected, yet the left has its usual meltdown. The accusations of all sorts of nefarious behavior started almost immediately. It was so unhinged, I’m not going to bother posting any of it.
For the record, Section 9 outlines powers that are denied to the federal Congress, while Section 10 details powers that are denied to the states. Both sections aim to limit governmental power and protect individual liberties.
There was a shooting at Ft. Stewart GA yesterday. 5 soldiers were wounded when SGT Quornelius Radford shot up the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) – his unit – area on the base.
Radford, a 92A Automated Logistical Specialist, had been arrested for DUI back in May. Radford joined the army in 2018 and has never deployed according to Army records.
They are hangin’ Danny Deever, they are marchin’ of ’im round,
They ’ave ’alted Danny Deever by ’is coffin on the ground;
An’ ’e’ll swing in ’arf a minute for a sneakin’ shootin’ hound—
O they’re hangin’ Danny Deever in the mornin!’
Arizona state senator Analise Ortiz is playing with fire. The Dem is actively posting locations and timing of ICE raids in her district, AZ 24, that consists of a large swath of Maricopa county and the city of Phoenix.
. . . 29 yr old Mexican FUGITIVE wanted in Mexico for the RAPE of an UNDERAGED family member – Jesus D. Suntecun Suchite: 45 yr old Guatemalan CONVICTED of attempted 2nd degree MURDER & misconduct involving weapons – Monserrate Rabago Gaxiola: 67 yr old Mexican alien CONVICTED of CHILD ABUSE & aggravated ASSAULT with a deadly weapon President Trump’s deportations executed by @ICEgov law enforcement make our communities safer. Democrats attempts to harbor these criminals make our communities more dangerous and put American lives at risk.
AZ Senate President Warren Petersen issued a statement condemning Ortiz and then went a step further. He referred her to the US attorney for Arizona, Timothy Courchaine, for prosecution.
President Trump has ordered a new census to be held. While the Constitution requires one every 10 years, it does not preclude them from being held more often. The 2020 census was so riddled with errors, even the Dems admit that much, that several Dem states held onto House seats they should have lost.
This is just breaking, so I haven’t seen a lot of Dem response to it, but the non-count of illegals is bound to set them off.
I missed another significant anniversary yesterday. It was the 80th anniversary of a small sun being unleashed over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. At 0815 local time, the B-29 Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb called “Little Boy” from an altitude of 31,000 feet – falling for a bit more than 44 seconds – before detonating at 1,968 feet. It was the first time an atomic weapon was used in combat.
I will not entertain debate about the morality of the use of the atomic bombs in early August 1945. The casualty estimates for Operation Downfall – the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands – exceeded 1 million for the Allies. Estimates of Japanese casualties were higher. Keep in mind, every Purple Heart Medal that has been issued between 1945 and 2003 was minted in expectation of the extremely high casualty estimates from Downfall.
The bombings, while horrific, caused less than a quarter of that estimate. As an historian, I am not convinced that the 1 million estimate was accurate. In fact I am reasonably sure it is too small by a factor of 5. It took the atomic bombing of two large cities to break the will of the Japanese people and leadership.
Today is Purple Heart Day. The Purple Heart is one of the oldest awards in the U.S. military, originally established by George Washington in 1782 as the Badge of Military Merit.
The modern Purple Heart, with its current design and name, was revived in 1932. It is awarded for being wounded or killed in combat.
