Update from the Sunland
No.1089
21.11.22 – 27.11.22
Blog version: http://heartlandupdate.blogspot.com/
To all,
Just in time for Christmas! My 22nd published book and the 10th book of my To So Few series of historical novels was released in all forms this week.
To So Few – Overlord
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Cap Parlier’s To So Few – Overlord is the tenth volume of his historical novel series and encompasses the decisive events of 1944. Major Brian ‘Hunter’ Drummond has flown in combat fighters for five years with RAF No.609 Squadron and No.71 ‘Eagle’ Squadron, before they were transferred to the U.S. Army Air Forces as the famous 334th Fighter Squadron. Already well decorated, he achieves a rare status as a five-time ace fighter pilot. Brian’s British wife and mother of his son manages the couple’s substantial assets during the absence of his duty and amid the rigors of wartime restrictions. Together they deal with the monumental historic events of the Normandy landings and race across France and into Germany, and the desperate convulsive German counteroffensive known as the Battle of the Bulge. The epic story continues.
To So Few – Overlord is available in print and all digital formats. If anyone has difficulty ordering the form they wish from any source of your choice, please me know the details. I will do my best to work with the publisher to resolve the problem.
Of course, if you wish to share your opinion of Overlord, please give me your candid review—good, bad, or ugly. All reviews are appreciated. Enjoy!
The follow-up news items:
-- In Update no.1086, I reported the issuance of a temporary stay of a lower court ruling. Chief Justice Roberts ordered the stay as the supervisory justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. I will only cite the reference number [598 U.S. 22A362 (2022)]] [1086] since I thought just one week of not uttering his name in any form would give us all just a little break from the divisiveness, disgust, disrespect, and outright retrogressive behavior of the subject man. The Supreme Court summarily rejected and denied his appeal, which in turn indicates the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee can finally review his personal tax returns. Let it suffice to say, it was a bad day for that man and a good day for the Republic. No man stands above the law.
On Thursday, this week, Americans around the world celebrated Thanksgiving, a holiday Americans have enjoyed since 26.November.1789—the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday by a proclamation of President George Washington (3.10.1789). Spontaneous celebrations can be traced back to 4.December.1619, when British colonists arrived safely in present-day Charles City County, Virginia, and to 22.February.1630, when a different group of British colonists celebrated their Thanksgiving in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
This year, we were fortunate enough for three of our four children, their spouses, and two of our seven grandchildren to join us here in Arizona. We have no great-grandchildren, as yet. We gave thanks for family—those who could attend, and those who could not. We love you all.
This is a rather thin edition of the Update, which is a good thing from time to time. Thank you all for your interest in the Update from the Sunland. I am truly grateful for your interest and contributions to this humble forum.
Comments and contributions from Update no.1088:
Comment to the Blog:
“By this time, the January 6 committee has delayed too long. They’re unlikely to accomplish much before the new Congress puts a stop to them.
“Wait, Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar ran unopposed? That says something horrendous about Arizona’s Democrats, Green Party, and Libertarians.
“The notion of not prosecuting a candidate during a campaign is a recent Republican invention.
“I’ll remind all and sundry that ‘States’ rights’ was the legal pretext for the War Between the States.”
My response to the Blog:
The HSCJ6 may have been too cautious and methodical, but they faced significant headwinds beginning with the fBICP resistance, attempts to compromise the committee with MAGA advocates, and the myriad suits filed in court to avoid testimony or withhold evidence. No, I cannot ascribe the word “delayed” to the HSCJ6. Further, the HSCJ6 rightly showed respect and deference to the office of the president despite the fact that 45POTUS displayed very little if any respect for the office he held. What happens after 3.1.2023 remains unclear. I suspect it is fairly certain that the new fBICP majority in the House will swiftly seek to dissolve the HSCJ6. The Senate could pick up the work. Or, the HSCJ6 might finish their report on findings to date and publish. Or, they might just hand over their accumulated evidence to Special Counsel Smith. Or, any combination thereof.
No, I think the Gosar-Biggs fiasco says far more about the depths of MAGA mania in those districts. Too many races for state office were far closer than they should have been and I had hoped. The attorney general race is now down to 510 votes separating the candidates and headed to a mandatory recount. Gosar-Biggs (and many others) are an embarrassment to me as an Arizonan and as a proud American. These are the times in which we live.
We have not had to deal with criminal presidents until recently. The first outright criminal president (to my knowledge) was Nixon . . . well within my voting lifetime. The stress of those criminals has challenged the law. Qualified immunity evolved from that stress. Yes, Republicans have been the broad source of that stress, but I place Clinton in that group as well, so it is not just Republicans.
Yes, absolutely, that is history. Slavery was recognized by words in the original Constitution—history as well. Nonetheless, states are legal jurisdictions that have existed since the inception of this Republic. I seek balance, not domination by one tribe or another. We need states as the incubators of change.
. . . follow-up comment:
“I'm well aware of MAGA, but so are all Democrats. Not putting up even token resistance is shameful.”
. . . my follow-up response:
I cannot argue with that.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Another contribution:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41488081
“It’s out of hand but something must be done to stop these killings. It’s not going to be easy is it but an effort must be made. It cannot continue.”
My reply:
Yea verily! We must find a way.
There is always hope, until there isn’t.
My very best wishes to all. Take care of yourselves and each other.
Cheers,
Cap :-)
2 comments:
Good morning, Cap,
Thanksgiving is one of the few holidays I take seriously, for the concept of gratitude it carries. Its history is a bit more complicated than that, though. I’ll also note that Native American Heritage Day is overshadowed by the sickness of Black Friday.
Whatever one’s feelings about HSCJ6, their time is pretty much expired without actual results. Democratic underachievement goes back to Clinton, and Liz Cheney could only do so much.
Have a good day,
Calvin
Good morning to you, Calvin,
Yes, absolutely! My few sentences were a simplistic snapshot, not intended to be a definitive treatise. I am not a fan nor participant in Black Friday or Cyber Monday. The commercialization of Christmas has destroyed the true, root meaning of the holiday, but we still celebrate, along with Boxing Day—picked up during our time in England.
Native American Heritage Day is a great opportunity to remember.
HSCJ6 is not done, yet. Let us not write them off so soon. Nonetheless, their days as we have known them are certainly numbered. The findings and recommendations from the HSCJ6 effort are important, but it is the court record that matters. I am optimistic that Special Counsel Smith will move quickly and precisely. The Department of Justice has moved against and successfully prosecuted hundreds of insurrectionists from that day, but we are still waiting for the leaders to face just, and specifically, the paramount perpetrator, who still walks free breaking bread with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Holocaust-deniers, and anti-Semites.
Have a great day. Stay warm and safe. Take care and enjoy.
Cheers,
Cap
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