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Friday, April 4, 2025

No theme this week other than unrelenting celebration that Wisconsin rebuked sociopathy. Also, Billy Ocean.

Hello from Wednesday, when I'm still riding high on Elon Musk's epic failure. Let's jump straight into something else dragging things down.

My only regret about this 15 minute video about how ship anchors work is that it's only 15 minutes long. Fortunately, there are other sources of information about this. People who prefer to read can review this website (or any of the many, many other websites I found when I searched "how do ship anchors work").

Item 2: a list

Constitutional Amendments, Ranked:

  1. 13th (Abolishes slavery… except for convicted criminals…) - 1865
  2. 14th (Defines citizenship, includes due process and equal protection clauses) - 1868
  3. 1st (Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and government petitioning) - 1791
  4. 15th (Forbids denial of right to vote based on race) - 1870
  5. 19th (Grants women the right to vote) - 1919
  6. 10th (Federal government possesses only powers delegated to it in the Constitution, with all other powers reserved to the states or the people) - 1791
  7. 9th (Rights not enumerated in the Constitution retained by the people) - 1791
  8. 5th (Due process, no self-incrimination, eminent domain) - 1791
  9. 4th (Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures) - 1791
  10. 6th (Speedy trial, confront accuser, right to counsel) - 1791
  11. 16th (Federal income tax) - 1913
  12. 8th (No cruel and unusual punishment, excessive fines, and excessive bail) - 1791
  13. 12th (VP is elected with the President, not just the runner up in the election) - 1804
  14. 25th (Establishes the presidential line of succession and a process for what to do when the president is incapacitated) - 1967
  15. 17th (Direct election of Senate by popular vote) - 1913
  16. 22nd (One may only be elected president twice) - 1951
  17. 24th (Prohibits restricting voting rights based on failure to pay taxes) - 1964
  18. 26th (Lowers voting age to 18) - 1971
  19. 3rd (Restricts quartering of soldiers in private homes) - 1791
  20. 21st (Repeals Prohibition) - 1933
  21. 20th (Changes dates of presidential/congressional terms, establishes VP gets to president if president-elect dies before inauguration) - 1933
  22. 7th (Right to jury trial in civil lawsuits) - 1791
  23. 23rd (DC gets electors in the Electoral College) - 1961
  24. 11th (States immune from suits brought by out-of-state citizens and foreigners) - 1795
  25. 18th (Prohibition of alcohol) - 1919
  26. 27th (Delays congressional salary changes from taking effect until the next Congress, took more than 200 years to get ratified) - 1992
  27. 2nd (Right to bear arms as part of a well-regulated militia) - 1791

Item 3: a media recommendation

Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car

Item 4: word of the week

Pertinacious

He was a difficult child and grew into a difficult adult. He resisted all instruction and had a pertinacious refusal to change his mind based on new experience or information. This did not make him a pleasant person. No one liked him.

Item 5: a photograph

Yan' Dargent illustration for Louis Figuier's Les Merveilles de la Science depicting the hallucinatory dreams produced by ether, 1868 — Source

Fun fact: if you click on the photos (or illustrations) I post here, you usually get directed to a website that has more information about them. Just some information for you, do what you like with it.

See ya!

Thanks for reading. It's been a pleasure, as always. See you next week.

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Jacob Wolman

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