[Magdalen] Dick's Farewell.

[Kate Conant]

I remember the summer of 1974 the most for the Turkish invasions of Cyprus:
July 20 and August 14-16

OTOH, I was often reminded by my uncle Jack Stemple that he retired from
the government on the same day as Nixon.

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:26 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm. I wonder -- if we were to move the context to Israel (setting aside
> all other political considerations, of course) -- if one would see arrows
> pointing to the left as moving forward, since their written word goes right
> to left.
>
> There's no rational reason to see a right-pointing arrow as moving forward,
> but that our language moves left to right (today, anyway. Some early
> biblical Mss are boustrophedonic -- written as the ox plows, that is, going
> right to left and then in the next line, left to right, etc.  They didn't
> invent the idea; the Hittites (clever folks) did the same. The main reason
> we today tend to see a left-to-right arrow as "progress" is purely related
> to our assumptions about writing.
>
> If Bernie were able to get the nomination, it would be interesting.
> Although I am sure Hil would bring a heck of a lot more skills to the Oval
> Office, she has been a lightning rod for all sorts of negativity too.
> While it's obvious that many (most?) anti-Hil folks are just unable to
> tolerate a woman of power and skill (they will never forgive her for being
> uppity), We have not yet developed a process for throwing out votes of the
> unqualified (any who would base their vote on such rubbish), so the bigots
> and sexist hicks get to vote too -- for the time being.
>
> It's especially tragic that while most know Hil's skills, they don't seem
> to get it that she is also a woman of grace and character.  The
> professional swiftboater jerks have made Hil look bad (e.g., just like
> them).
>
>
> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/18/1248523/-You-won-t-see-Hillary-Clinton-in-the-same-light-ever-again#
>
> If your browser can't cope with that:
> http://tinyurl.com/nomwy56
>
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > But if it pointed left, it would be pointing backward.  I say onward,
> > forward, not back!  And I love Bernie, but the election would lose the
> > presidency for the Democrats.  That would be hard to bear, considering
> the
> > Republican field.
> >
> > Ann
> >
> > The Rev. Ann Markle
> > Buffalo, NY
> > ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> > blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > It really bothers me that Hilary's arrow points right, not left.
> > Symbolism
> > > is important.
> > >
> > > Run, Bernie, run! He has huge crowds!
> > >
> >
>