Thanks for that info. The Constitution Annotated adds: Subsequently, the Supreme Court considered several challenges to the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970, including Title III, which lowered the minimum voting age. In a divided decision in the 1970 case Oregon v. Mitchell, the Supreme Court held that Congress was empowered to lower the age qualification in federal elections, but voided the application of Title III of the Act in all other elections as beyond congressional power. Confronted with the possibility that they might have to maintain two sets of registration books and incur the expense of running separate election systems for federal elections as compared to all other elections, many states were receptive to Congress proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a minimum age qualification of 18 for all elections.

Nixon signed the 1970 Voting Right Act, which lowered the age to 18, while saying he believed a constitutional amendment was needed to do this, which was done the following year. https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2011/06/6-22-1970-rn-signs-the-voting-rights-act-amendments-of-1970/ https://www.history.com/articles/the-26th-amendment

Nixon didn't lower the voting age to 18; the 26th Amendment did, and presidents play no role in amending the Constitution, except to express their opinions about it, and I don't remember whether Nixon did.

the central argument of the piece is simplistic and reductive. it conflates psychological critique with imperial celebration. just because a lot of hollywood war films don’t zero in on the local populace doesn’t mean they’re being imperialistic. it remains critical of the war involvement regardless of how much it fleshes out the local people and culture. it’s also funny that you claim hollywood films are limited, but all you pointed out is that they’re not all encompassing, which is a laughably unreasonable thing to expect. the vietnamese film featured in the piece is far more limited in a multitude of ways and as pointed out, transparently propaganda. this article is also very selective and doesn’t grasp the larger picture. there are hollywood war films that have featured larger native perspectives and hollywood itself is a varied landscape. it takes little effort to find counter examples to the narrative presented in the article.

Tom had sent me this article before it appeared here. In the piece he sent me the last sentence was- Poetry, a last skeleton in John Waters closet.

The wrap up commentary on this movie review is asinine and filled with agenda driven disinformation and factual errors. You talk about “the vast majority of Hollywood films, and public discourse, look like a wasteland of open wounds and lies” and in the very same paragraph referring to Trump you spread a falsehood by stating that ” but our whole society, which experienced a massive trauma and then forgot about it so thoroughly that it turned around and handed public health to the same guy who’d presided over a million dead.” To correct the record in 2020 the last year of Trumps presidency in the pre-vaccine period there was just over 350,000 Covid deaths which is far short of one million. By comparison in the first year of the Biden presidency there was over 415,000 Covid deaths..[See Link]..https://theworlddata.com/covid-19-deaths-by-year-in-us/ “The movie doesn’t delve into Covid politics” I guess we can leave the delving into politics to propagandistic movie reviewers peddling hokum.

Does Dakota Johnson always suck the life out of everything she is in?

Having school dates available ahead of time really helps families prepare for the academic year. A comprehensive school calendar is a simple but valuable planning tool.

Hey I like the Athletic.

Murphy is set to do a series about Lindsay Clancy in 2027.

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So abortion isn't killing people? Or taking away their healthcare choices so they can't receive treatments the government says are not approved? Or taxing people so much they can'f afford kids in the first place? Or importing unvetted immigrants who are already guilty of murder in other countries and then rape and murder here? What a strange perspective.

True, "both candidates advocate gerrymandering, genocide, or arresting their opponents’ wives," but only one candidate advocates killing people by taking away their health insurance and their right to abortion. There are differences between the parties that making voting morally obligatory. I also think that the problem with gerrymandering is that it is legal, not that the parties engage in it. If one party does, the other must, as a matter of self-defense. Doing so is not gratuitous, as prosecuting one's opponent's spouse is.

The term golden age is subjective particularly as it pertains to a successful era in a sports teams history. My subjective opinion is that several years of making it to the playoffs, winning many playoff games and making it to multiple Super Bowls qualifies as a golden age. Your subjective opinion is that a golden age requires a Super Bowl victory. There is no debate here really, just a difference of opinions and an exchange of ideas.

I love this topic and have an assignment for you. "Lipsbury pinfold" is an obscure phrase from William Shakespeare’s play King Lear (Act 2, Scene 2, Line 8), spoken by the disguised Earl of Kent to Goneril’s steward, Oswald: "If I had thee in Lipsbury pinfold, I would make thee care for me". A pinfold is a circular stone pen for trapping livestock. No one knows where Lipsbury was. A small number of people think it is a reference to oral sex, where genitalia are trapped in the pinfold of teeth. And then someone released an album called "Lipsbury Pinfold." Please investigate and get back to me. https://ultralash.bandcamp.com/album/lipsbury-pinfold-1999

So now I'm supposed to debate you on the proper definition of golden age vis-à-vis the Buffalo Bills' history?

Living in San Diego I was a lifelong Chargers fan until the team owner Dean Spanos stabbed the city in the back and moved the team to LA while giving SD the finger on his way out. The 49ers were always my second favorite team but have become my favorite team after the Chargers exodus. Regarding the definition of a teams golden age I think there are many Buffalo Bills fans who look back at the 1990s with their 4 Super Bowl appearances and consider that era a golden age in Bills football even though they lost all 4 games. I am also certain that all of those fans regret their golden age in Buffalo Bills football didn't include a Super Bowl victory..

"Other Mommy" reviews raise doubts as to whether I'll be able to see it before it's out of the theaters. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/other_mommy

Anything Coulter writes or says is bound to be garbage, but the NYT and CBS are supposed to be different. In their recent reporting, both of them failed to mention that Jane Doe texted one of the bros: "Our bodies, our choice." Oh well, it must have just been an oversight. I think they're better targets in this case than the blond hag.

You have a different definition of a golden age for my team then I do. I'm guessing you're not a 49ers fan. My definition requires super bowl victories. They have not been the glory days for many years now.

A 5-0 start obviously doesn’t mean that the 49ers will win the Super Bowl but it is impressive and so is their recent history. The 49ers have made the playoffs 5 of the last 7 years including 9 playoff wins, 4 NFC championship games and 2 Super Bowls. It should be acknowledged that the current era of 49ers teams under Kyle Shanahan would have to be considered a golden age in 49ers football second only to the Joe Montana/Steve Young teams of the 80s and 90′s. Future fans will look back at this period of 49ers football as the glory days especially if they win a Super Bowl and winning the Super Bowl this year seems reasonably possible.

Huh? To say that this has not aged well is wildly premature. It's a factual statement that the 49ers' glory days are well behind them. Their last Super Bowl win was 31 years ago.A 5-0 start does not mean that they will win the Super bowl this season, although I sure hope they do. If this happens I will gladly accept being told that this didn't age well. I rest my case.

Are you talking about talking to someone who had done the EST training or Landmark?

There is an Aimee Mann station on Siriusxm https://www.siriusxm.com/player/artist-station/entity/6b19da47-a7c4-3fe8-a8a7-8811926473b9

One of the musicians to have actually appeared - as herself - in "Buffy, The Vampire Slayer."

I really enjoyed the interview. Great job making Johns feel comfortable while asking interesting questions, both technical and "spiritual". Will hunt down the book. 🙂

On "Coffee with Scott Adams" today (11/11) Scott Adams says, in discussing how to persuade people, you should watch Cheryl Hines on podcasts, and in particular this episode, if you want to know how to be on a podcast.

That and GQ?

I think seeing The Sting as a young teen or pre-teen helped turn me gay. THAT was a hot couple!

Trump has won twice, but neither of these guys have the slightest idea of why that happened. Try harder, Splice Today.

Hard to imagine thinking that Marc Maron has any real insights into the future of American politics. He's a good comedian and decent interviewer, but his talent stops there. And in this clip, he's talking to a fellow insufferably smug progressive, Sam Seder, who hasn't had an original thought in decades. Posting such material is a total waste of time. Thanks for nothing.

Actually the second littlest one was not her son because he was younger than my dad, i unfortunately don’t remember which cousin he was but the tallest boy was my great aunt’s son.

They are not going to school, my grandfather filmed this. It was a leisurely trip to the end of the line by lake Roland. The little blondie in white was my dad and the dark haired second tallest boy in stripes was my uncle. The lady that was on camera before they boarded was my aunt Bea and the two other boys I think were her sons

Such a great song. So sad youngin's don't know our music in the 60's and 70's was SO much better than their music is.

"If you only know a cup this way, you don't know the cup." David Thomas threw off sparks every time he opened his mouth.