#GOP #Iran
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Lindsay Graham, known among other things for bringing home the bacon.
#LindsayGraham
Lindsey Graham Gets Eulogized, the DNC Gets Scammed & the War in Iran Gets Reheated | The Daily Show
Spoiler alert: get started wth Jordan Klepper.
"Lindsay never met a war he didn't like."
Chair of the Finance Committee with a big hand in the Big Bad Bonkers Budget Busting Billionaire Bailout Boondoggle
RantWoman is trying to locate a Lindsay Graham memorial clip talking about all the money the late Senator Graham was able to bring home to SC: Lord help us. The words come from PResident #StableGenius or at least one of his speechwriters.
Being in sync with local SC needs--and federal tax dollars--is probably one of Darline Graham's greatest strengths. Unfortunately, is this orientation going to get her tarred in a primary campaign that now features a total of SIXTEEN candidates all probably vying to prove how anti-tax and eager to cut spending they are?
WATCH LIVE: Lindsey Graham funeral service held in South Carolina
Please at least appreciate this for the cultural phenomenon of a Southern Megachurch.
Pretty rocked up rendition of Amazing Grace
FULL: Lindsey Graham funeral service at Washington National Cathedral
"Lindsay Graham never met a war he didn't like." ???
One-minute video parade of all TWELVE people in the SC #GOP primary. 3 appear to be women.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Unity? Sense of the Meeting? Consensus?
1. The SENSE OF THE MEETING at NPYM's annual session is clearly to go forward in steps to affiliate with Friends General Conference. This was not by a long shot only RantWoman's doing, but RantWoman is clear in her Light two years ago to listen to a Friend from Missoula and Friends were well-led in two years of discernment over a topic that first arose 20 years ago.
2. It does NOT seem to RantWoman that the room was at unity since one Friend spoke unambiguously about not being in unity with the movement but also not wanted to be recorded as a separate voice. RantWoman is going to risk mishearing this Friend's concern based on what RantWoman knows of this Friend's Light: the specific concern expressed was about Friends getting drawn too much into themselves.
One Friend noted that FGC does have space for dialogue among the many strands of Quakers. RantWoman is not clear how that point might speak to the Friend who spoke and who has strong ministry beyond the bounds of Quakers but RantWoman did not jump up and down about nuances not expressed in the room when minutes were edited.
RantWoman somewhat shares this Friend's concerns since RantWoman is also called to be a Quaker presence in many spaces where that is challenging. It is not always clear to RantWoman whether another Quaker project is where she is most called to spend energy. RantWoman is also VERY grateful to Friends in a writing workshop through FGC who just held the space one time when RantWoman just needed to sob about very visual metaphors.
3. Friend have spoken with great respect about FGC anti-racism work and youth resources
4. To RantWoman's ear one thing which helped the room find unity was clear statements from two Friends about how FLGBTQC and in particular Friends' space for transgender concerns supported them in important conversations with loved ones about life experience and transgender realities.
5. RantWoman very much appreciates voices from FGC present in person and on Zoom to up hold the Clerk. RantWoman also appreciates many FGC resources.
6. One of these days, RantWoman is going to summon "Dial-a-Tirade" about Quaker books with no audio book options. Quakers have to get in line, though. The blind author of a book about non-drivers also had to do extra steps and the audio version of a book aimed at lots of people with disabilities appeared months after the print edition of the book appeared. And if Quakers have to wait in line about this particular sample of RantWoman "good trouble," OH WELL. RantWoman will though start with steps to figure out whether any of Mateo Hansen's books are available in alternate formats.
7. Friends should all celebrate: Quaker capacity for public word-smithing is alive and well and the questions of unity, unity with spirit, sense of the meeting, and consensus thrive as a zone where Quakers are very good at the local version of angels dancing on the head of a pin. RantWoman as a former Recording Clerk also always holds in the Light the person brave enough for public editing.
Ukraine attacks ship in the Caspian Sea. Whose ship?
#Ukraine #Iran #Russia #Israel #CaspianSea
RantWoman posts these two items just to note one of many events in sequence.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Right Sharing of World Resources: the true link, plus tirades!
#SimpleMeal #AI
Dear Readers
RantWoman has plenty of tirades available. First though, RantWoman invites readers interested in very down-to-earth projects supported by a Quaker organization to go straight to
Right Sharing of World Resources | Equity & Community Development
sign up for the email list and find the link to donate.
From now on, RantWoman is probably going to repeat this exhortation every year when NPYM Annual Session invites Friends to a "simple meal" of beans, rice, and this year greens.
RantWoman eats beans and rice all the time. RantWoman eats beans and rice enthusiastically, with lots of variation. RantWoman just cannot get into the idea of making a special effort to eat beans and rice. Bon Appetit to all Friends drawn to this exercise.
The main subject of RantWoman's tirade: CoPilot. The Microsoft AI powered search engine. Other perpetrators of AI do the same thing. Somewhere down a couple paragraphs, if one is lucky and persistent, one can find the actual link one precisely asked for. BUT FIRST, please enjoy at least two paragraphs of slop to WASTE ONE'S TIME. And for this we are supposed to want to assign all our land and water and ... to big tech companies to build more data centers? Absolutely Freaking NOT!
The "near abroad" lectures Putin on the war on Ukraine
#Kazakhstan #Ukraine #Russia #Tokayev
RantWoman's attention has somewhat been elsewhere, but the carnage, corruption, and intrigue continue. Kazakhstan's President Tokayev telling Putin off is something notable.
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