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What the heck is an “organic statute”?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_statute_(United_States)

An organic statute is similar to corporate by-laws, which empower and prohibit the corporate board’s authority with respect to various issues. Here is a link to the “organic statute”:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/chapter-3/subchapter-V

I see nothing in the statute that grants the trustees the authority to change the name of the Kennedy Center. In my opinion, the judge is correct with respect to the renaming issue.

The judge is wrong, however, with respect to to the preliminary injunction prohibiting the trustees from closing the Kennedy Center for two years to renovate the facility. (See page 3 of the court’s decision for a summary of the reasoning and p. 65 for a detailed analysis - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.287972/gov.uscourts.dcd.287972.50.0_1.pdf)

A judge is not supposed to micro-manage fiduciary trusts in the absence of fraud, illegality, or conduct that is clearly erroneous and contrary to law. In other words, the judge cannot overrule the trustees simply because the judge would have done things differently or reach a contrary determination.

Here is a list off the proposed bans:

Hunting, fishing, and trapping of animals;

Slaughter of any animal for food;

Actions currently protected as good animal husbandry in existing state law (e.g., dehorning cattle, docking livestock, and castration or neutering of livestock);

Commercial poultry operations;

Any farming practice that causes physical injury, stress, or fails minimum care standards established by the initiative;

Certain wildlife management practices (e.g., culling programs, invasive species control, predator management);
and
Setting mousetraps, pest extermination, or rodent control if it causes physical injury or death to a protected animal.

The only exceptions allowed under the initiative for harming or killing a protected animal are self-defense against an immediate threat to yourself, other humans, or other animals, and good veterinary practices defined in state law. Under the initiative, protected animals would include any nonhuman mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, or fish.”

https://news.ballotpedia.org/2026/05/26/campaign-behind-initiative-to-criminalize-hunting-fishing-and-any-intentional-injury-to-animals-in-oregon-submits-required-number-of-signatures/

Explains a lot.

“when I checked my weather app, it was in the high 90s in the Phoenix area. That’s nothing new & hardly worth a news report.”

Currently 88 degrees in Carefree/Cave Creek AZ. The average high for May 26 is 95 degrees.

“We’re hoping a strong El Niño sneaks a few more EPAC hurricanes into AZ.

Clouds, lower temps, rain in summer ....perfect ! You can do it , El Niño !”

El Niño also brings higher humidity, but that’s a reasonable trade-off for more rain and cooler temperatures.

Up in the foothills north of Phoenix, we had eleven record breaking days in March. In April, we had one record breaking day, and eight below average days. The rest were normal. So far in May, we have had three record breaking days and 16 below average days. The rest have been normal.

I assumed that scratching their balls was dangerous and diminished their gene pool.

Except in Europe, Asia, and other places outside North America. All the cars that I have rented in Ireland and Scotland had manual transmissions, although automatic transmissions were available for a premium price. On our last visit to Scotland, the rental agent assumed that as Americans we would prefer an automatic transmission and repeatedly tried to up-sell us from the manual transmission vehicle that we reserved. I responded that "if we wanted to lease an automatic, I would have booked one in the first place." She finally gave up.

Because its none of your business.

“Shift in Green Card Processing: The Trump administration proposed a policy requiring noncitizens currently in the U.S. on temporary visas to return to their home countries to complete their green card application through a consular process, rather than adjusting their status from within the U.S.”

This was standard operating procedure back in the 1980s - 1990s.

Doralee, 9 to 5: “If you ever say another word about me or make another indecent proposal, I’m gonna get that gun of mine, and I’m gonna change you from a rooster to a hen with one shot! And don’t think I can’t do it.”

Business meaning: Don’t mess with me, pervert.

That’s a gerrymandered district by any definition.

https://legalclarity.org/is-haggis-legally-banned-in-the-us/

Lung-free.

The USDA has banned the use of sheep lung in the U.S., because of potential, but unproven health risks. Any haggis that you have seen here is made without the sheep lung, which means it is not real haggis.

In Scotland, haggis (with sheep lung) is served in just about every pub as inexpensive comfort food. To taste haggis is to love it.

Haggis with neeps and tatties.

I should be offended when a spic/beano calls me a gringo, but I am not and don’t care.

CNN is for losers. No thanks.

I saw that. The Diocese should be begging for a wall.

How do these "community members" even get a prescription? To get a prescription, they must see a doctor. To see a doctor (and in some states, to pick up the prescription), they have to show a government issued photo ID. But we are told by the opponents of the Save America Act, that requiring a government issued photo ID to vote is racist because people of color don't have photo IDs. They also claim that the Save America Act is racist because it would require in-person voting for most people, but people of color don't have the transportation resources to travel to the poll locations to vote. Then how do these community members get to Walmart?

Correct, but you can convert sea water into fresh water through desalination.