Cal Young 🦖

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

It's one of my favorites. 😂😂😂

It's like wandering into a happy hour with free finger food and a nice person gently packs you into a cab when you've had enough.

Text says I am in no mood for this as a man and his dog look out the window at ghouls ghosts and the devil

the squirrels seem happy today. that’s when they’re most dangerous

the gary larson? no repost showing.

Cricket?

Gary Larson cartoon. There is a washer and dryer. There are arrows scrawled on the floor, door to the room, and on the open dryer door. The arrows are labeled with "cat fud" like a trail to the dryer. The cat is looking in the dryer and the dog is hiding beside the washer thinking "oh please, oh please"

😔

"Same time tomorrow?"

I'm so sorry your friend Parkin has gone, Rachel. Thank you for sharing him with us.

Actual section numbering in a brief I'm reading:
I.
A. B. C.
II.
II.
1. 2. 3. 4.
1. 2.
B. C.
a.
II.
c.
1. 2.
2.
2. 3.
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b.
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Black and white photograph of a girl with long dark hair. In front of her are several fairies dancing and one is playing a flute.

😂😂😂😂😂

And the fairies thing too!

Interesting read! Thanks! The Mrs Guppy thing made me giggle.
No, the thing I saw was quite general and put it in historic and social perspective. Brief things on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his wife and Harry Houdini.

I saw a documentary on Victorian spiritualism last week!

Are they serving those in coffee cups now?

Wet snow coming down outside Graul's Market

Weirdly, one of the best lattes I've ever had was in an Emergency Room waiting area. (took a friend over and was waiting to see what the verdict was ...she was having a severe panic attack).

So much for the taste of spring. It's snowing and I just heard thunder. 🥴

😒

She has a dream of being a ship captain and loves his story of sailing the Atlantic and growing up in a port city.

Will the local Bronx foxes spring him from jail?

ooooh. I like that storyline.

Got the travel bug. What a dingdong.

Connections
Puzzle #1005
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me too on blue

Sydney Greenstreet's chortle is hilarious.

The way that this article mostly uncritically talks about Wright-Patterson being involved in UAP lore makes me bonkers.