#Congress Has the #Authority to #Regulate #SupremeCourt #Ethics – and the #Duty. From #oaths to #retirement to #impeachment, Congress already regulates the #highcourt, and it’s time for stronger #safeguards against #corruption. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/congress-has-authority-regulate-supreme-court-ethics-and-duty

“My views on #charity are very simple. I do not consider it a major #virtue and, above all, I do not consider it a #moral #duty. There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them. I regard charity as a marginal issue. What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue.”

— #AynRand: The #Playboy Interview (March 1964)
https://a.co/aunWK0y

Ahh, Listening the Pirates of Penzance. The opening scene dialogue always brings a smile to my face.

Its the one about duty.

#opera #gilbert #sullivan #duty

Holy expectations, Batman!

"Make sure you remain straightforward, upright, reverent, serious, unadorned, an ally of justice, pious, kind, affectionate, and doing your duty with a will. Fight to be the person philosophy tried to make you."
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 6, Section 30, translated by Gregory Hays

#Stoicism #MarcusAurelius #duty #BeingExcellent @stoicism

Now they say, the #GenderStar heats up peoples mood and that this is the reason for the recent wave of #homophobia. 🤭 At least in #Germany.

Only #liberals can deny the connection between homo-/ #transphobia and economic #recession; the increased need of everyone to improve his #competition based position on the #Labormarket by #exclusion of others, disabled, queers, gays.

And when the #NationalState does not organise this exclusion, like it does with #refugees, than good #citizen have to organize this manual work by themselves.

Beating up LGTBQ+ ppl. on the street one by one.

Jah, a good #Democrat knows his #duty, when time has come. Independent of gov support.

A quotation from O'Rourke, P. J.:

«««««
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/orourke-pj/3032/

#quote #quotes #quotation #accountability #autonomy #consequences #duty #freedom #humanrights #liberty #responsibility

#duty : that which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing

- French: devoir

- German: die Pflicht, der Dienst

- Italian: dovere

- Portuguese: dever

- Spanish: deber

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Today's poem:

Wanting a Child
- by Jay Deshpande

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/716466710435282944/wanting-a-child?source=share

#poetry #quest #duty #choice #urgency #commitment #JayDeshpande #love #labour #faith #endeavour

The Common Good by Robert Reich
@rbreich

We owe society an unpayable debt, but we should still try our best to pay it back anyway. Reich makes the case that we can, and should, consciously work to improve our nation for the benefit of all, not just ourselves. The selfish must be named, shamed, and punished, the virtuous must be held up as heros, and you must help make it happen.

#BookReview #Books #Society #Rules #Decency #Character #Good #Morals #Ethics #Duty #HelpOut #BeGood

"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny."
- Aristotle
#duty #excellence #monday #philosophy

https://bitchute.xyz/OzXLLWeRAe4b Come ... learn by example. Leave the dying empire of lies behind. seek the land of Truth. #Family #Autarky #Freedom #respect #honor #dignity #loyalty #duty #right #frugality #dedication #courage

[Automatic repost https://twitter.com/dystobot/status/1650220600168783874]

RT @TruthCampaigns: The only people with less knowledge than patients about the drugs they prescribe whilst ignoring all (Side) #Effects
egotistical #doctors fail their #Duty to #PatientsSafety

#CurrNOTListeningAlcea

Looks like someone's been neglecting their #music #listening #duty ..

:nkonya:

*Puts ash on forehead or whatever*

It’s Time for Dianne Feinstein to Resign

We should not hold a United States senator to a lower standard than that to which we hold all other Americans. We should expect that a senator would, at minimum, perform the basic duties of their job, like casting votes, rather than clench power at the public’s expense (after all, it’s not like they’re Supreme Court justices, who are apparently allowed to do whatever they want).

#feinstein #resign #duty #power #

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/04/dianne-feinstein-resign

@levelbot oh no! I can fix that!
...to my PC I go! #gaming #duty

Fail of the Week: Car Starter Motors Aren’t the Best Fit for eBikes https://hackaday.com/2023/04/14/fail-of-the-week-car-starter-motors-arent-the-best-fit-for-ebikes/ #TransportationHacks #FailoftheWeek #failoftheweek #startermotor #duty-cycle #ebike #fotw #lipo #bms #esc

Fail of the Week: Car Starter Motors Aren’t the Best Fit for eBikes - A lot of what real engineering is all about is designing to the limits of your mat... - https://hackaday.com/2023/04/14/fail-of-the-week-car-starter-motors-arent-the-best-fit-for-ebikes/ #transportationhacks #failoftheweek #startermotor #duty-cycle #ebike #fotw #lipo #bms #esc

Amy Klobuchar Tiptoes Up To Calling On Dianne Feinstein To Resign

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) suggested on Thursday that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) may need to step down if she is unable to return to Washington in the coming months, stopping shy of outright calling for her colleague’s resignation.

“You can’t leave the seat vacant for that long,” Klobuchar said when asked about her Senate Judiciary Committee colleague during an interview with CNN

#duty #resign

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dianne-feinstein-amy-klobuchar_n_643955e6e4b03031958cc0f6

The Dianne Feinstein situation turns ugly

And the situation has taken an ugly turn, leading to uncomfortable conversations about politics, age and even gender that could reverberate in the months and years to come

That’s because her illness-related absence from the Senate Judiciary Committee since mid-February (she was diagnosed with shingles) has hamstrung Dem's’ ability to confirm judges — an increasingly important political metric for administrations

#duty #resign

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/13/dianne-feinstein-age-health-senate/

@realtuckfrumper It's not just the #judiciary committee affected by her absence. With a razor thin margin, any Democratic senator missing affects the likelihood of legislation being able to happen. #ego over #duty