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#simone biles #gymnast #artistic gymnast #sporty girls #medal of freedom #simone #black

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#megan rapinoe #july 2022 #2022 #medal of freedom

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So I'm getting a little misty-eyed watching President Biden bestow Medals of Freedom on 17 worthy Americans today. Gabby Giffords, Khizr Khan, Megan Rapinoe....heroes all in my book.

I just wish Gym Jordan would have the decency to return his.

[I just threw up a little in my mouth when I was reminded Trump also gave Medals to Rush Limbaugh and Devin Nunes]

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Mindy Kaling getting Medal of Freedom by Joe Biden

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President Joe Biden presents gymnast Simone Biles with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House on July 7, 2022.Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images

The medals are awarded by the president to people who have had significant cultural impacts or made great contributions to the country or the world.

#medal of freedom #blackhistory #honoring #simone biles #congratulations #african american women #female gymnast

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#BG #megan rapinoe #medal of freedom #athlete #brittney griner #free brittney griner #embroidery

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President Joe Biden awards the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Sister Simone Campbell during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, July 7, 2022. Campbell is a member of the Sisters of Social Service and former executive director of Network, a Catholic social justice organization. She is also a prominent advocate for economic justice, immigration reform and health care policy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

#religion #politics #christianity #catholicism #medal of freedom #nuns #united states #north america #divinum-pacis

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Firstly journalist Phil Mushnick [⬅link to Wikipedia about him] is a "boorish" asshole himself. He's feuded with anyone with a pimple.

And remember Donald Trump gave a medal of freedom to Rush Limbaugh. He's the most ill mannered, spoiled, ugly souled person to ever get that medal. He was an awful person, hurt people with his rhetoric, driving people apart with divisive 'firebrand' bullshit, while playing a godly person on the surface and being a drugged up, drunken womanizer underneath. He didn't have a generous or philanthropic bone in his pill a ridden body. But he's not "boorish", right?

BUT that's the NEW YORK POST. It's a staunch right wing rag. So they're drilling holes into Megan Rapinoe because she refused to go to Donald Trump's Whitehouse after the women's team won. And because she's gay.

So these right wing types (both regular people and media outlets) always portray this prissy 'even handed' reporting off their news outlets, when they're not only biased, but NEVER critical of their own "side".

[And I say "side" because that's what they like. Stirring Imaginary conflicts with a self-righteous fist raised in the air.]

Megan Rapinoe has done great things for community, bringing people together, fighting for equality in women's soccer. Working to eliminate homophobia and transphobia in sports. She's done Philanthropy for LGBTQ, Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) to bridge the gap between people, and creating understanding.

#Megan Rapinoe #medal of freedom #soccer #Joe Biden #Phil Mushnick #new York post #hypocrisy #fuck the right wing

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#Joe Biden #Simone Biles #John McCain #Denzel Washington #Medal of Freedom

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'Oppenheimer is a movie devoted to two related stories – how, under the scientific direction of Robert Oppenheimer the US produced an atom bomb in time to be used against Japan at in the Second World War, and how after that achievement Oppenheimer, by now the Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton had his security clearance revoked and was removed from advising the US government on nuclear weapons work.

Australian (and British) viewers will benefit from knowing about the role which Mark Oliphant (then in Birmingham) played behind the scenes in getting the atomic project going.

The movie was exciting and kept you on the edge of your seat. One expects that movies distort or omit historical or scientific facts, in the effort to produce a good spectacle and a good story. As I was enjoying the story, and the spectacle, I found myself becoming more and more annoyed by these distortions and omissions.

The critical fact which was omitted was that the determination that an atomic bomb could be constructed in a small enough package to be delivered by air was made in Britain, and that information was provided to the US early in 1941, but initially the US did not act on it. Mark Oliphant late in 1941, forcefully reminded the US of those discoveries and work started. Without the British action it is unlikely that the atomic bomb would have been available before the Allied invasion of Japan.

The distortion which I found irritating was the prominence given to the 1939 work of Oppenheimer, with his PhD student H. Snyder on black holes. This paper had no impact on the work on the production of the atom bomb. Perhaps it was introduced into the movie to provide an excuse for the endless and irrelevant images of stars and galaxies. Artistic licence – yes, but very annoying to me.

When the process of nuclear fission was discovered in 1938 in Germany and elucidated and explained in Europe and the US in 1939, the possibility of a nuclear fission bomb was obvious to many physicists. It was not immediately apparent what the dimensions of such a bomb would be, whether it could be readily delivered by air or not. The famous 1941 letter (composed by Szilard) from Einstein to President Roosevelt was not able to hint at the answer, and the Uranium Commission set up by the President to investigate concentrated its activity on the possible use of nuclear reactors to power submarines.

The breakthrough was made by Rudolf Peierls and Otto Frisch, two Jewish refugees working at the Department of Physics at the University of Birmingham. Mark Oliphant, the Head of the Physics Department had arranged jobs for them. Oliphant had a large group working on radar. That work was secret and Peierls and Frisch, being German aliens were not allowed to join the secret war work. Instead, they worked together on the calculation of how large a Uranium bomb would be, and what effects it would have. Peierls hand typed the now famous Peierls Frisch Memorandum and handed it to Oliphant. The now unclassified memorandum is available from several sources, one of which points out they make an error and instead of their estimate that 600 gram of uranium 235 would make a bomb, the correct estimate is 18 Kg.

Oliphant passed the memorandum to those responsible for considering the likely use of Uranium in the war, and the MAUD committee was set up to verify and work through the implications of the Peierls Frisch memorandum. The report is now unclassified and is available here. They recognised that the Atomic Bomb was feasible with Uranium in which the Uranium 235 isotope was enriched, but that the resources required for program were far beyond what the British could afford. Although the US was not yet in the war, the report of the MAUD committee was shared with the US early in 1941, but no response had been received.

Oliphant flew to the United States in late August 1941 in an unheated bomber to ostensibly consult about the radar program but was actually charged with inquiring why the United States was ignoring the MAUD Committee’s findings. Oliphant stated the following: “The minutes and reports had been sent to Lyman Briggs (Director of the Uranium Committee) and we were puzzled to receive virtually no comment. I called on Briggs in Washington, only to find out that this inarticulate and unimpressive man had put the reports in his safe and had not shown them to members of his committee. I was amazed and distressed.”

Oliphant then met with the Uranium Committee. Samuel K. Allison was a new committee member, a talented experimentalist and a protégé of Arthur Compton at the University of Chicago. Oliphant “came to a meeting,” Allison recalls, “and said ‘bomb’ in no uncertain terms. He told us we must concentrate every effort on the bomb and said we had no right to work on power plants or anything but the bomb. The bomb would cost 25 million dollars, he said, and Britain didn’t have the money or the manpower, so it was up to us.” Allison was surprised that Briggs had kept the committee in the dark.

To further champion his cause, Oliphant contacted Ernest O. Lawrence at the University of California at Berkeley. After visiting with Lawrence and receiving his support, Oliphant visited with both James B. Conant and Vannevar Bush and then went to see Enrico Fermi before returning to Birmingham, England.

Oliphant’s heroic efforts are generally felt to be the “catalyst” that finally pushed the American bomb effort over the top.

As described in Wizards of Oz {Bret Mason 2022, New South Publishing, Sydney ISBN 9781742237459}, the visit to Lawrence, who had been a colleague of Oliphant at Cambridge was prompted by Oliphant’s frustration with the lack of action by the Uranium Committee and the apparent lack of understanding by Conant and Bush that a bomb was possible. Note that the visits were not in the order described in the official US history quoted above. Oliphant was not authorised to visit Lawrence, who did not have the necessary security clearance, but Oliphant flew to Berkeley. Oliphant described the work of the Maud Committee in detail, persuading Lawrence that the atomic bomb could and must be built, by the US. Oppenheimer joined them during the conversation. Oliphant wrote detailed letters to both Oppenheimer and Lawrence. All were concerned about the lack of action in the US and the need for speed because the basic physics behind the atom bomb had been developed before the war in Germany.

Histories differ on the extent to which Oliphant’s intervention speeded up the production of the Bomb, and whether or not it would have been ready to use before the invasion of Japan. In general US histories suggest that, although speeded up it was not enough to change the outcome of the war, and British histories suggest that it was critical. The October 1945 issue of Reviews of Modern Physics contains the US and British histories, work it out for yourself. Groves said that “without active and continuing British interest there would probably been no atomic bomb to drop on Hiroshima” but downplayed their scientific input. As the US repeated the British scientific work and developed the plutonium bomb in spite of that route being put on the shelf by the MAUD committee, that can be understood. Left open is the question of when it would have been started without the British input, and Oliphant’s push.

“If Congress knew the true history of the atomic energy project, I have no doubt that it would create a special medal to be given to meddling foreigners for distinguished services, and Dr. [Mark] Oliphant would be the first to receive one.” – Leo Szilard; speaking after the war and referring to Britain’s “manipulation” of America’s government officials to put the bomb effort on a “fast track.” From the US Nuclear Museum of Science and History.

The US Congress did establish such a medal, the Medal of Freedom, and it was received by Peierls and Frisch in 1947, but not Oliphant. He was to be the only meddling foreigner to be awarded the Medal of Freedom with Gold Palm, but he had been described as an “Australian Citizen” and the award was referred to the Australian Government for approval, which had decided that such awards should not be awarded to civilians and did not approve. In 1947 there were no Australian Citizens. Australians were a British Subjects. Had he been correctly described he would have received the medal. [Wizards of Oz p 322]

Australian and British viewers of the movie Oppenheimer should be aware British Science and Mark Oliphant’s personal persuasion made a vital part in the timely production of atomic bomb in 1945.'

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re—inc Congratulations Pinoe on your Medal of Freedom🖤 “It’s literally the point of life to be able to walk in your truth and be who you are. I just see this [award] as a validation of all the things that I’ve stood for.” #BoldlyReimagine

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Black History Month: John Lewis -- The Last Of The True Heroes

On the night of July 17, 2020, a breaking news flash crossed my screen that took my breath, caused me to utter aloud, “NO!”, and broke my heart.  Congressman John Lewis had died.  Even today, reading about him, thinking about all that he stood for and all that he accomplished can bring a tear to my eye.  Today’s post is a reprise of the one I wrote on that night and published the following…

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#civil rights #Dr. Martin Luther King #Edmund Pettus Bridge #Freedom Riders #human rights #Medal of Freedom #U.S. House of Representatives

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Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente and Babe Ruth were also honored posthumously.

Mariano Rivera in 2019 by President Donald Trumpīerg declined the award but it was accepted on his behalf posthumously.

Babe Ruth in 2018 by President Donald Trump.

Vin Scully in 2016 by President Barack Obama.

Yogi Berra in 2015 by President Barack Obama.

Ernie Banks in 2013 by President Barack Obama.

Stan Musial in 2010 by President Barack Obama.

Buck O'Neil in 2006 by President George W.

Frank Robinson in 2005 by President George W.

Roberto Clemente in 2003 by President George W.

Hank Aaron in 2002 by President George W.

Ted Williams in 1991 by President George H.W.

Jackie Robinson in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan.

Joe DiMaggio in 1977 by President Gerald Ford.

Moe Berg in 1945 by President Harry Truman, as an award for war service.

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The Presidential Medal of Freedom has been awarded to twelve former professional baseball players and one announcer significantly, four of them are former Negro League players. Bush at the White House on November 9, 2005 “The mayor has been consistent that he never asked for a pardon and told President Trump that if he was offered a pardon, he would decline it because he didn’t do anything wrong,” he said.Hall of Famer Frank Robinson receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Costello, told the Times that the former mayor was not aware of the pardon requests “if they exist.” He is praying you present him with this on Friday, January 15 or Monday the 19,” Ryan wrote.Ī lawyer for Giuliani, Robert J. Giuliani rarely asks for anything for himself. Ryan also requested a general pardon and for the Presidential Medal of Freedom approximately a week after the letter is actually dated (January 10).

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He has led a team of lawyers, data analysts, and investigators,” Ryan reportedly wrote in the letter, going on to describe Giuliani’s financial hardships, saying he’s “his job and income” working pro bono for the then-president. The honorable Rudy Giuliani has worked 24/7 on the voter fraud issues. “I tried to call you yesterday to talk about business. It is not clear if Giuliani was aware of the letter, which is dated only days after the January 6 Capitol riot. Kerik, the police commissioner while Giuliani served as mayor. The letter was intercepted by Giuliani advisor Bernard B. The letter addressed to Trump also contained requested payments for Giuliani, presumably for legal services, and Ryan. The request was first reported by the New York Times, which obtained an advanced copy of Kirtzman’s book. In the book, Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America’s Mayor, journalist Andrew Kirtzman reports that Maria Ryan, an associate of Giuliani, sought both the pardon and medal in a letter to Trump. An associate of Rudy Giuliani’s tried to get the former New York City mayor the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a “general pardon” before Donald Trump left the White House, a new report reveals.

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When Biden called Rapinoe to alert her that she would be receiving the Medal of Freedom, the United State’s highest civilian honor, she took the opportunity to address Griner’s Russian detention. The soccer star has consistently amplified the message that “we can do more” for Griner. Rapinoe has been outspoken in her support of Griner’s release, taking to the ESPY Awards stage to deliver an emotional plea for her return. Prior to the conviction, Griner pled guilty to possessing illegal substances, after customs officials found 0.7 grams of cannabis oil in her luggage. WNBA star Griner was recently convicted in Russia for drug possession charges and she is facing a sentence of over nine years in prison. soccer star Megan Rapinoe reportedly leveraged a phone call with President Joe Biden, who was calling to tell her that she would be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to discuss Brittney Griner’s release. This is, of course, all separate (but semi-related) from the matter of Giuliani being sued for $1.3 billion from Dominion Voting Systems for his frequent assertions that the machines were hacked, while offering no evidence to back up the claim.U.S.

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Though he is currently the subject of a criminal investigation in Fulton County, Georgia, where he was forced to appear last week in order to answer a series of questions about his presumed involvement in helping Trump try to push The Big Lie. Not everyone would necessarily agree with the last part of that statement. According to Giuliani’s legal team, Rudy wasn’t even aware of the requests, and would have put the kibosh on the letter himself as “he never asked for a pardon and told President Trump that if he was offered a pardon, he would decline it because he didn’t do anything wrong.” Ryan also requested a general pardon for the president’s former personal attorney, despite the fact that he swears he did nothing wrong in helping Trump to attempt to overturn a totally legitimate presidential election.Īccording to Vanity Fair, one of Giuliani’s advisers managed to get his hands on the letter before it ever made its way to Trump. “He is praying you present him with on Friday, January 15 or Monday the 19.”īut Rudy “I Rarely Ask For Anything For Myself” Giuliani was not done. Giuliani rarely asks for anything for himself,” Ryan wrote.

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In it, Kirtzman shares that Giuliani associate Maria Ryan penned a letter to Trump stating that, “As you know, lost his job and income and more defending you during the Russia hoax investigation and then the impeachment pro bono.” As a result, the unofficial Four Seasons Total Landscaping spokesman was asking for $2.5 million for himself, and $45,000 for Ryan, plus a couple of other major perks - because why stop at millions of dollars? These revelations all come via an upcoming book, journalist Andrew Kirtzman’s Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America’s Mayor, which is due out in mid-September. As Vanity Fair reports, by way of The New York Times, in the wake of the January 6th riots, a Giuliani associate sent a letter to then-president Donald Trump directly, asking that the former New York City mayor be treated like a hero. Rudy Giuliani seems to have been feeling pretty emboldened in the days following the violent attack on our Capitol.

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