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Monday, February 2, 2026
Sunday, February 1, 2026
February 1, 1960: desegregation sitins begin
#OnThisDay in 1960, four Black freshmen students from North Carolina A&T — Franklin McCain, Joseph A. McNeil, David L. Richmond and Ezell A. Blair Jr. — began to ask themselves what they were going to do about discrimination.
— Jerry Mitchell (@JMitchellNews) February 1, 2026
“At what point does a moral man act against… pic.twitter.com/06patLkzlT
February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four | Civil Rights Sit-In | Indpendent Lens | PBS
Saturday, January 31, 2026
AHEM. Blowing whistles is protected first amendment activity...and...
The whistle code:
three short blasts: ICE has been sighted.
(Oh, Good! Just what RantWoman wants in the pedestrian environment allegedly increasing public safety: violent, poorly trained, unidentified, unaccountable goons. SURE. Sure, as in MANY local police officers and reportedly, even some people within ICE will attest)
One long continuous blast: ABDUCTION
(phrasing on the instruction sheet)
Regardless of where one comes down on federal officials grabbing people off the street, pepper spraying citizens trying to record what they are doing, and spewing lies, Lies, LIES (Can anyone tell RantWoman is a little biased?) RantWoman needs to go off about one aspect of the literal whistleblowing campaign: a bunch of whistles going off all around one is likeluy to be DARNED confusing to blind pedestrians. RantWoman also notes that there may be other people with mobility issues or personal reasons to need to find paths to safety, paths AWAY from places crowds may be running toward.
RantWoman bases the observation about difficulty identifying the sources of whistles on what she has heard in a number of videos about ICE / Border Patrol actions in Minneapolis and other cities. RantWoman has NO desire to use her limited eyeball time on videos getting analyzed in minute detail. RantWoman does, though, want to encourage people responding to whistle alerts to look around and #ASKDontGrab if someone nearby might need help finding paths to safety.
One more comment for #PWD who DO want to go to protests: there are any number of options for training and opportunities to game out different issues. RantWoman highly recommend both finding a compatible training / collaboration opportunity and just planning to go with a buddy.
Reference about the first amendment issue.
Blowing whistles is protected first amendment activity
Minneapolis Star Tribune cited here:
Friday, January 30, 2026
Melania. Melania. The world plans to miss your movie.
Update from the YouTube comment repeated below:
A theater in Boston has been running ads promising free tickets and $50 to anyone willing to sit through the new Melania movie. RantWoman is forced to contemplate how much she would have to be paid. RantWoman thinks the privilege of RantWoman's eyeballs and attention on this movie should be worth at least $50,000, the same as the bonus being offered to people willing to sign up for ICE thuggery. RantWoman promises to be a LOT less violent and to TRY to find something redeeming about the movie and / or the current first lady. RantWoman admits it may be a tough sell, but RantWoman is ready for the challenge.
Trump Forced To Cancel This As Melania Humiliates Him Publicly
The US deserves a first lady who either is interesting enough for someone to want to make a documentary about without paying a bribe or modest enough not to care about documentaries.
Needless to say, I am NOT going to spend money on this movie but if someone wanted to bribe me with good popcorn and some form of light alcohol, just out of pity I would be happy to sit through the movie and try to find something redeeming to say about it or about Melania or about the ways the press attacks her. Probably looking for intellectual depth from a former underwear model is not realistic, but in a spirit of adventure I would be willing to try.
The whole thing reminds me of a cartoon I saw during the Reagan administration. Ronald and Nancy Reagan were standing next to Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev and the text had Pres. Reagan saying to Nancy "It's ok. I will get you a PhD in philosophy in the morning."
More Melania commentary
Trump Meets #1 Fan Nicki Minaj, Has Repulsive Reaction to Ilhan Omar Attack & Still No Epstein Files
get to minute 13
"It feels like a caper."
"stylized"
"the country's most famous immigrant" credited with ending the family separation during the first round of ... and now the news displacing the movie.
blame, backstabbing; Steohen Miller and Kristi Noem
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Talking with Docs on the New American Food Guide
Full disclosure 1: RantWoman has become quite a fan of Talking With Docs. These two canadian doctors clearly believe in science, have a great presentation style and leave RantWoman feeling both better informed and relaxed about many medical questions. Who could ask for more?
Full disclosure 2: Between the dangers of previously well controlled diseases roaring back because of vaccine hesitancy and other wacky recommendations from US supposed "health" authorities, RantWoman is predisposed to treat the new food guidelines with maybe instead ofa grain of salt, a whole tablespoon of salt. So RantWoman was interested to hear the Docs not pan the guidelines as severely as their source might indicate.
Anyway, enjoy.
The New American Food Guide: Docs Break It Down
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