but glad to see you! The joys of technology. I'm a Luddite. I just got a little MP3 player. Took me a week to figure out how to download podcasts. Now that I've been through the learning curve it is no problem. I like Ralph Naders show, Caitlin Johnstones, the intercepted podcast, etc. I can download and listen in the garden, on the tractor, and in my travel truck (where there's a plug on the radio). Additionally it plays music files too. I found a site where you can download youtube to MP3 so that opens up Jimmy Dore and a wealth of music. https://online-audio-converter.com/ Of course most of you have smart phones that do the same thing (easier). All I have is a land line. Here in the 3rd world corner of AL there isn't a signal.

There is more stuff than I have ears for -

Another techno learning curve for me is a new Linux laptop. I got a cheap used laptop at Trade Day - wiped it clean and installed Artful Aardvark based on recommendations from members on this site. Seems really functional, but I'm still learning. I hope to get my most valued picture and document files over on it as another back up.

So here's to new technologies and all the inherent bugs in the system. I never dreamed in my youth I would have such easy access to info (I was a denizen of the library in college and knew my way around certain parts/sources). It is amazing when a question comes up - come back to the computer and find it almost instantaneously (provided I can remember the question I had originally)

All the best CStMS. No worries. Thanks for the OT.

PS the Florida Folk Festival in White Springs is around the corner. PM me if you're planning to attend and I'll let you know how to find our camp.

Not that I think petitions really do anything...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/house-must-vote-on-unconstitutional-...

from an email:

House Must Vote on Unconstitutional U.S. Role in Catastrophic Saudi War in Yemen

Here's a key step to end the escalating disaster in Yemen, widely agreed to be the worst currently on earth. The Pentagon lied that U.S. troops aren't on the ground there, and that it would end participation.

Read and sign this petition, which we will deliver to Congress.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/house-must-vote-on-unconstitutional-...

The U.S.-backed Saudi war and blockade in Yemen has caused the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, with millions of human beings on the brink of famine as a result of deliberate Saudi policy, with the worst cholera crisis in recorded history, with the sewer, water, health care, food, and education systems in collapse.

Click here to do something about it. Then forward this email to those who might join with us.

The Saudi war and blockade could not continue without U.S. participation and support: U.S. refueling of Saudi warplanes, U.S. targeting information, U.S. weapons, U.S. diplomatic cover at the United Nations. But in violation of the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, U.S. participation continues, even though it was never authorized by Congress and would remain illegal under the United Nations Charter even if it were.

In order to defeat the Sanders-Lee-Murphy resolution in the Senate to end unconstitutional U.S. participation, Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis promised that the U.S. would work to end the war. But apparently that was a lie. The war continues, and the Saudi attacks on civilians continue. On April 22, at least 20 people attending a wedding party in northern Yemen, including the bride and several children, were reported to have been killed by a U.S.-assisted Saudi air strike.

The Senate has had an up-or-down recorded vote on U.S. participation in the war. But the House has not.

Urge your Representatives to insist on a recorded floor vote on ending unconstitutional, illegal, immoral, counterproductive U.S. participation in the catastrophic Saudi war in Yemen by signing our petition.
PETITION TO THE U.S. House of Representatives

In May, Representatives who oppose unconstitutional war must use consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act and the Department of Defense Appropriation to force floor votes on ending unconstitutional U.S. participation in the catastrophic Saudi war in Yemen. If the House leadership does not allow such votes, Representatives who oppose unconstitutional war must invoke the War Powers Resolution to force a floor vote on ending the unconstitutional war.

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