Michael Seraphim

@mseraphimsl.bsky.social

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White plastic cutting board with sliced orange bell pepper and onions.
Photo of a pothole repair vehicle sucked halfway into a pothole. Article reads "Pothole repair lorry swallowed by pothole it was sent to fix."
A red and yellow can of Hormel Tamales. They show a picture of little rolled masa and meat tamales the size of a cigarillo. They're simply awful and come wrapped in waxed paper instead of proper corn husk.
Two bean and chicken tostadas in a white pasta bowl.
Election results for Dearborn, MI 2024 election. They show that Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris by 6 percentage points.
Chart of 2022 Democratic Primary election results for MI-12. Rashida Tlaib, Janice Winfrey, Kelly Garrett and Shanelle Jackson are candidates and Tlaib wins with 63%. Shanelle Jackson finished last with 5.1%.
Salsibury steak with onion gravy, mash and green beans.
A clump of blooming black-eyed Susans, a yellowish orange flower with a black center in front of a bunch of green vegetation in a brick bordered garden
Brown haired white guy with a grey mustache and beard and a black suit with a purple tie and white shirt.
Crimson bee balm against a chain link fence that is covered in grape vines.
Orange and creme colored lily in front of a white vinyl fence.
Chicken topped with ham and cheese, green beans and Mac and cheese
Chicken and bean tostadas topped with Mexican cheese and on a blue plastic plate.
Former US Secretary of the Navy Gideon Wells. He has long long brown hair and a bushy white beard is seated wearing a frock coat and white shirt. He looks incredulous and disappointed.
Cover of the mountain goats album sunset tree. The cover is a photo of a leafless tree in front of a sunset.
A bunch of purple bee balm flowers on green stems in front of a sunken block wall.
A photo of 5 people in green shirts and tan pants or shorts holding rifles standing in front of a loft door painted with a blue vertical section and white and red horizontal sections. The door has written on it "Lotters will be shoot on sight " The photo below has an otter wearing a black beret and is captioned "L'Otters are not afraid."
The Constitution is an enduring document, and its principles were designed to, and do, apply to modern conditions and developments. The original constitutional principles do not change absent a constitutional amendment, but the relevant principles— both the rules and exceptions alike—must be faithfully applied not only to circumstances as they existed in 1787, 1791, and 1868, for example, but also to modern situations that were unknown or unanticipated by the Constitution’s Framers.
To spell that out: The Constitution is an enduring document, and its principles were designed to, and do, apply to modern conditions and developments. The original constitutional principles do not change absent a constitutional amendment, but the relevant principles— both the rules and exceptions alike—must be faithfully applied not only to circumstances as they existed in 1787, 1791, and 1868, for example, but also to modern situations that were unknown or unanticipated by the Constitution’s Framers.
A section of Kavanaugh's opinion for Barbara where he makes a compelling case for originalism being utterly indefensible shit. Presumably his intellectual consistency means he's going to vote to overturn Bruen. To spell that out: The Constitution is an enduring document, and its principles were designed to, and do, apply to modern conditions and developments. The original constitutional principles do not change absent a constitutional amendment, but the relevant principles— both the rules and exceptions alike—must be faithfully applied not only to circumstances as they existed in 1787, 1791, and 1868, for example, but also to modern situations that were unknown or unanticipated by the Constitution’s Framers.
A tray of 8 beef and bean enchiladas in a glass baking dish. They are just out of the over and red and dark yellow in color.
A map depicting the various segments of rapid deployment for the 1983 NATO exercise Able Archer, which almost caused World War III when a malfunction of Soviet early warning radar showed several phantom ICBMs approaching the Soviet Union. Soviet LTC Stanislov Petrov stopped the scripted escalation to a second strike response against NATO and saved the world.
Patch of tick seed plants with green stems with small yellow flowers in front of a red block wall in a sunken garden.
Scrambled egg, onion and ham breakfast tacos on a white pasta bowl.
Pale orange lillies behind milkweed plants.
A bunch of yellow day lillies in a green garden.
Nuns cartoon by @emilyscartoons with new rules to fight uholy acts of fraternization
Two flat cheese enchiladas with red sauce next to dark brown Spanish rice on a white bowl.
A little brown chipmunk with a stripey body on a grass lawn.
Cluster of bright white bellflowers on a background of green vegetation.
Grilled chicken seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika
Front cover of the book Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith, illustrated by Boulet. A retelling of Beowulf as a young girl. The cover has a little dark haired girl with a wolf skin cloak made from a teddy bear standing in a horde piled high with gold. She had her arms crossed.
Cyanide and happiness comic with two figures one says ' me and Steve weren't anywhere near the school of the time.' The other dies from allergic reaction to the horrible grammatic errors
Buck Franklin, a Black man dressed in an incredibly dapper dark suit with top coat and hat.
White and purple irises against a background of not yet blooming goldenrod.
Herkimer battle jitney - the finest non-lethal military vehicle ever made!
Red beans and sausage on one side of the white bowl, white rice on the other side and a piece of yellow cornbread.
4 baked chicken leg quarters with crisp seasoning sitting on a foil covered baking pan.
BBQ pork shoulder rubbed with paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, brown sugar and cumin. Served on a white pasta bowl with mac and cheese and green beans.
Chart of 4 successive Dukes of Norfolk, all called Thomas Howard.
Flame red azalea flowers against a dark decomposed granite background. There are several green and yellow plants around it.
John de Lancie as an ATC in breaking bad
Vast blue sky with streaks of puffy white clouds over a blue grey expanse of water and a small tan dune.
Movie poster for the movie Six-string Samurai. It has a man who looks a bit like Buddy Holly who is carrying a guitar slung off of his left shoulder and is carrying an unsheathed katana in his right hand. It says Vegas needs a new king.
LCD road construction sign reading "road closed. Cosmic horror."
Historical road marker for US Congressman Henry Cheatham near Oxford NC. The sign reads "Henry P. Cheatham 1857-1933 Born into slavery US Congressman 1889-1893. Superintendent of Colored Orphanage of NC 1907-1935. Grave 8/10 mi N.E.
Outdoor cat enclosure with a sun canopy. It's got multiple levels for standing, a scratching post and several hinged doors. A calico cat is standing on the brick patio inside of it.
Long haired giant brown and white calico cat on a grey sofa.
Primitive man with a spear carrying a woman in cat skins in front of red text reading one million b.c. b.c. has been overwritten with Justices in white text.
Historical road marker for US Congressman Henry Cheatham near Oxford NC. The sign reads "Henry P. Cheatham 1857-1933 Born into slavery US Congressman 1889-1893. Superintendent of Colored Orphanage of NC 1907-1935. Grave 8/10 mi N.E.
Pork shoulder dry rubbed with paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper and brown sugar and pressure cooked with beef stock and bbq sauce. Served with potato salad.
Emo Phillips, a white man with short floppy black hair. He is wearing a greyish blue long sleeved shirt and has his arms crossed in front of him. He looks puzzled and a bit distressed.
Three men submerged in water up to their waists, holding a long narrow fish. The fish is a dusky red color. It's slightly longer than the three men side by side.
Chicken and rice with onion and orange bell peppers on a white pasta bowl.
3 red and orange tulips just starting to open. They're on a background of green plants and in front of a metal frame and a white vinyl fence.
Beef paprikash, a hungarian stew made of onion, beef stock, cubed beef and onion over wide egg noodles on a white pasta bowl.
Tiny purple flowers on green stems in a bed of red stones in front of a white lattice panel
Bright yellow flower just starting to open up and bloom. Two red flowers sit behind it and are also starting to open. There is a white latice fence and green vegetation around it.
This is perhaps the Negroes' temporary farewell to the American Congress, but let me say, Phoenix-like he will rise up some day and come again. These parting words are in behalf of an outraged, heart-broken, bruised and bleeding, but God-fearing people; faithful, industrious, loyal, rising people – full of potential force
Tall Rose of Sharon with pink flowers and bright green leaves.