Monday, July 17, 1922. Treaty No. 11.

That time of year. . . 

National Guardsmen at annual training on this day in 1922.

The last of the Canadian treaties with First Nations governments, Treat No. 11, was signed at Ft. Laird, NWT.  The treaty states:

TREATY NUMBER ELEVEN

ARTICLES OF A TREATY made and concluded on the several dates mentioned therein in the year of Our Lord One thousand Nine hundred and Twenty-One, between His Most Gracious Majesty George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, by His Commissioner, Henry Anthony Conroy, Esquire, of the City of Ottawa, of the One Part, and the Slave, Dogrib, Loucheux, Hare and other Indians, inhabitants of the territory within the limits hereinafter defined and described, by their Chiefs and Headmen, hereunto subscribed, of the other part:

WHEREAS, the Indians inhabiting the territory hereinafter defined have been convened to meet a commissioner representing His Majesty's Government of the Dominion of Canada at certain places in the said territory in this present year of 1921, to deliberate upon certain matters of interest to His Most Gracious Majesty, of the one part, and the said Indians of the other.

AND WHEREAS, the said Indians have been notified and informed by His Majesty's said commissioner that it is His desire to open for settlement, immigration, trade, travel, mining, lumbering and such other purposes as to His Majesty may seem meet, a tract of country bounded and described as hereinafter set forth, and to obtain the consent thereto of His Indian subjects inhabiting the said tract, and to make a treaty, so that there may be peace and good-will between them and His Majesty's other subjects, and that His Indian people may know and be assured of what allowances they are to expect and receive from His Majesty's bounty and benevolence.

AND WHEREAS, the Indians of the said tract, duly convened in council at the respective points named hereunder, and being requested by His Majesty's Commissioner, to name certain Chiefs and Headmen, who should be authorized on their behalf to conduct such negotiations and sign any treaty to be founded thereon, and to become responsible to His Majesty for the faithful performance by their respective bands of such obligations as shall be assumed by them, the said Indians have therefore acknowledged for that purpose the several chiefs and Headmen who have subscribed thereto.

AND WHEREAS the said Commissioner has proceeded to negotiate a treaty with the Slave, Dogrib, Loucheux, Hare and other Indians inhabiting the district hereinafter defined and described, which has been agreed upon and concluded by the respective bands at the dates mentioned hereunder, the said Indians do hereby cede, release, surrender and yield up to the Government of the Dominion of Canada, for His Majesty the King and His Successors forever, all their rights, titles, and privileges whatsoever to the lands included within the following limits, that is to say:

Commencing at the northwesterly corner of the territory ceded under the provisions of Treaty Number Eight; thence northeasterly along the height-of-land to the point where it intersects the boundary between the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories; thence northwesterly along the said boundary to the shore of the Arctic ocean; thence easterly along the said shore to the mouth of the Coppermine river; thence southerly and southeasterly along the left bank of said river to Lake Gras by way of Point lake; thence along the southern shore of Lake Gras to a point situated northwest of the most western extremity of Aylmer lake; thence along the southern shore of Aylmer lake and following the right bank of the Lockhart river to Artillery lake; thence along the western shore of Artillery lake and following the right bank of the Lockhart river to the site of Old Fort Reliance where the said river enters Great Slave lake, this being the northeastern corner of the territory ceded under the provisions of Treaty Number Eight; thence westerly along the northern boundary of the said territory so ceded to the point of commencement; comprising an area of approximately three hundred and seventy-two thousand square miles.

AND ALSO, the said Indian rights, titles and privileges whatsoever to all other lands wherever situated in the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories or in any other portion of the Dominion of Canada.

To have and to hold the same to His Majesty the King and His Successors forever.

AND His Majesty the King hereby agrees with the said Indians that they shall have the right to pursue their usual vocations of hunting, trapping and fishing throughout the tract surrendered as heretofore described, subject to such regulations as may from time to time be made by the Government of the Country acting under the authority of His Majesty, and saving and excepting such tracts as may be required or taken up from time to time for settlement, mining, lumbering, trading or other purposes.

AND His Majesty the King hereby agrees and undertakes to lay aside reserves for each band, the same not to exceed in all one square mile for each family of five, or in that proportion for larger or smaller families;

PROVIDED, however, that His Majesty reserves the right to deal with any settlers within the boundaries of any lands reserved for any band as He may see fit; and also that the aforesaid reserves of land, or any interest therein, may be sold or otherwise disposed of by His Majesty's Government for the use and benefit of the said Indians entitled thereto, with their consent first had and obtained; but in no wise shall the said Indians, or any of them, be entitled to sell or otherwise alienate any of the lands allotted to them as reserves.

It is further agreed between His Majesty and His Indian subjects that such portions of the reserves and lands above indicated as may at any time be required for public works, buildings, railways, or roads of whatsoever nature may be appropriated for that purpose by His Majesty's Government of the Dominion of Canada, due compensation being made to the Indians for the value of any improvements thereon, and an equivalent in land, money or other consideration for the area of the reserve so appropriated.

And in order to show the satisfaction of His Majesty with the behaviour and good conduct of His Indian subjects, and in extinguishment of all their past claims hereinabove mentioned, He hereby, through his Commissioner, agrees to give to each Chief a present of thirty-two dollars in cash, to each Headman, twenty-two dollars, and to every other Indian of whatever age of the families represented, at the time and place of payment, twelve dollars.

HIS MAJESTY, also agrees that during the coming year, and annually thereafter, He will cause to be paid to the said Indians in cash, at suitable places and dates, of which the said Indians shall be duly notified, to each Chief twenty-five dollars, to each Headman fifteen dollars, and to every other Indian of whatever age five dollars, to be paid only to heads of families for the members thereof, it being provided for the purposes of this Treaty that each band having at least thirty members may have a Chief, and that in addition to a Chief, each band may have Councillors or Headmen in the proportion of two to each two hundred members of the band.

FURTHER, His Majesty agrees that each Chief shall receive once and for all a silver medal, a suitable flag and a copy of this Treaty for the use of his band; and during the coming year, and every third year thereafter, each Chief and Headman shall receive a suitable suit of clothing.

FURTHER, His Majesty agrees to pay the salaries of teachers to instruct the children of said Indians in such manner as His Majesty's Government may deem advisable.

FURTHER, His Majesty agrees to supply once and for all to each Chief of a band that selects a reserve, ten axes, five hand-saws, five augers, one grindstone, and the necessary files and whetstones for the use of the band.

FURTHER, His Majesty agrees that, each band shall receive once and for all equipment for hunting, fishing and trapping to the value of fifty dollars for each family of such band, and that there shall be distributed annually among the Indians equipment, such as twine for nets, ammunition and trapping to the value of three dollars per head for each Indian who continues to follow the vocation of hunting, fishing and trapping.

FURTHER, His Majesty agrees that, in the event of any of the Indians aforesaid being desirous of following agricultural pursuits, such Indians shall receive such assistance as is deemed necessary for that purpose.

AND the undersigned Slave, Dogrib, Loucheux, Hare and other Chiefs and Headmen, on their own behalf and on behalf of all the Indians whom they represent, do hereby solemnly promise and engage to strictly observe this Treaty, and also to conduct and behave themselves as good loyal subjects of His Majesty the King.

THEY promise and engage that they will, in all respects, obey and abide by the law; that they will maintain peace between themselves and others of His Majesty's subjects, whether Indians, half-breeds or whites, now inhabiting and hereafter to inhabit any part of the said ceded territory; that they will not molest the person or property of any inhabitant of such ceded tract, or of any other district or country, or interfere with, or trouble any person passing or travelling through the said tract or any part thereof, and that they will assist the officers of His Majesty in bringing to justice and punishment any Indian offending against the stipulations of this Treaty, or infringing the law in force in the country so ceded.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, His Majesty's said Commissioner and the said Chiefs and Headmen have hereunto set their hands at the places and times set forth in the year herein first above written.

SIGNED AT PROVIDENCE on the twenty-seventh day of June, 1921, by His Majesty's Commissioner and the Chiefs and Headmen in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, after having been first interpreted and explained.

WITNESSES: W.V. BRUCE, Insp., R.C.M.P. F.H. KITTO. A.H. MILLER. G. BREYNAT, O.M.I., Bishop of Adr., Vic. Apost. of Mackenzie. J.A.R. BALSILLIE.

H.A. CONROY, Commissioner. PAUL LAFOIN, Chief, his x mark. HARRY FRANCIS, Headman, his x mark. BAPTISTE SABOURINE, Headman, his x mark.

SIGNED at Simpson on the eleventh day of July, 1921, by His Majesty's Commissioner and the Chiefs and Headmen in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, after having been first interpreted and explained.

WITNESSES: (Sgd) G. BREYNAT, O.M.I., Bishop of Adr., Vic. Apost. of Mackenzie. JOHN G. CORRY, W.V. BRUCE, Insp. R.C.M.P. A.F. CAMSELL. T.W. HARRIS.

H. A. CONROY, Commissioner ANTOINE - signed in syllabic characters. KORWERGEN - signed in syllabic characters. BEDSEDIA, his x mark.

SIGNED at Wrigley on the thirteenth day of July, 1921, by His Majesty's Commissioner and the Chiefs and Headmen in presence of the undersigned witnesses, after having been first interpreted and explained.

WITNESSES: (sgd.) G. BREYNAT, O.M.I., Bishop of Adr., Vic. Apost. of Mackenzie. W.V. BRUCE, Insp., R.C.M.P. A.L. McDONALD. F.H. BACON.

H.A. CONROY, Commissioner. YENDO - signed in syllabic characters.

SIGNED at Norman on the fifteenth day of July, 1921, by His Majesty's Commissioner and the Chiefs and Headmen in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, after having been first interpreted and explained.

WITNESSES: (Sgd) G. BREYNAT, O.M.I., Bishop of Adr., Vic. Apost. of Mackenzie. W.V. BRUCE, Insp., R.C.M.P. GEO. P. JOHNSTON. G.H. CAMPBELL, const., R.C.M.P.

H.A. CONROY, commissioner. ALBERT WRIGHT. SAUL BLONDIN, his x mark.

SIGNED at Good Hope on the twenty-first day of July, 1921, by His Majesty's Commissioner and the Chiefs and Headmen in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, after having been first interpreted and explained.

WITNESSES: (Sgd) G. BREYNAT, O.M.I., Bishop of Adr., Vic. Apost. of Mackenzie, W.V. BRUCE, Insp., R.C.M.P. F.H. BACON, J.H. BRASHAR, Cpt, G.R.C.C.

H.A. CONROY, Commissioner SIMEON, his x mark. FRANCOIS NATEGAL, his x mark.

SIGNED at Arctic Red River on the twenty-sixth day of July, 1921, by His Majesty's Commissioner and the Chiefs and Headmen in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, after having been first interpreted and explained.

WITNESSES: (Sgd) G. BREYNAT, O.M.I., Bishp of Adr., Vic. Apost. of Mackenzie. W.V. BRUCE, insp., R.C.M.P. J. LECUYER, Pr. O.M.I. J. PARSONS.

H.A. CONROY, Commissioner PAUL, his x mark. NIDE APHI. FABIEN-LALOO.

SIGNED at McPherson on the twenty-eighth day of July, 1921, by His Majesty's Commissioner and the Chiefs and Headmen in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, after having been first interpreted and explained.

WITNESSES: (Sgd) W.V. BRUCE, Insp., R.C.M.P. J. PARSONS. F.H. BACON. JAMES FIRTH. JOHNNIE KIKAWCHIK.

H.A. CONROY, commissioner. JABY LALO. JOHNNIE KIKAWCHIK.

SIGNED at Liard on the day of, 1921, by His Majesty's Commissioners and the Chiefs and Headmen in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, after having been first interpreted and explained.

Witnesses:

SIGNED at Rae on the twenty-second day of August, 1921, by His Majesty's Commissioner and the Chiefs and Headmen in the presence of undersigned witnesses, after having been first interpreted and explained.

WITNESSES: (Sgd) G. BREYNAT, O.M.I., Bishop of Adr., Vic. Apost. of Mackenzie. W.J. O'DONNELL, W.V. BRUCE, Insp., R.C.M.P. ED. HERON, H. B. Co. CLAUDE Wm. LAFOUNTAIN.

H.A. CONROY, Commissioner MORPHY, his x mark. JERMAIN, his x mark. JOSUE BEAULIEU, his x mark.

Best Posts of the Week of July 10, 2022.

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Simplicity Day, 2022.

Subsidiarity Economics. The times more or less locally, Part IX. The Russo Ukrainian War edition.

The death of Ivana Trump serves as a reminder. . .

The death of Ivana Trump serves as a reminder. . .

that Donald Trump, who seems to have decided to run for President again in 2024, and Joseph Biden, are quite old and frankly are as likely as not to have naturally shuffled off their mortal coil by that date.

Indeed, my guess is that at least one of them, if not both, with be undergoing the review of their Earthly deeds by that time.

I don't mean to be morbid.

My mother was 90 when she died.  

Her mother was older than that when her time came.  Her brother Terry, who died a few years ago, was either 99 or 100, I can't recall which.

My father was 62 when he died, his father was 47 when he passed.

There are of course no guarantees.  There are those in their 70s who are as fit as somebody in their 40s, and whose minds are as sharp as ever.

Neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden strike me that way.

The Presidency, it is often noted, ages a person.  It's common to compare before and afters. Trump seems somewhat of an exception. We'll see if Biden is. But whether or not their appearances show it, the job, if they are really doing it (and Biden clearly is, it's questionable how much Trump did) takes its toll.

Most Americans are not yet 40 years old.

To most Americans, the Cold War, and hits hot expressions such as the Vietnam War, are pure ancient history.

To most Americans, the cold 1970s, weather wise, isn't thing they recall.

The recent shock over the Dobbs decision shows that to many Americans the mere concept that only 50 years ago, not really that long ago, states had to make up their minds about abortion rather than having the Supreme Court foist a decision was how things worked.

Most Americans have little connection with the formative eras for Biden or Trump.

And, beyond that, we're gambling as a nation.  

Most Americans don't age out with no problems at all. Those who do are blessed.  But then, it's a rare politician, although there are some, who serves in his old age.

We aren't really that likely to have Trump or Biden actually on the ballot in 2024. If we do, we are even less likely to have them serve until 2028.

All of which is a reason to hand the wheel to somebody else, in both warring camps.

Thursday, July 16, 1942. The Vel d'Hiv Roundup

Things for European Jews, French Jews in particular, and the French in general took a turn for the much worse when French police in occupied Paris began rounding up Jews in the city under Nazi orders.  While the city was occupied and northern France was under Germany's rule as a practical matter, the fact of that the police were complicit in it is a stain on France's honor and further demonstrates how none of the fascistic regimes of the period were free from guilt.

Those arrested in the sweep, some 13,152 souls, would end up being sent to Auschwitz.  Only 811 survived.

On the same day, Parisian authorities announced that close relatives of "troublemakers" would be shot if they were male, or forced into labor if they were female.

Hitler moved his battlefield headquarters to Vinnytsia, Ukraine.

Hitler would have a variety of headquarters in the East, which perhaps shows the degree to which he had begun to focus on that theater of the war.  Such a focus was, of course, understandable in that the vast majority of German resources were now dedicated to fighting the Soviet Union. In this instance, the location, code-named Werewolf, was used by the Wehrmacht as its headquarters, but was little used by Hitler.  The Germans destroyed it upon their retreat from the region, and the underground portions remain sealed.  Only a swimming pool really remains intact.

The British XXX Corps took another key ridge west of El Alamein.  In the same battle, Australians repelled an attack on Point 24 resulting in 50% German casualties.

The United States severed relations with Finland.

In Italian Harlem, the following took place:

Rare Photos of the “Festa di Madonna di Monte Carmela” of East Harlem-July 16, 1942.

Sunday, July 16, 1922. Estonia adopts its flag.

Estonia officially adopted the flag it had used since 1918.

The blue field is for the sky, the black for attachment to the soil and often for the worried state of the nation, and white for purity.

Estonia is of course a Baltic nation, and its population is presently 88% Estonian.  Estonians are a Finnic people.

Wednesday, July 15, 1942. Watery graves.

SS Pennsylvania Sun after being torpedoed by U-571 on this date in 1942.  It did not sink but was taken under tow at first and the proceeded under its own power to a U.S. port.  The U576 would go down off Cape Hatteras after being attacked by aircraft and a merchant ship.

The Soviets abandoned Boguchar and Millerovo as Case Blue advanced.

The Akutan Zero was recovered.

New Zealanders take the western edge of Ruweisat Ridge outside of El Alamein but British armor does not arrive as planned, and they are forced back in a pitched battle.  The Indians take the east end of the ridge.

The German armed merchant ship Michel attacks the British passenger/cargo ship SS Gloucester Castle sinking it off of the coast of Angola.  The attack was without warning and devastating, and it led to its captain, Helmuth von Ruckteschell being sentenced after the war to a ten-year sentence for war crimes based on the attack having been without warning on an unarmed ship.  Having said that, the ship did pick up survivors who were later interned by the Japanese.

The U582 sunk the SS Empire Attendant off of the Canary Islands, and the U201 sunk the SS British Yeoman.  Both ships had been part of the dispersed OS-33

Von Ruckteschell did not serve the full ten years as he died of a heart condition, while imprisoned, in 1948 at age 58.

The submarine USS Grunion sank Japanese submarine chasers Ch-25 and Ch-27, and damaged the Ch-26, in an attack on their anchorage at Kiska.

In an odd event, two B-17s and six P-38s went down in Greenland when they ran into bad weather and had their communications jammed by U-boats. All of the crewmen survived and were rescued.

Saturday, July 15, 1922. Flat tire.

The Saturday Evening Post hit the stands and mailboxes with a classci Cole Phillips' illustration of a woman beset by a flat tire.

The Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党 or Nihon Kyōsan-tō) was formed by three former anarchists, proving that one goofball crackpot body of thought can easily yield to another.  It would be outlawed, but wouldn't really go away, in 1925, and then be allowed again following Japan's defeat in World War Two.

The first fully automated telephone exchange appeared in the United Kingdom.

“American Uniforms of the World Wars - The Evolution” 1943-1944 (4K)

Monday, July 13, 1942. Von Bock relieved.

Today in World War II History—July 13, 1942: Nazis massacre 5000 Jews in Rovno, Ukraine. Italian frogmen swim 5 km to Gibraltar and plant limpet mines, sinking three Allied ships.

And Feodor von Bock, as Sundin also reports on her blog, was relieved of command of Army Group B, although that became effective on July 15. 

Von Bock was not a Nazi, and indeed personally disliked the Nazis, but he was also passive in regard to their atrocities within his command.  That command included several officers who later were participants in the July 20 plot, which he was invited to participate in, but he declined to do so.

He was killed at the extreme end of the war when a vehicle he was in, along with his wife and stepdaughter, was strafed.

The German 21st Panzer division was repulsed by Australian and South African forces in an attack featuring heavy losses at Tel el Eisa and the El Alamein "box".

The USS Seadragon, still off of Cam Ranh Bay, sank the transport Shinyo Maru.

The RAF bombed Duisburg during thunderstorms, but missed the industrial areas.

Simplicity Day, 2022.

 

Today is Simplicity Day, for 2022. 

I don't know who started the day, but the concept cries out for acceptance.  It probably will not be, however, even by those proclaiming it.

Sunday, July 12, 1942. The deaths of Powell and Yeryomenko, The turning of Vlasov, The reinforcement of Stalingrad, The fatal commitement of the German 104th Infantry Regiment, The blindness of Hirsacker, The end of the Himaya Maru.

One of the most famous photographs of World War Two, and one of the best featuring the Red Army, was likely taken on this day in 1942.  The photo, entitled "Kombat", is commonly assserted to have featured political officer Aleksei Yeryomenko (likely a Ukrainian given the last name).  He is asserted to have been killed mere minutes after this photograph was taken.  While this is commonly accepted, there is doubt on these claims.  By RIA Novosti archive, image #543 / Alpert / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579366

Today in World War II History—July 12, 1942: Australians reach Kokoda, New Guinea, having marched from Port Moresby over Owen Stanley Mountains. First 49 civilian Coastal Picket Patrol craft go on patrol.

Soviet General Andrey Vlasov is turned over to the Germans by a Russian farmer after having hid behind German lines for ten days outside of Leningrad.  He had been the commander of the Red Army's 2nd Shock Army.  He'd defect to the Germans and become the commander of the Axis Russian Liberation Army.

Vlasov's command would be in large part titular, as the Russian Liberation Army would not really be committed by the Germans until late in the war.  Having said that, a huge number of Russians and other Soviet citizens volunteered to serve the Germans in varying ways, not all armed, and not all for the same reasons.  Vlasov's efforts would result in his execution in 1946 by the Soviet government, which logically enough tried him for treason or something akin to it. Perhaps more surprisingly, a monument to him exists in a Russian Orthodox convent in Nanuet, New York, and a memorial service is said for him and his men twice annually.

The Soviets began to move massive numbers of troops to Stalingrad.

The newly arrived German 104th Infantry Regiments assaults Australian lines at El Alamein and suffers 50% casualties.

A German wolfpack attacks the unescorted convoy OS-33 in the Atlantic.  U-752, part of the wolfpack, reports not finding any vessels which would result in its commander, Heinz Hirsacker, later being convicted of cowardice in the presence of the enemy.

The USS Seadragon sank the Japanese transport ship Himaya Maru off of Cam Ranh Bay, Indochina.

Pioneering polymath African American aviator William J. Powell, who was an engineer by training and a veteran of the First World War, died from the lingering effects of poison gas exposure from World War One.  He was 44 years old.

Powell in 1917.

Saturday, July 11, 1942. The remanants of PQ 17.

Marine Corps recruiting poster released on this date.

 

Today in World War II History—July 11, 1942: Allied Arctic convoy PQ-17 arrives in ports in northern Russia, having lost 22 of 33 cargo ships plus two auxiliary vessels, to German U-boats and aircraft.

As Sarah Sundin notes on her blog.  The convoy, however, actually lost 24 ships.

The ships had started arriving in Archangel about two days prior.  So few came in that Stalin thought that the Allies had lied about the size of the convoy in order to purposely send less than they promised.  He later accuses the UK of lying about the convoy's troubles.

PQ 17 was the hardest hit convoy of the war.

On the same day, the Soviets sunk another Swedish freighter, this one the SS Lulea which was carrying iron ore to Germany.

The RAF bombed Danzig's submarine pens, with the loss of only two bombers. The raid took place at dusk.  The route over the North Sea was the longest RAF raid up until that point in the war.

Australian troops advanced at El Alamein.

Japan cancelled planned invasions of Fiji, New Caledonia and Samoa, demonstrating that the Japaneses staff appreciated that the war was not going as well as it had been formerly.

Looking for the trigger?

In spite of all the discussion on "trigger laws", one thing that seemingly hasn't been noticed in Wyoming is that the Governor hasn't pulled the trigger.

There's no good excuse for this.

Here's the text of Wyoming's trigger law.

ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED

BILL NO. HB0092

 

ENROLLED ACT NO. 57, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2022 BUDGET SESSION

 

 

 

 

AN ACT relating to abortion; limiting the circumstances under which an abortion may be performed; limiting the use of appropriated funds; providing a delayed effective date pending certification by the governor of actions of the United States supreme court; requiring reports; and providing for an effective date.

 

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

 

Section 1.  W.S. 35‑6‑102 and 35‑6‑117 are amended to read:

 

35‑6‑102.  Abortion restrictions; exception.

 

(a)  An abortion shall not be performed after the embryo or fetus has reached viability except when necessary to preserve the woman from an imminent peril that substantially endangers her life or health, according to appropriate medical judgment. This subsection is repealed on the date that subsection (b) of this section becomes effective.

 

(b)  An abortion shall not be performed except when necessary to preserve the woman from a serious risk of death or of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including any psychological or emotional conditions, or the pregnancy is the result of incest as defined by W.S. 6-4-402 or sexual assault as defined by W.S. 6-2-301. This subsection shall be effective five (5) days after the date that the governor, on advice of the attorney general, certifies to the secretary of state that the supreme court of the United States has overruled Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) in a manner that would authorize the enforcement of this subsection or has otherwise issued a final decision related to abortion that would authorize the enforcement of this subsection in accordance with that decision and without violating any conditions, rights or restrictions recognized by the supreme court.

 

(c)  For purposes of subsection (b) of this section the attorney general shall review any final decisions of the supreme court of the United States related to Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) or otherwise related to abortion to determine whether the enforcement of subsection (b) of this section would be fully authorized under that decision. The attorney general shall, within thirty (30) days of the date of the final decision of the supreme court, report the results of each review under this subsection to the joint judiciary interim committee and the governor who may, if applicable, certify the results of the review to the office of the secretary of state.

 

35‑6‑117.  Use of appropriated funds for abortion prohibited; exceptions.

 

(a)  No funds appropriated by the legislature of the state of Wyoming shall be used to pay for abortions except when the pregnancy is the result of incest as defined by W.S. 6‑4‑402 or sexual assault as defined by W.S. 6‑2‑301 if the assault is reported to a law enforcement agency within five (5) days after the assault or within five (5) days after the time the victim is capable of reporting the assault, or when the life of the mother would be endangered if the unborn child was carried to full term. This subsection is repealed on the date that subsection (b) of this section becomes effective.

 

(b)  No funds appropriated by the legislature of the state of Wyoming shall be used to pay for abortions except when necessary to preserve the woman from a serious risk of death or of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including any psychological or emotional conditions, or the pregnancy is the result of incest as defined by W.S. 6-4-402 or sexual assault as defined by W.S. 6-2-301. This subsection is effective on the same date that W.S. 35‑6‑102(b) is effective.

 

Section 2.  

 

(a)  After receiving certification from the governor that W.S. 35‑6‑102(b) is effective as provided in that subsection, the secretary of state shall report that fact to the management council of the legislature, the joint judiciary interim committee and the Wyoming state board of medicine and shall immediately publish the effective date of W.S. 35‑6‑102(b) and 35‑6‑117(b) on the website of the secretary of state's office, which effective date shall be five (5) days after the date that the secretary of state received the certification. The publication under this section shall also provide that W.S. 35‑6‑102(a) and 35‑6‑117(a) are repealed on that date.

 

(b)  After receiving a report under subsection (a) of this section, the joint judiciary interim committee shall review the provisions of title 35, chapter 6 of the Wyoming statutes to determine if any additional revisions to the statutes are advisable and to develop any necessary legislation.

 

Section 3.  This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

 

(END)

 

 

Speaker of the House			President of the Senate

 

	Governor
	TIME APPROVED: _________
	DATE APPROVED: _________

 

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

 

 

 

Chief Clerk

To the extent there's been any discussion about this at all, it's been on this text here:

c)  For purposes of subsection (b) of this section the attorney general shall review any final decisions of the supreme court of the United States related to Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) or otherwise related to abortion to determine whether the enforcement of subsection (b) of this section would be fully authorized under that decision. The attorney general shall, within thirty (30) days of the date of the final decision of the supreme court, report the results of each review under this subsection to the joint judiciary interim committee and the governor who may, if applicable, certify the results of the review to the office of the secretary of state.

A couple of things.

This gives the Attorney General thirty days, but come on, even though its a long decision, the results are obvious now and any lawyer could have gotten through this in a day and surely pondered anything necessary within a couple.

As far as we know, however, the AG hasn't sent over her report.

What's the hold up?

Bad drafting might be it.  From the text, it's unclear if the Joint Judiciary Interim Committee and the Governor, together, have to certify the results if they do, or if either one can, or if just the Governor can.

Didn't anyone read this?

Additionally, "may", we'd note, is an optional provision, not a mandatory one.

Here's another problem.  Some time ago, the Wyoming Constitution was amended as follows:

Article 1, Section 38 Right of health care access. 

(a) Each competent adult shall have the right to make his or her own health care decisions. The parent, guardian or legal representative of any other natural person shall have the right to make health care decisions for that person. 

(b) Any person may pay, and a health care provider may accept, direct payment for health care without imposition of penalties or fines for doing so. 

(c) The legislature may determine reasonable and necessary restrictions on the rights granted under this section to protect the health and general welfare of the people or to accomplish the other purposes set forth in the Wyoming Constitution. 

(d) The state of Wyoming shall act to preserve these rights from undue governmental infringement.  

This is an example of tinkering with the state's constitution when you ought not to.  What's this actually mean?

Pro abortion propagandist have caste abortion as health care, which it in no fashion is.  But because that argument is out there, the AG may be delaying to determine the extent to which the opinion seems to be drafted in that fashion.  I haven't read it yet, so I don't know.  Anyway you look at it, the backers of Article 1 Sec 38, who were no doubt trying to make a conservative argument, may have ended up making a liberal one instead.

On this, we might keep in mind that it was the Wyoming Supreme Court that first found any sort of right for homosexual unions in the form of state marriages at all, overruling the opinion of a district court judge who is now on the Supreme Court.  Just like the U.S. Supreme Court, the Wyoming Supreme Court isn't really beholding to public opinion.

Overshadowing it all, if you feel that abortion takes a human life, and I do, every day's delay puts lives in jeopardy and maybe results in deaths.

The trigger is going to have to be pulled to get this matter headed wherevver it is going.

The big takeaway from 2022's Supreme Court decisions.

It sure isn't that they're forcing a conservative agenda on the nation.

Or even that they are conservative.

The big takeaway from this year's Supreme Court sessions overall, and largely missed by the press, is that this S.Ct is shoving things back to the state and national legislatures with the instructions of "do your jobs".

These decisions really aren't "conservative" in the political sense.  If they were, the Supreme Court would have found that there was an existential right to life that precluded abortion, rather than just saying "hey, we read this thing and abortion isn't mentioned in it, nor is privacy".

That's the other thing the press misses. The liberal justices are just that, using the court to archive liberal goals. The "conservative" ones are just saying "youse bums go do your jobs".

Friday, July 10, 1942. The Akutan Zero.

In the Aleutians, a PBY pilot spotted a nearly intact Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island.  The aircraft would be recovered and rebuilt, with lessons learned from that instrumental in learning how to take on the advanced Japanese fighter.

The discovery was due to the crew of the PBY having becoming lost and having to reorient themselves before flying back to their base at Dutch Harbor.  The route took them over the downed aircraft.

The island had been evacuated, with its mostly native population having been removed the month prior. They would not return until 1944, although many chose to go back to the island.

The discovery was a major loss to the Japanese.

The A-26 Invader flew for the first time.

The first flight.

The twin-engined attack aircraft would remain in service until the late 1960s.

British forces launched an offensive on Italian forces outside of El Alamein, gaining ground.  By "British" we mean Commonwealth, as in this case the advancing troops were South African and Australian.  The battle at El Alamein was from a British prospective an international affair.

Two more ships of the harried convoy PQ 17 are sunk, this time by U boats.

Bombardier, the Canadian manufacture of snow machines (and jet aircraft), was founded.  The company, named for its founder, came about due to a tragedy when Jospeh-Armand Bombardier's two-year-old son was not able to reach the hospital due to snow blocked roads, and died of appendicitis.  This inspired Bombardier, who had made snow machines as a hobby before, to start making heavy snow machines commercially.

The Orson Wells directed tragedy, The Magnificent Ambersons, was released.

Monday, July 10, 1922. No More War and Swimming lessons.

There must have been something going on internationally regarding attempting to prevent future wars on this date.  A large anti-war rally was held in Germany, and something was also going on in the United States.

 

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to determine what it was.

Wars were going on, of course.

And there were swimming lessons at the beach on this Monday in July.

Best Posts of the Week of July 3, 2022

The best posts of July 3, 2022.

The Usual Suspects. Why the "big change", really isn't.

Vox Populi. How we got to the place where one major political party doesn't respect the right to vote. (I.e., neither do).

Snake Oil

Breaking off the trail at the last possible moment.

Thursday, July 6, 1922. Casper and Oil

Mid Week At Work. Working at the refinery.

The 2022 Election Part X. The start of the Primary Election

From Reddit r/100YearsAgo: July 6th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks women in the Flatiron District if they'd go out with a man who didn't wear a coat and vest.

Cliffnotes of the Zeitgeist Part XXXV. Griner and Russian Law, Senseless Destruction, No. 10 Cat to get new Roommate, Russia threats on Alaska, Where's the followup?

Thursday, July 9, 1942. Hitler splits his forces.

Hitler split his forces by ordering that Army Group South be so divided, with Group A to seize Rostov-on Don and continue into the Caucasus while Group B was to drive through Stalingrad and on to Astrakhan, a city on the Volga near the Caspian Sea.

Stalin authorized strategic withdrawals in the face of advancing Axis forces, the first time this had been done by the Soviet dictator.

To at least a certain extent, the German actions at this point reflected the original thinking behind Barbarossa.  The Germans thought themselves on the verge of capturing the Caucasian oilfield which they needed, to their thinking, to defeat the British.  They had also taken the Soviet grain belt as well.  Beyond the Volga was largely tractless wilderness, in their view, and they didn't fully conceive of the war really extending beyond that point.

The Soviets, of course, didn't regard being driven east of the Volga as defeat.

Sarah Sundin notes the following on her blog:

Today in World War II History—July 9, 1942: US Navy assigns Lt. Cdr. Samuel Eliot Morison the task of writing the US naval history of WWII, which will run to 15 volumes.

Morison was a professional and academic historian, with a profession at Harvard, where he eccentrically became the last professor to arrive at the school on horseback.  His position commenced before World War One, in 1915, but he temporarily left to enlist in the U.S. Army as a private during the war.  Following the war, he served on the Baltic Commission of the Paris Peace talks.  He then returned to Harvard.

He did not enter the Navy until 1942, in which he was asked to take on the role as Naval historian by Franklin Roosevelt.  In his role, he was active in witnessing combat.  His history of the Navy during the war would be fifteen volumes in length.  He retired from the Navy in 1950, and was promoted to the rank of  Rear Admiral.  He retired from Harvard in 1955 and died in 1976.

Of minor note, Samuel Eliot Morison (one "r") is sometimes confused with Rear Admiral George Stephen Morrison, who was a career combat officer in the Navy and who was the father of famed rock star, Jim Morrison.

Morison's history of the Navy is regarded as an authentically important and significant work of history.

German Ju88s damage PQ17's El Capitan and the SS Hoosier, but the first ships of the embattled convoy start pulling into Archangel.  At the same time, Convoy WP 183 comes under heavy attack by German torpedo boats, which sink six ships of the convoy.  German aircraft sink an additional ship.

It's often claimed that torpedo boats didn't live up to their promise during the Second World War, but this event certainly was a successful one for them.

In the Baltic, Soviet submarine S-7 sank Swedish coast freighters ten miles off the Swedish coast, sinking one.  It was carrying coal from Germany to Sweden.

In a part of the war that had grown somewhat quiet, Finns counterattacked a Soviet beached on Someri in the Gulf of Finland and defeated the Soviet invasion force.

Poster Saturday. Keep Calm.

 

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