{"id":409970,"date":"2024-06-12T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=409970"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"June-14-is-Flag-Day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/June-14-is-Flag-Day\/","title":{"rendered":"June 14 is Flag Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h4>Is SCOTUS Justice flagging?<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>(An \u201cAppeal To Heaven or Hell?\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. flag code which is not legally enforceable says that the flag is not to be inverted \u2018except as a signal of dire distress in instance of extreme danger to life or property.\u201d At SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s holiday home on 01\/17\/2021, not long after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building, a flag with the banner \u201cAppeal To Heaven\u201d was flown and was also carried by the insurrectionists along with Confederate and pro Trump flags as they stormed the Capitol Building. The U.S. Congress was validating the 2016 election votes. Is SCOTUS justice flagging? SCOTUS Samuel Alito says his wife hung an American flag outside his home upside down because she was mad at a neighbor. The upside down \u2018distress\u2019 flag was flown for a number of days. Is the SCOTUS losing honor and respect as the supreme arbiter of the laws of our land? What do the billionaire businessmen who treat them to lavish boat trips in Indonesia, resort trips to Alaska, fly them on private jets, tickets for sports events, buy houses and extravagant RVs for them have to gain? Notice some of the more egregious exposures of leaning towards Christian nationalism and \u2018Kraken\u2019 seems dumped on their (Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito\u2019s) respective spouses.<\/p>\n<p><h4>Is SCOTUS justice flagging? Who is the most important one bragging?<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>POTUS 45 about the <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> decision as he insults and perpetuates<\/p>\n<p>negativity on women\u2019s rights, voting rights, and global climate warming.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t the US Justice Dept. and the FBI need to investigate his lies and<\/p>\n<p>issue more indictments with such critical issues constantly nagging?<\/p>\n<p>And daily sycophantic GOP Congress ethics and moral standards sagging.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile POTUS 45s 2024 campaign has concerned educators, doctors,<\/p>\n<p>lawyers, judges, scientists, and concerned citizens all gagging.<\/p>\n<p>Now the Capitol Hill police, and security personnel around courthouses,<\/p>\n<p>and convention sites are putting up barricades and sandbagging.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors and defense attorneys for the upcoming Georgia state and<\/p>\n<p>Federal Trump trials are agog with their counselor\u2019s tongues wagging.<\/p>\n<p>Does more vocal criticism of Trump\u2019s affinity for murderous dictators<\/p>\n<p>like Vladimir Putin, and Kim Il Sung seem to be somewhat lagging?<\/p>\n<p><h4>Fealty? Flying flags over Alito\u2019s homes<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2026gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.\u201d\u2014excerpt, the U.S. Star Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key, 09\/14\/1814.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><h4>American fealty to the flag\/do we approve abuse of the flag<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS refusals? SCOTUS bamboozles? SCOTUS recusals?<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS democracy seems leaning right towards plutocracy<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS little fealty to basic existent moral and ethical guidelines<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS strife\/two blame their wife\/ we read and hear their whines<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS fealty\/multi millions of dollars in gifts a reality<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS the American flag was not flown to show distress<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS \u201cAppeal To Heaven\u201d flag supports rioters more or less<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS flag scandal drags as the nation\u2019s trust sags<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS changing story more excuses and abuses from Alito<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS Alito where did his impartial fairness to law go<\/p>\n<p>SCOTUS do flags over homes demonstrate democracy zones<\/p>\n<p>American fealty to the flag\/ do we approve abuse of the flag.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/51ec1f1100d5d7eea9228e5f43276c9f.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joey aka &#8220;Pepe Batbon&#8221; Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is SCOTUS Justice flagging? (An \u201cAppeal To Heaven or Hell?\u201d) \u201cThe U.S. flag code which&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}