January 21 2021

2021 Cookie Memes

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Cookie memes are by far the most popular subject on GSWAC (Not a Council).  I can always tell when it’s cookie season because hits to my blog skyrocket on a consistent basis due to visits from web searches for “cookie memes” or links on Pinterest.  When it comes to creating new ones, it’s either feast or famine on a year to year basis.  This year, I downloaded a handful of pictures that I thought would make good memes, but I was only inspired by two.  So here is the very small 2021 Cookie Meme Show.  If I come up with more, I’ll post them here.

And here is my favorite which I think is one of my favorites of all time.  I was inspired by the vintage Valentine’s Day cards that we used to get in our hand-decorated shoeboxes at school.   Plus I love bears.  Except when they dump big packages around camp.

You can see ALL of the cookie memes here on GSWAC (Not a Council) here.

January 2 2021

Stop Being Hypocritical, GSUSA

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Well, the Farthest North case continues.  Yes, really.  I realize I said at one point that it was over – for real this time – but apparently not.  GSUSA doesn’t want to concede the Alaskan Supreme Court’s decision to rule in favor of Farthest North.  Originally I told myself I wasn’t going to cover anything with this case outside of who had what authority before the 2020 National Council Session, but when I heard about GSUSA not letting go, I had to comment.

Here’s what has gone on in a nutshell:

  1. Farthest North filed the lawsuit in Feb of 2017.
  2. An Alaskan Superior court ruled in favor of GSUSA in 2018.
  3. Farthest North appealed to the Alaskan Supreme Court and won in Sept 2019.
  4. GSUSA requested a rehearing and lost in Jan 2020.
  5. The case was pushed back down to the lower Superior court to address who gets how much in damages, etc.

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