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  1. We lost, five to four. Chief Justice Rehnquist wrote the majority opinion. And then my name became a citation. A precedent. A legal shorthand that other people’s lawyers would invoke in rooms I’d never enter, for arguments I’d never approve, for outcomes I couldn’t control.
    medium.com/prismnpen/my-gay-na

    #LGBTQ #BoyScouts #SCOTUS

  2. We lost, five to four. Chief Justice Rehnquist wrote the majority opinion. And then my name became a citation. A precedent. A legal shorthand that other people’s lawyers would invoke in rooms I’d never enter, for arguments I’d never approve, for outcomes I couldn’t control.
    medium.com/prismnpen/my-gay-na

    #LGBTQ #BoyScouts #SCOTUS

  3. Laws Every Scout Should Know

    Being a Scout means more than camping, hiking, and earning merit badges. Scouts are also expected to be good citizens who understand the rules and laws that help keep our communities safe and fair. While Scouts are not expected to be lawyers, learning about important laws can help them become informed and responsible leaders. 1. The Scout Law and the Law of the Land The Scout Law teaches Scouts to be Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, […]

    troop161ma.wordpress.com/2026/

  4. Laws Every Scout Should Know

    Being a Scout means more than camping, hiking, and earning merit badges. Scouts are also expected to be good citizens who understand the rules and laws that help keep our communities safe and fair. While Scouts are not expected to be lawyers, learning about important laws can help them become informed and responsible leaders. 1. The Scout Law and the Law of the Land The Scout Law teaches Scouts to be Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, […]

    troop161ma.wordpress.com/2026/

  5. Laws Every Scout Should Know

    Being a Scout means more than camping, hiking, and earning merit badges. Scouts are also expected to be good citizens who understand the rules and laws that help keep our communities safe and fair. While Scouts are not expected to be lawyers, learning about important laws can help them become informed and responsible leaders. 1. The Scout Law and the Law of the Land The Scout Law teaches Scouts to be Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, […]

    troop161ma.wordpress.com/2026/

  6. Laws Every Scout Should Know

    Being a Scout means more than camping, hiking, and earning merit badges. Scouts are also expected to be good citizens who understand the rules and laws that help keep our communities safe and fair. While Scouts are not expected to be lawyers, learning about important laws can help them become informed and responsible leaders. 1. The Scout Law and the Law of the Land The Scout Law teaches Scouts to be Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, […]

    troop161ma.wordpress.com/2026/

  7. Laws Every Scout Should Know

    Being a Scout means more than camping, hiking, and earning merit badges. Scouts are also expected to be good citizens who understand the rules and laws that help keep our communities safe and fair. While Scouts are not expected to be lawyers, learning about important laws can help them become informed and responsible leaders. 1. The Scout Law and the Law of the Land The Scout Law teaches Scouts to be Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, […]

    troop161ma.wordpress.com/2026/

  8. A boy scout may declare themselves trustworthy but they will call themselves reverent before they call themselves honest. — A misgiving I've had about #BSA #BoyScouts

  9. A boy scout may declare themselves trustworthy but they will call themselves reverent before they call themselves honest. — A misgiving I've had about #BSA #BoyScouts

  10. SIGUE ⬇️

    Miles de personas enviaron cartas de felicitación a la familia.
    Los periódicos hablaron de un milagro.
    Para muchos estadounidenses, en una época marcada por la Gran Depresión y por la amenaza de una guerra mundial, la supervivencia de Donn representó una historia de esperanza.

    Poco después fue recibido en la Casa Blanca por el presidente Franklin D. Roosevelt, quien le entregó una medalla al valor.

    Su fama fue enorme.

    Ese mismo año, junto al escritor Joseph B. Egan, publicó el libro "Lost on a Mountain in Maine".
    La obra se convirtió en un clásico de la literatura juvenil estadounidense y durante generaciones fue lectura obligatoria en numerosas escuelas de Maine.

    Pero lo más curioso es que la experiencia no hizo que odiara la montaña.

    Al contrario.

    Con los años regresó muchas veces a Katahdin.
    Aprendió a convivir con aquel recuerdo y terminó desarrollando un profundo respeto por la naturaleza.
    Compró una cabaña de vacaciones en Maine y continuó visitando la región durante gran parte de su vida.

    Ya de adulto ingresó en el Ejército de Estados Unidos.

    Su carrera militar fue larga y destacada.
    Sirvió durante más de tres décadas, participó en la Guerra de Vietnam y alcanzó el rango de teniente coronel antes de retirarse.

    Después dedicó gran parte de su tiempo a visitar escuelas.
    Miles de estudiantes escucharon de primera mano la historia del niño perdido que se negó a rendirse.
    Siempre insistía en la importancia de mantener la calma, prepararse adecuadamente y conservar la esperanza incluso en las situaciones más difíciles.

    Se casó, formó una familia y tuvo cuatro hijos.

    Durante décadas siguió respondiendo cartas de admiradores y participando en actos relacionados con la seguridad en la montaña y la supervivencia al aire libre.

    Donn Fendler falleció el 10 de octubre de 2016, a los 90 años, por causas naturales.

    Sin embargo, su historia sigue viva.

    Más de ochenta años después, continúa siendo uno de los casos de supervivencia más extraordinarios jamás documentados.
    Un niño de 12 años, solo en medio de una naturaleza implacable, sin comida, sin refugio y sin ayuda, logró sobrevivir gracias a una mezcla de valentía, conocimientos básicos, fe y una determinación fuera de lo común.

    Y quizá por eso su historia sigue fascinando: porque demuestra que, a veces, la diferencia entre rendirse y seguir adelante puede cambiarlo todo.

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    youtube.com/watch?v=_OU9A-elI_0

    #historiareal #donnfendler #supervivencia #montañakatahdin #maine #historiasincreibles #boyscouts #aventura #historiasreales #curiosidadeshistoricas #estadosunidos #supervivenciaextrema #naturaleza #ecosdelpasado #memoriahistorica #historiasqueinspiran #rescate

  11. youtu.be/vQoahSUs7RE
    The real reason the Boy Scouts disappeared

    As a former Eagle Scout, there is a reason i did not enroll my son into scouting.

    #BSA #BoyScouts #Scouting #abuse #eaglescout

  12. youtu.be/vQoahSUs7RE
    The real reason the Boy Scouts disappeared

    As a former Eagle Scout, there is a reason i did not enroll my son into scouting.

    #BSA #BoyScouts #Scouting #abuse #eaglescout

  13. CW: Boy Scouts, military

    Sometimes I think about how I'm glad that I quit so early. I think it was like a month or less and I didn't like the idea of day camping or whatever so I didn't go back when they said that's what they were doing next time. I feel like maybe it exists to brainwash kids into being ok with going into the military.

    #BoyScouts #military

  14. CW: Boy Scouts, military

    Sometimes I think about how I'm glad that I quit so early. I think it was like a month or less and I didn't like the idea of day camping or whatever so I didn't go back when they said that's what they were doing next time. I feel like maybe it exists to brainwash kids into being ok with going into the military.

    #BoyScouts #military

  15. Until 5 today! 10 wings = $15 for #BoyScouts from #NewYorkState, sponsored by #WestwayDiner. 43rd I think, at 9th.
    They told me it was battery powered, all 3 spits (looks like only 2, I know) turn simultaneously - only available from international import via Greece, she said. Super cool looking.
    9th Ave #International #FoodFestival this weekend, 42nd-57th. It used to go as far south as 38th!
    #NYC #street #fair #festival #wings #tacos #turkey #legs #bratwurst #fried #dumplings #sliders #mozzarepa

  16. Until 5 today! 10 wings = $15 for #BoyScouts from #NewYorkState, sponsored by #WestwayDiner. 43rd I think, at 9th.
    They told me it was battery powered, all 3 spits (looks like only 2, I know) turn simultaneously - only available from international import via Greece, she said. Super cool looking.
    9th Ave #International #FoodFestival this weekend, 42nd-57th. It used to go as far south as 38th!
    #NYC #street #fair #festival #wings #tacos #turkey #legs #bratwurst #fried #dumplings #sliders #mozzarepa

  17. Donald Trump has announced his intention to rename the Boy Scouts of America ‘Trump Youth’ after a number of tremendously well-received rallies.
    Taking a break from tweeting and watching Fox News, President Trump used his Truth Social account to explain how delighted the crowds were with his views on fake media, the Epstein files, and a party that he may or may not have attended back in the 1980’s.
    archive.ph/ER8hf #satire #Trump #BoyScouts

  18. Donald Trump has announced his intention to rename the Boy Scouts of America ‘Trump Youth’ after a number of tremendously well-received rallies.
    Taking a break from tweeting and watching Fox News, President Trump used his Truth Social account to explain how delighted the crowds were with his views on fake media, the Epstein files, and a party that he may or may not have attended back in the 1980’s.
    archive.ph/ER8hf #satire #Trump #BoyScouts

  19. Ah, the Boy Scouts—a beacon of #neglect wrapped in a new brand name! 🔥🔥 Apparently, the organization thinks a bit of #rebranding magic will solve decades of negligence. 🤦‍♂️ But fear not, they've got a meeting in Dallas where they’ll surely fix everything with some #PowerPoint slides and corporate jargon. 🎩✨
    untendedfire.org/2026/05/09/sc #BoyScouts #CorporateJargon #DallasMeeting #HackerNews #ngated

  20. Ah, the Boy Scouts—a beacon of #neglect wrapped in a new brand name! 🔥🔥 Apparently, the organization thinks a bit of #rebranding magic will solve decades of negligence. 🤦‍♂️ But fear not, they've got a meeting in Dallas where they’ll surely fix everything with some #PowerPoint slides and corporate jargon. 🎩✨
    untendedfire.org/2026/05/09/sc #BoyScouts #CorporateJargon #DallasMeeting #HackerNews #ngated

  21. Campaign Against Camping!

    Have I ever been camping?

    Have I ever been camping?!!

    You’re rootin’ tootin’, I’ve been camping. I’ll tell you – I’ve spent some of the most miserable days and nights of my life under canvas.

    I’m cool with the notion of getting back to nature. I did, after all, spend eighteen years of my working life outdoors, in just about every kind of weather imaginable, when I was working with animals. That part doesn’t faze me at all. It wasn’t pleasant at times, for sure, but I knew come six o’ clock in the evening, I could head home for a hot bath, something nice to eat, and watch my favourite television programme.

    That didn’t happen on any camping expedition I was on, that’s for sure.

    You see, I was in the Boy Scouts. In the late 1960s and early ’70s. Camping was seen then as ‘character building.’ And I think that’s what turned me into the bitter and twisted wee character I am today.

    The idea was we went on organised camps with the Troop Leaders to learn all sorts of useful skills.

    Aye right! I’m not sure exactly how may tent pegs I’ve subsequently had to whittle from a damp log found in the woods, but I’m guessing if I were to count them, they’d come to less than a finger on one hand.

    Map-reading? There’s another. Just jump in a taxi for goodness sake. Erecting a tent. Why? I’m never likely to go camping ever, ever again.

    It was pointless. Why not just take us away for the weekend to a nice hotel in a distant city where we could all sneak out, meet up with the local Girl Guide unit , and blag a few illicit beers. That would have more of a practical life experience.

    But no – not only were our parents so happy to pack us off for random weekends with the Scout Leaders, so they could … well … they were also happy to let us go without the adult supervision. And so off we’d go, maybe six of us from our own patrol; off to show the Leaders what great Scouts we were. Off to live under canvas for a weekend at the arse-end of the Earth.

    One time, our ever-so-inexperienced band of idiots pitched our tent at the foot of a wooded slope. With a river about fifty yards away.

    And it rained. Big, Scottish rain. Scottish rain is like rain the world over. Only more miserable!

    At two o’clock in the morning, with our sleeping bags already soaked, we had go out in the dark, with some crappy wee torch thing (the wick in the lanterns we’d brought were too damp to ignite) and dig a bloody big, deep trench around the tent and divert the cascading water away.

    Over the next two days, we replaced the rainwater in our clothes with smoke from the campfire which we eventually managed to restart.

    And we couldn’t just break camp and head home, because we were in the middle of bleedin’ nowhere, and weren’t due to be picked up until the Monday afternoon.

    And see all this palaver about digging latrines or using the bushes in the woods like a bear does??!! Whaaat?!

    That was the last time I went camping.

    (Oh no, wait. My wife and I did stay overnight in one of these plush Arabian tent things in Goa, India, a couple of years ago. And I got bitten on the chest by a huge spider that I witnessed escaping from under the bedsheet. The bite left a dirty great welt that I had to bombard with antiseptic creams for a week.)

    And caravanning is no better! I’ll post my ‘Caravan Holiday Hell‘ tale, taken from my book ‘A Space Hopper Killed My Hamster‘ in a day or two. Once I’ve gotten over the trauma of re-living my Camping experiences.

    SO THAT’S IT – CAMPING MUST BE BANNED! I’M STARTING A CAMPAIGN. HERE AND NOW! ARE YOU WITGH ME, BROTHERS & SISTERS? ADD YOUR NAME IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW, AND TOGETHER WE WILL CANVASS AGAINST CANVAS!


    #author #humour #humor #Scotland #Writing #DailyBlog #literature #Dailyprompt1923 #Camping #BoyScouts #HaveYouEverBeenCamping
  22. Campaign Against Camping!

    Have I ever been camping?

    Have I ever been camping?!!

    You’re rootin’ tootin’, I’ve been camping. I’ll tell you – I’ve spent some of the most miserable days and nights of my life under canvas.

    I’m cool with the notion of getting back to nature. I did, after all, spend eighteen years of my working life outdoors, in just about every kind of weather imaginable, when I was working with animals. That part doesn’t faze me at all. It wasn’t pleasant at times, for sure, but I knew come six o’ clock in the evening, I could head home for a hot bath, something nice to eat, and watch my favourite television programme.

    That didn’t happen on any camping expedition I was on, that’s for sure.

    You see, I was in the Boy Scouts. In the late 1960s and early ’70s. Camping was seen then as ‘character building.’ And I think that’s what turned me into the bitter and twisted wee character I am today.

    The idea was we went on organised camps with the Troop Leaders to learn all sorts of useful skills.

    Aye right! I’m not sure exactly how may tent pegs I’ve subsequently had to whittle from a damp log found in the woods, but I’m guessing if I were to count them, they’d come to less than a finger on one hand.

    Map-reading? There’s another. Just jump in a taxi for goodness sake. Erecting a tent. Why? I’m never likely to go camping ever, ever again.

    It was pointless. Why not just take us away for the weekend to a nice hotel in a distant city where we could all sneak out, meet up with the local Girl Guide unit , and blag a few illicit beers. That would have more of a practical life experience.

    But no – not only were our parents so happy to pack us off for random weekends with the Scout Leaders, so they could … well … they were also happy to let us go without the adult supervision. And so off we’d go, maybe six of us from our own patrol; off to show the Leaders what great Scouts we were. Off to live under canvas for a weekend at the arse-end of the Earth.

    One time, our ever-so-inexperienced band of idiots pitched our tent at the foot of a wooded slope. With a river about fifty yards away.

    And it rained. Big, Scottish rain. Scottish rain is like rain the world over. Only more miserable!

    At two o’clock in the morning, with our sleeping bags already soaked, we had go out in the dark, with some crappy wee torch thing (the wick in the lanterns we’d brought were too damp to ignite) and dig a bloody big, deep trench around the tent and divert the cascading water away.

    Over the next two days, we replaced the rainwater in our clothes with smoke from the campfire which we eventually managed to restart.

    And we couldn’t just break camp and head home, because we were in the middle of bleedin’ nowhere, and weren’t due to be picked up until the Monday afternoon.

    And see all this palaver about digging latrines or using the bushes in the woods like a bear does??!! Whaaat?!

    That was the last time I went camping.

    (Oh no, wait. My wife and I did stay overnight in one of these plush Arabian tent things in Goa, India, a couple of years ago. And I got bitten on the chest by a huge spider that I witnessed escaping from under the bedsheet. The bite left a dirty great welt that I had to bombard with antiseptic creams for a week.)

    And caravanning is no better! I’ll post my ‘Caravan Holiday Hell‘ tale, taken from my book ‘A Space Hopper Killed My Hamster‘ in a day or two. Once I’ve gotten over the trauma of re-living my Camping experiences.

    SO THAT’S IT – CAMPING MUST BE BANNED! I’M STARTING A CAMPAIGN. HERE AND NOW! ARE YOU WITGH ME, BROTHERS & SISTERS? ADD YOUR NAME IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW, AND TOGETHER WE WILL CANVASS AGAINST CANVAS!


    #author #humour #humor #Scotland #Writing #DailyBlog #literature #Dailyprompt1923 #Camping #BoyScouts #HaveYouEverBeenCamping
  23. @vees #boyscouts have decided racism is important them. Too bad they don't care about their scouts or their future

  24. @vees #boyscouts have decided racism is important them. Too bad they don't care about their scouts or their future

  25. I'm looking for some old Boy Scouts from Dayton or Fairborn, OH, from the early to mid-60s who know the rest of this 👇👇👇
    #boyscouts #scouting #daytonohio #fairbornohio

    youtube.com/shorts/3rBsxb_JvuQ

  26. I'm looking for some old Boy Scouts from Dayton or Fairborn, OH, from the early to mid-60s who know the rest of this 👇👇👇
    #boyscouts #scouting #daytonohio #fairbornohio

    youtube.com/shorts/3rBsxb_JvuQ

  27. CW: US Pol, Scouting

    #BoyScouts (or just Scouts now, I guess) have never been a perfect organization, but speaking as an #EagleScout I've got to say that they instilled many values I pride myself in today.

    "A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent."

    Our military has divorced itself from those values of late.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

    #TheGuardian #news #uspol #ScoutingAmerica

  28. CW: US Pol, Scouting

    #BoyScouts (or just Scouts now, I guess) have never been a perfect organization, but speaking as an #EagleScout I've got to say that they instilled many values I pride myself in today.

    "A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent."

    Our military has divorced itself from those values of late.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

    #TheGuardian #news #uspol #ScoutingAmerica

  29. Lower courts, including the 3rd US Circuit Court Appeals, upheld the settlement agreement. The Lujan claimants appealed to #SCOTUS in October. SCOTUS in early 2024 rejected an emergency appeal from the same group of survivors.

    Though SCOTUS did not explain its reasoning, the decision leaves in a place an appeals court decision that found that the way the #BoyScouts deal was structured largely #shielded it from review by appellate courts.

    #law #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexAbuse #pedophilia #BSA

  30. Lower courts, including the 3rd US Circuit Court Appeals, upheld the settlement agreement. The Lujan claimants appealed to #SCOTUS in October. SCOTUS in early 2024 rejected an emergency appeal from the same group of survivors.

    Though SCOTUS did not explain its reasoning, the decision leaves in a place an appeals court decision that found that the way the #BoyScouts deal was structured largely #shielded it from review by appellate courts.

    #law #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexAbuse #pedophilia #BSA

  31. Critics of such arrangements say courts are generally not authorized to block such lawsuits. Supporters say that without protections for third-party groups, major bankruptcy deals like the ones for #Purdue & the #BoyScouts would never take effect.

    #SCOTUS #law #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexAbuse #pedophilia #BSA

  32. Critics of such arrangements say courts are generally not authorized to block such lawsuits. Supporters say that without protections for third-party groups, major bankruptcy deals like the ones for #Purdue & the #BoyScouts would never take effect.

    #SCOTUS #law #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexAbuse #pedophilia #BSA

  33. In the #BoyScouts case, some of the survivors want to be able to sue independent councils that ran local scouting programs & third-party organizations, such as churches & civic groups, that supported the programs. Those third-party groups contributed billions of dollars to a #settlement trust for survivors &, under the agreement, are #shielded from future #civil #lawsuits.

    #SCOTUS #law #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexAbuse #pedophilia #BSA

  34. In the #BoyScouts case, some of the survivors want to be able to sue independent councils that ran local scouting programs & third-party organizations, such as churches & civic groups, that supported the programs. Those third-party groups contributed billions of dollars to a #settlement trust for survivors &, under the agreement, are #shielded from future #civil #lawsuits.

    #SCOTUS #law #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexAbuse #pedophilia #BSA