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CathyF, I’m sorry to hear that. My post was about those that were gaming the system not for those for whom UI was a necessity. I think that those that took advantage of not paying rent once eviction was removed from the equation are another group that will get their comeuppance. There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Sunday at CPAC
Trump reprised his greatest hits at CPAC.
I’ve been good Gus. Looking forward to when we can get the band back together to break bread.
Sunday at CPAC
Trump reprised his greatest hits at CPAC.
Less than 40% of those receiving unemployment payments withheld. SMH. I personally know (through my children not my children) many that decided to avoid going back to work as the free cash exceeded what they were earning. Talk about Nemesis. Swift winged avenger. Evolution in action.
Sunday at CPAC
Trump reprised his greatest hits at CPAC.
27? I’m not sure I could accomplish that without a tree chipper.
Sunday at CPAC
Trump reprised his greatest hits at CPAC.
Amon, I took screenshots of that article re: US Deaths from Hopkins. Thought it was important and might disappear. Let me know. I’m harrjf at that gmail place. I’d post them (6) here but with IOS I’ve only successfully posted one pic on typepad.
Sunday at CPAC
Trump reprised his greatest hits at CPAC.
I am saddened by the news of Rush’s death though it seemed inevitable. It will always make me smile that President Trump forced all the democRAT Senators and Reps to attend Rush’s Medal of Freedom award ceremony. 😁
Presidents Day
Will there ever be a Biden Day? A Trump Day? Doubtful. Reagan and FDR have a shot though.
Jane, closest thing I can come up with for making strawberries bleed would be to macerate them.
Clean, hull and slice. Put in a bowl, add some sugar and stir. Let sit for at least 30 minutes. They will release juices. Make sure they don’t sit too long or they get mushy.
Republicans United!
Joe Biden's First Day agenda includes a proposal for comprehensive immigration reform. Just as Dems divide over the Green New Deal and Medicare For All but unite in loathing Trump, the fractured Republican Party will come together to derail the latest run at immigration reform. In a nightmare sc...
Willowec
Reading CCgirl and Marlene re: children brought to mind the Ages of Man from Hesiod’s “Works and Days”. We are definitely in the Iron Age:
“ Thereafter, would that I were not among the men of the fifth generation, but either had died before or been born afterwards. For now truly is a race of iron, and men never rest from labour and sorrow by day, and from perishing by night; and the gods shall lay sore trouble upon them. But, notwithstanding, even these shall have some good mingled with their evils. And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men also when they come to have grey hair on the temples at their birth (6). The father will not agree with his children, nor the children with their father, nor guest with his host, nor comrade with comrade; nor will brother be dear to brother as aforetime. Men will dishonour their parents as they grow quickly old, and will carp at them, chiding them with bitter words, hard-hearted they, not knowing the fear of the gods. They will not repay their aged parents the cost their nurture, for might shall be their right: and one man will sack another's city. There will be no favour for the man who keeps his oath or for the just or for the good; but rather men will praise the evil-doer and his violent dealing. Strength will be right and reverence will cease to be; and the wicked will hurt the worthy man, speaking false words against him, and will swear an oath upon them. Envy, foul-mouthed, delighting in evil, with scowling face, will go along with wretched men one and all. And then Aidos and Nemesis (7), with their sweet forms wrapped in white robes, will go from the wide-pathed earth and forsake mankind to join the company of the deathless gods: and bitter sorrows will be left for mortal men, and there will be no help against evil.”
Lots in there that applies today. Sadly.
(translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White)
Away We Go Again
Have at it.
Reading CCgirl and Marlene re: children brought to mind the Ages of Man from Hesiod’s “Works and Days”. We are definitely in the Iron Age:
“ Thereafter, would that I were not among the men of the fifth generation, but either had died before or been born afterwards. For now truly is a race of iron, and men never rest from labour and sorrow by day, and from perishing by night; and the gods shall lay sore trouble upon them. But, notwithstanding, even these shall have some good mingled with their evils. And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men also when they come to have grey hair on the temples at their birth (6). The father will not agree with his children, nor the children with their father, nor guest with his host, nor comrade with comrade; nor will brother be dear to brother as aforetime. Men will dishonour their parents as they grow quickly old, and will carp at them, chiding them with bitter words, hard-hearted they, not knowing the fear of the gods. They will not repay their aged parents the cost their nurture, for might shall be their right: and one man will sack another's city. There will be no favour for the man who keeps his oath or for the just or for the good; but rather men will praise the evil-doer and his violent dealing. Strength will be right and reverence will cease to be; and the wicked will hurt the worthy man, speaking false words against him, and will swear an oath upon them. Envy, foul-mouthed, delighting in evil, with scowling face, will go along with wretched men one and all. And then Aidos and Nemesis (7), with their sweet forms wrapped in white robes, will go from the wide-pathed earth and forsake mankind to join the company of the deathless gods: and bitter sorrows will be left for mortal men, and there will be no help against evil.”
Lots in there that applies today. Sadly.
(translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White)
Lots Going On
Its a beautiful day outside.
OL, nice story in the DailyMail about Nantucket. Locals no doubt po’d about the 7K summer people that stayed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9094417/Nantucket-residents-call-islands-COVID-contact-tracer-rat-other.html
What Was That All About?
Trump ends his fili-bluster and signs the COVID relief bill. What will he do to grab the spotlight this week? More controversial pardons, or something new?
Pictures being posted lately show much more damage on the even side of 2nd Ave. The building at address 172 has collapsed for example. This is directly across the street from the ATT entrance on 2nd. Google earth shows that there are many sidewalk grates on the even side of 2nd but not the odd side. That tells me that there is a very large subterranean transformer vault on that side. Loss of the transformers would explain the ATT CO outage (without substantial visible damage to their building) as well as the Sungard outage as they are around the corner on Commerce St.
I have also seen info that ATT is punching holes in their building to bring in power.
Merry Christmas
Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas, and a Happier New Year.
Lots of very loud, deep rumbles from aircraft last night probably out of Truax (Dane County). Usually they are good about providing training times in advance but nothing about last night.
Stone Cold Lloyd Austin
General Austin is an American hero and a solid pick for Defense Secretary. Especially when the leading alternative was a woman (undoubtedly polished and brilliant) who has made a career fighting through the swamps and trenches of academia, think tanks, and the Pentagon bureaucracy. Austin and Bi...
Some random stuff
A Slovenian group, Perpetuum Jazzille, has an a cappella version of Africa that is incredible. https://youtu.be/yjbpwlqp5Qw
My first MIL just celebrated her 104 birthday. Love that women. Wish her daughter had been more like her. When I got remarried part of the deal was that Nana could come and live with us. She grew up in a different world. She told me once that when she was newly married and pregnant she asked her neighbor how the baby “got out”. Neighbor replied, “Same way it got in honey”.
As far as a second Trump term I am pinning all my hopes on “Fraud vitiates everything”. Everything else is alarums and confusion.
Nuke The President!
The State Dept has concluded, in a no-longer-secret report, that some of our diplomats abroad were nuked: WASHINGTON — The most probable cause of a series of mysterious afflictions that sickened American spies and diplomats abroad in the past several years was radiofrequency energy, a type of ra...
I’m friends with a guy who’s Dad was a small town dentist. When Dad died it fell upon the two sons to clean out the house. The Dad had a big library that the boys were loading into a pickup to take to the dump. A stack of books got dropped and money fell out of the books. Change of plans! They went through all the books and ended up with over $15K.
Nuke The President!
The State Dept has concluded, in a no-longer-secret report, that some of our diplomats abroad were nuked: WASHINGTON — The most probable cause of a series of mysterious afflictions that sickened American spies and diplomats abroad in the past several years was radiofrequency energy, a type of ra...
Henry, while tracking is easier in a cashless society imagine the ease of petty despots able to stop a business from getting payments for wrong think/actions.
Katie, Barr The Election!
AG Barr was a bit of a wet blanket for the election conspiracists out there. Disputing Trump, Barr says no widespread election fraud Barr wants Sidney Powell to get crackin': Barr didn’t name Powell specifically but said: “There’s been one assertion that would be systemic fraud and that would be...
PE Jim, 4) When there was available inventory
Why Waste Your Time Voting?
The brilliant messaging team in the White House is now wondering about Georgia and the impact of "Stop the Steal" on Republican turnout. In my opinion, these races should be easy. The Democrats wanted to Stop Trump and they won their war; time for them to go home. Republicans, on the other hand,...
MM, I thoroughly enjoyed Zenna Henderson’s books growing up. My brother and I were into SF and between us had more than 700 paperbacks. Our attic bedroom had a 6’x20’ closet with bookcases running down one long side. I always enjoy Narc’s references to SF books. I think we have a lot of overlap.
Kick Like A Girl
Finally, COVID delivers a feel-good moment for 2020 as Vanderbilt football becomes Must-See TV (SportsCenter highlights subdivision): Due to illness among their specialists, the Vandy football team will suit up Sarah Fuller, the goalie for their national championship women's soccer team. Go, girl!
So Buckeye, two more weeks for you to pray that neither Michigan or Michigan State has a Covid outbreak. I can see Harbaugh sticking it to the Buckeyes in what is hopefully his last college game. Since he couldn’t beat them on the field.
Kick Like A Girl
Finally, COVID delivers a feel-good moment for 2020 as Vanderbilt football becomes Must-See TV (SportsCenter highlights subdivision): Due to illness among their specialists, the Vandy football team will suit up Sarah Fuller, the goalie for their national championship women's soccer team. Go, girl!
You look at the sidebar? I always expand to eliminate them on most websites.
Say Hello To Amy Coney Barrett
Cuomo's treatment of religious gatherings gets slapped down by the Supreme Court. Cuomo's dodge of withdrawing the restrictions and then arguing the court did not need to rule did not work. The embittered among us recall that NY State successfully tried a similar ploy last spring with a gun rela...
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
If you live in a state that restricts gatherings go around your neighborhood and note the addresses of those still displaying Biden signs. Call the authorities to report that you think they are having an illegal get together.
Say Hello To Amy Coney Barrett
Cuomo's treatment of religious gatherings gets slapped down by the Supreme Court. Cuomo's dodge of withdrawing the restrictions and then arguing the court did not need to rule did not work. The embittered among us recall that NY State successfully tried a similar ploy last spring with a gun rela...
Whenever I read OL’s posts I have this image in my mind:
Flood The Swamp
The business-friendly, but mainly donor-friendly Clinton Restoration proceeds apace.
Boris, since you and I are both in Verona, I can’t believe we haven’t had a meetup. Probably a JOM record for shortest distance traveled. You should also think about attending a lunch in the Milwaukee area the next time with Mel, Henry and Gus. Great guys.
Flood The Swamp
The business-friendly, but mainly donor-friendly Clinton Restoration proceeds apace.
CathyF, hosting Thanksgiving? In Dane County WI, rules go into effect today that no indoor gatherings in your home other than immediate household members until Dec 16th. We plan to be law breakers.
A Speedbump On The Democratic Road To An Eternally Emerging Demographic Majority
The NY Times reports on liberal puzzlement regarding their less-than expected supported among different ethnic groups. My favorite insight - Asian-Americans in California do NOT favor Affirmative Action! How that could possibly surprise anyone who follows the college admission wars is beyond me,...
JiB, I did not spend 80,000 years climbing to the top of the food chain to start eating veggie chili. 😉
Are You Ready For Some Football And Masters Golf?!?
Big day!
Peter, google “Sinclair makes news anchors recite” to find non-twatter versions of the video you want.
Running Out Of Ways To Win
Trump's legal team is not putting a lot of points on the board.
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