Tuesday, January 03, 2017

New Year's Resolutions

Visit Pax Christi USA and take the Vow of Nonviolence.

Visit Catholic Climate Covenant and take the St. Francis Pledge to pray, act, and advocate to solve climate change.

While Pax Christi and Catholic Climate Covenant are Catholic movements, the Vow of Nonviolence and the St. Francis Pledge are, it seems to me, consonant with the Progressive project. Also, in the coming year, we're going to need all the peace and nonviolence we can get!

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  1. Peace and nonviolence are first.

    Sorry not to have been around yesterday. I've been in low spirits and they're only sinking.

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  2. Z'all right. I anticipate that we are approaching a golden age of investigative journalism. It is completely impossible for Trump and his many associates to keep their business dealings and debts secret--far too many people know, and some of them are sure to squeal.

    Alan

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  3. Will Trump Bring Change or Just Inexperience? [Click] The following link might provide a hint:
    A President Without an Administration [Click]

    And from the unforced error department, we have:
    House GOP Reverses Course on Ethics Office [Click]

    —Alan

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  4. Why the Technology in 'Rogue One' Is So Old-Fashioned [Click] This column articulates very well what rendered the movie basically uninteresting to me. Maybe I will have to read, or read up on, Dune. Also steampunk and (a new term to me) dieselpunk.

    —Alan

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    1. I find Steam Punk boring. It's SF set in Victorian or earlier times and fails to hold my interest. A totally fictional pre-industrial or differently industrial world is of far greater interest to me.

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    2. I do generally enjoy alternate history. And steampunk is alternate history.

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    1. Joey No Socks? You *are* making that up, aren't you?

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  6. To me the greatest thing that happened today (and Cat, it gives room for hope), is that there were so many constituents and legislators and pundits and other critics who railed at the GOP that they had to drop their plan to can Ethics. Hahahaaa! There was even a dude from Breitbart (sorry I didn't catch his name) who spoke up against it, and who pointed out that the people who supported DT would be displeased. It has begun. ;-)
    http://www.npr.org/2017/01/03/508043376/after-trump-tweets-criticism-house-gop-drops-weakening-of-house-ethics-office

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    1. And even Trump and Ryan spoke out against it. You have to wonder what these Congresscritters thought they were doing.

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    2. Really rather interesting, isn't it? They ought to have been able to do it a little bit at a time without attracting much notice. Or did they figure that major revelations were imminent, and radical action would be the only way to forestall them? Or might they have been over-enthused chowderheads? Oh, heavens, no...certainly not!

      -Alan

      P.S.: More rain today; mold, pollen and air pollution all very low. And my cough has abated somewhat, particularly at home, where I changed the furnace filters over the weekend (and to somewhat better ones than I had used in the past). Still think I will give that herbal nose spray an honest try, though. While chatting with my No. 2 boss before leaving this evening, he reminded me that Boss #1 was put into the hospital for three days as a result of one dose of Flonase nasal spray--she had a doozy of an allergic reaction. One test in the doctor's office, then straight to the hospital. Gee!

      Alan

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  7. Yikes! It always makes me sad to hear of allergic reactions, because it means one's brain is attacking one's body when it should not.

    I do think the GOP is eager to get as much changed as possible as early as possible. Their greed will be their undoing, and I must say it's not before time!!

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