Saturday, January 27, 2018

Icicles!


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  1. Bombardier wins fight against huge tariffs on aircraft imports [Click] "Defeat for Trump administration could save thousands of jobs at company’s Belfast operation." Woot!

    IMF chief warns Trump's tax cuts could destabilise global economy [Click] But hey, who knows better about economics? Christine Lagarde or Donnie Boy?

    Ghost towers: half of new-build luxury London flats fail to sell
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    Trump still doesn't understand why 'you're fired' can't work like it did on TV [Click]

    --Ala

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  2. I found myself very tired a bit past 8 p.m., so I turned in for a 5-hour nap. Up again for a while now.

    I am precisely the person to address the Duckworth issue Cat raised in the last thread. The bottom line is that I have nothing against her but I can understand why some people with long memories do.

    In 2004, I was actively volunteering for the Christine Cegalis campaign in IL-06. Cegalis was a progressive anti-war Democrat who had run against long-term incumbent Henry Hyde two years before. Hyde was retiring, so this was an open seat that Democrats had a shot at flipping.

    BUT -- bare weeks before the filing deadline, Dick Durbin parachuted Duckworth into the race. Durbin is generally considered pretty liberal, of course, but most Cegalis supporters automatically assumed that Duckworth leaned conservative. Actually, aside form Duckworth's views on the war being deliberately vague, I didn't see huge differences between her and Cegalis. Still, the way party pooh-bahs ignored and disrespected a strong grassroots organization left a bad taste. I guess some people still remember that.

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  3. Analysis of the Nutella Riots[Click]

    And now to get moving.

    --Alan

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    1. YAY!!!!!

      This is rather like adverse possession--if one uses a piece of land and pays taxes on it for a term of years, one comes to own it. Pluto had the title of planet for a long time, so came to be entitled to it.

      --Alan

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    2. And what about Ceres? If Pluto can be a major planet without clearing its orbit, why can't Ceres? Or is this another case of declaring groups maraginalized and therefore irrelevant?

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    3. I should describe it as hallowed tradition, Bill. [grin]

      Alan

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    4. I guess I value new data over tradition. Not to mention that *it isn't fair!*

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  5. The pain in my leg is almost gone, although it's still swollen. And my 3-hour nap this afternoon felt more like laziness than being totally drained as I was yesterday.

    I think I may have picked up a bit of a cold somewhere, although it is hard to tell when your nose is chronically stuffy.

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    1. Good to hear about the progress, Bill. How is the skin doing?

      Alan

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    2. Sort of hard to answer, since it's Penny who applies the dressing and therefore has a good view of it. It does seem to me that some of the dried-up skin may be coming off and leaving good skin underneath it. But the spot that had the hugest blister still needs to heal.

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    3. That sounds like improvement. Keep on, Bill.

      Alan

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  6. Fresh pressure for Theresa May as Brexit battle moves to Lords[Click] “PM beleaguered as remain hardliners in the upper house turn up in droves to vote.” Are “conservatives” now constitutionally incapable of governing?

    —Alan

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  7. Once again, Donald Trump tells Theresa May he won't visit the UK unless she bans protests.[Click] Also he wants the newspapers to say nice things about him.

    Gridlock Worsens Under Trump[Click] Pervasive sense of gloom among the congresscritters; does that foreshadow more retirements?

    —Alan

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  8. I did check Facebook today for the first time in weeks. But there's nothing else I really feel like doing, so I'll probably head for bed.

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  9. Why Students Are Still Spending So Much for College Textbooks[Click] “New technologies are revolutionizing education—but they’re also keeping prices high.” Elimination of manual exam grading is a plus, but does it have to be so expensive? And a pox on PowerPoint.

    —Alan

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  10. Doesn't surprise me, says the cynic. Sure ought to be otherwise, though. Never could see watching the Oscars presentations or similar things.

    Alan

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