Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Winterberry (emphasis on Winter)


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  1. Reeling California Republicans elevate social conservative [Click] Not having familiar with her, I looked up her Wikipedia entry. [Click] Yep; the California GOP is rockin’ an’ reelin’. Sen. Grove will lead them out of the wilderness. Sure.

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    1. I'm imagining that "having" was intended as "being." Otherwise your dear wife may have a question or two. 😄

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    2. Ohhhhh myyyyyy! I just read the article.

      "In 2015, Grove courted controversy after she was quoted suggesting that a withering drought was God’s punishment for abortion."

      There are just so many layers of things wrong with that view...!

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    3. Egregious to be sure. At the same time, there are those who hold quite sincerely that belief that the universe was designed or created by an outside intelligence is not only repugnant in itself but shows the one holding said belief to be stupid, superstitious and incapable of logical thought. That view doesn't seem much better from where I stand.

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    4. Well, I hear you, Cat. Only, I wouldn't refer to the Creator as "outside." ;-)

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  2. Yes, you were right about the typographical error, listener; it came from rewriting and not checking the sentence. The Inner Tube is very slow here now, and I figured you all would understand.

    And the government shutdown has affected me; my listing in the US contractor database can't be updated because the server isn't accessible. I suppose Lockheed (for one example) might be having similar problems.

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  3. I wanted to mention that I will be leaving for a science fiction convention in Boston in about an hour and probably won't be on line until next Wednesday or Thursday.

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    1. Traveling Mercies!
      So sorry you'll be in Boston for the STORM. Stay inside ad enjoy the convention! They'll dig out fast and you'll likely get home on time.

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  4. People are puzzling about how to get out of the current impasse with Trump; there are several obvious ways that occur to me, but all of them involve President Pence. Which reminds me: did you all notice the story about Karen Pence’s new job? [Click]

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    1. The headline and summary made me queasy.

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    2. I missed that until I came back here to finish reading this thread. Wow.

      Well, I hope that Pence declaring the war with the Islamic State OVER three hours AFTER 4 Americans were killed by IS will help make him either suspect or utterly lame. But I definitely want DT O.U.T.. We can deal with P when we cross that bridge. I imagine Mueller may have a surprise or two for him as well.

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  5. Good journey, Bill.
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    Garrett Graff on l’affaire Russe [Click] In a related vein, we have Compare and Contrast photos. [Click]

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  6. And now for the day’s art history lesson:
    Andromeda and the Queen of Sheba [Click]

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  7. And now for the day’s art history lesson:
    Andromeda and the Queen of Sheba [Click]

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