REDPOLLS!
This flock of about 40 Redpolls came by to feast just as the Storm was getting started!
It's the first time I've seen any all season!
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Vermont named as the only state to pass a U.S. History civics test
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DeleteP.S.: That part of the link after and including the question mark can be deleted; I think it at least sometimes includes information about how many times one has visited the web page.
Good to know for future use!
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Got called out for Gramie duty on Friday, so never made it here to play. Thanks for the GREAT links, Alan! I certainly appreciate them! Sometimes just your titles and notations are what keep me informed!
ReplyDeleteThanks, listener. In my sloth, I sometimes figure that headlines alone are enough--I don't need to link to everything. And I do try to toss in something non-political from time to time. Here's one:
ReplyDeleteLIGO gravitational wave detectors to be improved [Click]
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ReplyDeleteDemocratic party elites silence Ilhan Omar at their peril [Click]
ReplyDeleteDemocrats' coveted 2020 prize? An endorsement from Ocasio-Cortez [Click]
AAAS: Machine learning 'causing science crisis' [Click] It has long been my observation that people often apply statistical methods they don’t understand to data, and do not apply the final statistical test, what I call the “smell test.” In short, does it conform to the real world? I have seen people publish conclusions from data that do not reproduce a single one of the individual data sets on which they are based, and people already afflicted with cognitive bias proceed to use the faulty conclusions extensively. I have seen people with science PhD’s who do not understand elementary statistics, but that doesn’t stop them from using same.
Omar should not have apologized. It is not a crime or a sin to point out that Israel practices genocide and fascism. Nor is it un-American to deplore this country's lick spittle attitude towards Israel. It's not even antisemitic. It's simply the sickening truth. I'm pleased Omar spoke her mind. Apologizing, though, sets a bad precedent. Now the New Democrat, Republican Lite overlords will think they can cow her or anyone else who questions the status quo. They don't need to be encouraged in that belief.
DeleteThe article didn't suggest how to defeat the New Democrats soundly enough that they actually get the message they are no longer in power. They clearly don't give a damn what the rank and file party members want. They clearly only see the wave of young progressives as a nuisance to be brushed away like so many flies. How can we hope to defeat Fart if we can't even take back our party?
Cat, totally agree.
DeleteNHS England losing staff in record numbers over long hours – study [Click] Health care workers very often suffer from Florence Nightingale Complex, but there is a limit to what they can do even then.
ReplyDeleteThe Hill: California to sue Trump over border wall emergency declaration [together with other states] [Click] New governor and attorney general are not shrinking violets.
ReplyDeleteGo California! More power to its arm.
DeleteSpring weather outlook; expected to be relatively warm for listener [Click]
ReplyDeleteThe weaker Trump gets, the more he lies [Click] Graphic evidently from WaPo.
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense. A strong person is, by and large, a confident, competent, in control person. The weak often have no power except that to lie.
DeleteCulprit found for honeybee deaths in California almond groves
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Gee, that's big! Thanks for the heads-up, listener. I never did that with our fruit trees.
DeleteNASA heading back to Moon soon, and this time to stay
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Hmmmmm.... Lots could go wrong, given the way they are planning to do it.
DeleteVT*Grand on the premises. She wanted to watch The Greatest Showman because she will soon be performing two of the songs from the show in a school event and she has never seen the movie. Just our luck that no one has it up to rent just now. We ended up paying $20 to purchase the darn thing. So, of course it's a movie we've seen twice (once at the request of a close friend and once upon begging by two granddaughters). And while we concede it is an excellent production, we really don't enjoy watching it, since it is constant loud sound for 1 hour and 45min! We sure do love VT*Grand!
ReplyDeleteState legislatures can initiate impeachment proceedings, but they must still be introduced by a Member of the House. [Click] I never heard of that, but the article says there is precedent. I shall have to see if I can find one or more precedents.
ReplyDeletes there precedent for impeachment proceedings to begin with local efforts?In 1808, the Mississippi territorial legislature passed resolutions calling upon the House to impeach afederal judge in that territory,and instructing its delegate in Congress to offer a resolution of impeachment. The House authorizeda committee to investigate the charges and recommend whether to impeach. Asher C. Hinds, 3 Precedents of the House of Representatives§2487 (1907). In 1903, the Florida state legislature adopted a joint resolution calling upon the House to begin impeachment proceedings against a federal judge in Florida. After receiving that resolution, a Member of the House from Florida introduced the state resolution into the record and introduced articles of impeachment. Again, the House appointed a committee to investigate the charges, and the House did eventually impeach the judge. Hinds, Precedents§2469.
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