Harry Litman brainstorming why Trump decided against trying to remove his case to Federal Court. [Click] Figures most likely he thinks he will have a better chance in state court, with a young Republican judge who is white and up for election next year, than with an African-American judge appointed for life by Barack Obama. He goes through a laundry list of other possible explanations, which seem less likely. Gotta use Trump-think. ——Alan
Funny how different people can be: I had a tree like that, composed of two trees growing so close together, that they grew into each other, and became one tree. I so loved them/it, that I notched my house, and put a window in that wall so I could look at it all day, year 'round from my desk chair. In the end, I stressed it so much that it died, and I wept serious tears. Not for nothing is my nickname among my neighbors ~"the tree lady". . . .
Newly discovered difference between the modern human brain and the Neanderthal brain [Click] This was in the news recently, but this explanation clarifies it. —Alan (Who stands by the definition of species that he learned back in olden times: members of a species can interbreed to produce fertile offspring. So that makes modern homo sapiens, neanderthals, and denisovans members of a single species.)
I read one article speculating that they should all be considered subspecies of Homo erectus. Part of the problem in figuring it out may be the marked lack of discovered H. erectus bones in India, where they certainly should have been, and where their typical hand axes have been discovered at several sites. There is also the problem of the late "H. erectus" skull caps found in Java, which some are now suggesting might be H. denisovae.
One other very odd thing is that early neanderthals had their own distinctive Y chromosome, but later (long before H. sapiens successfully colonized Europe---as I recall) the neanderthal Y-chromosome was displaced by the H. sapiens Y-chromosome. ---Alan
Rep. Raskin: Dems 'got the vast majority of what we wanted’ in last-minute spending bill [Click] Rep. Jamie Raskin speaks to Yasmin Vossoughian about the last-minute agreement passing the House to keep the government open for 45 more days with an overwhelming bipartisan majority, and whether Democrats would come to McCarthy’s rescue if the far-right faction of his party should go through with calling a motion to vacate on his speakership. “America cannot buckle under our own pro-Putin extremists who are now something like one-third of the Republican Caucus in the house," Raskin says. "They also want to overthrow Kevin McCarthy so we’ll see how that goes. Some problems that Republicans cause, Republicans have to try and solve themselves.”
“We’re tired of fucking around with these whack jobs.” — A House Republican lawmaker, quoted by Politico, after Republicans conceded they needed Democratic votes to pass a government funding bill.
Harry Litman brainstorming why Trump decided against trying to remove his case to Federal Court. [Click] Figures most likely he thinks he will have a better chance in state court, with a young Republican judge who is white and up for election next year, than with an African-American judge appointed for life by Barack Obama. He goes through a laundry list of other possible explanations, which seem less likely. Gotta use Trump-think.
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Joe Blogs: Russian Economy Starts to Collapse as Fuel Shortages & Price Rises Cause Chaos in Russia [Click]
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First evidence of spinning black hole detected by scientists [Click] I had assumed that they spun, or could spin. Didn’t realize there wasn’t evidence of it.
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Same here. Interesting that the scientists have finally caught up with us. *smile*
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Funny how different people can be: I had a tree like that, composed of two trees growing so close together, that they grew into each other, and became one tree. I so loved them/it, that I notched my house, and put a window in that wall so I could look at it all day, year 'round from my desk chair. In the end, I stressed it so much that it died, and I wept serious tears. Not for nothing is my nickname among my neighbors ~"the tree lady". . . .
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Newly discovered difference between the modern human brain and the Neanderthal brain [Click] This was in the news recently, but this explanation clarifies it.
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That's the definition I learned as well, The three groups differ at the sub-species level.
DeleteI read one article speculating that they should all be considered subspecies of Homo erectus. Part of the problem in figuring it out may be the marked lack of discovered H. erectus bones in India, where they certainly should have been, and where their typical hand axes have been discovered at several sites. There is also the problem of the late "H. erectus" skull caps found in Java, which some are now suggesting might be H. denisovae.
DeleteOne other very odd thing is that early neanderthals had their own distinctive Y chromosome, but later (long before H. sapiens successfully colonized Europe---as I recall) the neanderthal Y-chromosome was displaced by the H. sapiens Y-chromosome.
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Rep. Raskin: Dems 'got the vast majority of what we wanted’ in last-minute spending bill [Click] Rep. Jamie Raskin speaks to Yasmin Vossoughian about the last-minute agreement passing the House to keep the government open for 45 more days with an overwhelming bipartisan majority, and whether Democrats would come to McCarthy’s rescue if the far-right faction of his party should go through with calling a motion to vacate on his speakership. “America cannot buckle under our own pro-Putin extremists who are now something like one-third of the Republican Caucus in the house," Raskin says. "They also want to overthrow Kevin McCarthy so we’ll see how that goes. Some problems that Republicans cause, Republicans have to try and solve themselves.”
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BREAKING: MAGA Republicans DEFEATED as Spending Bill PASSES [Click]
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McCarthy weaker than ever [Click]
Delete“We’re tired of fucking around with these whack jobs.”
— A House Republican lawmaker, quoted by Politico, after Republicans conceded they needed Democratic votes to pass a government funding bill.
Documentary: The allies’ D-Day counterintelligence operation [Click]
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Completely Unhinged Trump Loses It All in Latest Speech [to CA GOP] [Click] Among other things, it seems he is going to order water to flow uphill! It really sounds like he is running for lifetime accommodation at Saint Elizabeths.
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Oh, and we had the slightest bit of rain today! And lots of pretty clouds. Must have been a cold front passing through.
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