Clyde Bennett cartoon on the UAW strike [Click] Even for Bennett, this is a REALLY effective one. I recall a couple of cartoons about GM back in the day; one showed GM as a dead dinosaur lying at the roadside as a car labelled Toyota drove by; the other showed GM as a car crashed into a tree as both management (the driver) and the passenger (workers) staggered away from the wreck. I figure that the change from conventional autos to electrics is going to happen as fast and as thoroughly as the transition from horses to gasoline powered vehicles. I think highly of the design of the Citroen Oli EV; it wouldn’t be the first time Citroen has developed a great car. [I think particularly of their Traction Avant and 2CV.] I will probably never purchase another auto, though. —Alan
“ Meanwhile, video has emerged of the conditions under which extremist Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was kicked out of a kid-friendly Beetlejuice concert last weekend. Boebert has repeatedly accused those protecting LGBTQ civil rights of “grooming” children for sexual activity. Not only was she vaping, she and her date were groping each other quite intensely. Boebert is in the process of getting a divorce, and her date, it turns out, is co-owner of a gay-friendly bar that has hosted drag shows.”
Oh dear. Believe it or not, Engelbert was just in Azerbaijan a couple weeks ago, and he's been invited back. I hope this action doesn't put visitors like him in danger.
BTW when I was in college we had a refugee from Nagorno-Karabakh, a teacher studying to get her American certification. She was only in one of my classes, so I didn't know her well at all. She knew she couldn't go home again. One feels desperately sorry but, really, what can one say in such a situation?
Not entirely dead. I have a wee bit of Neanderthal living on in me! (I think mine settled in the hips. LOL. Seriously, it's how I birthed two ten pound babies.)
I don't recall just how much, but the bits and pieces of Neanderthal DNA shared among living humans add up to a large portion of their genome; maybe a quarter? One puzzling thing is that the Homo sapiens Y-chromosome replaced the Neanderthal Y-chromosome long before the Neanderthals"disappeared." ---Alan
I just got a call from the Allergist's office and was offered my choice of tomorrow with the PA or Weds the 27th with the Dr. I need to see. I chose next Weds. Sooo much better than October 26th!
At least once some flatlanders checked into our motel when I was a kid, and were showing off the twigs of beautiful multi-colored leaves they had collected from the roadside---POISON OAK! ---Alan
Thinking about birthing babies. . . . My mom went into labor at seven thirty a.m. and I was born 33 minutes later. As she was being prepped, doc walked past the door, and sed: For Godssake get that woman into an operating room, that baby's crowning! They did. So I grew up thinking I'd have short labors. . . . Not to be: My first was 22 1/2 hours. 2.a.m. to 12:30 a.m. the next day. Second was only nine hours, but stronger pains. Ironically, the epidural wore off, and the next one hadn't taken effect yet--had the kid in that unanesthetized half hour. Aptly is it called labor--hardest work I've ever done. . . .
Penny's experience was intermediate. Her water broke at 11 p.m., just as we were getting ready for bed after attending a concert. I believe Marcus was born around 1:30 the following afternoon. This was just as they were starting to let husbands stay with their wives during labor, though not during delivery. It was also when they were just starting to no longer insist on long hospital stays. Penny left the following morning, though that was a day before they really expected her to.
Well done, puddle and Penny...! Mine were: #1= 8 hrs of induced labor (aka forced labor and aptly named); #2 = 18 hrs of labor with lots of back labor; #3 = 1 hr and 17min! (and he weighed 10lbs, 2 oz); #4 = 8 hr induced and mismanaged (triple-peaked contractions without meds during the nurses' shift change!); #5 = 5 hrs (10lbs, 1 oz).
Funny that the shortest labors were with the largest babies. Longest was with the smallest (6lbs, 5oz)...!
Good for Penny going home so soon!! We did that with #4...went home 3 hours later...but had to sign myself out. The two 10lbers were the ones born at home.
From what I see, "collapse" is too strong a term. Signals raise the possibility of something like we saw in Japan a couple of decades ago, where an economy that looked like it was headed for world dominance abruptly petered out.
So, has anyone scheduled to have the new Covid booster? We're scheduled for Sunday afternoon and wish we knew what the side effects are like this time. Last year was a breeze, but formerly I was always down for the count. 🤞
Clyde Bennett cartoon on the UAW strike [Click] Even for Bennett, this is a REALLY effective one. I recall a couple of cartoons about GM back in the day; one showed GM as a dead dinosaur lying at the roadside as a car labelled Toyota drove by; the other showed GM as a car crashed into a tree as both management (the driver) and the passenger (workers) staggered away from the wreck. I figure that the change from conventional autos to electrics is going to happen as fast and as thoroughly as the transition from horses to gasoline powered vehicles. I think highly of the design of the Citroen Oli EV; it wouldn’t be the first time Citroen has developed a great car. [I think particularly of their Traction Avant and 2CV.] I will probably never purchase another auto, though.
ReplyDelete—Alan
The initial transition from horses to auto was quite slow. Didn't pick up steam until the Model T some decades later.
DeleteA Trip Down Market Street, 1906 [Click]
DeleteMarket Street 1920 [Click]
1905 [Click]
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Right. In 1906, although autos are visible, they're still outnumbered by horse-drawn vehicles. By1920, after the model T, it's essentially all autos.
DeleteHouse GOP In Open Warfare [with itself] [Click]
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10 House Races Shift [Click] Three toward GOP and seven toward Dems.
ReplyDeleteSpecial election today will determine control of the Pennsylvania House. [Click] The tea leaves seem to indicate Dems will retain their one-seat majority.
GASP! Democratic Voters Actually Like Joe Biden [Click]
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Take that, CNN!
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ReplyDelete“ Meanwhile, video has emerged of the conditions under which extremist Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was kicked out of a kid-friendly Beetlejuice concert last weekend. Boebert has repeatedly accused those protecting LGBTQ civil rights of “grooming” children for sexual activity. Not only was she vaping, she and her date were groping each other quite intensely. Boebert is in the process of getting a divorce, and her date, it turns out, is co-owner of a gay-friendly bar that has hosted drag shows.”
Heather Cox Richardson on the House budget mess, Boebert, Tuberville and the VFE, DT, Biden Admin
A good read; thanks.
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Business in Russia: Why some firms haven't left [Click]
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Azerbaijan launches operation against Nagorno-Karabakh [Click]
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Oh dear. Believe it or not, Engelbert was just in Azerbaijan a couple weeks ago, and he's been invited back. I hope this action doesn't put visitors like him in danger.
DeleteBTW when I was in college we had a refugee from Nagorno-Karabakh, a teacher studying to get her American certification. She was only in one of my classes, so I didn't know her well at all. She knew she couldn't go home again. One feels desperately sorry but, really, what can one say in such a situation?
I assume Englebert will be in the Azerbajani capital. The fighting will be far from there.
DeleteIn Bacu, yes.
DeleteHappy belated birthday, puddle!
ReplyDeleteHi Renee!
Delete(I've been trying to post this all day. The inner tube gods are capricious.)
Always lovely to see our Blog Mom pop by!
DeleteCome see us more often, Renee. You and D are missed!!
Two long reads:
ReplyDeleteJustice for Neanderthals! What the debate about our long-dead cousins reveals about us [Click]
Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past [Click]
—Alan
Not entirely dead. I have a wee bit of Neanderthal living on in me!
Delete(I think mine settled in the hips. LOL. Seriously, it's how I birthed two ten pound babies.)
I don't recall just how much, but the bits and pieces of Neanderthal DNA shared among living humans add up to a large portion of their genome; maybe a quarter? One puzzling thing is that the Homo sapiens Y-chromosome replaced the Neanderthal Y-chromosome long before the Neanderthals"disappeared."
Delete---Alan
Yarrrrr! Here be good news, mateys!
ReplyDeleteI just got a call from the Allergist's office and was offered my choice of tomorrow with the PA or Weds the 27th with the Dr. I need to see. I chose next Weds. Sooo much better than October 26th!
Good news indeed.
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LOL Alan
DeletePoison ivy is poised to be one of the big winners of a warming world
ReplyDeleteAt least once some flatlanders checked into our motel when I was a kid, and were showing off the twigs of beautiful multi-colored leaves they had collected from the roadside---POISON OAK!
Delete---Alan
I seem to be immune to poison ivy. Once at Boy Scout camp I took refuge in a patch of what I learned was poison ivy. No problem.
DeleteWell, be careful. It's the *second* time you meet an allergen that your body reacts to it.
DeleteBut poison ivy secretions are toxins, not allergens.
DeleteMy father was also immune to it; I understand that many Native Americans are as well.
Delete---Alan
New drone technology could make it easier to clear unexploded bombs, mines in Ukraine [Click]
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Thinking about birthing babies. . . . My mom went into labor at seven thirty a.m. and I was born 33 minutes later. As she was being prepped, doc walked past the door, and sed: For Godssake get that woman into an operating room, that baby's crowning! They did.
ReplyDeleteSo I grew up thinking I'd have short labors. . . . Not to be: My first was 22 1/2 hours. 2.a.m. to 12:30 a.m. the next day. Second was only nine hours, but stronger pains. Ironically, the epidural wore off, and the next one hadn't taken effect yet--had the kid in that unanesthetized half hour. Aptly is it called labor--hardest work I've ever done. . . .
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Penny's experience was intermediate. Her water broke at 11 p.m., just as we were getting ready for bed after attending a concert. I believe Marcus was born around 1:30 the following afternoon. This was just as they were starting to let husbands stay with their wives during labor, though not during delivery. It was also when they were just starting to no longer insist on long hospital stays. Penny left the following morning, though that was a day before they really expected her to.
DeleteWell done, puddle and Penny...! Mine were: #1= 8 hrs of induced labor (aka forced labor and aptly named); #2 = 18 hrs of labor with lots of back labor; #3 = 1 hr and 17min! (and he weighed 10lbs, 2 oz); #4 = 8 hr induced and mismanaged (triple-peaked contractions without meds during the nurses' shift change!); #5 = 5 hrs (10lbs, 1 oz).
DeleteFunny that the shortest labors were with the largest babies. Longest was with the smallest (6lbs, 5oz)...!
Good for Penny going home so soon!! We did that with #4...went home 3 hours later...but had to sign myself out. The two 10lbers were the ones born at home.
DeletePeter Zeihan; Don't Be Surprised by China's Collapse [Click] I would not ignore Mr. Zeihan, but take his pronouncements with a grain of salt.
ReplyDelete—-Alan
From what I see, "collapse" is too strong a term. Signals raise the possibility of something like we saw in Japan a couple of decades ago, where an economy that looked like it was headed for world dominance abruptly petered out.
DeleteSo, has anyone scheduled to have the new Covid booster? We're scheduled for Sunday afternoon and wish we knew what the side effects are like this time. Last year was a breeze, but formerly I was always down for the count. 🤞
ReplyDeleteI think I will look into it next week.
Delete----Alan
The oldest recorded personal names that we know of [Click] Kushim and Nisa, administrators in a temple/storehouse in Uruk around 3000 BCE.
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