From Wapo --A battle-tested D.C. bureaucrat and self-described Christian nationalist is drawing up detailed plans for a sweeping expansion of presidential power in a second Trump administration. Russ Vought, who served as the former president’s budget chief, calls his political strategy for razing long-standing guardrails “radical constitutionalism.”
He has helped craft proposals for Donald Trump to deploy the military to quash civil unrest, seize more control over the Justice Department and assert the power to withhold congressional appropriations – and that’s just on Trump’s first day back in office. --nordy
Plan A: Biden wins. Plan B: You all move to Vermont and we beg Canada to adopt Vermont. I know it takes a lot to secede from the Union, but I doubt DT would care or miss us.
Inside Mexico’s anti-avocado militias [Click] “The spread of the avocado is a story of greed, ambition, corruption, water shortages, cartel battles and, in a number of towns and villages, a fierce fightback” —Alan
I was under the impression that if one cuts off any and all leaves that appear, as soon as they appear, the roots can get no nutrition and in time will die. ---Alan
A Georgia resident in the APA I belong to is fighting bamboo. Eradicating the shoots as soon as they appear is an ideal that is hard to meet. And you have to stay on top of it for years.
Oh yes, a years-long job. Actually it is the leaves that produce most of the energy for the root system (as I understand it). So cutting the shoots when they produce leaves rather than immediately when they appear should do the job. Thank goodness we have never had that problem. -----Alan
The difficulty is that he was guilty. The interesting thing is that half the jury felt he never should have been tried for it...that it was political. But they were given a job to do (which wasn't about making that decision) and they had to do it. I was hoping for a hung jury.
I might be coming out of this stomach bug thing or whatever it's been. Earlier today I was in enough pain in the lower right that I wondered if it might be appendicitis. But then it eased off.
No obituary or word about services for Wil's brother, so I checked in with our niece. No plans are in the works at the moment and it won't be any time soon. 🤷🏻♀️ So just as i was musing that our culture has shifted and we seldom have services right away anymore, I learned of the death of an acquaintance. Death was yesterday and the obituary is already in the papers and tells when the services are. Wil and I plan that, when our turn comes, all the kids will have to do is add dates to the service leaflet (already on a thumb drive) and make a few phone calls.
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From Wapo --A battle-tested D.C. bureaucrat and self-described Christian nationalist is drawing up detailed plans for a sweeping expansion of presidential power in a second Trump administration. Russ Vought, who served as the former president’s budget chief, calls his political strategy for razing long-standing guardrails “radical constitutionalism.”
ReplyDeleteHe has helped craft proposals for Donald Trump to deploy the military to quash civil unrest, seize more control over the Justice Department and assert the power to withhold congressional appropriations – and that’s just on Trump’s first day back in office. --nordy
Plan A: Biden wins.
DeletePlan B: You all move to Vermont and we beg Canada to adopt Vermont.
I know it takes a lot to secede from the Union, but I doubt DT would care or miss us.
Inside Mexico’s anti-avocado militias [Click] “The spread of the avocado is a story of greed, ambition, corruption, water shortages, cartel battles and, in a number of towns and villages, a fierce fightback”
ReplyDelete—Alan
The big British bamboo crisis: ‘It invaded my beautiful home’ [Click]
ReplyDelete—Alan
I was under the impression that if one cuts off any and all leaves that appear, as soon as they appear, the roots can get no nutrition and in time will die.
Delete---Alan
A Georgia resident in the APA I belong to is fighting bamboo. Eradicating the shoots as soon as they appear is an ideal that is hard to meet. And you have to stay on top of it for years.
DeleteOh yes, a years-long job. Actually it is the leaves that produce most of the energy for the root system (as I understand it). So cutting the shoots when they produce leaves rather than immediately when they appear should do the job. Thank goodness we have never had that problem.
Delete-----Alan
Hunter Biden found guilty on all three counts
ReplyDeleteI thought if might be less than that, but it is what it is.
Delete-----Alan
I was hoping for acquittal. Sorry for Hunter and his family.
DeleteThe difficulty is that he was guilty.
DeleteThe interesting thing is that half the jury felt he never should have been tried for it...that it was political.
But they were given a job to do (which wasn't about making that decision) and they had to do it.
I was hoping for a hung jury.
Same here.
Delete----Alan
Joe Blogs video: Russian Gas Power of Siberia 2 Pipeline Deal with China Collapses as China Moves Towards Hydrogen [Click]
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Sounds reasonable to me. China remembers how much of its land was taken by Tsarist Russia.
Delete-----Alan
Siberia falling apart into several weak buffer states should work well for Russia's Asian neighbors, with a minimum of trouble and expense.
Delete----Alan
I might be coming out of this stomach bug thing or whatever it's been. Earlier today I was in enough pain in the lower right that I wondered if it might be appendicitis. But then it eased off.
ReplyDeleteHope it continues to improve.
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DeleteTemp has stayed down!
No obituary or word about services for Wil's brother, so I checked in with our niece. No plans are in the works at the moment and it won't be any time soon. 🤷🏻♀️ So just as i was musing that our culture has shifted and we seldom have services right away anymore, I learned of the death of an acquaintance. Death was yesterday and the obituary is already in the papers and tells when the services are.
ReplyDeleteWil and I plan that, when our turn comes, all the kids will have to do is add dates to the service leaflet (already on a thumb drive) and make a few phone calls.
The Politics Girl | Video: EXCLUSIVE with Four-Star Admiral in Biden Admin - Click
ReplyDeleteGOP gets whomped in Ohio deep red red district special election. [Click] GOP candidate still wins, but a huge shift to the Democratic candidate since 2020.
ReplyDelete——Alan
I hadn't intended to duplicate the word "red," but it works.
Delete----Alan