tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post2419320049304467292..comments2024-03-29T01:53:24.231-04:00Comments on Howard-Empowered People: An online community of Dean-inspired activists: Hello, Life! Goodbye, Columbus...Renee in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01741974339127525003noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-1584895387299097092016-10-11T12:26:57.335-04:002016-10-11T12:26:57.335-04:00A copy of the transcript, that is.A copy of the transcript, that is.Susan Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051952439640530956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-28506424830327051112016-10-11T12:26:27.723-04:002016-10-11T12:26:27.723-04:00Alan I have a copy of the video interview and yes,...Alan I have a copy of the video interview and yes, Hillary did laugh. Several times in fact.Susan Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051952439640530956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-90654525145197793482016-10-11T01:49:46.570-04:002016-10-11T01:49:46.570-04:00Yes, it's likely enough that Trump has been pl...Yes, it's likely enough that Trump has been planning this for some time. Rumors were being reported even before the tape came out. But it's probably misleading to think of the tape being "leaked." Access Hollywood discovered it just by looking and planned to release it as soon as its plodding legal department finished considering every imaginable angle. The leak to the Post just got it out a day or so earlier than would have otherwise happened.W. A.Thomassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053050637813607747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-70693381578502524002016-10-11T01:28:53.172-04:002016-10-11T01:28:53.172-04:00The teen driver was in no wise at fault. The truc...The teen driver was in no wise at fault. The truck came up over the crest of a hill not at all far in front of them. There would have been time only to wonder What is that? before impact. :-( <br /><br />The state police sent an officer to the hospital to require a blood test...which is Vermont State law in event of a fatality. <br /><br />The guy who did all of this is already known to police. His jury was soon to be chosen in his trial regarding the time he threatened his girlfriend and their two year old child by speeding, threatening to drive off the road, and saying he would do it in a place that has no cell phone coverage. Apparently they used to live in Massachusetts, a few years ago, and he threatened his girlfriend there too.<br /><br />He had gone to the medical center on Saturday (surveillance shows him going in three or four times), and he was referred to the Howard Center. That would be the Howard Center for Mental Health. So that explains a few things. It has been said that whenever he ran out of marijuana, he would get violent. So I guess the issue may have been that he WASN'T under the influence of anything....except mental illness and anger issues. <br /><br />Tragic in every way.listenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258189493159993427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-17143256410411170202016-10-11T00:57:25.663-04:002016-10-11T00:57:25.663-04:00Good grief! So now NASA is spreading misinformatio...Good grief! So now NASA is spreading misinformation?<br /><br />"The US space agency put out a release last week that raised the idea of an imminent storm, noting it could eventually evolve into the type that envelops the whole globe. In truth, it is unlikely to get that big for many weeks - if at all. "Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-58831172100003285542016-10-11T00:49:29.932-04:002016-10-11T00:49:29.932-04:00Are you sure? Have you asked Gary Johnson about th...Are you sure? Have you asked Gary Johnson about that? *smirk*Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-74391373485836902422016-10-11T00:47:40.279-04:002016-10-11T00:47:40.279-04:00Well, and, of course there was Lief Ericson...Well, and, of course there was Lief Ericson...Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-30542861183404216192016-10-11T00:40:05.747-04:002016-10-11T00:40:05.747-04:00It would have been someone else soon enough; Port...It would have been someone else soon enough; Portuguese fishing boats are believed to have been active off Newfoundland before that time, but they weren't telling where they were catching all those cod they came back with. I don't think there is any archeological evidence of onshore processing, and whether that took place remains an open question. The technology of sailing ships had developed adequately by the late Middle Ages to make the voyage practical, although the Gulf Stream wasn't known.<br /><br />--AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-87451510955679912582016-10-11T00:31:17.658-04:002016-10-11T00:31:17.658-04:00I second the motion; was it taken with listener&#...I second the motion; was it taken with listener's new camera?<br /><br />AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-68532643706290083372016-10-11T00:28:44.826-04:002016-10-11T00:28:44.826-04:00Definitely not; Upper Volta no longer exists.
...Definitely not; Upper Volta no longer exists. <br /><br />--AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-38556307413749079342016-10-10T23:51:13.679-04:002016-10-10T23:51:13.679-04:00Were it not for Columbus, not many of us would be ...Were it not for Columbus, not many of us would be here now. Just sayin'...Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-33571688221412782512016-10-10T22:37:51.506-04:002016-10-10T22:37:51.506-04:00What I wanna know is, how did Trump find these wom...What I wanna know is, how did Trump find these women so fast?<br /><br />I started out idly wondering why Monica Luinsky and Jennifer Flowers weren't with him at his Hate Clinton Fest. Then it occurred to me that it's all rather odd. How did he know who Broderick was to find her on Twitter and re-tweet her posts? And how did he assemble the others so quickly? In other words, who contacted whom and when?<br /><br />When you stop to think about it, Trump must have been planning to pull some kind of stunt involving these women for some time. Think about the logistics. Think about the celerity with which he pulled together that press conference.<br /><br />For that matter, do we know who leaked the initial obscene tape? It hardly seems credible that he/his campaign would have done so just to set up his sudden solidarity with BC's "victims." And yet, They're pretty inept. If the leak was engineered as a setup, it wouldn't surprise me at all that Trump underestimated the effect it would have on Republicans as a whole. One presumes such behavior would further glorify him in the eyes of his fanatic supporters. I hear through the grapevine that some women have expressed in public (presumably on social media) that they don't consider Trump's taped remarks all that bad. So one presumes there are men who feel similarly. <br /><br />If the release of the tape was in fact a setup, Trump and his campaign seriously miscalculated, though, which would account for his fury over the mass desertions.Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-17580942578048181262016-10-10T22:08:58.883-04:002016-10-10T22:08:58.883-04:00BTW that's a pretty photo.BTW that's a pretty photo.Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-60592258769922934012016-10-10T22:07:58.835-04:002016-10-10T22:07:58.835-04:00That was my understanding.That was my understanding.Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-40845523371043487622016-10-10T22:05:35.917-04:002016-10-10T22:05:35.917-04:00Na, there are probably pretty girls in Upper Volta...Na, there are probably pretty girls in Upper Volta. How 'bout Assistant Undersecretary for Antarctica?Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-67366408429021886702016-10-10T20:28:12.426-04:002016-10-10T20:28:12.426-04:00I don't think it was a matter of genetic diver...I don't think it was a matter of genetic diversity, although I would be interested to hear a scientific argument on the subject. As far as I can see it was a matter of nobody having previously been exposed, so everybody got sick at once. When a disease is endemic there are always people who are immune after having survived a previous exposure and are therefore in a position to provide aid and support to those ill now.W. A.Thomassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053050637813607747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-66004433088936955852016-10-10T19:21:10.797-04:002016-10-10T19:21:10.797-04:00Solar Roads video [Click] I sent them a little lo...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTA3rnpgzU" rel="nofollow">Solar Roads video</a> [Click] I sent them a little love.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.solarroadways.com/" rel="nofollow">Their main web site</a> [Click]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-30288775677141727232016-10-10T18:14:25.309-04:002016-10-10T18:14:25.309-04:00Interesting. The BBC called the debate a draw, not...Interesting. The BBC called the debate a draw, noting that such is probably sufficient from Clinton's POV.<br /><br />They also report HRC 50% to DT's 44%Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-59890016880363750002016-10-10T17:58:03.870-04:002016-10-10T17:58:03.870-04:00Saw this quite late last night:
So who are the wo...Saw this quite late last night:<br /><br />So who are the women?<br /><br />Mr Trump appeared with Paula Jones, a former Arkansas state employee who settled a sexual harassment suit against Mr Clinton for $850,000 in 1999 with no admission of guilt.<br /><br />Juanita Broaddrick, who claimed Mr Clinton raped her in a hotel room in 1978, also appeared with Mr Trump.<br /><br />Mr Clinton has denied the claim through his lawyer and no charges have ever been brought against him.<br /><br />The third woman was Kathleen Willey, a former White House aide who said Mr Clinton groped her in his office in 1993, but had previously said it never happened.<br /><br />Mr Clinton has also denied this claim.<br /><br />Kathy Shelton, a fourth woman who spoke, encountered Mrs Clinton in a criminal case when she was 12 years old.<br /><br />Early in Mrs Clinton's legal career, she was appointed to defend Ms Shelton's rapist, despite objections, and had his sentence reduced to a lesser charge.<br /><br />Years later, an audio tape emerged of Mrs Clinton speaking with a reporter, in which she can be heard laughing about the case.<br /><br />During one instance, she laughed after explaining that her client had passed a lie detector test, which convinced her to never trust them again. <br /><br />from <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37604151" rel="nofollow">US presidential debate: Trump launches ferocious attack on Clintons</a>Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-34651132221698834252016-10-10T16:49:07.933-04:002016-10-10T16:49:07.933-04:00It seems from the link you gave above, listener, t...It seems from the link you gave above, listener, that the fellow who stole the squad car has been identified as the driver of the pickup. I can understand the police officer being intent on giving aid rather than removing the key from his vehicle's ignition. It's a good argument for having the sort of key fob that activates the door locks and ignition rather than a conventional key. But the police cars would need to have the radios, cameras, etc. activated even when the officer is away from the vehicle.<br /><br />--Alan<br /><br />"lab test results will likely be some TIME in coming"<br /><br />And trauma "patient" might be a better choice of word than "victim."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-76081999297466809502016-10-10T16:41:10.911-04:002016-10-10T16:41:10.911-04:00In the case of a trauma victim it is not always po...In the case of a trauma victim it is not always possible to draw a blood specimen for the police promptly--surgery has priority. But methamphetamine should be readily detectable for a long time. Verified lab test results will likely be some in coming; government labs are typically slow to get the work done. There may well be circumstantial evidence (e.g. drugs found on his person, in the truck or at his residence), but that is unlikely to be publicized because of the prejudicial effect on potential jurors. <br /><br />--AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-951405477672364092016-10-10T16:24:48.728-04:002016-10-10T16:24:48.728-04:00It is quite possibly irrelevant in this case, but ...It is quite possibly irrelevant in this case, but California's graduated driver licensing law has very significantly reduced teenage driving deaths. A driver that age is forbidden to drive accompanied only by passengers of similar age (an exception is made for siblings). At a closing speed of 130 mph (roughly 200 feet per second) there is precious little time to think about what to do. I wonder if the visibility is restricted at that point, but it shouldn't be on an Interstate. I look forward to a report confirming that the person who stole the squad car was also the driver of the pickup--probably so. The behavior of the driver at fault sounds like methamphetamine abuse to me, which provides no absolution under Anglo-American law, if he took it willingly. Damn.<br /><br />--AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-72542093139163578892016-10-10T16:06:54.044-04:002016-10-10T16:06:54.044-04:00At the risk of sounding like a bluenose, St. Patri...At the risk of sounding like a bluenose, St. Patrick's Day seems to have evolved into an excuse for boozing, which Columbus Day has not. That may have something to do with their relative popularities.<br />As well as a niggling sense of communal guilt about what happened after Europeans came to the Americas--although much of that depended upon the introductions of multiple diseases (the causes of which were attributed by both populations to divine will) coupled with the the exceptionally limited genetic diversity of the indigenous population, which severely limited their communal resistance to exotic diseases.<br /><br />--AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-59877310055975299262016-10-10T15:00:58.532-04:002016-10-10T15:00:58.532-04:00Forgot to mention that the date of this latest acc...Forgot to mention that the date of this latest accident also marked 11 years since my neighbour's wedding day. Rough.listenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258189493159993427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-9874143990608176052016-10-10T14:55:44.472-04:002016-10-10T14:55:44.472-04:00http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-soccer-c...<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-soccer-coach-calls-teen-crash-victim-gem-42700358" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-soccer-coach-calls-teen-crash-victim-gem-42700358</a>listenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258189493159993427noreply@blogger.com