tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post7786163205059323436..comments2024-03-29T01:53:24.231-04:00Comments on Howard-Empowered People: An online community of Dean-inspired activists: It's Wilson A. "Snowflake" Bentley's Birthday!Renee in Ohiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01741974339127525003noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-42719362193510901512017-02-10T01:32:30.653-05:002017-02-10T01:32:30.653-05:00Appropriate but rather too mild, methinks. It sti...Appropriate but rather too mild, methinks. It still strikes me as the most appropriate term for an entry on Twitter, rather than "tweet."<br /><br />AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-59441048037670197732017-02-10T01:26:37.831-05:002017-02-10T01:26:37.831-05:00Not to worry--we mean what you know, listener.
Al...Not to worry--we mean what you know, listener.<br /><br />AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-34370045781211599572017-02-10T01:20:41.772-05:002017-02-10T01:20:41.772-05:00Oh, yes--"rede" would be the obvious cog...Oh, yes--"rede" would be the obvious cognate; but I didn't think of it because it is not part of my active vocabulary--a defect to remedy! Thanks, Cat!<br /><br />--AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-7378851992144055472017-02-10T01:15:45.745-05:002017-02-10T01:15:45.745-05:00I hear so many stories of people behaving in unciv...I hear so many stories of people behaving in uncivil ways on FB; I figure I don't need the grief--besides finding the business plan of FB abhorrent. <br /><br />AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-89411085748032782032017-02-10T01:11:48.389-05:002017-02-10T01:11:48.389-05:00Thanks, Listener. I donno. Maybe I was rude to her...Thanks, Listener. I donno. Maybe I was rude to her...Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-32185924003695717142017-02-10T01:09:53.706-05:002017-02-10T01:09:53.706-05:00Agreed about Ethelred. But, frankly, I long ago ga...Agreed about Ethelred. But, frankly, I long ago gave up trying to explain such fine points to non medievalists, or for that matter people without an interest in language.<br /><br />I once used "rede" in a poem, a modern English poem that is. Needless to say, the poem fell flat. No one had any idea what it meant.Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-51284621882360227232017-02-10T01:09:30.490-05:002017-02-10T01:09:30.490-05:00Well, don't over-worry. Denise is a stalwart ...Well, don't over-worry. Denise is a stalwart woman who tends to forgive easily.listenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258189493159993427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-84083093483451836522017-02-10T01:06:01.568-05:002017-02-10T01:06:01.568-05:00*nerve (not "never")*nerve (not "never")listenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258189493159993427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-58889064858795056582017-02-10T01:05:54.678-05:002017-02-10T01:05:54.678-05:00I should hope that Gorsuch would use standard Engl...I should hope that Gorsuch would use standard English, rather that what often seems to be archaic regional juvenile slang of obscure meaning, as Scalia so often did. Clarity of language would win points with me.<br /><br />AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-41110166038237571132017-02-10T01:04:49.383-05:002017-02-10T01:04:49.383-05:00*sigh* I just pissed off Denise on FB. She didn...*sigh* I just pissed off Denise on FB. She didn't like that I told her to be civil but didn't tell the Republican friend of mine she was arguing the same thing. It's my page and in my view Denise is the one who went too far and I said so. There's one friend and ally gone through my clumsiness. Well, that's that.Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-33500399469572462832017-02-10T00:59:36.781-05:002017-02-10T00:59:36.781-05:00That is cute, Cat; but Æthelrud unrud has had a b...That is cute, Cat; but Æthelrud unrud has had a bad rap because of the incorrect translation of his name from Anglo-Saxon into English. It means not Ethelred the Unready, but Noble Counsel the Uncounseled. One story is illustrative of how he certainly WAS ready: when playing chess with a bishop, the bishop made an illegal move; Æthelrud pulled out his sword and struck the bishop dead on the spot. He was nicknamed Unrud because he didn't take advice. "Rud" is a cognate of "rune" and the modern German "rat," not the rodent, but "council," as in Rathaus--"council house," or as we would say, city hall. Chicken pox is the result of a similar confusion--it has nothing to do with chickens, but the Anglo-Saxon word for "itching" was something like "goechen," which to Enlish speakers sounded like "chicken." So the "itching pox" (certainly descriptive) became the "chicken pox." There are probably many other instances of similar confusion in the transition from Anglo-Saxon to English.<br /><br />--Alan Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-25976519955343714222017-02-10T00:52:36.068-05:002017-02-10T00:52:36.068-05:00How about Twit?How about Twit?listenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258189493159993427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-62480815794177494122017-02-10T00:39:34.704-05:002017-02-10T00:39:34.704-05:00Very good about your brother, listener. They do s...Very good about your brother, listener. They do so much outpatient surgery these days--less expensive, and less chance of nosocomial (hospital acquired) infections. <br /><br />Cat--if you liked "chowderhead," there is also the analogous "mush for brains," alternatively "mushforbrains." I suppose that when used as given names they ought to be capitalized. Time was, leftover mush from dinner would be sliced and fried for breakfast.<br /><br />--AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-36813152117795626912017-02-10T00:35:54.013-05:002017-02-10T00:35:54.013-05:00As far as I'm concerned, this is reason alone ...As far as I'm concerned, this is reason alone to open a Twitter account. Some people's inventiveness just staggers me.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2017/02/07/donaeld-the-unready-tweets-as-if-trump-is-a-mad-medieval-king/" rel="nofollow">“Donaeld The Unready” tweets as if Trump is a mad medieval king</a> - ClickCatreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-21347084602339452512017-02-10T00:09:32.480-05:002017-02-10T00:09:32.480-05:00My big brother had back surgery this morning in th...My big brother had back surgery this morning in the Boston area and it was Outpatient. So his wife had to drive him home in the blizzard! They made it! Best news of the day is that they removed a large cyst that was pressing on a never and he already feels 1000x better! Hurrah!!!listenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258189493159993427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-52096987387820907292017-02-10T00:07:52.579-05:002017-02-10T00:07:52.579-05:00It seems to be most appropriate that there was a h...It seems to be most appropriate that there was a huge snowstorm on Snowflake Bentley's birthday! We saw the northern edge of the storm and a couple inches of snow here. It was -4F on our way home from tending the grands tonight. <br /><br />listenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258189493159993427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-40438646748570940602017-02-10T00:06:05.848-05:002017-02-10T00:06:05.848-05:00Where we go from here on the travel ban...
http://...Where we go from here on the travel ban...<br /><a href="http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20170209/5c08a7e0-d5b6-4672-878f-feb04ee76736" rel="nofollow">http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20170209/5c08a7e0-d5b6-4672-878f-feb04ee76736</a>listenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258189493159993427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-88971432998711111492017-02-09T22:50:25.977-05:002017-02-09T22:50:25.977-05:00McConnell's 'Gag Rule' for Warren Echo...<a href="http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/mitch-mcconnell-gag-rule-elizabeth-warren-echoes-slavery-debate" rel="nofollow">McConnell's 'Gag Rule' for Warren Echoes the Slavery Debate</a> [Click] A similar debate roiled Congress 181 years ago this week.<br /><br /><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2014/04/21/warrens-campaign-book/" rel="nofollow">Seantor Warren's 2014 campaign book</a> [Click] Allusions to Louis Brandeis by reviewer.<br /><br /><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2017/02/08/warren-new-book-coming/" rel="nofollow">Her new book</a> [Click] I might just have to investigate both books. Looks to me like 2020 will be Warren's year; but what about her 2018 Senate campaign?<br /><br /><br />---AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-70722476195486147362017-02-09T21:43:29.879-05:002017-02-09T21:43:29.879-05:00At the same time, if the judges had thought there ...At the same time, if the judges had thought there was a strong probability it would be held constitutional, that would have been a compelling reason to allow immediate enforcement. They clearly think there are real constitutional questions to be resolved.W. A.Thomassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053050637813607747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-10458664119899964142017-02-09T21:27:15.521-05:002017-02-09T21:27:15.521-05:00It's important to recall that this decision is...It's important to recall that this decision isn't about the constitutionality of the order, but only about whether there is any compelling reason not to hold off enforcement while its constitutionality is being decided.W. A.Thomassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053050637813607747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-17421534362411398642017-02-09T21:16:35.851-05:002017-02-09T21:16:35.851-05:00I had previously read that his only major differen...I had previously read that his only major difference from Scalia is that he thinks judges should use their own judgement in evaluating the legality of executive branch decisions. That could be good in the context of a 45 administration. Absent the shameful way Republicans treated Garland's nomination, it could be an argument for confirming him.<br /><br />Of course, you would expect any judge to be upset by Trump's continuing attacks on the courts.W. A.Thomassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053050637813607747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-75488948011862224162017-02-09T18:24:45.260-05:002017-02-09T18:24:45.260-05:00Trump travel ban: judges uphold order to prevent e...<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/09/judges-deny-trump-travel-ban-enforcement-uphold-order" rel="nofollow">Trump travel ban: judges uphold order to prevent enforcement</a> [Click]<br /><br />—AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-54115705902889157292017-02-09T16:54:26.784-05:002017-02-09T16:54:26.784-05:00Chowderhead, I like that. It might even be better ...Chowderhead, I like that. It might even be better than louse - certainly classier.Catreonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959115298646880631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-22436936081899745122017-02-09T14:08:55.589-05:002017-02-09T14:08:55.589-05:00I was wondering if it would, lol! But you know, I...I was wondering if it would, lol! But you know, I feel warmer about him, which prolly means he's in trubble. puddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472602120015210301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15940389.post-43543503881295557032017-02-09T11:26:23.487-05:002017-02-09T11:26:23.487-05:00Yes, they do still sell prepaid post cards at the ...Yes, they do still sell prepaid post cards at the post office. I intend to send at least a dozen.Susan Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051952439640530956noreply@blogger.com