Tired from working the weekend--meant to post this on the previous thread before 10 PM but things came up. We had some significant rain here. I should have expected more snow on Mt. Mansfield. I couldn't see the Sierra Nevada on the way home--it was all obscured by beautiful white clouds illuminated by the lowering sun, while we had rather high gray clouds down here in the valley. Checking, I see that the peak of Mt. Mansfield is at 4,393 feet, which is right around the typical snow line in the mountains east of here.
Now to get some sleep; hoping to be able to work on tax returns Monday night, but mind not clear enough now. Court in Oakland Tuesday or Wednesday most likely, San Diego almost certainly on Thursday.
She really seems to be uncomfortable around people. My take is that she does (almost exclusively) private high-dollar fundraisers because then she doesn't have to mix with the hoi palloi and she is also spared the embarrassment of not even being able to fill a gymnasium while Bernie fills stadiums to overflowing.
Bill, she's a corporate lawyer. She doesn't have the common touch. For all my complaints about Bill Clinton, he does or at least did have it. I feel comfortable and confident listening to Pres. Obama. I feel comfortable and confident listening to Bernie. HRC just irritates me, no matter what she may be talking about. Even on topics where I may broadly agree with her, she gets my back up. Not a good quality in a potential world leader.
The article is right--you simply can't make this sort of stuff up. I am reminded of when Haley Barbour accepted a huge bunch of boodle (for some GOP presidential candidate) from a Chinese businessman on the latter's yacht in Hong Kong harbor. When challenged about it later said that he had absolutely no idea the money might have come from China! Hmmm....come to think of it, Sheldon Adelson owns casinos in Macau, almost next door to Hong Kong...
In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. --Le Lys Rouge [The Red Lily] (1894), ch. 7
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Discours de réception, Séance De L'académie Française, 24th December 1896, on Ferdinand de Lesseps' work on the Suez Canal.
We have the power!
ReplyDeleteTired from working the weekend--meant to post this on the previous thread before 10 PM but things came up. We had some significant rain here. I should have expected more snow on Mt. Mansfield. I couldn't see the Sierra Nevada on the way home--it was all obscured by beautiful white clouds illuminated by the lowering sun, while we had rather high gray clouds down here in the valley. Checking, I see that the peak of Mt. Mansfield is at 4,393 feet, which is right around the typical snow line in the mountains east of here.
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Now to get some sleep; hoping to be able to work on tax returns Monday night, but mind not clear enough now. Court in Oakland Tuesday or Wednesday most likely, San Diego almost certainly on Thursday.
--Alan
Here is an interesting store I noticed over the weekend:
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--Alan
SNL Mocks Clinton’s Rough Stretch
ReplyDelete[Click] I may well be the last to notice this, but it's cute.
--Alan
Is Hillary's Personal Story About Student Loans a Fabrication? [Click] Sounds like it…if so, it's on a par with landing under fire in Bosnia.
ReplyDeleteGotta run.--Alan
Inside Bernie Sanders' vast, virtual ground game
ReplyDelete[Click] His campaign has surpassed even Barack Obama's in turning online fans into an army of tens of thousands of volunteers.
—Alan
No worries, Alan. That photo was taken last week. This week the whole mountain is white. But we're expecting upper 60's this weekend.
ReplyDeleteBernie Sanders to discuss Inequality at the Vatican while Hillary Clinton Hosts a $2700/plate fundraiser.
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She really seems to be uncomfortable around people. My take is that she does (almost exclusively) private high-dollar fundraisers because then she doesn't have to mix with the hoi palloi and she is also spared the embarrassment of not even being able to fill a gymnasium while Bernie fills stadiums to overflowing.
DeleteListener, I love that juxtaposition.
DeleteBill, she's a corporate lawyer. She doesn't have the common touch. For all my complaints about Bill Clinton, he does or at least did have it. I feel comfortable and confident listening to Pres. Obama. I feel comfortable and confident listening to Bernie. HRC just irritates me, no matter what she may be talking about. Even on topics where I may broadly agree with her, she gets my back up. Not a good quality in a potential world leader.
The article is right--you simply can't make this sort of stuff up. I am reminded of when Haley Barbour accepted a huge bunch of boodle (for some GOP presidential candidate) from a Chinese businessman on the latter's yacht in Hong Kong harbor. When challenged about it later said that he had absolutely no idea the money might have come from China! Hmmm....come to think of it, Sheldon Adelson owns casinos in Macau, almost next door to Hong Kong...
Delete--Alan
Well said, Cat. I think you've named the central problem.
DeleteAnatole France:
ReplyDeleteIn its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.
--Le Lys Rouge [The Red Lily] (1894), ch. 7
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Discours de réception, Séance De L'académie Française, 24th December 1896, on Ferdinand de Lesseps' work on the Suez Canal.
--Alan
Oh, I see. So "equal" eh? Hmmm.
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