SUPER SNOW MOON!
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Hey, some pretty good photos you got there, listener!
ReplyDeleteWhen the fog rose this morning (it's still Monday here) we had a good view of the mountains, with snow down into the foothills. We had rain on Saturday, none on Sunday or today, and none predicted tomorrow; I took advantage of the lull and applied a copper spray to the peaches to control peach leaf curl, which is endemic here. For decades I used a mixed dormant spray of light horticultural oil and lime sulphur to control both insects overwintering in the bark and fungal pathogens like peach leaf curl, but after some damn fool copycat kids up in the SF Bay Area followed the example of some damn fool kids in Japan and used life sulphur to commit suicide, it was taken off the public market. Now one needs a special license to purchase it, and the home orchardist must spray twice. Plain sulphur seems to work, but it has been so rainy this year that I decided to use a copper spray in addition. I think that qualifies as "organic."
Thanks, Alan! It was hazy and I used a point and shoot camera, but I'm pleased with the results. It had snowed most of the day, so even seeing the moon was great luck! The photos were all taken on Monday.
DeleteGood work on the peach trees!
A friend of mine in NH shared this with me. She didn't write it, but says it really speaks for her.
ReplyDelete(I was hoping someone was keeping a list!)
I don’t know – it’s hard for me to see any U.S. ties to Russia…except for the Roger Stone things
and the Manafort things
and the Cohen things
and the Flynn things
and the Maria Butina / NRA thing
and the NRA campaign contribution thing
and the Tillerson thing
and the Sessions thing
and the Kushner thing
and the Carter Page thing
and the Felix Sater thing
and the Boris Ephsteyn thing
and the Rosneft thing
and the Gazprom thing
and the Sergey Gorkov banker thing
and the Azerbaijan thing
and the “I love Putin” thing
and the Donald Trump, Jr. thing
and the Sergey Kislyak thing
and the Russian Affiliated Interests thing
and the Russian Business Interests thing
and the Emoluments Clause thing
and the Alex Schnaider thing
and the hack of the DNC thing
and the Guccifer 2.0 thing
and the Mike Pence “I don’t know anything” thing
and the Russians mysteriously dying thing
and Trump’s public request to Russia to hack Hillary’s email thing
and the Trump house sale for $100 million at the bottom of the housing bust to the Russian fertilizer king thing
and the Russian fertilizer king’s plane showing up in Concord, NC during Trump rally campaign thing
and the Nunes sudden flight to the White House in the night thing
and the Nunes personal investments in the Russian winery thing
and the Wilbur Ross with his Cyprus bank thing
and Trump not releasing his tax returns thing
and the Republican Party’s rejection of an amendment to require Trump to show his taxes thing
and the election hacking thing
and the GOP platform change to the Ukraine thing
and the Steele Dossier thing
and the Leninist Bannon thing
and the Sally Yates can’t testify thing
and the Sally Yates firing thing
and the intelligence community’s investigative reports thing
and Trump’s reassurance that the Russian connection is all “fake news” thing
and Spicer’s Russian Dressing “nothing’s wrong” thing
and Trump warning the Russians and Syrians before the Bombing thing
and the Trump refusing to provide Flynn's foreign ties documents to Congress thing
and Flynn's illegal Turkish lobbying was paid for the Russians thing
and Flynn's illegal lobbying for Russia thing
and the Trump asking Comey for a "loyalty oath" thing
and Trump lying to the world about Comey saying he's not being investigated thing
and the Trump firing Comey thing
and the Trump or stooges lying to the world about why he fired Comey with 3 different lies
and Trump hosting Russian foreign minister
and ambassador one day after to demonstrate his authoritarian street cred
and the finding out that Trump actually tried to fire Robert Mueller in June 2017 thing
and the claim by Trump that the Russia investigation is over some underfunded golf club fees to Robert Mueller thing...
and the lying to the American public during the campaign about have no business in Russia thing…
and the Ivanka super-duper Moscow hotel spa thing…
So there’s probably nothing, all of this must be normal, just a bunch of separate dots with no connection whatsoever.
Might have a point there. Think we can see this on right wing media any time soon? Or the NYT, for that matter? Hmmm..... WaPo letter to the Editor, maybe.
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ReplyDeleteCorrected grammar.
DeleteOh boy. Judge Amy Berman Jackson seems VERY not happy with Roger Stone. [Click] Here’s hoping he gets to communicate by clay tablet from his abode at the Stoney Lonesome. The US doesn't have an equivalent to Devil's Island, but does have Fort Jefferson.
Bernie has announced. Check your e-mail.
ReplyDeleteHaven't checked email, but read the story in the Tribune. Now -- or at least as soon as I get past a few real-life obligations -- I can start seriously thinking about who I'm going to support. It'll probably be Bernie again, but I do want to check out the alternatives. Including those who are more than 5 years younger than me. I'm definitely feeling my age.
DeleteI learned via a text from Bernie's campaign office! They wanted to know if I'm 'in." I responded that I'm in if Bernie is running as an Independent. It wasn't until after that that I saw he announced for the Dem ticket. Sigh. Phooey. Fiddlesticks!
DeleteWhile I do understand the math, I still really dislike what the DNC did to Bernie last time. And with so many running this time, what chance does he really have with the Dems? But he's at the front of the pack right now. And the ONE thing that I appreciated hearing today is when he spoke of having a grassroots plan for economic and political recovery.
I sent him a donation, because today's totals really matter!!!
Bernie's campaign really ought to use the slogan:
DeleteHindsight is 2020
!!!
This morning I woke to a notification on my iPad from CBS News saying Bernie had announced and to watch him now. So my day got off to a wonderful start, listening to Bernie!
DeleteStonehenge pillars were carried 230km over land – research [Click]Some more information here, including aerial view of quarry [Click] Full article here, starting with very good close-up of the quarry face [Click]
ReplyDeleteI have learned that the term "bluestone" means any stone at Stonehenge different from those of the trilithons.
DeleteToo many Gnus at politicalwire.com [Click] Here are some headlines:
ReplyDeleteInside Trump’s War on the Investigations Encircling Him
North Carolina Officials Counted Votes Before Polls Closed
Republicans Move to End Death Penalty
Trump Launches Effort to End Criminalization of Gays [?]
Flynn Wanted to Transfer Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia
Trump Loves to Talk on the Phone [Yes, not news—but details]
Lawsuit Quotes Trump at Press Conference
[McCabe:] ‘Gang of Eight’ Did Not Object to Trump Probe
Trump Working on Nicknames for 2020 Democrats
Klobuchar Runs to the Center [Right, more like. Consider the source: Politico]
And finally a direct quote:
A Guide to Campaigning In South Carolina
February 19, 2019 By Taegan Goddars
Charleston Post and Courier: ““Make nice with party officials at every level … Develop a taste for barbecue: If you’re trying to watch your red meat intake while on the trail — or if you’re a vegan like U.S. Sen. Cory Booker — good luck. Even the collard greens will likely have some pork in them.”
“Get away from the big three: Spend time in South Carolina’s three major media markets — Charleston, Columbia and Greenville — but don’t count on that alone. … Pay attention to black voters, especially black women … If you don’t have a Southern accent, don’t try one now.”
Comey Firing Prompted FBI’s Backup Plan To Protect Russia Probe Evidence [Click]
ReplyDeleteBernie announcement video [Click] Gee. It does violate one of the major guidelines in my public speaking class ages (well, fifty-odd years) ago: limit it to two or three major points. Which, incidentally, is slightly more than the maximum practical number of major accomplishments a President has generally been able to achieve. But I think I will kick in some for both Bernie and Warren on a regular basis for now. I am disappointed that Warren evidently just made one stop in California this time around, and bear in mind that Bernie campaigned here—very successfully. [As memory serves me, the overflow from his rally was bigger than the combined turnouts for HRC and Trump.]
I plan to prune one fruit tree today.
Thanks for the video link, Alan.
DeleteWow! That address sure was stirring!
DeleteOn donating, I got a screen asking me to say why. Here's what I said:
DeleteAs a severely disabled woman, the daughter of veterans and the sister of a mentally ill person, I feel Trump's America has abandoned my family and myself. Bernie's America is the America I want to live in.
Certainly Bernie seemed very energetic in the video.
DeleteWell said, Cat!!
DeleteI wrote something too, but forgot to save a copy of it. One thing I do know is that whatever I wrote wasn't half as compelling as what you wrote! I imagine they will keep yours!!
I particularly like the bottommost photo.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cat! I have some more from tonight! I'll post them in a few days.
DeleteYou're welcome, Cat. Not sure what you mean by the bottommost photo. I suspected that the stills in the major media stories wouldn't be from Bernie's announcement, and they weren't. It is now pruning time minus 13 minutes and counting. Blue sky, cool but almost dead calm, so it probably won't be particularly cold, even in the back yard (where the tree is, and which is about two climate zones north of the front yard).
ReplyDeleteThe Secret Economic Genius Behind the Green New Deal [Click] “He’s a precocious New Yorker with immigrant roots. Sound familiar?” Green New Deal as industrial policy, and its precedents as such. If presented properly it should be hard to argue with—it even echoes certain Trumpisms.
DNA from parchments [Click] I think I liked to this subject a while back, but this is a slightly different perspective. It led me to an article aboutrinderpest. [Click] Amazingly (to me) measles developed from rinderpest about a thousand years ago.
Oops, sorry, Alan, the comment was unclear. I meant the bottommost of Listener's moon photos on this very page.
DeleteMy goodness but pruning time sounds like quite an adventure. :)
One of the shoots I cut off (a single year's growth) was about nine feet long. I had a freak accident with another--it was almost directly overhead at the top of the tree and I cut it off with a pruning hook, so the bottom was cut at an acute angle. It fell *straight* down and hit the back of my hand near the thumb, and of course I wasn't wearing a glove on that hand. It cut and peeled back a piece of skin about half the size of a pinkie fingernail, and bled some. The hand was clean, and I got some trisporin ointment and a [butterfly] bandaid (and a glove) onto it quickly. When I changed the dressing after taking a shower it looked pretty good, considering; the skin seemed to have reattached. Bruising, of course. I shall attempt to avoid such events in the future. The skin on the backs of my hands is thin due to sun exposure and age. Nobody ever heard of sunscreen when I was young, and I am melanocytically challenged--I hardly tan at all, just burn.
DeleteO.U.C.H.!! Good for you taking immediate and wise care of the wound, Alan. I hope it heals swiftly.
DeleteIt hurts a bit (small wonder--that shoot must have been at least six feet long and about three quarters of an inch thick, and fell six feet or so to hit my hand), but there is no sign of infection. Trisporin ointment is great stuff, and butterfly bandaids work well where regular straight ones don't. New rule; don't stand beneath a shoot that will fall straight down when cut! Duh.
DeleteBernie Sanders Is the Democratic Front-Runner [Click] Interesting compilation of speculation. And now to yardwork.
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess it's pretty obvious where The Atlanticstands.
ReplyDeleteBernie Sanders Hires Top Progressive Advocate, Faiz Shakir, as Campaign Manager [Click] Seems to be a fair backgrounder.
ReplyDeletePrimary Calendar Shifts Influence to Voters of Color [Click] Follow the link to the original article for somewhat more information and a lot more speculation.
California GOP Looks Into the Abyss [Click] Anybody for a swan dive?
Bhaskar Sunkara: Sanders started a revolution in 2016. In 2020, he can finish it [Click] The author makes a good case.
Yes, I will send Bernie a bit of love this evening. And I will reconsider my monthly donations. I can drop one or two and divide them between Bernie and Warren. I like both of them; they are my top two choices and there really isn’t a No. 3. When it comes time to vote I will have to make a choice, but that is a year away.
What Alan said. Though I do also like Brown, I'll concentrate my donations and such on Bernie and Warren. I fear she has cut her own throat, though, with that law school application identification as American Indian. It was doubtless one of those things that seemed like a good idear at the time, but is going to be hung around her neck like an albatross. Nor do I think it will be only Republicans who will bring it up against her. Mark my words, that one foolish action so long ago will cost her the nomination. Anyone remember the Canook letter?
DeleteWell, in the course of a year there is opportunity for either or both of their campaigns to implode. I figure supporting both of them is like simultaneously playing both red and black at the roulette wheel. (Which I gather from old movies has something to be said for it.)
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ReplyDeleteWho is your choice for President 2020?
Joe Biden 8%
Cory Booker 2%
Sherrod Brown 4%
Kamala Harris 16%
Jay Inslee 1%
Beto O'Rourke 4%
Amy Klobuchar 7%
Bernie Sanders 42%
Elizabeth Warren 10%
Other 3%
Unsure 4%
The results of such polls are all over the map.
DeleteConsider the source, too. I personally wouldn't believe Kos if it told me the sky was up and the ground was down. But, that's just me.
DeleteLooks like Bernie's having a phenomenal first day. He may just get those million people yet.
ReplyDeleteOops. It was still Tuesday when I began to type the above.
DeleteI think they only got about half the hoped for number on the first day, but they took in a lot more $$$ than expected.
DeleteIt is still Tuesday here, and will be in Hawaii even longer.
DeleteHere is the info from the e-mail I got that was time stamped (eastern time?) at 5:55PM:
DeleteFirst, we’re just short of 350,000 signatures from people saying they support Bernie’s campaign for president. That’s 35% percent of the way to goal. Amazing.
But what we didn’t expect is that more than 140,000 people would donate as well. Reaching 150,000 donations before midnight would send a pretty powerful message about the strength of our movement.