Friday, May 24, 2019

Chippy


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  2. I didn't get to testify Thursday, and the judge wouldn't allow me to testify Friday, so it's back to LA some time next week. I discovered the only padded seats outside the courtrooms--in the atrium outside the (reasonably priced) cafeteria on the 9th floor, and had a nice little nap there. Then I had a cup of coffee on the balcony outside the cafeteria, and was looking at the tall buildings, contemplating a sketch (too complicated for me, I decided). But I noticed a police helicopter buzzing around, and then I noticed there were a lot of helicopter landing pads in the area--on that one side of the courthouse I counted eleven for sure, and maybe twelve. At the airport I tried sketching airplanes, but that didn't work. Then I made a passable sketch of a young man (with his back turned to me) sitting at a sort of bar looking his tablet computer.

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  3. Tornado That Ripped Through Jefferson City, Missouri, Rated EF3; Nearly 2 Dozen Injured [Click] “The Ohio Valley and Northeast may join the severe weather threat this weekend.”

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  4. I really must push back on what hannah said about "no free lunch" on the lst thread. It's not about obedience. No way. Nobody tells me I have to serve as the volunteer treasurer of the Disability Pride Parade. But I choose to do so and in return get a "lunch" that allows me to express who I am.

    From another perspective, I use this very phrase to justify the very high taxes I pay as an Oak Parker. We -- I -- expect a very high level of municipal services. But those services have to be paid for; contrary to what some people (mostly conservatives) seem to believe, the money doesn't appear out of thin air. That's a choice. We could, and many people do, choose to live someplace with lower taxes and poorer services. But that's not the choice Oak Parkers make.

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  5. May this start a trend!!

    Theresa May quits: UK set for new PM by end of July

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48395905

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    1. link leads to error

      What I saw elsewhere suggested it would be difficult to select a new prime minister

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    2. Apparently the BBC dumped that link in favor of this one:

      https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48403705

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    3. Thanks. Apparently there is a formal procedure that ends with what amount to a late-July primary. Although whether the new PM will have any better luck than May is unclear.

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  6. When women lawmakers are the majority [Click] “Nevada is the first US state with more women legislators than men. Teresa Benitez Thompson, the assembly's floor leader, says it's affecting the state's policy-making.” Well! I never!

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    1. And on a related note:

      Women Have Most of Top Roles in Democratic Campaigns

      May 24, 2019 at 8:42 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

      “The majority of senior aides and advisers on the top-tier Democratic presidential campaigns are women, and roughly a quarter identified as women of color,” according to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal.

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