I figure it means neither one expects to win first place. But I think there could well be as many as four tickets out of Iowa this time. Especially with the Des Moines Register Poll being out of action, the situation seems particularly murky.
A Classic Midwestern Dish Becomes a Talking Point in Iowa [Click] “Amy Klobuchar is deploying her Minnesota hot dish at voter house parties, but it may be a hard sell outside her home state.” Tater Tots? Well, some of the other examples mentioned sound downright bizarre either on their own and in comparison. Granted that I am on the mature side of seventy, I don’t see how a dish featuring Tater Tots could legitimately be considered traditional anywhere. Does that merit an “OK, geezer?”
Well, speaking as someone whose favorite vegetable is tater tots (though I call them potato puffs), I can't quite envision basing a presidential campaign on them, altogether perfect and wonderful though they may be.
As a snack or a side dish like french fries, I like tater tots well enough; but as a major component of a casserole? I don't think so. And from a health standpoint (for both the contributor and the consumers) I don't think highly of the bear meat hot dish. Things may have changed, but when I was in training as a medical technologist I was informed that insufficiently cooked bear meat was the major source of trichinosis in the US. We had one case of trichinosis, and both the X-ray and the blood eosinophil count were unforgettable.
Er, do you think Bloomberg realizes there are voters outside New York City? That video promotes an ice cream brand not available outside NYC and Philadelphia. And he has said that every big city should have an AirTrain. AirTrain is the elaborate, premium route NYC uses to provide public transit to its airports. But who outside NYC knows what an AirTrain is? And other cities have provided effective public transit to their airports without doing anything so fancy.
Is Bloomberg simply clueless? Does he think we want a clueless president?
I think he is, to a considerable degree, clueless--but he doesn't know it. Thanks for the education about the ice cream brand. I hadn't heard about AirTrain, but I see from Wikipedia that the it is a whole 8.1 miles long, and was not built easily or quickly. Bloomberg comes across to me as the archetypal know-it-all uncle. I do appreciate him attacking Trump, but that's about the end of it.
I am prejudiced, I suppose [can I help it if I'm prejudiced right?], but I think this is a pretty darn good analysis of the current situation, and where we need to go.
On a cultural note, our next Art class printing assignment will be a four-color woodblock print, so I was further educating myself about such and trying to figure out how we might do it, given the materials at our disposal (a single woodblock). I discovered the Provincetown print [Click] which looks like a lot of fun. It is an original American art form, was inspired by Japanese polychrome woodblock printing, and influenced by Fauvism and Cubism.
I find this article quite unconvincing. It depends entirely on hypotheticals about who is just above and just below 15%. And as far as I could see totally ignores the point that this goes caucus by caucus, not for the state as a whole.
Here's what is probably a really dumb question, but it's been niggling at the back of my mind for some time.
The definition of 'year' is the time it takes Tellus to complete one revolution about Sol, right? So then how is it possible to speak, say, of so many thousand or million years after the Big Bang, in a context that can, by its very nature, have no reference to the Sun, much less to the Earth?
I believe the year is officially defined as so many oscillations of the atomic clock. IIRC, it is periodically adjusted to keep it in tune with the Earth's period of revolution about the sun. That's a few seconds at most, though. So the length of the year is fixed for all practical purposes and you can extend that measure of time as far back or forward as you wish.
The final Emerson College/7 News Iowa poll finds Bernie Sanders with a solid lead going into Monday’s caucus with 28%, followed by Joe Biden with 21%, Pete Buttigieg at 15%, Elizabeth Warren at 14%, and Amy Klobuchar at 11%. Well, we will see.
Alan, I generally remove permanently any notice that a comment was removed by the author. But this time I left it because it immediately follows the link about Kerry. LOL! I read it as "Alan decided his remark might be too colourful for mixed company." 😉😆
Sorry to disappoint you, listener, but I realized I hadn't read closely and "corrected" something that was right to start with. As for Kerry, I can not forget (or forgive) the way he snubbed Howard Dean and his supporters, nor his choice of running mate. I had nearly talked myself into voting for Kerry, but then he named Edwards as his VP, which I couldn't abide. (I figured Edwards was a fraud, and boy was I right.)
P.S.: I evidently contracted a mild virus (but enough to leave me indisposed) during my trip up to Lake Tahoe. That marks the second time I have stayed at a casino hotel in Nevada and the second time I have come back ill. (The first time was considerably worse--could have been food poisoning.)
That reminds me--I should continue re-reading The Mouse That Roared. I had forgotten several things about how the story was changed in the movie version. I shall resume reading this evening.
I just remembered--having seen again that Vampire Weekend was doing warm-up for Bernie, I decided to check them out on YouTube. Definitely not my cup of tea. Which reminds me, I haven't checked out Alabama Shakes since their second album. Well, lots of work to do! The Mouse That Roared AND Alabama Shakes.
🕯 Whoo hoo! Candle-dipping today!! 🕯
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Reply at end of previous thread.
DeleteEarly Spring says Punxsutawney Phil. Breaking 134 yr record. First time “Early Spring” predicted two years in a row.
ReplyDeleteGlobal warming.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/02/02/punxsutawney-phil-predicts-early-spring/amp/
The evidence just keeps piling up...
DeleteWhether or no, I'll be glad of an early Spring.
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ReplyDeleteButtigieg Campaign Plays Down Expectations for Iowa
Biden Plays Down Iowa
Gee. D'ya think maybe they both got the message they won't win? :P
DeleteI figure it means neither one expects to win first place. But I think there could well be as many as four tickets out of Iowa this time. Especially with the Des Moines Register Poll being out of action, the situation seems particularly murky.
DeleteKentucky proves that South Carolina isn’t the only state that is too small for a republic but too big for an insane asylum [Click]
ReplyDeleteAnother patient escapes from custodial care in Montana, hides out in legislature. [Click]
Does Michael Bloomberg Know How to Eat Ice Cream? [Click]
A Classic Midwestern Dish Becomes a Talking Point in Iowa [Click] “Amy Klobuchar is deploying her Minnesota hot dish at voter house parties, but it may be a hard sell outside her home state.” Tater Tots? Well, some of the other examples mentioned sound downright bizarre either on their own and in comparison. Granted that I am on the mature side of seventy, I don’t see how a dish featuring Tater Tots could legitimately be considered traditional anywhere. Does that merit an “OK, geezer?”
Well, speaking as someone whose favorite vegetable is tater tots (though I call them potato puffs), I can't quite envision basing a presidential campaign on them, altogether perfect and wonderful though they may be.
DeleteAs a snack or a side dish like french fries, I like tater tots well enough; but as a major component of a casserole? I don't think so. And from a health standpoint (for both the contributor and the consumers) I don't think highly of the bear meat hot dish. Things may have changed, but when I was in training as a medical technologist I was informed that insufficiently cooked bear meat was the major source of trichinosis in the US. We had one case of trichinosis, and both the X-ray and the blood eosinophil count were unforgettable.
DeleteEr, do you think Bloomberg realizes there are voters outside New York City? That video promotes an ice cream brand not available outside NYC and Philadelphia. And he has said that every big city should have an AirTrain. AirTrain is the elaborate, premium route NYC uses to provide public transit to its airports. But who outside NYC knows what an AirTrain is? And other cities have provided effective public transit to their airports without doing anything so fancy.
DeleteIs Bloomberg simply clueless? Does he think we want a clueless president?
I think he is, to a considerable degree, clueless--but he doesn't know it. Thanks for the education about the ice cream brand. I hadn't heard about AirTrain, but I see from Wikipedia that the it is a whole 8.1 miles long, and was not built easily or quickly. Bloomberg comes across to me as the archetypal know-it-all uncle. I do appreciate him attacking Trump, but that's about the end of it.
DeleteDo you think Bloomberg has any idear what things cost and how little money most people have to work with?
DeleteNope. And I expect that just like HRC, he hasn't driven an automobile in decades.
DeleteTusk: EU would be enthusiastic if Scotland applied to rejoin [Click] “Former European council president’s remarks will boost SNP’s campaign for second independence referendum”
ReplyDeletePorochista Khakpour: In 2016 I was all in for Hillary but in 2020 I'm feeling the Bern [Click] “Maybe I picked Clinton because I wanted a woman to be president. I still do. But Sanders is a leader we can believe in”
Trump’s USDA Chief Thinks Farm Workers Are Overpaid [Click] “Yet again, Sonny Perdue wants to gut a program that benefits poor people.”
ReplyDeleteI am reminded that peasant revolts largely disappeared in Europe when governments instituted famine relief.
DeleteThe Democrats' new online troll fighters make 2020 debut in Iowa [Click]
ReplyDeleteJohn Kerry Overheard Discussing 2020 Bid [Click] “maybe I’m fucking deluding myself here” What do you mean, MAYBE, John?
ReplyDeleteRobert Reich: Why Democrats share the blame for the rise of Donald Trump [Click] Preach it, Bob!
ReplyDeleteI am prejudiced, I suppose [can I help it if I'm prejudiced right?], but I think this is a pretty darn good analysis of the current situation, and where we need to go.
DeleteIt's spot on!
DeleteWhat Cat said.
DeleteYeah, that was a good read. And it certainly underscores why Bernie is really the only candidate sure to beat DT. Definitely not Biden.
DeleteOn a cultural note, our next Art class printing assignment will be a four-color woodblock print, so I was further educating myself about such and trying to figure out how we might do it, given the materials at our disposal (a single woodblock). I discovered the Provincetown print [Click] which looks like a lot of fun. It is an original American art form, was inspired by Japanese polychrome woodblock printing, and influenced by Fauvism and Cubism.
ReplyDeleteIn case you don’t have enough to worry about, consider this column:
ReplyDeleteNathan Robinson: In Iowa, a vote for Warren is a vote for Biden [Click]
I find this article quite unconvincing. It depends entirely on hypotheticals about who is just above and just below 15%. And as far as I could see totally ignores the point that this goes caucus by caucus, not for the state as a whole.
DeleteHere's what is probably a really dumb question, but it's been niggling at the back of my mind for some time.
ReplyDeleteThe definition of 'year' is the time it takes Tellus to complete one revolution about Sol, right? So then how is it possible to speak, say, of so many thousand or million years after the Big Bang, in a context that can, by its very nature, have no reference to the Sun, much less to the Earth?
I believe the year is officially defined as so many oscillations of the atomic clock. IIRC, it is periodically adjusted to keep it in tune with the Earth's period of revolution about the sun. That's a few seconds at most, though. So the length of the year is fixed for all practical purposes and you can extend that measure of time as far back or forward as you wish.
DeleteThe final Emerson College/7 News Iowa poll finds Bernie Sanders with a solid lead going into Monday’s caucus with 28%, followed by Joe Biden with 21%, Pete Buttigieg at 15%, Elizabeth Warren at 14%, and Amy Klobuchar at 11%. Well, we will see.
ReplyDeleteCBS/YouGov: Biden 25%, Bernie 25%, Buttigieg 21%, Warren 16%, Klobuchar 5%.
Kerry unloads on NBC after report he was overheard talking about 2020 bid [Click]
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DeleteAlan, I generally remove permanently any notice that a comment was removed by the author. But this time I left it because it immediately follows the link about Kerry. LOL! I read it as "Alan decided his remark might be too colourful for mixed company." 😉😆
DeleteSorry to disappoint you, listener, but I realized I hadn't read closely and "corrected" something that was right to start with. As for Kerry, I can not forget (or forgive) the way he snubbed Howard Dean and his supporters, nor his choice of running mate. I had nearly talked myself into voting for Kerry, but then he named Edwards as his VP, which I couldn't abide. (I figured Edwards was a fraud, and boy was I right.)
DeleteP.S.: I evidently contracted a mild virus (but enough to leave me indisposed) during my trip up to Lake Tahoe. That marks the second time I have stayed at a casino hotel in Nevada and the second time I have come back ill. (The first time was considerably worse--could have been food poisoning.)
ReplyDeleteUK productivity slowdown worst since Industrial Revolution – study [Click]
ReplyDeleteWatch Bill Murray Return to ‘Groundhog Day’ in New Super Bowl Commercial [Click]”Actor and Punxsutawney Phil go on adventure in Jeep’s joyous sequel to 1993 comedy classic”
ReplyDeleteThis week I'm reading Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe and .
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me--I should continue re-reading The Mouse That Roared. I had forgotten several things about how the story was changed in the movie version. I shall resume reading this evening.
DeleteSanders and Warren Have Different Closing Pitches [Click] It should be interesting. N.B.: This is from politico.com
ReplyDeleteI just remembered--having seen again that Vampire Weekend was doing warm-up for Bernie, I decided to check them out on YouTube. Definitely not my cup of tea. Which reminds me, I haven't checked out Alabama Shakes since their second album. Well, lots of work to do! The Mouse That Roared AND Alabama Shakes.
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