Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Farewell June!

The garden is DONE!
This photo was taken just as it began to rain.



27 comments:

  1. From pandering to Putin to abusing allies and ignoring his own advisers, Trump's phone calls alarm US officials
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/29/politics/trump-phone-calls-national-security-concerns/index.html

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  2. VT: 1208/ 56 (NO NEW CASES or DEATHS!!!)
    199 active/ 0x13 days
    Recovered 953
    In Hospital = 2 ( 0)
    Tests 65,764 (+771)

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  3. Underneath the hood of The Lincoln Project [Click] Surprise—it isn’t what it claims to be.

    White voters are slowly moving away from Trump. Is this why? [Click]

    What we can do now about Stone Mountain's 150ft Confederate carving [Click] I didn’t realize the sculpture was completed so recently.

    Trump Pulls Plug on Alabama Rally [Click] Reminds me of these recent stories:
    Jacksonville Mandates Use of Face Masks [Click]
    GOP Convention Will Comply with Mask Rules [Click] Cooperating with those folks who are trampling all over our liberties, eh?

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    1. Yeah, damned pinkos! You've gotta watch out for people who want to protect their own and others' health. I wonder if Trump will accept the nomination of a party that sold out to the Socialists like that?

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  4. OHIO: As of Tuesday afternoon, there have been at least 51,789 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 2,863 deaths, and 7,839 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

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    1. Thanks!

      I actually added 4 plants after this photo was taken. Ha!

      But it sure looks better than the crabgrass and Hawkweed that was there. I am especially pleased with the walkway.

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    2. It looks like the green shale being used in the wall, with gravel; am I right? I suppose that should be fairly resistant to freezing of the ground, and easily restored if that should be a problem.

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  6. RIP songwriter Johnny Mandel.

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    1. Yes, a very good argument. Of course none of us knows how well she and Biden could work together, which is very important. Being way out here beyond rivers, plains and mountains I have not had occasion to judge how she comes across in public. I could of course find bits on YouTube, and probably on her Senate web site. But what do you think of her public demeanor, Bill? I'd be glad to know.

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    2. Since I don't watch TV and have never attended any of her live campaign events (even when I was working for her primary opponent in her very first race), I really can't say.

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    3. I think Dick Durbin's opinion ought to carry considerable weight, and it is favorable.

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  8. Chart of the Day [Click] Much of the change seems to come among younger voters in counties hardest hit by COVID-19.

    Biden Holds [significant] Lead Nationally [Click] Pew, Suffolk polls.

    It’s McGrath vs. McConnell. Booker’s surge falls short in Kentucky Senate primary. [Click]

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    1. I'm especially grateful to note that more Democrats voted than Republicans.

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  9. Financial Transfers Raised Suspicions of Russian Bounties [Click] Goes to show that the GRU doesn’t measure up to the KGB. The KGB would have sent the money by mule train (or equivalent). In US dollars.

    GOP Strips Required Reporting of Foreign [Campaign] Interference [Click]

    Shades of Baghdad Bob…
    June 30, 2020 By Taegan Goddard
    “This president is the most informed person on Planet Earth in terms of the threats that we face.” — White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, at a press briefing today.


    Stock Market Has Best Quarter In More Than 20 Years [Click] What is going on?

    A new ECU poll in North Carolina finds Joe Biden edging Donald Trump in the presidential race, 45% to 44%. In the U.S. Senate race, Thom Tillis (R) is tied with challenger Cal Cunningham (D), 41% to 41%.

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    1. Yes! I was powerfully outraged when all the Bush/Cheney criminality was swept out of sight without another thought. And *especially* with trump, Barr, McConnell people want to see some accounting done. I still remember being utterly disgusted with Nancy Pelosi when she said that Impeachment of Bush was "off the table". I don't doubt she'll do that again with trump, and it would be wrong.

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  11. Trump Is Boring Now, and He Can’t Do Anything About It [Click] “Season 4 of The Trump Show just doesn’t have the zest and sparkle of the previous seasons.”

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