42: Autumn!
The fall equinox arrives on Tuesday, September 22, 2020
at 9:31 A.M everywhere.
The equinox occurs at the same time of day worldwide.
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Our raisins finished drying yesterday. Now we are removing the stems (including the tiny capstems) and sorting them by size (S, M, L). After that they get washed and dried a bit in the oven, then packed to equalize the moisture.
ReplyDeleteThat sure is laborious. You must eat them very slowly.
DeleteThey taste better because they're made with love...
DeleteWe have enough for ourselves and for gifts to two or three relatives in Japan.
We used to go gleaning for the grapes, but lost touch with the person who got us permission; and that is very hot, dirty, hard work.
Delete'Landmark moment': 156 countries agree to Covid vaccine allocation deal [Click] “Covax plan will counter rising threat of ‘vaccine nationalism’, prioritising vulnerable healthcare systems and frontline workers.” Just the sort of thing a global leader would participate in.
ReplyDeleteBloomberg on Serum Institute of India [Click] The reporter doesn’t seem to be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but one can get the basic ideas.
DeleteGinsburg Supreme Court: Republicans secure vote for replacement
ReplyDeletehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54254141
The creeps.
She died barely 4 days ago. Republicans have no honour left at all. Not a shred
DeleteThey aren't a political party, they're a cult.
DeleteJim Jeffords saw it first.
DeleteI hope that by them showing their true stripes, most Independents and other people of conscience and compassion will rise up and vote accordingly.
There are more Dems than Repubs in the nation. There are more Indys than either of them.
They aren't just a cult. They're a MURDEROUS cult. Rashida Tlaib is running in Michigan to be reelected. Her Republican opponent decided now would be a good time to raffle off an AR-15. Republicans don't just want you to agree with them - they want you to agree with them OR DIE.
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DeleteIf you are reading this on your smart phone, you see that I posted six mad faces.
DeleteIf you are reading this on your computer, it looks like blank squares.
Both work for me. Ha!
I am reading this on my computer and I see what I take to be six angry faces. My eyes being what they are, I need a magnifier to make them out.
DeleteThe red, presumably angry, faces show up on my computer as well.
DeleteMight have something to do with the browser. I believe both Cat and I are using SeaMonkey.
DeleteHow interesting, Bill. For me, it's boxes in both Safari and Chrome. And, oddly, Chrome is secure on my iPhone but I get a "not secure" message on my computer. Does anyone know why that would be?
DeleteVT: 1721 (+2)
ReplyDelete58 deaths (56 days)*
106 active cases
Recovered:1557 (+0)
In Hospital 2 (+1)
Tests 157,341 (+602)
* I had previously missed updating this by a day.
AQI 92, alleged visibility 3 miles but I doubt that. Maybe they are looking in a different direction.
ReplyDeleteListener--here are your Vermont polls!
ReplyDeleteIowa: Trump vs. Biden Des Moines Register Trump 47, Biden 47 Tie
Michigan: Trump vs. Biden MRG Biden 46, Trump 41 Biden +5
Georgia: Trump vs. Biden Univ. of Georgia* Trump 47, Biden 47 Tie
Vermont: Trump vs. Biden Vermont Public Radio Biden 56, Trump 32 Biden +24
Michigan Senate - James vs. Peters MRG Peters 42, James 40 Peters +2
Georgia Senate - Perdue vs. Ossoff Univ. of Georgia* Perdue 47, Ossoff 45 Perdue +2
Georgia Senate Special Election - Open Primary Univ. of Georgia Loeffler 24, Collins 21,
Warnock 20, Lieberman 11, Tarver 5, Slowinski 3 Loeffler +3
Vermont Governor - Scott vs. Zuckerman Vermont Public Radio* Scott 55, Zuckerman 24 Scott +31
LOL! I was just coming by to give you those same VT numbers!
DeleteVermont is like an oasis right now.
I wish I could move you all here.
The poll numbers for President are similar to 4 years ago. DT is just a tad higher than last time, actually.
Gov Scott has a 68% job approval rating. He will surely get re-elected. He has said he is not voting for DT, though stops short of saying he will vote for Biden. As for me, I am voting for Progressive farmer David Zuckerman..
...To be clear, I am voting for David Zuckerman for Governor of VT, not for President. LOL.
DeleteI was just about to look up his presidential campaign web site!
DeleteLOL. He's an organic farmer, so I doubt he'd want to live in DC.
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ReplyDeleteCan Democrats Stop the Nomination? [Click] The most detailed analysis I have yet seen. Yes, they might be able to pull it off.
The Great Liberal Reckoning Has Begun [Click] “The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg concludes an era of faith in courts as partners in the fight for progress and equality.”
ReplyDeleteBy Alan Z. Rozenshtein
Associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/ruth-bader-ginsburg-death-mitch-mcconnell.html
ReplyDelete"Just by way of example: A former White House official told the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer for a piece in April that McConnell reassured donors that he would install a Supreme Court justice for Trump regardless of how close to the election Ginsburg’s death might be. He apparently referred to the prospect of replacing Ginsburg in the event of her death as “our October surprise.” In 2019, McConnell gleefully tweeted a photo of some tombstones, one of which had Merrick Garland’s name on it—hours after a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, in which 23 people died. He has said that stopping Garland’s nomination is the proudest moment of his career. It’s uniquely painful that this is the person architecting Ginsburg’s replacement in violation of his own contemptible theories."
Seem to me, consistency requires integrity. McConnell wouldn't recognize integrity if it shat on his head.
DeleteOHIO: As of Tuesday afternoon, there have been at least 145,850 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 4,635 deaths, and 14,899 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
ReplyDelete3.18%
DeletePeople for the American Way have a new online shop. All proceeds go towards their GOTV effort.
ReplyDeletePFAW's online shop - Click
https://babylonbee.com/news/nfl-to-adorn-all-uniforms-with-lace-doilies-in-to-honor-rbg?fbclid=IwAR1oKbQaEZ-Mo18k9vWSlyyEqTnUjMfuvj7Ai4hQc6DtfEeLLYuTbHH4BHI
ReplyDelete"LOS ANGELES, CA—NBA players are honoring the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week by wearing pretty lace collars just like Notorious RBG used to wear. In a touching show of respect for the late Justice Ginsburg, and in solidarity with her progressive cause, Lebron James and the LA Lakers took to the court yesterday wearing a stunning variety of delicate white collars inspired by RBG's wardrobe."
Oops. Sorry guys. The Babylon Bee is a satire site and I just didn't catch it in time. Wish it were true though.
DeleteHey, so you made a discovery for us!
DeleteIt's not always easy to tell. Pity, it was a touching idea.
DeleteFormer Bush, Obama, Trump Russia Advisor Says U.S. Seen as ‘Object of Pity’ [Click] Ya think?
ReplyDeleteEarlier today I was talking to a Canadian, and he was definitely sympathetic to my need to put up with Trump. But his cousin is in Brazil!
DeleteDutch Accuse U.S. Ambassador of Interfering In [Domestic] Politics [Click] Well, that’s typical (or at least common) for Trump’s ambassadors, isn’t it?
ReplyDeleteCourt Candidate’s Religious Community Under Scrutiny [Click] Well, I don’t expect any respectable snake handlers would want anything to do with Trump.
ReplyDeleteI shouldn't have thought *anybody* of any persuasion would want anything to do with Trump.
DeleteSchumer invokes "two-hour rule" to block Senate committee hearings [Click]
ReplyDeleteOK, there’s the first procedural salvo.
Good. They can dish it out, but they can't take it.
DeleteHouse Democrats, Trump administration strike deal to avert government shutdown [Click]
ReplyDeleteMichigan Petitioners Coached In Illegal Tactics [Click]
ReplyDeleteNow [5PM) gotta go pull weeds—air seems better than it was when we took our walk in the morning.
It seems the USPS delivery services are back to normal. I ordered a pair of brushes from an art supply store in North Carolina; they shipped first class on the 18th and arrived today. Every connection was made just as it should have been.
ReplyDeleteMore vocabulary: mumpsimus and ultracrepidarian! [Click]
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ReplyDeleteBloomberg Raises $16 Million to Allow Ex-Felons to Vote [Click] “He saw the donations as a more cost-effective way of adding votes to the Democratic column than investing money to persuade voters who already have the right to vote, a Bloomberg memo said.”
Can anyone explain to me why DT can lie and talk gibberish all day long and no one bats and eye; but when Biden trips up once in awhile, it's front page news?
ReplyDeleteI'm both encouraged and terrified...
ReplyDeleteA Landslide and Close Race Are Easy to Imagine
https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/22/a-landslide-and-close-race-are-easy-to-imagine/