And, well, it does seem insane to open the store to elderly people between 6 and 7 am. But, of course, the reasoning is that the store is at its cleanest then.
listener—we just saw something odd; a flock of white pelicans on the lake in the river bottom, which is on their route between winter grounds in far southern California and the prairie provinces, where they spend the summer. We can’t recall ever having seen them headed north so early; I wonder if they are short of food in the south. Maybe your ornithologist son has some insight?
Hmmmm. . . presumably DT will enter the UK on his diplomatic passport, which should expire at noon DC time the next day. Leaving on either the passport he used entering the UK or another he did not would pose difficulties. If he should try to enter the US on an expired passport, or a different one than he used to exit, that would also presumably cause problems. If he uses a regular passport for everything, that should be al right, but could he bring himself to do that? His servants probably have everything worked out, but I can hope for something amusing to happen.
Q: Does the UK have an extradition agreement with the US?
A: The Treaty modernized the extradition relationship between the U.S. and UK and strengthened each country's ability to extradite serious offenders wanted for a wide variety of crimes – including terrorism, other violent crimes, organized crime, and white-collar crime.
It would be sensible for Iran to have enough ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and submarines ready to overwhelm the defenses of the Nimitz should the US attack. Probably waves of unarmed drones to boot; maybe dropping chaff.
As pointed out upthread, to my mind it isn't Iran or Russia Trump has to worry about, but that pesky extradition treaty the UK has with the US. Somebody didn't do his homework before deciding to flee to Balmedie.
The article focuses on Paris. I'm not sure what things are like there. But a "15-minute city" is one where you can get everything you might need within a 15-minute bike ride. I don't bike, of course, for the same reason I don't drive. But if you count movie theaters as entertainment, everything they specify is within 15 minutes of my home in central Oak Park and has been fro decades.
I now have email on my MacBook Air! Yay! I have a real learning curve that'll take awhile, as there are a lot of new toys on it. But there's plenty of time. Waiting now for my adapter to arrive, so that I can move files over from the old computer. But this one sure is FAST compared with the old one!
Why the Private Call with Trump Was Released January 4, 2021 at 4:35 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) told WATL that he considered his phone call with President Trump to be a “private conversation” and would not have shared details of it if the president had not sent a false tweet about it.
Said Raffensperger: “If President Trump wouldn’t have tweeted out anything and would’ve stayed silent, we would’ve stayed silent as well. If you’re going to put out stuff that we don’t believe is true, then we will respond in kind.”
“We invited each of the 12 senators involved in plotting this disgraceful effort to come on the show this morning, to try to defend and explain their position. Each of them declined or failed to respond. It all recalls what Ulysses Grant once wrote in 1861: ‘There are but two parties now, traitors and patriots.’ How would you describe the parties today?”
Susan Collins should resign in embarrassment for suggesting that DT had learned from the Impeachment. The only thing he learned was that he could possibly get away with anything. And she knew that.
More of the same, but a slightly different take:
ReplyDeleteTrump Tries To Bully GA Sec Of State Into Overturning Results In Unhinged Call [Click]
Wonder how many other calls like this he's made in the last week?
ReplyDeleteWell, it does seem unlikely that this would be the only one.
DeleteKinda reminds me of children in abusive homes--they'd rather be hit than ignored. . . .
DeleteDT's phone call fact-checked
Deletehttps://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55529230
Trump Tried to Call Georgia Official 18 Times Before [Click] Wow—talk about needy!
DeleteGot up at 5:30am (2 hours before sunrise) to do the grocery run. So crazy.
ReplyDeleteThe sun was almost up on my way home.
That is downright rude! Was it to take advantage of early hours for mature citizens at the grocery store?
DeleteIt was indeed.
DeleteAnd, well, it does seem insane to open the store to elderly people between 6 and 7 am. But, of course, the reasoning is that the store is at its cleanest then.
listener—we just saw something odd; a flock of white pelicans on the lake in the river bottom, which is on their route between winter grounds in far southern California and the prairie provinces, where they spend the summer. We can’t recall ever having seen them headed north so early; I wonder if they are short of food in the south. Maybe your ornithologist son has some insight?
ReplyDeleteI just sent him a note. Stay tuned!
DeleteMy query: Drought in the south forcing them north?
I can't say.
DeleteEvidently Trump will skip the country on Jan. 19th for his golf resort in Scotland. [Click] Darn! I wanted to see the USMC extraction team escort him from the White House. Oh, well.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. . . presumably DT will enter the UK on his diplomatic passport, which should expire at noon DC time the next day. Leaving on either the passport he used entering the UK or another he did not would pose difficulties. If he should try to enter the US on an expired passport, or a different one than he used to exit, that would also presumably cause problems. If he uses a regular passport for everything, that should be al right, but could he bring himself to do that? His servants probably have everything worked out, but I can hope for something amusing to happen.
DeleteQ: Does the UK have an extradition agreement with the US?
DeleteA: The Treaty modernized the extradition relationship between the U.S. and UK and strengthened each country's ability to extradite serious offenders wanted for a wide variety of crimes – including terrorism, other violent crimes, organized crime, and white-collar crime.
U.S.-UK Extradition Treaty - U.S. Embassy in London
In case that link doesn't work, here it is again:
DeleteU.S.-UK Extradition Treaty & Relationship
- Click
The point being, Scotland might not be a very safe place for the soon to be former president. *snigger*
Trump changes his mind, now wants USS Nimitz to remain in the Persian Gulf. [Click]
ReplyDeleteThe families of the vast crew must feel incredibly jerked around...and nervous.
DeleteSo, if his stateside military coup fails, he's going to start a war on the way out?
Wil suggests that the Iranians (or, for that matter, Russians) could easily find him in Scotland.
It would be sensible for Iran to have enough ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and submarines ready to overwhelm the defenses of the Nimitz should the US attack. Probably waves of unarmed drones to boot; maybe dropping chaff.
DeleteAs pointed out upthread, to my mind it isn't Iran or Russia Trump has to worry about, but that pesky extradition treaty the UK has with the US. Somebody didn't do his homework before deciding to flee to Balmedie.
DeleteHow '15-minute cities' will change the way we socialise [Click]
ReplyDeleteThe article focuses on Paris. I'm not sure what things are like there. But a "15-minute city" is one where you can get everything you might need within a 15-minute bike ride. I don't bike, of course, for the same reason I don't drive. But if you count movie theaters as entertainment, everything they specify is within 15 minutes of my home in central Oak Park and has been fro decades.
DeleteEU firms refuse UK deliveries over Brexit tax changes. [Click] But sovereignty!
ReplyDeleteJulian Assange: Wikileaks founder extradition to US blocked by UK judge, subject to appeal. [Click]
ReplyDeleteRight result, wrong reason [Click]
Trump's Republicans have dumped Lincoln – they're the Confederacy now [Click] “Never mind sedition – for the secession caucus, defeat by Barack Obama’s successor and a black woman is just too much to bear.”
ReplyDeleteHow about we give Florida to Cuba, Texas to Mexico and give them the rest of the eastern states below the Mason-Dixon?
DeleteDC braces for pro-Trump protests amid Electoral College challenge [Click]
ReplyDeleteD.C. National Guard to activate hundreds of troops for pro-Trump demonstration [Click]
I now have email on my MacBook Air! Yay! I have a real learning curve that'll take awhile, as there are a lot of new toys on it. But there's plenty of time. Waiting now for my adapter to arrive, so that I can move files over from the old computer. But this one sure is FAST compared with the old one!
ReplyDeleteYay indeed! Enjoy!
DeleteOHIO; COVID cases 727,423 and 9,143 deaths.
ReplyDeleteThe Made-Up Conspiracy [Click] A Republican bid to deny Biden's victory is yet another Russian-style “firehose of falsehood” disinformation campaign.
ReplyDeleteFrom a blog:
ReplyDelete“Dear Bank of America:
I just want to find 11,780 more dollars in my savings account. Everyone at your bank counted wrong.”
LOL
DeleteWhy the Private Call with Trump Was Released
ReplyDeleteJanuary 4, 2021 at 4:35 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) told WATL that he considered his phone call with President Trump to be a “private conversation” and would not have shared details of it if the president had not sent a false tweet about it.
Said Raffensperger: “If President Trump wouldn’t have tweeted out anything and would’ve stayed silent, we would’ve stayed silent as well. If you’re going to put out stuff that we don’t believe is true, then we will respond in kind.”
“We invited each of the 12 senators involved in plotting this disgraceful effort to come on the show this morning, to try to defend and explain their position. Each of them declined or failed to respond. It all recalls what Ulysses Grant once wrote in 1861: ‘There are but two parties now, traitors and patriots.’ How would you describe the parties today?”
ReplyDelete— Jake Tapper, on CNN.
This is the Cost of a Failed Impeachment [Click]
ReplyDeleteSusan Collins should resign in embarrassment for suggesting that DT had learned from the Impeachment. The only thing he learned was that he could possibly get away with anything. And she knew that.
DeleteProud Boys Leader Arrested After Burning Of Church’s Black Lives Matter Banner [Click]
ReplyDeleteHe also had two high-capacity magazines on him when he was arrested.
DeletePolice Contact Lawmaker About Bringing Gun to Work [Click]
ReplyDeleteBBC: Colchester Hospital: Covid deniers removed from 'at capacity' hospital [Click]
ReplyDeletePublic Health Experts Decry Slow Vaccination Campaign As ‘Unconscionable’ [Click]
ReplyDeleteUS pharmacist who tried to ruin Covid vaccine doses told investigators he intentionally tried to spoil the doses because he believed the vaccine would mutate people’s DNA [Click] Reading the whole story, it sounds to me like it’s time for a psychiatric evaluation.
ReplyDeleteDid he actually graduate from pharmacy school? What a nut! Yes, Alan, he needs to be removed for the safety of his customers.
DeleteLA's Covid crisis set to surge in wake of holidays as hospitals are inundated Mayor says one person is now contracting coronavirus every six seconds as people let their guard down with news of vaccines [Click] Damned fools.
ReplyDeleteDoonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 03, 2021 [Click]
ReplyDeleteWaPo: Young ER doctors risk their lives on the pandemic’s front lines. But they struggle to find jobs. [Click]
ReplyDeleteVT cases: 7873-7793=80
ReplyDelete2368 active cases
144deaths(+4)
Recovered 5361(68.1%)
Hospital: 36(+9) ICU:4(+2)
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Trump protesters warned not to carry guns as Washington DC calls up National Guard [Click] DC police chief says ahead of inauguration protests ‘there are people intent on coming to our city armed’
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