Youngest is going to connect remotely with me this evening, via GoToMeeting, and hopefully get my mail figured out on my MacBook Air. I'm dropping the julianswindow address and ONLY using my together.net address. Please make a note of it.
"Develop" means to tear down. That is a fact. The intent may be to promote something new and better, but many communities were just left with parking lots and trash accumulators. Then realtors showed up and sold instant slums in the suburbs which the children who grew up there are now deserting. The concomitant truth is that under our legal system, property has rights, persons do not, other than to not be physically injured. And, in that case, the injury has to be experienced and proved before it can be addressed. Ideally, since agents of government are tasked with providing for the general health and welfare, insults should be ruled out of order, but our local public officials prefer to equate welfare with wealth. So, whatever promises to increase wealth is good to go.
Today’s Danziger Cartoon. [Click] Makes me think that it might not be a bad idea for folks living near downtown DC to organize neighborhood self-defense groups, like residents of the Black neighborhoods of Detroit back in 1943. [BTW, if you haven’t read “The Warmth of Other Suns,” I can highly recommend it.]
I've heard it said that there are two types of people: those who like Brussels sprouts, and those who very definitely do not! Can't say that I have ever been particularly taken with Yankee Pot Roast, though.
I love Yankee pot roast. Brussels sprouts, not so much; though I can choke down a modest helping if they are small and smothered in some tasty kind of sauce. Unlike beets, which I won't eat under any circumstances.
I heard on NPR that Georgia has registered an additional 115,000 voters just since Election Day in November...many of them young people and/or people of colour.
Oh, and I think it is a nice touch that Trump's phone call where he is badgering the Georgia Secretary of State to invent enough votes to swing the election in his favor also had the state Attorney General (or some such attorney) participating, was recorded, and both the transcript and the recording have been released by the Washington Post. That should be admissible in his trial for subornation of vote fraud (which is probably a felony, although there are differences from one state to another).
I have a copy of Jimmy Carter's book about how he started out in Georgia politics, and how there was rampant ballot box stuffing back then. I think even goober grabbers have to be kind of careful about that sort of thing these days.
Don't know about cell phones, Alan. Haven't had one for 14 years, and it was fine, easy to use. win10 seems just to have taken joy in making easy things difficult.
Yup. That's about the size of it. If it was easy or logical in a previous iteration of Windows, it's hair-tearingly difficult, complicated and/or illogical in Win10. You catch on fast.
Between Wil's malady and slowly converting to the new computer, I have gotten out of the pattern of checking the Covid stats each day. I just remembered to look at today's. I think it was hard to look while Wil was in hospital, especially after he coded. But slowly life is returning to normal-ish. Tomorrow Wil goes back to work (sigh) and I will make an early morning of it to do the grocery shopping. Then midday, Youngest is going to help me get more set up on my new computer. He intended to tonight, but the grands stayed up late and he's exhausted. So, we'll see what the new day brings.
the Win10 class will not take place tonight. Kiddle is out like a light.
ReplyDeleteHow's it going today?
DeleteYoungest is going to connect remotely with me this evening, via GoToMeeting, and hopefully get my mail figured out on my MacBook Air. I'm dropping the julianswindow address and ONLY using my together.net address. Please make a note of it.
The “gentrification-industrial complex” isn’t who anti-growth progressives think it is. [Click] Sounds about right.
ReplyDelete"Develop" means to tear down. That is a fact. The intent may be to promote something new and better, but many communities were just left with parking lots and trash accumulators. Then realtors showed up and sold instant slums in the suburbs which the children who grew up there are now deserting. The concomitant truth is that under our legal system, property has rights, persons do not, other than to not be physically injured. And, in that case, the injury has to be experienced and proved before it can be addressed. Ideally, since agents of government are tasked with providing for the general health and welfare, insults should be ruled out of order, but our local public officials prefer to equate welfare with wealth. So, whatever promises to increase wealth is good to go.
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ReplyDeleteShe’s young, has no serious health conditions — and hasn’t left isolation since March [Click]
Isolation has taken a tremendous emotional toll on many older Americans. [Click] I have noticed some of the same effects in myself--a slight decrease in verbal ability, for instance.
ReplyDeleteRaphael Warnock’s Georgia critics don’t understand Black churches [Click] The prophetic tradition is about loving America — and holding it to account.
ReplyDeleteCalifornia's feared post-Christmas virus surge appears to begin [Click]
ReplyDeleteMcConnell Loses Control [Click]
ReplyDeleteI hate Windows 10!
ReplyDeleteI gather that it tries to emulate a smartphone.
DeleteDon't worry, Puddle. Everyone does. You'll get used to it eventually.
DeleteBTW Office 2000 still works on Win 10, so you don't have to use that terrible new Word with the ribbon. Office Binder doesn't work though.
Denver Riggleman Has Seen the Future of the Republican Party [Click]
ReplyDeleteToday’s Danziger Cartoon. [Click] Makes me think that it might not be a bad idea for folks living near downtown DC to organize neighborhood self-defense groups, like residents of the Black neighborhoods of Detroit back in 1943. [BTW, if you haven’t read “The Warmth of Other Suns,” I can highly recommend it.]
ReplyDeleteTrump Recorded Berating Georgia Elections Official [Click]
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it, I should expect that soliciting vote fraud might be a felony in Georgia.
DeleteI should think so. Put it on his tab.
DeleteOHIO; COVID cases 721,481 and 9,076 deaths.
ReplyDeleteI just saw a variation of a Yankee Pot Roast recipe that includes, wait for it...Brussels sprouts! Pardon my French but, YUCK!
ReplyDeleteI've heard it said that there are two types of people: those who like Brussels sprouts, and those who very definitely do not! Can't say that I have ever been particularly taken with Yankee Pot Roast, though.
DeleteI like Yankee Pot Roast and I even like brussels sprouts.
DeleteBut I doubt I'd serve them together.
I love Yankee pot roast. Brussels sprouts, not so much; though I can choke down a modest helping if they are small and smothered in some tasty kind of sauce. Unlike beets, which I won't eat under any circumstances.
DeleteRichmond sculptor Edward Valentine created many of the statues that defined Lost Cause mythology. Now his family’s museum is confronting the legacy. [Click] A very thoughtful approach to the difficulties of times past and their meanings in the present day, making use of a unique resource.
ReplyDeletePoliceman buys family food instead of arresting them for shoplifting [Click] That sort of thing could affect the reputation of the police, yanno?
ReplyDeleteCaught that on the news. It was in Massachusetts, but I don't remember the newscaster saying where Yeah, I know. Gotta watch that good guy stuff. :)
DeleteSomerset, Mass.
DeleteNice little headline at The Guardian: New Congress sworn in as Georgia runoffs loom and Trump runs amok [Click]
ReplyDeleteI heard on NPR that Georgia has registered an additional 115,000 voters just since Election Day in November...many of them young people and/or people of colour.
DeleteThat's a nice round number.
DeleteOh, and I think it is a nice touch that Trump's phone call where he is badgering the Georgia Secretary of State to invent enough votes to swing the election in his favor also had the state Attorney General (or some such attorney) participating, was recorded, and both the transcript and the recording have been released by the Washington Post. That should be admissible in his trial for subornation of vote fraud (which is probably a felony, although there are differences from one state to another).
DeleteI have a copy of Jimmy Carter's book about how he started out in Georgia politics, and how there was rampant ballot box stuffing back then. I think even goober grabbers have to be kind of careful about that sort of thing these days.
DeleteDon't know about cell phones, Alan. Haven't had one for 14 years, and it was fine, easy to use. win10 seems just to have taken joy in making easy things difficult.
ReplyDeleteYup. That's about the size of it. If it was easy or logical in a previous iteration of Windows, it's hair-tearingly difficult, complicated and/or illogical in Win10. You catch on fast.
ReplyDeleteBetween Wil's malady and slowly converting to the new computer, I have gotten out of the pattern of checking the Covid stats each day. I just remembered to look at today's. I think it was hard to look while Wil was in hospital, especially after he coded. But slowly life is returning to normal-ish. Tomorrow Wil goes back to work (sigh) and I will make an early morning of it to do the grocery shopping. Then midday, Youngest is going to help me get more set up on my new computer. He intended to tonight, but the grands stayed up late and he's exhausted. So, we'll see what the new day brings.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile...
VT cases: 7793-7689=104
2381 active cases
140 deaths(+1)
Recovered 5272
Hospital: 27(+3) ICU:2(-3)
Tests 266,897 (+866)