Surprise!
Surprised to see this posted near our mailbox.
Seems the town is getting ready for Mud Season!
It's actually a week or two late this year.
Seems the town is getting ready for Mud Season!
It's actually a week or two late this year.
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A 12-storey pig farm: has China found the way to tackle animal disease? [Click]
ReplyDeleteDeadly pig disease could have led to Covid spillover to humans, analysis suggests [Click]
Frank Bruni: Is the [Meat] Burger Nearing Extinction? [Click] “Meat has more competition — and less justification — than ever before.” I find the idea of cultured meat repulsive, but the idea of a fermentation-produced protein base sounds interesting.
Nature’s Fynd [cited by Frank Bruni] [Click]
Delete“All kinds of nutritious:
Complete protein with the 9 essential amino acids critical for building muscle.
Good source of fiber, including beta-glucans and prebiotic fiber.
Calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, iron. *
No cholesterol or trans fat.
Vegan, non-GMO, hormone-free.
Grown with no antibiotics, insecticides, pesticides, or herbicides.”
I have to take the car in for long-overdue maintenance today. This is one necessity I HATE having to do and the only thing I miss about having a husband so HE could do it.
ReplyDeleteHow'd it go? Was it routine maintenance or did you get a big bill? Hoping it wasn't too harsh and that folks there were respectful of Covid measures.
DeleteRoutine, small bill, out in 30 minutes and a free car wash.
DeleteThat's about the best scenario one could hope for! Score!!
DeleteEconomic notes from here and there:
ReplyDeleteThe relief bill Biden will shortly sign raises US spending on the current crisis to 5.5 trillion dollars, and Congress is getting ready to tee up a huge infrastructure bill. By comparison, the US spent four trillion (2020) dollars on WWII. Before the pandemic hit, the consensus projection was for 2% economic growth this year. Today Morgan Stanley raised their 2021 forecast for U.S. economic growth to 7.3% from 6.5%, a pace unsurpassed since the Korean War boom in 1951. Latest survey shows 68% support Biden’s stimulus. Headline: “The Biden Boom is Coming.” Bloomberg’s take here. [Click]
Manhattan Prosecutor Expands Trump [Criminal] Investigation to Include Mysterious Chicago Loan [Click]
ReplyDeleteMost Think Biden Reached Out to Republicans [Click]
ReplyDeleteIt’s Not Biden Who’s Taking a Risk on the Relief Bill [Click]
A long read, but a worthwhile one, IMO:
ReplyDeleteHow to Put Out Democracy’s Dumpster Fire [Click] “Our democratic habits have been killed off by an internet kleptocracy that profits from disinformation, polarization, and rage. Here’s how to fix that.” listener—Vermont’s Front Porch Forum is mentioned.
For the technologically inclined, they describe the Volksempfänger, introduced by the Nazis, as a cheap wireless transistor radio to disseminate propaganda. Of course that is impossible—transistor radios didn’t appear for another twenty years. As for it being wireless, of course it was! Radio broadcasts were not sent by telephone wires!
Hence the British term for the radio - the wireless.
DeleteHeadlines from The Guardian:
ReplyDeleteBiden's $1.9tn Covid relief bill marks an end to four decades of Reaganism
Analysis: Reagan’s presidency undermined faith in government. The stimulus package helps restore FDR’s legacy
Texans scramble to get vaccinated after Republican governor says no more masks
Greg Abbott says state can ‘open 100%’ without masks – but millions remain unvaccinated and navigating the state’s vaccine bureaucracy is fraught
House passes Biden's $1.9tn Covid relief bill projected to slash US poverty in 2021 – live
Biden will sign coronavirus relief bill on Friday
‘Help is on the way,’ Democratic leaders say after House passes bill
Merrick Garland confirmed as attorney general
Marcia Fudge confirmed as HUD secretary
CDC director: US is ‘at a critical point’ in pandemic
Reports: US to double order of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The lead photo is described as showing Speaker Pelosi entering the Capitol. [Click] The flooring (or maybe subflooring?) looks ancient—could it be a portion of the original flooring from the 1790’s? Does anyone here know? It must be in a very special place.
DeleteVTcases: 16,371-16,286 = 85
ReplyDelete2468 active cases
211 deaths(0)
Recovered 13,692(83.6%)
Hospital:32(+2) ICU:3(-4)
Tests 338,244 (+511)
Positivity Rate down to 1.7%
DeleteDeath Rate holding at 1.3%
Recording released of six-minute phone call from Trump to Georgia official soliciting vote fraud. [Click]
ReplyDelete“We’re about to have a boom. And if we do have a boom, it will have absolutely nothing to do with this $1.9 trillion.”
— Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), quoted by the Washington Post.
$60 Billion In Tax Increases Tucked In Relief Bill [Click] They all sound good to me.
Biden hiring Warren staff members. [Click]
How Biden Could Pay For His Next Big Bill: Enable the IRS to collect taxes from the rich and big corporations. [Click]
Wicker Already Seeks Credit for Bill He Voted Against [Click]
Broke Billionaire Wages War With GOP To Urge Supporters To Send Him Money Instead [Click]
Grand Princess passengers grapple with Covid nightmare one year after ill-fated cruise [Click] “The final stop on the Grand Princess Hawaii Cruise has turned out to be a federal courtroom in Los Angeles.”
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