Sunday, April 04, 2021

Easter Sunday

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    1. One of the problems of these instinct-driven people is that they have no sense of time. So, much of what they do is out of order. The voting system problems of 2004 were obviously fixed even in Georgia by 2020, making the allegations irrelevant. But time does not matter to people who exist in an ineffable present.

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  2. Robert Reich: Don't expect Biden to trumpet lofty aims for his rescue plans – he's simply Mr Fix-it [Click] “It may not be seen as glamorous work, but when you’re knee-deep in muck, it’s hard to argue with a plumber.”

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  3. A good start but miles to go': progressive Nina Turner on Biden and Democrats' future [Click] I didn’t realize she was running for US Congress; I will have to locate her campaign web site. I can’t forget her standing up for men’s reproductive health care, after all.

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    1. Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, in which she is running, is gerrymandered to a fare-thee-well. [Click]

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    2. All of Ohio is gerrymandered to a fare-thee-well. It's like somebody dropped acid and then started drawing random lines. And Republicans are ruining Ohio. Well, as Republicans do.

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    3. Susan--I didn't look it up, but I figured that the 11th District was unlikely to be an anomaly. I sure hope the Dems manage to push through the new federal voter protection bill.

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    1. It's AMAZING how well this mission has gone...! I am loving that.

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  5. Last evening's Easter Vigil (via Zoom) was beautiful, but for me Easter really began that afternoon when we arrived at Youngest's to bring Easter treats for 3 of our young grands. We stayed outside, but it was the first time we had seen them (except via Zoom) in months. The 2 year old saw me from clear across the yard and came running at full tilt straight into my arms!! Her elder sister (now 5) also came running and gave me ginormous hugs!! And elder brother (soon to turn 8) let me feel how big his arm muscles are getting. I got teary eyed and my heart opened wide with joy. Last year when the pandemic began, I had been spending a lot of time with the little one, over that Winter. I feared she would think I didn't want to come anymore. Then, in December they all came by to borrow a ladder and I talked with the grands through the van window. And the little one said "I want to come into your house." It was just around the time we were learning of Wil's heart issue, and we were being ultra careful, so I sadly had to put her off. Finally, fully four months later, we are preparing to have them over for a sleepover here next weekend because we've had both vaccine doses and will be completely clear as of Friday! It's so very good to be together again. I think I'm going to have a lot of happy tears this month! 💖 Happy Easter! ✨🌷✨

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    1. You are so fortunate, listener.

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    2. Ohhh, Alan, that is for sure. I come to tears of joy every time I think about how I was greeted by those sweeties.

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  6. BMW, Volvo, Google and Samsung back moratorium on deep sea mining [Click] Naturally, the companies who plan to make gazillions from mining seabed nodules maintain that they will absolutely be necessary because of all the batteries that will be needed for transport etc. That conveniently ignores the alternatives of hydrogen (stored in solid-state low-pressure containers) and liquid hydrocarbons made from hydrogen and ambient carbon dioxide. And for stationary power plants and locomotives there is the possibility of using pelletized biochar, which handles just like coal without the tar and heavy metals. Although carbon-negative systems will be necessary, carbon-neutral will be a good intermediate step. Disruption of the deep sea ecosystem could be disastrous.

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    1. We really must make electrolytic hydrogen on a vast scale; today most of it is made from natural gas, with carbon dioxide as a byproduct.

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    2. Reading up on hydrogen storage [Click] at Wikipedia, I see that it is nowhere near ready for use in autos and trucks. So as a practical matter, that leaves carbon-neutral synthesis of liquid hydrocarbons from ambient carbon dioxide. The advantages of that approach are that the conventional automotive industry and associated jobs are preserved, the distribution and handling systems are already in place, and that the same technology can be used to sequester ambient carbon dioxide if desired.

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  7. Florida faces 'imminent' pollution catastrophe from phosphate mine pond [Click] Republican political dominance in Florida couldn’t possibly have influenced the situation, and in any event it’s only a little problem, right?

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  8. Civilizations don’t really die. They just take new forms. [Click] An interesting read, with leads to other interesting things, but behind the WaPo paywall. I will search elsewhere.

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  9. Cow ties up Atlanta interstate traffic [Click] No information at this time whether it was a Democratic or Republican cow.

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    1. Well, once can't say they're all hat and no cattle. 😉

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  10. VT cases: 20,140-19,905 = 235
    3427 active cases
    229 deaths(0)
    Recovered 16,484 (81.8%)
    Hospital:32(-1) ICU:1(-2)
    Tests:359,785(+1482)

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    1. Positivity Rate up to 2.1%
      Death Rate down to 1.1%

      Vermont has now tested more than half the people in the state. The number given above is people tested. The actual number of tests is 1,374,668 ~ enough to have more than tested all Vermonters twice.

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  11. That cow messing up traffic was probably the cow of Devin Nunes.

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    1. Or more likely Devin himself in a cow costume.

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  12. Today’s architectural feature:
    Honan Chapel [Click] Quite marvelous, really.

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  13. Stat of the Day
    April 4, 2021 By Taegan Goddard

    The 2020 Trump campaign accounted for up to 3% of all credit card fraud claims in the entire country, the New York Times reports.

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