Hopefully your temperature will return to normal within the day; it shows that your immune system is working as it should--maybe even exceptionally well.
Although I would say this version of "normalcy" goes back, not just to Obama's administration, but to Gingrich's "Contract for America." In a strange way, Manchin and Siena forming what is in effect their own party is a return to pre-Contract normalcy. Except it doesn't work when Senate Repupblicans are maintaining the new normal party discipline.
South Dakota Is the Biggest U.S. Tax Haven [Click] This “revelation” from the Pandora Papers shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, it seems to me. It has been reported for a long time.
We just had a positive experience with spy cameras. On Saturday Miyoko purchased some clothing at a large clothing store; when she was recording the credit card receipt at home, she realized it was about a hundred dollars more than it should have been, and she had been charged for two $48 items she hadn't bought. She was going to go to the store this afternoon and complain, but Naomi called and was told they would "check the camera" and get back to us. Within a few minutes they called back, had verified that the charges were incorrect, and asked if we would prefer to come in and get a cash refund or have it credited to the credit card that was used. WAY better than the haggling we had with a famous department store a few years back when charged for a handbag that we had not purchased; ultimately the cash register clerk was found to have been accumulating such handbags and smuggling them out of the store.
I can’t help thinking today that if everyone had just gotten vaccinated last Winter and Spring the Delta variant wouldn’t have become so prevalent and I wouldn’t be sitting here with a fever and horrible headache from needing the booster.
Commerce is quite insiduous. It pretends to be providing a service, information or entertainment, or even salvation, when, all along, the intent is predation. The predator's mode is to injure and kill without suffering personal injury. The reliance on currency makes that a virtual certainty. The introduction of pestilence seals the deal. Our predatory friends in the Republican party have reason to be suspicious.
I found another evidently good international news site: Deutsche Welle [Click] I had heard of it, but hadn’t previously read anything there. Here is the Wikipedia article about it. [Click] In short, a German public state-owned international broadcaster set up to be free of government influence.
Slept well!
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Taking a day off
(Totally worth it!)
Vaxxed & Boosted!
Hopefully your temperature will return to normal within the day; it shows that your immune system is working as it should--maybe even exceptionally well.
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Hereabouts the smoke is not as thick as yesterday, but still far from satisfactory; AQI = 158.
Although I would say this version of "normalcy" goes back, not just to Obama's administration, but to Gingrich's "Contract for America." In a strange way, Manchin and Siena forming what is in effect their own party is a return to pre-Contract normalcy. Except it doesn't work when Senate Repupblicans are maintaining the new normal party discipline.
DeleteWhen I hear "Contract for America," I always think "Contract on America." I'd say you're about right on the timing, Bill.
DeleteAir Quality Alert extended again – but there is good news coming [Click]
DeleteWhat We Lost When Gannett Came to Town [Click] “We don’t often talk about how a paper’s collapse makes people feel: less connected, more alone.”
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ReplyDeleteSouth Dakota Is the Biggest U.S. Tax Haven [Click] This “revelation” from the Pandora Papers shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, it seems to me. It has been reported for a long time.
There's a reason most major US corporations are theoretically headquartered in either South Dakota or Delaware.
DeleteCalifornia cities want a slice of Amazon sales tax. Here’s why Fresno calls one plan ‘racist’ [Click]
ReplyDeleteWe just had a positive experience with spy cameras. On Saturday Miyoko purchased some clothing at a large clothing store; when she was recording the credit card receipt at home, she realized it was about a hundred dollars more than it should have been, and she had been charged for two $48 items she hadn't bought. She was going to go to the store this afternoon and complain, but Naomi called and was told they would "check the camera" and get back to us. Within a few minutes they called back, had verified that the charges were incorrect, and asked if we would prefer to come in and get a cash refund or have it credited to the credit card that was used. WAY better than the haggling we had with a famous department store a few years back when charged for a handbag that we had not purchased; ultimately the cash register clerk was found to have been accumulating such handbags and smuggling them out of the store.
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DeleteJohnson & Johnson seeks US clearance for COVID-19 vaccine booster doses. The article also says Moderna has filed for booster, but no details and I haven't heard anything about that.
ReplyDeleteAll good, it seems to me. I have little if any sympathy for those who choose not to be vaccinated.
DeleteI can’t help thinking today that if everyone had just gotten vaccinated last Winter and Spring the Delta variant wouldn’t have become so prevalent and I wouldn’t be sitting here with a fever and horrible headache from needing the booster.
Delete(If I ever require another booster, I’m buying a heated toilet seat.)
DeleteThose aren't standard in Vermont? [He ducks]
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ReplyDeleteFrances Haugen tells Senate that Facebook makes 'disastrous' choices, prioritizes profit
Unlike other capitalist enterprises?
Commerce is quite insiduous. It pretends to be providing a service, information or entertainment, or even salvation, when, all along, the intent is predation.
DeleteThe predator's mode is to injure and kill without suffering personal injury. The reliance on currency makes that a virtual certainty. The introduction of pestilence seals the deal.
Our predatory friends in the Republican party have reason to be suspicious.
Ten US States That Drink the Most Alcohol. [Click] I expect that a lot of the drinking in Nevada is done by visitors in casinos.
ReplyDeleteBloomberg: Brexit Britain Is Isolated and Running on Fumes [Click] But Global Britain!
ReplyDeleteI found another evidently good international news site: Deutsche Welle [Click] I had heard of it, but hadn’t previously read anything there.
ReplyDeleteHere is the Wikipedia article about it. [Click] In short, a German public state-owned international broadcaster set up to be free of government influence.
Why Trump wants to tweet [Click] Gotta like the lead graphic.
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ReplyDeleteWhistleblower claims Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives administrators were improperly paid bonuses reserved for criminal investigators [Click]
Vox: Facebook’s whistleblower tells Congress how to regulate tech [Click] “Frances Haugen’s testimony offers a path forward on how to address Facebook’s harms.”
ReplyDeleteCriminal inquiry into Trump’s Georgia election interference gathers steam [Click] Can’t come too soon, can’t be too assertive. IMO.
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ReplyDelete"@NYPD Police Union leader just resigned. The man has been a racist scoundrel for a generation."
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DeleteResigned right after the FBI raided his office!
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