Gosh! Imagine me posting two front pages for the same day. LOL! Thanks, puddle. I deleted the Garden version. The funny thing is that it does have a dusting of snow on it today.
Politico: “The Biden administration is expected to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves in coordination with other nations in the coming days in a bid to tamp down the recent increase in gasoline prices.”
Which reminds me of that translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra I ordered a couple of days ago for my education, after thinking about it for fifty-odd years. It is described as the best translation into English; all good. It has been shipped, but without a tracking number. In looking for the tracking number last night I came across a short description of the book-- it runs to 1656 pages! That could be more education than I was looking for. Well, I shall see. I expect it will have almost no end of footnotes, which can be overlooked. It may include one or even two (extreme possibility three) versions in languages other than English. And it includes a translation (and transcript maybe?) of a classical Chinese commentary.
Amazon (from whom I didn't order the book) excerpts show that the book is in a single language, English. Early sutras (English cognate: suture, a thread that holds things together) are so concise as to be cryptic to those unfamiliar with the material. This is not an early Buddhist sutra.
Actually, it seems to be sort of an anthology of sutras. So that will make it more readily digested (as it were). Several from Nagarjuna and Vasubandu, or students of theirs. I tend to favor Nagarjuna, but Vasubandu is cool too. Different ways of looking at the same thing.
Wil and I got Covid tests yesterday. We did so because we attended VT*Grand's play Thursday evening and want to be sure we aren’t bringing Covid to Thanksgiving dinner, especially because our two youngest grands are too young to yet be vaccinated.
BTW, Wil's sister is Chair of Culture and Tourism on Nantucket. I bet having the President there is wreaking havoc with logistics and getting around. But she's dealing with it well...as she always does.
‘Indentured servitude’: low pay and grueling conditions fueling US truck driver shortage [Click] Not news.
ReplyDeleteTrucking sure needs more people and better hours and pay!
DeleteCertainly fine looking bread!
ReplyDeleteMade by the family womenfolk in Maine! They watch the Great British Baking Show.
DeleteWell, Britain IS pretty close to Maine. . .
DeleteSo this is today's thread and not the garden sleeping thread?
ReplyDeleteCould be!
DeleteGosh! Imagine me posting two front pages for the same day. LOL! Thanks, puddle. I deleted the Garden version. The funny thing is that it does have a dusting of snow on it today.
DeleteVia Politicalwire.com:
ReplyDeleteActually, Millionaires Get a Tax Increase
November 23, 2021 at 11:32 am EST By Taegan Goddard
The Joint Committee on Taxation corrected a report that had suggested the Build Back Better Act would give millionaires a net tax cut in 2022.
In fact, millionaires’ average tax rate goes up by 3.2 percentage points in 2022 and by more in later years.
Biden Asks Court to Lift Stay on Vaccine Mandate [Click]
ReplyDeleteYes, please!
DeleteYesterday the Vermont Legislature voted to allow cities and towns to create their own mask mandates. The Governor signed the bill, though he spoke against it ... which will only embolden those who don't want it.
https://www.wcax.com/2021/11/22/vermont-lawmakers-return-monday-special-session/
The Campaign to Distract Biden From Asia [Click]
ReplyDeleteDamn scary.
DeleteYou have to wonder what is really driving DT's party.
I should think that their motivating force is lust for the illusion of power.
DeletePolitico: “The Biden administration is expected to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves in coordination with other nations in the coming days in a bid to tamp down the recent increase in gasoline prices.”
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ReplyDeleteThe Holiday Travel Crush Has Begun [Click]
Meanwhile, Covid Rebound Is as Bad as Last Year In Some Spots [Click]
New tests show neolithic pits near Stonehenge were human-made [Click]
ReplyDeleteWell, that's kind of a relief, isn't it?
DeleteWell, I don't see any evidence in the story that they weren't made by flying saucers. . .
DeleteWho? The humans?
Delete*ducks*
Either ones!
DeleteSeven doctors contract Covid after attending Florida anti-vaccine summit [Click]
ReplyDeleteKarma has an ironic sense of humour.
DeleteWhich reminds me of that translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra I ordered a couple of days ago for my education, after thinking about it for fifty-odd years. It is described as the best translation into English; all good. It has been shipped, but without a tracking number. In looking for the tracking number last night I came across a short description of the book-- it runs to 1656 pages! That could be more education than I was looking for. Well, I shall see. I expect it will have almost no end of footnotes, which can be overlooked. It may include one or even two (extreme possibility three) versions in languages other than English. And it includes a translation (and transcript maybe?) of a classical Chinese commentary.
DeleteAmazon (from whom I didn't order the book) excerpts show that the book is in a single language, English. Early sutras (English cognate: suture, a thread that holds things together) are so concise as to be cryptic to those unfamiliar with the material. This is not an early Buddhist sutra.
DeleteActually, it seems to be sort of an anthology of sutras. So that will make it more readily digested (as it were). Several from Nagarjuna and Vasubandu, or students of theirs. I tend to favor Nagarjuna, but Vasubandu is cool too. Different ways of looking at the same thing.
DeleteBritain is in desperate need of workers. So why is it trying to keep them out? [Click] Sounds familiar, it does. . .
ReplyDeleteJury awards 25 million dollars in damages for Unite the Right violence [Click]
ReplyDeleteWith hospitals full, Central California pleading to send COVID-19 patients to L.A. [Click]
ReplyDeleteYep, that's us.
Delete😯
DeleteThe mystery of Siberia's 2,500-year-old 'Ice Maiden' [Click] Wow! What a set of tattoos!
ReplyDeleteHer remains and burial tell quite a story.
DeleteJanuary 6th committee subpoenas Proud Boys and Oath Keepers
ReplyDeletehttps://www.cnn.com/2021/11/23/politics/january-6-subpoenas-proud-boys-oath-keepers/index.html
Wil and I got Covid tests yesterday. We did so because we attended VT*Grand's play Thursday evening and want to be sure we aren’t bringing Covid to Thanksgiving dinner, especially because our two youngest grands are too young to yet be vaccinated.
ReplyDeleteGood for you.
DeleteCVS, Walmart and Walgreens fueled opioid crisis, US jury finds [Click] “Ohio’s Trumbull and Lake counties sued five pharmacy chains for causing overdose deaths costing each of the two counties about $1bn.”
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ReplyDeleteSo, apparently President Biden is spending Thanksgiving on Nantucket.
So, here's what Stephen Colbert came up with:
There once was a man from Nantucket
Whose poll numbers really did suck it
At least he is not
That orange Pol Pot
Who ate all his meals from a bucket
BTW, Wil's sister is Chair of Culture and Tourism on Nantucket. I bet having the President there is wreaking havoc with logistics and getting around. But she's dealing with it well...as she always does.
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