Trump Inquiry Won’t Be Resolved When Vance Leaves [Click] Comment: Vance’s successor, Alvin Bragg while he was chief deputy attorney general of New York, he ran the criminal justice and social justice divisions, and oversaw lawsuits brought by the state against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Company, and the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 United States Census.
A law blog podcast explained that the circuit court had rejected his petition but gave him 14 days to file with the SCOTUS. The podsters opined that this was clever because they assume the SCOTUS will reject early in the year putting an end to the matter. No more appeals after that.
It doesn't really seem reasonable that they would block release of his records. It's just not the way the laws read. But I guess we'll see. Hopefully he'll have no choice but to hand over the records AT LONG LAST!! Might have to make a new holiday out of it. Would be really funny if he had to turn them in by April 15th.
I greatly prefer the old fashioned auto user interface of buttons and knobs; the commonly used ones can be operated without looking, or with only a quick glance. It seems that many people these days have become truly addicted to pecking at screens. I remember Steve Jobs bragging about how the interface for Apple TV would be by far the simplest ever. I well remember when TV sets were operated by two knobs--off/on/volume and channel select. The early remote controls were a little more complicated, but not much. Apple never made anything even remotely approaching that level of simplicity. I'd better stop before I start talking about how many radio stations we could pick up on short wave radio.
No, just me not even noticing that I hadn't set enough threads to post!! I had already set posts for 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th, so my eye didn't catch it. And I was so pressed for time the last two days that I didn't even NOTICE THE DATE when I came by to post!!
French Guiana is near the euator where the revolution of the earth provides the most boost for a vehicle taking off. They have built a launch site in the Amazon forest that is accessible from the ocean and the west coast of the U.S. via the Panama Canal. The telescope id a joint venture of the U.S., France and Canada.
Had to giggle about the location of the launch being a little east of Newfoundland. That's technically true ...assuming you then go south about 5000 miles! 😆
Airplane Passengers At Least Twice As Likely To Catch Covid-19 Because Of Omicron, Airline Trade Body Says [Click]
ReplyDeleteCNN Exclusive: US intel and satellite images show Saudi Arabia is now building its own ballistic missiles with help of China [Click] Gee, big surprise. And the Saudis are such good friends of ours.
The Obscure Charge Jan. 6 Investigators [Seem to be] Looking at for Trump [Click]
Donald Trump Booed at Alabama Rally After Encouraging Crowd to Get COVID-19 Vaccine [Click]
ReplyDeleteO’Reilly Had to Comfort Trump After Fans Booed Him [Click]
Trump Defends Coronavirus Vaccines [Click]
Why Convincing the Unvaccinated Is Nearly Impossible [Click]
So, what's up with DT being pro-vaccine?
DeleteI can't help thinking he's got some ulterior motive.
He's always been pro-vaccine. The program that gave us the Moderna vaccine was his baby. One of the few things he did right.
DeleteIn April and May of 2020 he told us emphatically that Covid would go away without a vaccine.
Deletehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/08/trump-says-coronavirus-will-disappear-without-vaccine-fauci-has-said-opposite/
Trump Inquiry Won’t Be Resolved When Vance Leaves [Click] Comment: Vance’s successor, Alvin Bragg while he was chief deputy attorney general of New York, he ran the criminal justice and social justice divisions, and oversaw lawsuits brought by the state against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Company, and the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 United States Census.
ReplyDeleteBiden Extends Moratorium On Federal Student Loan Payments Until May [Click]
Biden Signs Bill Giving Capitol Police Unilateral Authority To Request National Guard Assistance [Click]
During A COVID Surge, ‘Crisis Standards Of Care’ Involve Excruciating Choices And Impossible Ethical Decisions For Hospital Staff [Click] A pretty good discussion of the issues involved.
Go Biden!
DeleteGO BIDEN!!!
ReplyDeleteBiden administration moves to expand solar power on US land [Click]
How electric vehicles have helped labor and climate groups team up [Click] Interesting that they don’t mention BYD and its unionized electric bus factory in Los Angeles.
Killed by a pill bought on Snapchat: the counterfeit drugs poisoning US teens [Click]
ReplyDeleteUS conservative parents push for book bans – and unintentionally make reading cool again [Click] “Narratives about race, gender and inequality are being banned around the US – but sales are rising as the frenzy appears to cause the opposite effect”
"the frenzy appears to cause the opposite effect”
DeleteI love this!!
The entire article is well worth reading. I should expect it is posted in library break rooms across the country.
DeleteTrump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of His Records [Click] This should prove interesting.
ReplyDeleteA law blog podcast explained that the circuit court had rejected his petition but gave him 14 days to file with the SCOTUS. The podsters opined that this was clever because they assume the SCOTUS will reject early in the year putting an end to the matter. No more appeals after that.
DeleteIt doesn't really seem reasonable that they would block release of his records. It's just not the way the laws read. But I guess we'll see. Hopefully he'll have no choice but to hand over the records AT LONG LAST!! Might have to make a new holiday out of it. Would be really funny if he had to turn them in by April 15th.
DeleteTesla, bowing to pressure, stops allowing drivers to play video games while driving [Click] “A message was left Thursday seeking comment from Tesla, which has disbanded its media relations department.”
ReplyDeleteI find video games on car computer screens puzzling from the get-go.
DeleteI greatly prefer the old fashioned auto user interface of buttons and knobs; the commonly used ones can be operated without looking, or with only a quick glance. It seems that many people these days have become truly addicted to pecking at screens. I remember Steve Jobs bragging about how the interface for Apple TV would be by far the simplest ever. I well remember when TV sets were operated by two knobs--off/on/volume and channel select. The early remote controls were a little more complicated, but not much. Apple never made anything even remotely approaching that level of simplicity. I'd better stop before I start talking about how many radio stations we could pick up on short wave radio.
DeleteOmicron Pushes U.K. to Stay Home Even Without a Government Lockdown [Click]
ReplyDeleteWhat happens when omicron hits China [Click]
HuffPost: Joe Manchin's 'Scaled-Back' Framework May Be Better Than It Sounds [Click]
New Year Brings Minimum Wage Hikes To 21 States [Click]
Manchin told White House last week he would back some version of billionaire tax [Click] Another version of the story here. [Click]
New, full version of Huey Long’s “Share Our Wealth” speech delivered to Congressional interns and Staff Pool on December 11th, 1934. [Click]
Schwarzenegger helps to fund 25 tiny homes to homeless vets in LA [Click]
No new thread. A couple of posts from Alan, but ntohing from anybody else. A holiday holiday?
ReplyDeleteNo, just me not even noticing that I hadn't set enough threads to post!! I had already set posts for 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th, so my eye didn't catch it. And I was so pressed for time the last two days that I didn't even NOTICE THE DATE when I came by to post!!
DeleteI call that TOO busy. Should be calmer now. 😁
2021’s Climate Disasters Revealed An East-West Divide [Click] To be continued.
ReplyDeleteJames Webb telescope set for launch at 1220 GMT on Christmas Day from Kourou, French Guiana [Click] That’s about 7AM ET, if I am not mistaken.
ReplyDelete7:20am if on time.
DeleteFrench Guiana is a little east of Newfoundland.
DeleteFrench Guiana is near the euator where the revolution of the earth provides the most boost for a vehicle taking off. They have built a launch site in the Amazon forest that is accessible from the ocean and the west coast of the U.S. via the Panama Canal. The telescope id a joint venture of the U.S., France and Canada.
DeleteJWST successfully launched.
DeleteWhoo hoo! SO VERY HAPPY about the new spiffy telescope getting launched!!!
DeleteHad to giggle about the location of the launch being a little east of Newfoundland. That's technically true ...assuming you then go south about 5000 miles! 😆
DeleteAustralian man asked his neighbour to take the bins out – so he did, literally [Click] “Carl Stanojevic got a text asking him to take his Queensland neighbour’s bins out. So the 54-year-old Mackay photographer took wheelie bin number 6 for a spin around the town”
ReplyDeleteIt seems to have rained a bit last night, and is predicted to so so this evening; but for now it is very pretty--typical for Christmas Day.
ReplyDelete🌟🎄🌺Long awaited NEW THREAD!!
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