Eldest and DIL2 own a horse farm. DIL2 tells me that the Vikings also had smallish horses. Interesting. I have a little Viking in my genetics and I'm 5ft tall. I wonder if some of the Vikings were my size! 😆
If I have a "Two Sleeps" night, it's because I drank too much liquid before bedtime and need to make a trip to the porcelain convenience. And I concur that it helps to NOT engage in anything stimulating during that foray. In fact, I close my eyes as much as possible, so that I still feel sleepy when I lay back down. Works great.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) seemingly slams the Democratic leadership in an interview with The Guardian.
Said Sanders: “We have tried a strategy over the last several months, which has been mostly backdoor negotiations with a handful of senators. It hasn’t succeeded on Build Back Better or on voting rights. It has demoralized millions of Americans.”
Rolling Stone: Manchin's Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew [Click] “The senator from West Virginia is bought and paid for by Big Coal. With his help the dying industry is pulling one final heist — and the entire planet may pay the price” I am of the opinion that Manchin has now proven beyond reasonable doubt that his word is worth nothing.
Manchin has inherited the shop-keeper mentality which, for some reason, adhere's to cheating as a primary mode of behavior. Perhaps the realizstion of unearned profit leads them to despise the people from whom they steal. It really has not changed much since 1950 and continues to generate resentment. I've encountered it in East LA, Haarlem, North Florida and Brunswick, Georgia. For some reason, people who sell stuff to poor people resent their customers for letting them exploit them. "I'm abusing you because you are letting me abuse you." I do not know how to account for that psychologically.
Manchin will go down in history in the top 5 of the worst of the worst in Congress, for single-handedly screwing this nation when we had the chance to do some good.
When I retired we started using a tax preparer; before that I had always done our tax returns myself, but it had become simply too complicated. And there were a lot of extra complications during the year I retired. Since then it has been very easy and lightning fast. (I strongly suspect that the state and federal tax folks don't know how to handle paper returns any more.)
Oh, that's a cute caption, listener!
ReplyDeleteThe forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps' [Click]
Iniskim Umaapi: Is this Canada's 'Stonehenge'? [Click]
The Soviet palace [in Kaliningrad] that people love to hate [Click] And other old local buildings and ruins—as well as an exploration of residents’ changing attitudes to the local built environment.
Bernie Sanders says Democrats are failing: ‘The party has turned its back on the working class’ [Click] The senator says it’s time to ‘step up and take on the greed of the ruling class in America.’
Medieval warhorses no bigger than modern-day ponies, study finds [Click] “Contrary to mythical depictions of the iconic steeds as towering beasts, most in England were less than 14.2 hands high”
Eldest and DIL2 own a horse farm. DIL2 tells me that the Vikings also had smallish horses. Interesting. I have a little Viking in my genetics and I'm 5ft tall. I wonder if some of the Vikings were my size! 😆
DeleteIf I have a "Two Sleeps" night, it's because I drank too much liquid before bedtime and need to make a trip to the porcelain convenience. And I concur that it helps to NOT engage in anything stimulating during that foray. In fact, I close my eyes as much as possible, so that I still feel sleepy when I lay back down. Works great.
DeleteSen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) seemingly slams the Democratic leadership in an interview with The Guardian.
DeleteSaid Sanders: “We have tried a strategy over the last several months, which has been mostly backdoor negotiations with a handful of senators. It hasn’t succeeded on Build Back Better or on voting rights. It has demoralized millions of Americans.”
Rolling Stone: Manchin's Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew [Click] “The senator from West Virginia is bought and paid for by Big Coal. With his help the dying industry is pulling one final heist — and the entire planet may pay the price” I am of the opinion that Manchin has now proven beyond reasonable doubt that his word is worth nothing.
ReplyDeleteManchin has inherited the shop-keeper mentality which, for some reason, adhere's to cheating as a primary mode of behavior. Perhaps the realizstion of unearned profit leads them to despise the people from whom they steal. It really has not changed much since 1950 and continues to generate resentment. I've encountered it in East LA, Haarlem, North Florida and Brunswick, Georgia. For some reason, people who sell stuff to poor people resent their customers for letting them exploit them.
Delete"I'm abusing you because you are letting me abuse you." I do not know how to account for that psychologically.
Psychologically, it's called Transference.
DeleteManchin will go down in history in the top 5 of the worst of the worst in Congress, for single-handedly screwing this nation when we had the chance to do some good.
DeleteIRS Warns of Delays In Tax Refunds [Click]
ReplyDeletePhooey!
DeleteI guess we'd best get ours in early!
When I retired we started using a tax preparer; before that I had always done our tax returns myself, but it had become simply too complicated. And there were a lot of extra complications during the year I retired. Since then it has been very easy and lightning fast. (I strongly suspect that the state and federal tax folks don't know how to handle paper returns any more.)
DeleteWarren: Powell's actions raise suspicions Fed may be hiding full scope of trading scandal [Click]
ReplyDeleteGo Warren! Smoke 'em!!
DeleteStates carve out billions in budgets for electric vehicle surge [Click]
ReplyDeleteU.S. Breaks Record for Covid-19 Hospitalizations [Click] And it is on track to get a whole lot worse.
ReplyDeleteI was planning to take up a senior aerobics class, but that may be spending some more time on the back burner.
DeleteFirst-dose vaccinations quadrupled in Quebec ahead of vaccine passport requirements at liquor and cannabis stores, CTV News reports. Hmmmmm.....
DeleteSan Francisco officials tell residents to limit 911 calls to life-threatening emergencies amid Omicron surge [Click] “The virus has depleted the ranks of emergency and essential workers, leaving California’s health system critically strained.
DeleteFrom the ranks of lawsuits that are far less than clear to me, but interesting nonetheless:
ReplyDeleteCivil Suits Against Trump Seek Damages for Capitol Attack [Click]
Yale, Georgetown, Other Top Schools Illegally Collude to Limit Student Financial Aid, Lawsuit Alleges [Click]
Paul Manafort’s Book Deal May Breach Plea Agreement [Click]
Technology news: Elon Musk now offers cat warming service [Click]
ReplyDeleteSinking feeling: San Francisco’s Millennium Tower is still leaning 3in every year [Click] Might not be good news for owners of buildings it is leaning toward, either. . .
ReplyDeleteIt beggars belief that they didn't extend the foundation to bedrock to start with, given the location.
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