Monday, January 31, 2022

Starling ... there goes January


 

27 comments:

  1. https://digbysblog.net/2022/01/30/a-case-for-optimism/

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  2. Trump says openly for the first time that he tried to overturn the election. [Click]

    “This is an admission, and a massively un-American statement. It is time for every Republican leader to pick a side… Trump or the Constitution, there is no middle on defending our nation anymore.”
    — Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)

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    1. Rats always sow the seeds of their own destruction.

      This guy hands you the knife and still doesn't get cut.
      Hopefully, this time he handed the Committee something more.

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    2. For some reason, Poor Donald seems convinced that if he admits the bad things he's done, he'll escape punishment. He's not alone. Lots of miscreants are out on the street because they have learned that pleading guilty works. The killers of Arbery have apparently learned that they want to a avoid a federal sentence from which there is no chance of parole. So, two of them want to plead guilty to something.

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  3. 'Maus,' the graphic novel about the Holocaust, surges to top of Amazon bestseller list after Tennessee school ban. [Click] As with other recent school book bans. It isn’t quite like “Banned in Boston,” but isn’t very different either.

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  4. Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and his three school age children, have tested positive for Covid-19
    https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/americas/justin-trudeau-covid/index.html

    His wife Sophie tested positive in March of 2020.

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  5. Well, that's something...!

    Politico: Manchin Backs a Black Woman for Supreme Court
    January 31, 2022 at 2:10 pm EST
    Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told reporters that it’s “beyond time” for a Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

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    1. Something, yes; how much, we will have to see.

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  6. Climate change due to polar migration of jet stream(s)? [Click] Typical video in that the information density is very low, but they finally manage to express the idea.

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  7. Penny was transferred to a nursing home today. We will be able to visit her there, as we could not at the hospital.

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    1. I do hope it's a nice nursing home, Bill.

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    2. Gosh, Bill, I didn't realise you haven't been able to visit Penny at the hospital. That is so hard, I do know, from when Wil was in hospital December before last with his heart issue. It's so good that you can see her now! It will surely be reassuring for Penny and a great relief for you. How are you doing at home? I imagine the house seems rather large suddenly. Take care.

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  8. Latest on Boris Johnson’s weaseling during question time in House of Commons. [Click] Oh, and he was so busy with trying to escape PartyGate questions that he couldn’t work in a scheduled call with Vladimir Putin.

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    1. And Putin doesn't have time in his schedule for a re-do. At this rate it won't be long before the UK has the diplomatic heft of Greenland. Brexit looks worse by the day. I wonder if we will see Northern Ireland and/or Scotland secede from the UK this year.

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  9. They want my body down at the jury assembly room at 0830 tomorrow. If not chosen for a jury, that one day will fulfill my obligation.

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    1. Just tell them how many times you've been in courtrooms already and why. It'll scare the bejeebers out of the prosecution. LOL!

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    2. My chance of being placed on a criminal jury is probably somewhere between zero and nothing. Very slim chance of getting on a civil jury. Overeducated and too much courtroom experience. But it is my civic duty to present myself.

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    3. 👍

      You're good people, Alan.

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  10. U.S. and Allies Close to Reviving Nuclear Deal With Iran [Click]

    Republican Lawmaker Shares Quote From neo-Nazi in Bid to Slam Fauci [Click] The quote, which was misattributed by Congressman Thomas Massie to French philosopher Voltaire, was coined by neo-Nazi Kevin Alfred Strom.

    Bomb threats reported at six HBCUs prompt class cancellations [Click] “Second time this month that historically Black colleges and universities in US faced simultaneous threats.”

    Trump Is In 'Burn-It-All-Down Mode,' Warns NYT Reporter Maggie Haberman [Click]

    The Senate Republicans' campaign and fundraising arm is launching a new podcast — with Donald Trump as its debut guest and donor lure. [Click]

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