Our TV's screensaver scrolls through various pictures and newsy notes. I don't always read them, but tonight I noticed a new show coming out which was presented as being called "GUSTY" after Hillary and Chelsea's book on "Gusty women". I had a feeling that couldn't be quite right. Turns out it's a book about *Gutsy* Women. Had to wonder if the station has a right winger in the typesetting department.
That's a cute idea--going through the seasons! Do you know what gauge it is? We had a big O-gauge set we would put up once a year. Gave it away when we moved. Come to think of it, I believe HO-gauge often had rolling stock with real railway company names on them, and O-gauge didn't. ---Alan
Trump to face sworn deposition in New York lawsuit as legal troubles mount [Click] “Trump’s lawyer has indicated that he will invoke his constitutional right against self-incrimination and refuse to answer questions.” I question whether he would have the discipline necessary to do that continually; if prodded enough, he might well not be able to restrain himself.
'Twill be historic in several ways. Before the passage of Dodd/Frank financial information was virtually immune from outside review. The IRS is still not allowed to share information unless there is evidence of criminal activity from another source. The war on drugs had opened the banking system a crack by requiring that deposits over ten grand be reported. That was easily evaded by making several $9,900 deposits of cash. Dodd/Frank, under cover of setting up the CFPB, required periodic reporting from banks of account changes which make it possible to note anomalous activity (from a new country, novel client, unfamiliar location, etc). Among other things it made the effort to track disinvestment that ACORN had been engaged in (fruitlessly) unnecessary. Anyway, because of the secrecy there had been few bank fraud investigations in the past and we had the 2008 crash, as well as a cycle of manufactured recessions to profit speculators. Dodd/Frank was truly multi-purpose under the guise of funding the ACA, which Republicans spent much energy opposing, and then ignored the 900 page implementation. Dodd/Frank also covered insurance regulations to make them more consistent with the Euro zone. I am not sure to what extent cryptocurrency is a effort to evade U.S. financial regulation. If they want any kind of legal support, the source is going to have to submit to supervision. Why people are keen to exchange a private figment for a public figment of the imagination escapes me.
(Susan) Since Ivana Trump died yesterday the other trumps will probably get a postponement. All I can see is that idiot Mike Flynn responding "Fifth" to every question. Might as well just say "guilty".
I can't remember who it was, but someone years ago told The Former Guy that maybe he would plead the Fifth, and TFG responded "Why would you do that? The Mafia pleads the Fifth." But I don't think TFG has the mental discipline to keep it up; if the prosecutor continues the questioning, I think he is likely to blurt out something damaging. There are variations, but some prosecutors are very good at getting under a witness's skin; at the least they are trained to do it.
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MSNBC interviewed a person, Professor Michele Goodwin, who explained that anti-abortion activists do not consider medical and surgical interventions to be abortion. She said they call it "something else." So, what is the legislative effort about? If the aim is to declare a natural process illegal, good luck with that!
==================== Biden Pulls the Plug on Broader Spending Bill July 15, 2022 at 3:22 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
With Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) killing — or at best delaying — climate provisions of a budget reconciliation bill, President Biden issued a statement saying he is moving on. Said Biden: “If the Senate will not move to tackle the climate crisis and strengthen our domestic clean energy industry, I will take strong executive action to meet this moment.” Instead, Biden said he wants the Senate to pass legislation to lower prescription drug prices and extend funding for the Affordable Care Act — even if it lacks climate provisions or tax increases — before the August recess. ==========================
There seems to be reason to hope that the Dems will pick up some strength in the Senate this Fall. Should that happen, presumably Manchin will not be able to spit in the peaches.
Our TV's screensaver scrolls through various pictures and newsy notes. I don't always read them, but tonight I noticed a new show coming out which was presented as being called "GUSTY" after Hillary and Chelsea's book on "Gusty women". I had a feeling that couldn't be quite right. Turns out it's a book about *Gutsy* Women. Had to wonder if the station has a right winger in the typesetting department.
ReplyDeleteCould be computerized spelling "correction," but one would wonder.
Delete---Alan
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DeleteThey need some Quality Control, at very least.
That train takes up a third of the museum's display space and runs through all the seasons in Vermont. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteThat's a cute idea--going through the seasons! Do you know what gauge it is? We had a big O-gauge set we would put up once a year. Gave it away when we moved. Come to think of it, I believe HO-gauge often had rolling stock with real railway company names on them, and O-gauge didn't.
Delete---Alan
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DeleteHO, I think.
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DeleteNot the little trains, not the large sort either. They’re just right.
Trump to face sworn deposition in New York lawsuit as legal troubles mount [Click] “Trump’s lawyer has indicated that he will invoke his constitutional right against self-incrimination and refuse to answer questions.” I question whether he would have the discipline necessary to do that continually; if prodded enough, he might well not be able to restrain himself.
ReplyDelete'Twill be historic in several ways. Before the passage of Dodd/Frank financial information was virtually immune from outside review. The IRS is still not allowed to share information unless there is evidence of criminal activity from another source.
DeleteThe war on drugs had opened the banking system a crack by requiring that deposits over ten grand be reported. That was easily evaded by making several $9,900 deposits of cash.
Dodd/Frank, under cover of setting up the CFPB, required periodic reporting from banks of account changes which make it possible to note anomalous activity (from a new country, novel client, unfamiliar location, etc). Among other things it made the effort to track disinvestment that ACORN had been engaged in (fruitlessly) unnecessary.
Anyway, because of the secrecy there had been few bank fraud investigations in the past and we had the 2008 crash, as well as a cycle of manufactured recessions to profit speculators.
Dodd/Frank was truly multi-purpose under the guise of funding the ACA, which Republicans spent much energy opposing, and then ignored the 900 page implementation. Dodd/Frank also covered insurance regulations to make them more consistent with the Euro zone.
I am not sure to what extent cryptocurrency is a effort to evade U.S. financial regulation. If they want any kind of legal support, the source is going to have to submit to supervision. Why people are keen to exchange a private figment for a public figment of the imagination escapes me.
(Susan) Since Ivana Trump died yesterday the other trumps will probably get a postponement. All I can see is that idiot Mike Flynn responding "Fifth" to every question. Might as well just say "guilty".
DeleteGood point.
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DeleteI can't remember who it was, but someone years ago told The Former Guy that maybe he would plead the Fifth, and TFG responded "Why would you do that? The Mafia pleads the Fifth." But I don't think TFG has the mental discipline to keep it up; if the prosecutor continues the questioning, I think he is likely to blurt out something damaging. There are variations, but some prosecutors are very good at getting under a witness's skin; at the least they are trained to do it.
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ReplyDeleteWhy Trump Wants to Announce a 2024 Bid Soon [key words: desperate, obsessed]
Just Another Day in Trumpworld
Trump Fundraises Off News of Ex-Wife’s Death
A Few Thoughts for the End of the Week [Re Pence refusal to be spirited away by Secret Service detail]
Democrats Post ‘Blockbuster’ Fundraising Numbers
Republicans Fear Abortion Backlash
January 6 Committee Will Try to ‘Reconstruct’ Texts [The chair of the January 6 Committee said the panel will try to ”reconstruct” deleted U.S. Secret Service text messages flagged by an agency watchdog, Axios reports.] It seemed to me that the messages ought to be preserved on computers somewhere. . . It ought to be interesting to have the FBI (and maybe the CIA) investigate the Secret Service.
DT knows no shame whatsoever.
DeleteJan. 6th Participant Who Right-Wing Media Cast As Agent Provocateur Speaks Out [Click] Lie down with dogs, rise up with fleas. . .
ReplyDeleteAs Red States Try To Seal Borders Against Abortion, Mailed Pills Zoom Around The US [Click] And let us not forget Mexico.
ReplyDeleteMSNBC interviewed a person, Professor Michele Goodwin, who explained that anti-abortion activists do not consider medical and surgical interventions to be abortion. She said they call it "something else."
DeleteSo, what is the legislative effort about? If the aim is to declare a natural process illegal, good luck with that!
Marina Hyde: While Britain burns, the Tories are . . . fiddling with themselves again [Click] What a mess.
ReplyDeleteEngland braces for 40C temperatures as expert warns thousands could die [Click] Same sort of temperatures as we are having, but surely the humidity is far greater, far fewer people have air conditioning, and people are not accustomed to it.
ReplyDeleteGas price drop hits 30 straight days as oil prices continue collapse [Click] Gee—- do we get to blame Mr. Biden for this? Asking for a friend. . .
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Biden Pulls the Plug on Broader Spending Bill
July 15, 2022 at 3:22 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
With Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) killing — or at best delaying — climate provisions of a budget reconciliation bill, President Biden issued a statement saying he is moving on.
Said Biden: “If the Senate will not move to tackle the climate crisis and strengthen our domestic clean energy industry, I will take strong executive action to meet this moment.”
Instead, Biden said he wants the Senate to pass legislation to lower prescription drug prices and extend funding for the Affordable Care Act — even if it lacks climate provisions or tax increases — before the August recess.
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Manchin Denies Killing Climate Provisions of Spending Bill [Click]
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In blow to Biden, Manchin rejects global minimum tax plan [Click]
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Certainly strange behavior for a coal baron, eh?
Delete(Susan) I hate Joe Manchin with the heat of a thousand suns. May his yacht sink, and I wouldn't cry if he were on board at the time.
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DeleteWell said, Susan.
There seems to be reason to hope that the Dems will pick up some strength in the Senate this Fall. Should that happen, presumably Manchin will not be able to spit in the peaches.
DeleteThe Psychology of an Isolated Russia | The New Yorker [Click] David Remnick and the historian Steve Kotkin discuss Vladimir Putin and how authoritarian regimes are pushed into misguided foreign wars.
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