Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Blue Sky


 

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    1. There is a fairly lengthy clip of Adam Schiff talking, which is something I have not seen before. What he says is fine--but his delivery and demeanor are dull. I think I am right to make him my third-place choice to replace Diane Feinstein.
      ---Alan

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    2. Yes, I am not keen on Schiff. Much prefer Katie Porter, who's money wise. She and Elizabeth Warren would make a potent combo. She is really wasted in a House whose agenda is set by morons.

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    3. {listener}
      Alan, can you say a few words about what your “URGENT” post is about? I can’t seem to get past the commercials.

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    4. Mea culpa maxima--I accidentally posted the link to the game commercial. I meant to post a link to the MSNBC evening Trump news update, which is probably olds rather than news by now. Can't find my way back using my computer history.
      ---Alan

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    5. One part of it that sticks in my mind was about a judge deciding that one of Trump's lawyers could be obliged to testify about communications with Trump (and submit his notes/records) because Trump lied to him about not having any more classified government records at Mar-a-Lago. I think that was what MSNBC called URGENT.

      Hannah--I certainly like Porter, but for old times' sake I favor Barbara Lee. "Barbara Lee Speaks For Me." Still, she is my age, which is getting on in years. All three of them are OK, but Schiff is unexciting. I have a fantasy about Porter pulling out her white board, causing the guy she is questioning to slit his wrists . . .

      ----Alan

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    6. I think this was the big story:
      Judge Agrees With DOJ That Trump Likely Committed A Crime [Click] Trump lawyers given until midnight to respond, prosecutor until 6AM today.
      —Alan

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    7. Specifically, the judge said that Trump's lie to his lawyers about having turned over all the documents appeared to have involved them in commission of a crime, thereby making it possible to subpoena them without regard to attuorney-client privilege.

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    8. Verrrry innnterrresting!!!!!

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    9. Sounds like an emergency escape for the attorney.
      ---Alan

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  2. I was just reading the news stories about severe California weather; not around here.
    ---Alan

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    1. ^ {listener}

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    2. listener—I couldn’t get through to your story—I think this is the one:
      Police chief says border patrol is dropping immigrant families at St. Johnsbury Welcome Center [Click]
      —Alan

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    3. Thanks, Alan! I have no idear what happened there.
      But, yes, that's the very story. 👍

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  4. listener— re Real Vermont Etiquette [Click] I figured that there must be a fair amount of truth to it [grin]. In addition to the various forms of greetings, I particularly remember the wife’s response to the husband mentioning her [great?] grandfather coming from New Hampshire [sotto voce: “We don’t talk about him”].
    ---Alan

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    1. I remember the immigrant big-city Republican some years back who was running for Representative or some such political office. An old farmer registered as a Republican to run against him in the primary. During a televised debate the farmer asked the flatlander how many teats a cow has, and the guy couldn't answer. Having defeated the guy in the primary, the farmer dropped out of the race and re-registered as a Democrat. I figured the flatlander should have answered "Oh, you can't fool ME with a trick question like that! No matter what I answer, you'll bring out a cow with a different number of teats! WHICH cow are you talking about?"
      --Alan

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    2. Oops--not clear as written, but the election was in Vermont.
      ---Alan

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    3. Well, most likely you're speaking of "Man With a Plan" Fred Tuttle, who ran against Jack McMullen (rich guy from Massachusetts), back in 1998. Tuttle won the primary, then endorsed Pat Leahy and bowed out. Too funny!

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  5. Trump Grand Jury Will Not Meet Wednesday [Click] Maybe to take some wind out of Trump’s sails?
    —Alan

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  6. Galloping Grant: the day a sitting president of the US was arrested [Click] I hadn’t heard this story before, but remember reading about Lincoln being ticketed for speeding in DC. The policeman hesitated when he saw whom he had stopped, Lincoln said to him "Do your duty, Officer."
    —Alan

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  7. The Atlantic: How Ivermectin Became a Belief System [Click] “The deworming drug is central to an improvisational, alternative medical subculture that was forming even before the pandemic.”
    —Alan

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  8. Ramadan began at sunset.

    Two quotes from Jimmy Carter:

    "You just have to have a simple faith."

    "We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs."

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  9. As we were having dinner we noticed that the sun was bright and close to setting, so looked to the east and saw a brilliant (single) rainbow--looked out the front door too, and saw that it was complete. Very nice.
    ---Alan

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