On Wednesday, we had a total of 6.75" of the beautiful snow we wanted in January. For Saturday, another 12+" of snow is predicted. It's postponing VT*Grand's high school play by a day. Truly, we're getting our seasons in reverse this year.
W.A. ... It's not unusual for us to have snowstorms in March...it just seems strange this year because our Winter was so warm. Burlington's largest snowstorm this season was about 7.5" in January. This storm will bring 12+".
But we actually had 2 feet of snow fall on April 28th one year. So anything's possible.
House Passes Spending Bill to Avert Shutdown [Click] The House passed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill, 286 to 134, sending the package to the Senate to avert a partial government shutdown, Punchbowl News reports.
Speaker Mike Johnson fell fall short of the majority-of-the-majority threshold with 112 House Republicans voting against the measure.
One legal analyst called Trump’s Friday morning rant “the dumbest thing he could possibly have done”.
“That is a direct admission by him that he has the money,” Nick Akerman, a former assistant US attorney in the Southern District of New York who was a prosecutor during the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon, told CNN.
“Keep in mind, even with this operating money or cash that he supposedly has, if he doesn’t pony up and put up a bond, Letitia James is going to be able to go in and basically put restraining orders on all of his bank accounts. Everything that relates to him and all of that money is going to be tied up and frozen.
“So if he’s really got that money, he’s got to put it up.”
Princess Kate has just announced that she has cancer and has been undergoing preventative chemotherapy. No mention of what type of cancer or what stage.
Note that "preventative chemo therapy" is not a medical term. It would more likely be adjutant, given alongside other treatment. I feel so badly for William & Kate for all the crappy press and coverage they've had to endure while dealing with this news. They waited until their children were on school break to make the announcement, for their children's sake. Wise, it seems to me. None of our business, really.
Presumably cancerous cells were found in whatever was removed at surgery, and metastases are not evident. But such things are no business of outsiders, no matter the patient's social status. ----Alan
I disagree. William and Kate made their own problems by their TERRIBLE PR campaign. Their three month secrecy merely grew conspiracy theories like mushrooms in the dark. I, personally, believed William had attacked her in a rage and incapacitated her. They really did this to themselves. Also, I read today that King Charles has pancreatic cancer and was given a two year end time. Everything fell apart after Queen Elizabeth died....-Susan
There are a number of scandals swirling around younger members of the Japanese imperial family. The previous emperor (Showa) was, and his son the current emperor is, thoroughly respectable, but the males in the next generation are another matter. The outstanding younger descendant is a woman, and since the late 19th Century (really not so long ago) the succession law has required an emperor, and does not permit an empress. In times past there were occasional empresses, but the Diet (Parliament) has lately refused to change the law of succession. ----Alan
I've just seen that the Democratic National Convention will be in Chicago. Great news for hotels and certain other businesses, but not for those of us who live in the Chicago area.
There were also the 1860 nomination of Abraham Lincoln and the “ruthless ideological battle on the floor between Roosevelt and Taft supporters in 1912.”
Very cool info, Alan. Thanks! Sorry you Chicagoans get the brunt of it, W.A.. Daughter lived in Kennebunk during the Bush years. What a big pain whenever the Bush presidents came to town. They'd just walk in and clear out a restaurant and definitely made a mess of the traffic.
On Wednesday, we had a total of 6.75" of the beautiful snow we wanted in January.
ReplyDeleteFor Saturday, another 12+" of snow is predicted. It's postponing VT*Grand's high school play by a day.
Truly, we're getting our seasons in reverse this year.
W.A. ...
DeleteIt's not unusual for us to have snowstorms in March...it just seems strange this year because our Winter was so warm. Burlington's largest snowstorm this season was about 7.5" in January. This storm will bring 12+".
But we actually had 2 feet of snow fall on April 28th one year. So anything's possible.
Notable excerpt from President Biden’s State of the Union Address [Click]
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Video: The judge presiding over Trump’s $465 million civil fraud judgment, just gave the Court-appointed monitor over all of Trump and his Company’s assets enhanced powers starting today, to stop fraudulent transfer of assets; and report on all representations made by Trump to bonding companies he claims won’t bond him, among other draconian remedies to stop Trump from committing fraud again. Michael Popok explains this robust new order and its impact on Trump’s daily business operations, and the power of the Court to put parties in jail ultimately for violating it. [Click] And thus to bed.
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House Passes Spending Bill to Avert Shutdown [Click] The House passed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill, 286 to 134, sending the package to the Senate to avert a partial government shutdown, Punchbowl News reports.
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Mike Johnson fell fall short of the majority-of-the-majority threshold with 112 House Republicans voting against the measure.
MTG files motion to vacate the chair.
---Alan
Not clear yet what is in the package, Here is the CNN report. [Click]
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It seems there is some money for Ukraine, but nowhere near the amount in the Senate bill.
Delete----Alan
MTG is the hatefullist Karen that ever Karened. She does nothing but wage war against decency and humanity.
DeleteTrump claims to have ‘almost $500m in cash’ despite inability to pay bond [Click]
ReplyDeleteOne legal analyst called Trump’s Friday morning rant “the dumbest thing he could possibly have done”.
“That is a direct admission by him that he has the money,” Nick Akerman, a former assistant US attorney in the Southern District of New York who was a prosecutor during the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon, told CNN.
“Keep in mind, even with this operating money or cash that he supposedly has, if he doesn’t pony up and put up a bond, Letitia James is going to be able to go in and basically put restraining orders on all of his bank accounts. Everything that relates to him and all of that money is going to be tied up and frozen.
“So if he’s really got that money, he’s got to put it up.”
—Alan
I think Mr. Akerman overestimates Mr. Trump--- I think TFG is quite capable of doing dumber things.
Delete----Alan
The MTG comment was mine. Susan. She is just evil.
ReplyDeletePrincess Kate has just announced that she has cancer and has been undergoing preventative chemotherapy.
ReplyDeleteNo mention of what type of cancer or what stage.
CNN's report on Kate
DeleteNote that "preventative chemo therapy" is not a medical term. It would more likely be adjutant, given alongside other treatment. I feel so badly for William & Kate for all the crappy press and coverage they've had to endure while dealing with this news. They waited until their children were on school break to make the announcement, for their children's sake. Wise, it seems to me. None of our business, really.
DeletePresumably cancerous cells were found in whatever was removed at surgery, and metastases are not evident. But such things are no business of outsiders, no matter the patient's social status.
Delete----Alan
Yeah, I figured that was you...though could also have been Cat. We're all on the same page as far as MTG goes.
ReplyDeleteI disagree. William and Kate made their own problems by their TERRIBLE PR campaign. Their three month secrecy merely grew conspiracy theories like mushrooms in the dark. I, personally, believed William had attacked her in a rage and incapacitated her. They really did this to themselves. Also, I read today that King Charles has pancreatic cancer and was given a two year end time. Everything fell apart after Queen Elizabeth died....-Susan
ReplyDeleteMaybe someone doesn't know the difference between a pancreas and a prostate.
Delete----Alan
There are a number of scandals swirling around younger members of the Japanese imperial family. The previous emperor (Showa) was, and his son the current emperor is, thoroughly respectable, but the males in the next generation are another matter. The outstanding younger descendant is a woman, and since the late 19th Century (really not so long ago) the succession law has required an emperor, and does not permit an empress. In times past there were occasional empresses, but the Diet (Parliament) has lately refused to change the law of succession.
Delete----Alan
I've just seen that the Democratic National Convention will be in Chicago. Great news for hotels and certain other businesses, but not for those of us who live in the Chicago area.
ReplyDeleteThere were also the 1860 nomination of Abraham Lincoln and the “ruthless ideological battle on the floor between Roosevelt and Taft supporters in 1912.”
DeleteEncyclopedia of Chicago: Political Conventions [Click]
—Alan
Very cool info, Alan. Thanks!
DeleteSorry you Chicagoans get the brunt of it, W.A..
Daughter lived in Kennebunk during the Bush years. What a big pain whenever the Bush presidents came to town. They'd just walk in and clear out a restaurant and definitely made a mess of the traffic.