Friday, July 12, 2024

At the Von Trapp Greenhouse


 

31 comments:

  1. Just want to say, I miss Susan.
    I picture her absolutely livid at what is going on these days, thinking things noit lawful to be uttered and close to blogging about them anyway. I think we could use a sharp comment or two for these times.

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  2. Why did Delta Airlines tweet that the Palestinian flag is ‘terrifying’? [Click] “Thousands in Gaza are dying – but what’s really scary, apparently, is a flight attendant wearing a tiny flag pin”
    ——Alan

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  3. Should You Remove The SIM In Your Car? [Click] “We now know that the data collection in modern cars is out of control -- The question is, how does that data even leave your car? And what, if anything, can you do to stop it?”
    ——Alan

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    1. {listener}
      We didn’t sign up for “Ford Protect” which is a way Ford collects your data “for you.”

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    2. {listener}
      Wait, it’s actually called “Ford Pass.” You can use it to unlock and start your engine from a distance, and whatnot, so people think it’s cool and sign up.

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  4. Joe Blogs video: CHINA - Trade War is Damaging Economy as USA & Europe Apply Increased Tariffs [Click] China's economy is already quite fragile and significantly damaged.
    ——Alan

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  5. Michael Popok video: Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling has backfired massively [Click] “The Supreme Court may have thought they were helping MAGA federalists by trying to dismantle administrative agencies that touch the lives of every American to try to give even more power to the presidency. Michael Popok of Legal AF explains that it will backfire and have the opposite effect, allowing all socially progressive groups to go to their local federal judge and seek to overturn right-wing policies, procedures, and requirements that always favored big industry over the people.” Interesting.
    ——Alan

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    1. I shall be mature and merely observe that I hope Popok is right.

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    2. Welcome aboard.
      -----Alan

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    1. Okay, I'm not gonna be mature about this one.

      Yippee! Take that, ya big, orange turd!

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    2. Maturity is sometimes over-rated. I have fluctuating images of him being brought into court in either chains or a straitjacket. [Aside: in most courtrooms these days there are rings set in the floor beneath the Defense table, out of sight from the jury box, to secure leg irons. In at least some courtrooms, the bench is filled with gravel to block bullets.]
      ----Alan

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  7. Listener, I do have keys to this blog. My question was poorly phrased and thus unclear.

    Here's my problem: The edit pencil doesn't show up on the frontpage posts on The Arty Blog.

    The Arty Blog and HEP are both Blogger blogs, so the answer to my question with regard to HEP ought to be the same with regard to Arty. So, my question is:

    What settings do you set in HEP to make the edit pencil show up?

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    1. {listener}
      Goodness, I have no idear! Renee set it up. Can you message her on Facebook?

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  8. Video: Involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin dismissed with prejudice. [Click] I haven’t been following closely enough to know what evidence the prosecution withheld.
    ——Alan

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    1. I am surprised that blanks would not be very obviously blanks. And the pistols could be incapable of firing a regular bullet, like starters' pistols.
      ----Alan

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  9. Anton Petrov video: Mysterious 2000km Long Cloud on Mars That Returns Every Day [Click] And looks like it comes from a mountain. Three years ago, but I don't recall reading about it before.
    ——Alan

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  10. Still not quite satisfactory, but OK.
    -----Alan

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  11. Meidas Touch video: Biden Crushes Trump In Game-Changing Speech [Click] I like it.
    ——Alan

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