Today after haircut and dentist appts, I’m off to help VT*Grand paint her apartment!! Grandad Wil is already there rolling the walls with her. My part will be to paint Ivy leaves in various locations. Her apartment is over her parents’ garage. She despises college dorm rooms. I think she’s wise!
I feel marginally better today. Had a long and frustrating day yesterday, wanted to run away from myself. Things got better in the afternoon, so I looked at my youngest around 4:30 and said, "Wanna go to Waffle House?" And he said, "Now?" and I said, "Yes, right now." So we did and for dessert we split a waffle and I started to feel human again. listener, I could never find a place to put it in the conversation, but I always wanted to tell you that the thing that absolutely fascinated me about Shiloh is that he liked break dance! Not only that he liked it, but that he could DO it. Well, I'm weird. Susan
And, Susan...you absolutely melted my heart with your remembrance of Shiloh's nutty dancing prowess. Thank you so much. My heart hurts every single day, missing him so much...but mostly sorrowing that he will never get to experience his younger daughter's high school graduation, or watching his elder daughter follow him to a PhD and be a field biologist/ecologist, and especially that he will never get to experience being the amazing grandad he would have been. But remembering him being so completely full of life reminds me of how truly graced we were AND ARE that he lived and lived life the way he did.
And, by the way, VT*Grand told us tonight that she is going to put up a bird feeder outside her apartment, in honour of Uncle Shiloh. 💛
How Trump and his advisers miscalculated Iran’s response to war
On Feb. 18, as President Donald Trump weighed whether to launch military attacks on Iran, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, told an interviewer he was not concerned that the looming war might disrupt oil supplies in the Middle East and wreak havoc in energy markets.
Even during the Israeli and U.S. strikes against Iran last June, Wright said, there had been little disruption in the markets. “Oil prices blipped up and then went back down,” he said. Some of Trump’s other advisers shared similar views in private, dismissing warnings that — the second time around — Iran might wage economic warfare by closing shipping lanes carrying roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply.
The extent of that miscalculation was laid bare in recent days, as Iran threatened to fire at commercial oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic choke point through which all ships must pass on their way out of the Persian Gulf. In response to the Iranian threats, commercial shipping has come to a standstill in the Gulf, oil prices have spiked, and the Trump administration has scrambled to find ways to tamp down an economic crisis that has triggered higher gasoline prices for Americans.
The episode is emblematic of how much Trump and his advisers misjudged how Iran would respond to a conflict that the government in Tehran, Iran’s capital, sees as an existential threat. Iran has responded far more aggressively than it did during last June’s 12-day war, firing barrages of missiles and drones at U.S. military bases, cities in Arab nations across the Middle East, and on Israeli population centers. -- nordy
Today after haircut and dentist appts, I’m off to help VT*Grand paint her apartment!! Grandad Wil is already there rolling the walls with her. My part will be to paint Ivy leaves in various locations.
ReplyDeleteHer apartment is over her parents’ garage. She despises college dorm rooms. I think she’s wise!
Imagine…VT*Grand was born 3.5 years after Dean bowed out of the Presidential race, and now she’s in college!
DeleteIf you missed Heather Cox Richardson’s post last night, have a look!
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Hoping you’ll check in soon, W.A.!
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I feel marginally better today. Had a long and frustrating day yesterday, wanted to run away from myself. Things got better in the afternoon, so I looked at my youngest around 4:30 and said, "Wanna go to Waffle House?" And he said, "Now?" and I said, "Yes, right now." So we did and for dessert we split a waffle and I started to feel human again.
ReplyDeletelistener, I could never find a place to put it in the conversation, but I always wanted to tell you that the thing that absolutely fascinated me about Shiloh is that he liked break dance! Not only that he liked it, but that he could DO it. Well, I'm weird. Susan
Anytime's the right time for waffles!
DeleteI'm glad the waffles helped. 😊
DeleteAnd, Susan...you absolutely melted my heart with your remembrance of Shiloh's nutty dancing prowess. Thank you so much. My heart hurts every single day, missing him so much...but mostly sorrowing that he will never get to experience his younger daughter's high school graduation, or watching his elder daughter follow him to a PhD and be a field biologist/ecologist, and especially that he will never get to experience being the amazing grandad he would have been. But remembering him being so completely full of life reminds me of how truly graced we were AND ARE that he lived and lived life the way he did.
And, by the way, VT*Grand told us tonight that she is going to put up a bird feeder outside her apartment, in honour of Uncle Shiloh. 💛
How Trump and his advisers miscalculated Iran’s response to war
ReplyDeleteOn Feb. 18, as President Donald Trump weighed whether to launch military attacks on Iran, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, told an interviewer he was not concerned that the looming war might disrupt oil supplies in the Middle East and wreak havoc in energy markets.
Even during the Israeli and U.S. strikes against Iran last June, Wright said, there had been little disruption in the markets. “Oil prices blipped up and then went back down,” he said. Some of Trump’s other advisers shared similar views in private, dismissing warnings that — the second time around — Iran might wage economic warfare by closing shipping lanes carrying roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply.
The extent of that miscalculation was laid bare in recent days, as Iran threatened to fire at commercial oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic choke point through which all ships must pass on their way out of the Persian Gulf. In response to the Iranian threats, commercial shipping has come to a standstill in the Gulf, oil prices have spiked, and the Trump administration has scrambled to find ways to tamp down an economic crisis that has triggered higher gasoline prices for Americans.
The episode is emblematic of how much Trump and his advisers misjudged how Iran would respond to a conflict that the government in Tehran, Iran’s capital, sees as an existential threat. Iran has responded far more aggressively than it did during last June’s 12-day war, firing barrages of missiles and drones at U.S. military bases, cities in Arab nations across the Middle East, and on Israeli population centers. -- nordy
Thanks, nordy!
DeleteHe sure looks like a fool to the whole world,
but only because he is.
A fascinating study of what actually causes men to rape
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