Monday, March 31, 2014

Something to Know - 1 April


It is nice to know that there is a special day each year to honor those so deserving.

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Stupid is as stupid does:
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Juan
 
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
--Alexis de Tocqueville

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Something to Know - 30 March -revised

Joel Pett

1.  It is very easy to get mad and upset about this news article.  It has been going on for a long, long time by out-numbered Republicans.   In an other sense, think about historians as they write about this era of inequality, and how keeping people away from the ballot box was nothing more than a continuation of the Republicans mantra of the denial of civil rights to those who have been continually denied:

2.  Yes, we have the continuation of nations and powers haggling and fighting over that area of land above sea level.   Here, the some-time interesting Thomas Friedman gives us a view on the games currently being played under the Arctic Circle for that time when Global Warming will eventually open up new sea lanes to global trade:

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Juan
 
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
--Alexis de Tocqueville

Something to Know - 30 March

Joel Pett

1.  It is very easy to get mad and upset about this news article.  It has been going on for a long, long time by out-numbered Republicans.   In an other sense, think about historians as they write about this era of inequality, and how keeping people away from the ballot box was nothing more than a continuation of the Republicans mantra of the denial of civil rights to those who have been continually denied:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/us/new-gop-bid-to-limit-voting-in-swing-states.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

2.  Yes, we have the continuation of nations and powers haggling and fighting over that area of land above sea level.   Here, the some-time interesting Thomas Friedman gives us a view on the games currently being played under the Arctic Circle for that time when Global Warming will eventually open up new sea lanes to global trade:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/opinion/sunday/friedman-parallel-parking-in-the-arctic-circle.html?emc=eta1


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Juan
 
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
--Alexis de Tocqueville

Friday, March 28, 2014

Something to Know - 29 March


Many of you are waking up to read/hear/see that Southern California experienced a 5.1 earthquake at 9:01pm last night.  Centered in an area named La Habra, which is about about 17 miles from Claremont as the crows fly.   Lynne and I felt it, and knew it was a rolling earth tremor, and that we were officially being welcomed back to California.  No problems and nothing happened.   Things get freaky when they go 6.0 and beyond.

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1.  To add to all the confusion and angst that Nate Silver added when he predicted a tough slog for Senate control in the next election, Charles Blow throws in his analysis of younger voters trending to the Democrats, while the Republicans can only depend on the old white folks for any leverage:

2. Gail Collins feasts on the details and self-supporting conclusions resulting from the investigation of the New Jersey Bridgegate scandal surrounding (and that is a lot of territory) Chris Christie:
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Juan
 
I have built my organization upon fear.
-- Al Capone

Monday, March 24, 2014

Something to Know - 24 March



LET'S TRY THIS ALL OVER AGAIN.   I AM A BIT RUSTY

Mike Luckovich

1.  I was away for 30 days on the high seas.  It was relaxing and one could only get brief news glimpses from the ship's NY Times Daily Digest and some BBC TV.   After getting back, I found it very hard to really get spooled up on all of the big stories, and after that I was really lacking in spirit to do any more Internet sharing.   However, THIS one caught my eye, and it is really worth passing on.  It is not good news at all:

2.  Just so we can have two news stories, here is a nice Puff Piece from Maureen Dowd on our California Governor


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Juan
 
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
-- Andy Rooney




Something to Know - 24 March

Ben Sargent

1.  I was away for 30 days on the high seas.  It was relaxing and one could only get brief news glimpses from the ship's NY Times Daily Digest and some BBC TV.   After getting back, I found it very hard to really get spooled up on all of the big stories, and after that I was really lacking in spirit to do any more Internet sharing.   However, THIS one caught my eye, and it is really worth passing on.  It is not good news at all:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/24/nate-silver-gop-senate_n_5020271.html?utm_hp_ref=email_share

2.  Just so we can have two news stories, here is a nice Puff Piece from Maureen Dowd on our California Governor:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/opinion/sunday/dowd-palmy-days-for-jerry.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

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Juan
 
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
-- Andy Rooney

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Fwd: Truly Shocking

The other zinger....

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AUSTIN (The Borowitz Report) — N.S.A. leaker Edward Snowden surprised a standing-room-only crowd at this year’s SXSW by performing an impromptu set of four songs from his new CD, which was released online today.
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Fwd: Republican Brawl

Greetings from somewhere north of the Equator - and 4 days from arriving in San Diego.  Big ocean out here.  Am getting some news via the ship's (Holland America Statendam) NY Times Digest and brief glimpses from internet headlines.  Sending you this (and one other) Borowitz zinger......just to let you know that I am kind of in the loop.   Beautiful sunset last night.     Enjoy!

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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a preview of what promises to be a heated race for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2016, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) head-butted his rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on the floor of the United States Senate this morning.

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If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
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