Yesterday, after my shower, Julie and I spent four hours doing the dreaded task, changing the bed linens, cleaning, dusting, sweeping and mopping. In addition, I had risen early to finish blogging and to make a several day batch of γέεννα chili, before she arrived, That all tired me so much that I’m getting a late start today, because I needed a morning Lona nap. On the plus side, I’m enjoying the green cloud that’s starting to form.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today;s took me 2:23 (average 4:28). To so it, Click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Daily Kos (classic: 11/2014): NASA has released an amazing new video: A Year in the Life of Earth’s CO2. It brilliantly illustrates how carbon dioxide travels around the world. The mesmerizing computer model makes it crystal clear that all countries of the world will have to act together to combat climate change:
Does that deflate Republican pseudo-science, or what?
From NY Times: Hillary Clinton’s advisers and allies have begun extensive discussions about who should be her running mate, seeking to compile a list of 15 to 20 potential picks for her team to start vetting by late spring.
Mrs. Clinton’s team will grapple with complicated questions like whether the United States is ready for an all-female ticket, and whether her choice for vice president would be able to handle working in a White House in which former President Bill Clinton wielded significant influence on policy.
While the nomination fight is still fluid, Mrs. Clinton is confident enough of victory that she has described a vision of a running mate and objectives for the search, according to campaign advisers and more than a dozen Democrats close to the campaign or the Clintons.
She does not have a front-runner in mind, they said, but she is intrigued by several contenders and scenarios.
Among the names under discussion by Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Clinton and campaign advisers: Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, former governors from the key state of Virginia; Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, who represents both a more liberal wing of the party and a swing state; former Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, a prominent African-American Democrat; and Thomas E. Perez, President Obama’s labor secretary and a Hispanic civil rights lawyer.
Were Hillary to choose a progressive, it might make her more palatable, but her choice should not be a Senator. We need all our progressive Senators in the Senate. However, another reason to vote for Bernie is that Bill would be the ugliest first lady in history.
From YouTube: The Worst Person in Tennessee: Jeremy Durham | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
LOL!! And while we’re on the subject if bathroom behavior…
Cartoon:
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4:35 (4:38) Fishing again. Good luck and be careful!
DKos – I vaguely remember seeing this at the time, and it reminds me now, as it did then, of a cartoon (it may have been a Non Sequitur cartoon) which was published when we were still fighting to get second hand smoke out of public places. The only words were the title, "Physics as understood by restaurateurs." The picture was a cloud of smoke except that in the middle was one guy sitting at a counter by a "non-smoking area" sign who had a buffer zone of clean air around him. I mean, anyone who doesn't realize that air moves, and anything in it moves with it, is a frickin' idiot.
NY Times – You are singing my song (which goes, "LEAVE THE SENATE ALONE!) Otherwise Sherrod would be great, but we need him where he is. Now, should Donna Edwards lose her primary, she would be my first choice, but if she wins the primary, she also belongs in the Senate. I am offended at your implication (unintended I am sure) that a first lady is made or broken by her (or in this case his) appearance.
YouTube – "The worst person in Tennessee." That is a title for which the competition must be savage. I would have nominated the unknown person who called the police on the children in my Saturday article myself. Imagine being 6 and arrested for "criminal responsibility." But Sam certainly makes a case (BTW I had a pet skunk once. More than 40 years ago. He was very sweet. His name was Hyacinth.)
Cartoon – I didn't realize they needed to pledge this. I thought it just came naturally.
What is OVERCONFIDENCE?
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noun. 1. a condition of over-approximating one's capacity to perform or under-approximating the capacity of an opponent to perform. 2. an unsupported belief or unrealistically good presumption that a favored result will arise.
OVERCONFIDENCE: "Overconfidence is generally not an attractive trait in anyone."
http://psychologydictionary.org/overconfidence/
DK: Absolutely a must see video. All/everyone needs to get on board w/climate change. Passing on too.
YouTube: Two words: "OH, ICK". I would love to have a pet skunk though, I'm jealous, Joanne.
Cartoon: Yep. And of course!!
You had a very busy day, glad to read it's done. Julie sounds wonderful. Enjoy your chili (lol), and evening, take care, and Thanks, Tom.
Gotta get that "Full Frontal" up and watch it! Sam Bee is my FAVORITE!
DK and NASA, perfect together!
NYTimes: I was thinking Brown would be great, but, yes, need all the Dem senators we can get.
U-Tube: Tennessee's political priorities ned to be flushed down whatever is the nearest toilet bowl, no matter what the sign on the door says!
Cartoon: So on the money!
I hope you got a good nap, and am glad to see that you got so much accomplished.
Good reading material. Have a good day…peace.
Just curious, but why wouldn't you take your shower AFTER "doing the laundry, changing the bed linens, cleaning, dusting, sweeping and mopping"?
I'd be drenched in sweat after doing all those chores … and ready for a shower!
I got to do them sitting down.
Daily Kos: Anyone who watched this should never ever again question climate change.
NY Times: We do need Sherrod Brown in the Senate, but he would pull in a lot of votes. I hope she is premature in looking for a running mate. Bernie is not down yet.
YouTube: Would it not be great if all the state legislators would spend more time working on the economy and justice systems instead of everyone's sexuality and women's birth control?
Cartoon: When Bevins was running for the nomination, the other Republicans ran several ads showing him in a split screen, saying one thing on the left, and denying it on the right. He still got elected. Makes me worry about a large number of people in our state.
Personal note: Mom was released from the hospital Saturday evening, no definite diagnosis. Our family doctor was on vacation this week and those we got at the hospital were not "up to par". She is feeling better, thanks to iv's for fluid and oxygen. Plan to call our MD first thing in the morning. Thanks to all of you for your prayers and well wishes.
Sorry your mom did not get the care she deserves, and hope your doc does better.
Puzzle — 2:59 With any luck, the big one got away!
Daily Kos — And there are still science illiterates who continue to deny climate change. And there are still ideological idiots (Republicans) who deny climate change because they have been bought and paid for by the fossil fuel industry.
NY Times — I hope they don't screw the pooch! The choice must be a progressive and not from the Senate, assuming the nomination goes to Clinton.
Youtube — Another family values Republican is outed.
Cartoon — The most prevalent inconvenient truth! . . . and Republicans own the majority shares!
Glad to see that you were buffed and fluffed, along with the dreaded task. I wondered what that cloud that floated in up here! Now I know. How are we going to meet our gas emissions if you keep eating that chili you make?
Wooo Hooo!! Lots of fishies in the Carribean.
Sorry, the grean cloud usuallt drifts south, and once it gets to CA, it's an improvement over their normal air quality!!
Cartoon is absolutely spot on….
Voting for Bernie tomorrow…and crossing eyes, fingers and toes.
… Just be sure they get UNcrossed at some point after you've voted.
Be careful, TomCat, Julie and George will have yo turn into a housewife in no time with all that dusting in mopping. But it sounds like your apartment and clothing are so much better off with her, and so are you, despite your tiredness. So I do hope your green cloud doesn't leave a residue behind and undo all the cleaning you both did.
DK: I'd like NASA to make a new video with the emissions during 2016, 10 years later, and compare it to the already high emissions of 2006 to show that they may have gone down in certain (small) area's but not on the whole and may even have increased in others, thus underlining the importance of all countries needing to join in in bringing emissions down significantly and fast. As for the Republicans ever believing this science; you and I may know that NASA bases these videos on real, truthful i.e. unmanipulated data, but Republicans will maintain it's just a nice colorful cartoon, hand drawn with a lot of imagination or worse, with the intent to fraudulently "prove" global warming. Or blatantly deny the relationship between these emissions and global warming.
NYT: I'm not versed enough in American politics to know any of these people, so I can only hope they are all progressives and more progressive than Hillary herself is at that. She'll never be a progressive herself, despite all the points she "adopted" from Bernie's agenda, but a true progressive at heart as running mate may keep her on the right track. But you're right about not taking on a senator; even if Democrats would regain the majority in the Senate, chances are there wouldn't be too many progressives among them. So for the good of the country, progressive senators should remain where they are.
YouTube: Thanks for the Sam Bee video, TomCat, lots of information I hadn't seen yet. It struck me that while we're always complaining how Republicans don't screen their representatives very well, those in Tennessee must have had a special screening built in for their candidates. Unless they're can hand over a certificate for their class A hypocrisy and a IQ test score which shows their intelligence to rank below 80 points they won't get in. Jeremy Durham, having expelled all the none-existent perverts in women clothing from women's toilets, is now groping for some lady parts in the dark himself, but the ladies who file a lawsuit against him for sexual harassment may be ordered to pay his lawyer's bill if one of his buddy hypocrites on the bench throws their complaint out. What's not to like about Tennessee?
Cartoon: Do you think they have to make the pledge because they would forget to do so otherwise? Nahhh…
I'm, thinking of exporting the cloud to Europe. Thanks all!! Hugs!!