I bought this record when it first came out, and this was my favorite cut:
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Open thread 10/30/2024 — 39 Comments
My T Shirt is getting very crowded. Racist, Deplorable, Sexist, Anti Semite, White Supremist, Putin Stooge, Garbage. I wish they would stop with the name calling because there is no more room.
“Maple Leaf Rag” is really fun to listen to – so upbeat.
“The Entertainer” is a main song in Paul Newman’s movie “The Sting.”
When I was a dumb kid I thought Scott Joplin and Al Jolson were the same person. That’s all. I was a dumb kid.
Joshua Rifkin is splendid. I’m fond of William Bolcom too: Heliotrope Bouquet
Probably the most interesting thing to me about this whole “garbage” fiasco is the patently ridiculous attempts by the Democrats and their mainstream media handmaidens to obfuscate what was obviously unambiguously said. To me, the move would be just to acknowledge what was said and then repudiate it in no uncertain terms rather than to attempt to “clarify” it by pretending that somehow something else was meant.
At this point why are they still trying to defend Biden? This is a man who is clearly mentally compromised. It’s pretty obvious that Biden no longer has much ability to self filter what he’s about to say, which is common issue that plagues those with dementia. Honestly, it’s just lucky he didn’t say anything even worse about his true feelings regarding people who support Trump.
But at this point, why are they even trying to continue this farce? It’s glaringly obvious to anyone who isn’t deluded or in a state of denile that Biden should’ve been removed from office a long time ago due to his condition. I can only assume that the Biden cabal must’ve threatened something if he wasn’t allowed to remain president.
@Nonapod:To me, the move would be just to acknowledge what was said and then repudiate it in no uncertain terms rather than to attempt to “clarify” it by pretending that somehow something else was meant. At this point why are they still trying to defend Biden?
Legacy media’s revenue no longer comes from a news-gathering function. It comes from people who want to propagate a narrative. Their stories are written for them by entities that want their version of events in the news, and their subscribers want to be told what they want to hear, that Orange Man Bad / Brown Woman Good.
The Dems and bureaucrats who funnel stories and cash to the legacy media want the pro-Biden narrative, and so do the subscribers. That’s why the legacy media can’t climb down.
As for the talking heads, they may believe that they speak reality into being for all I know, they are not a reflective bunch and they live and breathe narratives.
An October surprise for the U.S. election may have arrived this week—in Germany. Word that Volkswagen could close three vehicle factories, cut 10,000 jobs and impose steep across-the-board pay reductions is a warning for Americans about the peril of Biden-Harris climate policy.
And later…
The news was communicated to workers on Monday by the head of the company’s labor-relations council, and to describe it as a shock to Europe’s largest economy is an understatement. Volkswagen Group employs some 300,000 in Germany with 10 factories for its flagship VW brand. It has avoided involuntary layoffs for three decades and hasn’t shuttered a factory in its home country in its 87-year history.
Mike, the left won’t even know about this, let alone understand why it happened. Much more pain coming to EU countries, and the UK. But they will stay Woke
Nonopod on the SCOTUS ruling re voter rolls in Virginia.
Now, if only the Nevada State Supreme Court ruling — that mail in ballots WITHOUT a USPS cancelation and time-date stamp must be counted even THREE DAYS AFTER November 5 election day — could get reversed by SCOTUS.
This development — given Nevada’s super easy motor voter registration (ie, by default registration) — is a road map for Democrat/union ballot stuffing.
It means that the forces that be will know the margin of cheat needed to fill the gap in votes to “win” the night of the 5th and early morning. Dems and unions will merely have to manufacture election changing ballots in Nevada.
Now — can this injury to election integrity in Nevada be reversed, too? Please?
Mike, the left won’t even know about this, let alone understand why it happened.
True.
One major root of jazz is the street band culture of New Orleans. Small or large, sponsored by Mardi Gras teams or benevolent societies – or just pickup ensembles that accompanied funeral processions.
Joplin’s rags were orchestrated for these wind/string ensembles and published in the Red Back Book.
Many of the pieces that we know only in piano versions are much richer in ensemble. Of course the syncopation is clearer.
The media has no problem with the left calling their opponents Hitler, Nazis, bigots, racists, misogynist, what have you, yet are up in arms when Biden is quoted as calling them “garbage”? How laughably insane. Puerile, inane and deluded seems to be the constant state of our pseudo press corps.
neo, I bought (and thoroughly enjoyed) that LP! Plus, a follow-up LP or two, all Rifkin plays Joplin on the Nonesuch label.
Back in the day, those Nonesuch LPs were amazing in bringing quality music to budget-conscious consumers.
Ok, here’s the next political development I can see showing up on the scene if/after Kamala loses.
Nov. 8 or 9 it becomes obvious the Democrats cannot make up the deficit they have in the vote, and Kamala’s handlers decide to invoke the 25th Amendment so she can have several months as our first woman president. The cabinet is mustered and told the plan, and the only holdout is Dr. Jill Biden. By the end of November, Kamala is sworn in as our 47th President.
Discuss.
Charlie parker died how old, it doesnf deny his talent (it was mentioned in whiplash by jk simmons i think
I dont think that qualifies as 25th amendment
F—no way will Biden go quietly
Mike, at 10:47 Mt time, FOX Business just brought this up
Probably the most interesting thing to me about this whole “garbage” fiasco is the patently ridiculous attempts by the Democrats and their mainstream media handmaidens to obfuscate what was obviously unambiguously said.
But at this point, why are they even trying to continue this farce? — Nonapod
Yes, why indeed? My two cents:
1) Kamala has been on record many times about how wonderful and competent Sloe Joe is, and she wouldn’t have changed any of Joe’s actions if she had been president instead. So they are kinda stuck, aren’t they?
2) This reason is the big one to my eye. It’s because the true believers in the Democrat voter base want to believe, and will believe almost anything the Dems are selling, if given the slenderest of logical threads to support that belief.
Most of these Dem pols started out their adult lives wanting to become sleazy, rich tort lawyers (Hyperbole alert! Most do have law degrees.) until they found out how much work is required. And lawyers understand that a lame argument is always infinitely better than no argument. Especially, if there exists an emotional motivation to believe it.
Sami zuhri, one of the hamas honchos, who has stolen millions in euros and has taken exception to the mention of the holocaust, says hes open to negotiations,
as I mentioned last night, ryan girdusky zinged mehdi hasan, ayatollah supporter, hamas fan boi, on cnn, suggesting he might have gotten one of those hezbollah pagers, that was a bridge too far for CNN
so that Rwandan lad who stabbed 3 people in Southport, some time back, well it turns he was indeed al Queda supporter
also early voting looks positive in Clark County NV
the incident in Clark County Washington was apparently a Hamas supporter,
To Harris’s (small) credit, she says she disagrees with Biden’s “garbage” statement. She had to, of course.
Much of President Trump’s economic plan will be a repeat of his first term– though possibly with more gusto.
The elephant of course is what is he going to do with tariff’s. Here is an article and a conversation with Scott Bessent, one of Trump’s economic advisors. And a surprising one, IMO. He said Trump will support a strong dollar (which I have heard Trump say) and the tariffs will likely be “watered down”– possibly the 10% across the board, but not likely to impose punitive tariffs.
One of the problems we, and most other countries face, is the fragile state of economies worldwide. A trade war could precipitate a global recession/depression which I think Trump recognizes (my speculation).
the world economies are in a weak state, because they have indulged in this net zero foolishness, a high bar of malpractice, they entertained the lockdowns, the sanctions backfired on the West and parts of the third world, etc
the tariffs are a tool for insourcing and repatriation of cash, from overseas, we’ve dug ourselves such a deep hole, in terms of our economic policy,
Put this in “The Supreme Court is Signaling Don’t Mess With the Election”. That’s the way I read it (or wishful thinking).
That Scott Joplin album on Nonesuch was a revelation! I first heard it in New Orleans and Joplin struck me as the black Bach.
Joshua Rifkin, the pianist on this Joplin album, was a noted Bach scholar. He also provided the orchestral arrangements for my two favorite Judy Collins albums, “In My Life” (1966) and “Wildflowers” (1967). This was the time when Collins broke free from her leftie folk music roots to becoming a true artist.
There was so much wild and wonderful cross-fertilization in music back then!
I regret every word I ever uttered in defense of that man.
Same here. I remember one large family dinner (this was pretty late in his second term) where I was peppered with questions and called a “Bush Deadender”.
she should get back to drinking, she probably is a wine mom at this point,
TJ:
It means that the forces that be will know the margin of cheat needed to fill the gap in votes to “win” the night of the 5th and early morning. Dems and unions will merely have to manufacture election changing ballots in Nevada.
——–
When cheating is allowed, the best cheater wins (see:NASCAR)
The Rs could solve this problem by duplicating the Ds efforts, except marking R instead. If the margin of victory is 800,000, the Ds generate 900,000 ballots marked “D”. The Rs need to generate only 200,000 ballots to defeat the cheat.
I think I used to have the same album. My favorite was Solace.
”The Rs could solve this problem by duplicating the Ds efforts, except marking R instead. If the margin of victory is 800,000, the Ds generate 900,000 ballots marked “D”. The Rs need to generate only 200,000 ballots to defeat the cheat.”
The Republicans who did that would spend the rest of their lives in federal prison, and the Republican Party as a whole would be under court (effectively Democrat) supervision for the next 30 years.
I can see why it was your favorite cut. I’ve loved Joplin’s music from an early age, even before ‘The Sting’ came out. I basically taught myself piano so that I could play Joplin rags. William Bolcolm’s interest in ragtime has also resulted in a couple of albums that are well worth collecting.
The idiom was the very first American music idiom, completely original, and Joplin is really the one responsible for it.
Marcy ME-709 Magnetic Resistance Recumbent Exercise Bike arrived today. $175.41 + $12.28 tax = $187.69 w/ free shipping from Amazon. A pic showed the seat @ 10.5” x 10/5” but fortunately it turned out to be 16.5” x 12.5” and very comfortable – one of those time you are happy the info was wrong.
Easy assembly but still took time—was in no rush between 2.5 & 3hrs. Unpacking was also slow since I checked everything carefully, and that took up some of that time—well packaged. Sturdy & well built for the price. Am 6’1” (old age shrunk 1”?!) and 200-205lbs and it rides smoothly.
78+ and have slowed over past 3 years—each year getting slower. Recently noticed that walking around my 1 acre perimeter (checking low electric fence to keep out other animals and keep mine in when I have one) would wear me out or at least I felt tired!?!?!? I do other exercises every day, but they weren’t really for the legs (the few squats ain’t enough).
Believe this is same model Brian E has…
Karmi:
You sound great for 78! I hope to be in as good shape then.
Kettlebells are my magic these days. I can put a helluva lot of exercise into 20 minutes.
I am stronger than I was at 20. I no longer have back spasms and I show no signs I will be walking in that fragile hunched over way I see in other 70-something guys.
Thanks to someone in the Teri Garr topic I am watching Robert Altman’s “The Player.”
A brilliant film. I haven’t seen Teri Garr yet, I suspect she will be one of the Hollywood celeb cameos, but in any case “The Player” is great.
I can’t imagine any director today making such a nuanced and enjoyable exposé of Hollywood player politics.
Open thread – ref to prior comment by om:
where you mentioned no radiation being released from no leakage. Perhaps you or someone here was the original source for my finding The Gordian Knot, by Jack Devanney: https://jackdevanney.substack.com and if so, you will know this already.
Some of his analyses are hard for me to understand, but one aspect that was new to me was that it appears cells have evolved some capability for correcting molecular damage to their DNA resulting from radiation. If the exposure dosage is low enough (intensity and/or time) the cells can live within some level of background radiation without issue (i.e., natural selection at work), or survive some level of exposure from a nuclear release, if/ when/ should that occur.
He provides some initial summary info via here: https://jackdevanney.substack.com/p/radiation-damage-and-repair-slides?
He is trying to convince people that a proper analysis of the real risks in using nuclear power [including storage] shows they really are much lower than the popular media convey, and that we can logically and realistically relax some of the overly stringent regulations on nuclear plants, provide suitable insurance coverage for any “adverse events”, etc. His other postings explore several aspects of this.
Welcome your thoughts if/when you get a chance to examine this Substack, or at least a few postings therein.
I’m a big music fan, but… ragtime is too much like polka for me to enjoy. I think it’s monotinist(sp). Yeah, I know it’s the genre but still. I appreciate the skill involved but it in general it all sounds the same to me.
R2L, Hanford might not be the best example of the safety of low dose radiation, mostly given it’s age and the changing standards over the years in the storage and handling of waste.
Like most controversial topics getting neutral information is difficult.
Over the years the government has conducted surveys of residents and the results depends on whether you are a plaintiff or defendant.
om, no doubt would be a good source about the true radiation risk of nuclear.
I did read in the Tri City Herald recently that several tech companies are looking at being involved in SMR projects to provide reliable baseload power for data centers/AI computing. I think the area would be a good site for these powerplants since residents are used to living around nuclear power.
My T Shirt is getting very crowded. Racist, Deplorable, Sexist, Anti Semite, White Supremist, Putin Stooge, Garbage. I wish they would stop with the name calling because there is no more room.
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of allowing Virginia to remove 1600 non-citizens from their voter rolls in a 6-3 decision. Sort of amazing that the concept of allowing non-citizens to vote has become a partisan issue these days. It speaks to the depth of derrangement of one party.
Poor guy died of syphilis @ only 49.
“Maple Leaf Rag” is really fun to listen to – so upbeat.
“The Entertainer” is a main song in Paul Newman’s movie “The Sting.”
When I was a dumb kid I thought Scott Joplin and Al Jolson were the same person. That’s all. I was a dumb kid.
Joshua Rifkin is splendid. I’m fond of William Bolcom too: Heliotrope Bouquet
Probably the most interesting thing to me about this whole “garbage” fiasco is the patently ridiculous attempts by the Democrats and their mainstream media handmaidens to obfuscate what was obviously unambiguously said. To me, the move would be just to acknowledge what was said and then repudiate it in no uncertain terms rather than to attempt to “clarify” it by pretending that somehow something else was meant.
At this point why are they still trying to defend Biden? This is a man who is clearly mentally compromised. It’s pretty obvious that Biden no longer has much ability to self filter what he’s about to say, which is common issue that plagues those with dementia. Honestly, it’s just lucky he didn’t say anything even worse about his true feelings regarding people who support Trump.
But at this point, why are they even trying to continue this farce? It’s glaringly obvious to anyone who isn’t deluded or in a state of denile that Biden should’ve been removed from office a long time ago due to his condition. I can only assume that the Biden cabal must’ve threatened something if he wasn’t allowed to remain president.
@Nonapod:To me, the move would be just to acknowledge what was said and then repudiate it in no uncertain terms rather than to attempt to “clarify” it by pretending that somehow something else was meant. At this point why are they still trying to defend Biden?
Legacy media’s revenue no longer comes from a news-gathering function. It comes from people who want to propagate a narrative. Their stories are written for them by entities that want their version of events in the news, and their subscribers want to be told what they want to hear, that Orange Man Bad / Brown Woman Good.
The Dems and bureaucrats who funnel stories and cash to the legacy media want the pro-Biden narrative, and so do the subscribers. That’s why the legacy media can’t climb down.
As for the talking heads, they may believe that they speak reality into being for all I know, they are not a reflective bunch and they live and breathe narratives.
WSJ’s lead editorial
https://archive.md/clqqF
And later…
Mike, the left won’t even know about this, let alone understand why it happened. Much more pain coming to EU countries, and the UK. But they will stay Woke
Nonopod on the SCOTUS ruling re voter rolls in Virginia.
Now, if only the Nevada State Supreme Court ruling — that mail in ballots WITHOUT a USPS cancelation and time-date stamp must be counted even THREE DAYS AFTER November 5 election day — could get reversed by SCOTUS.
This development — given Nevada’s super easy motor voter registration (ie, by default registration) — is a road map for Democrat/union ballot stuffing.
It means that the forces that be will know the margin of cheat needed to fill the gap in votes to “win” the night of the 5th and early morning. Dems and unions will merely have to manufacture election changing ballots in Nevada.
Now — can this injury to election integrity in Nevada be reversed, too? Please?
MORE https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nevada-supreme-court-upholds-law-mail-ballots
Mike, the left won’t even know about this, let alone understand why it happened.
True.
One major root of jazz is the street band culture of New Orleans. Small or large, sponsored by Mardi Gras teams or benevolent societies – or just pickup ensembles that accompanied funeral processions.
Joplin’s rags were orchestrated for these wind/string ensembles and published in the Red Back Book.
Many of the pieces that we know only in piano versions are much richer in ensemble. Of course the syncopation is clearer.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nOFFCAfXBi69UhDqOa7MfXkWrmiHRDNLg
The media has no problem with the left calling their opponents Hitler, Nazis, bigots, racists, misogynist, what have you, yet are up in arms when Biden is quoted as calling them “garbage”? How laughably insane. Puerile, inane and deluded seems to be the constant state of our pseudo press corps.
Steven Hayward, Powerline: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/10/eva-brann-rip.php
Imaginative Conservative, Tribute to Eva Brann (scroll down just a bit for links): https://theimaginativeconservative.org/
neo, I bought (and thoroughly enjoyed) that LP! Plus, a follow-up LP or two, all Rifkin plays Joplin on the Nonesuch label.
Back in the day, those Nonesuch LPs were amazing in bringing quality music to budget-conscious consumers.
Ok, here’s the next political development I can see showing up on the scene if/after Kamala loses.
Nov. 8 or 9 it becomes obvious the Democrats cannot make up the deficit they have in the vote, and Kamala’s handlers decide to invoke the 25th Amendment so she can have several months as our first woman president. The cabinet is mustered and told the plan, and the only holdout is Dr. Jill Biden. By the end of November, Kamala is sworn in as our 47th President.
Discuss.
Charlie parker died how old, it doesnf deny his talent (it was mentioned in whiplash by jk simmons i think
I dont think that qualifies as 25th amendment
F—no way will Biden go quietly
Mike, at 10:47 Mt time, FOX Business just brought this up
Probably the most interesting thing to me about this whole “garbage” fiasco is the patently ridiculous attempts by the Democrats and their mainstream media handmaidens to obfuscate what was obviously unambiguously said.
But at this point, why are they even trying to continue this farce? — Nonapod
Yes, why indeed? My two cents:
1) Kamala has been on record many times about how wonderful and competent Sloe Joe is, and she wouldn’t have changed any of Joe’s actions if she had been president instead. So they are kinda stuck, aren’t they?
2) This reason is the big one to my eye. It’s because the true believers in the Democrat voter base want to believe, and will believe almost anything the Dems are selling, if given the slenderest of logical threads to support that belief.
Most of these Dem pols started out their adult lives wanting to become sleazy, rich tort lawyers (Hyperbole alert! Most do have law degrees.) until they found out how much work is required. And lawyers understand that a lame argument is always infinitely better than no argument. Especially, if there exists an emotional motivation to believe it.
Sami zuhri, one of the hamas honchos, who has stolen millions in euros and has taken exception to the mention of the holocaust, says hes open to negotiations,
as I mentioned last night, ryan girdusky zinged mehdi hasan, ayatollah supporter, hamas fan boi, on cnn, suggesting he might have gotten one of those hezbollah pagers, that was a bridge too far for CNN
so that Rwandan lad who stabbed 3 people in Southport, some time back, well it turns he was indeed al Queda supporter
also early voting looks positive in Clark County NV
the incident in Clark County Washington was apparently a Hamas supporter,
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/10/29/bush-daughter-campaigns-for-harris-n4933763#google_vignette
==
Anyone surprised? I regret every word I ever uttered in defense of that man.
To Harris’s (small) credit, she says she disagrees with Biden’s “garbage” statement. She had to, of course.
Much of President Trump’s economic plan will be a repeat of his first term– though possibly with more gusto.
The elephant of course is what is he going to do with tariff’s. Here is an article and a conversation with Scott Bessent, one of Trump’s economic advisors. And a surprising one, IMO. He said Trump will support a strong dollar (which I have heard Trump say) and the tariffs will likely be “watered down”– possibly the 10% across the board, but not likely to impose punitive tariffs.
One of the problems we, and most other countries face, is the fragile state of economies worldwide. A trade war could precipitate a global recession/depression which I think Trump recognizes (my speculation).
The interview is with Mark Halperin on his channel 2-Way:
Trump vs Harris Update | 2WAY TONIGHT | Tuesday, 10/29/24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz1S7R1vZi8
Trump’s New Administration Would Support Strong Dollar, Economic Advisor Says
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/10/14/trumps-new-administration-would-support-strong-dollar-economic-advisor-says/
the world economies are in a weak state, because they have indulged in this net zero foolishness, a high bar of malpractice, they entertained the lockdowns, the sanctions backfired on the West and parts of the third world, etc
the tariffs are a tool for insourcing and repatriation of cash, from overseas, we’ve dug ourselves such a deep hole, in terms of our economic policy,
Put this in “The Supreme Court is Signaling Don’t Mess With the Election”. That’s the way I read it (or wishful thinking).
Supreme Court: Noncitizens can be purged from Virginia voter rolls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3imcrjNko
That Scott Joplin album on Nonesuch was a revelation! I first heard it in New Orleans and Joplin struck me as the black Bach.
Joshua Rifkin, the pianist on this Joplin album, was a noted Bach scholar. He also provided the orchestral arrangements for my two favorite Judy Collins albums, “In My Life” (1966) and “Wildflowers” (1967). This was the time when Collins broke free from her leftie folk music roots to becoming a true artist.
There was so much wild and wonderful cross-fertilization in music back then!
I regret every word I ever uttered in defense of that man.
Same here. I remember one large family dinner (this was pretty late in his second term) where I was peppered with questions and called a “Bush Deadender”.
she should get back to drinking, she probably is a wine mom at this point,
TJ:
It means that the forces that be will know the margin of cheat needed to fill the gap in votes to “win” the night of the 5th and early morning. Dems and unions will merely have to manufacture election changing ballots in Nevada.
——–
When cheating is allowed, the best cheater wins (see:NASCAR)
The Rs could solve this problem by duplicating the Ds efforts, except marking R instead. If the margin of victory is 800,000, the Ds generate 900,000 ballots marked “D”. The Rs need to generate only 200,000 ballots to defeat the cheat.
I think I used to have the same album. My favorite was Solace.
”The Rs could solve this problem by duplicating the Ds efforts, except marking R instead. If the margin of victory is 800,000, the Ds generate 900,000 ballots marked “D”. The Rs need to generate only 200,000 ballots to defeat the cheat.”
The Republicans who did that would spend the rest of their lives in federal prison, and the Republican Party as a whole would be under court (effectively Democrat) supervision for the next 30 years.
I can see why it was your favorite cut. I’ve loved Joplin’s music from an early age, even before ‘The Sting’ came out. I basically taught myself piano so that I could play Joplin rags. William Bolcolm’s interest in ragtime has also resulted in a couple of albums that are well worth collecting.
The idiom was the very first American music idiom, completely original, and Joplin is really the one responsible for it.
Marcy ME-709 Magnetic Resistance Recumbent Exercise Bike arrived today. $175.41 + $12.28 tax = $187.69 w/ free shipping from Amazon. A pic showed the seat @ 10.5” x 10/5” but fortunately it turned out to be 16.5” x 12.5” and very comfortable – one of those time you are happy the info was wrong.
Easy assembly but still took time—was in no rush between 2.5 & 3hrs. Unpacking was also slow since I checked everything carefully, and that took up some of that time—well packaged. Sturdy & well built for the price. Am 6’1” (old age shrunk 1”?!) and 200-205lbs and it rides smoothly.
78+ and have slowed over past 3 years—each year getting slower. Recently noticed that walking around my 1 acre perimeter (checking low electric fence to keep out other animals and keep mine in when I have one) would wear me out or at least I felt tired!?!?!? I do other exercises every day, but they weren’t really for the legs (the few squats ain’t enough).
Believe this is same model Brian E has…
Karmi:
You sound great for 78! I hope to be in as good shape then.
Kettlebells are my magic these days. I can put a helluva lot of exercise into 20 minutes.
–Pavel, “The Simply Sinister Training Plan”
https://www.strongfirst.com/simply-sinister/
I am stronger than I was at 20. I no longer have back spasms and I show no signs I will be walking in that fragile hunched over way I see in other 70-something guys.
Thanks to someone in the Teri Garr topic I am watching Robert Altman’s “The Player.”
A brilliant film. I haven’t seen Teri Garr yet, I suspect she will be one of the Hollywood celeb cameos, but in any case “The Player” is great.
I can’t imagine any director today making such a nuanced and enjoyable exposé of Hollywood player politics.
Open thread – ref to prior comment by om:
where you mentioned no radiation being released from no leakage. Perhaps you or someone here was the original source for my finding The Gordian Knot, by Jack Devanney: https://jackdevanney.substack.com and if so, you will know this already.
Some of his analyses are hard for me to understand, but one aspect that was new to me was that it appears cells have evolved some capability for correcting molecular damage to their DNA resulting from radiation. If the exposure dosage is low enough (intensity and/or time) the cells can live within some level of background radiation without issue (i.e., natural selection at work), or survive some level of exposure from a nuclear release, if/ when/ should that occur.
He provides some initial summary info via here:
https://jackdevanney.substack.com/p/radiation-damage-and-repair-slides?
He is trying to convince people that a proper analysis of the real risks in using nuclear power [including storage] shows they really are much lower than the popular media convey, and that we can logically and realistically relax some of the overly stringent regulations on nuclear plants, provide suitable insurance coverage for any “adverse events”, etc. His other postings explore several aspects of this.
Welcome your thoughts if/when you get a chance to examine this Substack, or at least a few postings therein.
I’m a big music fan, but… ragtime is too much like polka for me to enjoy. I think it’s monotinist(sp). Yeah, I know it’s the genre but still. I appreciate the skill involved but it in general it all sounds the same to me.
R2L, Hanford might not be the best example of the safety of low dose radiation, mostly given it’s age and the changing standards over the years in the storage and handling of waste.
Like most controversial topics getting neutral information is difficult.
Over the years the government has conducted surveys of residents and the results depends on whether you are a plaintiff or defendant.
om, no doubt would be a good source about the true radiation risk of nuclear.
I did read in the Tri City Herald recently that several tech companies are looking at being involved in SMR projects to provide reliable baseload power for data centers/AI computing. I think the area would be a good site for these powerplants since residents are used to living around nuclear power.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/hanford-nuclear-site-incident-raises-questions-health-cancer/story?id=47327495
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/apr/26/study-finds-normal-rate-of-cancer-near-hanford/