Grandma crocheted tablecloths for the family.
That is a lot of work. Talented, and impressive. How many hobbyists put that much time and effort into their projects?
I don’t usually read newsweek.com, but read an article there today, and at the bottom it asked “Is This Article Trustworthy?” and provided a sliding scale widget from Yes to No for instant feedback.
At Hot Air they mentioned a meatpacking plant that got raided, 70 illegals picked up.
Every single one had passed E-Verify.
The Instapundit commenters so badly want to see that employer punished, but there is nothing illegal in employing illegals who go through E-Verify (pass or fail, as it turns out). They so badly want the law to be other than what it is. And they have suggested hilariously illegal things the employer should have done. My favorite being spy on the break room and fire or turn in those who speak Spanish.
Re: The view from my house
Now includes a skunk foraging in the morning and evening through my backyard. I don’t know what it finds. It makes the rounds then moves on to the rest of the neighborhood.
I’ve never had the chance to watch a skunk. This one is beautiful. Not skittish like a squirrel. Just ambles on, going about its business.
The other morning a roadrunner entered the scene with the skunk. The roadrunner came up close a few times then the skunk would take a swipe and the roadrunner would jump back.
It seemed to me that the roadrunner was testing the skunk.
Roadrunners are interesting creatures too. Fearless. Curious.
Sad news for liberal education. Important for us to keep in mind as we try to build excellent programs that we are often at the mercy of administration whose support for liberal education can be fickle.
Could be they’re more than just a bit Cuckcoos — the roadrunners — huxley!
Some sarcasm follows in this comment-
One headline today about President Trump:
“Trump’s Secret Service detail to pay $600K for golf carts and port-a-potties to use at his New Jersey club”.
The headline + news-piece are actually about [possible, future taxpayer funded bills, bills that haven’t happened yet], so that the secret service can follow Pres. Trump on that golf course.
Ok.
I see.
And Pres. Obama’s wife, [while he was President], spent $10 million of the taxpayer’s money, to take a trip to Europe.
It could be a matter of opinion, but, did she [need] to take that trip, and add it to the Government’s and taxpayers’ costs?
Pres. Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, claimed that she made that trip, [only?] to visit a mourning friend, a friend who recently lost her husband.
I see.
Well, dear penny-pinching reporters, if you let the Democrat President run up a $10 million bill, then you have to let the Republican President, do the same.
I mean, if your goal is fairness, then they both must be given the $10 million without any complaints.
I mean, if your goal is fairness to the presidents of the two parties, you must give equal funds to these two presidents.
Aren’t the taxpayers + the reporters, supposed to be fair to both presidents?
Fair is fair, reporters-type people.
Hm.
@huxley:Now includes a skunk foraging in the morning and evening through my backyard.
Beekeepers have trouble with skunks. They walk up to hives, scratch them to bring out guard bees, and then eat the guard bees. Not that much else preys on bees. Getting stung doesn’t bother skunks that much.
Thank doggone Goodness.
It looks like the one suspect in the [four, Idaho murders], Mr. Bryan Kohberger, is going to: 1) plead guilty on all charges in this case, and that will mean, 2) he will get four, all-in-sequence, life sentences for these crimes…without any appeals, plus-maybe 10 years, I think,…for burglary.
This will mean he will be sentenced for about 400 years in prison, unless…of course, death happens first, and he will never get out of prison.
I think that many, legal experts have said that: it seems very likely that he did these 4 murders.
To be honest- it sounds like he was very clever in his school work, + I was afraid that 1] that maybe he did these murders , and that, 2] he + his lawyers, might have found a court room trick to get him declared, not guilty, of these murders.
I dislike wishing ill on anyone, but- if he really did these murders, then I am glad that he will not escape [the fair- court-trials, + punishments], that have been created by people.
I have some friends who used to live in the Idaho-area.
Those people and I, were very concered about this court case.
I’m glad that this particular nightmare, will be locked into a prison, and will never be let out, so he will never cause people concerns, again.
That is just my opinion about this court case(s) in Idaho.
Came across this exclave rather serendipitously.
Who knew?
“Llívia” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ll%C3%ADvia
Key graf:
“…It is named after Livia, the wife of Augustus and matriarch of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Because of a technicality in the Treaty of the Pyrenees, signed in 1659, that transferred only “villages” in the Pyrenees to France, Llívia, which was a “town”, remains under Spanish control. The Segre river, a tributary of the Spanish Ebro, flows through Llívia. It has a population of 1,560 (register office, 2024)….”
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If you’re into exclaves, there’s this (with a bit of a Nazi twist): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCsingen_am_Hochrhein
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A victory (of a sort) against the administrative thugs of odious, lawless, repugnant academia….
“NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER: Another blacklisted professor wins big in court.”—
https://instapundit.com/729303/
Grandma crocheted tablecloths for the family.
That is a lot of work. Talented, and impressive. How many hobbyists put that much time and effort into their projects?
I don’t usually read newsweek.com, but read an article there today, and at the bottom it asked “Is This Article Trustworthy?” and provided a sliding scale widget from Yes to No for instant feedback.
At Hot Air they mentioned a meatpacking plant that got raided, 70 illegals picked up.
Every single one had passed E-Verify.
The Instapundit commenters so badly want to see that employer punished, but there is nothing illegal in employing illegals who go through E-Verify (pass or fail, as it turns out). They so badly want the law to be other than what it is. And they have suggested hilariously illegal things the employer should have done. My favorite being spy on the break room and fire or turn in those who speak Spanish.
Re: The view from my house
Now includes a skunk foraging in the morning and evening through my backyard. I don’t know what it finds. It makes the rounds then moves on to the rest of the neighborhood.
I’ve never had the chance to watch a skunk. This one is beautiful. Not skittish like a squirrel. Just ambles on, going about its business.
The other morning a roadrunner entered the scene with the skunk. The roadrunner came up close a few times then the skunk would take a swipe and the roadrunner would jump back.
It seemed to me that the roadrunner was testing the skunk.
Roadrunners are interesting creatures too. Fearless. Curious.
Jennifer Frey, with a news item unlikely to be seen widely, and yet noteworthy, I believe. ( https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1939669529207988500.html )
As Greg McBrayer puts it
https://x.com/GregMcBrayer3/status/1939716203418619953
Could be they’re more than just a bit Cuckcoos — the roadrunners — huxley!
Some sarcasm follows in this comment-
One headline today about President Trump:
“Trump’s Secret Service detail to pay $600K for golf carts and port-a-potties to use at his New Jersey club”.
The headline + news-piece are actually about [possible, future taxpayer funded bills, bills that haven’t happened yet], so that the secret service can follow Pres. Trump on that golf course.
Ok.
I see.
And Pres. Obama’s wife, [while he was President], spent $10 million of the taxpayer’s money, to take a trip to Europe.
It could be a matter of opinion, but, did she [need] to take that trip, and add it to the Government’s and taxpayers’ costs?
Pres. Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, claimed that she made that trip, [only?] to visit a mourning friend, a friend who recently lost her husband.
I see.
Well, dear penny-pinching reporters, if you let the Democrat President run up a $10 million bill, then you have to let the Republican President, do the same.
I mean, if your goal is fairness, then they both must be given the $10 million without any complaints.
I mean, if your goal is fairness to the presidents of the two parties, you must give equal funds to these two presidents.
Aren’t the taxpayers + the reporters, supposed to be fair to both presidents?
Fair is fair, reporters-type people.
Hm.
@huxley:Now includes a skunk foraging in the morning and evening through my backyard.
Beekeepers have trouble with skunks. They walk up to hives, scratch them to bring out guard bees, and then eat the guard bees. Not that much else preys on bees. Getting stung doesn’t bother skunks that much.
Thank doggone Goodness.
It looks like the one suspect in the [four, Idaho murders], Mr. Bryan Kohberger, is going to: 1) plead guilty on all charges in this case, and that will mean, 2) he will get four, all-in-sequence, life sentences for these crimes…without any appeals, plus-maybe 10 years, I think,…for burglary.
This will mean he will be sentenced for about 400 years in prison, unless…of course, death happens first, and he will never get out of prison.
I think that many, legal experts have said that: it seems very likely that he did these 4 murders.
To be honest- it sounds like he was very clever in his school work, + I was afraid that 1] that maybe he did these murders , and that, 2] he + his lawyers, might have found a court room trick to get him declared, not guilty, of these murders.
I dislike wishing ill on anyone, but- if he really did these murders, then I am glad that he will not escape [the fair- court-trials, + punishments], that have been created by people.
I have some friends who used to live in the Idaho-area.
Those people and I, were very concered about this court case.
I’m glad that this particular nightmare, will be locked into a prison, and will never be let out, so he will never cause people concerns, again.
That is just my opinion about this court case(s) in Idaho.
Cheers.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/bryan-kohberger-plead-guilty-counts-idaho-college-murders/story?id=123356808
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Came across this exclave rather serendipitously.
Who knew?
“Llívia”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ll%C3%ADvia
Key graf:
“…It is named after Livia, the wife of Augustus and matriarch of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Because of a technicality in the Treaty of the Pyrenees, signed in 1659, that transferred only “villages” in the Pyrenees to France, Llívia, which was a “town”, remains under Spanish control. The Segre river, a tributary of the Spanish Ebro, flows through Llívia. It has a population of 1,560 (register office, 2024)….”
– – – – – – – – –
If you’re into exclaves, there’s this (with a bit of a Nazi twist):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCsingen_am_Hochrhein