Comments on: Open thread 9/26/2026 https://thenewneo.com/2026/09/26/open-thread-9-26-2026/ A blog about political change, among other things Sun, 27 Sep 2026 22:34:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Mike Plaiss https://thenewneo.com/2026/09/26/open-thread-9-26-2026/#comment-2865058 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 22:34:58 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=152108#comment-2865058 Speaking of the Jerusalem Post, can anyone give me any insight into this headline over there?

IRGC spokesperson says Iran captured second American submarine in Hormuz ‘hunting ground’ – report

]]> By: Art Deco https://thenewneo.com/2026/09/26/open-thread-9-26-2026/#comment-2865055 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:54:02 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=152108#comment-2865055 That hospital has a 2 of 5 star rating from Medicare.
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I don’t recall it had a wretched reputation when I lived there. Wonder what happened.

]]> By: AppleBetty https://thenewneo.com/2026/09/26/open-thread-9-26-2026/#comment-2865053 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:55:06 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=152108#comment-2865053 ArtDeco: It is the view of the managers of Rochester General Hospital that we cannot educate and train anyone worth their time to employ as a medical resident.

That hospital has a 2 of 5 star rating from Medicare.
https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/hospital/330125

(11 of 15 rated hospitals in Los Angeles rate better.
https://www.medicarelist.com/hospitals/ca/los-angeles/)

]]> By: Mike Plaiss https://thenewneo.com/2026/09/26/open-thread-9-26-2026/#comment-2865052 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:43:20 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=152108#comment-2865052 Them too?

Any other regular readers of the Jerusalem Post here? And if so, have you noticed a significant shift toward anti-Netanyahu coverage. Seems like it to me.

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2026/09/26/open-thread-9-26-2026/#comment-2865047 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:57:55 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=152108#comment-2865047 ArtDeco:

Zips inside the wire.

]]> By: Skip https://thenewneo.com/2026/09/26/open-thread-9-26-2026/#comment-2865046 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:58:31 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=152108#comment-2865046 Had to early60s but remember it.

]]> By: Karmi https://thenewneo.com/2026/09/26/open-thread-9-26-2026/#comment-2865044 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:05:59 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=152108#comment-2865044 Let’s all wish Google a Happy Birthday!!!

]]> By: Art Deco https://thenewneo.com/2026/09/26/open-thread-9-26-2026/#comment-2865040 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:10:55 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=152108#comment-2865040 Rochester General Hospital has inaugurated a new class of residents. Of the total, 98% are those recruited from abroad. The United States has a diversified economy which produces 16% of global product with 4% of the world’s population. It is the view of the managers of Rochester General Hospital that we cannot educate and train anyone worth their time to employ as a medical resident. Our immigration policy makes this possible.
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We are an occupied country. The occupiers are our own professional-managerial stratum.

]]> By: Mike Plaiss https://thenewneo.com/2026/09/26/open-thread-9-26-2026/#comment-2865039 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:41:09 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=152108#comment-2865039 A while back I linked to an interview with author Simon Sebag Montefiore. Today his book is reviewed in the WSJ.

Making Today’s Middle East

The Cauldron
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-cauldron-review-the-birth-of-the-middle-east-f312aa2f?st=snzacJ

Interestingly the book is reviewed by Sean McMeekin, a name some here will know.

]]> By: Steve (Retired/recovering lawyer) https://thenewneo.com/2026/09/26/open-thread-9-26-2026/#comment-2865026 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 10:01:42 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=152108#comment-2865026 Quite the juxtaposition of posts: Winky Dink and “professional estate cleaners-and-sorters.” Kind of alpha-omega, beginning and end, start to finish. I have a vivid memory of sitting in front of the family TV (a twelve inch, b&w cathode ray emitter inside a largish wooden box) trying to keep the greenish-tinted plastic screen on the tube while tracing out the desired image. And now my time is spent sorting out all the stuff I have accumulated and trying to pawn it off on my future heirs while we are all still alive. Good times, good times.

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