tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8354750326662984988..comments2024-03-29T06:52:00.902-05:00Comments on Althouse: At the Early Garden Café..Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41092957412281446142017-04-21T22:04:52.388-05:002017-04-21T22:04:52.388-05:00George @ 7:17
Taken to heart, George. Thanks.George @ 7:17<br />Taken to heart, George. Thanks.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89564308523400377282017-04-21T15:25:09.980-05:002017-04-21T15:25:09.980-05:00Meade said... "Or do what we do and watch the...Meade said... <i>"Or do what we do and watch the French Revolution with Professor Suzanne M. Desan."</i><br /><br />Listen, I know all about the French Revolution. Saw it on Broadway, the highbrow version; <i>Les Miserable (sic).</i><br /><br />Now I can hardly wait for the remake due out on May 7th; <i>Viva Le Pen</i>.<br /><br /> David Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03409670369293131186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33749762427952705282017-04-21T08:52:54.233-05:002017-04-21T08:52:54.233-05:00We're up to lecture #34 so shhh don't spoi...<i>We're up to lecture #34 so shhh don't spoil the end for us by telling us how it turns out.</i><br /><br />I put it on my iPod in the car and listened while commuting to Phoenix.<br /><br />Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20661735969032264032017-04-21T08:51:44.372-05:002017-04-21T08:51:44.372-05:00The Mayo Clinic had a long practice (Maybe still d...The Mayo Clinic had a long practice (Maybe still does) of xraying the abdomen after every abdominal surgery case. A surgeon friend of mine in Los Angeles did the same thing and had an amusing talk he used to give about what he found.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28186441631213394592017-04-21T07:50:06.607-05:002017-04-21T07:50:06.607-05:00Blogger AllenS said...
My dad had his hip replaced...<i>Blogger AllenS said...<br />My dad had his hip replaced in the 1970s. On one of the tools involved in the operation, the thumb depressor snapped off, and they sewed him up without noticing that it was missing..</i><br /><br />While on radiology block in vet school, it was brought to my attention that the surgeons would occasionally send a patient down for a radiograph after closing up if they had doubts that something may have been inadvertently left inside (usually the concern was over surgical sponges, which have a radiopaque marker in them.) As a prank, the radiologist had us first take the actual image-which showed no foreign objects-and then a second film with a very large pair of pliers placed under the dog's abdomen. <br /><br />We did another prank with a cat sent down for radiograph to check for pregnancy (routine practice in vet medicine before ultrasound was widely available.) This was in Louisiana so we had a stash of "King cake babies"- little plastic babies that are baked into cakes during Mardi Gras season. We coated them with barium and arranged them like a litter of kittens in the area of the cat's uterus and shot the film.<br /><br />Hopefully the amusing memories outweigh any exposure I had to additional unnecessary radiation.CStanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467496850893922521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78833742087993114752017-04-21T07:37:59.329-05:002017-04-21T07:37:59.329-05:00Tank said...
David Baker said...
Well, I love Da...Tank said...<br />David Baker said... <br /><br />Well, I love Dana Perino, but not at 8 o'clock. <br /><br />Turn off the sound.<br />----------------------------------<br /><br />Or do what we do and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1598039539?ie=UTF8&tag=althouse09-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1598039539" rel="nofollow">watch the French Revolution with Professor Suzanne M. Desan</a>. We're up to lecture #34 so shhh don't spoil the end for us by telling us how it turns out.<br />Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39948199476569914942017-04-21T07:28:16.714-05:002017-04-21T07:28:16.714-05:00We have one Hellebore -- white -- that bloomed sup...We have one Hellebore -- white -- that bloomed super early, and then a cold snap frosted some of it, but it came back nice and strong. Its leaves were out all winter and didn't seem to die.<br /><br />The purple hellebore we have -- like the one in the picture -- lost all its leaves and I was pondering its survival, but it popped up nicely.<br /><br />That's the beauty of Spring in the garden -- you're always pleasantly surprised that something survived. And if something did not, you either have forgotten about it or you go out and buy more ;)MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44288822862187580672017-04-21T07:16:50.600-05:002017-04-21T07:16:50.600-05:00David Baker said...
Well, I love Dana Perino, bu...<i>David Baker said... <br /><br />Well, I love Dana Perino, but not at 8 o'clock. </i><br /><br />Turn off the sound. Tankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187906854627334164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85166270172365560942017-04-21T07:11:51.640-05:002017-04-21T07:11:51.640-05:00The Weather Channel is still using the discredited...The Weather Channel is <a href="https://weather.com/science/environment/news/climate-trends-future-earth-day" rel="nofollow">still using the discredited Hockey Stick.</a><br /><br />How dishonest can they get? Notice that they don't continue the proxy data though the present. It would be very interesting to see how the same proxies that they used to get the historical temps compared to the instrumental record, but then you get into <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=divergence+problem+climate+models&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq2P6KwrXTAhWF1CYKHcR_APwQgQMIITAA" rel="nofollow">the divergence problem.</a> Basically, they don't match up... But if you have a PhD, then using techniques to measure the past that don't work where you have actual instruments, like here in the present, is no problem. <br /><br />tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36252270080978216702017-04-21T06:23:08.621-05:002017-04-21T06:23:08.621-05:00"If you have been fighting bug reflexes with ...<br />"If you have been fighting bug reflexes with your iambic keyer and decided to go full iambic to go with the flow, the following words are good to practice."<br /><br />They would be good practice for a J-38 as well.etbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127908796592267067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68237739782787508462017-04-21T06:00:13.229-05:002017-04-21T06:00:13.229-05:00two most significant so called competitors to Amer...<i> two most significant so called competitors to American military hegemony around the glob, one spends 0.75% less per capita on its military as the US, and the other spends 0.13%</i><br /><br />Forgetting your use of a term like "hegemony" ripped right from the pages of Soviet propaganda, perhaps you can give us the percentage the 9-11 terrorists spent before laughing off these threats. tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30626258871815024952017-04-21T05:41:34.622-05:002017-04-21T05:41:34.622-05:00My dad had his hip replaced in the 1970s. On one o...My dad had his hip replaced in the 1970s. On one of the tools involved in the operation, the thumb depressor snapped off, and they sewed him up without noticing that it was missing. After complaining about the pain for a year, and getting no attention from the doctor, he went and had an x-ray from a different doctor when they discovered it. He had to have a different doctor remove it. He had to get a lawyer to straighten every thing out, and in the end was awarded $10,000 and the lawyer took half of it.<br /><br />All operations are dangerous.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34523396025221460462017-04-21T05:11:32.998-05:002017-04-21T05:11:32.998-05:00Remember George Page, the creator and original voi...Remember George Page, the creator and original voice of PBS's "Nature"? What terrific programs he produced. I recall one episode in particular for its sheer, breathtaking beauty; <i>"Alyeska"</i>. <br /><br />Filmed in Alaska's Brooks Range, Alyeska included some amazing footage of caribou on the move. Stunning, surreal scenes playing out only to equally mesmerizing music. For minutes Page wouldn't say a word, which was part of his genius. Even with that hypnotic, mellifluous voice, not a syllable to distract from the incredible images unfolding before us. <br /><br />By comparison, today's Nature programs seem a far cry from Page's. Maybe it was his gentle manner, because now the series seems far more bloody and violent. It's hard to relax while watching massive crocodiles springing from muddy rivers and chomping down on desperately thirsty wildebeests. Or wolves trapping a baby buffalo. I mean, it's like watching cable news. Without O'Reilly.<br /><br />Thus my 8pm search continues.David Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03409670369293131186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12551572111359539192017-04-21T04:20:11.215-05:002017-04-21T04:20:11.215-05:00@ J. Farmer --
Is that "progressive math&quo...@ J. Farmer --<br /><br />Is that "progressive math"? Just eyeballing your numbers, I call bullshit on you.<br /><br />Using the numbers you provided (and no idea about their provenance or validity):<br /><br />US: $600,000,000 divided by 320,000,000 people = $1.88 per capita spending<br />Iran: $10,300,000 divided by 78,000,000 people = $0.13 per capita spending<br />North Korea: $570,000,000 divided by 25,000,000 people = %22.80 per capita spending<br /><br />Which is why most North Koreans are malnourished. Too much guns, not enough butter.Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736461252925227611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8708314510317671372017-04-20T23:37:59.999-05:002017-04-20T23:37:59.999-05:00Farmer seems to be getting hysterical. Could you b...Farmer seems to be getting hysterical. Could you boil that down (so to speak) to a couple of paragraphs?<br /><br />See you in the morning.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70603133508088684222017-04-20T21:54:39.638-05:002017-04-20T21:54:39.638-05:00"Meade said...
By the end of September, 95% o..."Meade said...<br />By the end of September, 95% of them will have been digested into leaf mold by worms and other microorganisms."<br /><br />Theoretically.Curious Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440726941494085334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41608631576686669602017-04-20T21:25:24.275-05:002017-04-20T21:25:24.275-05:00Is is pretty hilarious that in today's day and...Is is pretty hilarious that in today's day and age, the biggest national threats the US can identity to its security are Iran and North Korea. Let's take a look at actual reality...<br /><br /><b>Population of the US:</b> ~320,000,000<br /><b>Population of the Iran:</b> ~78,000,000<br /><b>Population of the North Korea:</b> ~25,000,000<br /><br /><b>Total military spending by the USA (in US dollars):</b> $600,000,000<br /><b>Total military spending by the Iran (in US dollars):</b> $10,300,000<br /><b>Total military spending by the North Korea (in US dollars):</b> $570,000,000 <br /><br /><b>Total military spending by the USA (in US dollars) <i>per capita</i>:</b> $1,859<br /><b>Total military spending by the Iran (in US dollars) <i>per capita</i>:</b> $134<br /><b>Total military spending by the North Korea (in US dollars) <i>per capita</i>:</b> $0.25<br /><br />In other words, of the two most significant so called competitors to American military hegemony around the glob, one spends 0.75% less per capita on its military as the US, and the other spends 0.13% as much as its per capita GDP./<br /><br />This is a small, but I hope illustrative, example of how far the US exceeds so called competitors. <br /><br /><br />J. Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09118902560282089997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72449863954688969462017-04-20T21:04:03.351-05:002017-04-20T21:04:03.351-05:00wow. How can Rex Tillerson be so wrong? Let me cou...wow. How can Rex Tillerson be so wrong? Let me count the ways....<br /><br />[p.s. I started as someone very optimistic about Tillerson's appointment]....<br /><br />1) Tillerson is getting the Iran deal all wrong.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/20/iran-nuclear-deal-rex-tillerson-accuses-iran-of-alarming-provocations" rel="nofollow">Iran chides US over 'worn out' accusations about nuclear deal</a><br /><br />Like most people on the interventionist side of the debate, Tillerson gets the Iran dan totally wrong. First, Iran was forced to the noegotiatgiting table by greater powers. Attempts to spend the nuclear deal as some kind of "win" for Iran are completely outside of history. Iran was forced to the table by more powerful actors, and they agreed to limitations above and beyond what they are permitted under the NPT.<br /><br />2) As boring as it is predictable, the Trump administration seems to actually believe the Fox news headlines that Obama was unable to get what he wanted on the global stage because of a lack of "American leadership" or an ability to show "resolve."<br /><br />3) Trump stupidly thinks that in order to best Obama, he merely has to show determination to use force. This is, unfortunately, Trump buying into the stupid right-wing critique that Obama was some kind of peacenik, reluctant to use force. So even though Obama escalated the war in Afghanistan, turned Bush's "kill or capture" program into a "kill" program, and started a new front in Libya, the so called right-wing critique of Obama was that he was not intervening forcefully enough.<br /><br />3) Trump's platform included (apart from the rest of the field's) the obvious insight that it was insane to fight the Syrian Civil War on both sides. So called "mainstream" Senators like McCain and Graham are still arguing for US troops in Syria, and they want those troops there so they can fight on both sides of the Syrian Civil War.<br /><br />Now here's what we actually voted for:<br /><br />* Trump "destroying" ISIS. I don't even think that's feasible. but it's a lot smarter than saying you're going to destroy ISIS <b><i>and</i></b> the Assad regime. How is that even possible?<br /><br />I voted for Trump, despite all the counter arguments against him, because I thought his #1 grace was that he would not be swayed, out of a stupid desire for "respectability," to adopt the elitest position. Unfortunately, I didn't realize then that a disapproving assessment from his twerp son-in-law would be enough to male Trump question his entire world view. <br /><br /><br />J. Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09118902560282089997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73791344280642477602017-04-20T20:55:21.607-05:002017-04-20T20:55:21.607-05:00I like the circular layout of the yard and will tr...I like the circular layout of the yard and will try to find a way to incorporate the look at my place. Right now the back yard looks like a barnyard, thanks to rain and rain and more rain... plus two rambunctious lab pups.<br /><br />The hellebore are pretty - a nice way to welcome Spring. <br /><br />Today my tulips finally shot up their flower buds here in southeast Michigan. I cut one to put in a vase to see if forcing it open will result in a nice flower, though they may not be developed well enough yet. Usually they bloom around Mother's Day - fitting, since I planted a huge bed of yellows in honor of my mother a few years ago. Oh, and the peas in the trough planters pushed their heads through the dirt this week end. <br /><br />I love Spring and Fall.Rosa Marie Yoderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564642738541294998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59705616588902896232017-04-20T20:38:11.835-05:002017-04-20T20:38:11.835-05:00"The viewrs stayed; the advertisers left.&quo..."The viewrs stayed; the advertisers left."Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011701168912339784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72832665801066251092017-04-20T20:36:52.975-05:002017-04-20T20:36:52.975-05:00Well, it bothers me that the paid managers of publ...Well, it bothers me that the paid managers of publicly traded corporations apparently conspire to enforce their personal political views on a news media outlet.Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011701168912339784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36580893785582230752017-04-20T20:31:34.538-05:002017-04-20T20:31:34.538-05:00O'Reilly is not on again tonight. And Fox is s...O'Reilly is not on again tonight. And Fox is suddenly a very dull place. The fill in Babe does not talk back to the usual MSNBC suspects the New Fox now invites on to argue with them.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10001010250223360362017-04-20T20:26:34.977-05:002017-04-20T20:26:34.977-05:00I pile scythed grass under my maple tree in the la...I pile scythed grass under my maple tree in the lawn season and leaves in the fall, so alternating covers. It doesn't seem to be growing in height from one year to the next.<br /><br />Though there are times in the year when it's a noticeable pile.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28139668084816578282017-04-20T20:19:01.172-05:002017-04-20T20:19:01.172-05:00"Hoping he composts those leaves."
The ..."Hoping he composts those leaves."<br /><br />The pile is still hot and cooking but in 2 or 3 weeks they'll become mulch, tucked under the hostas, hellebores, and other humus-loving herbs. By the end of September, 95% of them will have been digested into leaf mold by worms and other microorganisms.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75681378747825931442017-04-20T20:06:02.477-05:002017-04-20T20:06:02.477-05:00I read A Compreshensive Grammar of the English Lan...I read A Compreshensive Grammar of the English Language (2000 pages) one summer.<br /><br />Quirk Greenbaum Leech and Svartvik.<br /><br />Learn a lot of rules that you didn't know that you know. Thousands.<br /><br />Grammar for them is rules about what sounds okay and what doesn't.<br /><br />The DNA of the language.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.com