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January 26, 2020

At the Sunrise Café...

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... you can talk about whatever you like.

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86 comments:

tim in vermont said...: I went to an “Open House” to look at a home nearby and the real estate agent greeted me at the door, she was a pretty, leggy blonde (this isn’t going where you think it is), anyway, we went in and there was her husband, thirty years older than her and a man who in no way looked like he should be married to her, sitting in a chair in the middle of the living room of this house his wife was trying to sell. She said “he comes to work with me everywhere. I wish he wouldn’t.” All I could think of was the Althouse post on cardinals and “mate guarding.”; 1/26/20, 7:59 PM
Narr said...: Well it's about time! I got nothing, but here I am.

So, the helicopter is mechanically more complex than a fixed wing and as rhhardin points out the glide landing capability is very limited. According to the infallible Google, in 2015 there were some 9.84 helo crashes per 100k hours. I don't easily find crash-per-hour stats for fixed wing, though single engines are about ten times as dangerous as multi-engine.

According to Infallible G again, the US used almost 12k choppers in VN (5k lost), requiring 40k pilots, of whom 2200 were killed. Now that's tragic. (I wonder how many the ARVN had?)

Narr
I wouldn't go up in one for money, now; 1/26/20, 8:02 PM
Mid-Life Lawyer said...: I'm watching the Grammy's. We are normalizing obesity, I see. Once we conquer this stigma, what will be next. Open wounds?; 1/26/20, 8:03 PM
stephen cooper said...: "the last shall be first and the first shall be last"
"Judge not lest ye be judged"
"We are all equal in the eyes of God"

first two from the Book of Matthew, the third is from the profitable movie "Amadeus"

There is a one in a thousand chance that millions of people alive today will come down with this virus from China, and if that happens, thousands of people who come down with that virus will probably pass away, maybe thinking in their last moments they have a bad cold like they never had before, and thinking they just want to rest a little, or maybe knowing that they are dying.
Take care of yourselves and take care of the people who rely on you.

Wash your hands and do not eat bats or dogs.
Simple but useful advice!; 1/26/20, 8:07 PM
h said...: In case you missed it. The WaPo travel section features Madison, WI this week.; 1/26/20, 8:08 PM
Shouting Thomas said...: I've been posting a hymn I've recorded every week for the past few weeks, and I'll continue to do that until I'm no longer able.

This week, it's everybody's favorite:

Morning Has Broken.

Next week, How Great Thou Art.; 1/26/20, 8:10 PM
narciso said...: Very curious:

https://mobile.twitter.com/rising_serpent; 1/26/20, 8:14 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: Both CNN & MSNBC have cut away from wall to wall impeachment farce coverage for wall to wall Kobe Bryant coverage.

There's some kinda meaning there, but not what it is.

My kids are very sad about Kobe.; 1/26/20, 8:19 PM
narciso said...: Life is fleeting, we are sojourners in this world.; 1/26/20, 8:21 PM
narciso said...: Many dont realize the second point.; 1/26/20, 8:24 PM
tim in vermont said...: "There's some kinda meaning there, but not what it is.”

As Church Lady would say: “How conveeenient."; 1/26/20, 8:26 PM
Mark said...: Sorry ST, too many 70s folk guitar Mass hippie overtones to it.; 1/26/20, 8:27 PM
stevew said...: Back from a skiing weekend in VT with two other couples. We've been doing this every year for a long time. As we have aged there is less skiing, more focus on visiting with each other. One couple are ardent Democrat/Progressives. The other guy that is not me called a Trump victory in 2016 exactly four years ago during our trip that year. He's quite pleased with how it has all turned. His wife is like mrs. stevew, a warmish Trump supporter, converted by results and the relentless unfair attacks. Impeachment came up, everyone chuckled and scoffed then we got back to catching up on kids, grandkids, moving plans, and other daily life topics. Great weekend. Stopped at Simon Pearce on the way home, watched some glass making. They didn't mention impeachment at all.

I love these photos. They convey quiet and solitude to me.; 1/26/20, 8:28 PM
Mark said...: Yeah, Jesse's girlfriend shouldn't have threatened Mr. White.; 1/26/20, 8:28 PM
narciso said...: Any relation shouting?; 1/26/20, 8:30 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Many dont realize the second point.

"For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come".
Heb 13:14; 1/26/20, 8:34 PM
PJ said...: That top photo is wonderful, thank you for posting it.; 1/26/20, 8:36 PM
wildswan said...: "Shouting Thomas said...

Next week, How Great Thou Art."

Looking forward to this. My mother left orders that we sing this at her funeral. It was how she saw things.; 1/26/20, 8:37 PM
stephen cooper said...: if you are interested in the coronavirus thing, there is a very intelligent scientist named Helen Branswell who has decided to devote all her twitter comments for the foreseeable future to the coronavirus thing.

She thinks a pandemic is possible.
Her twitter feed is interesting.
She knows much more about this than I do.

I am no scientist but I know we live in a world where people eat bats and rats. And you do not have to eat a bat or a rat to get sick from someone who does.

Chinese tourism companies are down about 25 percent in stock market value right now.

I could, but I will not, recite many many Old Testament verses on the reasons why we should not eat vermin.; 1/26/20, 8:40 PM
iowan2 said...: This impeachment is dead.

The media, and Dems, are desperately trying to keep it in the air. Reminds me of a room of Nursing home residents flapping their arms trying to keep a balloon in the air. People at the end of their journey working towards something that everyone knows is futile, but worse, futile and meaningless.; 1/26/20, 8:41 PM
narciso said...: Removing the bible from public space, has made a much poorer language,; 1/26/20, 8:44 PM
traditionalguy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/26/20, 8:44 PM
traditionalguy said...: The Protestant Reformation lives on in the great Hymns ST records. My complements to you.; 1/26/20, 8:45 PM
Drago said...: Iowan2: "The media, and Dems, are desperately trying to keep it in the air."

The media, and dems, and LLR-lefty FakeCons.

Never forget to include that critical FakeCon "Conservative Inc" crew that serves their lefty billionaire masters.; 1/26/20, 8:49 PM
etbass said...: "The Protestant Reformation lives on in the great Hymns ST records."

Ha ha. Doubt if that is ST's intention, being a Catholic.; 1/26/20, 8:53 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/26/20, 8:53 PM
Maillard Reactionary said...: Agreeing with PJ here, the first picture with the snow patterns on the ice is incredible. I've never seen anything like that here.

I wish I were there with my camera and the Fujinon 300T. I can see a couple of pictures just from here.

Today, it's 45 deg F even at night. Yesterday it was so warm that the springtails came out (again) and swarmed in the thousands on any flat and dry surface. Where they are the rest of the time I'll never know. Hidden worlds.

The mild weather is nice for my plants but I'm worried about a population explosion of gypsy moths and emerald pine borers next spring.; 1/26/20, 8:54 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: "Pistol-Whipped Trannies"

the daily weirdness of the news makes good fodder for band names

Police**: Man high on ‘shrooms’ ‘pistol-whipped’ transgender woman who then wrestled the gun away

https://www.wkrg.com/news/police-man-high-on-shrooms-pistol-whipped-transgender-woman-who-then-wrestled-the-gun-away/

** not the band

but-- while you're waiting for PWT to put out an album, enjoy this

"And You And I" --Yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rdL2KkvzY; 1/26/20, 8:55 PM
tim in vermont said...: Chord progressions in a hymnal fit ‘60s rock and roll very easily. Emphasis on I IV V, relative minors, suspended chords, and dominant 7ths. It’s almost as if rock music had two sources, blues, and hymnals.; 1/26/20, 8:57 PM
tim in vermont said...: I always hated when the ice would start to get like that first picture. It’s the end of ice skating, and snowmobiling gets kind of bumpy.; 1/26/20, 8:59 PM
narciso said...: https://pawszilla.com/anthropology-and-history/archaelogy/archaeologists-unearthed-incredible-artifact-site-jesus-fed-5000/?utm_source=Taboola&utm_medium=CPC&utm_content=pushnami-splashpage_1132179&utm_campaign=75497_Paws-Zilla_Jesusartifact-Paws_US_MOBILE_RG&utm_term=3665434&l=a; 1/26/20, 9:05 PM
tim in vermont said...: If I were a betting man, I would say Bernie has the inside track to win the nomination. I think Biden would be far easier to beat.; 1/26/20, 9:07 PM
stephen cooper said...: Helen Branswell on twitter has some good info on the current virus.
Taleb, who predicted the 2008 financial debacle, is devoting lots of his twitter comments to this subject. I have not observed him to be as excitable as this about anything since 2008.
Apparently, 500 miles away from the epicenter in China, stores have already run out of non=perishable items. 500 miles. China is only a couple thousand miles wide.

If you live on the West Coast, and have pets, I would suggest buying a few months worth of pet food this week.
If you have children or are responsible for an elderly parent, I would seriously think about reading up, in the next few days, on how to prepare for a pandemic.

All 4 of my grandparents, 2 of them who lived in Manhattan at the time with my father and his four siblings, survived the Spanish flu, but they were meticulous, boring people. If you are not naturally meticulous .... well, there is a time and season for everything.; 1/26/20, 9:08 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: WTF are these real?? from '12, '16

"Kobe's going to die in a helicopter crash"

https://gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/031/737/100/original/785677d8c63fb3cd.jpeg?1580088053

https://gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/031/737/101/original/5ebe2aaba64b983d.jpeg?1580088054; 1/26/20, 9:13 PM
narciso said...: Shut up and sing

https://mobile.twitter.com/thehill/status/1221631180308656135; 1/26/20, 9:17 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Creepy Kobe and Kanye helo crash ad

https://twitter.com/i/status/1221578173113978881; 1/26/20, 9:19 PM
walter said...: Man..just imagining Berno as prez...; 1/26/20, 9:20 PM
madAsHell said...: Thank you, Shout!!; 1/26/20, 9:24 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: During a conversation in 2016, Kobe Bryant discussed his relationship with death.

"You can't have life without death. You can't have light without dark."

https://twitter.com/i/status/1221565896772112385; 1/26/20, 9:25 PM
Big Mike said...: Next week, How Great Thou Art.

Use the version recorded by Carrie Underwood with Vince Gill.; 1/26/20, 9:26 PM
roesch/voltaire said...: Copies of Bolton’s book have been passed around and the truth just realed Trumps weak and dishonest story about the withholding of aid to Ukraine.; 1/26/20, 9:31 PM
Inga said...: “Copies of Bolton’s book have been passed around and the truth just realed Trumps weak and dishonest story about the withholding of aid to Ukraine.”

No wonder they don’t want any witnesses or documents. The truth, however has a way of getting out.; 1/26/20, 9:35 PM
tim in vermont said...: Bombshell! Trump wanted election interference solicited by the Democrats from Ukraine investigated!
Bombshell! Only NSC had access to manuscript and they leaked and distorted it!; 1/26/20, 9:40 PM
tim in vermont said...: If you beat the dead horse hard enough, you can sort of make its tail twitch!; 1/26/20, 9:41 PM
chuck said...: Some people seem to take impeachment seriously. Folks, it's a joke, a skit, a comedy. Once you realize that it will all make sense.; 1/26/20, 9:44 PM
tim in vermont said...: Michael Tracey@mtracey
Hanging on the words of John Bolton to provide their impeachment magic bullet is one of Democrats’ saddest spectacles ever; 1/26/20, 9:45 PM
tim in vermont said...: https://iphonephotographyschool.com/white-balance/; 1/26/20, 9:48 PM
Michael McNeil said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/26/20, 10:03 PM
Michael McNeil said...: I've been posting a hymn I've recorded every week for the past few weeks, and I'll continue to do that until I'm no longer able.
This week, it's everybody's favorite: Morning Has Broken.

Ha ha! Our church choir did that just today! (Trinity Presbyterian in Santa Cruz.)
I like your performance, Shouting Thomas.

Update: Name corrected! Sorry ST.; 1/26/20, 10:06 PM
gadfly said...: So, now that John Bolton has released parts of his manuscript blowing the whistle on the Ukraine fiasco to the NY Times, it is evident why no GOP senator has budged on the collection of new anti-trump evidence . The White House has had a complete transcript of the book for about three weeks according to Bolton's lawyer.

Balloon Juice has an interesting angle on the story.; 1/26/20, 10:09 PM
chuck said...: This week, it's everybody's favorite:

Reminds me of visiting family in the Texas Panhandle. After lunch everyone gathered around the piano and sang hymns. Aunt Emmajane interpolated a lot of ornamentation not written on the page, it was probably traditional, but I'd never heard things played that way before. Both she and my aunt Joy used to sing gospel professionally.; 1/26/20, 10:11 PM
narciso said...: How about this one

https://youtu.be/NJpt1hSYf2o; 1/26/20, 10:14 PM
tim in vermont said...: "So, now that John Bolton has released ....”

Lie. It was leaked by the NSC (Vindman’s outfit) and distorted. Was there some kind of “call to action” somewhere, (DailyKos?) to post distorted stories about Bolton on Althouse?; 1/26/20, 10:16 PM
narciso said...: The byline is by a fusion mark, then theres the posts accompaniment on drums; 1/26/20, 10:19 PM
tim in vermont said...: Ha! Per Breitbart, Vindman’s brother is in charge of clearing works for publication at the NSC, and probably had access to Bolton’s book. He also has a clear bias against having the truth about what happened in Ukraine be investigated.

https://twitter.com/joelpollak/status/1221647270958882816; 1/26/20, 10:22 PM
narciso said...: Ah the other good colonel, was he lobbied bt naftogaz too.; 1/26/20, 10:24 PM
Inga said...: “Ambassador Bolton, the Frank Burns of American national security, has allowed his unpublished manuscript to be selectively leaked to Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt at The New York Times. Bolton’s book deal reportedly came with a $2 million advance! Haberman and Schmidt have excerpted the material that is pertinent to the President’s impeachment and which Bolton would not share with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence or the House Judiciary Committee because there isn’t any profit in doing so.”

From Gadfly’s link.; 1/26/20, 10:26 PM
tim in vermont said...: Read what John Bolton’s lawyer has to say about it:

https://twitter.com/alexsalvinews/status/1221617661370486784

“It is clear from the New York Times publication that the review process has been corrupted."; 1/26/20, 10:33 PM
tim in vermont said...: “Information has been disclosed by others than those properly reviewing the manuscript.” - Bolton’s lawyer.; 1/26/20, 10:35 PM
narciso said...: Cooper, is not that naive, he knew who they were handing it over to; 1/26/20, 10:37 PM
walter said...: Timing mere happenstance..; 1/26/20, 10:42 PM
narciso said...: We know all the usual suspects were traight up lied to by steele and halper and comey and they have never apologized so why expect an honest account now. The same ones who published the atfs self serving accounts about fast and furious, who spouted the same garbage from lerner and co, who looked Way as the consulate in benghazi was abandoned and ambassador stevens was left soffocating and sodomized, no (tedacted) scandal there.; 1/26/20, 10:42 PM
narciso said...: Thats how it was for eight years. And the same press licked obamas (redacted) have been searching for hamg nails for four years.; 1/26/20, 10:45 PM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: Saw two movies in a day yesterday -- I hadn't done that for years!

Frozen II with my niece: That certainly went in a weird, unexpected and vaguely PC direction. Not nearly as good as the first movie. And no standout song like "Let It Go".

Joker by myself: Well acted, but very hard to watch. I had to step out a few times to avoid what I knew must be coming -- haven't done *that* for years either. Some interesting moments when you realize you've been taken in by an unreliable narrator (despite having some warning scenes showing it could happen). Not sure I understand how the final scene fit with the previous one. Glad I (mostly) saw it, but would never watch it again.; 1/26/20, 10:52 PM
narciso said...: You mean the meta narrative, or the predictable denoument that is part of the joker origin story.; 1/26/20, 10:56 PM
narciso said...: As it was in batman begins amd batman v superman.; 1/26/20, 10:57 PM
narciso said...: Hint hint, i like films like this that have if not a happy ending but a satisfyimg one.; 1/26/20, 10:58 PM
Mark said...: A PC direction should always be expected.; 1/26/20, 10:59 PM
chuck said...: If Bolton wanted to go to war with everyone, he probably didn't except Russia.; 1/26/20, 11:01 PM
Mark said...: I'd really like a Wonder Woman sequel, but fully expect it to be ruined with PC crap.; 1/26/20, 11:01 PM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: Not totally sure I've parsed your question, but if you're asking about my ultimate vs penultimate scene comment, well:

SPOILER

In the next to the last scene Arthur (who has confessed on live TV, and in fact committed a murder on camera) is locked up in a police car on the way to the station when the car gets smashed in transit by the ongoing anti-police riots. The rioters (largely clown-masked) pull the unconscious Arthur from the car, recognize him, and cheer him on as he wakes, whereupon he does a classic bit of Joker pose/dance. The final scene sees him locked up (Arkham?) and running after probably killing someone else (blood on his shoes). It's not clear to me how he was re-captured and how much time has passed. OR if the triumphal crowd scene was another of his delusions and he never was rescued from the cop car..; 1/26/20, 11:03 PM
narciso said...: Well its not so much that (according to reports) but its going to be very silly
Much like the 70s iteration of the series

https://mobile.twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1221657331034812422; 1/26/20, 11:04 PM
Seeing Red said...: China doesn’t seem to be having a good year or two. Did they break a lot of mirrors?

I think this flu might add pressure to the exodus and supply chains.; 1/26/20, 11:07 PM
MountainMan said...: Sad to hear about the helicopter crash today. I have ridden on a helicopter once in my life, on the old New York Airways from Newark to JFK. I was on my very first international trip for my employer, flying from Tri-Cities in TN to Prestwick, Scotland, for a project in the north of England, in early Nov 1978. I hated the flight. It was the noisiest, roughest, most unsatisfying travel experience I ever had. About a year earlier, I think, one of their aircraft crashed on top the Pan Am building in Manhattan, killing several people. And just a few months after my flight one had a crash and explosion at Newark. I don’t think they ever flew again and went out of business. I have never wanted to fly on a helicopter again and never will.; 1/26/20, 11:07 PM
narciso said...: Also the original batman, i think some of the best stories came from the very noirish animated series.; 1/26/20, 11:11 PM
narciso said...: They have ballhaus who got the breathless nezos atory (among others) wromg to front page the latest gotchan; 1/26/20, 11:32 PM
narciso said...: Bezos, recall bolton went to court to try to block a subpoena.; 1/26/20, 11:43 PM
Ken B said...: Watched 6 Days on Netflix, about the siege of the Iranian embassy in London in 1980. I remember that. A very good movie. Recommended to all but Birkel.; 1/27/20, 12:09 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: Saw a picture of one of the Lt Col Vindmans (I believe, the one who leaked to the “whistleblower”), alongside One of their brothers, very possibly the one who also works for the NSC, and very possibly declassified the Bolton book. The original Lt Col Vindman was apparently born in Kiev, somewhere over in Central Europe. likely all the Vindman brothers did. Yes, the same Kiev that is the capital of Ukraine. He was born when it was part of the USSR. In what is considered one of the most corrupt countries in the world. One thing that I noticed with the two brothers walking down the steps together, was how Slavic they looked.; 1/27/20, 12:13 AM
PubliusFlavius said...: WTF are these real?? from '12, '16

"Kobe's going to die in a helicopter crash"

I speculate the person was alluding to the fact that he flew in them often, and statistically susceptible to death by dangerous flying contraption.

on a side note...

https://youtu.be/lsgSEU0hFHk

lol; 1/27/20, 12:33 AM
StephenFearby said...: "...Chinese officials on Sunday revealed that patients infected with the coronavirus can spread the deadly illness before experiencing any symptoms — prompting fears about how to contain the disease.

China’s National Health Commissioner Ma Xiaowei said the flu-like virus is infectious during its incubation period of one to 14 days.

He cautioned that authorities’ knowledge of the new virus was limited and they are unclear on the risks posed by any possible mutations of the virus.

Dr. William Schaffner, a longtime adviser to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the new development “means the infection is much more contagious than we originally thought,” CNN reported."

https://nypost.com/2020/01/26/chinese-health-officials-say-coronavirus-is-much-more-contagious/

The United States confirmed three new cases of the deadly coronavirus over the weekend — while officials in New York said four possible patients are being tested here.

The latest confirmed cases — which were detected in Arizona and California — brought the number of people being treated for the infectious disease nationally to five, health officials said.

All of those patients had traveled to ground zero of the outbreak — the central Chinese city of Wuhan — before showing symptoms of the virus, which can be transmitted between people.

https://nypost.com/2020/01/26/three-new-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-us-four-more-being-tested-in-ny/; 1/27/20, 12:36 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: R/V, Inga - you aren’t going to get Bolton on the stand, without the Republicans getting at least Eric Ciaramella and Schifty Schiff on the stand. just won’t happen. Possibly the Bidens too. Wadler blew the chance of getting any Republicans on their side by openly insulting the Senate, and in particular, the Republican Senate majority, including the four most likely to defect. At this point, they aren’t likely to get even Romney to vote for the witnesses that they want. And after Saturday’s presentation by the President’s lawyers, the actual vote to dismiss may also include a couple Democrats to make it bipartisan.

One of the problems that the House Managers have in making their case is that their two leads are so highly partisan, coming from states with little Republican competition. Neither Schifty nor Wadler, knows how to speak effectively to Republicans, because they don’t have to deal with them back home. Wadler grossly insulted the Republican majority I the Senate, and Schiff got caught lying through his teeth - again. And again. The left (and esp the MSM) thought that he had done a powerful job laying out their case. But it started collapsing Saturday when his compulsive lying was methodically revealed. And, in the end, that may be why the Democrats are going to lose in the Senate - they have a bunch of professional politicians litigating against very experienced trial lawyers. The politicians may do well selling their plans to the public, and esp in their safe districts, but that works much less well when selling to a jury, where trust is very important, and lack of trust is very hard to overcome.

And then there is Kobe dying. Trump’s attorneys will probably present Monday and Tuesday with rebuttals starting maybe Wednesday, with wrap up by the weekend. The House Dems are highly unlikely to get any more witnesses at this point. And if they don’t, the President’s waters are likely to skip asking for any themselves. Votes maybe as early as this weekend, including very likely a motion to dismiss. And what would anyone gain by continuing? Give Schifty another chance at lying through his teeth, inventing facts as he goes along? Besides the humor value, why should the Senate continue to waste its time?

Meanwhile there is likely to be wall to wall Kobe coverage All week. No one to bother watching the Senate trial, watching schifty lying his ass off, etc, while the country mourn the loss of a basketball legend.; 1/27/20, 12:51 AM
Hagar said...: Adam Schiff argues that Trump must be removed from office so that he will not be able to interfere with the 2020 election.

George Will says that it was worth it to put Trump through this just to make him nervous about how he conducts his office and mind his manners.; 1/27/20, 2:13 AM
Jon Ericson said...: TRUMP VERSUS DEAN WORMER.

Link to Article at powerlineblog.com; 1/27/20, 2:54 AM
MountainMan said...: @Bruce Hayden, I always appreciate your comments.; 1/27/20, 6:30 AM
Michael K said...: And then there is Kobe dying. Trump’s attorneys will probably present Monday and Tuesday with rebuttals starting maybe Wednesday, with wrap up by the weekend.

The same audience for the impeachment show will watch Kobe show.

I still think the Trump team might wind up today. Questions tomorrow and Wed.; 1/27/20, 10:13 AM