... you can talk for hours.Photo taken yesterday somewhere along I-39 in Illino...
Friday, 5 October 2018
"The Me Too movement is real. It matters. It is needed, and it is long overdue... I found [Ford's] testimony to be sincere, painful and compelling.
"I believe that she is a survivor of a sexual assault and that this trauma has upended her life. Nevertheless, the four witnesses she named could not corroborate any of the events," said Senator Susan Collins, explaining her vote for Brett Kavanaugh. "We will be ill-served in the long run if we abandon the presumption of innocence."Reported in "Collins...
What Melania did was "like showing up to a meeting of African-American cotton farmers in a Confederate uniform."
What did she do? She wore a white pith helmet in Africa. The quote is from Matthew Carotenuto, a coordinator of African Studies at St. Lawrence University, who added "Historical context matters." That is, some people associate pith helmets with the colonial era in Africa. The quote appears in "Melania Trump Raises Eyebrows in Africa With Another White...
Follow the River
The USGS's Streamer map allows you to trace rivers or streams upstream to their source or downstream to their final destinations. The interactive map can create very dramatic visualizations of river watersheds, particularly when you trace a river upstream to show all of its tributaries.Streamer is incredibly easy to use. Just click on a river on the...
"As a veteran defender of pornography and staunch admirer of strip clubs, I have to say that an overwhelming number of today's female-authored Instagrams seem stilted, forced and strangely unsexy."
"Visual illiteracy is spreading: It is sadly obvious that few young people have seen classic romantic films or studied the spectacular corpus of Hollywood publicity stills, with their gorgeous sensual allure.... [T]he bright and shiny surface of too many of today's female-generated Instagrams conceals a bleak and regressive reality, with men in the...
Acting!
Michael...WE LOST What more could we have done? We don’t have the Senate or the Presidency. What more can we do for god sakes?We should focus on the midterms but stop criticizing without a real world solution. And frankly what were you doing? https://t.co/Gsg0YX26Wy— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 4, 2018...
Right now: the Senate is voting on cloture for the Kavanaugh confirmation.
Only about 30% of the Democrats seem to be there.UPDATE: Manchin voted aye. Murkowski no. Collins and Flake voted yes. Stragglers coming in and voting.UPDATE 2: 51-49. Ayes have ...
Slate: "The Kavanaugh Hearings Have Women Fired Up… to Vote Republican."
The article, here, is by Ruth Graham.The titanic anger of progressive women has been a dominant theme in the media since President Trump’s surprise victory over Hillary Clinton two years ago. Two major books about female rage have been published this fall, including Good and Mad by writer and reporter Rebecca Traister. “This political moment has provoked...
"My hearing testimony was forceful and passionate. That is because I forcefully and passionately denied the allegation against me."
Writes Brett Kavanaugh in The Wall Street Journal (not blocked by a paywall):At times, my testimony—both in my opening statement and in response to questions—reflected my overwhelming frustration at being wrongly accused, without corroboration, of horrible conduct completely contrary to my record and character. My statement and answers also reflected...
Unboxing the Shetlands
Yesterday the Scottish government passed a law which makes it illegal to place the Shetlands Islands in an inset box on a map of Scotland.Just as Hawaii is often shown in an inset box on maps of the United States the Shetland Islands are often placed in an inset box on maps of Scotland. By making it illegal to place the Shetland Islands inside an inset...
