OT ~ Welcome to Saturday!

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 6:30am

Sit-a-while
on swinging porch
where tin-dippers and
sweet water
in cool touches
meet lips
from hand dug wells.

Good morning good people,

"My father owned a novelty store—a most peculiar man. From early childhood I learned to distrust a priori judgments: Nothing could be predicted. Behind the closed lid, the outstretched hand, what streamers, shocks, accordions of foam! Our belief in the uniformity of nature is naive, said Russell, who compared mankind to chickens: because the farmer feeds them every day they “know'” it is empirically impossible for him to open the cage and wring their necks.

"At thirteen I had adjusted to my surroundings by adopting a stoical pessimism bordering on catatonia. “Have I told you about the chicken who was not an empiricist?” my father asked one evening. He was smoking his after-dinner cigar and looked unusually serious. “It stopped laying eggs.”

“I guess it realized,” I said, “there was no point in playing their game.”

“But it has to play their game. If it assumes the food is poisoned, for example, it can eat or starve. In the meantime the other chickens are happy because they accept their condition with naive faith. Sleep on it, son.”

"As I turned off the bedside lamp I considered my father’s parable. Perhaps I ought to trust him: not that there were any grounds for such trust, but, like the chickens, I’d be at ease. I pulled back the covers and sank into the soft down...the bones...the beak.

The Chicken Who Was Not an Empiricist ~ Barry Schechter

"Experience the 13.8-billion-year-old story of the universe in just seven minutes with CERN’s new Big Bang app, which is free and available for download, and uses augmented or mixed reality to create an immersive adventure to explore our origin."

“One of CERN's missions is to educate and engage people from all over the world with science and technology. With this app, we hope to reach new audiences and share with everyone the story of the origin of our universe in an inspiring way,” says Charlotte Warakaulle, CERN’s Director for International Relations."

Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of cells of brewer's, or baker's, yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).

The more the merrier ...

The yeast that people have used for millennia to brew alcoholic drinks has now been engineered to produce cannabinoids — chemicals with medicinal and sometimes mind-altering properties found in cannabis.

The feat1,turns a sugar in brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) called galactose into tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive compound in cannabis (Cannabis sativa). The altered yeast can also produce cannabidiol (CBD), another major cannabinoid that’s attracted attention lately for its potential therapeutic benefits, including its anti-anxiety and pain-relief effects.

The hope is that this fermentation process will enable manufacturers to produce THC, CBD and rare cannabinoids that are found in trace amounts in nature more cheaply, efficiently and reliably than conventional plant-based cultivation.
[...]
But some argue that yeast-based fermentation might not be the best way of making cannabinoids. Toronto-based Trait Biosciences, for example, is genetically engineering cannabis to produce water-soluble cannabinoids for the beverage industry. They’re also trying to modify their plants so that every tissue, not just the resin glands that normally secrete cannabinoids, can produce novel cannabis-derived compounds. “Everything you can do in yeast, you can do in the plant itself with far greater yield and purity,” says Trait’s chief strategic officer Ronan Levy.

And earlier this month, biochemist Jim Bowie of the University of California, Los Angeles, described5 a process for turning sugar into CBD without the need for the reactions to occur inside a cell. His team managed to produce a precursor to the inactive forms of THC and CBD in commercially viable amounts, and the researchers are aiming to develop the approach through a start-up called Invizyne Technologies.

“Cells are a useful vehicle for producing that pathway, but we don’t want the cells,” says Bowie. “We want the damn pathway.”https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00714-9?utm_source=Nature+Bri...

Mother of fictions
and of irony,
help us to laugh.

Mother of science
and the critical method,
keep us humble.

Muse of listeners,
hope of interpreters,
inspire us to act.

Bless our metaphors,
that we may eat them.

Help us to know, Eve,
the one thing we must do.

Come with us, Muse of exile,
Mother of the road.

A Prayer to Eve ~ Kathleen Norris

Today's image: This is the first black leopard in almost 100 years to be caught on camera in Africa. Occasionally, mutations in certain genes cause leopards (Panthera pardus) to overproduce the pigment melanin, resulting in a black coat. Leopards and other big cats with these dark coats are often referred to as “black panthers”. ~ Will Burrard-Lucas

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Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 6:44am

Fog, overshadows morning, ridgetops must be there, somewhere ...

wherever you are, hoping you've a marvelous day.

A single pant leg dangles from the chair.
Mud from the hem leaves graves on the floor.

Crescent moon: the last button
of your shirt caught
between my teeth.

Cricket: a record player cracks
its skipped obsessions.

A single pant leg dangles from the chair.

Stars: dust from your ankles climbs
the slats of streetlight.

Où l’amour sera roi: only the pits
behind bent knees are kingdom.

Mud from the hem leaves graves on the floor.

Your underarm holds a nest of burned leaves
I rub my face against. I smolder in the key of animal.

A single pant leg dangles from the chair,

a cougar unrolling the cologne
of a doe from its tongue.

Où l’amour sera loi: my bare feet run
against the headboard.

Mud from the hem leaves graves on the floor.
A single pant leg dangles from the chair.

“Ne Me Quitte Pas”: ‘I Put A Spell On You’: Nina Simone: 1965
~ Phillip B. Williams

Submitted by lotlizard on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 7:02am

NGOs advocate for all kinds of things in Germany tax free,

especially disseminating views, ideas, framings, and narratives that the 1% wish to foist upon the rest of us.

For the German establishment, though, apparently Attac, with its advocacy of a financial transaction tax, is somehow beyond the pale.

http://www.startribune.com/campaign-group-attac-loses-german-tax-case/50...

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 7:12am

Hands off Wallstreet in Germany, to, eh? Morning lotlizard,

@lotlizard
thanks for the news and have a good one across the sea.

Submitted by Lookout on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 7:46am

Good foggy morning

Light drizzle and fog preclude any chance of Trade Day.

May as well have celebrations for a grey day...

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdxMG1N5Zgw]

the first couple of songs performed on Rainbow Quest hosted by Pete Seeger, originally broadcast Saturday, February 26, 1966 about two months before Richard's tragic death on 30 April 1966, the day Mimi turned 21...

Here's the whole album if anyone has an interest....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-27g7nnP46M&list=PLch5V5zBSTCJWI2Hzr2miI...

Not a bad idea to celebrate each and every day. Here's hoping you all have a good one!

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 8:12am

Good morning, Lookout; yep, socked in,

@Lookout
pea soup now, but forecast says three dry days in a row beginning Monday, hurray, a break in sight from this monsoon winter.

Home nursing my hip and leg which is okay, let's do celebrate:

Have a good one.

Submitted by randtntx on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 9:59am

Loved

@smiley7 loved, loved the Pete Seeger, Doc Watson et all. If there ever was one who knew how to be joyful it seemed to be P. Seeger.
He helped to bring this music forward.

I'm in and out today doing chores around the house. Have some climbing to do and hope I don't break my neck.
Hope your hip and leg smiley, get a chance to recuperate and mend.

Just an offspring thought from Norris' poem...her last line: Muse of exile,
Mother of the road. brings this to mind:

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 10:51am

Lovely tune, good morning, randtntx, a favorite from way back

@randtntx
used to play and sing it with House of the Rising Sun and Nobody knows the trouble I've seen and others:

Do take care climbing, trees, house, barn or garage, whatever your chore.

Thanks for being here and have a wonderful day and weekend.

Submitted by mimi on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 4:15pm

The singer in "Nobody knows the trouble I have seen"

@smiley7
Is the same voice as the one in Porgy and Bess. Paul Robeson, right?

I say Good Night with his lullaby from 1958.
[video:https://youtu.be/FTbnzI2r0FA]
And even in German this one. What a voice. He can sing songs I would not listen to if sung by other singers. But his voice just makes them so honest to god-ly.
[video:https://youtu.be/hQ3lRWyVX9A]

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Submitted by randtntx on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 11:05pm

Good songs all,

@smiley7 they say more than many books, I take them to heart and have for some time. TY.

Submitted by eyo on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 7:48am

CERN’s American sibling Fermilab

They make a Linux distribution called Scientific Linux, based on RedHat(C)(TM)(R)($)(NSA) sources. heh

https://www.scientificlinux.org/

Meet PIP-II the new heart of Fermilab:
http://fnal.gov/

Photon penguins pew pew pew! Even Slackware gets used by FBI forensic teams, nothing is sacred

Sick marine mammals turning up on California beaches in droves

While Northern California and San Diego County have seen dozens of stranded sea lion pups, rescuers say the numbers are normal for this time of year for their areas.

But Orange County beaches have been inundated with sick seals, sea lions and other marine mammals, as well as dead dolphins.

Rescues of unhealthy marine mammals have nearly tripled for this time of year in Orange County, according to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, which this week took in its 41st animal since the year began. The number of sick marine mammals becoming stranded in L.A. County beaches is slightly higher than usual, with 44 being cared for by the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles, said veterinarian Lauren Palmer.
...
The rescued pups have been dry, malnourished and emaciated, weighing half as much as they should, the center said.

Though the exact reason for the increase in the number of strandings this year is unknown, Higuchi said it could be tied to warmer ocean waters caused by an El Niño weather pattern or excess stormwater runoff from this winter’s rains.

may all beings feel love and kindness
also full bellies
namaste

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 8:24am

Quarks, i like; good morning, eyo.

@eyo
Familiar with Red Hat as they are located in RTP; not with Fermilab. Thanks for the vid.

Hum, worrisome, those dead sea creatures. Know those beaches well from living there and don't recall having witnessed or hearing of the same plight forty years ago. Oil spills, the culprit back then. Hope the scientists isolate the cause.

Love and kindness back at you in hopes your river walk brings delights and surprises to your day.

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 11:40am

Meant to add,

@eyo
When receiving proton therapy for cancer, the chief physicist/MD gave me a private, backstage, tour and amazed me with the facility's powerful magnets capable of bending the protons into a stream and counting each proton separately.

Crazy power and humbling knowledge to me; WOW, just wow.

Submitted by UntimelyRippd on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 7:57am

I would think that engineering ANYTHING into

yeast cells is a pretty bad idea, as yeasts the sort of organisms that just get themselves around. I suspect it will be difficult in the short term, and impossible in the long term, to contain these GMOs if they are being used anywhere outside of a lab environment.

—

The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 8:33am

Good morning, UntimelyRippd; you raise a good point.

@UntimelyRippd
As the article states, others apparently are developing different ways: mostly 'greek' to me, i'm just a messenger.

I am familiar with Monsanto and GMO's and farmers plight, dilemma of becoming hostages to the corporation.

Thanks again for raising a serious concern, wish i knew more about this and future ramifications.

Hoping you've a wonderful day and weekend.

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 9:09am

Good morning Ripped. Methinks that the caveat

@smiley7
"if they are being used anywhere outside of a lab environment" is insufficiently limiting. As we have all to frequently seen labs are not all that bio-secure. With something like yeast only the absolutely most bio-secure venues, if anybody, should should be fooling with their genome. Not only do they get around, but their genetic material is likely to also wind up in other, unexpected places.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by UntimelyRippd on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 7:30pm

you may well be right, but the reality is that

@enhydra lutris
people are doing this sort of thing to yeast and other organisms in labs all the time, everywhere -- and not in labs that are any particular biohazard level.

incidentally, i used to think that the end of the war on marijuana would come when someone engineered THC into dandelions and released it into the wild. it was only the a few weeks after i first mentioned this to somebody else that IEEE Spectrum ran an article about the possible biohackers of the future. (Might have called them eco-hackers, I don't remember).

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Submitted by randtntx on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 8:36am

Muse...

Here's a bit of etymology about a lovely word...
From Wikipedia: "The word "Muses" (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, Moũsai) perhaps came from the o-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root *men- ("to think")[2] or from root *men- ("to tower, mountain") since all the most important cult-centres of the Muses were on mountains or hills.[3]"

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moreau,_Gustave_-_H%C3%A9siode_e...

That Schubert piece is fabulous, I had not heard it before,... am listening to it... repeatedly... just now.

Good morning all, thanks smiley for a wonderful OT as always.

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 11:07am

Muses, always think of Shakespeare; fun to learn the

@randtntx
origin of the name; cheers.

May the nine good muses and protectors of the arts and sciences, guide and protect you wherever yo go.

Submitted by HenryAWallace on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 8:52am

Big Bang Theory is in its last season.

Reportedly, Jim Pearson was ready to move on.

I will miss it.

Thank you, smiley 7 for another beautiful start to Saturday. Have a great week, everyone.

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 11:15am

Good morning, Prince Henry;

@HenryAWallace
we need to talk, could i possibly have a place in Nice if you've no room in Monaco?

Have a wonderful day and weekend.

Submitted by HenryAWallace on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 11:12am

Nice is nice, but Monaco has plenty of room for you.

@smiley7

Plenty of rooms in Monaco, too. Starting around a hundred bucks a night, according to the internet.

I just don't know of a picturesque, world famous casino in Monaco to give you. (-;

Supposedly, the idea of a woman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_Casino

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 9:04am

Good morning smiley. Farmers' market today. It is supposed to

rain, but has not yet started. We'll go anyway, to support those particular vendors who show up rain or shine, b of which we regularly patronize all the same. That means I have abut 3 hours to finalize my menu's, inventory what we have that they sell dwon there, and compose a shopping liszt.

So your morning bird is, it seems, a penguin. I have no idea where to go with that at this hour of the day. The single pant leg however is a flag, in that I wear mostly zip-offs, a pair of which bit the dust yesterday. I should salvage the legs before disposal, because handy pre-made cloth tubes can come in handy.

Thanks for the Nina Simone clip. I just listened to her "Pirate Jenny" last night, a massive, magnificent piece of work.

Take care of yourself and have a great day.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 11:18am

Good morning, el; hey, i wear those

@enhydra lutris
zipper pants as well, the flyfishing kind; so easy to wash and dry quickly.

Enjoy the market and day and thanks for being here.

Submitted by QMS on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 9:17am

Morning Smiley

This from Tulsi --

Aloha friend,

Legalizing marijuana is a basic question of fairness and freedom of choice for the American people. A system that puts people in prison for marijuana use, while allowing corporations like Purdue Pharma that are responsible for thousands of opioid-related deaths to walk away scot-free with their coffers full, needs to change.

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 11:22am

Mahola, QMS; works for me. :)

@QMS
Thanks for being here and have a marvelous day and weekend.

Submitted by mimi on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 10:13am

Good Morning, smiley7, I am always challenged by your

amazing variety of impressions the poetry, muscial offerings and imagery present.

I was touched by the Pete Seeger song "Walk that lonesome valley"

You've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well you gotta go by yourself
Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
You gotta go there by yourself

Now mother walked that lonesome valley
Now mother walked, she walked it by herself
Well there ain't nobody else could ever walk it for her
She had to walk it, she had to walk it by herself

You've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well you gotta go by yourself
Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
You gotta go there by yourself

Now father walked that lonesome valley
Now father walked it, he walked it by himself
Nobody else could walk it for him
Well he had to walk it, he had to walk it by himself

You've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well you gotta go by yourself
Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
You gotta go there by yourself

Now John was a baptist
He was some folk say he was a Jew
He wrote that holy holy bible
The bible tells you, it plainly tells you
That he was, that he was a preacher too

You've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well you gotta go by yourself
Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
You gotta go there by yourself

You've got to walk that lonesome valley
Well you gotta go by yourself
Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
You gotta go there by yourself

KInda feel that way and it is very lonesome right now. Hope you feel not too lonesome yourself walking that valley. No way around walking it though. And in the end it is all good that way.

Have a marvelous morning yourself ... with 'one single pant leg dangles from the chair.' I can see that. (beautiful poetry)

And you: Ne nous quitte pas ... We love you here.
[video:https://youtu.be/0Q7w7gk1JhQ]

Lyrics
Ne me quitte pas
Il faut oublier
Tout peut s'oublier
Qui s'enfuit déjà
Oublier le temps
Des malentendus et le temps perdu
À savoir comment
Oublier ces heures
Qui tuaient parfois à coups de pourquoi
Le cœur du bonheur
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Moi je t'offrirai
Des perles de pluie
Venues de pays où il ne pleut pas
Je creuserai la terre jusqu'après ma mort
Pour couvrir ton corps d'or et de lumière
Je ferai un domaine
Où l'amour sera roi, où l'amour sera loi
Où tu seras reine
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Je t'inventerai
Des mots insensés
Que tu comprendras
Je te parlerai
De ces amants-la
Qui ont vu deux fois leurs cœurs s'embraser
Je te raconterai l'histoire de ce roi mort
De n'avoir pas pu te rencontrer
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
On a vu souvent
Rejaillir le feu
D'un ancien volcan
Qu'on croyait trop vieux
Il est, paraît-il
Des terres brûlées
Donnant plus de blé
Qu'un meilleur avril
Et quand vient le soir
Pour qu'un ciel flamboie
Le rouge et le noir ne s'épousent-ils pas?
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Je ne vais plus pleurer
Je ne vais plus parler
Je me cacherai là
À te regarder danser et sourire et
À t'écouter chanter et puis rire
Laisse-moi devenir l'ombre de ton ombre
L'ombre de ta main
L'ombre de ton chien
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Songwriters: Jacques Roman Brel
Nina Simone (Ne me quitte pas) lyrics © Warner Chappell Music France
Artist: Estrella Morente
Album: Mujeres
Released: 2006

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Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 11:29am

Good late afternoon, mimi.

@mimi
Sweet of you to share the kind words, appreciate you. Yes, i know lonely, an only child, i am.

Ha, been saving this Brel version all morning; for you, my dear friend.

amazing variety of impressions the poetry, muscial offerings and imagery present. I was touched by the Pete Seeger song "Walk that lonesome valley" You've got to walk that lonesome valley Well you gotta go by yourself Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you You gotta go there by yourself Now mother walked that lonesome valley Now mother walked, she walked it by herself Well there ain't nobody else could ever walk it for her She had to walk it, she had to walk it by herself You've got to walk that lonesome valley Well you gotta go by yourself Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you You gotta go there by yourself Now father walked that lonesome valley Now father walked it, he walked it by himself Nobody else could walk it for him Well he had to walk it, he had to walk it by himself You've got to walk that lonesome valley Well you gotta go by yourself Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you You gotta go there by yourself Now John was a baptist He was some folk say he was a Jew He wrote that holy holy bible The bible tells you, it plainly tells you That he was, that he was a preacher too You've got to walk that lonesome valley Well you gotta go by yourself Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you You gotta go there by yourself You've got to walk that lonesome valley Well you gotta go by yourself Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you You gotta go there by yourself KInda feel that way and it is very lonesome right now. Hope you feel not too lonesome yourself walking that valley. No way around walking it though. And in the end it is all good that way. Have a marvelous morning yourself ... with 'one single pant leg dangles from the chair.' I can see that. (beautiful poetry) And you: Ne nous quitte pas ... We love you here. [video:https://youtu.be/0Q7w7gk1JhQ] Lyrics Ne me quitte pas Il faut oublier Tout peut s'oublier Qui s'enfuit déjà Oublier le temps Des malentendus et le temps perdu À savoir comment Oublier ces heures Qui tuaient parfois à coups de pourquoi Le cœur du bonheur Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Moi je t'offrirai Des perles de pluie Venues de pays où il ne pleut pas Je creuserai la terre jusqu'après ma mort Pour couvrir ton corps d'or et de lumière Je ferai un domaine Où l'amour sera roi, où l'amour sera loi Où tu seras reine Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Je t'inventerai Des mots insensés Que tu comprendras Je te parlerai De ces amants-la Qui ont vu deux fois leurs cœurs s'embraser Je te raconterai l'histoire de ce roi mort De n'avoir pas pu te rencontrer Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas On a vu souvent Rejaillir le feu D'un ancien volcan Qu'on croyait trop vieux Il est, paraît-il Des terres brûlées Donnant plus de blé Qu'un meilleur avril Et quand vient le soir Pour qu'un ciel flamboie Le rouge et le noir ne s'épousent-ils pas? Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Je ne vais plus pleurer Je ne vais plus parler Je me cacherai là À te regarder danser et sourire et À t'écouter chanter et puis rire Laisse-moi devenir l'ombre de ton ombre L'ombre de ta main L'ombre de ton chien Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Songwriters: Jacques Roman Brel Nina Simone (Ne me quitte pas) lyrics © Warner Chappell Music France Artist: Estrella Morente Album: Mujeres Released: 2006

Submitted by mimi on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 3:41pm

thank you, friend, I have to admit something

@smiley7
I don't know why, but I think I always mix up you and enhydra lutris. It would be nice if my brain would still work just a little better. It makes me quite insecure to forget and mix up so many persons. Sigh.

This Jacques Brel version is a very beautiful too and I think I heard it before some years ago... very french...

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Submitted by smiley7 on Sun, 03/10/2019 - 6:29am

Lol, mimi; i understand, there are many days when i don't know

@mimi
who i am either. Alive and Well and living in Paris still rings in memory as one of the most fun productions of my career.

Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 12:45pm

Hola, Smiley! One good turn deserves

another. Hey, appreciated the delightful photo of the Golden in the lake that you posted last week. That dog is, I'm guessing, what most folks have in mind, when they hear the words 'Golden Retriever.'

Having said that, here's a stock photo of the English Creme (colored) Golden,

Stock Photo - Golden Creme Retrieving Stick.JPG

'Miss K' hasn't been swimming yet, but, she sure is heck is real big on carrying sticks (outside), and toys, inside.

Look forward to coming back by to read your essay later this afternoon. I was going to post a Tweet, then post it here, but, when I got to my Twitter account, saw this (below),

@jimmy_dore
A message from libbyliberalnyc: "FWIW--wanted you to know I got suspended last Tues, March 5. Not sure why. I have appealed. (Sigh)" pic.twitter.com/fQIhkG1diy

— BernieFireball (@BernieFireball) March 9, 2019

This is truly bad news, since Libby was/is a dedicated and whip smart/well-informed lefty. We should all be very worried, if a poster of her caliber/with her knowledge is being given the heave-ho by Twitter. I'm in shock!

She was on my Traditional Medicare-For-All (Twitter) Account, which was immensely helpful since I have few followers, and she had about 4600, IIRC.

Anyhoo, I'll regroup, and figure out the best way to get out the info about Jayapal's MFA Proposal. Very disturbing that she claimed in her interview with DN (Amy and Juan) that her bill expands THE EXISTING MEDICARE PROGRAM--which a reading of the bill, clearly indicates that it does not. Heck, her claims contradicted DN's Tweet about her upcoming interview. Read it, below.

TODAY: Over 100 Democratic lawmakers are co-sponsoring a new House bill that would dramatically revamp U.S. healthcare by creating a Medicare for All system. We'll speak with the bill’s chief sponsor, Congressmember @PramilaJayapal. 8-9AM ET: https://t.co/Xup8cdtnFB pic.twitter.com/OwrXOrp4v5

— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) March 6, 2019

Tell me, when did "dramatically revamp" Medicare, equal "expanding the EXISTING Medicare program?"

Boy Hidy! (as they say in Texas, or did! ) Gotta nip that disinformation and/or misinformation in the bud, and fast.

Problem is, I fear that Twitter no longer provides a reliable, or viable venue in which one can disseminate info--without the threat of being banished, if the material goes against 'official' political party lines/propaganda.

Hey, have a nice weekend. Hope the weather in your neck-of-the-woods isn't severe. We're braced for severe storms/tornado watch/warning, but, so far, so good.

Blue Onyx

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
~~Gilda Radner, Comedienne

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
~~Cicero

The obstacle is the path.
~~Zen Proverb

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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 1:34pm

'ello Mollie; of interest, i see that

@Unabashed Liberal
Elizabeth Warren has a young Golden on the campaign trail with her.

Jackson Pollack came to visit last week, he's seven, now; beautiful as ever.

Down near Franklin, NC; i've an old flyfishing guide friend who has two of the cream colored Golden's. They work in tandem with him on the river, he also has a rafting company. Recall observing them on a busy day; focused and ready they were.

Sorry about your twitter friend; i don't have an account. I do have our joanne bookmarked and visit her feed occasionally.

And big thanks for getting the news out about this new Dem bill. They just don't get it. I believe that the number is 58% of we medicare patients have Traditional and are very happy with it.

The simple answer is to expand the existing program as is, it's working, the insurance companies make a ton on the supplemental policies and new folks could buy in at the appropriate rates the math folks could easily figure out.

After you publish your essay, i'll call DC and raise hell and spread the news best i can.

Just like Obama care, we have to take the fight to many democrats before we take a new bill public. Please, as in past keep me in the loop; i can share with a few journalists in NC as well.

Expanding Traditional should be a no-brainer, but, that's the way it rolls, lobbyists standing behind the DC critters writing the bills most likely.

Anyways, love to you three and be safe.

another. Hey, appreciated the delightful photo of the Golden in the lake that you posted last week. That dog is, I'm guessing, what most folks have in mind, when they hear the words 'Golden Retriever.'

Having said that, here's a stock photo of the English Creme (colored) Golden,

'Miss K' hasn't been swimming yet, but, she sure is heck is real big on carrying sticks (outside), and toys, inside.

Look forward to coming back by to read your essay later this afternoon. I was going to post a Tweet, then post it here, but, when I got to my Twitter account, saw this (below),

@jimmy_dore
A message from libbyliberalnyc: "FWIW--wanted you to know I got suspended last Tues, March 5. Not sure why. I have appealed. (Sigh)" pic.twitter.com/fQIhkG1diy

— BernieFireball (@BernieFireball) March 9, 2019

This is truly bad news, since Libby was/is a dedicated and whip smart/well-informed lefty. We should all be very worried, if a poster of her caliber/with her knowledge is being given the heave-ho by Twitter. I'm in shock!

She was on my Traditional Medicare-For-All (Twitter) Account, which was immensely helpful since I have few followers, and she had about 4600, IIRC.

Anyhoo, I'll regroup, and figure out the best way to get out the info about Jayapal's MFA Proposal. Very disturbing that she claimed in her interview with DN (Amy and Juan) that her bill expands THE EXISTING MEDICARE PROGRAM--which a reading of the bill, clearly indicates that it does not. Heck, her claims contradicted DN's Tweet about her upcoming interview. Read it, below.

TODAY: Over 100 Democratic lawmakers are co-sponsoring a new House bill that would dramatically revamp U.S. healthcare by creating a Medicare for All system. We'll speak with the bill’s chief sponsor, Congressmember @PramilaJayapal. 8-9AM ET: https://t.co/Xup8cdtnFB pic.twitter.com/OwrXOrp4v5

— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) March 6, 2019

Tell me, when did "dramatically revamp" Medicare, equal "expanding the EXISTING Medicare program?"

Boy Hidy! (as they say in Texas, or did! ) Gotta nip that disinformation and/or misinformation in the bud, and fast.

Problem is, I fear that Twitter no longer provides a reliable, or viable venue in which one can disseminate info--without the threat of being banished, if the material goes against 'official' political party lines/propaganda.

Hey, have a nice weekend. Hope the weather in your neck-of-the-woods isn't severe. We're braced for severe storms/tornado watch/warning, but, so far, so good.

Blue Onyx

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
~~Gilda Radner, Comedienne

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
~~Cicero

The obstacle is the path.
~~Zen Proverb

Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Sun, 03/10/2019 - 5:25pm

Hey, Smiley--thanks for the heads-up

@smiley7

about Warren and her Golden. It won't sway me to vote for her, but, hey, I may follow her campaign a bit more closely. Saw her pretty fellow, 'Bailey.' He automatically won a couple points with me, since I'm obviously partial to the name--"Mister B's" actual given name.

Sometime this week, I'll write one of my long-winded comments at EB (but, probably not an essay) about Jayapal's Democracy Now (DN) interview. Also, I'll post the DN video, my self-transcribed excerpt, and, an excerpt from the text of her MFA proposed Bill/link to same Bill.

Just a few minutes ago, I found a video of Gabbard bordering on the same speech--except, that she was talking about the now defunct HR 676 (Conyers MFA Bill). Yesterday got too hectic from me to transcribe her words, so, I"ll probably just post the video, with the 'time end points' in which she made the statement. In her case, she was a bit more careful 'to parse her words,' I thought.

To be honest, Bernie uses the same rhetoric. So, it's really most, if not all, of the Dem lawmakers. Heck, none of these folks are stupid. They have to know, like Dan Rostenkowski found out, that you can't dismantle a popular program, especially involving the most reliable voting cohort--senior citizens--without running a huge electoral risk. Something, I would think, none of them are openly/forthrightly willing to do.

Give a big hug to your Golden Creme buds, for me. From what I've read, and learned from other Golden parents, they are water-loving fellas. (Miss K's homestead bordered a huge man-made river system, and her doggie parents frequent it often, almost daily.)

Gotta run the Pup out (again!)--you have a nice Sunday afternoon.

Blue Onyx

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
~~Gilda Radner, Comedienne

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
~~Cicero

The obstacle is the path.
~~Zen Proverb

—

Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 7:13pm

By the time we see a picture of Miss K

@Unabashed Liberal

she is going to be as big as the dawg pictured here. Come on Mollie you can get the pictures off your phone. Email it to me and I'll post it in a message to you...

another. Hey, appreciated the delightful photo of the Golden in the lake that you posted last week. That dog is, I'm guessing, what most folks have in mind, when they hear the words 'Golden Retriever.'

Having said that, here's a stock photo of the English Creme (colored) Golden,

'Miss K' hasn't been swimming yet, but, she sure is heck is real big on carrying sticks (outside), and toys, inside.

Look forward to coming back by to read your essay later this afternoon. I was going to post a Tweet, then post it here, but, when I got to my Twitter account, saw this (below),

@jimmy_dore
A message from libbyliberalnyc: "FWIW--wanted you to know I got suspended last Tues, March 5. Not sure why. I have appealed. (Sigh)" pic.twitter.com/fQIhkG1diy

— BernieFireball (@BernieFireball) March 9, 2019

This is truly bad news, since Libby was/is a dedicated and whip smart/well-informed lefty. We should all be very worried, if a poster of her caliber/with her knowledge is being given the heave-ho by Twitter. I'm in shock!

She was on my Traditional Medicare-For-All (Twitter) Account, which was immensely helpful since I have few followers, and she had about 4600, IIRC.

Anyhoo, I'll regroup, and figure out the best way to get out the info about Jayapal's MFA Proposal. Very disturbing that she claimed in her interview with DN (Amy and Juan) that her bill expands THE EXISTING MEDICARE PROGRAM--which a reading of the bill, clearly indicates that it does not. Heck, her claims contradicted DN's Tweet about her upcoming interview. Read it, below.

TODAY: Over 100 Democratic lawmakers are co-sponsoring a new House bill that would dramatically revamp U.S. healthcare by creating a Medicare for All system. We'll speak with the bill’s chief sponsor, Congressmember @PramilaJayapal. 8-9AM ET: https://t.co/Xup8cdtnFB pic.twitter.com/OwrXOrp4v5

— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) March 6, 2019

Tell me, when did "dramatically revamp" Medicare, equal "expanding the EXISTING Medicare program?"

Boy Hidy! (as they say in Texas, or did! ) Gotta nip that disinformation and/or misinformation in the bud, and fast.

Problem is, I fear that Twitter no longer provides a reliable, or viable venue in which one can disseminate info--without the threat of being banished, if the material goes against 'official' political party lines/propaganda.

Hey, have a nice weekend. Hope the weather in your neck-of-the-woods isn't severe. We're braced for severe storms/tornado watch/warning, but, so far, so good.

Blue Onyx

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
~~Gilda Radner, Comedienne

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
~~Cicero

The obstacle is the path.
~~Zen Proverb

—

There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Sun, 03/10/2019 - 5:38pm

Hi, SD--it won't be too much longer,

@snoopydawg

I plan to wait until she has her first formal grooming in 2-3 weeks, and see if I can't get a really good shot.

(BTW, think I've figured out 'bluetooth'--so, may be able to use it to transfer image files, instead of email.)

You're right, though--I measured her today (although, probably not accurate, since she wouldn't stand still)--she stands between 17-18 inches tall at her back.

And, 9 days ago (at the vet) she already weighed 27 pounds.

So, yeah, she may look as big as the dog I posted, if I don't get on the stick pretty soon.

Have a good one!

Blue Onyx

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
~~Gilda Radner, Comedienne

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
~~Cicero

The obstacle is the path.
~~Zen Proverb

—

Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.

Submitted by magiamma on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 8:08pm

late late 'ello

evening all...
raining again but not as dumpingly. heh. spring is here and now. wow. rain, lots of it, followed by warm days, alternating with cold, cold winds from the north. windy.com has it all.

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thanks for the ot smiley, have a good one...

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Submitted by smiley7 on Sun, 03/10/2019 - 6:23am

Great fun and tune, magi; thank you and a good morning to you.

@magiamma