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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (1)
UPDATE: I wonder if there's a connection? New York City: violent crime is way up
"The largest declines are in the Catholic Church."
“The decline in church membership is primarily a function of the increasing number of Americans who express no religious preference,” Gallup said. “Over the past two decades, the percentage of Americans who do not identify with any religion has grown from 8% in 1998-2000 to 13% in 2008-2010 and 21% over the past three years.” A summary from Gallup states:
Given the nearly perfect alignment between not having a religious preference and not belonging to a church, the 13-percentage-point increase in no religious affiliation since 1998-2000 appears to account for more than half of the 20-point decline in church membership over the same time. Most of the rest of the drop can be attributed to a decline in formal church membership among Americans who do have a religious preference.
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Among religious groups, the decline in membership is steeper among Catholics (down 18 points, from 76% to 58%) than Protestants (down nine points, from 73% to 64%). This mirrors the historical changes in church attendance Gallup has documented among Catholics, with sharp declines among Catholics but not among Protestants.In spite of all this, Gallup found the U.S. to still be a religious nation, with more than seven in 10 affiliating with some type of organized religion.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Very close friends of mine had one of their daughters move out of Brooklyn because of the dramatic increase in crime. She and her husband and small daughter have relocated to Vermont! I think they plan on working remotely online.
Here are stats from the head of the NYC Detective Benevolent Association. Pretty sobering.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (1)
Sent to me by my friend Graham. He writes "how do I get one of these?"
Monday, March 29, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (1)
This is great. It went up on youtube a week ago. I've put the text explanation below the video -
Danny Boy as you've never heard it before, performed by the incredible 4 year old rising star, Emma Sophia, from Kinsale, Ireland. Dedicated to everyone with Irish blood in their veins, this is both an emotional and spiritual experience. The video is set overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and the first part features stunning scenery from Nohoval Cove, along with the world famous Old Head of Kinsale. The second part was shot in the unbelievably atmospheric setting of Courtaparteen Church and Graveyard. This 6th century religious site is situated on top of a cliff overlooking the outer reaches of Kinsale harbour, at the start of the Wild Atlantic Way. Emma Sophia's sensitive interpretation breathes new life into this iconic Irish song, capturing its essence magnificently.
Available to download from iTunes: https://music.apple.com/ie/album/dann...
All proceeds of downloads will be donated to Laura Lynn - Ireland's Children's Hospice.
Join Emma Sophia's mailing list and be the first to hear all her news: www.emma-sophia.com.
Monday, March 29, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (1)
The painting is a famous one of St. Teresa of Avila - I've put her prayer - first on the list - below. Hit the link for the rest.
Here are 10 prayers that ask God for healing, bringing us the peace and serenity we seek.
Serenity prayer of St. Teresa of Avila:
Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices. Amen.
Sunday, March 28, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Nice disguise...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—At Biden's first press conference today, most of the questions were thoughtful and pointed, with reporters asking things like "Why are you so amazing?" and "We demand you tell us your secret to being so incredible!"
"Hey, come on, Jack!" Biden replied. "That's just uncalled for."
"What's uncalled for is how much of a sad, pathetic, no-good failure you are!" Crump replied, twirling his mustache.
"Come on up here, pal, and we'll have a good ol' round of fisticuffs to settle this once and for all!" Biden replied as Secret Service held him back. Finally, a shepherd's crook came from offstage and yoinked him out of there before a fight occurred.
"See? This guy can't even answer a simple question. Sad!" Crump replied.
At publishing time, Crump had calmly climbed up the stage and began answering questions for the next three hours, claiming it was "out of habit" from an old job he used to have.
Sunday, March 28, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (2)
“We are absolutely shocked by what happened and our hearts are broken for the victims and families that are left behind. Ensuring every sale that occurs at our shop is lawful, has always been and will always remain the highest priority for our business,” John Mark Eagleton, owner of the gun store, said.
“Regarding the firearm in question, a background check of the purchaser was conducted as required by Colorado law and approval for the sale was provided by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. We have and will continue to fully cooperate with law enforcement as their investigation continues,” he said.
Following the shooting, President Biden urged the Senate to “immediately pass the two House-passed bills that close loopholes in the background check system.”
“We need to act,” Biden said during his public address. “We should also ban assault weapons in the process.”
Saturday, March 27, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Pretty good. Should be catered by Italians?
Saturday, March 27, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (2)
I didn't watch the President's first press conference but did see some "highlights" in the evening. He was reading off cards at times, which I've never seen in a press conference before.
Friday, March 26, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (1)
A work in progress. Nowhere near as good as his Bush impression, which is also below.
Here's George H W Bush -
Friday, March 26, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
From Outside Magazine - the article discusses studies on maintaining endurance and strength when you have reduced or minimal amounts of time. It starts with the assumption that the person is already fairly or even highly well conditioned. Below the article I've put the abstract of the study that the article is mostly based on.
The review addresses three key training variables: frequency (how many days per week), volume (how long is your endurance workout, or how many sets and reps do you lift), and intensity (how hard or how heavy). It only includes studies in which the subjects reduced their training for at least four weeks, to distinguish it from research on tapering before big competitions—although some of the conclusions are similar. And it’s focused on athletic performance, not weight loss or health.
For endurance:
The third and final variable that Hickson manipulated was intensity—and here, finally, we get confirmation that training does matter. Dropping training intensity by a third (from 90 to 100 percent of max heart rate to 82-87 percent) led to declines in VO2 max and long endurance; dropping it by two-thirds (to 61 to 67 percent) wiped out most of the training gains. The takeaway: you can get away with training less often, or for shorter durations, but not with going easy.
For strength:
the overall pattern turns out to be pretty similar to endurance training. You can reduce both the frequency and volume of workouts as long as you maintain the intensity, and you’ll preserve both maximum strength and muscle size for several months.
For exercise frequency, several studies find that even training just once a week is sufficient to maintain strength and muscle size. That fits with the conclusions of a study I wrote about recently that demonstrated impressive strength gains on a simple once-a-week routine. The exception is in older populations: for adults older than 60, there’s a bit of evidence that twice-a-week sessions are better at preserving muscle. There’s a similar picture for training volume: one set per exercise seems to be sufficient for younger populations, but older people may need two sets.
And here's the abstract of the study the above article was based on -
Nearly every physically active person encounters periods in which the time available for exercise is limited (e.g., personal, family, or business conflicts). During such periods, the goal of physical training may be to simply maintain (rather than improve) physical performance. Similarly, certain special populations may desire to maintain performance for prolonged periods, namely athletes (during the competitive season and off-season) and military personnel (during deployment). The primary purpose of this brief, narrative review is to identify the minimal dose of exercise (i.e., frequency, volume, and intensity) needed to maintain physical performance over time. In general populations, endurance performance can be maintained for up to 15 weeks when training frequency is reduced to as little as 2 sessions per week or when exercise volume is reduced by 33-66% (as low as 13-26 minutes per session), as long as exercise intensity (exercising heart rate) is maintained. Strength and muscle size (at least in younger populations) can be maintained for up to 32 weeks with as little as 1 session of strength training per week and 1 set per exercise, as long as exercise intensity (relative load) is maintained; whereas, in older populations, maintaining muscle size may require up to 2 sessions per week and 2-3 sets per exercise, while maintaining exercise intensity. Insufficient data exists to make specific recommendations for athletes or military personnel. Our primary conclusion is that exercise intensity seems to be the key variable for maintaining physical performance over time, despite relatively large reductions in exercise frequency and volume.
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Including NY.
It's been 17 years, and the periodical insects, also known as Brood X, are back.
When the world last glimpsed the cicadas, Facebook was brand new, theaters were showing "Spider-Man 2," and the 2004 Summer Olympics were underway.
Since then, they've been underground, eating.
"They're in the dark, they're feeding on roots, just living their best lives until the time is right," said Matt Kasson, an associate professor at West Virginia University who studies cicadas and the fungi that zombify them. "And that's when they decide, you know what, it may be time to go up and find a partner."
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Horrible. A fifteen year veteran volunteer firefighter. God Bless Jared Lloyd and his family.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
This is actually from an ad on National Review written by a very bright journalist there, Alexandra DeSanctis. And she's left out plenty of other "cancellations" ... dozens in fact. As the late journalist and first amendment supporter and maven Nat Hentoff (liberal in most ways - but not on life issues) liked to say "Free speech for me but not for thee" is frequently espoused...
Here's the ad text -
Though there’s no shortage of commentary from the political Left insisting that “cancel culture” is an invention of angry conservatives, the facts tell a different story. Here at National Review, we dedicate much of our work to ensuring that our readers are always up to date on the latest efforts to censor and censure controversial people and ideas — and we need your help so we can keep that work going.
This calendar year alone, we’ve witnessed almost too many examples to count of prominent figures being “canceled.” Disney star Gina Carano was fired after being criticized for having shared a controversial social-media post. A prominent New York Times journalist — arguably the paper’s leading reporter on the COVID-19 pandemic — was forced to resign after a student accused him of having responded to a question about a racial slur by restating the slur itself.
Seemingly immune to irony, the host of The Bachelor “stepped back” from his position on the show after he came under fire for having suggested that, perhaps, we should hesitate before excommunicating from polite society anyone who has attended a gathering with a costume theme that many of us now find objectionable.
The phenomenon of “cancel culture” isn’t isolated to cases of public figures drawing criticism for controversial comments. Lately, the problem du jour has been books. Without any warning, Amazon ceased selling When Harry Became Sally, a scholarly book by Ryan T. Anderson critiquing the Left’s radical approach to sex, gender identity, and sex-reassignment procedures. Under pressure from senators, the group asserted it would no longer sell books that call those with gender dysphoria “mentally ill” — though Anderson’s book does no such thing.
A few weeks later, progressives zeroed in on Theodor Seuss Geisel, the children’s author better known as Dr. Seuss, after a public-school district removed several of his books from the list for national Read Across America Day. At least one library chain relocated several of Seuss’s titles from the children’s section to the adult’s, afraid that kids might stumble across the books’ allegedly racially insensitive content.
We live in a time when an increasing number of powerful actors in our culture and our politics believe that free speech is dangerous, that ideas are literally violent, and that controversial or “backwards” notions ought to be silenced. Not only that, but these controlling culture warriors believe they should be the ones who get to determine which thoughts are good and which are bad, who gets to speak their mind in the public square, and who can sell their books in whichever marketplace they wish.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (2)
UPDATE: Brigid points out that the only thing I have in common with Jesus is I'm short and like wine.
Yup, makes sense. Especially the thing about the short hair. The only one I was familiar with was the bit about he and Joseph's profession.
It's all here - a 3 minute read
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
The two commenters on CNBC cannot figure out if it's done with tax avoidance (completely legal; we all use legal means to avoid taxes) or tax evasion (illegal; go straight to jail, do not collect $200).
My own guess is that its mostly tax avoidance - the 1%er's are heavily scrutinized by the IRS; much more difficult for them to cheat. Anyway pretty good short video.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
"The winner of the contest will gain control of the other country."
"Stair-ascending contest, me and you, right now, let's go," said Putin as he met with the American president. "He who wins become supreme glorious leader forever of other puny weak man." Biden agreed to the contest, though it wasn't clear he knew who this man was or where they were.
"3... 2... 1... climb!" shouted the referee before firing off a pistol. Biden got off to a rocky start as he was startled by the gunshot and scurried off in the wrong direction. Putin, meanwhile, just walked up the stairs. Biden started gaining on him as his handlers corralled him and pointed him in the right direction, but he kept falling over and tumbling down the stairs.
It all looked good for Russia until Putin had to stop a few times to sign execution papers for journalists who criticized him, squandering his lead.
Finally, Biden jumped in a stair lift and started to close the gap, but it was too little, too late, and Putin emerged at the top of the 30-step staircase victorious.
Well, thanks to Biden losing the stair contest, we are now part of Russia. We also just want to say that Vladimir Putin is one fine fellow and a fantastic man, and he deserved to win and we welcome him as our new leader for life.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (1)
Hmmm, despite Bill Maher being a vulgar pig, he again gets it right again. This from a few days ago, Pigs fly: Bill Maher gets it right - "A silly people" and then this - love the part about white privilege and Paris Hilton... "my talent is being me" ...
Monday, March 22, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Canadian! And had an interesting life, including being shot six times on D Day - by another Canadian! All an accident...
Sunday, March 21, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
That's my prediction. We'll see.
Saturday, March 20, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (1)
As you may suspect -
The study subjects also completed cognitive tests involving connecting various numbers and letters as fast as possible. For the randomly assigned runners, results on the cognitive tests improved, along with their moods and energetic sense, after a jog. “[T]he primary finding… was that aerobic exercise improved perceptual speed/visual attentional control through increases in self-reported feelings of vigor-energy,” the paper concludes.
Alas, subjects told to relax fared worse. Their energy waned after resting and their performance and mood seemed to decrease.
Friday, March 19, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Yes he's taking a risk! Thanks to Jessica for this. Hit the link -
Friday, March 19, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (13)
Dan Bongino. A hard hitting conservative - former NYPD and Secret Service. A graduate of Archbishop Malloy HS in Queens. He's run for office three times - and lost. Also a recent survivor of Hodgkins Lymphoma. Not clear which radio markets he'll be in - but definitely in NY.
That is setting off a race to offer an alternative in that time slot, said Michael Harrison, publisher of Talkers magazine. Dana Loesch and Erick Erickson are among the personalities being bandied about, he said.
“There is no clear-cut favorite at this time,” Harrison said. “It is generally accepted that no one can replace Rush Limbaugh, even Rush Limbaugh as a posthumous performer.”
Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, has become a popular commentator on Fox News Channel, featured frequently on Sean Hannity’s show. He has a podcast and is considered a rising star in the community of conservative commentators.
“I’m excited to embrace the immense power of radio to connect with my listeners live for three hours every day,” said Bongino. “This is an incredible privilege, and I pledge to honor the trailblazing work of those who came before me.”
Although he’s starting with slots on Cumulus-owned stations in some big cities, it’s not immediately clear how many markets Bongino will be heard in.
Thursday, March 18, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
The guy talks here into this -
Thursday, March 18, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (1)
Whew. Guardian angels. Tow truck driver probably saved them. He "gave the credit to God."
And more video with dramatic pictures, here -
Thursday, March 18, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
This is from the Catholic League - they send it around every St. Pat's Day.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Bill Maher is a vile and usually cringe-worthy guy (and it's made him a centi-millionaire) and someone to normally ignore. But he got it right with this litany. Note: Four letter word warning ...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (2)
Looks like it's probable - the end of "Spring forward, fall back".
There’s just one problem: While states can opt out of daylight saving time – as Hawaii and most of Arizona have done – federal law requires an act of Congress to allow states to adopt daylight saving time on a permanent basis.
Lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced bipartisan bills to let states like Washington, along with North Idaho, permanently switch to daylight saving time. Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, whose state’s legislature also has voted to ditch standard time, was among eight senators who reintroduced the “Sunshine Protection Act of 2021” on Tuesday.
“Springing forward and falling back year after year only creates unnecessary confusion while harming Americans’ health and our economy,” Wyden said in a statement. “Making Daylight Saving permanent would give folks an hour back of sunshine during the winter months when we need it most.”
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Benjamin Franklin suggested the idea of daylight saving time – as a joke – in a 1784 essay, but the United States didn’t adopt the system until 1918, as a World War I-era effort to conserve fuel and electricity by extending daylight hours.
The government abolished daylight saving time at the federal level after the war, but some states kept using it. The resulting confusion led Congress to pass the Uniform Time Act in 1966, which reimposed the springtime switch to daylight saving time across the country but gave states the ability to opt out.
The U.S. Department of Transportation, which enforces time zones and daylight saving time, maintains daylight saving time saves energy and reduces crime and traffic accidents. Proponents of never again “falling back” to standard time tend to agree, and wonder why the nation doesn’t just stick with daylight time all the time.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Murder and organ harvesting? "Deleting the "Falun Gong".
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
This is a follow up to my post a few days ago Cryptocurrency/Bitcoin in one (relatively) easy lesson and is from CNBC. A decent starting kit is about $4,400 plus the cost of electricity. And the rig just about runs itself. Mining is being done in Croton.
Monday, March 15, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
For sure. They never should have changed the name - the usual effort to deny heritage. I have no problem with naming something after a former NY governor - how about a govenrment building in Albany? Or the bathroom space on Randall's Island.
Sunday, March 14, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (2)
Mondaire Jones, the Democrat who replaced the retired Nita Lowey. I myself don't think Cuomo should be forced to resign over alleged sexual harassment. He's entitled to his "day in court" and a thorough investigation on those allegations.
Much more troubling is his horrendous failures and covering up the Nursing Home deaths. He should be impeached for that -
Here's what Mondaire Jones thinks -
Jones, a freshman Democrat representing Rockland County and most of Westchester, tied his condemnation to more than the harassment allegations.
"His mismanagement of COVID-19 spread in nursing homes and subsequent attempt to cover it up cost lives and has decimated the public's faith in our state government. New revelations about an alleged cover-up of potential structural defects in the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, which thousands of New Yorkers cross every day, as well as his refusal to establish a mass vaccination site in Rockland County despite it having the highest rate of COVID-19 infection in New York State, raise additional questions about the Cuomo Administration's commitment to keeping New Yorkers safe," Jones said in his statement. "Recently, the deeply disturbing allegations of at least six women, including several former employees, offer detailed descriptions of sexual misconduct that raise additional concerns about the Governor's fitness to hold any position of public trust."
Sunday, March 14, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Amazing. Maybe think Dutch Tulip Mania of 1637? The video is less than two minutes long. Go here to find out what a non-fungible token is or watch the five minute interview with the creator below the first video.
Here's "Beeple" in an interview. Explaining the uses of NFT.
Shortly after the auction result, Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, tweeted: “Holy #$@” The record-breaking work, called “The First 5,000 days” was the first ever to sell at a major auction house. In 2007, Winkelmann set out to post a new work of digital art every day for the rest of his life and hasn’t missed a single day. The first 5,000 of those works, which he calls “Everydays,” were compiled to form “The First 5,000 days.” The Christie’s sale anoints Beeple as one of the top three living artists in the world by price, after Jeff Koons and David Hockney. “At this point, especially after today’s Christie’s sale, it’s not a question of whether NFTs will have an impact on the so-called traditional art market, but to what degree its impact will be felt,” said Andrew Goldstein, editor-in-chief of Artnet News. He added that the price is a sign that a new group of technology-enabled collectors can “destabilize the establishment in attention-grabbing ways.” While the number of bidders for the Beeple was small — 33 in total. They represented a new generation. Christie’s said 91% of the bidders had never been clients of Christie’s before. Nearly two-thirds were millennials or younger, and most were from the U.S. In an earlier interview with CNBC, Winkelmann said NFTs have the potential to change more than just the art world. “As soon as I saw it, I saw it as this massive, massive potential for this as a platform for digital ownership of a bunch of different things, not just art,” he said. “Moving forward, I think this will be seen an alternate form of asset class.”
Saturday, March 13, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
From Scientific American - when should a person end a conversation? It's not a long article...
Mastroianni and his colleagues found that only 2 percent of conversations ended at the time both parties desired, and only 30 percent of them finished when one of the pair wanted them to. In about half of the conversations, both people wanted to talk less, but their cutoff point was usually different. Participants in both studies reported, on average, that the desired length of their conversation was about half of its actual length. To the researchers’ surprise, they also found that it is not always the case that people are held hostage by talks: In 10 percent of conversations, both study participants wished their exchange had lasted longer. And in about 31 percent of the interactions between strangers, at least one of the two wanted to continue.
Most people also failed at intuiting their partner’s desires. When participants guessed at when their partner had wanted to stop talking, they were off by about 64 percent of the total conversation length.
That people fail so completely in judging when a conversation partner wishes to wrap things up “is an astounding and important finding,” says Thalia Wheatley, a social psychologist at Dartmouth College, who was not involved in the research. Conversations are otherwise “such an elegant expression of mutual coordination,” she says. “And yet it all falls apart at the end because we just can’t figure out when to stop.” This puzzle is probably one reason why people like to have talks over coffee, drinks or a meal, Wheatley adds, because “the empty cup or check gives us an out—a critical conversation-ending crutch.”
Nicholas Epley, a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago, who was not on the research team, wonders what would happen if most conversations ended exactly when we wanted them to. “How many new insights, novel perspectives or interesting facts of life have we missed because we avoided a longer or deeper conversation that we might have had with another person?” he asks.
Saturday, March 13, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Not so hot based on this. The knife snapped while Brigid was cutting broccoli! Broccoli... one tough vegetable .. Did you know broccoli was bred out of wild cabbage plant - Brassica oleracea
Poor show here by the Chinese -
Friday, March 12, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (3)
Yes, quite, quite different.
From the Catholic League:
CUOMO HAD A DIFFERENT STANDARD FOR PRIESTS
Friday, March 12, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (4)
This is called lateral thinking? I wonder if the people in the little boats weren't worried about themselves?
Thursday, March 11, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (1)
I think cryptocurrency's are here to stay. If you have some knowledge or no knowledge at all then it's worth watching this 14 minute educational and entertaining video. And maybe watch it more than once. Ben Shapiro usually doesn't spend much time talking about this sort of stuff - but he's got it right about crypto.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (3)
gotta love it. As the ball gets past another dual athlete, who had himself hit three home runs that day!
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
UPDATE: Good Movie - Harriet - free on amazon prime. We watched it Sunday night. The incredibly talented Cynthia Erivo who also wrote and sang the theme song, played Tubman.
Today is the 108th anniversary of the death of Harriet Tubman who was an escaped slave, made multiple trips back south to lead a total of about 70 escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad, functioned as a Union spy during the Civil War, and performed multiple well documented heroic deeds. Incredible woman, she lived much of her life in Auburn, NY (the Finger Lakes District) in a property sold to her ($$$ was raised) in 1859 by abolitionist Republican U.S. Senator William H. Seward . She used the property as a haven for escaped slaves and in her later years, she was an activist in the movement for the women's vote - women's suffrage. Tubman was born sometime in March 1822; she had a long amazing life. The picture above was taken in 1895, when she was 73.
The reason I'm posting this is because a week ago this past Saturday I found out (thank you Tom C) that a very famous sculpture of her was touring the country and happened to be in Peekskill, but was leaving the next day. So Brigid and I went up and had a look. Pretty cool. The artist statement is the last photo.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Well he's certainly going about it in a manner different from Trump ...
Setting the bar for Bidenomics is Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who appeared Monday on MSNBC with Stephanie Ruhle. Ms. Yellen shared her hopes for the pending $1.9 trillion federal spending extravaganza:
In another recent interview, Ms. Yellen made clear that she is not just talking about the unemployment rate. On Friday Martin Crutsinger of the Associated Press reported on her comments in a PBS interview:
In her MSNBC interview Ms. Yellen dismissed the idea that the huge federal spending increase, poured on top of an already reviving economy, might fuel a dangerous inflation. So the Biden bar is set: low inflation and historically high employment. Americans should hold Democrats accountable for clearing it.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
I posted this real life heroism a few days ago. In Myanmar, a Catholic nun steps up ...
And here is Sister Ann Rose Nu Twang again yesterday trying to head off further violence.
Tuesday, March 09, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Neat. And what a perfect throw. Over a million views in three days.
Tuesday, March 09, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Nice! It's on the west side of the Hudson, just north of the NY-NJ border.
Monday, March 08, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (2)
Yesterday - Sunday - we had a quick walk at the Croton Arboretum which is next to the Hudson National Golf Course. The road into the Aboretum was closed, so we walked the quarter mile or so to it, and then walked the raised wood platforms. We didn't go up the hill or over the March trail. Much of the pathway had snow or mud, but about half was clear. Also went to two of the golf course trail bridges near the walkway - no one was there to say you can't do that. In fact we were the only people we saw.
A few pictures -
Wearing my ancient but reliable LL Bean orangish fleece ...
Soooo Brigid - she looks down for something interesting - up for something cool -
water was flowing -
two more
Monday, March 08, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
From Gov. Cuomo - who may soon lose his emergency powers to make these pronouncements
On Sunday, the state's positivity rate stood at 2.98 percent, with 59 deaths reported.
Sunday, March 07, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Another report I read said Cuomo didn't want the true numbers coming out while he was promoting his book! Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Follow the Misleader. Cuomo advisers pressured health officials to obscure the nursing-home carnage.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top advisers successfully pushed state health officials to strip a public report of data showing that more nursing-home residents had died of Covid-19 than the administration had acknowledged, according to people with knowledge of the report’s production.
The July report, which examined the factors that led to the spread of the virus in nursing homes, focused only on residents who died inside long-term-care facilities, leaving out those who had died in hospitals after becoming sick in nursing homes. As a result, the report said 6,432 nursing-home residents had died—a significant undercount of the death toll attributed to the state’s most vulnerable population, the people said. The initial version of the report said nearly 10,000 nursing-home residents had died in New York by July last year, one of the people said.
And here's a CBS report making the point about not wanting to mess up book sales:
Sunday, March 07, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
UPDATE: Here is a link to the Mass held in the Chaldean Catholic Cathedral of St. Joseph in Baghdad. https://youtu.be/F6VvBTuFkOw
Calling for peaceful coexistence and fraternity.
Saturday, March 06, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Quite a relationship.
Saturday, March 06, 2021 | Permalink | Comments (0)
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