On a scale of one to ten, I’m swamped!!!! The O2 people just left and I’m waiting for Store to Door to arrive with my groceries. Then I have to put them away, of course. Yesterday’s community meeting was interesting. Our building energy efficiency program is doing well. Although marijuana will be legal here on 7/1, it may not be brought into the building, because it receives federal funding, For me, that doesn’t matter, and the smell has been in the hallway since the day I moved in, almost seventeen months ago, anyway. My friend with cancer is dealing with it very well and has a positive prognosis. My MRI is now scheduled for Monday.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:23 (average 5:54). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From MoveOn: 10 Ideas to Save the Economy: Help Working Families
No one should have to choose between providing for their family and being a good parent.
This is the second in the series. Click through to MoveOn to share it from there.
From The New Yorker: Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, a sobering new study reports.
The research, conducted by the University of Minnesota, identifies a virulent strain of humans who are virtually immune to any form of verifiable knowledge, leaving scientists at a loss as to how to combat them.
“These humans appear to have all the faculties necessary to receive and process information,” Davis Logsdon, one of the scientists who contributed to the study, said. “And yet, somehow, they have developed defenses that, for all intents and purposes, have rendered those faculties totally inactive.”
More worryingly, Logsdon said, “As facts have multiplied, their defenses against those facts have only grown more powerful.”
While scientists have no clear understanding of the mechanisms that prevent the fact-resistant humans from absorbing data, they theorize that the strain may have developed the ability to intercept and discard information en route from the auditory nerve to the brain. “The normal functions of human consciousness have been completely nullified,” Logsdon said….
Andy is close. There are actually two strains. For Republicitis, take Dulcolax. For Republicosis, take Immodium.
From NY Times: Jeb Bush on Tuesday sought to arrest a chorus of criticism from Democrats and some conservatives after he told an interviewer that, knowing what history has since shown about intelligence failures, he still would have authorized the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Calling in to Sean Hannity’s syndicated radio show, Mr. Bush said he had misunderstood a question that one of Mr. Hannity’s Fox News colleagues, Megyn Kelly, had asked him in an interview shown on Sunday and Monday nights.
If Strike Three is so stupid that he can’t understand THAT question, it proves two things. First, he really is Crawford Caligula’s brother. Second, he’s too stupid to be President!
Cartoon:
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I wholeheartedly agree with you, TomCat, about Strike Three! He is not any smarter than his Dumber brother! So if he can’t sipher what people are asking him on a TALK SHOW, then he sure a hell want be smart enough to handle the numerous responsibilities that go along with being The President! He ain’t got enough smarts to slip hogs!!!!
Andy has it figured out about the Republicanitis and Republicanosis! They have some kind of blockage in their brains that keep them in “The Bubble” and not able to understand or comprehend FACTS that are plain for every day folks!
4:45 average (still) 5:54. I thought it was quite difficult – and I guess the average reflects that. My first thought was "Dracula dogs?" but that just reflects my ignorance since the Carpathians cover MUCH more ground than Transylvania. Always nice to learn something.
Very discouraging report here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/azerbaijan-ethics-report/
Move On – Yes indeed. I hope to heaven SOMEONE is listening.
New Yorker – Yes, TC, but you are assuming the afflicted in the case of this disorder (a) know they are afflicted, and (b) want to be free from the affliction. I suspect that even if we could get through to them that it is an affliction, they would still be proud of it. Even Ebola is easier to treat than this.
NY Times and Cartoon – He obviously doesn't have the faintest idea what he is saying. So – how can I be expected to understand, let alone interpret? Further, how can a rabid dog like Hannity possibly be able to understand and interpret?
I'm also very glad your friend is dealing well and has a positive prognosis. Good news. Good luck with your MRI Monday, also.
4:30 Beautiful dogs! I am partial to German Shepherds, however shepherd-wolf mixes can be very dangerous.
4:45 A stellar performance from me tonight.
3:24 Was everyone running scared from these beauties?
I had my fill of dawg, when I chowed down on chow.
Well, Jeb's new "Third Way" approach is now to refuse to even answer the question because it's "hypothetical" and a "disservice" to those who lost their lives and/or limbs.
This new third-way approach by Jeb has both good news and bad news:
The good news is that he’s dropped the shovel he was digging that hole with.
The bad news is he’s now using a backhoe!
And Jeb is supposed to be the "smart one"?!? He's TOAST!
Puzzle — 4:45 A stellar performance from me tonight.
Update — I made another visit to the emergency room as the antibiotics are working but not well enough. My lower left leg and foot are very red and puffed up from edema caused by the infection and my knee. So I had IV antibiotics and they left the "shunt" in for tomorrow. The shunt is in the back of my right hand so movement in the bones of my right hand aggravate me . . . movement like using a mouse, typing, driving, using keys etc. I can eat with my left so I shouldn't starve. I did everything I was asked to do and still having trouble. I guess it is fair to say that Primo is a real potty mouth!
MoveOn — Reich on the left is so right! Canada needs the same!
The New Yorker — "There are actually two strains. For Republicitis, take Dulcolax. For Republicosis, take Immodium." . . . but make them super strength and long acting!
NY Times — Every Republicanus/Teabaggerum presidential candidate is stupid, two-faced, and useless!
Cartoon — Looks like he's been taking lessons from Rmoney!
I'm so sorry you;re progressing so slowly. I hope the IV antibiotics do the trick. Maybe you should start brushing Primo's teeth or make him use Listerine. Sorry. I couldn't resist the suggestion. My cats would tear me to shreds if I ever tried that.
http://blog.theanimalrescuesite.com/toothbrush-kitty/?origin=FK_Trivia_5-14-2015&utm_source=fk&utm_medium=C4M&utm_campaign=toothbrush-kitty
I'm so soeey you're having trouble healing. I would have made the doctor use my left hand.
They wouldn't because they used the left on Sunday night! I have to have more IV antibiotics tonight so I am going to look at other options. Judging by the looks of my leg, I'll be having IV antibiotics for at least 2 if not 3 more days.
You just do whatever you need to do. We can't afford to lose you (I'm sure you can't afford to lose you either).
I have never tried this so it may be completely useless, but some righthanded people find it easier to use a mouse with the left hand if they change it to left-handed settings (right button means left-click, left button means right-click).
I just switched it so I'll let you know how it goes. Might also be a good way to put off Alzheimer's as it forces the brain to be more "elastic".
Sorry TC – v poorly.
Feel better!
So very glad your friend with cancer is doing well – hooray for her and for you all!
It sounds as though you're handling your overload very well. I'm glad your friend is dealing well with the cancer.
MoveOn ~ Good idea! Sahred on FB.
New Yorker ~ Andy made me laugh for the first time in a while.
NY Times ~ When are they going to give an IQ test as a quallifier to run fro the Presidency?
Cartoon ~ I think Strike Three needs a third face because he has 3 answers for everything: Yes, No and I refuse to answer a hypothetical question.
Thanks all. I'm swamoed and pooped again, Hugs!
The same time that they try IQ. testing on "our" representatives."I would LOVE to see those results.!
Here are the facts JEB. No.1. You are a coward.
2 Your brother W. is a liar ,and was a pushover to be manipulated by Cheney and Wolfowitz.
Your brother has the blood on innocents,and US.soldiers ALL OVER HIS HANDS.(as do ALL members of the liars clubIf you cannot figure these facts out,then you are unconscious,and harly fit to run for President. .
Ever thought of running for dog catcher? right up your alley(as the Brits say)
It always saddens me when politicians feel the need to prove the old adage that you can tell when a politician is lying because they opened their mouths.
Hope Reich and related information penetrates to reach enough people by the 2016 election.
U of MN does do quality research…LOL