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  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    That Was No Single Voice

    August 23, 2017 - By ginny

    We are the Wall. We are a chorus of many voices. #WeAreTheWall

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  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    That Was No Single Voice

    August 23, 2017 - By ginny

    We are the Wall. We are a chorus of many voices. #WeAreTheWall

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  • Hot Off The Presses

    Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona

    August 22, 2017 - By ginny

    Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona There was a lot of intense science being done. That the observation was beautiful is secondary. APOD: 2017 August 13 – Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. Read at Google+

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  • Mini-Posts - Politics, Schmolitics

    4 Pocket Links Mon Aug 21 21 21:56:18 2017

    August 21, 2017 - By ginny

    Here’s a pocketful of links, stacked up for easy viewing. GOP senator unsure if Trump will be 2020 nominee: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) told MSNBC that she was unsure whether President Donald Trump would be the party’s presidential nominee in 2020. – Tags: politics – http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/08/21/susan-collins-unsure-trump-2020-msnbc-sot-erin.cnn Jeh Johnson: Confederate Statues Are ‘Neo-Nazi Rallying Points’: Martha Raddatz filled in on ABC’s “This Week” charged with the arduous task of eliciting some semblance of logic from Jerry Falwell Junior’s rationalizing of Trump’s deplorable defense of White Nationalists, KKK members and Neo-Nazis. – by Leftofcenter – Tags: politics – http://crooksandliars.com/2017/08/jeh-johnson-confederate-statues-are-neo Angry Trump Grilled…

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  • Cycling - Hot Off The Presses

    Pedestrian bridge over Fox River in Aurora in spotlight – Aurora Beacon-News

    August 20, 2017 - By ginny

     Word is that the bridge construction may start next year, complete the year after. This will make Tour de Cure routing interesting! LSource: Pedestrian bridge over Fox River in Aurora in spotlight – Aurora Beacon-News

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  • Cycling - Hot Off The Presses

    Pedestrian bridge over Fox River in Aurora in spotlight – Aurora Beacon-News

    August 20, 2017 - By ginny

     Word is that the bridge construction may start next year, complete the year after. This will make Tour de Cure routing interesting! LSource: Pedestrian bridge over Fox River in Aurora in spotlight – Aurora Beacon-News

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  • Cycling - Hot Off The Presses

    6 epic bike treks around the globe

    August 20, 2017 - By ginny

    These look a little more epic than I’m capable of handling, but they still look like a dream. But there must be a typo in the England to Rome one – 2 days to go a thousand miles is pretty ambitious in a CAR, let alone on a bike. June 2017 marked 200 years since German inventor Karl Von Drais first rode his two-wheeled Laufmaschine, or “running machine.” These trips celebrate the bike. Source: 6 epic bike treks around the globe – Chicago Tribune

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  • Cycling - Hot Off The Presses

    6 epic bike treks around the globe

    August 20, 2017 - By ginny

    These look a little more epic than I’m capable of handling, but they still look like a dream. But there must be a typo in the England to Rome one – 2 days to go a thousand miles is pretty ambitious in a CAR, let alone on a bike. June 2017 marked 200 years since German inventor Karl Von Drais first rode his two-wheeled Laufmaschine, or “running machine.” These trips celebrate the bike. Source: 6 epic bike treks around the globe – Chicago Tribune

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  • Politics, Schmolitics

    Optics: Stern And Tough Cabinet, or Reality Show Cast Photo?

    August 20, 2017 - By ginny

    This photo requires some context: Bannon is out, this is the currently constituted Cabinet as it was during the weekend meeting on Afghanistan, and Trump has just signed some bill that’s more of a symbolic resolution. Let’s break down the looks — and messages sent via those looks — for each white man of the 13 white men and 1 woman in the photo. Side note: I have to believe the attendees were told not to smile due to the seriousness of the topic discussed. Otherwise, the sheer spontaneous seriousness is truly beyond belief. (Huge thanks to CNN’s Jim Acosta…

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  • Hot Off The Presses - Mini-Posts - Politics, Schmolitics

    Enough is Enough – Los Angeles Times

    August 20, 2017 - By ginny

     Seventh in a series of editorials from the LA Times. READ. These are not normal times.The man in the White House is reckless and unmanageable, a danger to the Constitution, a threat to our democratic institutions. Source: Enough is Enough – Los Angeles Times

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  • Insurance season is almost over, thank Dog

    Avoid health sharing plans, they're not that great a deal. A friend had one while getting some pretty serious treatment, and he struggled to get the care he needed.

    Elisabeth Yoder and her son Darragh recently experienced a huge gap in their health care "coverage." They stand in  front of the family home, and they belong to a Christian "health sharing" plan that didn't reimburse for a recent ambulance ride.

     

     

    Link: Not serious enough to turn on the siren, toddler’s 39-mile ambulance ride still cost over $9,000

  • Charm Patch Quilt: On Point

    From Sew Can She - this looks like a great way to use up charm squares and scraps that can be at least 4 1/2-5 inches square. The contrast fabric and on-point arrangement add good visual interest without being too busy.

    Link: Charm Patch Quilt Pattern: Free Throw quilt Pattern for Pre-Cut Charm Squares!

  • Tea Towel Hems

    Bought some tea towels for gifts, looking for tutorials for adding colorful hanging cuffs after hemming.

    I lean toward Method 1, mitred corners. Will decide once the towels arrive in case the selvage edges are good quality.

    https://blog.fabrics-store.com/2023/03/26/tutorial-how-to-make-a-tea-towel-three-ways/

  • Sorry About The Mess: Trump Wrecking World Economy

    Post: He’s nuts if he thinks manufacturers will move to the US; they like paying rock bottom non-union wages and they’ll pass the higher costs to American consumers. Lose-lose! What can possibly go wrong?

    Since he lives in his own bubble universe, I’m wondering how long his big donors, the few relatively sane conservatives in Congress, and his “IKEA cabinet” will hold out until the murmurs behind the scenes become screaming fights in the Oval Office.

    Spine of steel? Nope. Skull of rock.

    Maury Povich lie detector meme: It says here… Trump is as dumb as a box of rocks.

    Global economy rocked again as rates on imports to the US from dozens of trading partners rose further, with China hit by 104% tariffs

    Link: Donald Trump unleashes new wave of tariffs against dozens of countries

  • Now Listening: Joni Mitchell | Black Crow

    Joni Mitchell album cover Black Crow. A woman is superimposed over an empty road that leads into her silhouette.

    Text:

     

    ”Black Crow - There's a crow flying Black and ragged Tree to tree He's black as the highway that's leading me Now he's diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took the ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane I took a plane to a taxi And a taxi to a train I've been traveling so long How'm I ever gonna know my home When I see it again I'm like a black crow flying In a blue blue sky In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving diving diving diving Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing Just like that black crow flying In a blue sky I looked at the morning After being up all night I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light I looked out the window And I I saw that ragged soul take flight I saw a back crow flying In a blue sky Oh I'm like a black crow flying In a blue sky”

     

    Link: Check out this song I heard on Radio Paradise

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