They want to repeal the 20th century.
Brown v. Board is next
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The Best Years of Our Lives
Oh, right, it’s D-Day, and everybody’s all “these are the top ten movies about World War II” blah blah blah.
My dad was an infantryman in Europe (wounded in combat, even). This was one of his favorite movies, and it’s a good one. Lots of nice little notes, like when a civilian and a veteran meet another veteran who’s lost both his hands and offers one of his stumps for a handshake. The civilian shies away, and the veteran simply grabs the stump and shakes it. A wordless moment that speaks volumes (to me, at least).
Even the title is an interesting little comment.
Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch
https://futurism.com/the-byte/plastic-eating-fungus-pacific-garbage-patch
«”Marine fungi can break down complex materials made of carbon,” added Vaksmaa, adding that it’s “likely that in addition to the four species identified so far, other species also contribute to plastic degradation.”»
«Perhaps, someday, our signal in the rocks will be found, but only if eagle-eyed stratigraphers, from God knows where on the tree of life, crisscross their own rearranged Earth, assiduously trying to find us. But they would be unlikely to be rewarded for their effort. At the end of all their travels—after cataloging all the bedrock of the entire planet—they might finally be led to an odd, razor-thin stratum hiding halfway up some eroding, far-flung desert canyon.»
We will be gone, probably having destroyed ourselves, leaving less trace than we think.
Sen. Bob Menendez files to run as an independent while on trial | AP News
Well, this’ll be, uh, interesting, I guess.
WRAL News: Flagstock 2024, the promised ‘epic rager’ at UNC-Chapel Hill, scheduled for Labor Day
«Pints for Patriots, a group formed to plan an “epic rager” after the campaign raised more than $515,000 last month, says it’ll host the gathering — Flagstock 2024 — on Labor Day, Sept. 2.»
Oh, goody. Sounds like a good day to not be downtown.
Exclusive: One in 10 Republicans less likely to vote for Trump after guilty verdict, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds | Reuters
«Among independent registered voters, … 56% who said the conviction would have no impact on their decision.»
Ok, I know I’ve been cynical about the electorate, but: SERIOUSLY??
At this point, I feel like reading a book about historically stupid democratic voting decisions, like maybe Brexit and Hitler’s rise to power, just so I can feel we’re not alone in our stupidity.
MTG’s polls are irrelevant
Some stupid news story about Marjorie Taylor Greene not doing well in polls in Georgia or somewhere.
Irrelevant. Really stupid “news” story.
She won her primary unopposed. The Cook Partisan Voting Index has GA-14 at R+22.
We’re stuck with two more years of her antics, and the northwestern corner of Georgia supports that.
Nights in Rodanthe
Just gonna put this here, mostly because I’m too disgusted* to write anything coherent:
«The [National] Park Service purchased 23298 E. Beacon Rd. for $471,000, as the 1,920-square-foot house still had a working septic system and was livable. The purchase price for 23292 E. Beacon Rd. — a 1,568 square foot, four-bedroom house that had lost its septic tank and been deemed unsafe for habitation — was $260,000.
“There was an opportunity to get out, and I thought I should take it,” said Daniel Kerlakian, 36, of Cincinnati, who bought 23298 E. Beacon Rd. for $380,000 two summers ago, both as a rental investment but also a place to vacation with his wife and three young sons in a area they had grown to love.
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“Why continue the stress? Why continue this battle with the ocean?” said Kerlakian, who said he basically broke even, but walked away with a mixture of relief and sadness.
Next door, Erick Saks received $100,000 less than his family paid in 2021 for 23292 E. Beacon Rd., when he and his wife bought the vacation home they christened “Mermaid’s Kiss.” A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, Saks and his wife had gotten married in the Outer Banks, and he had cherished memories of past trips there.»
https://wapo.st/3KruTtH (gift)
*Wait, I’m not quite too disgusted. The stupidity of people to buy a house on the beach recently in the Outer Banks, no matter what the real estate agents told them. The necessity of the US taxpayer to bail them out because otherwise hazardous trash goes washing down the shore for miles. (Boards with nails, broken glass, glass wool, septic waste, whatever else I can’t think of, ….)
Tom Cotton really could be president
Now we’re hitting the next level. Trump is a clown. But Cotton….
He and his people would take this nation back 100 years, no kidding.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tom-cotton-is-suddenly-among-the-top-candidates-for-trumps-vp-report
US approach to China’s rapid growth has lessons for us all | Larry Elliott | The Guardian
Interesting opinion from The Guardian‘s economics editor on China and US industrial policy, which I am sort of realizing is what I’m using instead of “protectionism” because it’s more palatable to me.
«The thinking behind the tough stance being adopted by the US goes as follows. First, it was a mistake to assume that China would become more liberal once it was plugged into the global economy.
Second, allowing China’s rapid industrial growth has hollowed out manufacturing in the US. Third, China’s model does not lend itself to free thinking and innovation, but instead relies on intellectual property being imported, often through unfair means, from the west. Fourth, it makes sense to make it as hard as possible for China to acquire this knowhow. Fifth, China’s aggressive use of industrial policy needs to be matched by the US.
If that all means the US becoming more interventionist and more protectionist, then so be it. In these circumstances, interventionism is justified and protectionism is good.
Biden thinks parts of the US economy are too strategically important to allow them to fall into Chinese hands and he is right about that. He also thinks the US needs to build up its own industrial strength and he is right about that too.»
Here, Read This 