100 years ago, a symphonic blockbuster was born in London.
The Planets, by
Gustav Holst,
premiered on this date in 1918. The seven-movement suite, depicting
planets from our solar system, has been sampled, stolen and cherished by
the likes of
Frank Zappa,
John Williams,
Hans Zimmer and any number of prog-rock and metal bands.
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We've been binge-watching Starz "Outlander" on the weekends. Just so happens the next episode was "The Devil's Mark" wherein the protagonist is tried as a witch.
The parallels to the Senate confirmation hearings is incredible. One person makes outrageous claims with zero supporting evidence and yet the sympathetic galleries clamor for the accused to burn at the stake.
Massively regressive for those claiming to be progressive.
I wish it was outrageous. Me too. There wAs no one to tell.
Setting aside the allegations of sexual misconduct, Brett Kavanaugh's dissembling and his past statements make him unsuitable for a position on the Supreme Court.
Likening Birth Control to abortion is absurd, and this from a man who considers abortion murder.
No thanks, I'm sure you can find someone better without turning over too many rocks.
His attitude toward torture is also unacceptable to me...and those two are just for a start.
Liz, you asked who owned the burn lots, it's the homeowners and the Mortgage holders, if any.
Not the insurance companies.
The insurance companies pay out on a $ per Sq Ft basis less the deductible and less the value of the lot.
There's almost always a cap on the $ per Sq Ft paid, and it's almost always less than replacement cost.
Mortgage holders and lien holders get paid first, the homeowner gets what's left, if anything.
Insurance companies are in the business of collecting premiums, not the business of paying claims.
Some are better, some are worse and some are plain awful.
We'll see a lot of lawsuits against the Insurance companies if their actuaries decide it's cheaper to stretch things out and then settle than it is to pay claims promptly.
Should these areas be rebuilt?
Coffey Park, certainly.
Christopherson built a lot of those homes and if you use one of their basic plans the savings are substantial, $50- $70 per Sq Ft is what I heard quoted.
With nice finishes and good quality work.
Mark West and Fountaingrove?
If you rebuild with fire resistance in mind and the water holding tanks are kept full, why not?
Those areas burn every 50 years on average, it will be someone else's problem...
That may sound callous, but it is the way most people think and act.
Like Kavanaugh or not I haven’t heard of any evidence at all. Anything important takes a back seat to insanity. No perfect pick and we get what the mob in power presents.
re: Kavanaugh
Use Debbie or Renate Kavanaugh as the name of the nominee and think about what would be said about their qualifications to be on the subprime court. Women don't have the judicial demeanor of a subprime court justice.
Went looking for a recording in my collection, but most are on LPs in storage, according to the database. Finally found a CD to listen to...
Subprime. Very good.
Yeah, but no doubt on his birth control or torture positions.
Hun has a tummy ache.
Hub.
Good morning!
Big storm coming next week, flood warnings in effect. Desert is strange when it hits the mass collection of water comes fast.
I am sure there are dislikes with all who have passed the appointment process. I don’t care for some of their rulings no matter who appointed them and their beliefs.
Liz, I thought using Debbie and Renate was cute too.
In his defense the birth control = abortion was a case where he was paraphrasing one side's argument not advancing his opinion.
I hope so.
I think that's the church's position to this day. You go to hell for both. I hope I do not remember correctly.
The abortion issue is a non issue. It is the product of 80% ignorance, political football to rally Dims against reality. The need for adoration under a very few medical and forced situations is it. The rest are pure stupidity. IMO.
I personally find abortion as a form of birth control repulsive.
But it's even worse for force a woman to keep a child she doesn't want.
If you truly believe in the concept of "Liberty" then the government has no business dictating what a person does with their own body - whether it's smoking, doing drugs, committing suicide or ending an unwanted pregnancy. That said, once the fetus becomes independently viable it's another matter entirely, which is why I find the current law eminently fair. Keep in mind that K stated this was "settled law", too.
Politicians always runs to the same hot-button wedge issues to frighten and distract people. It's annoying as hell how so many fall for it time and again.
Muppets will believe anything, TJ. Even if they just fell for the same line yesterday.
It seems to me he was lying to the committee. But we shall see.
In the meantime who agrees a recession is still a couple of years away? Does a solution exist for low cost housing in Cali or elsewhere.
Good morning!
Everyone is lying or bending the truth depending on your taste, All theater. I still see nothing but he said, she said argument.
Kali could fix a lot with a sound immigration policy but that would destroy the controllers goal.
What is a sound immigration policy to you?
Increased immigration does reduce wages. So does the sending jobs abroad. So does hiring women forjobs.men used to do. Trickle down seems like it should work,.but it doesn't until unemployment is lower even than it is now. Minimum wage laws do work, while the rich scream. Othe thoughts, non Trumpian?
Wall, no anchor baby, work visa with application, no political asylum, no chain immigration, etc. We have places like Chicago, Detroit, etc they would qualify as a war zone now. What do we do for them? Nothing. When one worker brings 2-? Many people they stress the resources and don’t blend in to America.
You can’t stop progress but importing poverty is very wrong. We failed at eduction for the middle and lower class. UE numbers skirt a lot of the growing black market of illegals. Sending jobs abroad has been pushed by several past administrations, making cheap crap for consumers at the expense of jobs. Raising wages just pushes more to technology or export, a no win IMO. To late to fix but now just trying to fix a sinking ship is all that can be done.
Recent historical low illegal immigration and rising wages and low unemployment are NOT coincidences.
and let's put fine point on it. Importing the poor is no big deal. Importing a culture of poverty is fatal.
New post. Political. Sorry.
Dawg, Yes!!! Looked what happened when we let those damn Irish in. A fatal mistake.!!!
Full disclousure: My great granda's name was McKeon.
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