A number of Cal Women's Gymnastics are announcing that they will return to the team next year. Nina Schank yesterday and Emi Watterson today. I would also expect/hope that Kyana George will be back, assuming that they have decided to each take a day to stagger these announcements.
Mushroom powder. It is an umami boost, a bit like soy sauce - but tastes different and indistinctive enough whereby most people can't figure out what it is. It's essentially a more natural substitute for MSG.
i am not really sure what they are called, but i thrown in a couple generous spoons of it into any Asian meat stir fry. it goes particularly good w/ ground pork and long beans.
Speaking of HMart... they sell sliced smoked duck breast which I love to fry so that the meat gets crispy and all the fat renders out. I save that smoked duck fat for a lot of cooking down the line.
historically I'd have said that, but a friend used to get pineapple and jalapeño, which is quite good. two things that would not work on their own, but the sweet and spicy mitigate each other into Yum.
kinda like jagermeister and Goldschlager mixed together works well (altho I don't mind those individually either)
We got a quote to refinance last week, so we're moving ahead with that. Dropping 1.1 percentage points and cutting another 5 years off the loan. It will save us ~90k in interest by the time the house is paid off.
we're refinancing this place. Wrapping in the pool loan, LMFS's house loan, pulling out significant investment cash and reducing our costs by about $1,000 a month. It does extend the loan out to 30 years again but we expect to move out of here in the next 5-10 years and settle on the final "dream house" so loan length doesnt mean much to us
was house we bought for her to live in while she went to Texas State. With real estate insanity here in the past couple years, is turning out to be a really good investment
Wife's friends in Austin moved their from Emeryville to take advantage of lower property costs. The female of that couple had a WFH job that paid about $150K for about ten hours of work a week, so she straight up got another WFH job with about ten hours of work a week that paid $200K alongside the 150K.
our lender offered us a new mortgate at a lower rate but it would have extended the time to pay off and saved us like $1600. That's the total savings, excluding closing costs.
it was an unsolicited offer. We'll be done with the mortgage in 9 years, and our working plan is to move out no later than that anyway. The older daughter will have been done with college for 6 years and the younger for 3, so hopefully we'll have resolved all post-graduation returns to the nest and can downsize.
Ha! No, I don't think so. I knew my wife was getting nervous about the girls talking about moving to Europe and my musings on retiring to Portugal when she asked if I was interested in retiring to California, which has literally never been on her radar before. For years she would make what we thought were jokes about buying three houses in Minneapolis so that the girls could be near us and (figuratively) throw grandchildren over the fence. Turns out 1) she wasn't really kidding, and 2) she's the only one who wants to move to Minneapolis.
I don't know where I want to go next, but I feel like we've got what we needed out of the DC area. I'm not dying to leave but I'm not dying to stay.
Despite being unemployed most of last year, I've spent much of this month worth more than I have ever been in my life. (it's a tiny bit lower now than it was 2 weeks ago). Get those dollars into IRAs and investment accounts!
My bodies is about to take a hit. I am starting a 48-hour bender with 3 other childhood friends in Boston starting at 5pm today. By coincidence, we all turned 50 roughly at the same time (my bday was last Wednesday). Pray for me, DBD. I have not trained hard enough for this moment.
Ugh...I've heard bad stories about the shot, but even worse about the disease. Haven't thought about it much, but as a 55-yo hearing about it from a group of friends a year or fewer older, probably should.
I had the Shingrix shot (the newer, supposedly more effective one) last year. It's a two shot vaccine, I think two weeks apart. Created a lot of arm soreness but well worth it, judging from people's tales of having shingles. I had a really bad case of chicken pox when I was little, so my mom was really on my ass about getting the shingles shot because she thought it was likely that if I got shingles it would be a pretty nasty case.
Shingrix is available to anyone over 50, and it was completely free with my insurance.
So I've started spinning (because I was falling out on bike rides - I don't train enough) and I understand that it's a lot of practice, but man, my ego has been stomped on because my classes are all middle aged unathletic appearing white women who stomp all over my watts and power on the indoor bike. They all put up giant numbers. I need to get my ass in gear.
Yes, despite living in a 28 million person Chinese city, my spin classes are 80% white women.
been biking to work pretty regularly. not far (4 miles), but that little bit of exercise seems to help a lot. I'm on the high side of 55 so, every little ache is magnified and takes longer to dissipate now.
Had a minor surgery on Monday, which combined with the dog bite recovery at the beginning of the year has left my fitness on the "two steps forward, one big step back" train. Two more days and I can start lifting things over 10lbs again, one week before normal light activity, but another two weeks before running and surfing (again).
I'm resuming my pre-covid cardio exercise routine after 15 months of almost no exercise except some weight lifting. Gained almost 20 pounds in a year, got to shed it.
Just saw the Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they will use the honor system for not requiring masks for the fully vaccinated fans...mere hours after I got a ticket for tonight's Giants vs. Pirates game. I am planning to stay masked entering the stadium (although the only game I have attended this year, there was not much of a line getting in) but perhaps not wear my mask at my isolated seat (especially since I do enjoy the smell of food at ballparks).
Why not require fans to show proof of a completed 2nd Vaccination? Seems very easy to enforce and not particularly time consuming. I wouldn't mind if such a policy was observed at Memorial this Fall.
While I would think that that's relatively easy to do (especially if they accept a photo of the vaccination forms), I also think that they are trying to appeal to the anti-vax/anti-mask crowd (which is pretty much people who live right outside the city). There is the argument that they are hoping to avoid confrontations between the ushers and fans.
my day-of was fine (a but more sore than M1). that night, it was uncomfortable to sleep on the injection arm (which was not an issue with M1). next day, had some "cold is coming on" feelings in the afternoon/evening). but by the next next day, all was good.
It was odd feeling the pre-cold and (1) being kinda happy about it and (2) knowing that it was intentional and was unlikely to turn into anything...
yeah, when I got M2 on the calendar (when I signed up for M1), I cleared my work calendar for Days 1 and 2 (the best I could). Had some nice naps both days! ;-)
"I am thrilled to know that the CDC now feels confident that fully vaccinated people are at low risk of transmitting COVID 19. I would also like to explain why I will continue to mask when indoors in public places and in crowds despite being fully vaccinated"
It's probably worth noting that the good doctor is trying to mitigate risks that not everyone has to worry about. Which is why I'm not bugging about people's mask choices.
I do observe this point as well: "2. Having seen the extreme selfishness of some Americans, I do not trust strangers not to go maskless in public while unvaccinated. "
Okay, but given the vaccine's efficacy against both severe illness and transmission, I don't see why this should matter to me once I'm fully vaccinated. Seems to me the chances of either thing are now low enough that I don't need to worry about the stupid people who won't get vaxxed.
To me, putting on a mask is on the same level of effort as putting on a hat before I go out so I don't get sunburnt. Protective benefits far outweigh the "burden." Now I have an extra barrier from other people's breath and catcalling men.
Two of the three Biden's USPS governors approved. The last - Anton Hajjar - is expected to be confirmed. While the three have not voiced whether they will vote to fire DeJoy, it is expected.
This might piss off some folks, but . . . at this point, how is Israel not an apartheid state?
I don't mean in the past when the Jewish settlers were actively fighting for the land or when the Palestinians may have legitimately had some agency. I mean now, when Israel is clearly the most powerful military in the region (not to mention backed by the world's most powerful military) and continues to use oppression tactics against an ethnic minority living within its own borders.
Apartheid South Africa also created supposedly autonomous settlements for Black residents (they were not really autonomous, of course).
At a certain point in American history, yes, our treatment of Native Americans was a good parallel. Not currently, given that Native Americans are now full citizens who can vote and run for office and whatnot.
Of course it isn’t a current parallel. I’m noting it is a historic parallel and that, in my opinion, the end goal for Israel is two create two Palestinian reservations that have semi-sovereign capabilities but can’t enter into international treaties or have a standing military. They want to create a Palestinian state that is completely dependent upon Israel.
I think your comparison is apt at least in one way - the current conflict is about competing nationalisms and not, as many people think, about religion.
Whoa, there's a huge difference between events in the 20th Cent and ones in the 18th & 19th; and Native Americans can all vote, unlike the Palestinians.
Native Americans couldn’t vote and didn’t receive full US citizenship until 1924.
“The Snyder Act of 1924 admitted Native Americans born in the U.S. to full U.S. citizenship. Though the Fifteenth Amendment, passed in 1870, granted all U.S. citizens the right to vote regardless of race, it wasn't until the Snyder Act that Native Americans could enjoy the rights granted by this amendment.”
Furthermore, atrocities such as forced assimilation and sending Native American children to boarding school continued well into the 20th century.
So I read something about how the preferred spelling is antisemitic rather than anti-Semitic, but I'm not clear on the details--does anyone else here know?
I also find it pretty sad that Republicans and Democrats are pointing fingers at each other over this. They're all responsible. Middle East and/or Israel policy has not differed all that much from administration to administration or Congress to Congress.
eh, there are differences, the Dems are the only ones really pushing a two-state solution, Carter made serious progress, and Clinton would have if Arafat wasn't a dope. And Obama was stuck with Bibi, so zero progress was possible.
@RepSwalwell: I had a mask on as I stepped off the Floor. An aide with @mtgreenee yelled at me to take my mask off. No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn’t more explicit.
@chowleen: In a recent post-Oscars podcast I did with the fabulous
@LoudMurmurs crew, I talked about the history of old LA Chinatown and the irony of Chloé Zhao’s historic win for Nomadland taking place on this ghostly site, now Union Station:
CAL
A number of Cal Women's Gymnastics are announcing that they will return to the team next year. Nina Schank yesterday and Emi Watterson today. I would also expect/hope that Kyana George will be back, assuming that they have decided to each take a day to stagger these announcements.
Go Bears!!!
What's your "secret ingredient" for a certain dish that you cook?
Mushroom powder. It is an umami boost, a bit like soy sauce - but tastes different and indistinctive enough whereby most people can't figure out what it is. It's essentially a more natural substitute for MSG.
👏🏽 MSG 👏🏽 IS 👏🏽 A 👏🏽 NATURALLY 👏🏽 OCCURRING 👏🏽 SUBSTANCE 👏🏽
I think the umami boost from mushrooms is actually MSG anyways...
Yes, according to some place in Berkeley:
https://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-eating/food/recipes/article/mushrooms-nutritious-source-umami
Also tomatoes
MSG marketing execs do good work.
Mustard in my mac and cheese.
these tiny little fish that i get at HMart.
i am not really sure what they are called, but i thrown in a couple generous spoons of it into any Asian meat stir fry. it goes particularly good w/ ground pork and long beans.
maybe chirimen? aka jako.
https://www.justonecookbook.com/chirimen-jako-shirasu/
I'm not a fan.
Speaking of HMart... they sell sliced smoked duck breast which I love to fry so that the meat gets crispy and all the fat renders out. I save that smoked duck fat for a lot of cooking down the line.
Pineapple vinegar in meat marinades
What's your stance on pineapple on pizzas?
NOPE
historically I'd have said that, but a friend used to get pineapple and jalapeño, which is quite good. two things that would not work on their own, but the sweet and spicy mitigate each other into Yum.
kinda like jagermeister and Goldschlager mixed together works well (altho I don't mind those individually either)
pineapple, jalapeno and salami is a good pizza
yup, minus the salami (which I know is not a popular stance on the DBD)
anchovies in red sauce
like Scootie, dried mustard in my mac and cheese
fish sauce in a lot of things
Maggie for my instant ramen
generally double the spices from a written recipe. and triple the garlic.
Sorry, I'd have to kill you then.
Smoked paprika
Nutmeg in a chicken/cheese dish that I make once in awhile, adds a spicy twist that is unexpected but delicious.
Y'all's chicken
We got a quote to refinance last week, so we're moving ahead with that. Dropping 1.1 percentage points and cutting another 5 years off the loan. It will save us ~90k in interest by the time the house is paid off.
we're refinancing this place. Wrapping in the pool loan, LMFS's house loan, pulling out significant investment cash and reducing our costs by about $1,000 a month. It does extend the loan out to 30 years again but we expect to move out of here in the next 5-10 years and settle on the final "dream house" so loan length doesnt mean much to us
Geez, LMFS already has a house loan...
was house we bought for her to live in while she went to Texas State. With real estate insanity here in the past couple years, is turning out to be a really good investment
Wife's friends in Austin moved their from Emeryville to take advantage of lower property costs. The female of that couple had a WFH job that paid about $150K for about ten hours of work a week, so she straight up got another WFH job with about ten hours of work a week that paid $200K alongside the 150K.
@what's her onlyfans account?@
ummm, I'm in the wrong business
our lender offered us a new mortgate at a lower rate but it would have extended the time to pay off and saved us like $1600. That's the total savings, excluding closing costs.
That makes zero sense, have you sought out other lenders?
it was an unsolicited offer. We'll be done with the mortgage in 9 years, and our working plan is to move out no later than that anyway. The older daughter will have been done with college for 6 years and the younger for 3, so hopefully we'll have resolved all post-graduation returns to the nest and can downsize.
And move to California???
Ha! No, I don't think so. I knew my wife was getting nervous about the girls talking about moving to Europe and my musings on retiring to Portugal when she asked if I was interested in retiring to California, which has literally never been on her radar before. For years she would make what we thought were jokes about buying three houses in Minneapolis so that the girls could be near us and (figuratively) throw grandchildren over the fence. Turns out 1) she wasn't really kidding, and 2) she's the only one who wants to move to Minneapolis.
I don't know where I want to go next, but I feel like we've got what we needed out of the DC area. I'm not dying to leave but I'm not dying to stay.
Despite being unemployed most of last year, I've spent much of this month worth more than I have ever been in my life. (it's a tiny bit lower now than it was 2 weeks ago). Get those dollars into IRAs and investment accounts!
Brined and fried
A good financial planner makes you address uncomfortable questions about your longevity.
Y'all's bodies
My bodies is about to take a hit. I am starting a 48-hour bender with 3 other childhood friends in Boston starting at 5pm today. By coincidence, we all turned 50 roughly at the same time (my bday was last Wednesday). Pray for me, DBD. I have not trained hard enough for this moment.
I'll say a prayer for your liver.
Happy Birthday! May these be the last words you remember.
Book a Shingles vaccine appointment for next week so you really can feel like absolute shit. Welcome to your 50s.
from singles club to shingles club, the progression of man etc.
and woman
Ugh...I've heard bad stories about the shot, but even worse about the disease. Haven't thought about it much, but as a 55-yo hearing about it from a group of friends a year or fewer older, probably should.
Scootie: you'd had the shot, I presume?
I had the Shingrix shot (the newer, supposedly more effective one) last year. It's a two shot vaccine, I think two weeks apart. Created a lot of arm soreness but well worth it, judging from people's tales of having shingles. I had a really bad case of chicken pox when I was little, so my mom was really on my ass about getting the shingles shot because she thought it was likely that if I got shingles it would be a pretty nasty case.
Shingrix is available to anyone over 50, and it was completely free with my insurance.
I've had chicken pox. And i have had the vaccine and boosters. Despite that, i have had shingles twice because of course i would.
ouch! shingles 2x even with vaccine?!?
I was hoping that having chicken pox as a kid would avoid things like shingles, but I guess unrelated. only avoids CP as an adult.
I had it before I was half your age, so it wouldn't hurt for you to get the shot now.
Pedialyte. It’ll be your best drinking buddy
Did you pre-hydrate? Or just make sure you drink lots of water during the drinking. Good Rodgers.
You're two years younger than my youngest sister.
No matter how it goes, keep training afterward and take additional shots when you hit 55 and 60.
Actually, except for an annoying tennis elbow, petty good, lost 30 lbs over last 18 months.
nice
So I've started spinning (because I was falling out on bike rides - I don't train enough) and I understand that it's a lot of practice, but man, my ego has been stomped on because my classes are all middle aged unathletic appearing white women who stomp all over my watts and power on the indoor bike. They all put up giant numbers. I need to get my ass in gear.
Yes, despite living in a 28 million person Chinese city, my spin classes are 80% white women.
been biking to work pretty regularly. not far (4 miles), but that little bit of exercise seems to help a lot. I'm on the high side of 55 so, every little ache is magnified and takes longer to dissipate now.
Had a minor surgery on Monday, which combined with the dog bite recovery at the beginning of the year has left my fitness on the "two steps forward, one big step back" train. Two more days and I can start lifting things over 10lbs again, one week before normal light activity, but another two weeks before running and surfing (again).
recovering. i am still hoping to get back to pre-surgery activity and fitness levels, if not stronger despite hitting 50 this last year.
while i dont really train for events or races my cycling power numbers and annual mileage have increased steadily over the last few years.
and with less expect kid-raising duties in the coming years, hopefully there is a good amount of time to be active
I'm resuming my pre-covid cardio exercise routine after 15 months of almost no exercise except some weight lifting. Gained almost 20 pounds in a year, got to shed it.
Y'all's mentals
I need a nap.
Imposter Syndrome hitting rather hard.
I really didn't think you and cldpc were the same
Who says we were?
Facing uncomfortable questions about your mortality does have practical value.
probably needs more attention than I've been giving, if I'm honest
same.
^^this^^
starter kit
Those white oakley sunglasses tell me everything I need to know about that guy
Today in Covid
J&J vaccine supply in US drying up as Baltimore production snafu finally catches up
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/13/vaccine-johnson-johnson-shortage/
CDC says people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can shed masks in most indoor settings
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-guideline-mask-vaccinated-covid-19/
Just saw the Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they will use the honor system for not requiring masks for the fully vaccinated fans...mere hours after I got a ticket for tonight's Giants vs. Pirates game. I am planning to stay masked entering the stadium (although the only game I have attended this year, there was not much of a line getting in) but perhaps not wear my mask at my isolated seat (especially since I do enjoy the smell of food at ballparks).
Why not require fans to show proof of a completed 2nd Vaccination? Seems very easy to enforce and not particularly time consuming. I wouldn't mind if such a policy was observed at Memorial this Fall.
While I would think that that's relatively easy to do (especially if they accept a photo of the vaccination forms), I also think that they are trying to appeal to the anti-vax/anti-mask crowd (which is pretty much people who live right outside the city). There is the argument that they are hoping to avoid confrontations between the ushers and fans.
https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/1392914550622720002
hahahaha
LIES
Yes! Time to lick all the doorknobs!
Yep, just about time to get back to licking the customers.
BRING EM ON
I just got Moderna 2 yesterday evening...injection site soreness and some achiness...
my day-of was fine (a but more sore than M1). that night, it was uncomfortable to sleep on the injection arm (which was not an issue with M1). next day, had some "cold is coming on" feelings in the afternoon/evening). but by the next next day, all was good.
It was odd feeling the pre-cold and (1) being kinda happy about it and (2) knowing that it was intentional and was unlikely to turn into anything...
Exactly...I'm expecting today to be a real lazy day.
yeah, when I got M2 on the calendar (when I signed up for M1), I cleared my work calendar for Days 1 and 2 (the best I could). Had some nice naps both days! ;-)
I wouldn't take it that far.
You do you.
The face condoms can come off and everyone can have unprotected mouth breathing again! At least for the vaccinated people.
I agree with this thread: https://twitter.com/Margaret1473/status/1393017946314874897?s=20
"I am thrilled to know that the CDC now feels confident that fully vaccinated people are at low risk of transmitting COVID 19. I would also like to explain why I will continue to mask when indoors in public places and in crowds despite being fully vaccinated"
It's probably worth noting that the good doctor is trying to mitigate risks that not everyone has to worry about. Which is why I'm not bugging about people's mask choices.
I do observe this point as well: "2. Having seen the extreme selfishness of some Americans, I do not trust strangers not to go maskless in public while unvaccinated. "
Okay, but given the vaccine's efficacy against both severe illness and transmission, I don't see why this should matter to me once I'm fully vaccinated. Seems to me the chances of either thing are now low enough that I don't need to worry about the stupid people who won't get vaxxed.
Except we don't know if the vaccine is effective against the strains that they're seeing elsewhere, like in India.
To me, putting on a mask is on the same level of effort as putting on a hat before I go out so I don't get sunburnt. Protective benefits far outweigh the "burden." Now I have an extra barrier from other people's breath and catcalling men.
That's fair
Elsewhere in college
Weird masseuse allegations impacting The Ohio State University football program. Sort of NSFW
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ohio-state-bans-massage-therapist-for-inappropriate-exploitative-behavior-with-football-team/
Exploit how?
le rub and le tug
Goods and services can be exchanged for $$
That's the salacious innuendo, isn't it?
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
[NYT] Veritas lobby group ran a honey pot operation to record FBI members being disloyal to Trump, and to sting NSA McMasters. JFC.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/us/politics/mcmaster-fbi-trump-project-veritas.html
TRUTH, heh
Two of the three Biden's USPS governors approved. The last - Anton Hajjar - is expected to be confirmed. While the three have not voiced whether they will vote to fire DeJoy, it is expected.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1393174257354645505
DeJoy's firing can't happen soon enough.
DeJoy should also be jailed for wrecking USPS equipment, deliberate delay in delivering mail-in ballots and interference in an election.
Fuck him.
Looks like the "audit" (conspiracy confederacy) in Arizona has some shady dealings. The Arizona Secretary of State tweeted that her office found a mysterious router: https://twitter.com/SecretaryHobbs/status/1392531067031101443?s=20
"Yesterday, observers from my office discovered a WiFi router connected to the "audit" servers.
There’s no way to ensure that ballot images, vote counts, & perhaps voter data weren’t connected to external networks or the internet."
that's about par for the course
"some shady dealings" is putting it very mildly.
Trumpworld dumps on Biden as violence engulfs Mideast
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/13/biden-trump-israel-palestine-conflict-488135
This might piss off some folks, but . . . at this point, how is Israel not an apartheid state?
I don't mean in the past when the Jewish settlers were actively fighting for the land or when the Palestinians may have legitimately had some agency. I mean now, when Israel is clearly the most powerful military in the region (not to mention backed by the world's most powerful military) and continues to use oppression tactics against an ethnic minority living within its own borders.
it is an apartheid state. Has been for some time now.
I have always thought of the Israel/Palestinian conflict more resembles the US and Native American nations and not apartheid South Africa.
Israel is the US and they are creating two Palestinian reservations. The Gaza Reservation and the West Bank Reservation.
You even have Israeli/Jewish settlements encroaching on lands that is supposed to be set aside for a Palestinian state.
Apartheid South Africa also created supposedly autonomous settlements for Black residents (they were not really autonomous, of course).
At a certain point in American history, yes, our treatment of Native Americans was a good parallel. Not currently, given that Native Americans are now full citizens who can vote and run for office and whatnot.
Of course it isn’t a current parallel. I’m noting it is a historic parallel and that, in my opinion, the end goal for Israel is two create two Palestinian reservations that have semi-sovereign capabilities but can’t enter into international treaties or have a standing military. They want to create a Palestinian state that is completely dependent upon Israel.
And if said Palestinian state has citizens who can't vote or serve in the Israeli government then it is effectively an apartheid state.
I think your comparison is apt at least in one way - the current conflict is about competing nationalisms and not, as many people think, about religion.
There's definitely SOME religious conflict in there, though.
Whoa, there's a huge difference between events in the 20th Cent and ones in the 18th & 19th; and Native Americans can all vote, unlike the Palestinians.
Native Americans couldn’t vote and didn’t receive full US citizenship until 1924.
“The Snyder Act of 1924 admitted Native Americans born in the U.S. to full U.S. citizenship. Though the Fifteenth Amendment, passed in 1870, granted all U.S. citizens the right to vote regardless of race, it wasn't until the Snyder Act that Native Americans could enjoy the rights granted by this amendment.”
Furthermore, atrocities such as forced assimilation and sending Native American children to boarding school continued well into the 20th century.
Why are you an anti-Semite? (sarcasm should be obvious).
Um, Technically people with Arab lineage are Semites as well.
Also correct, which is another thing that makes this line of argument so dumb.
As noted in my comment, my reply was in jest and to demonstrate why the discussion of the Palestinian issue in the US, without fail, goes nowhere.
So I read something about how the preferred spelling is antisemitic rather than anti-Semitic, but I'm not clear on the details--does anyone else here know?
Yup, that's been the usual shut-down response when I've seen this topic raised elsewhere.
Who would have thought that four years off bending over backwards for Israeli demands would not solve the situation?
I also find it pretty sad that Republicans and Democrats are pointing fingers at each other over this. They're all responsible. Middle East and/or Israel policy has not differed all that much from administration to administration or Congress to Congress.
eh, there are differences, the Dems are the only ones really pushing a two-state solution, Carter made serious progress, and Clinton would have if Arafat wasn't a dope. And Obama was stuck with Bibi, so zero progress was possible.
Yes, I would concede that the only glimmers of progress are with Democrats.
PRO
Bad news for the NFL...
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/retired-black-nfl-players-and-their-families-call-for-race-norming-practice-to-end-01621018741
Dubs have an exhibition game tonight.
A's drop an 8-1 decision to Boston, Manaea shelled in the first two innings.
https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1393224914174369792?s=20
@RepSwalwell: I had a mask on as I stepped off the Floor. An aide with @mtgreenee yelled at me to take my mask off. No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn’t more explicit.
I hope MTG talks a long walk off a short pier and hugs an octopus.
I'm not a podcast listener, but this might be of interest to some of you: https://twitter.com/chowleen/status/1393294347957940224?s=20
@chowleen: In a recent post-Oscars podcast I did with the fabulous
@LoudMurmurs crew, I talked about the history of old LA Chinatown and the irony of Chloé Zhao’s historic win for Nomadland taking place on this ghostly site, now Union Station:
https://loudmurmurs.buzzsprout.com/258327/8453226