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Weird. Rome has an American Pope and America has a Russian President.

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Is trump is trying to break black America over his knee? signs point to ‘yes’.

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  2. 2.

    Phyllis

    Book recommendations anyone? I’m currently reading ‘A Dirty Life’ by Kristin Kimball. She and her husband run a farm in upstate New York that operates like a sort-of csa. Pretty good so far.

    Everyone here is always reading or has just read really good stuff.

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    "Serious" Superluminar

    Well I see the Hope, but where’s the Change I can believe in, huh?
    Specifically, I’m hoping Sully won’t be mentioned here today, but I have no doubt that particular pony will be thrown under the bus in 3…2….1

  4. 4.

    S. cerevisiae

    UMD WINS THE NCAA HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!! GO BULLDOGS!!!!!!

    Sorry, I just had to shout that. First one for the men’s team.

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    Maude

    @Phyllis:
    Egg and I by Betty Mac Donald.
    This is the book with Ma and Pa Kettle.
    The movie made quite a few changes from the book.
    There is one section where Betty Mac Donald describes why she hates baby chicks. It is well worth reading.

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    Bill H.

    Spring is here in Rochester, finally.

    Unlike San Diego, where we are setting record cold temperatures and the snow level is down to 3000 feet. Yes, I’m talking about the San Diego that is in Southern California.

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    JCT

    I will watch the thread for good book recs as well — very preoccupied of late, a good book would be therapeutic.

    I am spending my day starting to plan my first re-location in 30 years. Finally leaving NYC. Both exciting and daunting. The only problem is that as soon as I start to get jazzed about the “exciting” part, the enormity of the work involved brings me back to earth really fast.

    And boy, I haven’t looked for a house in 20 years. Barely know where to start.

    Oh and if anyone wants a laugh — go check out the Washington Monthly this morning — apparently the idgits on Fox and Fiends were arguing that women can get pap smears at Walgreens. Sigh.

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    Origuy

    A site that is worth checking out once in a while is Data Pointed, which is all about visualization of data. The latest entry uses the 2010 census to show how US population has migrated in the last ten years. The movement out of places like New Orleans and Detroit is pronounced, but it also shows the growth in many downtowns.
    The previous entry is relevant to recent discussions here; it shows the shifting burden of income taxes over recent decades.

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    HRA

    Looks like the wind shifted the sun and blue skies over to Rochester. Grey and gloomy here with a possibility of April showers.
    Love to see my name in lights. Tks, Mistermix.

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    WereBear

    @Phyllis: She lives about 45 minutes from where I live. But you know… two climate zones away, if you look at it from the elevation angle.

    I’m guardedly happy about the back-to-the-land thing. For other people. Been there, done that, didn’t kill anyone.

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    4jkb4ia

    It might not sink in even if you go to their site, but John Thompson of Connick v. Thompson (who the Supremes ruled could not sue the prosecutors) has an op-ed in the NYT today

    Spring is definitely here. The weather feels more like late May and all the trees have grown leaves.

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    4jkb4ia

    I’ll mention Justin Fox, “The Myth of the Rational Market”, that I just finished, because I thought it was awesome-sauce anyway. But that is exactly the kind of book I like and may not be what Phyllis is looking for.

    My mom mentioned “The Invisible Bridge” as something I would like. That has just won the Edward Lewis Wallant prize for Jewish writers living in the United States (see Zeek for more)

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    WereBear

    @Maude: It is very funny; will dash any romantic dreams of farm living too.

    Well worth seeking out is another of her memoirs, The Plague and I, about her stay in a TB sanitarium.

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    WaterGirl

    @jeffreyw: I would to place an order to have that twice-baked potato delivered to my home, every Sunday, until, let’s see, would the end of time be too much to ask for?

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