I’m sure the only reason David Brooks hasn’t mentioned this new trend in middle American car adornment is because he hasn’t started the research for his next book about the selfless Hayekian modesty and the naive Burkeanism of the inhabitants of flyover country.
The Overton Window Falls out of Frame, Lands on Slippery Slope
The big problem for the Romney campaign — aside from the fact that the nominee comes across as a less sensitive, more entitled Thurston Howell III– is that Willard had to take extreme positions throughout the primary to secure the nomination, and he daren’t pivot to the center now for fear the rabid wingnut base will eat him alive.
The solution? Define extremism down:
I guess that makes Dana Loesch the new Peggy Noonan, with golden showers for the dead fantasies replacing magical Jesus dolphins. Personally, I think it’s an improvement: All wingnut pundits have the same goal; the cruder set is commendably transparent, at least.
Speaking of transparent extremists, Governor He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named has declared that, Supreme Court rulings be damned, there are no laws from a Democratic administration that a Republican is bound to respect:
“We’re not going to implement Obamacare in Florida,” Scott told Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren late Friday night. “We’re not going to expand Medicaid because we’re going to do the right thing. We’re not going to do the exchange.”
Three million-plus uninsured Floridians? Fuck them. Free market, bitches!
Scott amassed the fortune necessary to buy the governorship with the $72 million that had fallen into his sofa cushions after his company defrauded Medicare to the tune of $1.7 billion dollars. Segregated access to healthcare works just fine for Scott, so if he has to stand in front of the healthcare edifice door to deny entry to a poor person, so be it.
“In the name of the greatest for-profit healthcare corporations that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of ObamaCare, and I say segregated access to healthcare now, segregated access to healthcare tomorrow, segregated access to healthcare forever.”
I need a drink. Anyone got a cocktail recipe to share?
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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Give Peas A Chance
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From commentor Marvel, in mid-June:
We harvested a hundred-plus heads of garlic last week (a bit early for hereabouts) and the tomatoes are just now blossoming (6 mil plastic bed-covers for the first month works wonders in the Willamette Valley). The early lettuce is bolting (a fair trade for finally seeing a few hot days) and the soil is warm enough for our corn to go in. Here’s a snapshot of my flute amongst some bush peas — part of a little art project for our local symphony:
All told, the garden’s having a SWELL time of it so far.
What’s going on in your gardens this week?
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Late Night Open Thread – O (Omicron)
O (Omicron) from Romain Tardy (AntiVJ) on Vimeo.
A permanent installation directed by Romain Tardy & Thomas Vaquié at the Hala Stulecia, Wroclaw, Poland.
When opened, Hala Stulecia was the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world. With a diameter of 65m it was home to the largest dome built since the Pantheon in Rome eighteen centuries earlier.
The piece proposed for the Centennial Hall of Wroclaw is based around the notion of timelessness in architecture, and the idea of what future has meant throughout the 20th century.
Open Thread: Saturday Night (Bonus) Garden Chat
Just recently, my SO and I were trimming some branches that were encroaching on our upper deck. When a branch fell on the floor of the deck, I (the all-observant one) noticed this beautiful, fuzzy caterpillar running for cover. I carefully placed it on some foliage in one of our plant containers on the deck and then ran and got the camera. I later looked it up on what’sthatbug.com. It is a tussock moth caterpillar. When it becomes a moth, it is apparently a very drab, gray color (although, gray is my favorite color). I was so pleased to be able to spot the caterpillar at this stage and then get a picture to share.
I also have a garden question about bees. I recently went out on the upper deck to water the two containers up there. It was mid-day, about 100 degrees, and oh, so sunny. When I poured water in the big container, I noticed a couple of bees flying around the plants. Then, as the water soaked into the container and out the bottom, I realized I had disturbed what is evidently two or three bee hives under that planter. There seemed to be hundreds of bees swarming around all of a sudden. I backed away, but didn’t get away fast enough. One of the very aggressive stingers managed to attach itself to my thigh and stung me. Luckily, it was just one–the others were still around the bottom of the container. Now, I’m afraid to even go out on that deck. I know I have to do something, but I don’t know what. Any suggestions?
Last time I thought this had happened to me, it turned out to be yellowjackets, or “paper wasps”, who’d built a nest in the punky wood under our front doorstep. Which was a relief, frankly, because nobody cared if we nuked them from orbit… Anybody got advice on relocating a bee colony safely?
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Open Thread
Nice to be back in the 21st century with electricity again. When my cell service went out this morning, on top of the power outage, I began to feel like Tom Hanks in Cast Away.
Blogging From the Library
Power has been out since about 7 o’clock last night, and they don’t know when they will have it back on.
I am seriously considering buying a natural gas generator that automatically kicks on. I need one that will supply enough power for my fridge, my freezer in the basement, and my desktop. Any suggestions?