Plumbers came today and hooked up the toilet and sink upstairs, and the sink downstairs. Tomorrow, the gas line for the stove and the waterline for the fridge. Bunch of other stuff was done. Pictures. First, Xubi, who is always adorable: Up next, the cold air intake in the entryway to the house has been …
Today in Presidential Farewell Addresses: President Eisenhower
An excerpt from President Eisenhower’s Farewell Address. It is especially compelling as he wrote and delivered these words at the height of the Cold War, the first one… II. We now stand ten years past the midpoint of a century that has witnessed four major wars among great nations. Three of these involved our own …
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Today In Presidential Farewell Addresses: President Washington
(President Washington’s Farewell Address) An excerpt from President Washington’s Farewell Address: I have already intimated to you the danger of Parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on Geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, & warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful …
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Long Read(s): Jared Kushner, the Half-Bright Prince
Trump's campaign pledge to clean up corruption is looking a lot like Nixon's pledge to end the Vietnam War https://t.co/6hfDgmRPmU — Gabriel Snyder (@gabrielsnyder) January 8, 2017 BettyC posted about some of Kushner’s most glaring conflicts earlier. As with every comic-book crime cartel magnate, there’s a varied if mostly banal JKush backstory. From the NYTimes …
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Sing For Your Supper
This is what happens when you oversleep in the Cole household: No two vocalizations are the same with this guy, and I bet he could go on like that for hours, but I’m afraid to test that theory.
Is this a valuable core competency?
I admit it, I can not figure out why Oscar is a media darling. I might be an old fuddy duddy stuck to the ways of a dinosaur industry but I can’t figure out what they are doing that is so vastly superior to what my former co-workers (who work at a profitable entity by …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Transition Notes
.@KellyannePolls: I'm concerned that somebody with a platform like Meryl Streep's is inciting people's worst instincts pic.twitter.com/QjITaedKnV — FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) January 9, 2017 She asked everyone to practice empathy and to allow freedom of press as a check on our government, as our founding fathers had allowed. https://t.co/xRYLC7s1PI — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) January …
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