@Horace said in Dudamel Conducts Beethoven: So the graphics serve the same purpose as his hair style. Never understood the hairstyles that some conductors have. Look at James Levine, for example. Dudamel is another, of course. Contrast with Leonard Bernstein and Riccardo Muti (who I'm sure dyes his hair).

@Jolly said in COVID very bad for Trump and Republican Voters: People have. They would rather take a higher risk and live free. Respect those who are honest about willing to take higher risk to live free. Not so much for those who deny that the risk really is higher for refusing vaccination and refusing to observe public health measures such as indoor masking and social-distancing. Also to note that while one is entitled to take on higher risks for oneself, one should be mindful not to transfer or otherwise impose that higher risk onto others, such as the immuno-compromised, the elderly, those who are allergic to or otherwise ineligible to receive the vaccines, etc.

BTW, I was talking with a roofer last week. I'll buy the materials and he'll furnish the crew. Tear off, new felt, flashing, drip rail and 3-tab shingles will run me $100/square. The roof we're looking at is 28 squares. I reckon if I can come in at about $6500 with 25-year shingles, I'll be tickled. Ah, but if I was 35 years younger...heck, 25 years...

@Horace said in 100% Turnout: @Axtremus said in 100% Turnout: @Larry said in 100% Turnout: @Axtremus said in 100% Turnout: @brenda said in 100% Turnout: In 2006, a nursing home staff person told me, with great glee and an insidious smirk, that all the residents had staff help with their ballots. Her message was very clear, and she was quite pleased with herself. I can imagine @MainerMikeBrown starting a thread asking whether it is virtuous to help the elderly exercise their right to vote. The "great glee" and "insidious smirk" are matters of subjective perception and interpretation. But the act of helping the elderly and the infirm exercise their right to vote, a care-giver can indeed be quite pleased and proud of himself for doing so in good faith. They all "voted" republican....... It's well-known that the senior population as a group tend to lean Republican. It's the voter's right to vote for the candidates of his choice. Then a prediction of whether those votes tended to be fraudulent, would boil down to a prediction of whether the votes were largely for Biden. Gee, I wonder. Wonder not, young man....

@Horace said in Puzzle time - Recovering the Polynomial: Right taylor series exactly QED. Somebody was awake in Calculus 101!

It's not that these sorts of anecdotes are particularly meaningful or heart wrenching. It's just that they're not less meaningful or heart wrenching than the anecdotes the left builds narratives out of that make people feel the right feelings to vote the right way.

Sometimes soldiers who lost the war are honored. That’s ok.

I can see it. That was cute.

Preppers gonna prep.

Seen on a blog, which makes some interesting observations. Not to mention having the sunglasses on, on an enclosed plane, but then taking those off too when he got out into the sun. In his remarks: "“Thank you all very much. And President Moon — Yoon, thank you for everything you’ve done so far,” Biden said as he concluded his remarks. Moon Jae-in was the prior president. The current president is Yoon Suk Yeol. We're gonna need a Joe Dementia thread, LOL.

@Jolly said in Maher goes red pill: Yep, but in times past he didn't even generate that 5 minutes... As far as I can tell, he hasn’t really changed, but politics has shifted. I don’t like most of these very political folk, but I must admit he makes me laugh from time to time

Nice, launching big antennae into space has largely relied on origami techniques for a long time. Good to add 3D printing to the toolbox.

Don't have that particular one, but I do have a couple. They are handy.

@Jolly That's what I was getting at when I wrote "too many truths." I think we're saying the same thing. What you think is true ain't necessarily.

@Friday said in Not a review, but a recommendation: Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers. Improbably a good movie that young kids and old folks will enjoy. I’m not sure if it was a a bad movie with a few good beats or a good movie with a few bad beats. It was definitely interesting…

He ruined his own show over the years as he turned to political rants more and more during each show. It was purely his political platform by the last few years. It was his own fault the show slid so far to the left that much of his regular audience walked away. Let me edit that to 'ran' away. It got that bad. The new version was also very political, and the parts that weren't were meh. We have not tuned in for years. Don't intend to either.

[image: best-thai-coconut-milk-grilled-chicken-1500x1001.jpg] This is where Aldo gets it from! 555

@taiwan_girl said in For once, AOC might be right.: To me, they should divide each state into "squares" of equal population and that would be the district. IMO hexagons would be better.

@Larry Now read the actual question Mik posed.