@axtremus thanks! And no...no piano to move. Will either buy a new one there or maybe look at moving a Baldwin grand (6’?) from the DC area that has been in the family since the 1920s although it needs a ton of restoration.

@kluurs said in "I will not attend":

@taiwan_girl said in "I will not attend":

I am one that thinks he should be there. Not only for the office of President, but to show the transition is as "smooth" as it could be after all that has happened.

A coup attempt seems to suggest it wasn't as smooth as most.

Yeah. That train already left the station.

I literally just fast forwarded through the gratuitous sex scene with the big-handed love interest doctor who he'll eventually marry. I must be approaching 50.

@jon-nyc said in ICYMI two years ago - Charges against rioters...er, protestors dropped:

That’s true, but then I’ve never shed crocodile tears about any death outside my immediate family.

Surely you must know that the tu quoque charge is going to fall flat on me. I was critical of the Floyd riots and at least as critical of the ‘racist cops’ narrative behind them as anyone here.

Lots of narratives are falling flat these days. Must be the power of the internet.

@george-k Wood

@jon-nyc Last year I read Stephen Walsh’s Debussy “A Painter in Sound” biography. I liked it. Probably has everything you will want to know about Debussy. My admiration for this innovator (especially in piano writing) grew after reading this book.

@loki said in The Lawyers:

If Lin Wood is crazy like a fox it’s past time for someone to give us all a hint.

I think he's mastered the crazy part.

When do the comparisons start as to how the BLM protesters are treated by the legal system when they break the law?

When do we see how the cops let the protesters loot and pillage all the retail establishments.

I don’t think my mind is playing tricks on me when I say the article has a narrow point of view.

It starts with a thesis and only presents info to support it.

This is not an analysis but a stump speech.

@jon-nyc oops sorry! I figure I usually have a 50/50 chance when I post something “new” here that it hasn’t been posted before. Usually by you or @George-K

I’m still surprised the Secret Service hasn’t visited him.

@george-k said in 28x:

Jon said, earlier today, that my clip of incitement to violence was unfair, because it was dominated by media types.

I definitely didn’t say that.

Indonesia Boeing 737 passenger plane crash site found
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55606599

The $12/hr human burger flipper should be worrying about this other "robot" instead:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinatroitino/2018/06/21/meet-the-worlds-first-fully-automated-burger-robot-creator-debuts-the-big-mac-killer/?sh=50c5d21c6a89

@taiwan_girl said in Senate trial could happen after Jan 20?:

@copper said in Senate trial could happen after Jan 20?:

Calmly and dispassionately review the problem and fix it.

Is that how President Trump handled it? Lol

In the beginning, even before the election, yes.

@doctor-phibes said in Lost in the shuffle...:

Whenever people do something like this, they need to be reminded that next time the table might be turned on them, and in addition, the results might be worse than they are this time.

Like Obama with his pen and his phone, Trump with his baseless and frankly childish claims is setting a precedent.

Imagine if next time it's a Democrat President claiming fraud, but there's a Democrat Senate and House majority.

Trump has been an agent of change. Many times, for the good. He does shake things up.

Many states are in severe need of overhauling and strengthening the mechanisms of their elections.

Might be nice if that occurred...

Cool stories!

@axtremus said in So... what will be the fallout?:

Edward Snowden made huge personal sacrifice to warn the American people about this sort of electronic surveillance.

At the time, all anyone wanted to talk about here was how much of a traitor he was. His revelations weren't deemed important by anybody.

@jon-nyc said in ACLU:

A glimpse of what they used to be.

I Googled a bit and haven't been able to find the ACLU's official statement on this. I am not yet sure if what's reported is just one ACLU lawyer expressing his personal opinion or if that represents the ACLU official position. So I will wait for the ACLU to make their position on this clearer before getting too hopeful or too worried about where the ACLU might go with this. 🤷‍♂️

LOL