@george-k said in Valentina: To my ear, seemed rushed, and not musical. I disagree. It's a terrific interpretation. Maybe different than the "mainstream" interpretation. But that's what makes it interesting. Who needs yet another recording that sounds like 20 other recordings out there? I think the slightly "machine-like" sound in some places is not an accident. It reminded me a lot of Prokofiev's Toccata. For instance, compare the part that starts around 3:30 with the beginning of Prokofiev's piece. Link to video I wouldn't be surprised if Prokofiev was inspired by that sonata. In any case, I found it an interesting new angle on that staple of piano sonatas.

Interesting as he always is.

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@doctor-phibes said in Covid mortality risk calculator: It's not just about mortality, it's also about other long term health factors. There's also no mention of the risk of giving it to others who are at higher risk, which is probably most people's main concern, or at least ought to be. Perfect reply.

@george-k said in Check out his hair: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/instagram-is-using-false-fact-checking Our "fact-checking" betters. I subscribed awhile back. Really enjoy his perspective.

I agree with Jay. Very refreshing. https://twitter.com/jaynordlinger/status/1340497726593781760?s=21

@george-k said in Historic Russian hack uncovered: He decried Republicans' numerous legal challenges of the election results as an "unprecedented assault on our democracy" and called for solidarity across the partisan divide. I think we have a remarkable amount of that. Lots of Republicans are horrified at what Trump is doing. Even many that are outwardly going along with it.

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You will note I seldom speak of actually going to a game. There’s a reason for that.

But that isn't what he said any more than Trump told people to inject bleach... What he did say is that Pfizer is trying to protect themselves from being held liable for any potential side effects. That's an issue worth debating, IMO.

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@mik said in ‘It Must Have Been Stolen’: You continually present your position as the obviously reasonable one. Other folks can look at the same set of facts you do and come to a different conclusion without resorting to faith. I can “kind of” understand it. Maybe it is like that famous Indian folk tale, about the four blind guys who are stationed at different parts of an elephant, and asked to describe what they are feeling. One guy is standing by the leg and says that he is like standing by a tree One guy is standing by the trunk, and says that he is like by a snake Etc Based on the information they have available, they are sure they are correct and others are wrong. Summary from Wikipedia The parable of the blind men and an elephant originated in the ancient Indian subcontinent, from where it has been widely diffused. It is a story of a group of blind men who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and conceptualize what the elephant is like by touching it. Each blind man feels a different part of the elephant's body, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then describe the elephant based on their limited experience and their descriptions of the elephant are different from each other. In some versions, they come to suspect that the other person is dishonest and they come to blows. The moral of the parable is that humans have a tendency to claim absolute truth based on their limited, subjective experience as they ignore other people's limited, subjective experiences which may be equally true

I don't know who this person is, and I came across this article from a blog that I follow. I posted it because it's full of the same stuff that Trump's people are claiming: Raw Story notes that McConnell carried some Democratic counties that he typically doesn’t prevail in. Oddly enough, no mention is made of the fact that Donald Trump carried more than 2,500 counties while Biden took barely 500. They apparently didn’t have a problem with that glaring discrepancy. They next note “wide, unexplained discrepancies between the vote counts for presidential candidates and down-ballot candidates.” Yes, it’s called ticket-splitting. Did Ms. Greene fail to notice that Joe Biden allegedly won the popular vote in a “landslide” while the Democrats lost a significant number of seats in the House and are barely hanging on to their majority there? Funny how that works, huh? How about those “significant anomalies” in the voter rolls and the fact that 40% of Kentucky’s counties record more registered voters than living, voting-age citizens? Yes, we know. That’s true of a lot of primarily Democratic counties all over the country, but you didn’t seem to take issue with it when a Democrat was winning. I’ve been railing about the need to clean up the nation’s voter rolls for years but nobody ever listens. I’m so sorry this is happening to you. And finally, Greene notes that vote totals recorded by the Election Systems & Software voting machines were “at significant odds” with pre-election polling. Really? Ya think? A very brief Google search will produce enough stories about how the polls were once again a steaming pile of hot garbage to fill up an encyclopedia. I would also note the irony in a liberal complaining about the Election Systems & Software machines while not uttering a peep about Dominion. But hey… you do you, Alison. Look, you don’t get to have it both ways. If you think McConnell’s victory smells funny, then you need to be putting a massive clothespin on your nose when you look at the presidential race results. Otherwise, you’re just a partisan hack picking winners and losers to suit your preferences. While we’re on that topic, let’s pause and take a look at a couple of other headlines that are running at Raw Story concurrent with the McConnell article. Here’s one. “Trump’s election delusions debunked by GOP SecState in brutal ‘Facts vs. Myths’ graphic.” Oh, and here’s another. “‘Planet Nutzoid’: Trump supporters burned to the ground for latest Arizona election conspiracy shenanigans.”

@loki said in "We want them infected": Herd immunity registers as almost nothing in google trends from 2004 to present except when Covid came along and then it spiked like crazy in April and then several times thereafter. Is there any place to get a number for how often it appeared in the media? Yea about 70% of news articles. After that you stop noticing it

@bachophile said in The circular firing squad: @doctor-phibes tank battalions did not exist in World War One Aha gotcha Yeah, that's what they want you to believe. I know different.

Awful thing to bury your child. I wish them peace and comfort.

I'll have to noodle that one for a while.