How Xmas Was Tamed December 27, 2020 capitalism The following article from today’s WSJ sounds plausible to me. (Sorry for sending such a long article, but it’s behind a paywall.) I couldn’t help Hierchical tabs December 23, 2020 hierarchy & tags An interesting discussion in Outliner Software… I don’t recall seeing any images here, so I’ll try to describe what I see in Bear’s “hierarchy”: I I replied to a FB post by Becca December 21, 2020 link Becca links to this article by Rawan Abdelbaki so I want to learn something useful from it. I didn’t. I had trouble with the parts I could Welcome to my web site December 19, 2020 home Hello! I bet this is it. I’m guessing that blot is written by David Merfield davidmerfield The world is a couple of drinks behind December 19, 2020 Mads Mikkelsen comes up with a surprising quotation from Humphrey Bogart Your browser does not support the audio element GOP Slogans (not posted to FB because it isn’t quite right) November 22, 2020 I’ve been reading analyses saying that progressive politicians did not fare as well as hoped in the 2020 election in part because of the language 2020-11-12 Progressive Dems of OC zoom meeting November 12, 2020 These are notes that I made during a Zoom meeting. Saying that Cal Cunningham was a weak candidate seems to assume that we could have found a Jamie Harrison’s creative email November 2, 2020 I donated to the campaign of Jamie Harrison, hoping that he could rid us of Lindsey Graham, Senator from South Carolina. Harrison raised a record How I accidentally voted for a Republican and spoiled my Absentee ballot November 1, 2020 politics I got my Orange County, NC, absentee ballot in the mail and diligently filled all the little ovals. Then I asked my wife to witness by signing the Rob Anderson sends photos from near Calhoon Hall, UT Austin October 23, 2020 Where Robert E Lee statue used to be I went into Calhoon almost every weekday for almost 8 years and don’t even remember the statue. I still 2020-10-13 Bad Political Thinking October 13, 2020 medical insurance is not the same as medical service capitalism is not one thing corporations are not small businesses capitalism’s inventiveness is Why I’m taking Mark Hall’s OLLI class on prisons September 20, 2020 I grew up in Berkeley, CA, in the 40s and 50s. This was the cold war, the time of air raid drills, polio, HUAC and ever-present danger in spite of Nouns are theories; verbs are facts September 16, 2020 When Socrates asks what is courage (n), he doesn’t answer with nouns, but with verbs (facts and actions), asking if such and such an action defines O Nosso Senhor do Bonfim worked for me! September 12, 2020 A miracle: O Senhor do Bonfim worked for me! Yesterday, when Ginette tied the ribbon around my wrist, my wish was to still be alive when the ribbon The Pledge of Allegiance September 6, 2020 I posted this comment on FB Sept 2, 2020: I went to elementary school in the early 50s. Every Monday, all the students would gather in the yard (or EVIL GENIUSES: YABIHTR (Yet Another Book I Have To Read) August 25, 2020 On the cover of today’s New York Times Book Review is a review of EVIL GENIUSES: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History By Kurt Andersen that has Is Astérix racist? August 20, 2020 From: Rebecca Hill redbecca@gmail.com Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:33:14 -0400 Message-ID Why I try not to download attachments August 15, 2020 Every time you run a program on a computing device (desktop computer, cellphone, etc.), it has a chance to infect it with a computer virus. This is Why we need emojis and smilies August 10, 2020 social Sherman’s March to the Memes August 10, 2020 social Note to Walter, David and Rob I subscribe to a FB page named “General Sherman’s March to the Memes”, which is full of posts, both good and evil, but Next page