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I think the Guardian is possibly making unfounded assumptions. I don't see that 'tendency' expressed much around here, for instance. What I do think is that but for that handful of votes in Wisconsin and other place, we would not have a president who is clearly incapable of holding that office...

The Senate has at least requested he state specifically whether MBS is responsible. Be interesting to see what Donald's response to that will be; I don't think he can just shrug that off, can he?

Yeah. Sometimes you'll maybe think "What if...?". But even if it IS a scam, that's not on you.

Yeah, they were saying Santa Cruz was worse. Probably because of the way the mountains tuck in around to the north*, whereas I'm almost on the edge of the Salinas Valley. Topography matters. *That alignment is what gives Santa Cruz area a fabulous climate; there often is nearly a twenty...

It's still pretty hazy here on the coast, but not as bad as it was last week. It never got as bad as those pictures Sredni had. We've got one more mountain range between us and the SF Bay Area; that blocks some of the worst of it.

"In a tragic moment in the history of human civilization...." Over the top just a teense.

Not arguing with your theory, but the high school part isn't because it was a few years back: it's because it was high school. One of my most vivid recollections is of going to my 20th high school reunion (the only one I've attended) and being struck by how attractive so many of the women were...

The US continues to alienate every friend she's ever had (Lafayette would weep), thanks to our disgusting excuse for a president.

I think I've mentioned before that reading "The Shockwave Rider" heavily influenced the way I approached linked computers, let alone the Web. The idea of leaving a minimal digital trace appealed to me, maybe just from having read all those James Bond stories. It's stuck with me ever since. It...

BBC said 40 minutes ago that it's a win. Her opponent (also a woman, btw) has conceded. Democrat wins tight Arizona Senate race

That looks like me in the same situation once while on a contract job in Minnesota. All the regular employees watched me through the cafeteria windows and laughed. :-)

So far my immediate area has done okay except for a couple of fires in Santa Cruz, both small and contained. We are getting the smoke from Paradise, though. Today it's especially bad. ETA: that's the one called the "Camp Fire" by the CDF

No, but then he looks younger there than he does in the photo from the article, and in that photo he was 54. I doubt that clip is real recent.

I knew you'd say that ;-).

Really? No big deal? Seemed like one from where I am.

I just saw a BBC report saying the Texas 'early voting' in this election exceeds the total voting of their previous midterm. By about a million votes! Texas is motivated.

"The Devil Wears Panda"

The official summary states: Repeals state law that currently restricts the scope of rent-control policies that cities and other local jurisdictions may impose. Allows policies that would limit the rental rates that residential-property owners may charge for new tenants, new construction, and...

"["Yes, it's cost effective," Janah said. "But one thing that's critical in our line of work is to not pay wages that would distort local labour markets. If we were to pay people substantially more than that, we would throw everything off. That would have a potentially negative impact on the...

More today from the BBC: "Why the urgency? Analysis by Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington After a week in which guns and bombs dominated the headlines, Donald Trump seeks to return the focus on the migrants making their way through Mexico toward the US border. Their numbers may be dipping...