I wonder if they can expand to a class-action suit including all wrongfully kidnapped people? Naming those responsible (in front and behind the scenes) for suffering?

@rustyfingers Yea, I never knew they needed regular pruning to keep them in top form. I just have a couple of them in pots and am trying to follow her instructions. They’re doing pretty well.

This little guy has made a little hollow under my red twig dogwood. He likes snipping off the stems of plants and leaving them without eating them. So, you know, basically an a$$hole. Good thing he's cute. [image: IMG-2703.jpg]

@AndyD You should be able to upload your video to YouTube if you have a gmail account. Just do a search for instructions on how to do it from whatever device you are using to take the video.

Jeez, somebody make the brat stand in the corner.

Does look like it was already eaten once. But tasty is tasty.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! Will send that to Bob

At 4:22 a.m. on Friday, as Texas' Hill Country began to flood, a firefighter in Ingram – just upstream from Kerrville – asked the Kerr County Sheriff's Office to alert nearby residents, according to audio obtained by ABC affiliate KSAT. But Kerr County officials took nearly six hours to heed this call. "The Guadalupe Schumacher sign is underwater on State Highway 39," the firefighter said in the dispatch audio. "Is there any way we can send a CodeRED out to our Hunt residents, asking them to find higher ground or stay home?" "Stand by, we have to get that approved with our supervisor," a Kerr County Sheriff's Office dispatcher replied. The first alert didn't come through Kerr County's CodeRED system until 90 minutes later. Some messages didn't arrive until after 10 a.m. By then, hundreds of people had been swept away by the floodwaters. https://abcnews.go.com/US/kerr-county-officials-waited-90-minutes-send-emergency/story?id=123631023

Very probably. Also hoping to see this tapestry soon: https://aucklandproject.org/support-us/donate/help-us-save-henry-viiis-lost-tapestry/

It's not that liberal arts and universities should be reduced to tech schools. Just that we may have way too much higher-ed capacity for liberal arts degree programs. These eliminations of liberal art degree programs may actually be "right sizing" rather than "gutting" our liberal arts higher-ed capacity.

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You can also purchase a NOAA weather radio to receive alerts. It’s affordable, doesn’t rely on cell service, and will wake you up in the event of an emergency overnight. https://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/stories/tuesdays-chicago-flooding-a-one-in-500-year-event-heres-what-that-means/3785773/ We had a tornado warning in the middle of the night some years ago and the alert on our phones didn't wake us up. The town didn't sound the sirens because of some screw-up. Nothing happened in our town but there was significant damage not very far away. I think I'm going to buy a NOAA radio. Cheap insurance.

Rural and working-class areas receive proportionally smaller benefits despite often supporting the policies politically. Yup. It doesn't pay to be ignorant. Supporters acknowledge the high costs but argue pro-growth policies will create prosperity that makes the debt manageable. Supply-side advocates believe tax cuts will generate enough additional growth to ultimately resolve fiscal imbalances through higher tax revenues from a larger economy. Does "trickle down" ring a bell for these fantasizers? We know from experience that prosperity is not the bottom line for corporations. Profits is the name of the game. Public understanding of the bill has been shaped by media coverage that focuses heavily on political process rather than policy substance. This reflects broader problems in how complex legislation gets presented to voters. Yup. The MSM is failing its duty. The combination of these effects would create a more manufacturing-oriented, fossil fuel-dependent economy with less universal healthcare coverage. Whether this represents progress or regression depends largely on one’s political and economic philosophy. I guess that's what it boils down to. The reliance on omnibus procedures and party-line voting represents a departure from deliberative processes that historically characterized congressional decision-making. A big problem that bears repeating over and over again.

Congratulations on your getting really good tools! I hope they prompt you to pick up a new hobby, do some really good work and enjoy the process!

@AndyD I’m sure you can. The taste and texture are very much like a plum but sweeter.