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@CHAS said in No, Nancy, it is not time to be nice:

Pelosi said only if Trump does something flagrant." WTF?

Good thing she's retiring. Apparently, having masked ICE agents drag American citizens off the street with no explanation and no indication of where the persons will be sent isn't "flagrant"!? Blowing up sovereign nations' ships isn't "flagrant"!? Pirating another nations' oil isn't "flagrant"!? Murdering suspects isn't "flagrant"!? Ignoring court orders isn't "flagrant"!? Bribing isn't "flagrant"!?

What sort of culture do these politicians live in that leads them to say we need to wait for something "flagrant". Lame, lame, lame. Out of touch with reality.

@wtg said in No, Nancy, it is not time to be nice:

No point in impeaching if you don't have the votes to convict.

Yes, imo, there is. It shows the Democrats are willing to fight for Democracy. It will build momentum. It will energize the party--and heaven knows the Democratic party needs to see strong leadership. We've seen limp, insipid caving since January. It's a huge turnoff to large numbers of Democrats to see such lame responses as we've seen.

There should be new impeachment articles every single day. The abuse of power we are witnessing is unlike anything we've ever seen before. US citizens being attacked. Constant, flagrant violations of the law. We cannot sit around waiting for the "right time" to do something. There will never be a right time.

If the situation was to be reversed and the pres was a Democrat, there would be no end to the calls for impeachment. There should be no end to the calls for impeachment, every single day. If the Democrats in congress don't get loud soon, it is going to be too late.

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I love her style. Unpretentious, real. And fun. Lot's of good recipes here...

I just re-read my post and can't believe that I wrote it was generally accepted that sans serif was easier to read in print! No, I meant serif was generally accepted as easier to read. I must have got my thoughts crossed! Sheesh.

@wtg That's a good concert.

I love this recording for the sheer energy on stage and the tremendous fun they're having. The keyboardist! Must have been fun to attend one of their concerts.

@AdagioM No, I did not know about the tribute concerts. Thanks for the nugs.net link!

Raul was supposed to be there, but ended up in the hospital a day or two before.

So sad.

I think, had he wanted to go the classical route, he could have been an operatic tenor. He had that quality.

@RealPlayer Yes, I imagine if you follow several substacks, it will add up. I pay (monthly) $5 for Reich, $7 for Krugman, $7 for Rubin & Eisen (The Contrarians).

I am not a fan of sans serif fonts except for display purposes. When I was a typesetter in the '80s, it was generally accepted that sans serif were easier to read in printed material. Then computer screens became ubiquitous. For screen reading, sans serif became more popular because the screen resolutions were not up to providing clear serif rendering.

@Steve-Miller Oooh I love the wainscoting. Very nice! I also love the pumpkin color paint. Looking good!

@wtg said in Positively Kafkaesque:

a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized actually

How predictable.

How is what he is doing not illegal?

I guess they're saying "reinvent" because of the 3D printing? Carbon composite cellos have been around for a while.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/10/parents-react-to-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-interactive

It's only been two days, so polling so soon seems a bit ridiculous. But anyway, there are some interesting responses.

The one comment that stood out to me:

They (and I) would rather see regulation of the social media companies than the children.

Yeah, this. I think it's a shame that they had to include Youtube in the mix. There is so much really, really good stuff on YT. IMO, YT should be responsible for ensuring a safe platform so that everyone can enjoy its real benefits. I can't comment on snapchat or instagram because I've never used them. It seems to be 'profits at all costs' for these companies. If they'd taken their responsibility seriously to begin with, perhaps a ban would never have been necessary.

Good news.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/09/raul-malo-the-mavericks-dies-aged-60

A beautiful voice.

Seems fair enough on the face of it. If a corporation can afford to pay it's CEO 2000 times what it's average workers make, they should be able to afford higher taxes. I wonder if it really would do anything to help the average worker, though. I'm sure big corporations would find another way to rig things. Capitalism is systemically flawed and I think it's going to take more than this bill to fix things. I suppose it's a start.

https://www.help.senate.gov/dem/newsroom/press/news-sanders-tlaib-introduce-bill-to-end-outrageous-ceo-pay-and-combat-corporate-greed