• Below are the words from my daily political diary. It is quite long so scroll on by if not interested. But do stay around and add your commentary and point of view to the thread.
Daily Miscellany
Thoughts and flashes of brilliance that enter my head from nowhere.
Enjoy. Or abhor, depending on the effect of my "wisdom".
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Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty
Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The 60-year-old was found guilty on five of the six counts she faced - including the most serious charge, that of sex trafficking a minor.
The verdict was reached after five full days of deliberation by a 12-person jury in New York.
It means the British socialite could spend the rest of her life behind bars.
The verdict followed a month-long trial that featured testimony from four women who described being abused by Epstein between 1994 and 2004.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
So the big question of the day....is will she "commit suicide" like Epstein allegedly did?
I also hear that Prince Andrew, husband of Fergie, is all in an uproar because it would seem that horny ole Andrew made quite a few visits to Epstein's famous island. Bill Clinton's name is also in the rush.
I got to wonder what on earth would get into a grown woman to bring in young women to service the man supposedly in her life. I am thinking she got paid lots of money although there's whispers that Maxwell herself was part of the sexual encounters. I find that difficult to believe.
Epstein is dead and Maxwell is likely to go to jail for about 20 years as I estimate.
These rich liberals, wow, they do like to participate in illegal sex with all genders and as here, all ages.
We need more God in our lives.
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Electric Cars
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Review of my organization program: "Things!"
https://culturedcode.com/things/whats-new/
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TIDBITS
Seriously, if you think this country won't soon be driving electric cars you are deluding yourself.
Once upon a time I worked for a company then known as Western Electric, a subsidiary of AT&T, the manufacturing arm for all local phone companies.
Back in those days our phones hung on the walls, had rotary dials, were connected to the rest of the country via wires strung across poles over the country and under the ocean. I worked at WE in Baltimore, where we put the curl in the cords, jacketed the wires that plugged it into the walls and prepared cables to go under the ocean.
If you had told me in those days that one day I would make phone calls from a little square 6X8 device, that I would not need cords, curly or not, I could listen to the radio, watch movies upon it, charge in an electric plug that would require no affixation to the wall...well I would have called you a liar.
I know the argument is that electric comes from fossil fuels, what's the advantage.
Consider the advantage of cellular phones over rotary dials, huge charges depending on when and where you call.
Sure I am concerned. Adjusting to plugging in your car is going to be a bit of a challenge.
But it's coming.
Trust me.
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DELAWARE MAKES JEOPARDY!
I live about five miles from Lewes.....do not NEVER spell it Lewis!
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Review of my organization program: "Things!"
https://culturedcode.com/things/whats-new/
I am taking a bit of time to sort of critique this computer organizational program but there's not much to say.
As of yet, and I say this softly and you may giggle, Excel is my program that organizes my life best.
Yes, that EXCEL, the one accountants use. I was an accountant for a long time so I could get paid and I can make Excel sing and dance.
The thing is, the concept of columns and rows lends itself to organization. This Things! program is but an electronic compilation of note pages.
Excel.
It makes life easy in terms of tracking your life and your numbers.
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TIDBITS
It's a new feature for which there will be no additional charge. It's small thoughts that flash across my brain and which must be shared.
Some cooking notes
...in my home town of Baltimore we always have sauerkraut on Thanksgiving. I thought everyone did that but once there was a large German population in Baltimore. And it's very good, juicy, tangy and great on mashed potatoes.
---He was an employee of mind, from India. He returned home from his trip and told me he had a big treat for me, to come outside and join him. He opened a packed of aluminum foil and handed me some kind of fruit I'd never seen before. I took a big bite, eager to taste this gift he brought me from India...so sweet. I took a big bite and somehow managed not to gag and throw up. Ali smiles and asks me how good is it. Somehow I swallowed the mess in my mouth but it was the first time I ever ate some mango. And it shall be my last time.
---I do quite enjoy watching cooking shows as I live alone and can now eat more than meat and potatoes my husband so loved. One big thing I learned last week was to use the water used to boil pasta in other dishes which you wish to thicken up. I never knew this.
...Finally, come on...what are grits, where do they come from, how does one make them?
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TIME FOR A SMILE
