Trump diplomacy
- 2016-12-26
Best wishes to the
extraordinary Barbara Boxer who will retire in January (she is 76).
There are few individuals who can participate in the U.S. legislative process and retain their ethical bearings. Ms. Boxer is one of those few; she will be sorely missed.
Foxy
- 2016-12-25
My apologies to Doonesbury for part of his cartoon of today Dec 25
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury but it's just too good, just so subtle: A strong
political statement that nobody who is not in political pain right now can't recognize
at all. As stealth as it comes....
Yes! I'm sure it's also quite 'fitting' for Brits who are lamenting the Brexit decision.
We are often asked to teach English idioms in the classroom and one that immediately springs to mind is: 'It's no use crying over spilt milk'
In less than a week, 2017 will be upon us. A new year; a new 'dawn'.
It's time to stop lamenting the past. It's time for people to stop holding their breath and waiting for the moment they can shout 'I told you so!' at the top of their lungs. What's done, is DONE! We cannot change it in the short-term.
Talking about issues as they arise is one thing, but constantly bitching about 'The Orange One' serves no purpose at all.
He's in the 'big chair' now. Let's see what he does and how he handles it. Just MHO.
Arthur
- 2016-12-25
OK... I guess I have the right to my own plug on this thread now: Best wishes to the extraordinary Barbara Boxer who will retire in January (she is 76). Barbara has been US senator from California since 1993 (with Dianne Feinstein). Extremely active; we owe her a lot of what is good in California. Here is Wikipedia's list of the committees she worked on:
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
Subcommittee on Science and Space
Committee on Environment and Public Works (Ranking Member)
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues (Chair)
Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection
Select Committee on Ethics (Vice Chair)
Caucus memberships:
Senate Oceans Caucus
Senate Ukraine Caucus
Fifi
- 2016-12-25
A group that is easily forgotten in these years of atrocities in the Middle East, that spill over to Europe, and here the election (I totally share the feeling of the Doonesbury cartoon), so a group that is easily forgotten is homeless pets. Since the fall of 1999, I have been clicking EVERY DAY (I must have missed a maximum of 10 days because of being in a plane or something like that) on the "Click here - It's FREE" button of the Seattle-based Animal Rescue Site http://theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/ars/home. Each click allows a donation of food to animals in shelters.
I don't expect anybody else to be clicking every day like me, but just to know that the site has very nice gifts for all occasions, including Xmas cards for next year. It makes a nice Favorite on your browser.
And Silverboy when you feel like helping an animal somewhere in the world, you can just click...
Taffy: PLEASE do not write anything about my post. Nothing at all, OK?
Cheers, and best wishes to all, including animals,
Fifi
And best wishes to all the others as well.
My apologies to Doonesbury for part of his cartoon of today Dec 25 http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury but it's just too good, just so subtle: A strong political statement that nobody who is not in political pain right now can't recognize at all. As stealth as it comes....
