It is some sort of Tea Party really or similar here in Idaho, and some attractive female legislator is making the car for an initiative to put a tablet in the hands of every legislator. To demonstrate the value of this, she pulls out her tablet anew had some problem getting it to start. In a second or two, the helicopter view showed dozens of members of the audience risking the stage to help. A little farther back, enthusiasm to help causes so many people to jump toward the stage that a human pyramid accidentally forms.
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Those Who Believe in Nothing Will Believe in Anything
CBS Marketwatch http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-millennials-are-ditching-religion-for-witchcraft-and-astrology-2017-10-20 reports that among millenials belief in God is falling, but a majority believe astrology is a science.
It may be that they do not know the difference between astrology and astronomy which is a bit better than thinking astrology is a science, but still makes you wonder what they are being taught. Remember worship science; especially Sun signs and "the Moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars..."
Cultural Differences Must Be Tolerated
The Daily Telegraph reports that a Palestinian man was found innocent of raping his wife because he did not know it was illegal in Canada. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5001452/Man-NOT-guilty-rape-did-not-know-illegal.html
Honest judge, I had no idea carrying a handgun into Canada was a crime. At that point, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse from the law." This is one of the reasons encouraging purple from radically different cultures to come here is a mistake. The Democrats are going to love living in a majority Muslim society.
Copy Editing Stage
I have reached the point in Lock, Stock, and Barrel where the publisher is having me verify text edits. They have added a lot of typesetting codes as well. One surprise was that periods ending sentences have only one following space. I thought this was a Microsoft originated change to the standard of two spaces, or maybe book publishers do this because justification makes the difference invisible anyway.
Once we complete this task, the next stage is gallery proofs, done in PDF, not on paper. Book should be available in February.
Isn't That Where You Dispose of Car Batteries?
I was driving down State Highway 44 in Eagle, and I saw a box? In the road ahead of me being run over by a truck. Too late to swerve, I realized it was a car battery standing up. (Not in a box at all. ) It made a horrendous noise going under the Jaguar but there are no obvious signs of damage. I will have the Jaguar dealer take a look for damage on Monday in case I need to call my insurance company.
Not Just Better Looking, But More Efficient
According to a Fox News analysis of White House personnel reports, Melania Trump has significantly reduced the number of aides on the first lady's office payroll in comparison to her predecessor, Michelle Obama.
During then-President Barack Obama’s first year in office, 16 people were listed working for Michelle Obama, earning a combined $1.24 million a year.
This year, just four people were listed working for Melania Trump as of June. Their salaries totaled $486,700.
Will Conspiracy Theorists Applaud or Put Trump in their Theories?
President Trump announced on Twitter that he will allow the release of thousands of classified documents about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy after years of delays.
The unexpected move means the trove of never-before-seen documents are set to be released by the National Archives by Oct. 26.
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