Elizabeth Moon's Blog, page 80
June 25, 2010
From Twitter 06-24-2010
16:27:08: Visual snippet from master map at http://www.paksworld.com/blog/
22:28:54: Ting! Cling! Fencing occurred, despite heat, humidity, and lack of breeze. Stamp, stamp...so did footwork drills.
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June 24, 2010
With Sword in Hand
The fencing group (small but stalwart this week) braved heat and humidity and lack of breeze to actually pick up blades and go at it. As always, I found it both exhausting (I have GOT to do more cardio!) and exhilarating, especially when, in spite of being older and (I like to claim) slower and stiffer and less skilled than the others, I manage to achieve a solid touch...or draw cut. I don't usually get a good draw cut, but this evening...J- didn't quite get his draw cut in on me, but...
From Twitter 06-23-2010
11:11:54: This from Eliot A. Cohen at WSJ on the errant general: http://tinyurl.com/2ajun6q
12:51:09: And my comments on Gen. McChrystal on LJ: http://e-moon60.livejournal.com/308446.html
13:11:23: Racing off to get the master map (mostly done) scanned this afternoon before my voice lesson. Gonna be a long day.
22:15:13: Voice lesson. OMG. Last week's breakthrough not a fluke. Top end opening up like a puzzle-box. Old dogs can learn new tricks.
22:16:06: Scan of master map, check. Print of...
June 23, 2010
Military Discipline
There's a good Op-Ed piece in the Wall Street Journal by Stanley A. Cohen about why Gen. McChrystal needed to be removed.
From my perspective as a former junior officer in the Marine Corps, and my husband's experience as a former junior officer in the Army (including, in his case, service with the 101st Airborne in 'Nam), I have a few things to add to Cohen's analysis. The difference between a military unit and a bunch of armed thugs who happen to be wearing similar clothing is...
From my perspective as a former junior officer in the Marine Corps, and my husband's experience as a former junior officer in the Army (including, in his case, service with the 101st Airborne in 'Nam), I have a few things to add to Cohen's analysis. The difference between a military unit and a bunch of armed thugs who happen to be wearing similar clothing is...
From Twitter 06-22-2010
07:17:30: RT @BPGlobalPR: Make them pay please! - Retweet this & @Bing will donate $10 to @CNN's Gulf Telethon up to $100K. #BingforGulf #cnnhelpgulf
07:40:35: Bailey the Curlew is now in northern Mexico: http://www.birdsnebraska.org/
07:42:24: RT @kaysea14: Rob Reich on Alan Greenspan: "responsible for today's debt explosion" http://tpm.ly/bgP3a7
09:35:27: Perry, Palin, "Acts of God" and so on: http://e-moon60.livejournal.com/
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June 22, 2010
Acts of God v. Acts of Men
Since both Governor Perry of Texas (R) , and former-governor-of-Alaska Sarah Palin (R) have mentioned God in the context of the oil spill, I've been interested in how they do it, and how that squares with a) Christian theology and b) Republican interest in "accountability."
Gov. Perry has called the blowout of the BP well "an act of God" for which BP isn't really responsible. Previously, "acts of God" were considered things like blizzards, hurricanes, and earthquakes...big natural stuff...
Gov. Perry has called the blowout of the BP well "an act of God" for which BP isn't really responsible. Previously, "acts of God" were considered things like blizzards, hurricanes, and earthquakes...big natural stuff...
From Twitter 06-21-2010
06:29:01: Meanwhile, Sen Cornyn (R-TX) worried about a few AWOL Afghans rather than BP & Gulf ecosystem & coastal economic impact.
08:47:33: Pulled detail maps from under master--now all new stuff going on. Should I dot or solid-line former shores of salt lake?
09:24:34: Yesterday's view of master map: http://www.paksworld.com/blog/ Inking more today.
09:26:12: My rant on LiveJournal about BP & wildlife: http://e-moon60.livejournal.com/
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June 21, 2010
BP and wildlife and politicians
It's become very clear that BP has no interest in saving wildlife of any kind, and cares only about its TV image.
From an LA Times article of a few days ago: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2whekyu
And this from an organization supporting restoration of endangered sea turtles: http://www.seaturtles.org/article.php?id=1660
It's clear that BP is not only not saving wildlife, but preventing others from doing so. The "controlled burns" of floating oil are also burning wildlife trapped inside ...
From an LA Times article of a few days ago: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2whekyu
And this from an organization supporting restoration of endangered sea turtles: http://www.seaturtles.org/article.php?id=1660
It's clear that BP is not only not saving wildlife, but preventing others from doing so. The "controlled burns" of floating oil are also burning wildlife trapped inside ...
From Twitter 06-20-2010
13:00:05: 3-4 hours more sleep never hurts.
15:32:59: Great West-Texas nature blog, Christmas Mountains Oasis: http://cmoasis.blogspot.com/
15:42:11: Another favorite nature blog: http://bluejaybarrens.blogspot.com/ This one's "way up north" from me, and I enjoy the contrast.
23:25:05: LA Times report on sealife burned in Gulf: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2whekyu
23:25:55: BP prevents rescue of endangered sea turtles & burns them
http://www.seaturtles.org/article.php?id=1660
June 20, 2010
From Twitter 06-19-2010
08:31:27: RT @robinmckinley: *Wow.* & I LOVE Wm Dalrymple RT @GuardianBooks Author, author: William Dalrymple on touring with Indian mystics h ...
08:41:08: In formerly blank corner of the map, Story has poked its head out of burrow and taken a look around. Plot-daemon bouncing. Me: huh???
08:41:54: Which may be why you should always leave a blank corner of the map...
10:26:11: For any fencers among us--Linda Dunn's research on fencing shoes:http://tinyurl.com/2vkkmc9
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