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1. 9 months ago on Bloom County

   Drew a ladder, got them up, erased the ladder.

2. about 2 years ago on Bloom County

   Recall the woman that started reading Shakespeare and was amazed at all the common sayings he used.

3. over 2 years ago on The Other Coast

   One of the “poster child” islands, supposedly sinking, is actually growing.“ Mr Kelly’s claim checks out.

   In the four decades to 2014, Tuvalu’s total land area grew by 73 hectares, or 2.9 per cent.

   The expert behind this research told Fact Check the nation’s islands were continually adjusting, and that the new land was habitable.

   But that’s not to say Pacific nations are not at risk from rising seas.

   One expert told Fact Check that among the Solomon Islands, for example, reef and volcanic islands had disappeared or been eroded, in some cases displacing indigenous communities.

   Smaller islands in Tuvalu, though uninhabited, have also shrunk.

   The research cited by Mr Kelly suggests certain islands — specifically, larger atolls and reef platforms — can adapt to the current pace of sea level rise.”

   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-19/fact-check-is-the-island-nation-tuvalu-growing/10627318

4. over 2 years ago on Doonesbury

   Some 90% of convictions are achieved by plea bargains. Which means a guilty plea is to reduced charges and reduced punishment.As example Seattle has a shooting downtown. Two 24 year olds were arrested. It was learned “ Arrest records reveal both are documented gang members with extensive criminal histories. Tolliver has previously been arrested 44 times with 20 convictions, for offenses including unlawful possession of a firearm, theft, malicious mischief, and assault. Tolbert has been arrested 21 times with 15 convictions, including robbery, possession of a stolen vehicle, discharging a firearm in a public place, theft, and harassment.”

   Correct me, but it seems, more important to stop criminals then to pass gun control laws that criminals don’t obey.

   https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/the-basics-plea-bargain.htmlhttps://mynorthwest.com/1680872/police-shooting-downtown-seattle/

5. over 2 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   Yes. I’ve also grilled in Alaska when it was below zero.

6. over 2 years ago on Doonesbury

   In 1971 the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18. The states then lowered their age of majority to 18. This supported the idea that “if you’re old enough to fight you should be old enough to buy a beer.”What resulted was carnage on the highways. Young people died in higher numbers. Congress then passed a bill linking a 21 years old drinking age to obtaining federal highway funds. States immediately raised the drinking age. There is nothing that stops a state from lowing the drinking age to 18. They just have to forgo any highway funding.Seven states have raised the age to purchase guns to 21. This is a state rights issue.

7. over 2 years ago on The Meaning of Lila

   I did social work on a cardiac unit. One time an alarm went off but nobody moved. Turned out a patient was on a mobile monitor and would sneak off to smoke. The alarm went off when he was out of range.

8. over 2 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   Why yesterday he was checking prices and was told to “look busy” My bet he’ll get back and be criticized for being gone “too long.”

9. over 2 years ago on Lalo Alcaraz

   Look up the “Ginsburg Standard.” When RBG was nominated she was asked how she would vote on issues that might come before the Supreme Court. She replied:“ JUDGE RUTH BADER GINSBURG: “You are well aware that I came to this proceeding to be judged as a judge, not as an advocate. Because I am and hope to continue to be a judge, it would be wrong for me to say or preview in this legislative chamber how I would cast my vote on questions the Supreme Court may be called upon to decide. Were I to rehearse here what I would say and how I would reason on such questions, I would act injudiciously. Judges in our system are bound to decide concrete cases, not abstract issues; each case is based on particular facts and its decision should turn on those facts and the governing law, stated and explained in light of the particular arguments the parties or their representatives choose to present. A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process.” (U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing, 7/20/1993)”Everyone nominated for the Supreme Court has followed that standard.

10. over 2 years ago on Bloom County

    When I was in a medical logistics course we were given a small bag with a screw, spring and piece of metal. It was pointed out that this was a line item and the most common thing used in the bag was the screw to repair and item of equipment. When we costed factored having just the screw with a new line number, plus procurement, contacting, storage and such. It was simply cheaper to keep the bag as it was.

    As for the $600 hammer story“ One problem: “There never was a $600 hammer,” said Steven Kelman, public policy professor at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a former administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. It was, he said, “an accounting artifact.”The military bought the hammer, Kelman explained, bundled into one bulk purchase of many different spare parts. But when the contractors allocated their engineering expenses among the individual spare parts on the list-a bookkeeping exercise that had no effect on the price the Pentagon paid overall-they simply treated every item the same. So the hammer, originally $15, picked up the same amount of research and development overhead-$420-as each of the highly technical components, recalled retired procurement official LeRoy Haugh. (Later news stories inflated the $435 figure to $600.)“The hammer got as much overhead as an engine," Kelman continued, despite the fact that the hammer cost much less than $420 to develop, and the engine cost much more-"but nobody ever said, ‘What a great deal the government got on the engine!’ "“The hammer got as much overhead as an engine,” Kelman continued, despite the fact that the hammer cost much less than $420 to develop, and the engine cost much more-"but nobody ever said, ‘What a great deal the government got on the engine!’ "