Sunday Excitement

Here we go again.

Somewhere on my To-Do list is to research this Russian floating power station.

Some background here. Lots of design ideas out there.

Forbes article on China's entry.

US Dept. of Energy under Steve Perry says "Don't Stop Believing".

NuScale, up in Oregon, has a design. More from DoE. NuScale has Phases 2 and 3 design approvals from the NRC.

Lots to take in on modular nuclear reactors.

Comments

[matt - deplore me if you must]

G'mornin!!

[hoyden]

Political Forecast: Stormy Weather Ahead
By Clarice Feldman

[hoyden]

I'm migrating to Brave Browser. So far, it's working without exception.

[rse]

Safe travels matt!

Red talked about how much she learned listening to you yesterday. So glad our plans brought us into your vicinity.

[hoyden]

PL explains the Mann case.
MICHAEL MANN REFUSES TO PRODUCE DATA, LOSES CASE

[Buckeye]

Democrats see that their only option is to double-down on physical violence,

It's only a matter of time before they will really regret that.

[anonamom]

The first doctor would have put me on the oral fungicide. The one that takes out your liver and kidneys so you can have clean feet.

jim nj---
Besides what you wrote, those fungicides don't work that well. Extremely high risk for a basically cosmetic effect that you may or may not achieve.
I'd consider seeing somebody else next time, unless the script was passed on with "You can give this a try if it bothers you, but you could lose your liver."

[MissMarple3]

Mr. McGuire,

The Secretary of Energy is Rick Perry, not Steve.

[MissMarple3]

clarice,

Liked your article on the democrat policies which seem to be several millstones around their collective necks.

[MissMarple3]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump · 6h6 hours ago

Before I arrived in France, the Fake and Disgusting News was saying that relations with the 6 others countries in the G-7 are very tense, and that the two days of meetings will be a disaster. Just like they are trying to force a Recession, they are trying to “will” America into..

....bad Economic times, the worse the better, anything to make my Election more difficult to win. Well, we are having very good meetings, the Leaders are getting along very well, and our Country, economically, is doing great - the talk of the world!

[MissMarple3]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump · 6h6 hours ago

Such False and Inaccurate reporting thus far on the G-7. The Fake News knows this but they can’t help themselves! Leaving now to have breakfast with Boris J.

[MissMarple3]

Great working breakfast this morning with Prime Minister @BorisJohnson at the Hôtel du Palais in Biarritz, France! #G7Biarritz pic.twitter.com/ISQRFz7kJO

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2019

Photos at link.

[hoyden]

MM, thank you for linking Trump's twitter posts. I appreciate that you do twitter so that we don't have to.

[MissMarple3]

Brandon Straka:@BrandonStraka

“I know that many of you are afraid and I understand why. Let us be your voice.”

Fantastic Message!#WalkAwayCampaign #Cody45🐯 pic.twitter.com/LYJNJRbPJg

— Cody (@buzzman888) August 25, 2019

Video at link.

[MissMarple3]

hoyden,

You are welcome! I use it as a news source and also a bit of a barometer of the national mood.

I appreciate you posting Clarice's Pieces every Sunday!

[MissMarple3]

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/25/g7-trump-smacks-down-macrons-claim-to-leading-role-in-iran-talks/

[clarice]

Good morning, JOM and thanks.

[MissMarple3]

Nearly two-thirds of Americans (64%) get their news online, and 51% get news from local television news, "every day" or "several times a week." https://t.co/mDtKCICH8Z pic.twitter.com/bS3PLohh1c

— GallupNews (@GallupNews) August 25, 2019

Link goes to a graph with the breakdown. We are apparently not that unusual in how we get our news!

[MissMarple3]

https://www.steynonline.com/9663/end-of-the-peer-show#.XWIGVctv1VU.twitter

Steyn shows how the climate contrarians are being unpersoned by science magazines in order to depress objections to the climate change scam.

[MissMarple3]

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/china-vs-democracy/596248/

Every American Should Hope Trump Prevails Against China

This is by Joseph Sullivan, who worked as a staff economic adviser in the Trump White House for 2 years, and it is very good.

I am socked that The Atlantic printed it.

[Melinda]

narciso-

Seems that UDF-IV indeed does have problems, and, as I have mentioned, an investment manager does have to get in front of his trades and defend them from time to time, although this one was a bit dodgy on how he went at it and it got him sued, for good reason:

https://bluevaultpartners.com/news/update-united-development-funding-iv-to-settle-shareholder-lawsuit/

[MissMarple3]

http://www.thegwpf.com/false-alarm-amazon-burning-is-mostly-farms-not-forests/

This is not even an anti-global warming site!

It's amazing to me how easy it is to get all sorts of scares going simply because people don't read or understand basic data.

[MissMarple3]

Dan Bongino‏Verified account @dbongino · 28m28 minutes ago

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I listen to Dan every day. He is very good at explaining all of the FBI/DOJ/CIA stuff and puts together timelines so you can see the significance.

[MissMarple3]

Earlier this morning, President @realDonaldTrump attends a @G7 Working Session on Global Economy, Foreign Policy and Security Affairs at the Centre de CongrésBellevue in Biarritz, France. #G7Biarritz pic.twitter.com/mKlrXeo9Gy

— Dan ScavinoJr.🇺🇸 (@Scavino45) August 25, 2019

Photo at the link.

[MissMarple3]

Sara Cook‏Verified account @saraecook · 2m2 minutes ago

Reporters were just rushed into a room set up with American and Japanese flags. Not clear yet what this event will be, but President Trump and Prime Minister Abe already met earlier. In that bilateral meeting Amb Lighthizer said the US & Japan were "very close" to a trade deal...

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CBS producer. I will keep an eye on what's happening.

[sbwaters]

I don't scrub my feet as hard as I should

I found more beneficial than scrubbing harder, simply keeping the skin cells protected. Every morning: Vanicream. Made a difference in a week. You can buy a small tube to try.

[sbwaters]

Willowed:

Jim_NJ: The western press, whatever the outcome, will blame it on Trump again.

They actually did that yesterday BEFORE the conference started. I had to edit out the premise and conjectures from the pre-meeting Associated Press “reporting” just to get to the news.

[James D.]

Good morning from San Diego!

Great Pieces, Clarice!

[MissMarple3]

Mary E Parsons #KAG‏ @hturtfor · 14h14 hours ago

This isn’t right!!!! Mitt Romney’s son “Tagg” owns electronic voting machines in Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma, Washington, & Colorado. Since Romney is trying to take Trump out, this shouldn’t be allowed. Does anyone else smell conflict of interest? I’ve never trusted Romney.
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Is this true?

[Narciso]

I linked prof dorans takedown of fusion stooge foer calling for an invasion of the amazon.

[MissMarple3]

PlayTheTrumpCard‏ @PlaysTrumpCard · 15s16 seconds ago

President @realDonaldTrump & Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the G7 talking about Japan buying 100's of millions of dollars worth of agricultural products is great news for our farmers!
Even better news is access to other markets worth billions!

[MissMarple3]

Sara Cook‏Verified account @saraecook · 6m6 minutes ago

Trump says in addition to reaching consensus on the trade agreement Abe also agreed to buy excess American corn. Abe says Japan is experiencing insect pest on some agricultural products & there's a need to buy externally. The corn would be purchased by the Japanese private sector

[MissMarple3]

"Our relationship with Prime Minister @AbeShinzo and Japan has been, I think, the best it's ever been." —President @realDonaldTrump at #G7Biarritz pic.twitter.com/l4rhpwaTPL

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 25, 2019

Short video at link.

[MissMarple3]

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/25/g7-trump-says-boris-right-man-for-job-brexit-hails-uk-u-s-deal/

[sbwaters]

Excellent, Clarice. Read it and wonder about the future of political parties.

The problem seems a manifestation of technological breakdown. Signal gets overwhelmed as new media feedback loops have no dampening circuits to mitigate noise.

A schooled brain does not provide dampening that an educated brain can provide.

[MissMarple3]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7391265/Woody-Allen-pictured-leaving-Jeffrey-Epsteins-mansion-lavish-party-royals-honor.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus

Other attendees included Katie Couric and George Stephanopolis.

[Bela1]

Good morning
JOM has spoiled me. I’m sitting here on this fine Sunday morning on my lounge chair sipping a hot coffee eating berry granola and reading Clarices Pieces! What’s become of the Democratic Party? What’s the cure for what ails these sick SOBs? Seriously! They are nuts. The candidates for POTUS are scary people. Imagine any one of them with power over that suitcase? So what’s the remedy? Talk loudly, carry a big stick & use plenty of bleach.
Have a good one.

[MissMarple3]

From AP on Twitter:

BREAKING: Spokesman says that Iran Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif has landed at French city hosting G-7 summit.

[henry]

How frog of Marcon.

[Melinda]

A NeverTrumper warning of political grifters in the coming Walsh “Campaign”?

Unpossible!!

https://twitter.com/rbpundit/status/1165612836896354305?s=21

[MissMarple3]

😃 Make Hong Kong great again! The Trump effect.. pic.twitter.com/ZkD3kTxsSJ

— TheSpeaker2018 (@TheSpeaker2018) August 25, 2019

Link goes to photo of banner in Hong Kong!

[Melinda]

And now a warning about Bill Kristol?

And it’s not even Christmas!

https://twitter.com/willchamberlain/status/1165617464144797697?s=21

[Sidwhite]

Disagree with comment at bottom of last post to some degree. I liked today’s Pieces and thought it is a classic. I appreciate that Clarice reads a LOT of articles that I simply do not have time to do. She gives the meat so we don’t have to search and read for hours. Good! But today we got some of that but a lot more of Clarice’s thoughts than usual. Really good too.! Thanks Clarice. Keep up the good work!

[Bela1]

Melinda
I don’t know what his problem is but I can’t stand that man! He’s been off the deep end since 2001 or thereabouts but he appears to need some serious reprogramming similar what is done to cult members.

[Melinda]

Shocking no one, Walsh is in, under the Rear Admiral’s supervision, of course:

https://twitter.com/realryanjensen/status/1165615363356278784?s=21

[Threadkiller]

How long are you in San Diego, James?

[sbwaters]

political grifters

“For Wales? Why Richard, it profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. . . but for Wales!”

[James D.]

Flying out Wednesday AM, TK.

But not much time to sightsee - working most of the time. Blah.

[clarice]

Thanks, sidwhite, I do write for people who haven't time to read all the stuff I do(and JOM does).

[James D.]

MM @ 9:39

That party was two years after Epstein’s first conviction for pedophilia.

Everyone who goes on Stephanopolous’ show should ask him why he - a man with young daughters - went to parties celebrating a convicted pedophile.

[Manuel Transmission]

SBW, Signal gets overwhelmed as new media feedback loops have no dampening circuits to mitigate noise.

Heh. About four decades ago at Ginormous Research, we used to debate dampening vs damping. The damping group argued that dampening was what you did with a washcloth. :)

[James D.]

She @ 9:39

It’s all deliberate. It’s the end result of all the things rse writes about. Bill Ayers won, in the end.

[Jim Eagle]

Does anyone else think Joe Walsh in that photo of Mel's 9:51 look a lot like Pedo Epstein?

[MissMarple3]

James D.,

Of course they won't ask. I thought it important to show how those people sucked up to Epstein AFTER his conviction. One would have thought he would have been persona non grata.

Again: where'd he get all of that money? And who all knew what he was up to?

[sbwaters]

MT, you pointed this out to me before. Muscle memory. Keep repeating until I get it right. History and Poli Sci major.

[MissMarple3]

Jack,

Yes, and so do several people replying to the tweet.

[sbwaters]

BTW, Merriam-Webster: : to check or diminish the activity or vigor of : deaden the heat dampened our spirits

[Jim Eagle]

MT,

In Acoustical aka Sound Engineering, damping and dampening are interchangeable. Go to any tech paper on sound absorption and you'll see what I mean:)

[Old Lurker]

James "It’s all deliberate. It’s the end result of all the things rse writes about. Bill Ayers won, in the end."

Agree except some say we are not yet at the end so one cannot be 100% certain.

But if James is correct, then the bookend to Ayers will be Obama who, having been created by whomever created Ayers, with his eight years of destruction, will have set in final motion the "transformation of this country". Hillary was supposed to carry the baton over the finish line, but Trump forced the race into another lap. Who knows...

[Another Bob]

NASA investigating first crime committed in space: report

https://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/nasa-investigating-first-crime-committed-space-report-020025323.html

(sigh) Drama.

[Another Bob]

Always been “damping” everywhere I’ve worked. (shrugs)

[JimNorCal]

Troubling.
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/watch-antifa-terrorist-attempts-to-stab-marine-veteran-during-last-weekends-portland-rampage/

[James D.]

So I guess we have to consider degrees from Stanford, even in huge herd sciences, worthless now...

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=13615

[James D.]

“The hard sciences” not “huge herd sciences”

Darn iPhone!

[Manuel Transmission]

My group was Dynamics and Acoustics and, yes, it was a continual, and good natured debate.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Mr. McGuire,

The Secretary of Energy is Rick Perry, not Steve.--

Miss Marple,

The proprietor of this blog is Mr. Maguire, not Mr. McGuire. :)

[MissMarple3]

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/25/us-japan-reach-trade-deal-agreement/

[Old Lurker]

:-) Ig

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

So, if RBG [or any other justice] leaves the court for whatever reason what is the GOP counter to the Dem's inevitable 'leave it until after 2020 just like Merrick Garland' argument?
I'm not sure the different-parties-in-the-WH-and-Senate argument will get through the chatter nor am I convinced it makes a whole lot of sense.
The because-we-said-so argument probably loses the requisite mushes, doesn't it?

[MissMarple3]

Ig,

Touche', and well deserved!

I will keep my corrections to myself. This is a perfect example of karma. LOL!

[MissMarple3]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/08/25/wallace_presses_mnuchin_does_trump_really_believe_he_has_authority_to_stop_companies_from_doing_business_in_china.html

This is Wallace trying to portray Trump as some sort of unstable person.

What a creep and an example of why I don't watch his show on YouTube.

[Buckeye]

A schooled brain does not provide dampening that an educated brain can provide.

Schools have thrown discernment overboard in favor of "repeat after me".

[James D.]

So, if RBG [or any other justice] leaves the court for whatever reason what is the GOP counter to the Dem's inevitable 'leave it until after 2020 just like Merrick Garland' argument?

One argument is that we were guaranteed to have a new President after the 2016 election but that’s not the case for the 2020 election.

[Old Lurker]

"The because-we-said-so argument probably loses the requisite mushes, doesn't it?"

That is my prediction.

[MissMarple3]

BBC in news 'fakery' row, as viewers catch 'CGI' being used in nature series Serengeti to put a baby zebra into the rapids

Director, John Downer admitted that old footage had been added

Not 'old footage', CGI fake news footage

Day in, day out, Trump is proven right, again🤦‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/FBr7XbJQkR

— ✞ hip2u ✞ (@TruthInBytes) August 25, 2019

Video at link.

[James D.]

Our side ought to be advancing the argument t that RBG is clearly medically unfit to continue serving.

Really what ought pro happen - should have happened before we lost the House in 2018 - is that House leadership should have gone to Roberts and told him to push her to quit or else investigation of her health and impeachment on grounds of incapacity would ensue.

[Old Lurker]

That's not who we are, James.

[Gentlejim]

Bela1,
If your idea of “serious reprogramming” involves a world class ass kicking I agree completely.

My wife tells me that UCLA has done a study debunking the “crazy cat lady” myth. I haven’t looked at the study, but I’m calling bullshit.

:)

[JimNorCal]

Agree with JamesD 11:35.
It's definitely who I am!

[MissMarple3]

Well, I see the "Trump is unstable and crazy" theme is now being dragged out by CNN to augment Wallace's more subtle hint.

Stelter has brought on a psychiatrist, who is CHINESE. Scaramucci is on Twitter saying Trump will drop out by March.

I cannot stand these people.

[Momto2]

MARK SIMONE
@MarkSimoneNY

Joe Biden lives in the biggest mansion in his state and just bought another mansion in DC, Bernie Sanders has 4 houses, Obama just got his 3rd mansion. All of this money was made from lecturing you on income inequality!

[MissMarple3]

Retweeted by the President. Video at link.

JUST NOW: President @realDonaldTrump and Prime Minister @AbeShinzo announced a trade deal.

"This is a tremendous deal for the United States. It's a really tremendous deal for our farmers." pic.twitter.com/1y42L8x0p4

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 25, 2019

[Buckeye]

Scaramucci is a whore.

Who cares what he thinks??

[MissMarple3]

Happy Birthday Sean! https://t.co/iQgY6RTWST

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2019

Link goes to a tweet celebrating Sean CONNERY'S 89th birthday!

[henry]

So now a fourth “R”? “Raving”

[MissMarple3]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump · 8m8 minutes ago

Happy Birthday Regis, a truly special man!
=======================
I assume this is Regis Philbin, since I don't know of any other person named Regis.

[MissMarple3]

Rasmussen at 50%. @MediaBuzzFNC & @FoxNews are only getting worse! Now @donnabrazile & others on Fox. Not what it used to be! https://t.co/Uo51Yn5PTX

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2019

Link goes to an earlier tweet about how bad the polls are. Glad to see he is calling Fox out.

[Jim Eagle]

90F in London for the Spurs v. Newcastle game. Warm in Biarritz also.

Ever notice how many disposable hanger-on’s And wannabe’s Trump goes through in a year?

[MissMarple3]

henry,

"Raving" is the word, I guess. Good call!

I am going to be busy for a while, so if you could, please monitor Trump's Twitter feed.

Thanks!

[henry]

Most splinters ever:

@CNBC

President Obama's high school basketball jersey sold for $120,000 this weekend in an online auction. (via @CNBCMakeIt) cnb.cx/2z7knTX

[Buckeye]

BREAKING: Spokesman says that Iran Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif has landed at French city hosting G-7 summit.

Macron is effing with the wrong guy.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

How'd they know it was his jersey?
The name on the back was AIRBALL.

[Narciso]

The last time france invited the iranians meaning khomeimi to paris, the shah fell in a year, of course chirac had his side deal with saddam, o chirac aka tammuz 16.

[Jim Eagle]

Auctions: A new way to launder money.

[clarice]

When outrageous book deals aren't enough, JIB

[Jane]

"Well, I see the "Trump is unstable and crazy" theme is now being dragged out by CNN"

Wait - it doesn't begin with an "R".

[henry]

Jane, “Raving lunatic”

[Narciso]

About five years after they returned the favor bombing the oeacekeeper base in beirut.

[henry]

@realDonaldTrump

Big Trade Deal just agreed to with Prime Minister Abe of Japan. Will be great for our Farmers, Ranchers and more. Really big Corn purchase!

[Narciso]

Is every outlet in chinas pay, thats what it looks like from here?