The Edwards Evacuees, Cumbre Vieja and Other Musings

The Boston Globe reports this morning that the subset of NO evacuees at Otis who are foolish enough to want to stay in Massachusetts are compiling a list of grievances, including a claim that there aren’t enough black organizations or volunteers “being allowed” on Edwards – as if black citizens were being forcibly excluded from the Base, a claim which no doubt comes as a big surprise to the black clergyman who is acting “Mayor” of “Edwards Village”.

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Who ARE These People? Part II

I keep reading about rich “baby boomers”. You’d think here on Seizure World East I’d have run into a few by now, but I’ll be darned if I can find them.
Here’s the latest scoop on what the Boomers are up to, from a CNN article:
Ballroom dancing is particularly popular among aging baby boomers who didn’t grow up with many opportunities for formal dancing, says Richards. Typically, their dancing history consisted of freestyle moves “with a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other,” he says. Now, however, they find themselves at charity balls, cruises and other settings where ballroom dancing takes place and they want to learn about it so they sign up for classes.

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Addendum

The White House claims that 20 Supreme Court justices had no prior experience as judges before their appointments, including William Rehnquist, John Marshall, Robert Jackson, Louis Brandeis, Lewis Powell, Arthur Goldberg, Earl Warren, Tom Clark, William O. Douglas, Harlan Fiske Stone and Felix Frankfurter.

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Finding Good Help (It Ain’t Easy)

The local paper has Help Wanted ads for painters, landscapers, truck drivers, office clerks, cooks, and stretch limo chauffeurs.
What do these postings NOT have in common with the BFOQ’s for appointment to the Supreme Court in Bush’s World?
They all require job experience.

Letdown

Yesterday, the Red Sox lost a key game against the New York Yankees, and in spite of many hours of preparation, we registered ZERO kids for the Tech Workshop at the annual Harvest Festival.
The latter tells me that we haven’t yet discovered a way to find “our” kids, something we as a group are planning to discuss tomorrow afternoon.
I still believe in what we are trying to do with the Workshop, and fortuntely, a number of people, including at least one local foundation, have told me it is also important to them: providing enrichment opportunities that aren’t currently available anywhere else.

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