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rain_gryphon) wrote2021-12-12 07:51 pm
rain_gryphon) wrote2021-12-12 07:51 pm
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In the News
Everything seemed to happen all at once, at the end of the week:
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They apparently caught the scoundrel (and his girlfriend) that lit all of those barns on fire. Barn fires were an ongoing plague here, all spring and summer. There were cows and goats in some of those barns as well.
There seems to be no real motive to this apart from sheer psychopathy. He even made a kind of family outing of it, encouraging his little kid to light one of the fires. So far, they're only talking about Elkhart County (neighboring county to the north), but it was spread out over several adjoining counties. I suspect the rest of us will get him when Elkhart Co. finishes running him through the mill.
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Jussie Smollet's trial is concluded. Next: the tribulations!
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Assange too seems to finally be well and truly caught in the Toils of Justice!
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Al Unser Sr. has died. He was one of the Presences in automobile racing my entire life. He deserves his own post, but I did want to note it here as well.
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What a horrible disaster in Kentucky! They're using the term 'ground zero' for Mayfield, which, for once, seems to be no hyperbole. Brandenburg, KY, had pretty much that 'swept' look in 1974.
The candle factory is nightmarish. Instead of the debris being sprayed across the countryside, it's all in one big heap, with cars on top, and huge gobbets of congealed wax all through it. Hot wax won't be a festive holiday smell for these people in future.
My default mental image for 'candle factory' had been a couple mouldy old hippies in a shed. That will be different in future as well.
While Jeff Bezos isn't one of my favourite people, it is utterly unfair, I think, to blame the man for carrying on with his party while his warehouse got destroyed. He's not omniscient.
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Verstappen ruined a set of mediums by locking up whilst making an utterly pointless (so far as I can tell) hot lap in P2. He still wins the pole, but will be starting on softs.
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The little blue house a few miles up the road caught fire. Saturday morning, just after I was done watching qualifying, the pumper, the tanker, and the support truck went blasting up the road, followed by the sundry firemen in their cars. Unlike the barns, this seems to be an accident.
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Blackburn beat Bournemouth, and pretty convincingly. They're still only fourth in the standings, but looking promising.
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And so, Verstappen is Champion! I'm glad to see him win. It has been an absolute chaotic mess of a season, and the final race fit right in. Hamilton's supporters are upset that the rules weren't followed, and of course they're correct. But, the rules have been applied with great inconsistency all season, including in the first lap of this race, and I think Hamilton has benefitted as much or more than Verstappen. All things taken together, I'm unimpressed by F1's new management.
It's disappointing that the lapped cars weren't cleared for Sainz, as I think he'd have had a chance too. Still, Forza! Third is acceptable, considering the season.
I really, really love the ADNOC logo (a Falcon!). Also, the trophies look like birds. BBC reports that Bottas got a basket of Moomin-themed stuff for one of his perks as well.
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They apparently caught the scoundrel (and his girlfriend) that lit all of those barns on fire. Barn fires were an ongoing plague here, all spring and summer. There were cows and goats in some of those barns as well.
There seems to be no real motive to this apart from sheer psychopathy. He even made a kind of family outing of it, encouraging his little kid to light one of the fires. So far, they're only talking about Elkhart County (neighboring county to the north), but it was spread out over several adjoining counties. I suspect the rest of us will get him when Elkhart Co. finishes running him through the mill.
*****
Jussie Smollet's trial is concluded. Next: the tribulations!
*****
Assange too seems to finally be well and truly caught in the Toils of Justice!
*****
Al Unser Sr. has died. He was one of the Presences in automobile racing my entire life. He deserves his own post, but I did want to note it here as well.
*****
What a horrible disaster in Kentucky! They're using the term 'ground zero' for Mayfield, which, for once, seems to be no hyperbole. Brandenburg, KY, had pretty much that 'swept' look in 1974.
The candle factory is nightmarish. Instead of the debris being sprayed across the countryside, it's all in one big heap, with cars on top, and huge gobbets of congealed wax all through it. Hot wax won't be a festive holiday smell for these people in future.
My default mental image for 'candle factory' had been a couple mouldy old hippies in a shed. That will be different in future as well.
While Jeff Bezos isn't one of my favourite people, it is utterly unfair, I think, to blame the man for carrying on with his party while his warehouse got destroyed. He's not omniscient.
*****
Verstappen ruined a set of mediums by locking up whilst making an utterly pointless (so far as I can tell) hot lap in P2. He still wins the pole, but will be starting on softs.
*****
The little blue house a few miles up the road caught fire. Saturday morning, just after I was done watching qualifying, the pumper, the tanker, and the support truck went blasting up the road, followed by the sundry firemen in their cars. Unlike the barns, this seems to be an accident.
*****
Blackburn beat Bournemouth, and pretty convincingly. They're still only fourth in the standings, but looking promising.
*****
And so, Verstappen is Champion! I'm glad to see him win. It has been an absolute chaotic mess of a season, and the final race fit right in. Hamilton's supporters are upset that the rules weren't followed, and of course they're correct. But, the rules have been applied with great inconsistency all season, including in the first lap of this race, and I think Hamilton has benefitted as much or more than Verstappen. All things taken together, I'm unimpressed by F1's new management.
It's disappointing that the lapped cars weren't cleared for Sainz, as I think he'd have had a chance too. Still, Forza! Third is acceptable, considering the season.
I really, really love the ADNOC logo (a Falcon!). Also, the trophies look like birds. BBC reports that Bottas got a basket of Moomin-themed stuff for one of his perks as well.
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