On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 12:07 PM, Morgan Montague wrote:

Agree. This isn't a both sides. One side is hell bent on overthrow.

Slavery 2.0

What can a recently "woke white person" do?? I think there are millions of us who were suddenly thrust into an undeniable awareness of our white privilege.? And, honestly, it hurts.? It really does.? How we could have been so blind.? So happy with our "color blindness,' if you will.? So naive.? We've lived in a bubble we didn't know we were in.? And now?? What to do now?? There's an excellent interview between Jonathon Capehart and Robin Di Angelo that's a must listen to, imo.? It's in an number of places. This is one:?



I'm reading So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo, a Seattle author.? An accessible read.? I've also bought Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson and The Sum of Us, by Heather McGee.? There are a lot of excellent reads out there right now.? We, as white people, have a responsibility to educate ourselves on the nature of our white privilege and get with the program.? Race is the key issue at the heart of the fight for our democracy, imo.? We need to understand.? ??

Jonathon Capehart offers this up as a response to one of millions of the suddenly aware white people who Googled "what can a white person do?"??

SHOW UP.? Call out the BS.? Listen and Learn.? Expect to get it wrong sometimes.? Be Kind.? This is real and uncomfortable work.? "It takes dedication, courage, and humility."? Be an ally.?

My daughter's best friend is a social activist.? She totally called me out one time when I deferred to the "younger generation" as the group to get it right.? Yep, a cop out.? Whoops!??

Now, I must get back to selling the china and preparing for what is to come. Ha.??
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Em

"Opposition leaders and feminist groups in France have protested over a local town mayor convicted of rape who has been allowed to continue running his municipality of 30,000 people from a prison cell."

A mayor continues to run the town from his prison cell

"Soaring raw material prices have broad repercussions for households and businesses..."

The Grocery Price Shock Is Coming to a Store Near You

This is certainly a tragedy, but, I can't help asking "What in the world is Indonesia doing with submarines? Is this what the government spends the people's tax money on?" It's just outrageous! Go figure.

Sunken missing Indonesian submarine found broken into pieces

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 12:06 PM, Morgan Montague wrote:

Vallejo?

Cesar Vallejo???
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There are blows in life, so powerful…I don't know!
Blows as from the hatred of God; as if, facing them,
the undertow of everything suffered
welled up in the soul…I don't know!
~ from The Black Heralds by Cesar Vallejo
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Can I see another’s woe,

And not be in sorrow too?

Can I see another’s grief,

And not seek for kind relief?
...
And can He who smiles on all

Hear the wren with sorrows small,

Hear the small bird’s grief and care,

Hear the woes that infants bear —
~from On Another's Sorrow by William Blake

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Em

Nicolas Cage movie I watched last night.? Fun tantric stuff. Probably not for the children here.

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On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 12:38 PM, Bhairitu wrote:

The networks are upping their sound quality for streaming.

For me, the convenience and lower cost of online movies and music far outstrips any barely perceptible quality improvement of having disks or records for playback, and I'm unlikely to buy a UHD disc again at these prices. These days if I purchase online it would be greatest hits compilation to add to my disc library.?

"Alien" was only $15 on UHD Blu-Ray.

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 12:38 PM, Bhairitu wrote:

The networks are upping their sound quality for streaming.

For me, the convenience and lower cost of online movies and music far outstrips any barely perceptible quality improvement of having disks or records for playback, and I'm unlikely to buy a UHD disc again at these prices. These days if I purchase online it would be greatest hits compilation to add to my disc library. ?

Last time I checked the rare SACD three disc set of Santana live in Japan, recorded in 1973, (Lotus ****) was going for $75.00 on Amazon and vinyl for $185.00 (SONY ASIN : B01MV3SPLJ). Go figure.

Santana's Lotus is my second favorite Santana album, after Caravanserai. (Latin-jazz fusion), second group lineup, back when Carlos was playing with John McLaughlin and Buddy Miles. YMMV.

Santana - Lotus 1973 (Full Album HQ)


Caravanserai [MFSL SACD R ] Full HQ:


Note: This Japan SONY release is NOT quadraphonic - it is 5.1 surround sound. According to what I've read, the SACD might be slightly better than original LP and probably somewhat better than the original CD. When it goes out of print collectors (Santana fanatics) will pay big bucks for a copy of this concert.

"This is a perfect document of the concert, with the audience at the rear and the band wailing up front."

Santana - Lotus - SACD review:

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 08:40 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote:

The former guy and his criminal enablers would have been just as happy to see the death toll keep on going WAY up.

Sorry, this isn't about personalities, Sal. The vaccination program had nothing to do with Joe Biden. YMMV.

According to the former guys, expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the FDA and the CDC, Operation Warp Speed was founded during the Trump administration on May 15, 2020. In fact, the vaccine was already formulated just two weeks after the first case was reported in the US, but because of bureaucratic red tape the vaccine couldn't be made available until months later after thousands had died. Go figure.

As of January 30, 2021, five of the six vaccine candidates have entered phase 3 clinical trials, two of which—Moderna's and Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccines—have received an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.

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It’s good that you got it. ?Now you might want to thank the Biden/Harris administration for making it possible and bringing it to you ASAP. ?The former guy and his criminal enablers would have been just as happy to see the death toll keep on going WAY up.

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 03:23 PM, WillyTex wrote:

You cannot get the virus if you are vaccinated. If your are vaccinated you can't spread the virus. You are cured.

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 08:03 PM, WillyTex wrote:

Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.

Stupid people aren't counting themselves as among the stupid. YMMV.

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 04:42 PM, Bhairitu wrote:

I have cables running along the ceiling corners.

We plan on getting a 4K TV set someday. At present we have a 50 inch Samsung Smart TVs hanging around, which we inherited. We bought this house in Arlington which came totally furnished - TVs wall mounted in each bedroom and one in the main room. They each have Chromecast built in. This place used to be an Air B&B before the economy tanked. It's only ten miles to AT&T Stadium and five miles to UTA campus. Sweet!

The previous owner had a sound bar tacked onto the wall under the main TV which I got rid of. YMMV.

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On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 12:38 PM, Bhairitu wrote:

I'm listening through Klipsch speakers too.

So, I forgot to tell you my new Yamaha receiver has dual zone capability. I haven't hooked that up yet but I plan to run speaker wire out to the patio this summer. The problem is I would have to run cables up in the attic. I hate having cables running around the house on the floor. On the TV set in the living room, which is wall mounted, I should run the power and HDMI cable through the wall so it is hidden. YMMV.

Yamaha TSR-7850R 7.2CH Dolby Atmos DTS Wi-Fi BT 4K Receiver, w/eARC dual zone Black (Renewed)

I have a Yamaha receiver too but it has an early edition HDMI ARC controller that seldom ever connects so I have to grab the remote if anything is 5.1 audio force it.? That was a big problem when ARC was added to a lot of receivers.? I have cables running along the ceiling corners.

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 12:38 PM, Bhairitu wrote:

I'm listening through Klipsch speakers too.

So, I forgot to tell you my new Yamaha receiver has dual zone capability. I haven't hooked that up yet but I plan to run speaker wire out to the patio this summer. The problem is I would have to run cables up in the attic. I hate having cables running around the house on the floor. On the TV set in the living room, which is wall mounted, I should run the power and HDMI cable through the wall so it is hidden. YMMV.

Yamaha TSR-7850R 7.2CH Dolby Atmos DTS Wi-Fi BT 4K Receiver, w/eARC dual zone Black (Renewed)

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 02:08 PM, Morgan Montague wrote:

Please speak up.

WHAT?

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 02:04 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote:

Our tapes and CDs have gone the way of all flesh though.

If you love watching movies and listening to music at home, and you have lots of DVDs and CDs, you may want to build a digital system that can deliver your movies and music without having to physically insert the disk in a player in a particular room.

If you're like me, you've got the records in a carton in the garage or basement, the DVDs in shoe boxes, and the CDs on the coffee table. Sure, you can simply hook up a laptop with an HDMI cable and connect to an outboard storage device like a flash drive to store and retrieve your data in the living room.

But, what I need is a device to deliver all my files, the videos, photos, the documents and music to any room in my house at any time; a place to store the large digital video and music files, and the current book I'm writing. I need a fast and easy way to access all the files, streaming via wireless connectivity to my phone, my laptop, iPad or desktop computer in the office or anywhere else in the house. I don't have time to be running back to the living room to flip a tape.

If you like this idea, you'll want a fast broadband connection with a wireless dual-band N router. And, a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device.

That way, videos, movies, TV recordings and music can all be accessed at the touch of a button. With a NAS you get a great Admin Console GUI to work with that is intuitive and looks wonderful. Nothing is cryptic, and everything you want is right there in front of you.

NAS devices mimic file servers on a network. However instead of a big computer, the NAS is just a small box. A NAS is preferable to portable hard drives because multiple computers can access and save to them with a wireless connection. A NAS can be as simple as a USB stick connected to your internet router. YMMV.

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On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 11:55 AM, Bhairitu wrote:

My sources are eminent scientists in the field who have chosen to speak out against the propaganda spread by the government and corporate oafs.

You cannot get the virus if you are vaccinated. If your are vaccinated you can't spread the virus. You are cured.

The “burden of proof” should be on the government to show that vaccinated people can contract the virus, in contradiction to saying the “vaccine might not work in some planetary world we’re not aware of.” YMMV.

“Dr. Fauci should be voluntarily removed from TV because what he says is such a disservice and such fear mongering, and almost all of what he says isn’t even matched by the science of his own institute.” - Rand Paul