AdamSmith

God fuck. All of SoCal is about to burn to the ground. Nasa satellite footage captured on 5 December shows thick smoke streaming from several fires in southern California. Photograph: Nasa/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock California wildfires: winds pose ‘extreme danger’ for Los Angeles https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/07/california-wildfires-winds-pose-extreme-danger-in-los-angeles

I very severely disagree. “Just because Donald Trump is sitting in the White House and Clarence Thomas may be sitting in the Supreme Court,” said former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile, “this is a very important moment and Democrats cannot slip-slide and not have a standard.” ...“Democrats are not going to hide behind the curtain. We’re going to open up the window,” Brazile said, arguing that this is the natural and necessary next step for a party that led the charge for the Equal Rights Act, and the first national awakening around sexual harassment after the Anita Hill hearings. “When you go back and review the history of when this became a topic of concern for women in the workplace, it has always been Democrats and Democratic lawmakers who led the way.” https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/07/al-franken-sexual-harassment-democrats-response-285959

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReSlfsw5iJY

Actually, at least one person does...pretty pointed! Bernie Sanders Tells Donald Trump to Consider Resigning Over Sexual Assault Allegations, ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape http://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-resign-741173

In Defense of Laziness Lazy people make the best leaders. That was the belief of Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, a famous German general known for his opposition to the Nazi regime. A quote, from The Silences of Hammerstein: “I divide my officers into four groups. There are clever, diligent, stupid, and lazy officers. Usually two characteristics are combined. Some are clever and diligent — their place is the General Staff. The next lot are stupid and lazy — they make up 90 percent of every army and are suited to routine duties. Anyone who is both clever and lazy is qualified for the highest leadership duties, because he possesses the intellectual clarity and the composure necessary for difficult decisions. One must beware of anyone who is stupid and diligent — he must not be entrusted with any responsibility because he will always cause only mischief.” https://betterhumans.coach.me/in-defense-of-laziness-4b6aa9fa6692

The greater LA area is one that we should never have so aggressively irrigated and developed. Nature meant it to be arid desert. Now, with climate change, Ma is making her original decision emphatic.

Paris is burnt!

https://courses.seas.harvard.edu/climate/eli/Courses/EPS281r/Sources/Gaia/Gaia-hypothesis-wikipedia.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis

Tim 11 Jahre (Orgelklasse Ariane Metz) spielt an der Weigle-Rensch-Orgel der evangelischen Kirche St. Stephan (Würzburg) den 3.Satz aus der 1. Triosonate von Johann Sebastian Bach[Film-Studio K. Valentin L. Würzburg]

Awful!