There’s still time to go to one or more of the many growers’ markets around Albuquerque (and elsewhere). This morning, we went to the one in the 1200 block of Central, across from Presbyterian (which sponsors this one) and just east of I-25. There were about a dozen vendors. We bought two pounds of roasted green chiles grown in Lemitar (tasty though not as hot as advertised). We also heard the braeburn apples will be in next week.
This particular market will be there each Tuesday, 7am to noon, until the last Tuesday in October (10/30).
…something else Romney related in the video: the story of his own wealth.
I have inherited nothing. There is a perception, “Oh, we were born with a silver spoon, he never had to earn anything and so forth.” Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon, which is the greatest gift you can have: which is to get born in America.
Romney was the son of a governor and an auto executive who gave him a wealth of connections, a private education, college tuition, a stock portfolio that he lived on while in graduate school, help buying a first house. That he recognizes the value of none of these things is both dismaying and discouraging for anyone who thinks that he will be able to do much to actually encourage opportunity in America. He is clear enough about one difference money can make in life, when he tells those present, “Frankly, what I need you to do is to raise millions of dollars,” and talks about how many foreign customers his campaign consultants have had. But Romney did, in the video, talk about a disadvantage that he feels he has labored under: had his father “been born of Mexican parents, I’d have a better shot of winning this.”
The GOP called themselves the party of “Deep Thinkers” and the Vulcans just 8 years ago. Of course, Santorum (Latin for asshole — Bob Kerrey) will say he meant “the people who consider themselves smart and you dumb.” And “elite” has always pissed me off when we know one thing makes you elite in America: nauseating amounts of money.
"We will never have the media on our side, ever, in this country," Santorum said, according to BuzzFeed and a video posted by Right Wing Watch, available above. "We will never have the elite, smart people on our side, because they believe they should have the power to tell you what to do."
It’s only September, but Mitt Romney has already written off almost half the country’s voters. A hidden-camera recording obtained by Mother Jones captures Romney at a private fundraiser telling donors that, “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it.” Watch it:
I think it’s time to abandon the Muslim world, to withdraw from any territory that is majority Muslim unless they can show some restraint. This is savagery. Until they emerge from their own Dark Ages, to hell with them.
Finished watching 12 Monkeys for the umpteenth time. What a fantastic movie — one of the best. Bruce Willis always brings some believability to a role. Here he is quite amazing. Even more amazing: Brad Pitt, who surely deserved an Oscar. Madeline Stowe is also very good in her role.
This movie manages a unique take on time travel and fate. Really wonderful. See it.
The top five states with the longest life expectancy at birth in 1999-2001 were:
Hawaii – 80.2 years
Minnesota – 79.3 years
North Dakota – 79.1 years
Connecticut – 78.9 years
Utah – 78.9 years
The bottom five states (excluding the District of Columbia) with the shortest life expectancy at birth were:
46. Kentucky – 75.2 years 47. South Carolina – 75 years 48. Alabama – 74.8 years 49. Louisiana – 74.3 years 50. Mississippi – 73.9 years
The full life expectancy tables by state are available at the CDC’s web site. …
Overall, women had a higher life expectancy in all states and the District of Columbia. The average difference between female and male life expectancy ranged from nine years in the District of Columbia to 3.7 years in Wyoming.
There’s still time to go to one or more of the many growers’ markets around Albuquerque (and elsewhere). This morning, we went to the one in the 1200 block of Central, across from Presbyterian (which sponsors this one) and just east of I-25. There were about a dozen vendors. We bought two pounds of roasted green chiles grown in Lemitar (tasty though not as hot as advertised). We also heard the braeburn apples will be in next week.