Its remarkable to think that the SCOTUS could soon have a 6-3 conservative majority, but had Hillary not neglected to campaign in the Midwest and put a bit more effort into their concerns it could now have a 6-3 liberal majority I believe?
Hilary would likely have faced a GOP senate throughout her presidency though. At best she may have been able to nominate three moderates. And assuming this alternative timeline had no impact on the date RBG dies, McConnell would of course be refusing to allow a vote on a replacement right now.
In the admittedly unlikely scenario of Trump winning the presidency but the Dems winning the Senate, I can see him refusing to nominate any replacements if another of the liberal judges dies (most likely Breyer who is in his 80s)
Republicans are probably going to confirm someone before the election, and wait for the Democrats to talk about stuffing the court to motivate the evangelical voters out.
I would have thought the most sensible thing for the President to do would to put forward someone the Evangelicals absolutely love, and allow them to be vetoed by Murkowski, Gardner and Collins. And to do this *before* the election.
This burnishes the Senators bipartisan credentials before the election and improves their chance of re-election. While simultaneously saying to the Evangelicals, "look, I tried really hard to get someone you'd really love".
The real nominee would then be approved during the lame duck session, irrespective of the result of the Presidential election. (And could be William Barr if the President loses.)
Its remarkable to think that the SCOTUS could soon have a 6-3 conservative majority, but had Hillary not neglected to campaign in the Midwest and put a bit more effort into their concerns it could now have a 6-3 liberal majority I believe?
Hilary would likely have faced a GOP senate throughout her presidency though. At best she may have been able to nominate three moderates. And assuming this alternative timeline had no impact on the date RBG dies, McConnell would of course be refusing to allow a vote on a replacement right now.
Fair point. So they could have had a 6-3 majority a week ago, but with moderate liberals indeed.
RBG really should have retired after Obama won re-election in 2012.
The Presidency swings back and forth - at that point it was 50:50 who would win in 2016. With two terms being the norm it was very unlikely she would last until 2025 and she has in fact passed away just before 2021.
Well quite. It’s a weird system that can encourage people to stay on far too long in the job because of the politics of appointment.
Six years ago RBG was 81 and with an uncertain Senate election ahead, she could have retired and seen a Democrat president and a Democrat Senate pick her successor.
Requiring a higher percentage of the Senate to vote for an SC Judge would result in more judges acceptable to both Republicans and Democrats and they could then be chosen for their ability.
That’s a good call. A requirement for 60 votes would stop clearly partisan candidates getting through.
Lol - Macron has plagiarized 'Hands, Face, Space', and in the same order too!
Sounds better coming from Manu though. More weighty and stylish. Johnson tends to imbue everything he touches - even when it is a matter of great import - with a certain tackiness and risibility. It's not ideal.
Republicans are probably going to confirm someone before the election, and wait for the Democrats to talk about stuffing the court to motivate the evangelical voters out.
I would have thought the most sensible thing for the President to do would to put forward someone the Evangelicals absolutely love, and allow them to be vetoed by Murkowski, Gardner and Collins. And to do this *before* the election.
This burnishes the Senators bipartisan credentials before the election and improves their chance of re-election. While simultaneously saying to the Evangelicals, "look, I tried really hard to get someone you'd really love".
The real nominee would then be approved during the lame duck session, irrespective of the result of the Presidential election. (And could be William Barr if the President loses.)
Would the lame duck Senate approve Barr?
I would hope even Romney might find a spine if it came to Barr being nominee.
This is the moment though. This is the moment which either crowns Sturgeon Queen of the North or brings it all crashing down for the SNP.
For all that people paint Sturgeon as overly cautious this move combined with full school return back in August shows her to be a massive risk taker.
Regardless of whether she takes massive risks or is overly cautious - every move she makes is brilliant. And the consequences aren't her fault either - she does the best she can. All the time.
What a star.
I can't believe that she's getting away with a worse performance than Boris Johnson. Political escapology of the highest order.
Banning people from seeing each other is incredibly draconian. It's arguably acceptable as an emergency public health measure, though you can make the case that it's not right for a democratic government to forbid it by law, rather than advise it, but after six months it's a massive failure for a government to have to resort to it again.
Absolutely massive failure.
By any sane measure the situation is worse now in Scotland than anywhere else in Britain or Ireland. How long can the SNP retain the confidence of the Scottish public?
Yes this could be Sturgeon's dementia tax or poll tax if it is seen as being done unnecessarily, as May found it does not matter how big your poll lead one disastrously unpopular policy can see it disappear overnight
If some-one has the courage to oppose it.
By definition the Tories are as Boris is sticking with the rule of 6, I have seen no evidence Starmer, Leonard or Davey back Sturgeon on this yet either
Why risk embarrassing yourself again? We all know what Scotland does today, Bozo does tomorrow
Boris will study the Scottish polls over the next week or two, if the SNP poll rating declines he will stick to his guns
If the GOP does approve a replacement to RBG but the Democrats regain the Senate and Oval Office then the very first thing that the Democrats must do in the new session is not consider changes to SCOTUS but instead to work to approve the admission of Puerto Rico and New Carolina as new States with 2 Senators each.
Yes but no games of basketball...indoor spin class fine, watching Tenet fine, outside yoga class of 7, computer says no.
Well that's a disaster waiting to happen.
I fail to see how if organized sport indoors is too risky, how gym classes are ok, but they you go.
This might be "clarified", but the gym i used to do classes have messaged members to say the response they got was that gym classes don't count in this ban on indoor organized sport and will continue as normal (with more than 6 people)
As far as I know the NT isn't proposing to rename any of their properties, they simply want to provide more information to visitors, which seems about as far from "rewriting history" as it's possible to be. I'm not qualified to talk about the example you give since the only thing I know about Hume is his role in developing the quantity theory of money. Mind you, I think there is a difference between naming a building after somebody and simply having the building go by its street address, since the name of the street is outwith their control, and in any case who knows which George is being referred to? Could be George Clooney.
Given that David Hume was one of the greatest figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, I'd have thought Scottish institutions should be naming new buildings after him, not removing his name from existing ones, given the astonishing degree of ignorance there seems to be about him.
Republicans are probably going to confirm someone before the election, and wait for the Democrats to talk about stuffing the court to motivate the evangelical voters out.
I would have thought the most sensible thing for the President to do would to put forward someone the Evangelicals absolutely love, and allow them to be vetoed by Murkowski, Gardner and Collins. And to do this *before* the election.
This burnishes the Senators bipartisan credentials before the election and improves their chance of re-election. While simultaneously saying to the Evangelicals, "look, I tried really hard to get someone you'd really love".
The real nominee would then be approved during the lame duck session, irrespective of the result of the Presidential election. (And could be William Barr if the President loses.)
That’s the other option, but would give the Dems more justification for stuffing the court after the election without mentioning it before, and also motivate their base to turn out.
There’s also the risk of a couple of recalcitrant Senators throwing a spanner in the works as an FU to Trump.
If that is your standard, I could have saved the National Trust time, effort and money and simply said rewritten every old building in the UK is linked to slavery, the empire or something else that is now deemed inappropriate. Full Stop.
Incredible that simply providing a factual record of what happened in the past is now labelled "rewriting history". As a NT member I am really happy that they've done this work. I always like to know as much as possible about the history of the places we visit, although obviously I am mostly there for the cream teas.
It would be a pretty odd kind of history that wasn't constantly rewritten. Or perhaps just the kind that you learned when young, and left it at that.
As far as I know the NT isn't proposing to rename any of their properties, they simply want to provide more information to visitors, which seems about as far from "rewriting history" as it's possible to be. I'm not qualified to talk about the example you give since the only thing I know about Hume is his role in developing the quantity theory of money. Mind you, I think there is a difference between naming a building after somebody and simply having the building go by its street address, since the name of the street is outwith their control, and in any case who knows which George is being referred to? Could be George Clooney.
Given that David Hume was one of the greatest figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, I'd have thought Scottish institutions should be naming new buildings after him, not removing his name from existing ones, given the astonishing degree of ignorance there seems to be about him.
That's what I thought. But this is problematic:
I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufacturer amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the Whites, such as the ancient German, the present Tartars, still have something eminent about them, in their valor, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction betwixt these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negro slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; though low people, without education, will start up amongst us, and distinguish themselves in every profession. In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments, like a parrot who speaks a few words plainly.
If the GOP does approve a replacement to RBG but the Democrats regain the Senate and Oval Office then the very first thing that the Democrats must do in the new session is not consider changes to SCOTUS but instead to work to approve the admission of Puerto Rico and New Carolina as new States with 2 Senators each.
As far as I know the NT isn't proposing to rename any of their properties, they simply want to provide more information to visitors, which seems about as far from "rewriting history" as it's possible to be. I'm not qualified to talk about the example you give since the only thing I know about Hume is his role in developing the quantity theory of money. Mind you, I think there is a difference between naming a building after somebody and simply having the building go by its street address, since the name of the street is outwith their control, and in any case who knows which George is being referred to? Could be George Clooney.
Given that David Hume was one of the greatest figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, I'd have thought Scottish institutions should be naming new buildings after him, not removing his name from existing ones, given the astonishing degree of ignorance there seems to be about him.
Good luck with that, now that he's been ex-Humed by the woke police.
Hopefully they won't do it literally, once they trace the sounds of spinning to Calton Hill...
It doesn't seem to be widely available. What do I need to look for if I want to buy something similar? I know nothing about wine apart from that specific one being delicious.
That's not a Chardonnay, it's a Trebbiano, so it won't be the wine you had (or else you were mistaken on the grape).
There are lots of good white wines from Puglia, and indeed all over Italy, nowadays.
Its remarkable to think that the SCOTUS could soon have a 6-3 conservative majority, but had Hillary not neglected to campaign in the Midwest and put a bit more effort into their concerns it could now have a 6-3 liberal majority I believe?
Hilary would likely have faced a GOP senate throughout her presidency though. At best she may have been able to nominate three moderates. And assuming this alternative timeline had no impact on the date RBG dies, McConnell would of course be refusing to allow a vote on a replacement right now.
McConnell before the last election swore not to approve any Clinton nominees for her entire term if he had the votes.
If the GOP does approve a replacement to RBG but the Democrats regain the Senate and Oval Office then the very first thing that the Democrats must do in the new session is not consider changes to SCOTUS but instead to work to approve the admission of Puerto Rico and New Carolina as new States with 2 Senators each.
And DC.
That's what I meant by New Carolina, I meant to say New Columbia which is the proposed State name for DC. It wouldn't make sense for DC to still be called a District once its a State.
Republicans are probably going to confirm someone before the election, and wait for the Democrats to talk about stuffing the court to motivate the evangelical voters out.
I would have thought the most sensible thing for the President to do would to put forward someone the Evangelicals absolutely love, and allow them to be vetoed by Murkowski, Gardner and Collins. And to do this *before* the election.
This burnishes the Senators bipartisan credentials before the election and improves their chance of re-election. While simultaneously saying to the Evangelicals, "look, I tried really hard to get someone you'd really love".
The real nominee would then be approved during the lame duck session, irrespective of the result of the Presidential election. (And could be William Barr if the President loses.)
That’s the other option, but would give the Dems more justification for stuffing the court after the election without mentioning it before, and also motivate their base to turn out.
There’s also the risk of a couple of recalcitrant Senators throwing a spanner in the works as an FU to Trump.
Complex game theory in action!
Also, if Cory Gardner thinks he's toast anyway, he's less likely to go against his party, as he'll be thinking of lobbying jobs post the election.
This is, of course, sucky for McSally. The last thing she wants to do in a very competitive Senate race is be stuck in Washington while Mark Kelly is campaigning in Arizona.
It doesn't seem to be widely available. What do I need to look for if I want to buy something similar? I know nothing about wine apart from that specific one being delicious.
That's not a Chardonnay, it's a Trebbiano, so it won't be the wine you had (or else you were mistaken on the grape).
There are lots of good white wines from Puglia, and indeed all over Italy, nowadays.
For some reason, Chardonnay has always tasted of soap to me.
It doesn't seem to be widely available. What do I need to look for if I want to buy something similar? I know nothing about wine apart from that specific one being delicious.
A bit of a puzzle. Since Chardonnay won’t have been sweet, and the wine you linked to isn’t a Chardonnay anyway.
The thing about Italian Wines is that they go well with food, and what you think of them often surprisingly hangs on what you were eating at the time. Buy the same wine and drink it on its own and you will find it too acidic.
Trebbiano, which is the grape of your linked bottle, mostly makes plonk, or is so bad that it is turned into brandy instead. Or used to make vinegar.
The best reasonable widely available Trebbianos are from Orvieto. Orvieto DOC wines do come in sweet and off dry styles as well as dry.
As far as I know the NT isn't proposing to rename any of their properties, they simply want to provide more information to visitors, which seems about as far from "rewriting history" as it's possible to be. I'm not qualified to talk about the example you give since the only thing I know about Hume is his role in developing the quantity theory of money. Mind you, I think there is a difference between naming a building after somebody and simply having the building go by its street address, since the name of the street is outwith their control, and in any case who knows which George is being referred to? Could be George Clooney.
Given that David Hume was one of the greatest figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, I'd have thought Scottish institutions should be naming new buildings after him, not removing his name from existing ones, given the astonishing degree of ignorance there seems to be about him.
That's what I thought. But this is problematic:
I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufacturer amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the Whites, such as the ancient German, the present Tartars, still have something eminent about them, in their valor, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction betwixt these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negro slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; though low people, without education, will start up amongst us, and distinguish themselves in every profession. In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments, like a parrot who speaks a few words plainly.
Tha'ts the Scottish Enlightenment for you (...ducks incoming turnip.)
As far as I know the NT isn't proposing to rename any of their properties, they simply want to provide more information to visitors, which seems about as far from "rewriting history" as it's possible to be. I'm not qualified to talk about the example you give since the only thing I know about Hume is his role in developing the quantity theory of money. Mind you, I think there is a difference between naming a building after somebody and simply having the building go by its street address, since the name of the street is outwith their control, and in any case who knows which George is being referred to? Could be George Clooney.
Given that David Hume was one of the greatest figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, I'd have thought Scottish institutions should be naming new buildings after him, not removing his name from existing ones, given the astonishing degree of ignorance there seems to be about him.
That's what I thought. But this is problematic:
I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufacturer amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the Whites, such as the ancient German, the present Tartars, still have something eminent about them, in their valor, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction betwixt these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negro slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; though low people, without education, will start up amongst us, and distinguish themselves in every profession. In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments, like a parrot who speaks a few words plainly.
What's problematic about it? Are we such snowflakes that we can't understand that attitudes in 1750 were very different from what we regard as acceptable today? No doubt they would find our attitudes and behaviour thoroughly reprehensible, come to that. None of that means that Hume wasn't a really major figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.
What's particularly irrational about this whole debate is that, if it wasn't for the Enlightenment, and the progress attributable to people like Hume, the world wouldn't have the notions of equality, human rights, democracy, fair courts, the rule of law, and all those other values by which these people are being measured.
Republicans are probably going to confirm someone before the election, and wait for the Democrats to talk about stuffing the court to motivate the evangelical voters out.
I would have thought the most sensible thing for the President to do would to put forward someone the Evangelicals absolutely love, and allow them to be vetoed by Murkowski, Gardner and Collins. And to do this *before* the election.
This burnishes the Senators bipartisan credentials before the election and improves their chance of re-election. While simultaneously saying to the Evangelicals, "look, I tried really hard to get someone you'd really love".
The real nominee would then be approved during the lame duck session, irrespective of the result of the Presidential election. (And could be William Barr if the President loses.)
That’s the other option, but would give the Dems more justification for stuffing the court after the election without mentioning it before, and also motivate their base to turn out.
There’s also the risk of a couple of recalcitrant Senators throwing a spanner in the works as an FU to Trump.
Complex game theory in action!
Also, if Cory Gardner thinks he's toast anyway, he's less likely to go against his party, as he'll be thinking of lobbying jobs post the election.
This is, of course, sucky for McSally. The last thing she wants to do in a very competitive Senate race is be stuck in Washington while Mark Kelly is campaigning in Arizona.
Gardner's already toed the party line. And good riddance to McSally.
It doesn't seem to be widely available. What do I need to look for if I want to buy something similar? I know nothing about wine apart from that specific one being delicious.
That's not a Chardonnay, it's a Trebbiano, so it won't be the wine you had (or else you were mistaken on the grape).
There are lots of good white wines from Puglia, and indeed all over Italy, nowadays.
For some reason, Chardonnay has always tasted of soap to me.
I think you've been drinking the wrong Chardonnays!
It doesn't seem to be widely available. What do I need to look for if I want to buy something similar? I know nothing about wine apart from that specific one being delicious.
That's not a Chardonnay, it's a Trebbiano, so it won't be the wine you had (or else you were mistaken on the grape).
There are lots of good white wines from Puglia, and indeed all over Italy, nowadays.
For some reason, Chardonnay has always tasted of soap to me.
They’ve overdone it with the lees contact (leaving the dead yeast cells deliberately in contact with the wine, or even stirring them in), which is a French habit with Chardonnay but found the world over. Try another grape or find a producer that prefers the crisper style (Italian Chardonnay, perhaps)
Republicans are probably going to confirm someone before the election, and wait for the Democrats to talk about stuffing the court to motivate the evangelical voters out.
I would have thought the most sensible thing for the President to do would to put forward someone the Evangelicals absolutely love, and allow them to be vetoed by Murkowski, Gardner and Collins. And to do this *before* the election.
This burnishes the Senators bipartisan credentials before the election and improves their chance of re-election. While simultaneously saying to the Evangelicals, "look, I tried really hard to get someone you'd really love".
The real nominee would then be approved during the lame duck session, irrespective of the result of the Presidential election. (And could be William Barr if the President loses.)
That’s the other option, but would give the Dems more justification for stuffing the court after the election without mentioning it before, and also motivate their base to turn out.
There’s also the risk of a couple of recalcitrant Senators throwing a spanner in the works as an FU to Trump.
Complex game theory in action!
Yeah that's 12d chess thinking.
Trump will nominate Amy Coney Barrett, a judge who thinks the law distracts from her primary job of creating the Kingdom of God, and get her confirmed and then, I don't know, repeal Griswold all before Biden gets in.
I'm not sure what good it will do to track it. If the cases don't materialise the govt will say "there, our measures worked". If they do, then L2 good and hard here we come.
Yes but no games of basketball...indoor spin class fine, watching Tenet fine, outside yoga class of 7, computer says no.
Well that's a disaster waiting to happen.
I fail to see how if organized sport indoors is too risky, how gym classes are ok, but they you go.
This might be "clarified", but the gym i used to do classes have messaged members to say the response they got was that gym classes don't count in this ban on indoor organized sport and will continue as normal (with more than 6 people)
I go to the gym. What amazes me is that I am the only one wearing a mask.
It doesn't seem to be widely available. What do I need to look for if I want to buy something similar? I know nothing about wine apart from that specific one being delicious.
That's not a Chardonnay, it's a Trebbiano, so it won't be the wine you had (or else you were mistaken on the grape).
There are lots of good white wines from Puglia, and indeed all over Italy, nowadays.
For some reason, Chardonnay has always tasted of soap to me.
I think you've been drinking the wrong Chardonnays!
There must be an awful lot of the wrong sort, then. I think it's more likely something along the lines of the coriander phenomenon (a similarly loathsome taste for me).
As far as I know the NT isn't proposing to rename any of their properties, they simply want to provide more information to visitors, which seems about as far from "rewriting history" as it's possible to be. I'm not qualified to talk about the example you give since the only thing I know about Hume is his role in developing the quantity theory of money. Mind you, I think there is a difference between naming a building after somebody and simply having the building go by its street address, since the name of the street is outwith their control, and in any case who knows which George is being referred to? Could be George Clooney.
Given that David Hume was one of the greatest figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, I'd have thought Scottish institutions should be naming new buildings after him, not removing his name from existing ones, given the astonishing degree of ignorance there seems to be about him.
That's what I thought. But this is problematic:
I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufacturer amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the Whites, such as the ancient German, the present Tartars, still have something eminent about them, in their valor, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction betwixt these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negro slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; though low people, without education, will start up amongst us, and distinguish themselves in every profession. In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments, like a parrot who speaks a few words plainly.
That looks extremely grisly and repellent to modern eyes, but the painful fact is that this was received opinion amongst the educated (and maybe uneducated) classes right across Europe, at that time.
Anyone who didn't think like this was the exception. And they are rare.
So you either tear down every statue or you put them in context. The latter is surely better.
As far as I know the NT isn't proposing to rename any of their properties, they simply want to provide more information to visitors, which seems about as far from "rewriting history" as it's possible to be. I'm not qualified to talk about the example you give since the only thing I know about Hume is his role in developing the quantity theory of money. Mind you, I think there is a difference between naming a building after somebody and simply having the building go by its street address, since the name of the street is outwith their control, and in any case who knows which George is being referred to? Could be George Clooney.
Given that David Hume was one of the greatest figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, I'd have thought Scottish institutions should be naming new buildings after him, not removing his name from existing ones, given the astonishing degree of ignorance there seems to be about him.
That's what I thought. But this is problematic:
I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufacturer amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the Whites, such as the ancient German, the present Tartars, still have something eminent about them, in their valor, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction betwixt these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negro slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; though low people, without education, will start up amongst us, and distinguish themselves in every profession. In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments, like a parrot who speaks a few words plainly.
What's problematic about it? Are we such snowflakes that we can't understand that attitudes in 1750 were very different from what we regard as acceptable today? No doubt they would find our attitudes and behaviour thoroughly reprehensible, come to that. None of that means that Hume wasn't a really major figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.
What's particularly irrational about this whole debate is that, if it wasn't for the Enlightenment, and the progress attributable to people like Hume, the world wouldn't have the notions of equality, human rights, democracy, fair courts, the rule of law, and all those other values by which these people are being measured.
I don't disagree with any of that. Hume is one of the world's great philosophers and everyone should read him. The question is a twenty first century one of whether rightly multicultural institutions should optionally name buildings after racists. It is different from Melville's Column previously mentioned. The guy's on top of that pillar, you can't pretend it's someone else. David Hume Tower is one of the better 1960's constructions that desecrated the rather elegant 18th C George Square. It would be called Coca Cola Tower if they stumped up enough cash. There is no historical or other link with David Hume.
As far as I know the NT isn't proposing to rename any of their properties, they simply want to provide more information to visitors, which seems about as far from "rewriting history" as it's possible to be. I'm not qualified to talk about the example you give since the only thing I know about Hume is his role in developing the quantity theory of money. Mind you, I think there is a difference between naming a building after somebody and simply having the building go by its street address, since the name of the street is outwith their control, and in any case who knows which George is being referred to? Could be George Clooney.
Given that David Hume was one of the greatest figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, I'd have thought Scottish institutions should be naming new buildings after him, not removing his name from existing ones, given the astonishing degree of ignorance there seems to be about him.
That's what I thought. But this is problematic:
I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufacturer amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the Whites, such as the ancient German, the present Tartars, still have something eminent about them, in their valor, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction betwixt these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negro slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; though low people, without education, will start up amongst us, and distinguish themselves in every profession. In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments, like a parrot who speaks a few words plainly.
And? We shouldn't judge what people said in the 18th century by today's standards. It was a different era, I'm sure if they could see how we live they'd find us all to be awful too.
It doesn't seem to be widely available. What do I need to look for if I want to buy something similar? I know nothing about wine apart from that specific one being delicious.
That's not a Chardonnay, it's a Trebbiano, so it won't be the wine you had (or else you were mistaken on the grape).
There are lots of good white wines from Puglia, and indeed all over Italy, nowadays.
For some reason, Chardonnay has always tasted of soap to me.
I think you've been drinking the wrong Chardonnays!
There must be an awful lot of the wrong sort, then. I think it's more likely something along the lines of the coriander phenomenon (a similarly loathsome taste for me).
There are a lot of over-blown Chardonnays. Anything cheap from Australia, for example. But a fine steely Chablis...
I understand your loathing of coriander. It has a very strong taste and smell, which can be disagreeable if over-used.
the UK did more than 16.4m tests Germany did 13.3m tests Italy did 8.8m tests France did 8.3m tests On testing relative to the size of a country's population, the UK ranks highly (over the same period): the UK did 246 tests for every 1,000 people compared with Germany which tested 160 per 1,000
the UK did more than 16.4m tests Germany did 13.3m tests Italy did 8.8m tests France did 8.3m tests On testing relative to the size of a country's population, the UK ranks highly (over the same period): the UK did 246 tests for every 1,000 people compared with Germany which tested 160 per 1,000
Isn't that slightly misleading as we include the antibody testing in our figures, which in managing a pandemic/exponential growth therein isn't useful.
It doesn't seem to be widely available. What do I need to look for if I want to buy something similar? I know nothing about wine apart from that specific one being delicious.
That's not a Chardonnay, it's a Trebbiano, so it won't be the wine you had (or else you were mistaken on the grape).
There are lots of good white wines from Puglia, and indeed all over Italy, nowadays.
For some reason, Chardonnay has always tasted of soap to me.
I think you've been drinking the wrong Chardonnays!
There must be an awful lot of the wrong sort, then. I think it's more likely something along the lines of the coriander phenomenon (a similarly loathsome taste for me).
There are a lot of over-blown Chardonnays. Anything cheap from Australia, for example. But a fine steely Chablis...
I understand your loathing of coriander. It has a very strong taste and smell, which can be disagreeable if over-used.
Before every single Presidential election we are always told it may decide Supreme Court for a generation.
The reality is you never know. Unexpected things can happen.
Thomas is 72, Alito 70, Roberts 65 - sure they may well all go on another 10+ years but it's far from certain - if the Democrats now get two terms they might replace two of them.
Plus you have Roberts being more centrist on some issues.
Finally with religion in steep decline, even from a high base, it's not going to be tenable for the Supreme Court to push things too far.
the UK did more than 16.4m tests Germany did 13.3m tests Italy did 8.8m tests France did 8.3m tests On testing relative to the size of a country's population, the UK ranks highly (over the same period): the UK did 246 tests for every 1,000 people compared with Germany which tested 160 per 1,000
Isn't that slightly misleading as we include the antibody testing in our figures, which in managing a pandemic/exponential growth therein isn't useful.
The UK has a large antibody testing *capacity* but isn't using it much
the UK did more than 16.4m tests Germany did 13.3m tests Italy did 8.8m tests France did 8.3m tests On testing relative to the size of a country's population, the UK ranks highly (over the same period): the UK did 246 tests for every 1,000 people compared with Germany which tested 160 per 1,000
Isn't that slightly misleading as we include the antibody testing in our figures, which in managing a pandemic/exponential growth therein isn't useful.
According to the BBC, which is were i copy pasted it from, they are just the number of antigen tests.
As far as I know the NT isn't proposing to rename any of their properties, they simply want to provide more information to visitors, which seems about as far from "rewriting history" as it's possible to be. I'm not qualified to talk about the example you give since the only thing I know about Hume is his role in developing the quantity theory of money. Mind you, I think there is a difference between naming a building after somebody and simply having the building go by its street address, since the name of the street is outwith their control, and in any case who knows which George is being referred to? Could be George Clooney.
Given that David Hume was one of the greatest figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, I'd have thought Scottish institutions should be naming new buildings after him, not removing his name from existing ones, given the astonishing degree of ignorance there seems to be about him.
That's what I thought. But this is problematic:
I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufacturer amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the Whites, such as the ancient German, the present Tartars, still have something eminent about them, in their valor, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction betwixt these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negro slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; though low people, without education, will start up amongst us, and distinguish themselves in every profession. In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments, like a parrot who speaks a few words plainly.
What's problematic about it? Are we such snowflakes that we can't understand that attitudes in 1750 were very different from what we regard as acceptable today? No doubt they would find our attitudes and behaviour thoroughly reprehensible, come to that. None of that means that Hume wasn't a really major figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.
What's particularly irrational about this whole debate is that, if it wasn't for the Enlightenment, and the progress attributable to people like Hume, the world wouldn't have the notions of equality, human rights, democracy, fair courts, the rule of law, and all those other values by which these people are being measured.
It's interesting to ponder what the unenlightened believed about race back then.
It doesn't seem to be widely available. What do I need to look for if I want to buy something similar? I know nothing about wine apart from that specific one being delicious.
That's not a Chardonnay, it's a Trebbiano, so it won't be the wine you had (or else you were mistaken on the grape).
There are lots of good white wines from Puglia, and indeed all over Italy, nowadays.
For some reason, Chardonnay has always tasted of soap to me.
I think you've been drinking the wrong Chardonnays!
There must be an awful lot of the wrong sort, then. I think it's more likely something along the lines of the coriander phenomenon (a similarly loathsome taste for me).
There are a lot of over-blown Chardonnays. Anything cheap from Australia, for example. But a fine steely Chablis...
I understand your loathing of coriander. It has a very strong taste and smell, which can be disagreeable if over-used.
Coriander is wonderful and you can’t have too much of it.
But I believe Nigel is referring to a phenomenon where for a minority of people, coriander tastes quite different, for some genetic reason
the UK did more than 16.4m tests Germany did 13.3m tests Italy did 8.8m tests France did 8.3m tests On testing relative to the size of a country's population, the UK ranks highly (over the same period): the UK did 246 tests for every 1,000 people compared with Germany which tested 160 per 1,000
Isn't that slightly misleading as we include the antibody testing in our figures, which in managing a pandemic/exponential growth therein isn't useful.
The UK has a large antibody testing *capacity* but isn't using it much
the UK did more than 16.4m tests Germany did 13.3m tests Italy did 8.8m tests France did 8.3m tests On testing relative to the size of a country's population, the UK ranks highly (over the same period): the UK did 246 tests for every 1,000 people compared with Germany which tested 160 per 1,000
Isn't that slightly misleading as we include the antibody testing in our figures, which in managing a pandemic/exponential growth therein isn't useful.
According to the BBC, which is were i copy pasted it from, there are number of antigen tests.
Romney's statement is very carefully worded. He is not committing to supporting whoever Trump might nominate; instead, he's committing only to decide on the basis of the merits of the candidate, which is fair enough.
A twenty year term limit would fix that. Imposed by an incoming Democratic Congress, it would still allow a 5-4 Republican Court led by Roberts for the entire term of the next Presidency, so would be an entirely even handed reform.
He comes across as a man who senses that he is losing, but isn’t quite sure to whom. It isn’t the virus, nor is it the opposition. He is being beaten by his own unfitness to do the job, and there is no campaign to remedy that.
It doesn't seem to be widely available. What do I need to look for if I want to buy something similar? I know nothing about wine apart from that specific one being delicious.
That's not a Chardonnay, it's a Trebbiano, so it won't be the wine you had (or else you were mistaken on the grape).
There are lots of good white wines from Puglia, and indeed all over Italy, nowadays.
For some reason, Chardonnay has always tasted of soap to me.
I find it cloying. But I'm a budget wine drinker. Perhaps if I was prepared to go above £4.95.
Republicans are probably going to confirm someone before the election, and wait for the Democrats to talk about stuffing the court to motivate the evangelical voters out.
I would have thought the most sensible thing for the President to do would to put forward someone the Evangelicals absolutely love, and allow them to be vetoed by Murkowski, Gardner and Collins. And to do this *before* the election.
This burnishes the Senators bipartisan credentials before the election and improves their chance of re-election. While simultaneously saying to the Evangelicals, "look, I tried really hard to get someone you'd really love".
The real nominee would then be approved during the lame duck session, irrespective of the result of the Presidential election. (And could be William Barr if the President loses.)
That’s the other option, but would give the Dems more justification for stuffing the court after the election without mentioning it before, and also motivate their base to turn out.
There’s also the risk of a couple of recalcitrant Senators throwing a spanner in the works as an FU to Trump.
Complex game theory in action!
Yeah that's 12d chess thinking.
Trump will nominate Amy Coney Barrett, a judge who thinks the law distracts from her primary job of creating the Kingdom of God, and get her confirmed and then, I don't know, repeal Griswold all before Biden gets in.
The Florida woman is just as likely, as she has form in attempting to fix elections. Would suit Trump's transactional nature.
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This burnishes the Senators bipartisan credentials before the election and improves their chance of re-election. While simultaneously saying to the Evangelicals, "look, I tried really hard to get someone you'd really love".
The real nominee would then be approved during the lame duck session, irrespective of the result of the Presidential election. (And could be William Barr if the President loses.)
Quite amazingly, it’s up to the Senate themselves how they define the nominee to have been confirmed, so the majority required has been slowly eroded to a simple majority over time, as partisanship replaced consensus in the Senate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appointment_and_confirmation_to_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
I would hope even Romney might find a spine if it came to Barr being nominee.
This might be "clarified", but the gym i used to do classes have messaged members to say the response they got was that gym classes don't count in this ban on indoor organized sport and will continue as normal (with more than 6 people)
https://twitter.com/LaurentFavre/status/1308416341905416193
There’s also the risk of a couple of recalcitrant Senators throwing a spanner in the works as an FU to Trump.
Complex game theory in action!
Or perhaps just the kind that you learned when young, and left it at that.
I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufacturer amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the Whites, such as the ancient German, the present Tartars, still have something eminent about them, in their valor, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction betwixt these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negro slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; though low people, without education, will start up amongst us, and distinguish themselves in every profession. In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he is admired for slender accomplishments, like a parrot who speaks a few words plainly.
https://twitter.com/mcgregormt/status/1308431459913478144
Hopefully they won't do it literally, once they trace the sounds of spinning to Calton Hill...
Now, about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar...
There are lots of good white wines from Puglia, and indeed all over Italy, nowadays.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54246686
This is, of course, sucky for McSally. The last thing she wants to do in a very competitive Senate race is be stuck in Washington while Mark Kelly is campaigning in Arizona.
The thing about Italian Wines is that they go well with food, and what you think of them often surprisingly hangs on what you were eating at the time. Buy the same wine and drink it on its own and you will find it too acidic.
Trebbiano, which is the grape of your linked bottle, mostly makes plonk, or is so bad that it is turned into brandy instead. Or used to make vinegar.
The best reasonable widely available Trebbianos are from Orvieto. Orvieto DOC wines do come in sweet and off dry styles as well as dry.
(...ducks incoming turnip.)
Without it the numbers look....well....
What's particularly irrational about this whole debate is that, if it wasn't for the Enlightenment, and the progress attributable to people like Hume, the world wouldn't have the notions of equality, human rights, democracy, fair courts, the rule of law, and all those other values by which these people are being measured.
And good riddance to McSally.
"A song that people in our movement will be listening to for decades to come"
That was labour, once, less than a year ago. Now it's Starmers. He must have been so despairing over the last few years when this lot ran things.
Trump will nominate Amy Coney Barrett, a judge who thinks the law distracts from her primary job of creating the Kingdom of God, and get her confirmed and then, I don't know, repeal Griswold all before Biden gets in.
I think it's more likely something along the lines of the coriander phenomenon (a similarly loathsome taste for me).
Anyone who didn't think like this was the exception. And they are rare.
So you either tear down every statue or you put them in context. The latter is surely better.
"...from free speech, to democracy, to...err..."
And no one was 'attacking local test and trace'. They were lamenting the lack of it.
Didiculous.
I understand your loathing of coriander. It has a very strong taste and smell, which can be disagreeable if over-used.
the UK did more than 16.4m tests
Germany did 13.3m tests
Italy did 8.8m tests
France did 8.3m tests
On testing relative to the size of a country's population, the UK ranks highly (over the same period): the UK did 246 tests for every 1,000 people compared with Germany which tested 160 per 1,000
What's France's excuse for doing so few tests?
Sounds like Romford on a Saturday night.
The reality is you never know. Unexpected things can happen.
Thomas is 72, Alito 70, Roberts 65 - sure they may well all go on another 10+ years but it's far from certain - if the Democrats now get two terms they might replace two of them.
Plus you have Roberts being more centrist on some issues.
Finally with religion in steep decline, even from a high base, it's not going to be tenable for the Supreme Court to push things too far.
See Pillar 3 - https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/testing
https://www.bbc.com/news/54181291
But I believe Nigel is referring to a phenomenon where for a minority of people, coriander tastes quite different, for some genetic reason
Imposed by an incoming Democratic Congress, it would still allow a 5-4 Republican Court led by Roberts for the entire term of the next Presidency, so would be an entirely even handed reform.
https://twitter.com/ogiovetti/status/1307640183307862027?s=20
"When I was prosecuting terrorists, the current Mayor of London was their lawyer!"
With COVID, your focus should be to use testing to find the disease, not wait for the disease to come to you.
Would suit Trump's transactional nature.
You do have to wonder what planet they are on.
Apparently 100 million a month is suggested , just the amount Manchester United are considering paying for one player
Not one penny should be given to these clubs who pay millions for players and millions a week for wages
Time to take an axe to the number of players on their books and their salaries if they are so hard up