tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102603322024-03-15T18:12:31.134-07:00Bill BucyAll the truth. Nothing but the truth. So, help me.billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.comBlogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-67423653716921844462023-07-19T13:49:00.004-07:002023-07-21T08:12:23.807-07:00Old Isn't Historic<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAO3s225OwhcguMI5ux4GOaCB134Gsm4Zhx7WRbg3f7wkuXLGZODd0qqwhpq2pMuPAtyaVROrYGNuT0-rjxcSB8rHGWFBrj9QaPIEZ-_ZbR8HAq-jHeSlYSQbtUOt4-aVWZE9OLRBTs_prKM6xzCuQEPikwQOd3V9fiCjrSdIeYbXKsYDA1rjn/s225/download.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAO3s225OwhcguMI5ux4GOaCB134Gsm4Zhx7WRbg3f7wkuXLGZODd0qqwhpq2pMuPAtyaVROrYGNuT0-rjxcSB8rHGWFBrj9QaPIEZ-_ZbR8HAq-jHeSlYSQbtUOt4-aVWZE9OLRBTs_prKM6xzCuQEPikwQOd3V9fiCjrSdIeYbXKsYDA1rjn/s1600/download.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Thomas Foon Chew was at one time the wealthiest Chinese American in California and, undoubtedly, one of the wealthiest Chinese immigrants in the nation. Despite laws barring Asians from owning property in California, in 1918 Foon (he preferred that name) obtained four acres of land in Palo Alto, California and created Bayside Canning Company. </p><p><br />Foon's success resulted from not only business savvy but common sense because what is now Silicon Valley was once known as "The Valley of the Heart's Delight," a lush spread of agricultural land producing a panoply of fruits and vegetables. </p><p>At his death in 1932 Foon's funeral parade ran along Grant Street in San Francisco, the heart of the largest Chinese community in the West and was watched by 25,000 people. He was important to many people in many ways. </p><p>The current owner of the Palo Alto property wants to tear down the empty Foon building and construct houses. And that has created a bigger controversy than a Chinese man actually owning real estate ever did.</p><p>One camp argues tearing down the old building -- which hasn't housed the cannery in 82 years -- would desecrate an historic site, particularly since Foon was not only wealthy but overcame discrimination to succeed. Surely, they argue, at least the basic design could be preserved as a reminder of the original. </p><p>Others contend the empty 100,000-square-foot building is ugly and useless as it stands. Housing is badly needed. There are far better ways to honor Foon's contribution to the community than preserving a decrepit structure. </p><p>That this debate rages (if anything can rage in Palo Alto) is the result of people confusing 'old' with 'historic.' </p><p>Nothing historic ever occurred at Bayside Canning. Although it employed thousands of people over the years and sent untold tons of food around the nation, it only operated for 23 years. Foon also ran a larger facility about 30 miles south of Palo Alto in the Alviso district. People were more exercised when Fry's Electronics closed itss store in the Palo Alto cannery building than when the packing lines stopped. </p><p>In the 37 years I've lived in Palo Alto I have never heard of any movement to honor Foon. Only when someone proposed tearing down something old did people opposed to housing growth different than single family homes seize upon the age of the Bayside Canning building as ammunition in its war to stifle change. </p><p>My home was built in 1926 about a half-mile from Bayside Canning. It contains features that reflect design trends of the era. Visitors frequently describe it as charming. I have lived in it far longer than Bayside Canning operated. I am sure that the next owner will raze it and build a larger, taller replacement with plenty of room for a family. </p><p>I am also certain that no one will rise up to demand the distinctively shaped front window be preserved or the roof of the new house be flat with tile around the edges or the preservation of any other element reminiscent of the current structure. </p><p>That scenario is fine by me. Being old doesn't necessarily mean someone is wise. Being old doesn't necessarily make a building historic. Sometimes the best contribution of an old person or an old building can offer is to get out of the way and let the future happen. </p>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-82455186501062047792023-06-30T10:49:00.002-07:002023-07-01T14:59:23.232-07:00Guerilla College Affirmative Action<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl4W4xtbtnAuOqnZY-WXpk6V1vFzFqXVe0jj6zyhK0DNaNldV2d2_3cEk7_Q4XM5JdYZqoibvZCrjckUU2WO5IKu3M1-n0emDgBLz5gwan5U0mBSGD6dCcUHey8Z1g8sr_2m8K4_v1H2_nBwYkXwDwocC6IP2QHT86BWQckjELnNeeePenIege" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="801" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl4W4xtbtnAuOqnZY-WXpk6V1vFzFqXVe0jj6zyhK0DNaNldV2d2_3cEk7_Q4XM5JdYZqoibvZCrjckUU2WO5IKu3M1-n0emDgBLz5gwan5U0mBSGD6dCcUHey8Z1g8sr_2m8K4_v1H2_nBwYkXwDwocC6IP2QHT86BWQckjELnNeeePenIege=w147-h110" width="147" /></a></div> The self-righteous majority on the Supreme Court, having declared affirmative action dead, are likely celebrating. But, cloistered in universities, legal libraries and court chambers for most of their adult lives, they are unaware their supposed victory is no victory at all. <p></p><p>It is almost absurdly easy for university entrance departments to ensure a diverse student body by deliberately admitting a cadre of minority students each year. </p><p>A careful reading of applications, essays and recommendations can be as enlightening as a photograph. Home and school addresses can be checked against demographic information. Household income in financial aid applications can be another indication of one's race, although sadly. Interning with the United Farmworkers union and fluency in Spanish is a pretty good sign of ethnicity as is a last name ending in the letter Z. </p><p>Seven of the eight Ivy League colleges as well as other elite schools such as the remaining members of the Seven Sisters women-only institutions require interviews with alums as part of the process. I sincerely doubt applicants are placed behind screens during the discussions. </p><p>Unfortunately, many students worry about reverse discrimination. Tyler Austin Harper, an assistant professor at Bates College <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/opinion/college-admissions-affirmative-action.html" target="_blank">wrote in the New York Times</a> about his time working as an admissions consultant. He came across students seeking help in sounding less Asian because they feared top universities ignored their qualifications in the name of diversity. Some students Harper counseled wanted to appear "less rich and less white."</p><p>Fears of ongoing discrimination are well founded. The University of California at Berkeley bans the use of race in admissions. It's undergraduate enrollment is 19.5 percent Asian despite the fact 55 percent of the state's high school population is Asian.</p><p>In a brief supporting the losing side in the court's affirmative decision, the University of California system stated, "UC's experience demonstrates that the race-neutral measures which it has diligently pursued for 25 years have been inadequate to meaningfully increase student-body diversity and that the problem is most acute at its most selective campuses."</p><p>Perhaps UC and other elite institutions should be less diligent, more street smart and make a real commitment to a diverse student body.</p><p><br /></p>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-53929548057166040412023-06-19T13:28:00.001-07:002023-06-19T13:30:11.722-07:00Movies That Must Be Made<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Some years ago I attended a movie premiere and joked to producer </span><a href="https://janetyang.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Janet Yang</a><span style="text-align: left;"> (</span><i style="text-align: left;">The Joy Luck Club; The People vs Larry Flynt; The Weight of Water</i><span style="text-align: left;">) that I was likely the only person in the room who didn't have an idea for a screenplay.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></div><div><br />Since then, Covid and Donald Trump persuaded me that my innate anti-authoritarian streak was to be embraced rather than suppressed. And my imagination has run rampant fueled by long hours of idleness. I would never share my ideas with Janet because her innate grace and good manners would force her to stifle a desire to flee. But I'm happy to offer one here because the three people who might read it can simply cancel me with a click.</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></blockquote><div> <b>The Monarch and Me</b>. This dramedy is best suited for a UK or Europeans limited cable series because it could turn into a documentary. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztAHJR7D-t-Pbr-5g4xY6HMOHqFusU0-o1DoZfC5GcHa5An0yGnGLpQP_JMDIz083-xHi6afRLUmQ9SKdq48xR1bveg0Unwi6WH95UUJ2M2JD1hCLaByD9jRwz32DMbcXRNHqjDn_YLUuEi67HrN928uZDJ-wXOKhDpJ8p7Plp9--S__470qB/s1280/2x3-united-kingdom-flag-image__09659.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztAHJR7D-t-Pbr-5g4xY6HMOHqFusU0-o1DoZfC5GcHa5An0yGnGLpQP_JMDIz083-xHi6afRLUmQ9SKdq48xR1bveg0Unwi6WH95UUJ2M2JD1hCLaByD9jRwz32DMbcXRNHqjDn_YLUuEi67HrN928uZDJ-wXOKhDpJ8p7Plp9--S__470qB/w112-h112/2x3-united-kingdom-flag-image__09659.jpg" width="112" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A new monarch has moved into Buckingham Palace, one with a hidden agenda and a really smart lawyer. Shortly after the coronation she (I prefer a female in the role) dissolves Parliament, something entirely within her purview. She refuses to recall the lawmakers unless they call an election and pledge in a legally binding way to enact fundamental reforms such as increased healthcare spending, a fair immigration policy and stringent environmental protections. </div><div><br /></div><div>Of course everyone goes crazy save for the civil service, which keeps life ticking over while the politicos muck things up. With no written constitution there's no lawful way to oust a monarch and a coup is out of the question because the many factions and parties cannot agree on how to handle the aftermath. Besides, everyone in the military has sworn before god to offer their loyalty to the crown. </div><div><br /></div><div>The queen begins assuming more direct control of government, ruling through an advisory board - like in the old days actually. She doesn't bother with perceptions and declines to deal with what she considers the minor matters parliament once embraced so dearly. Polls start to indicate the people warming to her quick decision making and lack of pretense. The only ones in a lather are those who have lost status and power.</div><div><br /></div><div>Other nations didn't know what to make of the initial situation. Friendlies were patronizing, assuming things would return to the old ways after the queen made her point about... whatever. Enemies primed to take full advantage of the unsettled situation until a cadre of senior UK military leaders made it abundantly clear they would tolerate no mucking about, particularly with their newly bolstered budgets. </div><div><br /></div><div>Eventually power-starved parliamentarians accede to the queen's demands. An election is called and a campaign run. The last scene is of the queen watching returns on televisions as news anchors excitedly report a spontaneous and almost universal voter boycott in support for the way the queen is running things. The last shot is the queen looking into the camera with a sly, knowing grin on her face. </div>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-7033599024105540662021-01-29T10:50:00.001-08:002021-01-29T10:50:38.915-08:00Five Things I'm Gonna Do This Year<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rt69mkg4g14/YBRYpFQrbrI/AAAAAAAADjA/A0ytOpYjtBY0HWTHj-8PRI2_ypfBAWKKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1498/6570b1f329ab551ca19b4e1d82c2bb95.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1498" height="203" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rt69mkg4g14/YBRYpFQrbrI/AAAAAAAADjA/A0ytOpYjtBY0HWTHj-8PRI2_ypfBAWKKwCLcBGAsYHQ/w203-h203/6570b1f329ab551ca19b4e1d82c2bb95.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><b> Get a new grill and use the heck out of it. </b>My beloved natural gas grill still mostly works but is 21 years old not quite up to the food adventures I have planned. So I'm sort of set on a shiny Weber Summit E-470, which not only has the essential rotisserie but a nifty little side burner to keep my Hali'imalie General Store recipe grill sauce warm. Plenty of room for a couple of goat legs or a pile of ribs. <p></p><p><b>Step up my tomato growing. </b>Bigger containers for bigger plants and more fruit. Yep. </p><p><b>Get back to Hawaii. </b>We used to visit at least once a year but the pandemic forced us to cancel twice. Unacceptable. Once we're fully immunized we're checking in at the Napili Point Resort and running off to the Tin Roof, Sam Sato's and D.T. Fleming Beach. Indolence at its best. </p><p><b>Hang Out at La Bodeguita del Medio. </b>Assuming Dr. Fauci and President Joe finally kick Covid's butt I plan to return to my favorite seat at my favorite bar and torture the bartenders and servers with the compendium of bad jokes and boring anecdotes I've been crafting since indoor service was banned way back when. Oh, they will come to hate me, they truly will. </p><p><b>Visit Portland more often. </b>Given the boiling conflict fostered by mouth-breathing adherents of Antifa and the latest trending fascist boy's club I must help my baby brother fortify his apartment and lay in a supply of booze and tactical nuclear weapons. What fun. </p>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-10402759418575287082020-12-20T10:25:00.002-08:002020-12-21T10:47:11.571-08:00Notary No More<p> A few years ago I set myself up as a mobile notary public. Not much money to say the least but it got me out of the house and I met some interesting people - a few of them famous. I've still got about 18 months on my commission but I'm calling it quits now because of SARS-CoV-2 aka Covid-19 and the fact that too damn many people who want my services don't take it seriously. </p><p>I live in Palo Alto where more than 40 percent of the residents hold graduate degrees of one kind or another. In some age brackets that figure approaches 65 percent. Similar numbers are found in the surrounding communities. I understand educational attainment doesn't necessarily equate with such personal factors as common sense but I thought it at least indicated an ability to absorb and rationally analyze information. It seems I was wrong. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k5llj1t5Ej0/X9-Vc274mbI/AAAAAAAADh4/sAWE9Og1jT4H8Ax7-cjhdgZcGEFSvtlfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s750/o.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="750" height="222" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k5llj1t5Ej0/X9-Vc274mbI/AAAAAAAADh4/sAWE9Og1jT4H8Ax7-cjhdgZcGEFSvtlfgCLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h222/o.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br />Even in multi-degreed Palo Alto it was common for people to greet me at their front door sans mask and don one only after we sat down next to each other at a table. Upon my arrival at the home of a retired Stanford professor, he noted my mask and asked if I had any risk factors. "I'm old," I replied. "Not good enough," he said. "I'm asthmatic." "Good enough," he responded pulling a mask from his pocket. <br /><p></p><p>Then there was the small venture capital firm staffed by young hotshots. I arrived one day to find six of them in the open-plan office, none wearing a mask. As they were about 30 feet away and I had mine on, I let it pass. Unfortunately, the person signing the documents didn't put one on when he walked into the small office I was using. And so on. </p><p>I suppose I could have resolved to simply walk away from such situations but the benefits of the notary work didn't outweigh the potential negativity of repeatedly telling people to fuck off. </p><p>Bill being Bill it was also guaranteed that at some point I would have blown up over the fact that these supposedly educated people were not only acting stupidly but putting my health and possibly my life at risk. I came close one day when I asked the two people at the table if they ever wore masks at work. "No," said the boss. "It's just the two of us in the office and we've both tested negative."</p><p>A few extra dollars was nice and it was even nicer to feel useful. But I don't need the money and the ego strokes don't justify dealing with people who act stupidly and treat me with disdain.</p><p><br /></p>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-55434601928283532652020-12-16T13:33:00.001-08:002020-12-16T13:33:41.187-08:00Five Things We Need To Cope With Covid-19<p>The Covid vaccines are here but it will be months before jabs are widely enough available to seriously affect the pandemic's spread. There remains plenty of time for innovators to step up and help us cope with its impact on our daily lives. Here are five needed now:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l5AvyaQtFAw/X9p7CuveYhI/AAAAAAAADhY/mrLsREvd6gwU5XM4MmaBUxhSsg5mfcTjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1376/a-guide-to-qr-codes-and-how-to-scan-qr-codes-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1376" height="140" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l5AvyaQtFAw/X9p7CuveYhI/AAAAAAAADhY/mrLsREvd6gwU5XM4MmaBUxhSsg5mfcTjQCLcBGAsYHQ/w245-h140/a-guide-to-qr-codes-and-how-to-scan-qr-codes-1.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><p></p><p>Compressed masks. You find a parking spot in the last row at the grocery store. Two-thirds of the way to the front door (of course it's raining) you realize you forgot to mask up. Rather the make the soggy slog back to your vehicle, you pop open a small capsule hanging by a chain from a zipper pull and out flies a rapidly decompressing single-use mask. </p><p>Instant testing for consumers. Peel the adhesive QR code from its backing, place it on the inside of your forearm, wait five minutes and scan with the reader on your phone. Password-protected results are immediately available as is a rolling two-week database of past results. </p><p>Takeaway food containers that actually keep their contents hot, or at least acceptably warm, for a specific amount of time. Any time requested beyond a minimum guaranteed by the restaurant costs on a sliding fee basis. </p><p>Sound blocking for Zoom. Open this app while in a Zoom meeting and the only sound the others hear from your end will be your voice. </p><p>No mask shaming app. This app connects the camera on your phone to a computer running a facial recognition program. When you snap a shot of some idiot without a mask it identifies the guilty party, and posts the photo to electronic billboards sited on major thoroughfares throughout the miscreant's home Zip Code. The photo stays visible for 10 seconds at a time and remains in rotation for 24 hours -- longer for repeat offenders. </p>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-59063995637068875972020-11-18T08:36:00.000-08:002020-11-18T08:36:52.699-08:00Why Younger Leaders Get My Vote<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VsFikOJsMMQ/X7VLX26LKuI/AAAAAAAADgc/ElX8rz-i3b0LAqyOp3LvqMa1bYv0kE4XgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1617/UKYUMSDULUI6VKN5T6FVSMYA2A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="1617" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VsFikOJsMMQ/X7VLX26LKuI/AAAAAAAADgc/ElX8rz-i3b0LAqyOp3LvqMa1bYv0kE4XgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/UKYUMSDULUI6VKN5T6FVSMYA2A.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Everyone has their list of priorities when it comes to deciding who will receive their vote. I've revised my list and my new No. 1 is age -- the younger one wins. <p></p><p>Joe Biden is 78. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is 80. "Moscow Mitch" McConnell runs the Senate at age 78 and Minority Leader Charles Schumer is 69. </p><p>Thank goodness Kamala Harris is only 56. </p><p>I do not completely discount life experience as valuable in a leader. A few miles on one's personal odometer teaches us what works and what doesn't in navigating through life. At best, experience helps us avoid making the same mistakes if not twice, then at least not too often. </p><p>But studies show the older someone gets the harder it is for them to quickly absorb new information and reach a decision. Old solutions become the fallback when confronted with a new crisis or challenge. Memories naturally fade. In leaders, the desire to remain relevant can overtake the desire to do the right thing. </p><p>Is there a better example of bad judgement by an older leader than Pelosi's plan to host a dinner party for 50 people while the latest wave of the pandemic washes over us? And I'll bet it wasn't 81-year-old Majority Leader Stenny Hoyer who talked her into canceling it. </p><p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint Harris' successor in the Senate. Whoever he selects will work alongside Diane Feinstein who, at age 87, is the oldest sitting senator. Only five other senators were older than Feinstein when serving, including Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who rolled onto the floor at age 100. </p><p>Please.</p><p>We will not benefit from the ideas and energy needed to deal with the issues of our century by electing, or sticking with, leaders likely to fail their next driver's license test. Experience is good, but has its limit in decision making. New must be the new new. </p>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-82581748397675624422020-11-02T11:14:00.000-08:002020-11-02T11:14:33.033-08:00Today's Food Should Be Eaten Tomorrow<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am mostly enjoying Jim Harrison's book of food essays, <i>The Raw and the Cooked. </i> I modify my reaction for only a few reasons but I hold them to be important. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First, Harrison eats so much I almost get bloated turning the page. (He justifies this by claiming a uniquely active metabolism and I won't call him a liar.) Harrison also has a penchant for tossing an entire head of garlic into a pot as readily as some cooks add a pinch of salt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What really prevents me from fully embracing his attachment to food is his insistence on eating what he cooks immediately. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SYo1ZB50DZI/X6BY5OokLXI/AAAAAAAADfw/jeg9bacuHv0hF5TF6aLVnQ-KqaFnfrKZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/perfect-pot-roast-3059803-hero-011-aa6d8c0ef73643a6962d31632e0916b4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SYo1ZB50DZI/X6BY5OokLXI/AAAAAAAADfw/jeg9bacuHv0hF5TF6aLVnQ-KqaFnfrKZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/perfect-pot-roast-3059803-hero-011-aa6d8c0ef73643a6962d31632e0916b4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Much of what Harrison cooks and what he declares he loves to eat would benefit from being set aside for a day or two to allow the ingredients to mate and spawn new flavors. Creative stews made with game and wild herbs are nicely prepared and then dished out for dinner that evening when a bit of patience would make them so much more delicious. At times I want to drag him off to a restaurant simply so the posole can be saved for and savored tomorrow. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">There are many dishes -- most of them familiar and popular -- that taste better when the ingredients hang out together for a time. Chili and lasagna insist on this. Meatloaf might takes great right out of the oven but can generate tears of gratitude when left untouched overnight. Split pea or lentil soup when cooked with a fatty ham hock? Indeed. Beef stew or pot roast braised with homemade broth. Pasta dishes involving cheeses. I even champion leftover pizza (even when eaten cold for breakfast as a hangover cure second only to menudo - which also should be left to mature after cooking.)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Really, Is there any food more appropriate to a menu featuring matured dishes than cassoulet? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am so enamored with letting food sit before eating that I created a fantasy restaurant named Leftovers. Most of the entrees would be offered as "today" and "yesterday." Some, like pizza, would also have a cold-hot option. Potatoes baked yesterday could be turned into mashed or twice-baked delights. Dairy could be fresh as hygiene and health are sort of important. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Since many Leftovers offerings could be classified as comfort foods the clientele might trend toward homesick college freshmen and the depressed. Still, if a customer leaves a restaurant feeling better than when she walked in, no one could deny success.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I plan to make some macaroni salad this week. A traditional (some might say banal) dish it offers a measure of creative freedom in selecting ingredients. Most important for me, though, is the fact it isn't finished until it is left in the refrigerator for hours or even a full day. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I expect to be quite pleased. </p>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-47786683328349902512020-10-24T11:32:00.002-07:002020-11-02T13:09:03.841-08:00The Long, Long Life of Covid-19<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HbP4fzv5RvY/X5RwCDcBS0I/AAAAAAAADek/iZP3InBzKo0hI1fj0b62Hz-34vHE-euUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s999/shutterstock_1678260511_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="999" height="161" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HbP4fzv5RvY/X5RwCDcBS0I/AAAAAAAADek/iZP3InBzKo0hI1fj0b62Hz-34vHE-euUgCLcBGAsYHQ/w286-h161/shutterstock_1678260511_0.jpg" width="286" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>As another Covid-19 tsunami washes over us we demand to know "When will this damn thing end?" Looking at the history of pandemics this corona virus and its spawn will undoubtedly live with us for a long, long time. </p><p>The septicemic and bubonic plagues, two of the three that erased half of Europe's population in the 14th century <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health-news/seriously-dont-worry-about-the-plague#Heres-how-the-plague-spreads" target="_blank">still emerge </a>about half a dozen times each year in the U.S. with about 7,000 reported globally. Given these once-dreaded Black Plagues are not transmitted between humans and are effectively treated with antibiotics they are unlikely to again ravage humanity. The 1957 influenza pandemic killed an <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31201-0/fulltext" target="_blank">estimated 1 million worldwide a</a>nd the 1968 outbreak of the "Hong Kong" flu as many as 4 million. HIV-AIDS was first identified in 1983 and still infects about <a href="https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/global-statistics" target="_blank">1.7 million people</a> each year. There are effective treatments that reduce the individual viral counts to near zero. There is no protective vaccine. </p><p>We can reasonably assume that a Covid-19 vaccine will eventually be developed and distributed widely enough to forestall a plague event like those in the 14th century. But vaccines only help the human immune system battle the virus. Vaccines do not wipe out the virus itself. And they certainly do nothing to ease the practical impacts of the pandemic or, more importantly, lessen lingering psychological pain. </p><p>Much sooner than later there will be a financial reckoning and the bill will be difficult for most of us to understand. A study by two Harvard economists published in JAMA the cost will top <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2771764" target="_blank">$16 trillion i</a>n the U.S. alone. That is about 90 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. More concretely the paper pegs the cost to a family of four at $200,000 over the lifetimes of its members. The Congressional Budget Office estimates <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56465" target="_blank">GDP growth </a>will reach pre-pandemic levels only in the second half of 2022. </p><p>Even before the Covid-19 outbreak was recognized as a global phenomenon academics launched a plethora of studies and surveys attempting to discern the psychological effects of the virus and disease as well as the measures taken to stymie its progress. Few found anything more than provided by a basic dose of common sense: people were more anxious, depressed and sleepless than normal; people with pre-existing mental issues exhibited higher incidences of these problems. Suggestions for relieving these symptoms of distress go no deeper than do the four words a physician says to a patient who wants to lose weight. </p><p>There is no reason to believe that demonstrable progress in controlling Covid-19 will provide relief to an anxious populace. The abysmal failure of so many politicians to offer leadership and solutions has been well-publicized. Future pronouncements and initiatives will hit a hard of wall of skepticism. The inevitable exposure of how the wealthy will buy places at the head of inoculation lines will generate equal or greater levels of anger. </p><p>Even if Covid-19 disappeared tomorrow it would continue to wreak havoc. This damn thing won't end for a long, long time. </p>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-34142709706598416622020-08-19T12:21:00.000-07:002020-08-19T12:21:15.652-07:00Let's Use Shame To Fight Covid-19<p>Wear a mask, wash your hands, keep six feet apart, don't gather in groups. </p><p>Pretty darn simple but some </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F3XDG2hktLc/Xz16o9O-q7I/AAAAAAAADcg/8wVWbhx4Qy4eLAREW7i8LxXGEDbAjW09QCLcBGAsYHQ/s639/ShameAdobeStock_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="639" height="218" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F3XDG2hktLc/Xz16o9O-q7I/AAAAAAAADcg/8wVWbhx4Qy4eLAREW7i8LxXGEDbAjW09QCLcBGAsYHQ/w328-h218/ShameAdobeStock_0.jpg" width="328" /></a></div>among us just don't want to play by those rules and its been demonstrated over and over they are risking the health of others. <p></p><p>What can be done? During the 1918 pandemic San Franciscans refusing to wear masks risked being hauled into special pandemic courts and slapped with heavy fines or some days in jail. Even though I rather like that idea, I realize such a move would be rather difficult in today's overly litigious society. Police have better things to do than develop writer's cramp handing out citations (although they should step up in egregious situations such as large parties.)</p><p>But there is shame, one of the most powerful tools we have to regulate behavior. Shame, what Sartre called the "immediate shudder which runs through me from head to foot" is fundamental and painful. Even the thought of the shame attached to a certain act is enough to deter someone from dancing down the wrong path.</p><p>Delivering shame is easy. Localized web sites and Youtube channels showing people flaunting the rules needed to fight Covid-19. Is your neighbor hosting 15 at a mid-summer dinner party? Grab a snap and post away, including the address. Don't know the names of the young jerks gathering at the beach or park? That's OK, just zoom in on the faces. This could be bigger than the Karen or Instant Karma vids so enjoyable to watch and actually have some impact on a serious issue. </p><p>There's always a downside, right? Pretty minimal in this case. The infraction is evident in the video or photo which was taken in public. Malice can hardly be attached because the poster likely doesn't know the people involved in the group hug or kegger. Crazy people seeking revenge? Don't require registration to post. </p><p>What fun. And for such a good cause. </p><p> </p>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-13753322153685545102020-08-08T16:11:00.005-07:002020-08-12T09:07:09.266-07:00Sorry About Your Loved One. Not. <p> <img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="474" height="114" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F2aL9zaeess/Xy8wJfDN6rI/AAAAAAAADbE/udiOI0ybfagRlzSxj8jFDvMgbjre54_cgCLcBGAsYHQ/w155-h114/CE21A011-5C3E-4FE3-AD57-81D18C06110C.jpg" width="155" /> Dear Mr., Mrs, Ms., Mrx, Msx etc.:</p><p>I have no intention of visiting your grandparent/aunt/uncle/mother/father at [insert name of health care facility] to notarize their signature(s) on their estate documents/deed of trust/power of attorney or any other document that requires the imprint of a notary stamp for legal validation.</p><p>I offer two reasons for this blanket declaration, something I never would have made as little as six months ago. </p><p> The first involves hygiene. Health care facilities at the best of times are incubators of germs and viruses, some of which have yet to be discovered by science and many of which cause incurable diseases. But we are not living in the best of times. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused Covid-19 in about <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS694US694&ei=YQUvX6HbIILh9AO-oYjwCg&q=worldwide+deaths+from+covid+19&oq=worldwide+death&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQARgAMggIABCxAxCDATIICAAQsQMQgwEyAggAMggIABCxAxCDATICCAAyCAgAELEDEIMBMgIIADIFCAAQsQMyAggAMgIIADoECAAQRzoLCAAQsQMQgwEQkQI6CwguEMcBEKMCEJECOgsILhCxAxDHARCjAjoICC4QxwEQowI6BAgAEEM6CggAELEDEIMBEEM6BQgAEJECOgQILhBDOgcILhCxAxBDOgcIABCxAxBDOggIABCxAxCRAjoLCC4QxwEQrwEQkQJQxpYJWMSpCWC_vQloAHADeACAAWmIAfAJkgEEMTMuMpgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&sclient=psy-ab" target="_blank">19.4 million people worldwide, killing 700,000 </a>of them. Hospitals and other such petri dishes, notably nursing homes, are prime breeding grounds for and distributors of the virus. </p><p>My second reason is simpler. You want me to risk my health because you lack even a shred of foresight and common sense, qualities that would have prompted you to get the damn paperwork filled out and signed before the ingestion of who knows how many drugs became necessary to enable your loved one to simply grasp a pen. Your failure to take these simple steps is as dumb and disrespectful to others as not wearing a mask and standing too close together when in public. </p><p>I'm willing to bet you'll find someone with a notary commission willing to toddle over to [insert name of of health care facility] and complete the documents you ignored for so long but now deem so vital. I hope they charge you based on the level of risk they are running. Maybe that will teach you to think. For once. </p>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-50155156677528269092020-07-30T08:58:00.007-07:002020-07-30T19:48:31.150-07:00How President Biden Will Disappoint MeI am sure <a href="https://joebiden.com/" target="_blank">President Joe Biden</a> will disappointment me, <div>likely several times in several ways. <div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XKKJkOVnseo/XyLnww9dLRI/AAAAAAAADaY/4aWNUDe3xGEOs_TlWDQIfrgHp_6Hs_9zACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/200317-joe-biden-ac-1158p_17b6545fd63ab0f73322b0f7e7c051b3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="170" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XKKJkOVnseo/XyLnww9dLRI/AAAAAAAADaY/4aWNUDe3xGEOs_TlWDQIfrgHp_6Hs_9zACLcBGAsYHQ/w256-h170/200317-joe-biden-ac-1158p_17b6545fd63ab0f73322b0f7e7c051b3.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For one thing, he probably won't choose an attorney general who pledges to focus the Justice Department's considerable resources on putting Donald J. Trump and every one of his political appointees into super-max prisons.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Even with a Democrat majority in both houses of Congress, he likely won't propose a 99 percent tax on personal wealth of more than $1 billion and channel the money into a free college education for anyone who legitimately gains admission. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">No way will Biden tell Vladimir Putin to kiss his Irish butt. He probably will refrain from sharing the same sentiment with MBS, Viktor Orban, Rodrigo Duterte and all the other fascist dictators making life difficult for so many people. No, I just don't see him doing that. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I really doubt his plan to fight the spread of Covid-19 will include quarantining Florida, Texas, Arizona, every <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-30/coronavirus-usc-greek-row-covid-19-colleges-prep" target="_blank">college fraternity</a> and everyone who honestly believes that laws mandating the use of face masks is part of a plot to destroy all personal freedoms. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Other Biden disappointments will probably include declining to nominate Barack Obama as secretary of state, Tammy Duckworth as secretary of defense, and Alexander Vindman as national security advisor. </div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I forgive President Biden for disappointing me in these matters and the others that arise during his time in office. Giving him a pass on his mistakes is easy because I know he will make them while trying to do what is reasonable and - for the most part - good for all of us. Given recent history, that's enough for me. </div>billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-91462171682398225262020-07-13T10:13:00.000-07:002020-07-17T07:19:48.814-07:00Beware The "Veteran" Journalist<div class="separator">
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That two-word label undoubtedly was intended as a mark of respect or to lend credibility to something the journalist wrote or said. It implied expertise and knowledge based on length of service in a job or profession. Time equals wisdom, right?<o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t think so. I take the view of UCLA psychologist <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/social-brain-social-mind/201206/why-we-stop-learning-the-paradox-expertise" target="_blank">Matthew Lieberman </a>who wrote in Psychology Today that at some point in life, we stop learning and become "knowers."</div>
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Journalists are particularly vulnerable to this.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The longer a reporter covers politics the more often he or she references long-ago elections in the hope of providing context. It’s easy to reference the losing re-election efforts of one-term presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush when opining about Trump’s re-election campaign. But those defeats are irrelevant to the 2020 election because of drastically changed demographics, socio-political upheaval, and the demonstrable mental instability of the President himself.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And it’s not necessarily age the transition from learning to knowing and stasis. There are journalists of all ages who take the easy path and reach back to irrelevant ideas and stats to enhance their alleged sagacity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, should we ignore the “knowers” because they haven’t moved forward in their learning? Not at all. There are any number of worthwhile journalistic traditions and standards that remain relevant today and must be passed on an reinforced by writers and editors who worked under them and absorbed their value. Some of the best interviewers are those with enough experience to know when to push, pull back or even walk out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And, no, journalists don’t necessarily mentally check out when they hit a certain point in their career. Certainly some rely on their description as “veterans” to sustain the flow of paychecks. But others, who aren’t necessarily keeping up on every nuance of every minute change in society still have the smarts to understand what they can contribute and add to the knowledge of others. Those are the ones we should listen to.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When it comes to pandemics, we 21<sup>st</sup> century types aren’t coping with Covid-19 <span style="font-size: 12pt;">much </span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt;"></o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">differently than the good folks of the 14</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> century during the Black Death.</span><br />
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I drew this conclusion after watching a lecture series on the Black Death produced by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01MDP57UZ/ref=atv_hm_hom_3_c_iEmv74_brws_4_1">Great Courses and offered by Amazon Prime Video</a>. I understand that is rather morbid viewing compared to the many mood-lifting offers available, but I’m glad I hunkered down to several hours of fascinating, if dark, history lessons.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The first thing I figured out was Covid-19 is pretty much a wimp pandemic with a <a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-rate/" target="_blank">death rate of just 1.4 percent </a>of people infected. The i<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html" target="_blank">nfluenza pandemic of 1918</a> infected 500 million people – a third of the world’s population – and killed 50 million.<o:p></o:p></div>
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More importantly, the documentation by lecturer Dorsey Armstrong, a professor of medieval literature at Purdue, shows that in some ways we’re not coping with viral Covid-19 much differently than the good people of the 14<sup>th</sup> century did their brutal infectious assaults.<i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Armstrong notes during the later ‘Black Death” years, some ports ordered incoming ships, crew sand goods to remain offshore for forty days before entry, hence the word quarantine. In some cities, everyone in an infected person’s family was required to remain in their home until they were proved healthy. People in public covered their faces with floral bouquets or cloth infused with spices to fend off “miasmic” odors thought to carry the plague. During peak infestations the number of dead bodies overwhelmed the resources available to dispose of them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Armstrong makes clear medieval medicine was more mystic than scientific and nothing its guesswork offered prevented wave after wave of plague from killing millions of people. The greatest plague infestation of London ended in 1666 only when the ‘Great Fire’ ravaged the city and, consequently, its rat and flea populations. Even today there are no ‘cures’ for viral infections such as influenza or Covid-19 or any of their permutations. Yet, we desperately reach out for anything that even nips at the edge of the problem.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Prayer was no more effective during the 14<sup>th</sup> century than today. Then, the faithful asked why their spiritual leaders were dying in the same numbers as they if the priests are so close to God. Some scholars contend such widespread skepticism fed ideas that resulted in the Reformation. And, how many of us today have rolled our eyes when <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/bishop-gerald-glenn-coronavirus.html" target="_blank">some pastor defies </a>bans on church gatherings claiming god will out and, along with a couple dozen parishioners, comes down with Covid-19?<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the medieval world, science had no cure or prevention for the forms of plague that combined to create the Black Death. And science has no cure or prevention for Covid-19. People tried outlandish and irrational cures then and now. Sacrificing children? Drinking poisonous cleaning fluids?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes, cops can be charged with crimes just like the rest of us. With the spread of mobile phone cameras and social media, more are being held accountable for sometimes truly horrific acts, such as the deliberate murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Even then, they only receive a version of <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cases-police-officers-charged-shootings-66017791">justice light.</a> Floyd's murderer, Derek Chauvin, is actually <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/502451-officer-charged-with-killing-floyd-could-receive-more-than-1m-pension">eligible for a $50K annual pension</a> when he turns 50.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But each day, cops go to work knowing that unless they are particularly stupid, they can go about the business of pushing people around, physically assaulting them and, even, ruining their lives for a couple of reasons. One is a nasty legal doctrine called <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/qualified_immunity">qualified immunity.<o:p></o:p></a></div>
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Simply put, qualified immunity protects government officials acting in their assigned capacities from lawsuits unless their behavior is clearly illegal or unconstitutional. The notional concept behind this doctrine is to protect public employees from legal harassments simply for doing their jobs. In effect, it gives cops almost carte blanche to act as they will as long as they’re on the job.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Another brick in a protective wall surrounding bad cops is their unions. Organized unions go far beyond collective bargaining activities to make sure their members are treated fairly while on the job. This includes making sure members aren’t arbitrarily disciplined, including firing. Fair enough. But in the case of police unions this often means <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/police-unions-minneapolis-kroll.html">building roadblocks to even minor reforms</a>. It also allows them to get involved in deciding who will govern police departments.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To protect our homes (median price $3.1m per <a href="https://www.zillow.com/palo-alto-ca/home-values/">Zillow</a>) and businesses from an onslaught of rioters and looters protesting the police murder of black men, city officials have imposed a curfew from 8:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. This order, in effect until Friday the 13<sup>th</sup>, is entirely prospective as there have been scant protests and no violence whatsoever here marking the death of <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/us/george-floyd-officers-charges/index.html">George Floyd</a> or anyone else. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Outrage at the curfew has poured forth, particularly as expressed in the Palo Alto Weekly newspaper <a href="https://www.paloaltoonline.com/square/2020/06/02/palo-alto-imposes-10-day-curfew-starting-tuesday-night">Town Square forum</a>. Many residents have gone bonkers over the notion they can be charged with a misdemeanor for walking their rescue dogs before bedtime. Others are taking a higher road and claiming the city is shredding the U.S. Constitution.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Regardless of what the cops and the mayor says, and what our outraged citizenry seems to think, the curfew is designed to keep people of color out of town on the premise that they are the primary instigators of violence. Absent African-Americans on our streets during this trying time, we can feel safe is the idea. It’s sort of a 21<sup>st</sup> Century version of sundown laws.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The latest <a href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/paloaltocitycalifornia">U.S. Census</a> estimates say 60 percent of Palo Alto's <span style="font-size: 12pt;">65,364 residents were White. Asians, at 32 percent of the population, represented the largest minority group. Hispanics logged in at 6 percent. African-Americans represented just 2 percent of the city’s makeup.</span></div>
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billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-56097999553887203822017-08-11T09:22:00.000-07:002017-08-11T09:22:55.745-07:00What Happened to Gun Control?<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7ZACAZGMpGk/WY3Zhb3sbsI/AAAAAAAADCw/mnrG5kiYr6o0YP0sH94RKNIHz1A1FqG4ACK4BGAYYCw/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7ZACAZGMpGk/WY3Zhb3sbsI/AAAAAAAADCw/mnrG5kiYr6o0YP0sH94RKNIHz1A1FqG4ACK4BGAYYCw/s200/image.jpg" width="200" /></a>A CCW permit renewal notice from the <a href="https://www.azdps.gov/services/public/cwp">Arizona Department of Public Safety</a> sent me online to research the status of gun control efforts around the nation. The results were clear: Fergeddabout it.<br />
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In a way, the utter lack of any momentum behind tighter firearm controls is understandable. Our president believes it's a good idea to threaten war with a moody dictator who owns a nuclear arsenal. Republicans own the White House as well as Congress but still show no interest whatsoever in governing. Besides, the idea of Republicans bucking the NRA is the precise definition of a fanciful notion.<br />
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State lawmakers seem more focused on regulating where people can urinate than on public safety matters. Other than proposals to protect killer cops.<br />
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Nor are the courts helping matters. California has a raft of new gun control was but the first major challenge to them was successful when <a href="http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-large-capacity-magazines-gun-law-blocked-20170629-story.html">a judge ruled </a> banning high-capacity magazines interfered with citizens' second amendment rights. When the judge's order is appealed I plan to file an amicus brief that simply says, "Huh?"<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">They are hooked on it. Physical
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Never mind that convoluted
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</span>lip service to solving such nasty side effects as horrific traffic, insane
housing costs,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and let’s not even begin
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Jobs? That means more office
square footage so companies can boast they are headquartered in Palo Alto
rather than Mountain View or (OMG) Redwood City. Commercial leases per square
foot in some parts of Palo Alto are higher than those in Manhattan. It also
means thousands more people fighting for services and cars jamming streets well
away from their offices.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and service workers? Zillow posits Palo Alto’s median home price at about $2.6
million. Average rent for a one-bedroom apartment is $2,837, according to
Rentjungle. People looking to live a few miles south in Mountain View face
average one-bedroom rents $2,849. Anyone who could create a meaningful stock of
affordable housing in such a market would deserve canonization. Not going to
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revenue? New construction means more property tax money flowing into city
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Alto the right place to test the innate assumption that growth in and of itself
is good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yes, but it must be achieved
in a way that takes into account…” is an unacceptable answer because there is
no right way to cram more into Palo Alto’s borders without the consequence
we’re already coping with. The tap should either be on or off. And that
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Let’s say a crazed Turmpite
Republican is on the primary election ballot for whatever office in a
GOP-majority district. In the Democratic column are a couple of benign nobodies
everyone figures are just out for the free cookies at the candidate forums as
they have no chance of winning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Somehow a non-Trumpite Republican is persuaded to
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Democrat voters re-register as Republicans and
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Re-registered Democrats switch back for the general
election. Regardless of the outcome, there will be someone certified as
rational in office. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There might be a few, tiny
holes in this plan. But might not creative yet perfrectly legal tactics such as
this be one tactic to resist the fascist juggernaut? A few victories might even
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Think. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-47624968157036249692016-08-29T11:01:00.000-07:002016-08-29T11:01:12.748-07:00Trump's Plan for Russia<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-61HSz4mHS_Y/V8R4AQYpnWI/AAAAAAAAC9k/xs_mHmel3VIPI2dHnR2ud-Hek1vLU0VowCK4B/s1600/5495958_orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-61HSz4mHS_Y/V8R4AQYpnWI/AAAAAAAAC9k/xs_mHmel3VIPI2dHnR2ud-Hek1vLU0VowCK4B/s320/5495958_orig.jpg" width="320" /></a>I have discovered Donald Trump's true motivation for seeking the presidency. He wants to take care of his pal, Vladimir Putin.<br />
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It's no secret Trump <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-financial-ties-to-russia-and-his-unusual-flattery-of-vladimir-putin/2016/06/17/dbdcaac8-31a6-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html">owes millions to Russian companies and oligarchs</a>. His former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, made <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c01989a47ee5421593ba1b301ec07813/ap-sources-manafort-tied-undisclosed-foreign-lobbying">millions from the Russian government</a>. Trump has spoken admiringly of Putin on more than one occasion. He even invited Russian hackers to infiltrate U.S. computers in an effort to uncover some of Hillary Clinton's supposedly lost emails. Two of his three wives (Ivana and Melania) are of slavic extraction and it's rumored number two, Marla Maples, likes borscht.<br />
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But what could Trump do for his bra Vlad as president? It's not exactly like the U.S. and Russia can hold hands underneath the diplomatic negotiating table when they get together.<br />
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Perhaps the most straightforward gesture would be to sell Alaska back to Putin and his oligarch chums. Adjusted for inflation, the break even price would be about $110 million but a president who wrote a book on the art of the deal likely would do much better.<br />
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Selling Alaska back to the Russians would have benefits beyond just the price. Alaska currently receives about $1.50 in federal money for every dollar it sends to Washington so savings would accrue as soon as contracts are signed. Russian vodka would cost less because importers would be hauling the stuff from distilleries in Juneau rather than Minsk.<br />
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Culturally, Americans and Canadians could more easily gain international travel experience. Absent two colleagues. U.S. senators could stretch out a bit more when debating and voting. And, to be blunt, Alaska's 710,000 residents would hardly be missed in a nation of 350 million.<br />
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Of course there would be drawbacks. Already outrageous prices for Bering Sea salmon and crab probably would jump. Any number of preppers and dog sled racers would flood into the Lower 48 once it became clear Alaska would be changing hands. Easing that burden is the fact Wyoming, Idaho and Montana have plenty of room.<br />
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In all, I see no real reasons for President The Donald not to sit down with President Putin right after the inauguration over a couple of drinks to start hammering out an agreement. After all, they are already buds.<br />
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<br />billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-57364141186669326302016-08-17T10:59:00.001-07:002016-08-17T10:59:54.290-07:00Homeowners Are the Housing Problem<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rL8qZedmCuU/V7SlaqpTPrI/AAAAAAAAC9M/9WmgIlYB1TY0bJScuyv0uk7wFyQRGVdQACK4B/s1600/DSCN0119%2Bcopy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rL8qZedmCuU/V7SlaqpTPrI/AAAAAAAAC9M/9WmgIlYB1TY0bJScuyv0uk7wFyQRGVdQACK4B/s320/DSCN0119%2Bcopy.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
I own a home in Palo Alto, California but please don't hate me.<br />
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For various reasons few new homes are built in Palo Alto, which limits the supply. Concurrently, many people would like to live here for access to great schools, a Mediterranean climate, Stanford University, career opportunities offered by Silicon Valley, proximity to San Francisco and so on.<br />
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The median home price in my city of about 60,000 people is $2.5 million and the median rent is $6,100.<br />
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These prices are often decried as "insane," "ridiculous," and "unconscionable." But they simply reflect the market's judgment, right? Not really.<br />
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The market does not exist in and of itself. It is an abstraction aggregating many human decisions. In Palo Alto real estate the most important decisions are made by sellers. And sellers are thinking big.<br />
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According to real estate site <a href="http://www.zillow.com/">Zillow</a>, my rickety 90-year-old, 1,050-square-foot bungalow might fetch almost eight times what we paid for it. A nearby home that has remained in the same family for 60 years could easily fetch 80 times what was initially paid. Similar situations exist all over town.<br />
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When people look to purchase a home in Palo Alto they are confronted by sellers who demand double digit multiples of what they paid. Doubling or even tripling their investment isn't good enough. They want the 10X or even 80X gain. Greed or simply good business?<br />
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The only ameliorating factor is an attitude of entitlement among some people who want to live in Palo Alto. Too many are literally outraged they are unable to afford to purchase a home or rent an apartment here. I have little sympathy for their complaints. There are many wonderful and more affordable places to live with equally good weather, excellent schools and amenities. They just aren't here.<br />
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At the bottom line (a necessary cliche) lies a fundamental conflict. The debate is over housing, a basic human need. But it also involves a financial asset, often the largest in a family's portfolio and sometimes the cornerstone of a retirement plan. As a potential beneficiary of this system, I hesitate to land solidly on either side.<br />
<br />billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-27391348103501891562016-07-25T08:10:00.001-07:002016-07-25T09:13:57.587-07:00Thank the 1 Percent for Donald and Bernie<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FttX2Cv_VBw/V5Yrece2ydI/AAAAAAAAC4k/cTA4j61PVNQvya9cwDw8xqvAEnz5sDuFQCK4B/s1600/1PercentStrategy031815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FttX2Cv_VBw/V5Yrece2ydI/AAAAAAAAC4k/cTA4j61PVNQvya9cwDw8xqvAEnz5sDuFQCK4B/s320/1PercentStrategy031815.jpg" width="320" /></a>How did the country get to the point where a fascist could gather millions of less-than-bright, gun-toting retromingents to upend a staid and polished political system? And what's up with those 13 million closeted left-wingers who backed an avowed socialist?<br />
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The answers can be found along Park Avenue in New York and hidden behind gates in Atherton, California and other enclaves of the venal and greedy.<br />
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It was the 1 percent who created the conditions that nurture the frustrations fueling populist anger. The Wall Street types who crashed the mortgage market and forced so many people from their homes. The corporations who stash literally <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-04/u-s-companies-are-stashing-2-1-trillion-overseas-to-avoid-taxes">trillions of dollars overseas</a> to avoid taxes while keeping <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/09/02/3697832/epi-wages-productivity/">wages stagnant</a> to shore up profits. The same people who are vacuuming up every dollar generated by the <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article8198718.html">economic recovery</a>.<br />
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In the past, the oligarchs (yes, that is the correct word) kept things quiet by sharing enough of the economic pie to satisfy most people and give others the hope they could one day get a taste. Unfortunately for them, they upped their greed quotient to the point where they shut out everyone else. And now everyone else is beginning to fight back.</div>
billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-7949411999376364912016-07-08T13:24:00.002-07:002016-07-08T20:39:13.007-07:00Violence and Black Lives<div>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OfnK_cvrdfk/V4ALpxCzhFI/AAAAAAAAC4M/RGEEMFyP9XI2vLP8be7juuqSknKfLKhdACK4B/s1600/imgres-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OfnK_cvrdfk/V4ALpxCzhFI/AAAAAAAAC4M/RGEEMFyP9XI2vLP8be7juuqSknKfLKhdACK4B/s400/imgres-1.jpg" /></a>Many are mindlessly batting around Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas K. Gandhi as examples to follow in fighting the flood tide of violence against black people and, now, the police. If people cite those pillars of civil and human rights to insist on a strictly non-violent approach to change, they are dead wrong. </div>
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billbucy.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680650797860032817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10260332.post-37766637615500924992016-05-23T16:25:00.000-07:002016-05-23T16:25:16.859-07:00Why We Should Vote for Donald Trump<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bvlJPNwb-7I/V0OQ2mVmAuI/AAAAAAAAC1I/W__34QV2anstXSai5j_eAKSsDiSZkRrUACK4B/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bvlJPNwb-7I/V0OQ2mVmAuI/AAAAAAAAC1I/W__34QV2anstXSai5j_eAKSsDiSZkRrUACK4B/s400/images.jpg" /></a>That extreme characters Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders can achieve widespread support for the presidency illuminates the depth of the American malaise. People who just a few years ago ran toward to the center to discover their leaders now race to either end of the political spectrum seeking someone to rekindle their hope. I believe a Trump presidency will ensure positive change but not because of his proffered ideas or policies.<br />
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As president, Trump will soundly alienate every conceivable political constituency. Taking him at his word, he will appoint one or more anti-abortion Supreme Court justices, thereby ensuring a woman's right to choose will disappear.<br />
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The economy? <a href="http://billbucy.blogspot.com/2016/03/trump-will-destroy-economy.html">As noted before</a>, it's time to stock up on MREs and AAA batteries.<br />
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Internationally, he'll probably kiss up to Putin and tick off Angela Merkel by commenting on her brustë. He'll scold the Chinese and the Japanese. And he just might have the cojones to ask the Mexicans to pay for his border wall. Naturally, they will respond in kind.<br />
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Everything Donald Trump says or does will swell the ranks of disaffected Americans battered by stagnant wages, slow job growth, out-of-control cops, crumbling roads and every other factor feeding their malaise. The anger and loss of faith that fired the engines of the Trump and Sanders campaigns will spread farther and deeper. And after just a few years, a critical mass of citizens will demand real, fundamental change in how the country is governed.<br />
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That will be Trump's contribution to positive change. And we should help him build that legacy by ensuring his election in November.<br />
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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-language:JA;}
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