You almost have to feel sorry for the Republicans. But then you have to feel sorry for the rest of us, too. Their lead guy said that he's quitting, and now their guaranteed shoo-in replacement says he has gotten so much pressure already from their radical don't care we we burn the building down wing, he doesn't want the job any more. He needs their votes to get the position, and felt that the position just was not worth the grief. Of course, the radicals don't care -- they are perfectly willing to shut down the goverment, just to get their way. In fact, that would probably be desirable, to them. The Wall Street Journal today said it's a battle between ideological purity and proving that you can govern. They offered Newt Gingrich's Congress as proof that you can't have both - you need to be able to compromise. Otherwise, you fail. Of course, when the House (or Senate) fails, so does Congress. The problem is that the radical conservatives absolutely despise the success that the liberals have had - eg, Obamacare, the Iran deal - and would give anything to undo it. Well, except a plausible plan for governing.
I like the looks of the Microsoft Surface book. Was fascinating to read a tech guru saying well of course you want an improved laptop, all that talk about Everyone will want a tablet was CLEARLY bushwah. Um, yeah. Clearly. We're contemplating replacing our desktop -- which is still happily, if slowly, running Windows XP - and the idea of getting something with laptop ease of use and the ability to occasionally use it as a tablet is quite nice. The initial comments have been uniformly positive. Can't wait to see what people say about it after they have played with it for a while. And you know that it will come loaded with Junkware. I mean, tools to enhance your computing experience.
This afternoon my daughter meets with the review board for the Corps of Cadets. It turns out now that the Honor Court will also get involved, though it's vague exactly how -- on the one hand, a Corps staff officer will 'adjudicate all charges', which sounds like he will say Guilty or Not for each of them; on the other, if (their word) the Honor Court is involved, they will do a review and issue recommendations So what I think will happen, and what actually will happen, are probably congruent but not identical. We drove down to see my daughter yesterday, and had breakfast with her today. She's cheerful but tense. Four more hours....
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I still think this will be more of a growing experience rather than a traumatic experience once it is all over. I think they want to be fair but also have to be transparent so that others can see what happens. It is hardest on the parents.
She learned today what the sanctions are. They are fiercer than we expected but not unreasonably so. However, it does not appear that the information is going to get transmitted to the rest of the Corps, to show how the process works. Which just means, of course, that it will be transmitted, just informally and occasionally inaccurately. People in management positions never seem to get that.
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