Buffalo_Gal

Apparently, some lines cannot be crossed. ?‍♀️

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It is different now... and they have a business class section too. ?

The flight time between NYC (JFK, LGA, or EWR) is scheduled between 60 and 90 minutes (direction + time of day). The flight time itself is, of course, very short. Depending on what time of day you fly, actual time getting to the airport, security, on the tarmac, in flight, then driving home can add up to a whole lot more than 4 hours door-to-door. When my cross-state commute started to grow to 6 or 7 hours via plane, I started driving cross-state (because I dropped down 81 to cut over to Jersey and then cut over). It got to be about the same amount of time to drive as to fly. If you go at 6am, flying is definitely a viable option. IF everything goes as planned, it can also be viable during the day. If it is anytime after 5pm... ummm not-so-much.

Here's the link to Amtrak

Check trains from NYC to Buffalo. If you get on the 7:15 train, you will be downtown by 3:15 and still get to view NYS as you cross it. @ExiledInIllinois is correct, NYS is absolutely beautiful (I also agree 6 days in NYC is a waste).

I hate the San Diego Zoo... walk all day in between exhibits to see some sleeping animal. Saying that, I was at the Buffalo Zoo two weeks ago - not a place I'd recommend without children under 10, and not if I only have one day in the area. Definitely hit Niagara Falls. You will be glad you did. If you spend all day up there Maid of the Mist, the Cave of Winds, and a walk down goat island for the rapids. If you are artsy, Buffalo has a decent amount of art museums, is known for its architecture (take a preservationist tour!), some time at the canalside/waterfront (it is lovely and you can go to the naval park), the Olmstead Park system is beautiful, if you like flowers the botanical garden is lovely, if you just want to drink hit riverworks while people watching, if you are a firefighter the E. M. Cotter is the oldest fire boat in the world, there is a museum for everything from manuscripts to disabilities to Pierce Arrow cars... What do you like to do? It can help narrow things down.

Sounds like a plan! You should do it. ?

When we took a ride to Chicago last month, you could see fallow fields in Ohio and Indiana all along the way. That spring rain/flooding (the rivers and creeks were still swollen) really did a number on US crops. I look for a price spike too.

Justice secretary turns down Puerto Rico governorship Woman set to replace Puerto Rico governor rejects job Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez, who was set to be Puerto Rico’s next governor, says she doesn’t want the job as the U.S. territory reels from political crisis, the Associated Press tweeted, Sunday. </snip>

It is all fun and games until somebody gets shot, then it is "racist". I'm surprised the clubs were not out. A few wacks, and the water goes away.

This was the clip: Of the four "lovely" #JihadSquad ladies she may be the most dangerous. She certainly has a cause, and she is not afraid to openly express it. And I love how she leads with "racism" and immediately turns around and complains about Jews... the antisemitism, it runs deep in this one.

That is not even close to why the super delegates switched. Obama was the "superior" candidate!? That is some real revisionist history. The guy who won the Senate seat in Illinois and immediately started running for President? The guy with no work experience? The guy voting "present" so he would have no actionable record? Yeah, he was far superior. {insert giant snark tag} And no, I in no way forgot all the ***** that went down on the Democratic side in 2008. Go back and find some of the old D blogs. Read the stories about what was happening to the super delegates - the threats, the strong-arm tactics, the tears on the convention floor if they hadn't already switched to Obama to guarantee him the nomination. Nope, they didn't move over for a "superior" candidate. He was selected, and the DNC made certain he was selected to be the nominee. The question has always been, selected by whom?

There were a ton of abnormalities - even for the DNC - in 2008 including awarding delegates including giving Obama some of Hillary's delegates (Michigan), the "penalties" which hurt Hillary (at full value she would have been just about even with him going to the floor), and the strong-arm tactics at the convention floor. Good times for all! (If you can find some old D blogs from that time, you will be able to read the stories of what went on on the convention floor.) Some of the super delegate shenanigans prior to the convention. There was a reason 2016 was "her turn". It went back to what happened in 2008.

It is how you got Obama.

I think Nancy may have had a few...

The Ds should heed the last two words of this clip. It would be in their best interest.

Judge dismisses Covington student's defamation suit against Washington Post A federal judge in Kentucky Friday threw out a defamation lawsuit filed against The Washington Post by Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann and his family over the paper's reporting of an incident between the young man and a Native American man this past January in Washington. </snip> In a 36-page ruling, U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman noted that the Post never mentioned Sandmann by name in its initial coverage of the incident, referring only to groups of "hat wearing teens." Bertelsman added that "the words used contain no reflection upon any particular individual" and thus could not be constituted as defamation. The judge also ruled that the newspaper used language that was "loose, figurative," and "rhetorical hyperbole" which is protected by the First Amendment. </snip> The Sandmann family said they would be asking the appellate court to review the trial court's decision on appeal. “I believe fighting for justice for my son and family is of vital national importance," said Ted Sandmann, Nicholas' father. "If what was done to Nicholas is not legally actionable, then no one is safe." “The law must protect innocent minors targeted by journalists publishing click-bait sensationalized news," Todd McMurtry, co-counsel for the Sandmann family, said in the statement. "This is especially true in the current hyper-partisan political environment.” Sandmann also filed separate lawsuits against CNN and NBC that remain pending.

U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump use disputed funds for border wall The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border even though lawmakers refused to provide funding. The conservative-majority court on a 5-4 vote with the court's liberals in dissent blocked in full a ruling by a federal judge in California barring the Republican president from spending the money on the basis that Congress did not specifically authorize the funds to be spent on the wall project fiercely opposed by Democrats and Mexico's government. </snip> A bit more:

Now she can remarry her brother so he can't testify against her.

Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean you're not out to get me. The craziest thing about the last 10,15, 20 years is some of the old conspiracy theories didn't go far enough. I would never imagined that the United States government was literally spying on... everyone. Or that top leaders of a political party would try and overthrow a duly elected president. Of that a video would be the reason an ambassador was ki ... er, bad example. My point is simply crazy things happen all. the. time. And some people call them "conspiracy theories" because either they are unproven, that person does not want to acknowledge that XYZ happened, or possibly that XYZ is so far our of our normal societal-norms someone cannot believe it happened. Sometimes, pulling on a string leads to the unraveling, and sometimes it leads to another string. That we discuss. And pick apart. Discussion is good, and can be (should be) healthy. And sometimes it is laborious and tedious. Evidence, articles, source documents, and yes, tweets, advancing or deflating these discussions are always welcome, and goodness knows they lead to great debate and discussion. I do not understand why you continue to complain about the way the discussions roll down here. Either work to change it with other, less dismissive, options or participate with different source materials, news articles, and opinions. But belittling people, the research, the ideas? That doesn't help anyone. Least of all your "cause".

Ok, so the estimated by the "experts" for Q2 was 1.8%, the 2.1% beat expectations, but was down from Q1 which was an "unexpected" 3.1%. The estimates have been beaten both quarters so far this year, so Q3 and Q4 will be interesting.

Personally, I like big, bold Tuscan wines. ? When I cannot get them, Silver Springs Winery in the Finger Lakes makes my favorite US wines. Mmmmm wine ? Oh, what was the subject again? Oh yeah, Macron bad.

Lies, damn lies, and statistics. My husband was (hmmm I better say is lest he see this) a finance guy and keeps telling me the sky is falling. And, I keep telling him "we shall see". I'll keep sharing the "unexpected" good data, and others will share the bad data. And then people will need to read the tea leaves and try and figure out what is actually happening in the economy.

Google suspends engineer for exposing 'political bias' Expects to be fired for asserting company 'takes sides in elections' </snip> Greg Coppola announced the move on a GoFundMe page he set up in which he states he “will probably be fired for an interview expressing concern that big tech is taking sides in elections.” “If raised, I will use this money to spend four months publishing content about issues in politics and technology,” he writes. </snip>