Disqus - Latest Comments for Andrys

Re: The Marble of Michelangelo's Dreams

Andrys — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 03:49:38 -0000

Here's a photo of how the village (now emptying, as people can't make a living there anymore) right under the marble mountains looked in 2006 when we drove to the Fantiscritti Quarry.
http://www.pbase.com/andrys...

Re: The Marble of Michelangelo's Dreams

Andrys — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 03:31:06 -0000

At the expense of much more. Newsweek has a depressing, detailed story about what's happening there, to the village, the mountains, and the marble (how it'll be used). http://www.newsweek.com/201...
"In 1920, less than 100,000 tons a year was extracted from the area’s quarries. Today, the figure is more than five million, as local marble barons try to compete on price with producers in China, Russia and India by carving up the mountains at a relentless pace, using diamond saws and huge mechanical shovels."

Re: Chelsea Clinton Comes Claws Out For Kellyanne Conway Over Bowling Green Alternative Massacre!

Andrys — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 21:52:20 -0000

Obama wasn't saying this as part of an admonishment to reporters for not having reported the false info. She did mispeak but then instead of just saying so, she had to add, "You lost..." ? That's like kindergarten. Okay, 3rd grade.

Re: Holocaust attorney sues FBI over election interference that could ‘lead to impeachment’ of Trump

Andrys — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 11:49:31 -0000

Rudy later admitted, in a TV interview, after several denials, that he did know and quite a bit before the announcement, for days.

Re: Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race

Andrys — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:45:58 -0000

If the developer runs an ad for lots in a new housing development in Garden & and Guns but tells that publisher not to deliver that ad to their members with ethnic affinities to Chinese-, Hispanic- or African-Americans, that would be a big problem.

Re: Is FBI Director Comey's Blatant Interference In Election Meant To GOP Congress Or Trump?

Andrys — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 14:28:34 -0000

It would have been nice if he HAD released details but he released to Congressional Chairs only innuendo and said "the FBI CANNOT yet assess WHETHER OR NOT THIS MATERIAL MAY BE SIGNIFICANT, and I cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work" with only 11 days to go until Nov 8.

Since you seem interested without evident bias, I'm adding that Comey testified and confirmed during the ending summary of a 5-hour Congressional Hearing the next day that HRC did NOT break the law because the law in question does include evidence of intention and he said clearly that she did not lie to the FBI.

Comey had to walk back his original statements that you sum up, when he testified before Congress July 7 in that 5-hour hearing. I have citations and references and links to various articles re the full 5-hour hearing (and the full video of the hearing + relevant clips of corrections) and the full transcript at
http://bit.ly/hillary-comey -- I think you'd be interested in some of it.

See Eichenwald's article for Newsweek last night for backgrounding he received on Comey's letter ... it's pretty interesting.
http://www.newsweek.com/hil...

Re: No, the FBI Isn't 'Reopening' the Hillary Email Case, Despite False Press Reports and Republican Apoplexy - by Bob Cesca

Andrys — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 03:53:33 -0000

The lawsuit against Trump University has a hearing for which Trump has to show up on November 28. But that's one of, what, 3500 lawsuits he's involved in? But the NY Atty General filed the Trump University lawsuit.

Re: No, the FBI Isn't 'Reopening' the Hillary Email Case, Despite False Press Reports and Republican Apoplexy - by Bob Cesca

Andrys — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 03:50:23 -0000

Comey testified in a 5-hr Congressional Hearing that Hillary did not break the law. See http://www.politico.com/blo...
and the 5-hr video of the hearing + the transcript that are online, as well. The videos clearly showing Comey saying she did not lie to the FBI and did not break the law.
I have more references and citations at an info-set at http://bit.ly/hillary-comey

Re: How the Media Manufactured Hillary Hate

Andrys — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 10:00:13 -0000

"E-nails" don't require headers, but government classified emails do.
See https://www.archives.gov/fi...

Re: VIDEO: CNN Has A Trump Surrogate Problem

Andrys — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:46:06 -0000

The Kenneth Starr report said that Monica explained that he would cut things short, so to speak, and go to the sink to ejaculate in order to be "faithful" to Hillary by not having actual sexual intercourse. That was sort of pathetic and ugly-sweet at the same time, I thought.

Re: Trump Praised Saudi Arabia's Sharia Law for Making It Easy for Men to Get Divorced

Andrys — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 15:23:26 -0000

He was too convincing in 2008 when he said to Chris Matthews, at a gathering of young people at a Christian college, why he was opposed to gay marriage at the time. He "explained" that, with marriage, "God's in the mix" and so he couldn't go for it. ("Loose canon"Joe Biden forced the issue later on, without consulting the other White House folks, and he sort of trapped them into going with it, finally, before they were quite ready, it's said.)

Re: Former NYPD officer becoming a doctor, all despite a learning disability | abc7news.com

Andrys — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 17:25:33 -0000

Thanks for this, especially the long interview. Very inspiring. A needed break form the crazy, negative election news this year.

Re: Missing White House Emails

Andrys — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 02:37:35 -0000

The next day there were 5 HOURS of Congressional Hearing testimony-Q&A to *clarify* what Comey had said and what he was referring to. Several errors were confirmed, and described in the Summary by Rep Elijah Cummings at the end of the 5 hours, with Comey confirming the errors and he confirmed no lies to the FBI nor any law broken. ... Most of all, It turns out that NONE were marked Classified at the time and most of the 110 considered -should- have been classified had NO markings put on and originated from career State staff. The 3 emails thought to have Classified markings turned out NOT even to be classified and had no Classified HEADERS or footers (which are required if classified). See article references + links to full 5-hr video of hearing and transcript of it all + Classification Guidelines at http://bit.ly/hillary-comey

Re: Nyle DiMarco And Peta Murgatroyd Dance Perfect Freestyle on Dancing with the Stars (VIDEO)

Andrys — Tue, 24 May 2016 02:32:34 -0000

Rickey, I haven't watched Dancing with the Stars for two years but caught tonight's finals -- and that "Sounds of Silence" is the best dance I've ever seen on that show. It was stunning and really affected me although I'd not followed any of this season. I did realize he was deaf after seeing the discussion of the first dance he did with Petra tonight. Wow, that freestyle number's choreography and then the execution of that . They should have a special prize just for that dance.

Re: How to Sideload an App Onto a Kindle Fire HDX

Andrys — Sun, 08 May 2016 05:14:31 -0000

I hope the creators were able to get your wife's scores transferred or at least placed onto whatever she's using now.

Re: How to Sideload an App Onto a Kindle Fire HDX

Andrys — Sun, 08 May 2016 05:13:26 -0000

Apologies for the delay. Google Play "Services" aren't available for Kindle Fires.
And Google Play apps can't be downloaded by Kindle Fire users. Google demands some agreement like the one they did for the Barnes & Noble Nook, which is to make their book and music stores primary on a tablet, and Amazon would not be doing that.

However, the link I gave above explains how to install most available Google Play apps on a Kindle Fire. These apps can also be found on sites like 1mobile (com) and slideme (org) and 1mobile has 'confirmed' labels for those apps that are verified to be the same ones that are available on Google's own Google Play site.

Re: Jane Sanders Thinks Black Voters Still Just Don't Get Bernie - by Tommy Christopher

Andrys — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:14:27 -0000

And that vote was to go to war if Iraq did NOT allow inspectors but they DID, and GWB ignored the Resolution's wording. She said, in her accompanying speech while casting that vote:

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"... My vote is not, however, a vote for any new doctrine of pre-emption, or for uni-lateralism, or for the arrogance of American power or purpose -- all of which carry grave dangers for our nation, for the rule of international law and for the peace and security of people throughout the world."
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"...[It] is not a vote to rush to war; it is a vote that puts awesome responsibility in the hands of our president. And we say to him: Use these powers wisely and as a last resort.”
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(Full speech is at http://www.theleftcoaster(dot)com/archives/011884.php )

Re: Why Is Bernie Sanders Going to the Vatican?

Andrys — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 10:31:35 -0000

Just a follow up re the private, brief meeting with the Pope in the foyer this morning, which I felt was a very good way to handle it without injecting himself into a presidential election with a photo session..

http://bit.ly/berniepope

Re: Why Is Bernie Sanders Going to the Vatican?

Andrys — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 02:07:16 -0000

@Susan Dente - Apparently, nearly 50% of their audience is 34 and under.

http://www.srds.com/mediaki...

Re: Why Is Bernie Sanders Going to the Vatican?

Andrys — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 02:04:48 -0000

@Charlotte -- maybe it's good to look at other sources also?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/...

' "It does not signify any support of the campaign," Sorondo explained. "We want to establish a dialogue between North America and South America so we thought to invite a (U.S.) politician. The President of Bolivia will also be there. Perhaps the others (candidates) would have been interested but they did not request to come."

Asked if Sanders had requested an invitation, he said, "He has expressed an interest many times in the Pope's encyclical and it's clear that he has an interest in studying it." '
=== End of quote ===

Bishop Sorondo was on a panel with Jeff Sachs, an Academy member and Sanders advisor, just before the invite was announced.

Sachs SAID in a phone call (and on Twitter) that he had arranged the invite, if only to deliver it. But Shanks, the person that Sanders campaign people told Politico to contact for more info, is also a Bernie supporter and a media consultant for PASS, and he led inquirers to info from Sachs. You can google for
' sachs shank sanders '
to get stories from several sites, including The Atlantic.

Upshot: Bernie had too much faith in certain advisors that he would get to meet the Pope and was still hoping aloud Wed and Thurs that the Pope would meet with him somehow.

But the Pope met only with President Morales the morning of the Conference. He is known to be just less likely to meet with presidential *candidates* since it could appear an endorsement with this kind of timing and also appear to be interference in U.S. election politics.

The private plane that carried 10 family members, some campaign staffers, and secret service, would have cost about $300,000 and the only way it would be paid for would be from campaign funds. Not sure how that fits in with 'campaigning' for the presidency, but it wasn't the wisest move, since he was openly hoping to meet with the Pope, as Morales did.

A good analysis of all the events and contradictions is at http://www.politicususa.com... -- a site that claims to be "corporate-free"...

Re: Why Is Bernie Sanders Going to the Vatican?

Andrys — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 01:30:04 -0000

@Charlotte Scot -- Your own info is bad, and yes, facts are important.
This was not "implied" -- In the opening seconds of this excerpt (below) from The View, Bernie clearly says 'Yep' when asked if he would be meeting with the pope. And when asked again, he nodded his head.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Even after the Pope's spokesman, Lombardi, said, a few times, that the Pope had no plans to meet with him, Bernie on Wednesday -- after the latest statement by Lombardi -- said he still hoped to meet with the Pope.

On Thursday morning TV, wife Jane said they were still hopeful they might be able to meet with the Pope -- who DID meet in a half-hour photo-session with President Evo Morales of Bolivia (who sat next to Bernie during the Conference) Friday morning).

I think Sanders got bad advice from his campaign staff but more specifically from Jeffrey Sachs, his financial adviser, from Columbia U who helped arrange the invite (he is a member of the Academy and was at the conference and was also on a panel with Biship Sorondo the day before Bernie announced his invite on a few TV programs.

Re: The Vatican invites Bernie: Political favoritism?

Andrys — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 06:36:52 -0000

Jeff Sachs, a Columbia U professor, who is a Sanders advisor and a member of the Academy attending who's attending this conference, has stated that he arranged the invite -- http://www.politico.com/sto... ... Also, Chancellor Sorondo, who sent the invite, "declined" to say who "initiated the invite, "Perhaps the others (candidates) would have been interested but they did not request to come." -- http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/... .
From the same article: "Asked if Sanders had requested an invitation, he said, "He has expressed an interest many times in the Pope's encyclical and it's clear that he has an interest in studying it."

Re: How to Sideload an App Onto a Kindle Fire HDX

Andrys — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 06:05:24 -0000

Juan, sorry I didn't get back here, but not only do you need to delete the game from her Kindle Fire HDX device, you need to remove the app from her personal Library or "Cloud" as well.
... Otherwise when you install the other version, the older Amazon version will take over. After that's gone from the Cloud, then install the new one to the tablet. It won't be backed up in the Amazon Cloud or Library but we normally don't care in these cases.

Re: Bernie Sanders Has Really Pissed Off Margaret Archer

Andrys — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 04:00:18 -0000

It's a different Margaret Archer -- one has the middle initial 'T' and the other has 'S' as the middle initial.

Re: Full Episode

Andrys — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 18:00:26 -0000

@MindTheGap123 - I agree - my favorite yet. I just saw this for the first time today, a year later. Absolutely loved this episode.