Pouring like hell! Dark and gloomy! A for real ocean side storm.
Love ’em. Just as much as sunny and warm days. Each its own flavor.
For many years, I have enjoyed rain and ocean. This morning, I opened the sliding doors and enjoyed the weather from my bed. Could see and hear. Nothing like it.
We are going through revolutionary times again. Racism the basis of it. One example is how certain people feel about language. The use of words. Grammar.
Proper grammar is considered reflective of white supremacy. Ergo, racist.
So sayeth certain African-Americans. Especially those who are college students.
The language spoken in the black community and parts of the white is far from what is considered by others as proper grammar. Such being the case, proper grammar should not be utilized in teaching, communicating, etc. Go with the language of the street.
Asao Inoue is the Writing Program Director at the University of Washington-Tacoma. He is one who describes proper grammar as racist. He is anti-racist (based on what he considers racist). Wants street talk to make up the language structure.
I think Inoue and others who want street language to be the new norm are lazy. Simply stated. My sense is they refuse to accept and learn the discipline of speaking and writing proper grammar. They seek the easy way out.
Or, they are merely trouble makers.
My podcast show last night went well. As usual, fun to do. Political correctness re grammar as described hereinbefore one of the topics discussed.
Another one that I wrote about two years ago in a local newspaper and have commented on several times since. Afghanistan and the American heroin problem. Right on. Always interesting. Needs repeating till something is done about it.
Cuban Coffee Queen for lunch yesterday. Cuban cheese toast, Cuban coffee and American newspapers.
Stock Island and Key West not always joined. A boat ride separated the two. Till this date 1906. Stock Island and Key West were joined by a new 12 foot roadway built for the Florida East Coast Railroad.
Before the suns sets this day on Standing Rock, people may be injured and/or die. The Army Corp of Engineers set this date as the deadline for the Sioux Indians and their supporters to remove themselves from the property.
Some have suggested leave the issue to the courts. Others have said stay and fight. Religious fervor deep. As are basic rights. Both motivating factors re the Indian position.
If trouble occurs, Trump bears significant responsibility. He appears to have promised he would take care of things if elected. He did. He ordered construction to be resumed. His justification twofold. U.S. steel would be used, jobs created.
As a nation, we always seem to be behind. Jobs began going to Europe and Mexico twenty plus years ago. We are still fighting the battle to get them back.
Too late.
Our concern today should be robots and artificial intelligence. Such are taking over jobs. Cheaper for corporations. Involve less employee aggravation.
Cars and trucks are being tested for driverless operation. McDonald’s using kiosks where the customer presses a button to give orders. Eighteen months from now, you will receive your drive through McDonald’s order from a robot. Parking lots no longer have attendants. Machine operated.
On and on.
What have we done as a nation to train our labor force for this new world? Next to nothing.
Robots and artificial intelligence will be a major issue in the next Presidential campaign.
Warren Buffet this week reduced his holdings in Wal-Mart by $900 million. Does not speak well for Wal-Mart.
Tonight at 7, Syracuse/Duke. Big game! Duke 22-5 and ranked. Syracuse 16-12 and unranked. Duke a 4.5 point favorite. Syracuse needs to win this one to have a possibility of making the NCAA tournament.
I plan on watching the game at Jack Flats.
Still pouring like hell.
Enjoy your day!