I was not super-helpful, offering a probably crazy high number

supervisor just asked me for an estimate of the # of hours it would take us to migrate our data warehouse from Teradata to Oracle (exadata)--45 minutes prior to the meeting where she needs to present same.

That's ridiculous, right?

US ‘closer to civil war’ than most would like to believe, new book says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/20/us-closer-to-civil-war-new-book-barbara-walter-trump-capitol-attack

Why Trump appears deeply unnerved as Capitol attack investigation closes in
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/20/capitol-attack-investigation-closes-in-trump

Deceptive videos used to link athlete deaths to COVID shots | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-sports-health-1dc0e46bca518e70ddab67a814e344f4

Good for them.

Bob’s Burgers bans actor over alleged involvement in Capitol attack – report | Animation on TV | The Guardian
https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/18/bobs-burgers-jay-johnston-capitol-attack-report

The US Senate is broken.

oh dang--in all my credit-card wrangling, I forgot to update my CoSo subscription card.

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Whistleblower list names Wyoming GOP chair, others as Oath Keepers | Wyoming News | trib.com
https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/whistleblower-list-names-wyoming-gop-chair-others-as-oath-keepers/article_61a803fa-f1de-5784-8597-ebadd5c26a79.html

Okay, this is one of my favorite podasts in general, but damn--this week's episode w/Walt Shaub is really outstanding.

Give it a listen if you have time.

https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2021/12/jan-6-committee-accountability

Jesus

Trump White House made 'deliberate efforts' to undermine Covid response, report says
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-white-house-made-deliberate-efforts-undermine-covid-response-report-n1286211

well, shit
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/17/eaton-taguba-anderson-generals-military/

LOL

at last--a person!

she could not help me.

noteworthy phrase: "uncompromising nut graph"

(title of your sex tape)/

Learned a new word from this one: tsuris

https://presswatchers.org/2021/12/when-facts-have-a-liberal-bias-new-york-times-editors-can-get-squirmy/

going on an hour 20 here...

starting to think that a representative may *not* be with me shortly