The vast majority of the American police state remains firmly within the public sector. But this does not mean the criminal justice buildup has nothing to do with capitalism. At its heart, the new American repression is very much about the restoration and maintenance of ruling class power.
American society and economy have from the start evolved through forms of racialized violence, but criminal justice was not always so politically central. For the better part of a century after the end of Reconstruction in the 1870s, the national incarceration rate hovered at around 100 to 110 per 100,000. But then, in the early 1970s, the incarceration rate began a precipitous and continual climb upward.
But it's unclear how many people will actually get a vaccine if it's approved. Only about half of Americans said in May that they were willing to get a coronavirus vaccine.
That resistance doesn't surprise Dr. Sandra Quinn, a professor and chair of the family science department at the University of Maryland, whose work at the start of the H1N1 pandemic showed even more vaccine skepticism. A 2009 study she co-authored found that less than 10% of all respondents said they would embrace a vaccine, with many believing the perceived side effects would outweigh a relatively mild illness.
The robber barons were not a group of evil super villains. OR WERE THEY? Learn all about these titans of industry from the Gilded Age in today’s episode.
While I’m pretty sure they just make up shit in some of these podcasts, this was still informative and worth the hour listen.
Back in 1989, SEFCU built a bank in the Pine Bush while Save the Pine Bush was still fighting in court to stop the construction. Ultimately, they were allowed y keep their building but they couldn’t expand it and they ended up donating it to the state for the Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center.
Good morning! Happy August! Final full month of summer. Sunny and 70 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north-northwest breeze at 6 mph. . The dew point is 61 degrees.
My phone is working this morning but it’s really on its last legs. It has been so infuriating this whole week how the battery just gets discharged and won’t recharge. But my new phone is arriving on Monday so hopefully this won’t be a big issue going forward.
Today will be sunny , with a high of 86 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 63 at 11am. North wind around 6 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 101 was set in 1933.
It looks like it will be a pretty nice day. I’m going to do some fishing and hiking this afternoon I think then go over to that socially distant summer gathering in Berne. Should be a pretty good day. Tomorrow will be wet but I plan to finish unpacking my camping gear and do some reading .
Solar noon is at 1:02 pm with sun having an altitude of 65.2° from the due south horizon (-5.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. Already the sun is a fair bit lower midday. The golden hour starts at 7:36 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (289°). The sunset is in the west-northwest (296°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:16 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 13 seconds with dusk around 8:47 pm, which is one minute and 10 seconds earlier than yesterday. At dusk you’ll see the Moon in the southeast (139°) at an altitude of 12° from the horizon, 238,047 miles away. The best time to look at the stars is after 9:28 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies and temperatures around 79 degrees. The dew point will be 63 degrees. There will be a south-southwest breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 27 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 11 seconds over yesterday.
I do like wearing my knock off crocks. Much cooler than the boots in the summer but they don’t offer a lot of protection for my toes and my feet do get quite dirty wearing them.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy , with a low of 68 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 1am. South wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1976.
I still haven’t decided if I’ll take a week from Monday off from work for vacation. I’m going to look at the forecast and ask on Monday, and even if I have to work part of the week I’ll work remotely from the Finger Lakes. I’ve decided I think I want to do the Finger Lakes again and maybe part of the week in the Allegheny National Forest.
Today’s sunrise was at 5:48 am. The next time the sun will rise earlier then today is in 274 days on Sunday, May 2, 2021.
The average high for today is 82 degrees. The next time it will be on average warmer then today is in 346 days on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 when the average temperature will be 83 degrees.
The highest point for the sun today will be 65.2° from the horizon at 1:02 pm. The next time the sun will be lower in the sky mid-day is in 2 days on Monday, August 3.
Today has 14 hours and 18 minutes of daylight. The next time the day will be longer then today is in 282 days on Monday, May 10.
Today’s sunset will be at 8:15 pm. The next time the sun will set later then today is in 292 days on Thursday, May 20, 2021.
There is a north-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 
. The dew point is 61 degrees.
but it’s really on its last legs. It has been so infuriating this whole week how the battery 
just gets discharged and won’t recharge. But my new phone is arriving on Monday so hopefully this won’t be a big issue going forward.
I’m going to do some fishing and hiking this afternoon I think then go over to that socially distant summer gathering in Berne. Should be a pretty good day. Tomorrow will be wet but I plan to finish unpacking my camping gear and do some reading 
.
starts at 7:36 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (289°). 
The sunset is in the west-northwest (296°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:16 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 13 seconds with dusk around 8:47 pm, which is one minute and 10 seconds earlier than yesterday. 
At dusk you’ll see the 
Moon in the southeast (139°) at an altitude of 12° from the horizon, 238,047 miles away. 
The best time to look at the stars is after 9:28 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 
and temperatures around 79 degrees. The dew point will be 63 degrees. There will be a south-southwest breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 27 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 11 seconds over yesterday.
Much cooler than the boots in the summer but they don’t offer a lot of protection for my toes and my feet do get quite dirty wearing them.
, with a low of 68 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 1am. South wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1976.
I’m going to look at the forecast and ask on Monday, and even if I have to work part of the week I’ll work remotely from the Finger Lakes. 
I’ve decided I think I want to do the Finger Lakes again and maybe part of the week in the Allegheny National Forest. 
The next time it will be on average warmer then today is in 346 days on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 when the average temperature will be 83 degrees. 
The next time the day will be longer then today is in 282 days on Monday, May 10.
is in 292 days on Thursday, May 20, 2021.