tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post1076952341141680756..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): Nobel candidate lost behind the radiatorgenkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-41893394753678907432018-05-08T08:20:21.346-04:002018-05-08T08:20:21.346-04:00Andy -- I am a political nitwit, but my uninformed...Andy -- I am a political nitwit, but my uninformed sense of Hillary was that she was one of the good ol' boys dressed up in girl's clothing. There is no reason this shouldn't be so or is somehow surprising: After all, she was playing in the good ol' boys' backyard... her training ground. Voting for her just because she was female was a stinker of a choice from where I sat.<br /><br />As I say, my political capacities are largely non-existent.genkakuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-69504306689887489132018-05-07T23:15:59.384-04:002018-05-07T23:15:59.384-04:00Finding such tidbits online is so easy. I just fou...Finding such tidbits online is so easy. I just found the definition in seconds on my internet connected cellphone. <br /><br />But there are only a few people I know who might know the definition of the out of use word. (I know some Jane Austin fanatics.) The word it out of use because the primary object the word refers to is essentially out of fashion.<br /><br />Furbelow <br />fur·be·low<br />ˈfərbəˌlō<br />noun<br />1.<br />a gathered strip or pleated border of a skirt or petticoat.<br />verb<br />literary<br />1.<br />adorn with trimmings<br /><br />Riddle me this, Genkaku:<br /><br />Did Hillary lose the presidency because she is a woman or because she failed to run her campaign diligently enough, did some bad things over the years, was undermined by her opponents, or just hit a glass ceiling?<br /><br />Andy Shizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15215297395548845513noreply@blogger.com