Am I a Heptapod?

Posted on November 13, 2016 by thecapeblog

“Partly through learning about physics theories like Fermat’s Principle of Least Time, Banks deduces that the heptapods cannot begin communicating, or acting, until they first know how that communication or action will ultimately end. In short: they experience time not sequentially, but all at once:

“…by viewing events over a period of time, one recognized that there was a requirement that had to be satisfied, a goal of minimizing or maximizing. And one had to know the initial and final states to meet that goal; one needed knowledge of the effects before the causes could be initiated…

“We experienced events in an order, and perceived their relationship as cause and effect. They experienced all events at once, and perceived a purpose underlying them all. A minimizing, maximizing purpose.”

Story of Your Life

Hurts

Posted on November 13, 2016 by thecapeblog

The bandage fell off the wound last night, and it was almost dry as a bone this morning.

Most of it feels okay, but it hurts in one place on the left side of the wound.

Ron suggested that I keep using the mupirocin, and the Intrawebs agrees: will heal quicker than if it dries out.

Tonight my back is killing me.

I put primer on the bare wood portions of the new shed yesterday and puttied some blemishes. I painted today, and it looks quite nice.

Ron did laundry and he and I made the bed. We did the transfer station run and stopped for samples at Roche, did a little shopping, too. I used up the marmalade this morning, so we picked up two more jars of jam at Sprout Farm.

Made meat loaf for supper and I hope to heck it doesn’t poison us; the hamburger was well past “sell date”. Also baked potatoes and roast broccoli.

Wound

Posted on November 11, 2016 by thecapeblog

It could be a wound, it could be an ulcer.

No matter what you call it, it’s been a problem for almost a month, since around the weekend of October 15.

Finally, Occupy Falmouth will not be renewed. “Time to let it go.”

I mowed the back yard yesterday and started cleaning out the Oval.

Kitty was here until quite late yesterday, and came back today around mid-morning.

I brought a pile of flower pots to the transfer station and dropped off political signs at Sprout Farm.

Used up the can of Behr primer. Laura brought a big can of Zinzer so I could finish priming the new shed.

Ron drove Alpha to work; I tagged along. He picked up some auto supplies and I got a couple of items at Job Lot.

Presidential Election Results, Cape and Islands

Posted on November 11, 2016 by thecapeblog

They hate women in Bourne.

Town Clinton/Kaine (D) Johnson/Weld (L) Stein/Baraka (G-R) Trump/Pence (R) Write-in
Barnstable 12862 1605 360 10658 937
Bourne 4782 440 122 5157 188
Brewster 3813 296 11 2370 95
Chatham 2395 215 68 1796 86
Dennis 4887 372 138 3751
Eastham 2203 134 61 1198 55
Falmouth 11107 713 264 7055
Harwich 4530 340 129 3290 124
Mashpee 4448 347 119 3839 75
Orleans 2650 190 62 1502 81
Provincetown 2082 38 35 208 18
Sandwich 5958 508 139 5836 209
Truro 1095 62 33 361 0
Wellfleet 1547 73 73 515
Yarmouth 7238 535 189 5813
Aquinnah 231 6 7 34 5
Chilmark 617 30 22 94 10
Edgartown 1786 99 53 779
Gosnold 36 2 0 27 3
Oak Bluffs 2080 87 44 737 42
Tisbury 1942 72 83 476
West Tisbury 1688 70 49 329 17
Nantucket 4144 260 108 1892 102

Total 84121 6494 2169 57717 2047
Percentage 55.00% 4.00% 1.00% 38.00% 1.00%

Growing from Scraps

Posted on November 10, 2016 by thecapeblog

Growing From Vegetable Scraps

Flipped/Rednecks Who Code

Posted on November 10, 2016 by thecapeblog

Washington Post

Low turnout in Wisconsin.
Michigan went Republican for the first time in 28 years.

“Can you blame them for calling bullshit?“

“During the Obama presidency, more than 900 Democratic state legislators were defeated.” (WaPo)

Millenials Did Not Desert Clinton

Posted on November 10, 2016 by thecapeblog

Whites did, all ages, across the board, college and no college.

Union households went for Hillary. Church people went for Trump.

The Supreme Court, immigration and terrorism were the big issues for the Trumpites.

90% of the Trumpites dislike Obama. 73% think the government is “doing too much”.

CNN Exit Polls

Interesting Charts – #2 – CNN Exit Polls

Posted on November 10, 2016 by thecapeblog

exit polls

exit polls are surveys of a small percentage of voters taken after they leave their voting place. pollsters use this data to project how all voters or segments of voters side on a particular race or ballot measure.

updated 3:06 am ET, Nov. 9

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national

president

national president

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table

graph

clinton

trump

other/no answer

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
male 48%	41%	53%	6%
female 52%	54%	42%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
18-29 19%	55%	37%	8%
30-44 25%	50%	42%	8%
45-64 40%	44%	53%	3%
65 and older 15%	45%	53%	2%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
18-24 10%	56%	35%	9%
25-29 9%	53%	39%	8%
30-39 17%	51%	40%	9%
40-49 19%	46%	50%	4%
50-64 30%	44%	53%	3%
65 and older 15%	45%	53%	2%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
18-44 44%	52%	40%	8%
45 and older 56%	44%	53%	3%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
white 70%	37%	58%	5%
black 12%	88%	8%	4%
latino 11%	65%	29%	6%
asian 4%	65%	29%	6%
other race 3%	56%	37%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
white 70%	37%	58%	5%
non-white 30%	74%	21%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
white men 34%	31%	63%	6%
white women 37%	43%	53%	4%
black men 5%	80%	13%	7%
black women 7%	94%	4%	2%
latino men 5%	62%	33%	5%
latino women 6%	68%	26%	6%
others 6%	61%	32%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
whites 18-29 12%	43%	48%	9%
latinos 30-44 3%	71%	22%	7%
latinos 45-64 3%	67%	29%	4%
latinos 65 and older 1%	71%	24%	5%
all others 6%	60%	34%	6%
whites 30-44 17%	37%	55%	8%
whites 45-64 30%	34%	63%	3%
whites 65 and older 13%	39%	58%	3%
blacks 18-29 3%	83%	9%	8%
blacks 30-44 4%	87%	7%	6%
blacks 45-64 5%	90%	9%	1%
blacks 65 and older 1%	90%	9%	1%
latinos 18-29 2%	70%	24%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
high school or less 18%	45%	51%	4%
some college 32%	43%	52%	5%
college graduate 32%	49%	45%	6%
postgraduate 18%	58%	37%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 50%	52%	43%	5%
no 50%	44%	52%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
white college graduates 37%	45%	49%	6%
whites no degree 34%	28%	67%	5%
non-whites college grads 13%	71%	23%	6%
non-whites no degree 16%	75%	20%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
white college-grad women 20%	51%	45%	4%
white non-college women 17%	34%	62%	4%
white college-grad men 17%	39%	54%	7%
white non-college men 17%	23%	72%	5%
non-whites 29%	74%	21%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
under $30,000 17%	53%	41%	6%
$30k-$49,999 19%	51%	42%	7%
$50k-$99,999 31%	46%	50%	4%
$100k-$199,999 24%	47%	48%	5%
$200k-$249,999 4%	48%	49%	3%
$250,000 or more 6%	46%	48%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
under $50k 36%	52%	41%	7%
$50k or more 64%	47%	49%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
under $100k 67%	49%	45%	6%
$100k or more 33%	47%	48%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
under $50k 36%	52%	41%	7%
$50k-$100k 31%	46%	50%	4%
$100k or more 33%	47%	48%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
democrats 37%	89%	9%	2%
republicans 33%	7%	90%	3%
independents 31%	42%	48%	10%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
democratic men 14%	87%	10%	3%
democratic women 23%	90%	8%	2%
republican men 17%	6%	90%	4%
republican women 16%	8%	89%	3%
independent men 17%	37%	51%	12%
independent women 14%	47%	43%	10%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
liberal 26%	84%	10%	6%
moderate 39%	52%	41%	7%
conservative 35%	15%	81%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
married 58%	43%	53%	4%
unmarried 42%	55%	38%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
married men 29%	37%	58%	5%
married women 30%	49%	47%	4%
unmarried men 19%	46%	45%	9%
unmarried women 23%	62%	33%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 26%	16%	81%	3%
no 74%	59%	35%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
protestant 27%	37%	60%	3%
catholic 23%	45%	52%	3%
mormon 1%	25%	61%	14%
other christian 24%	43%	55%	2%
jewish 3%	71%	24%	5%
muslim 1%	n/a	n/a	n/a
other religion 7%	58%	33%	9%
no religion 15%	68%	26%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
protestant 52%	39%	58%	3%
catholic 23%	45%	52%	3%
jewish 3%	71%	24%	5%
another religion 8%	62%	29%	9%
no religion 15%	68%	26%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
weekly or more 33%	40%	56%	4%
monthly 16%	46%	49%	5%
few times a year 29%	48%	47%	5%
never 22%	62%	31%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
monthly or more 49%	42%	54%	4%
less often than that 51%	54%	40%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 18%	51%	43%	6%
no 82%	46%	49%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
veterans 13%	34%	61%	5%
non-veterans 87%	50%	45%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 91%	45%	50%	5%
no 9%	64%	31%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 10%	56%	40%	4%
no 90%	47%	47%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
last few days 8%	44%	46%	10%
last week 6%	38%	50%	12%
in october 12%	37%	51%	12%
in september 13%	46%	50%	4%
before september 60%	52%	45%	3%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
in the last week 13%	42%	47%	11%
before that 85%	49%	47%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
in the last month 26%	39%	49%	12%
before that 73%	51%	46%	3%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
strongly favor 41%	53%	42%	5%
have reservations 32%	48%	49%	3%
dislike opponents 25%	39%	51%	10%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
foreign policy 13%	60%	34%	6%
immigration 13%	32%	64%	4%
economy 52%	52%	42%	6%
terrorism 18%	39%	57%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
cares about me 15%	58%	35%	7%
can bring change 39%	14%	83%	3%
right experience 21%	90%	8%	2%
good judgment 20%	66%	26%	8%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
offered legal status 70%	60%	34%	6%
deported to home country 25%	14%	84%	2%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
support 41%	10%	86%	4%
oppose 54%	76%	17%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
creates u.s. jobs 38%	59%	35%	6%
takes away u.s. jobs 42%	31%	65%	4%
does not affect jobs 11%	63%	30%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
very well 6%	85%	11%	4%
somewhat well 36%	70%	24%	6%
somewhat badly 28%	37%	56%	7%
very badly 24%	11%	85%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
well 42%	73%	23%	4%
badly 52%	25%	70%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
the most important factor 21%	41%	56%	3%
an important factor 48%	48%	47%	5%
a minor factor 14%	50%	41%	9%
not a factor at all 14%	55%	39%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
important 70%	46%	50%	4%
not important 28%	52%	40%	8%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
treat all fairly 43%	23%	74%	3%
treat blacks unfairly 48%	71%	22%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
did not go far enough 30%	78%	18%	4%
was about right 18%	82%	10%	8%
went too far 47%	13%	83%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
enthusiastic 5%	78%	20%	2%
satisfied 24%	75%	20%	5%
dissatisfied 46%	45%	49%	6%
angry 23%	18%	77%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
enthusiastic/satisfied 29%	76%	20%	4%
dissatisfied/angry 69%	36%	58%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
government should do more 45%	74%	22%	4%
government doing too much 50%	21%	73%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
strongly approve 33%	94%	4%	2%
somewhat approve 20%	69%	21%	10%
somewhat disapprove 12%	14%	76%	10%
strongly disapprove 33%	3%	95%	2%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
approve 53%	84%	10%	6%
disapprove 45%	6%	90%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
continue obama’s policies 28%	91%	5%	4%
be more conservative 48%	13%	83%	4%
be more liberal 17%	70%	23%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
favorable 44%	95%	3%	2%
unfavorable 54%	11%	82%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
favorable 38%	4%	95%	1%
unfavorable 60%	77%	15%	8%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
both favorable 2%	n/a	n/a	n/a
only clinton favorable 41%	98%	1%	1%
only trump favorable 36%	1%	98%	1%
both unfavorable 18%	29%	49%	22%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 36%	94%	4%	2%
no 61%	20%	73%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 33%	5%	94%	1%
no 63%	71%	21%	8%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
both are 2%	n/a	n/a	n/a
only clinton is 34%	96%	1%	3%
only trump is 31%	1%	98%	1%
neither is 29%	40%	45%	15%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 52%	86%	9%	5%
no 47%	5%	90%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 38%	4%	94%	2%
no 60%	75%	18%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
both are 5%	22%	70%	8%
only clinton is 46%	93%	2%	5%
only trump is 33%	1%	99%	n/a
neither is 14%	15%	69%	16%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 55%	82%	13%	5%
no 43%	5%	89%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 35%	5%	94%	1%
no 63%	72%	20%	8%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
both do 6%	19%	77%	4%
only clinton does 49%	90%	5%	5%
only trump does 29%	2%	98%	n/a
neither does 14%	12%	71%	17%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
excited 17%	98%	1%	1%
optimistic 27%	92%	5%	3%
concerned 24%	18%	70%	12%
scared 29%	1%	95%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
positive 44%	94%	3%	3%
negative 53%	9%	84%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
excited 13%	2%	97%	1%
optimistic 27%	3%	96%	1%
concerned 20%	54%	34%	12%
scared 36%	92%	2%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
positive 40%	3%	96%	1%
negative 57%	78%	14%	8%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
a lot 45%	7%	87%	6%
some 17%	68%	26%	6%
not much 17%	88%	7%	5%
not at all 19%	92%	5%	3%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 63%	24%	70%	6%
no 36%	90%	6%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
a lot 50%	83%	11%	6%
some 20%	19%	75%	6%
not much 13%	8%	88%	4%
not at all 16%	10%	87%	3%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 70%	65%	29%	6%
no 29%	9%	87%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
clinton 46%	96%	1%	3%
trump 49%	3%	94%	3%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
clinton 52%	86%	7%	7%
trump 43%	2%	96%	2%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
clinton 49%	94%	2%	4%
trump 46%	1%	96%	3%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
favorable 47%	88%	8%	4%
unfavorable 49%	9%	85%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
favorable 40%	11%	86%	3%
unfavorable 55%	73%	20%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
excellent 3%	83%	16%	1%
good 33%	76%	19%	5%
not good 41%	39%	55%	6%
poor 21%	15%	79%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
good 36%	77%	18%	5%
poor 63%	31%	63%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
better today 31%	72%	24%	4%
worse today 27%	19%	78%	3%
about the same 41%	46%	46%	8%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
right direction 33%	90%	8%	2%
wrong track 62%	25%	69%	6%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
better than today 37%	59%	38%	3%
worse than today 34%	31%	63%	6%
about the same 24%	54%	39%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
clinton 47%	97%	1%	2%
trump 47%	1%	97%	2%
would not vote 5%	16%	21%	63%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
very confident 47%	68%	28%	4%
somewhat confident 37%	33%	62%	5%
not very confident 11%	25%	69%	6%
not at all confident 5%	26%	58%	16%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
confident 83%	52%	43%	5%
not confident 15%	25%	66%	9%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 5%	78%	14%	8%
no 95%	47%	48%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
most important factor 26%	51%	47%	2%
an important factor 38%	50%	46%	4%
a minor factor 19%	37%	60%	3%
not a factor 11%	42%	51%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
important 64%	50%	47%	3%
not important 30%	38%	57%	5%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
yes 82%	47%	50%	3%
no 11%	42%	51%	7%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
democratic candidate 49%	89%	6%	5%
republican candidate 49%	7%	89%	4%

24537 respondents

	clinton	trump	other/no answer
urban area 34%	59%	35%	6%
suburban area 49%	45%	50%	5%
rural area 17%	34%	62%	4%

24537 respondents

Interesting Charts – #1

Posted on November 10, 2016 by thecapeblog

Electoral votes

228Clinton

31Undecided

279Trump

59,814,018 votes

270 to win

59,611,678 votes

99.1% reporting

Data source: AP

At Least We Got 4

Posted on November 9, 2016 by thecapeblog

Recreational marijuana will be legal in Massachusetts as of December 15. Legalization also passed in California and Nevada.

Colorado passed a Death with Dignity referendum.

Whether or not Trump follows through on his campaign promises remains to be seen.

Had a good session yesterday at the Wound Center. DVH temporarily doubled the dose of HCTZ.

Honestly, I’m relieved that my world view has been reinforced by this election. If Hillary Clinton had won, then I’d have nothing to blame but my own shortcomings for my failures.

Now, it’s been proven that misogyny, selfishness and irrationality beat open-mindedness, generosity and logic every time. It’s been proven that greed and lying will prevail, and that the formula for success in America – work hard, think big, have a dream – is a fantasy.

I would have been very surprised if the opposite had held true. Hillary Clinton’s personal story, like Barack Obama’s, is so improbable that if she had succeeded, it would have given false hope to the rest of us.

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