Friday, January 3, 2020

CES 2020: Pizza served up by Picnic(TM) robot




Picnic™ Announces Its Automated Pizza Assembly Robot Will Serve Attendees of the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7-10, 2020.
Seattle-based Picnic™, an innovator of food production technology and Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) solutions, announced today that its automated food assembly system has been selected by Centerplate, a leader in live event hospitality, to serve attendees of the world’s largest technology event, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), January 7-10, 2020, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Centerplate will use and showcase Picnic’s robot, with capabilities of producing up to 300 12-inch customized pizzas an hour, on the CES show floor.

Other CES2020 posts:
SmartyPans.  (11/11/2019)
Warming up for CES2020 with a modern version of "Play Misty for Me".  (11/29/2019)
 
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Thursday, January 2, 2020

GET ME REWRITE: Dee and Carl McKnight of Boone, Iowa, signal accommodation with and approval of the Trump regime



New mural in downtown Boone features President Trump.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/29/2019)
Both Dee and her husband, Carl McKnight, are franchisees of Remax in Boone and are also realtors and landlords. 
Both are registered Republicans and Trump supporters. 
But, Mcknight said, “The side of the building needed to be painted for some time and we decided, this is what we wanted to put on there.”

Related posts:
The Trump GOP/German National Socialists connection.  (1/2/2020)


Original 1/15/2017 post, "Get me rewrite:  Buncha white people in Boone County, Iowa, talk about Trump", starts here.


Iowans approach Trump's inauguration uncertain but hopeful.  (Des Moines Register, 1/14/2017)


Source:  Wikipedia

Source:  CNN

What they're sayin':
  • Have you read any of his tweets lately, Pete?  “Unity will be an essential part of his speech, but achieving unity will be much easier said than done, particularly after a very divisive campaign.  He must challenge us to look beyond politics and tell us specifically how he plans to make us a better, more prosperous and safer America."
  • "Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows/Everything that's wonderful is what I feel when we're together“.  "You’ve got to be somewhat optimistic.  If the president does well, the country does well.”
  • "Brighter than a lucky penny/When you're near the rain just disappears, dear.“   People need jobs, and they need higher wages. Don’t send the jobs overseas — keep them here in America.  He’s been talking, but I’m waiting to see if he has the power to push these things through.”

Now that you have a certain tune in your head.

From the  movie Ski Party. 



Lesley Gore's 12th single to reach the Billboard Hot 100, "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" debuted at #98 for the week ending June 19, 1965.  It peaked at #13 and spent 11 weeks on the chart.

Related posts:
UPDATE. Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is a Trump election success story.  (1/14/2017)
Monticello, Iowa. New York Times joins the search for Trump's America, a very white place.  (1/13/2017)
UPDATE. Boston Globe reporter continues to explore Trump's America, where mostly white people live.  (1/13/2017)

GET ME REWRITE: The Wisconsin Elections Commission, just a normal group of people


Source:  Wisconsin Election Commission (grid) Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (dollars)

Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocks, keeps voters on the rolls for now.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/30/2019)
It was the second time in as many weeks that the commission broke down along party lines over the lawsuit, which has drawn national attention because of Wisconsin’s top-tier status in the 2020 presidential race. 
Monday's commission meeting came as election officials provided new estimates that suggested a smaller number of voters than originally believed — about 144,000 — could be at risk of being taken off the rolls. 
The commission in October sent letters to more than 230,000 voters who it believes may have moved because they provided new addresses to the post office, state Division of Motor Vehicles or other government agencies.

Commission members, mapped.