The heat death of the universe will prove him right eventually. https://t.co/NWnAWitdNF
— Matt Edwards (@engineershope) July 19, 2020
My Opinion Changes with the Wind
Tyranny check! Deploying federal agents in 2020 vs. 2014 pic.twitter.com/2nku27Tq78
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 29, 2020
Election Delays
From The New York Times:
Facing disastrous economic news and rising coronavirus deaths, President Trump on Thursday floated delaying the Nov. 3 election, a suggestion that lacks legal authority and could undermine confidence in an election that polls show him on course to lose.
Republican leaders in Congress, who often claim not to have seen Mr. Trump’s outlandish statements and tweets and who infrequently challenge him in public, promptly and vocally condemned any notion that the election would be moved.
All together now: LAW AND ORDER. 😉
9-9-9
From The New York Times:
Herman Cain, who rose from poverty in the segregated South to become chief executive of a successful pizza chain and then thrust himself into the national spotlight by seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has died. He was 74.
It’s Not The Hip
Groin strain. Uh oh. Not a problem with the hip or joint. Time to break out some compression shorts, heat packs, and gentle stretches.
Not sure when I’ll be biking or hiking again, as repeated strains can lead to worse damage. 😭
Pods vs Bubbles
“Stacking” The Senate
On the topic of if the District of Columbia should qualify as the 51st US State.
From FiveThirtyEight:
And in the second half of the 19th century, Republicans attempted to “stack” the Senate by admitting a large number of Republican states into the union, starting with Nevada in 1864 (population of just 6,857(!) in the 1860 census), Nebraska (1867), Colorado (1876), Montana, Washington, and North and South Dakota as separate states in an 1889 omnibus, and Idaho and Wyoming in 1890.
DC’s current population? ~705,000 people. Slightly more than 6,857.
The Government has No Business…
“the government has no business making me wear a mask” i say before i buckle my seatbelt, drive the speed limit to a restaurant built to code, eat food made in a state inspected kitchen, receive the heimlich maneuver from a waiter who learned it from a mandatory workplace poster,
— Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) July 21, 2020
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
the first winner of a million dollars was the best winner of a million dollars — all-time favorite ‘Millionaire’ clip pic.twitter.com/VI2flJTCmH
— j.d. durkin (@jiveDurkey) July 25, 2020
Peacock Legal Cake
Want to spread buzz about your new streaming service? Really, there’s not much of a better approach.
NBC’s new streaming service Peacock hid a cake recipe in the terms and conditions. pic.twitter.com/iindcwj4JJ
— Zoe Scaman (@zoescaman) July 19, 2020