Link. Only covers the media names, not all the cabinet secretaries.
Daily Archives: November 8, 2020
“In the 1800s, Napoleon finally authorized permanent bookstands on the parapets of the Seine, popularizing the bouquinistes and making them magnets for students, intellectuals and writers”
Link. Hard times.
3/4 voters said BLM protests were major factor in voting.
Link. The article dodges the question of how votes shifted. I suspect the riots did cost Dems the Senate.
“Like Mr. Trump, Mr. Meadows often mocked reporters who wore masks around him, saying the face coverings muffled their voices”
Link. Asshole. He’ll probably do fine with COVID but a few minor scares would be well deserved.
Maggie Haberman: the master of Trump reporting.
Link. “I don’t think that people fully understand what it’s like when the president of the United States is personally attacking you,” she said, noting that while it’s simply the way Mr. Trump works, among his supporters “there are enough people who think that’s real”
“Truly beyond parody that this obscure, junky-looking parking lot in northeast Philly was the last gasp of the Trump reelection campaign.”
Link. The writers pulled it together for the show finale.
Trump base: “The Roccos got news from a variety of sources — TikTok, QAnon, the pro-Trump comedian Terrence K. Williams, the YouTube mystic Clif High.”
Link. Addicted to assholery. Human are terrible.
COVID tales: rootless capitalists abroad.
Link. Almost all single, mostly 1-2%, well connected, and likely work really long hours. Curious lives.
Animal COVID: “viruses are the leading cause of death in the chimps at Kibale. Even the human common cold can be lethal
Link. Dogs so far do not get sick and have not passed to humans. That we know of.
The story of Fauci and US disease defenses.
Link. Deeply knowledgeable journalist veteran of the HIV era. Fauci in his dotage works 18 hours a day.
Time Machine waits 10 days to tell you that your backup isn’t working.
Link. Ten days. If you ever wanted proof that TM is not a serious backup solution! I can’t find a way to make the warning 1 day — which tells me backup is a lost cause.
SR-71: “Fuel was seeping through the joints, raining down on the hangar floor.”
Link. Expansion joints leaked at room temp. This is old school web hobbyist stuff.
Election 2020 was the Y2K replay we hoped for.
Link. Danger recognized early, intense planning and preparation, disaster averted.
How Biden Won the Presidency.
Link. Urban riots were a huge boost for Trump … but Trump fumbled that gift and Biden handled the challenge. I think without the riots Dems might have taken Senate.