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How I think about the Trump voter and America.

Posted on November 11, 2020 by jgordon

Link. I don’t blame the White Left Behind. I don’t much blame the religious fundamentalist. I cannot be a friend to the elite who vote Trump.

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Egypt: a military-authoritarian state.

Posted on November 11, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Democracy is a huge challenge.

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Don’t stay at “Sea View resort on the island of Koh Chang”

Posted on November 11, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Thailand’s speech laws are worthy of North Korea.

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Trump’s record-breaking spree of federal executions could come to an end under Biden

Posted on November 11, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Added this to the list of 26 reasons I oppose Trump. Any one sufficient by itself.

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“United States Cyber Command dived deep into Russian and Iranian networks in the months before the election, temporarily paralyzing some and knocking ransomware tools offline”

Posted on November 11, 2020 by jgordon

Link. I had wondered. Did Trump know?

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“bamlanivimab, should be administered as soon as possible after a positive coronavirus test, and within 10 days of developing symptoms”

Posted on November 11, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Reserve for highest risk patients — obese males with lung disease over 70 or adults with Downs syndrome.

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“death rate among all patients with Covid-19 was 0.6 percent. By contrast, 1.22 percent of those with developmental disorders and Covid-19 died, as did 3.37 percent of those with intellectual disabilities.”

Posted on November 11, 2020 by jgordon

Link. This study didn’t call out Downs separately.

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QAnon Struggles

Posted on November 11, 2020 by jgordon

Link. “Ron Watkins, a 8kun administrator who some believed was Q himself, announced on Election Day that he was stepping down from the site”. No more posts.

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Turkish-German immigrant billionaire married COVID vaccine inventors.

Posted on November 11, 2020 by jgordon

Link. “The two billionaires live with their teenage daughter in a modest apartment near their office. They ride bicycles to work. They do not own a car.”

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“Restaurants were by far the riskiest places, about four times riskier than gyms and coffee shops, followed by hotels”

Posted on November 11, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Limiting capacity dramatically reduces risks.

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“Election officials in dozens of states representing both political parties said that there was no evidence that fraud or other irregularities played a role in the outcome of the presidential race”

Posted on November 10, 2020 by jgordon

Link. “Statewide officials in Texas did not respond to repeated inquiries.”

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“From an app’s perspective, the standard scaling mode of the iPhone 12 Mini is not a new size: it’s the same exact pixel dimensions as the 11 Pro, XS, and X”

Posted on November 10, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Good eyes recommended. Bigger than an iphone 8!

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“The Intel MacBook Air is no longer for sale”

Posted on November 10, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Damn. I might have bought one.

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“If we’re wearing masks and not coming within five feet of each other, we’re safe”

Posted on November 10, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Safer than doing nothing but not “safe”. Be great to study what happens there.

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What Went Wrong With Polling?

Posted on November 10, 2020 by jgordon

Link. A complete cluster. Trump’s control of the Left Behind is complete.

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“Rudy Giuliani and Steve Bannon are pushing the most extreme election-fraud conspiracies because they want to curry favor with Trump for pardons.”

Posted on November 10, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Trump employs people who tend towards a need for pardons. It is a feature for him. He owns them. Until he isn’t president. Then they may seek revenge.

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DOJ Lawyer Resigns in Protest.

Posted on November 10, 2020 by jgordon

Link. I would support some kind of monument to people who left Trump’s service when told to do wrong.

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Remember the Loretta Lynch scandal?

Posted on November 9, 2020 by jgordon

Link. We Dems are a fainty bunch. Thinking of Al Franken too.

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Barr attacks: “Mr. Barr’s authorization prompted the Justice Department official who oversees investigations of voter fraud, Richard Pilger, to step down from the post within hours”

Posted on November 9, 2020 by jgordon

Link. “weakening a key safeguard that prevents political interference in an election by the party in power.”

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Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board

Posted on November 9, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Super-talent. Not Fauci … yet. He’s still engaged.

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Aducanumab for Alzheimers: it doesn’t work.

Posted on November 9, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Wonder if Biden FDA will rescind.

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Cabotegravir injection 6/year prevents HIV infection in women.

Posted on November 9, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Progress.

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“Papa John’s, whose stock is up 32 percent this year, reported surging sales, profits and cash flow and announced a new stock buyback program”

Posted on November 9, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Economy reconfiguring.

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Dog Aging Project.

Posted on November 9, 2020 by jgordon

Link. We don’t breed dogs for longevity. That tells me most people don’t want a dog that lives 20 years.

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“To calculate dog years, you must now multiply the natural logarithm of a dog’s age in human years by 16 and then add 31”

Posted on November 9, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Dog lifespans vary by breed. Glad that is being studied.

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Pfizer 90%: “Because it is made with mRNA, the doses will need to be kept at ultra cold temperatures.”

Posted on November 9, 2020 by jgordon

Link. It will not be our beat vaccine because distribution is so hard. Very novel mechanism of action.

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Good riddance to the Trump administration.

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Only covers the media names, not all the cabinet secretaries.

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“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”

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Hard times.

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3/4 voters said BLM protests were major factor in voting.

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

Link. The article dodges the question of how votes shifted. I suspect the riots did cost Dems the Senate.

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“Like Mr. Trump, Mr. Meadows often mocked reporters who wore masks around him, saying the face coverings muffled their voices”

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Asshole. He’ll probably do fine with COVID but a few minor scares would be well deserved.

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Maggie Haberman: the master of Trump reporting.

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

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”

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“Truly beyond parody that this obscure, junky-looking parking lot in northeast Philly was the last gasp of the Trump reelection campaign.”

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

Link. The writers pulled it together for the show finale.

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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.”

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Addicted to assholery. Human are terrible.

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COVID tales: rootless capitalists abroad.

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Almost all single, mostly 1-2%, well connected, and likely work really long hours. Curious lives.

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Animal COVID: “viruses are the leading cause of death in the chimps at Kibale. Even the human common cold can be lethal

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Dogs so far do not get sick and have not passed to humans. That we know of.

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The story of Fauci and US disease defenses.

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Deeply knowledgeable journalist veteran of the HIV era. Fauci in his dotage works 18 hours a day.

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Time Machine waits 10 days to tell you that your backup isn’t working.

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

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.

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SR-71: “Fuel was seeping through the joints, raining down on the hangar floor.”

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Expansion joints leaked at room temp. This is old school web hobbyist stuff.

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Election 2020 was the Y2K replay we hoped for.

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Danger recognized early, intense planning and preparation, disaster averted.

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How Biden Won the Presidency.

Posted on November 8, 2020 by jgordon

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.

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“important next step is for the head of the Government Services Administration to rule that the election results are final, enabling Biden’s transition team to expand its work and gain access to government funds. Biden officials are prepared for legal

Posted on November 7, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Trump appointee.

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Oliver Sacks: “When my father asked him why he earned one-tenth of what his colleagues did, Oliver admitted to never charging patients for visits.”

Posted on November 7, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Shared on the nephew’s own passing.

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What we need to do about COVID now.

Posted on November 7, 2020 by jgordon

Link. 90%. Hazard pay, paid time off, better masks, smarter masking, air flow. Omitted approaches to outdoor socializing and activities in cold climates.

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“Entire offices that do not have prevention protocols in place are being wiped out by the virus.”

Posted on November 7, 2020 by jgordon

Link. North Dakota is an experiment now.

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The Trump I remember.

Posted on November 7, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Including two big things he got right.

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“He’s afraid. He’s the most insecure, afraid person ever. He’s too afraid to be president. He’s afraid to exercise power. He’s afraid to do the job.”

Posted on November 6, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Plausible but oversimplified.

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“there could be as many as 300 million potentially habitable Earths” in our galaxy.

Posted on November 6, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Fermi fans know this could be bad news.

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Transition: “So far, officials in Mr. Trump’s government have worked in good faith, according to Biden officials”

Posted on November 6, 2020 by jgordon

Link.

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“Trump endorsement a hot commodity for years to come.”

Posted on November 6, 2020 by jgordon

Link. It’s his party.

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“He would get his supporters to vote in person, and then he’d seek to invalidate millions upon millions of mailed ballots on the grounds that they shouldn’t be counted for too many days after Election Day.”

Posted on November 6, 2020 by jgordon

Link. Sabotaged himself.

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