Monday, July 27, 2020

Back when less was more...


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  1. Demonstrators clash at Montpelier [VT] pro-police rally
    https://vtdigger.org/2020/07/25/demonstrators-clash-at-montpelier-pro-police-rally/?utm_source=VTDigger+Subscribers+and+Donors&utm_campaign=15823c9878-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_27_12_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dc3c5486db-15823c9878-405965485

    It got tense, but it’s impressive that some from both sides ended up talking with each other, there was no violence, and no arrests were made.

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  2. VT: 1402 known cases (+2)
    56 deaths (0 x 41 days)
    Now 163 active known cases
    Recovered 1190
    In Hospital = 1 ( 0)
    Tests 90,617 (+808)

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  3. A new new NBC News/Marist poll in North Carolina finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race, 51% to 44%. In the U.S. Senate race, Cal Cunningham (D) leads Sen. Thom Tillis (R), 50% to 41%.

    A new AP-NORC poll finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race by 12 points, 46% to 34%. A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds Biden leading 51% to 41%.

    Closer and closer to Dear Leader: National security adviser Robert O’Brien has tested positive for coronavirus, according to Bloomberg News.
    The New York Times reports several White House officials, including members of the coronavirus task force, learned of National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien’s positive coronavirus test through media reports.

    Trump Is Running Out of Time for a Comeback [Click]

    DNC Hits Trump on Trying to Reopen Schools [Click]

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  4. 'These are his people': inside the elite border patrol unit Trump sent to Portland [Click] What puzzles me is why they are not being arrested and prosecuted for impersonating police officers; they wear uniforms that say “POLICE.” That’s a felony in many states, and is often used in the commission of crimes.

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  5. Why Kamala Harris Isn’t a Lock for Veep [Click] And a perfectly credible public reason for her not to be chosen is that President Biden will need every Democratic Senator he can get.

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    1. She has a terrible record and if he picked her it would be even harder for me to vote for him.

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  6. You Can Stop Scrubbing Your Mail Now [Click] “People are power scrubbing their way to a false sense of security.” Can I fumigate it with burning sulphur? [He ducks.]

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    1. I never scrubbed my mail. But I might have left it unopened for a day or two if it were from local.

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    2. I did wipe down packages, early on, but have not for a long time.

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    3. And just today some new masks we purchased via Etsy arrived. Since they were sent from Florida, I washed and dried them all first thing.

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  7. OHIO: As of Monday afternoon, there have been at least 85,177 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 3,344 deaths, and 10,285 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

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  8. Cat—you probably noticed it already, but in case you didn’t, here’s a groaner from Massachusetts: Kennedy Hits Markey for Ignoring Towns That Don’t Exist [Click]

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  9. There Is Nothing Conservative About What Trump Is Doing in Portland [Click] “Unconstitutional police activity is not conservative. It’s authoritarian.”

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  10. Najib Razak: Former Malaysian PM guilty on all charges in corruption trial https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53563065

    Let’s hope this starts a trend!

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  11. We had a bear here tonight!

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