Vermont Primary Day! 📬
⭐️ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BILL! ⭐️
(I looked it up and YES it's today!)
... Connecticut, Minnesota and Wisconsin too
Since I am not working at the polls today,
I made cookies for those who are.
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Maybe some runoffs in California? No voting hereabouts that I know of.
ReplyDeleteThe coronavirus pandemic is reshaping spending patterns, creating new winners and losers. [Click] There is a new Tractor Supply Co. near our house; I have been in it a couple of times and its inventory strikes me as an incoherent mashup.
ReplyDeleteInland hurricane-like storm sweeps US midwest, leaving widespread damage [Click]”Rare wind storm known as a derecho blows over trees, flips vehicles and leaves tens of thousands without power.”
ReplyDeleteNothing more than a bit of thunder and rain at my house. Lights flickered a bit. But someone maybe a half mile away lost power for four hours.
DeleteThe morning tea leaves:
ReplyDeleteSusan Rice Not on List of Democratic Convention Speakers [Click]
Ditto Stacey Abrams.
DeleteIt's hard to know what that means, really, since the VP hasn't been announced yet. Would the VP pick already be listed or not?
DeleteThe VP would presumably not be one of the announced speakers. But that is getting close to classical kremlinology.
DeleteBiden Holds Small Lead In Georgia
ReplyDeleteAugust 11, 2020 By Taegan Goddard
A new SurveyUSA poll in Georgia finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race, 46% to 44%.
In the U.S. Senate race, Sen. David Purdue (R) is ahead of challenger Jon Ossoff (D), 44% to 41%.
In the other U.S. Senate race — a special election jungle primary — Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) leads with 26%, followed by Doug Collins (R) and Raphael Warnock (D) both at 17%.
So Warnock has come up considerably since the previous poll, which was quite a while back--two months, as I recall.
Make that "significantly" rather than "considerably."
DeleteA new Georgetown University Battleground poll finds 72% of Americans feel things in the country are on the wrong track, while just 22% think they’re on the right track.
ReplyDeletePrimaries today in Vermont, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Connecticut
ReplyDeleteMinnesota has a Senate race.
DeleteAll have House races:
VT (1), CT (5), MN (8), WI (8)
2020 Primary Elections by State and Territory
ReplyDeletehttps://www.fvap.gov/uploads/FVAP/VAO/PrimaryElectionsCalendar.pdf
Really, really hard to believe that Louisiana doesn't hold its primary until November. What are these people thinking of? And there's four or five in September, which I find totally surprising.
DeleteGood catch!
DeleteTurns out their primary (D) and (R) was held on July 11th!
VT: 1472 cases (+10)
ReplyDelete58 deaths x 5 days
124 active cases
Recovered 1295 (+13)
In Hospital 1 (+1)
Tests 103,957 (+604)
OHIO;As of Tuesday afternoon, there have been at least 102,826 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 3,708 deaths, and 11,760 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
ReplyDelete3.6%
DeleteToday:
Delete1095 new cases
35 deaths
At 200,000 excess deaths and counting since March 15th, US coronavirus-associated deaths have exceeded the death tolls of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings combined. It is SIXTY-SEVEN times the death toll of the September 11th attacks.
ReplyDeleteBiden's VP pick is ...
ReplyDeleteKamala Harris
(And is anyone surprised?)
(And is anyone not disappointed?)
Biden Picks Kamala Harris [Click]
DeleteAs my good wife has pointed out, with considerable justice, anyone whom I support for political office seems to be doomed. I still hope that I may live to see the day come when the Democratic Party again nominates someone for whom I truly WANT to vote. But this is again not the year.
DeleteMaybe we will get a better US senator out of the deal.
DeleteNo and no.
DeleteJust going to make it harder to vote for him. I loathe her.
ReplyDeleteAnd you live in a state that could go either way, so a protest vote would be a bad idea. My sincere sympathies. Which together with three bucks might buy you a cup of coffee.
DeleteOh, I'm voting AGAINST TRUMP. That's the only way I can swallow this bitter pill. Can't say I'm terribly surprised because Kamala has the same punitive view against people that Biden does. I'm not saying anything against them on FB because I'm sure the GOP and the trolls have that covered. I hope they win, but I'm not cutting them any slack and will be loud in my disagreement.
DeleteLooking at the bright side, we will at last be fee of those stupid emails asking who we want for VP.
Delete"There's no great loss without some small gain."
Delete~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Not the birthday present I was looking for: Penny and I learned today that our primary physician, who we very much liked, has "left the practice" (retired). I suppose it was inevitable. He is younger than us, but not by enough we could reasonably expect him to continue working throughout our lives.
ReplyDeleteHuh. Kids these days. . .
DeleteWait! Bill is TODAY your birthday?
DeleteHappy Birthday, Bill!
DeleteThanks. Yes, Penny and I went out for a birthday dinner at Hemingway's Bistro. I had smoked salmon appetizer, delicious baked halibut, and carrot cake (free). A couple of glasses of very nice champagne accompanied it. Penny had a salad and scallops, but was unhappy that the scallops came with capers. It also turned out that the six-block walk was a major strain for Penny. In retrospect, we probably should have ordered takeout to have at home.
DeleteThanks. Yes, Penny and I went out for a birthday dinner at Hemingway's Bistro. I enjoyed it very much, including two glasses of special champagne, but the six-block walk was almost too much for Penny.
DeleteMaybe a taxi next time. Very glad the meal was delicious! I think birthdays really should taste wonderful.
DeleteSorry for not noticing this earlier. Yes, congratulations, and take a taxi next time. The food sounds excellent.
DeleteMy favorite, but Penny is now quite adamant that she doesn't like it. Off the list for the two of us. But when we get back to in-person book discussions (hope, hope) that is one of the group's favorites for our after-discussion dinner.
DeleteLA Times, October 2019: California’s tough-on-crime past haunts Kamala Harris [Click] Lawn ordure. . .
ReplyDeleteLA Times: With Kamala Harris as Biden’s VP pick, Newsom has a chance to appoint history-making senator [Click] And maybe another appointment as well.
Full disclosure: I voted for Harris for Senator, because her opponent, although a "Democrat," was so decidedly obnoxious, a real right-wing stinker. Granted, she represented a very right-wing district, and replaced right wing Republican lunatic.
DeleteDavid Axelrod on why [he thinks] Biden chose Harris. [Click]
DeleteCompletely off the track. I have discovered I hate the herb rosemary. The saying goes "Rosemary for remembrance". Yeah, because rosemary tastes like an attic smells...the place where your memories are stored.
ReplyDeleteReally? How funny, because this Summer I planted my very first herb garden. And I have discovered that I *love* a little fresh Rosemary added to sautéed onions or meats.
DeleteMaybe it's like Cilantro where some love it and some (like myself) think it tastes like soap?
Harris Is a Tough Target for the Trump Campaign [Click]
ReplyDeleteFour ways (six, actually) Kamala Harris just made history [Click] I didn’t realize she was a Hastings grad. All but one of the Hastings grads I have encountered in my work have been outstanding attorneys.
Historic photo: Biden asking Harris to be his running mate. [Click]
“Joe Biden nailed this decision.”
— Barack Obama, quoted by CNN, on Biden picking Kamala Harris as his running mate.
Both trump and Ivanka donated to Harris before, thousands of dollars.
DeleteI'm sure that info will be put to good use.
DeleteRichard Wolffe: In this dystopian world, Kamala Harris sails above the presidential bar [Click] One could almost begin to feel sorry for Mike Pence. Almost.
ReplyDeleteNope.
DeleteRep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) beat back a well-funded primary challenger on Tuesday in Minneapolis, virtually guaranteeing a second term in Congress.
ReplyDelete👍
DeleteRoot*Center*Son had a banner day at the polls. Everyone he voted for won!
ReplyDeleteI said to him, "So you apparently voted well."
He responded: "Well, I was pretty much the only one at the polls,
so I guess they figured they'd go with my recommendation."
***ROFL!!!*** 😂😂😂
Great minds work in the same way, especially when there is only one of them?
DeleteNow he has a reputation to uphold...
Delete😁
DeleteWell, 9/10ths of anything is showing up.
FUN FACT:
ReplyDeleteIn 2016, Vermont set a record for Primary votes of 120,000.
As of Monday morning, 104,000 *absentee* ballots had already been cast.
Waiting to hear if we broke the old record, but it seems likely!
Sure sounds like it; hope there is a LOT of that sort of thing for the general election.
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