"A personal aide to Vice President Mike Pence — known informally as a “body man” who accompanies the Vice President throughout his day — has also contracted the novel coronavirus, the Washington Post reports."
I think that translates as "Pence should become symptomatic within the next five days."
Clouds began to appear this morning, and by 1PM completely covered the sky, but there is no rain in the forecast. AQI = 37 ("Good"). It looks like the upper midwest and southeast are in for some serious weather; wonder if that will depress voter turnout.
We picked about half the remaining Giant Fuyu persimmons today. I kept looking at one and thinking that besides being a beautiful orange color, it looked quite large; finally I weighed it: 510g = 18 ounces.
One thing I find particularly interesting about persimmons (at least the cultivated varieties) is how strongly alternate bearing they are. Observing our two trees, I discovered how they do it. Every other year a tree puts out one stem of male flowers, that dies after doing its job.
GOP Senate Majority Besieged on Multiple Front [Click] “Democrats began the 2020 election cycle with only a narrow path back to the Senate majority. But entering the final week before the election, there are competitive races everywhere. . .[Republicans’] defensive posture underscores just how broad the playing field is, with nearly a dozen Republican senators in various levels of danger, and only two Democratic seats at risk.”
A few years ago I went back for my 50th HS reunion. BIG changes. What used to be the downtown was mostly vacant lots. The neighborhood I grew up in was totally unrecognizable. Paved streets where there used to be brambles. Even the house I grew up in would have been hard to recognize because the front porch had been enclosed.
Cat--comments at end of previous thread re Russians vs. wolves. (I gather there were legends of packs of spectral wolves, too.)
ReplyDeleteMany midwest Democrats stayed home in 2016. Will they turn out for Biden? [Click] For but one example, “Ohio could be decided by a few thousand voters in Cleveland, where less than half the population is registered to vote.” Mind boggling.
ReplyDeleteOctober 3rd was the last day to register to vote in Ohio.
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2020 2.0M Early Votes
2016 1.8M Early Votes
2016 5.6M TOTAL votes
WAPO: Percent of Early Voting this year over the 2016 early voting numbers:
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Nationally 124%
Ohio 112%
California 123%
Massachusetts 160%
Vermont 409%
Illinois 113%
West Virginia 47%
Alabama 6068%
Wow! The war on Christmas is back! [Click]
ReplyDeleteNew Hampshire Union Leader endorses Joe Biden [Click]
New Battleground State Polls
October 25, 2020 at 11:01 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
From University of Texas at Tyler:
TEXAS: Biden 48%, Trump 45%
From CBS News:
FLORIDA: Biden 50%, Trump 48%
GEORGIA: Biden 49%, Trump 49%
NORTH CAROLINA: Biden 51%, Trump 47%
Some details here [Click] and here. [Click]
The NH Union Leader story is a big deal. They were known for decades for always endorsing the Republican.
Delete"A personal aide to Vice President Mike Pence — known informally as a “body man” who accompanies the Vice President throughout his day — has also contracted the novel coronavirus, the Washington Post reports."
ReplyDeleteI think that translates as "Pence should become symptomatic within the next five days."
Schumer Sounds Alarm Ahead Of Pence ‘Inexplicably’ Exposing Senate To COVID-19 [Click]
DeleteChristie Is ‘Surprised’ Pence Is Still On Campaign Trail After Aides Contract COVID [Click]
CNN: 9 days to go: Biden's lead over Trump is holding, while Clinton's was collapsing at this point [Click]
ReplyDeleteVT: 2073 (+30)😫
ReplyDelete58 deaths (88 days)
289 active cases
Recovered 1733 (+5)
In Hospital 3 (+1)
Tests 185,607 (+937)
Andrew Rawnsley: A Joe Biden White House will have little time and less love for ‘Britain’s Trump’ [Click]
ReplyDeleteClouds began to appear this morning, and by 1PM completely covered the sky, but there is no rain in the forecast. AQI = 37 ("Good"). It looks like the upper midwest and southeast are in for some serious weather; wonder if that will depress voter turnout.
ReplyDeleteWe picked about half the remaining Giant Fuyu persimmons today. I kept looking at one and thinking that besides being a beautiful orange color, it looked quite large; finally I weighed it: 510g = 18 ounces.
ReplyDeleteWOW! That sounds nothing at all like the wild persimmons my grandmother and I used to pick.
DeleteOne thing I find particularly interesting about persimmons (at least the cultivated varieties) is how strongly alternate bearing they are. Observing our two trees, I discovered how they do it. Every other year a tree puts out one stem of male flowers, that dies after doing its job.
DeleteA good interview with Cory Booker—the Senate, the Supreme Court, Trump, etc. [Click] Others differ, but I remain of the opinion that Booker ought to be presidential timber.
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ReplyDeleteOHIO: COVID cases, 195,806 cases and 5,206 deaths (no new deaths today).
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DeleteGOP Senate Majority Besieged on Multiple Front [Click] “Democrats began the 2020 election cycle with only a narrow path back to the Senate majority. But entering the final week before the election, there are competitive races everywhere. . .[Republicans’] defensive posture underscores just how broad the playing field is, with nearly a dozen Republican senators in various levels of danger, and only two Democratic seats at risk.”
ReplyDeleteIf you go the original story, remember that it is from Politico, which has a habitual “Democrats in trouble” bias.
DeleteNow it is admitted that at least five of Pence's staffers have come down with Covid.
ReplyDeleteI fell to poking around the area where I grew up, using the Google camera car; oddly enough, it has changed quite a bit in sixty years. . .
ReplyDeleteA few years ago I went back for my 50th HS reunion. BIG changes. What used to be the downtown was mostly vacant lots. The neighborhood I grew up in was totally unrecognizable. Paved streets where there used to be brambles. Even the house I grew up in would have been hard to recognize because the front porch had been enclosed.
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