~ 2020 pantry clear-out begins ~ Polling debacles ! ~ Can polling be fixed? ~ Election legitimacy, now and then ~ AOC on ground operations ~ Pfizer ramping? ~ Biden’s Covid plan ~ Nursing home Covid mortality and loneliness ~ Animal Crossing ~ Zamyatin’s “We” ~ Bob and Ray ~ A hole in one
Saturday, July 5, 2025
Matt Taibbi: A Dangerous Moment for the Democratic Party
Matt Taibbi describes why the Democrats are likely to draw all the wrong lessons from their shabby 2020 results.
The Super Cold Covid Vaccine Distribution Problem
The more you look at Pfizer’s vaccine, the more you have to think they really really needed that first mover advantage.
Unions Raise Worker Wellbeing
Quelle surprise! Unions look better than they used to, due to the worsening of non-union work.
James M. Buchanan, Segregation, and Virginia’s Massive Resistance
Later “Nobel” prize winner James Buchanan took his first policy stance by supporting segregation in Virginia via proto charter schools.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/10/2020
Covid charts ~ Can Biden avoid Obama’s mistakes? ~ Manchin on fundamental change ~ Biden transition and Silicon Valley ~ Candidate concessions ~ Vote challenges ~ Boeing 737 ~ Pfizer’s vaccine makes me queasy ~ Book hoarding
The Language of Slavery
A language directive via the New York Times! Will it take hold?
Quick Comments on the Biden-Harris Covid Plan: Not Much Sizzle and No Steak
The Biden transition team has abandoned most of the Biden campaign Covid promises, particuarly the ones that cost money.
Victims of Nuclear Bomb Tests on U.S. Soil 75 Years Ago Continue to Seek Justice
The US conducted nuclear tests that damaged the health of generations of New Mexico residents—who remain uncompensated.
Who Is Michèle Flournoy, Biden’s Rumored Pick for Pentagon Chief?
Rumor, as in press reports, has it that Biden plans to install uber hawk Michèle Flournoy as Secretary of Defense.
“What It Took”: The Price of Democrat Victory in 2020
A cri de couer about election 2020.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/9/2020
~ “Bright college days” ~ Election fraud affidavit emerges, sorta ~ is Pfizer Son of Gilead? ~ GSA “ascertainment” and the Biden transition ~ Malls on the upswing, or not? ~ Mason jar shortage ~ Shutting up Amazon Echo ~ SAD ~ Karl Kraus
What to Know as ACA Heads to Supreme Court — Again
The central issue in the case is whether the requirement in the law to have insurance — which remains even though Congress eliminated the penalty or tax — is constitutional.
