The Secret Service didn’t cause the controversy. Trump caused it by wanting to get rid of the magnetometers and wanting to go to the Capitol with his mob.
Month: July 2022
Reclaiming abortion rights will be difficult
I think it will take decades. If Congress passes a law supporting abortion rights, what would stop the Supreme Court (R) from striking it down?
I think the only hope is turnover on the court to get a liberal majority and that won’t happen anytime soon.
Biden is just talk about gas prices by blaming companies
Richard Nixon on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In was a great comedy show that was on TV from 1968-1973.
from the Wikipedia article:
During the September 16, 1968, episode, Richard Nixon, running for president, appeared for a few seconds with a disbelieving vocal inflection, asking “Sock it to me?” Nixon was not doused or assaulted. An invitation was extended to Nixon’s opponent, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, but he declined.[9] According to George Schlatter, the show’s creator, “Humphrey later said that not doing it may have cost him the election“, and “[Nixon] said the rest of his life that appearing on Laugh-In is what got him elected. And I believe that. And I’ve had to live with that.”[4][10] In an episode of the ill-fated 1977 revival, Rich Little as Nixon says, “I invited the American people to sock-it-to-me…. you can stop now”.[citation needed]
The Return of the Living Dead begins on July 3rd
I remember early video games in malls
I remember seeing the first video games in malls. They were black and white and they were amazing for their day. The games I recall were Pong and Computer Space.
How would a DOJ trial of Trump work?
Grand juries do not have to be unanimous. The regular jury would have to be unanimous. The difficulty of finding jurors who don’t know the case was discussed on MSNBC.
Public colleges promote upward mobility
I saw George Jones, Merle Haggard, and Conway Twitty in 1990
Here’s a review of the show at the Baltimore Arena. I thought Merle Haggard was the best of the three.
My favorite moment was when George Jones said he had recorded a song with Randy Travis and he sure would like to introduce him. The spotlight went to the side of the stage, the crowd cheered but nobody came out. Jones said something like “I said I would like to, I didn’t say I was gonna.”
More on the Supreme Court’s bad EPA ruling (7/2/22)
It’s bad for the environment
It’s bad for the government’s ability to function (which was the right-wing extremists’ intention)
Sad! 