I live in Baltimore. I heard on the radio that the heat index at the start of tonight’s Orioles game will be 111. That doesn’t sound safe for players or fans.
I think the next Orioles stadium will be domed as a response to the heat and located in the suburbs to appease the part of their fan base (that pays attention to right-wing media) that thinks downtown is unsafe. They would also find more room in the suburbs to build around the stadium.
I have posted on this subject before:
They don’t want there to be any accountability for Trump’s disgraceful actions.
Trump is a liar and I am sure he hires people who will lie for him.
I posted before on SSA reducing the amount of data available on customer service.
Now ICE is apparently lying about assaults:
“Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?” is my favorite Lovin’ Spoonful song. Lead singer and songwriter John Sebastian played on some of the covers.
Social Security stops reporting call wait times and other metrics
This is terrible. I worked at SSA (not on this stuff) and know that statistics were always available. Did they just turn off the reports? Eliminate the programming of the reports? Get rid of old data? Fire the people responsible for reviewing the reports? I wonder if they still have actuaries or anyone involved with statistics.
When we get a real president, it will be very hard to rebuild the government. It will be like starting from scratch. You will need money (which Republicans will oppose), staffing, facilities, etc. I don’t think the government will ever be what it was just six months ago.
On Wednesday, June 18th, the Orioles lost to the Rays 12-8 after having an 8-0 lead in the second inning. They didn’t even get a hit after the second.
It reminded me of a game in 1986 when they lost to the Rangers 13-11 even though the Orioles hit two grand slams in a 9-run inning. I listened to that game on the radio.
It also reminded John Eisenberg of the 1986 game:
I don’t understand why Trump has destroyed this valuable non-partisan agency. He didn’t contest the court order to resume operations, he just ignored it with no consequences,
From the New York Times article below:
Although the Trump administration did not appeal the judge’s order, it kept most of the news organization’s staff on paid leave.
Voice of America now provides news in only four languages and has radio broadcasts in only one country, Afghanistan, according to court filings. That is a significant reduction from February, when it had around 1,300 journalists who broadcast in 49 languages to an audience of over 360 million worldwide.
Sad! 