Ominous signs for the 2024 elections

Republicans will try to get electors selected by legislators instead of voters.

The GOP whip laying the groundwork for overturning the 2024 election. Happening right in front of us. https://t.co/quNP7ELxrW
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) June 15, 2022

Read this warning to his colleagues from CNN's @AlexKoppelman. It's about facing up to what we know about the Republican party in 2024.

"We know they do not believe he could lose, so we know there is a good chance he will not be allowed to." https://t.co/vKJaYNAR51 Recommended.
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) May 11, 2022

“Eastman advised that a state legislature should concoct a fig leaf justification for declaring the correct Biden electors certified by the governor invalid and certifying Trump electors instead.” This is key to their plans for 2024:https://t.co/T6FDtJQcpk
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 11, 2022

If Biden beats Trump 48-46 in the 2024 national popular vote, then we would expect that to put Trump in the White House while Republicans gain six senate seats. https://t.co/4gDJCS9izl
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 2, 2022

“‘This is the clearest and most present danger to our democracy,” said J. Michael Luttig. ‘Trump and his supporters are preparing now to lay the groundwork to overturn the election in 2024 were Trump, or his designee, to lose the vote for the presidency.’” https://t.co/G7kUlf044Q
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 19, 2022

The media obsession with Trump impact on elections

You would think that Trump is the only issue because of the media addiction to Trump.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R) is projected to win her South Carolina primary in a blow to Donald Trump https://t.co/YpJihC9uNf
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 15, 2022

There were other issues: https://t.co/JwbutHXo6r
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 15, 2022

Fox News poll, most important issue to vote for Congress:

Inflation 41%
Guns 12%
Abortion 10%
Border security 7%
Climate 5%
Crime 5%
Election integrity 4%
Voting rights 4%
Covid 3%
Foreign policy 1%
https://t.co/LgnxUA6T6P
— Bill Scher (@billscher) June 16, 2022

New Mexico Trump supporter won’t certify an election

This will happen again and again in the future thanks to Trump and his baseless lies about election fraud.

A New Mexico county commissioner convicted for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has vowed to defy a state Supreme Court order and not certify primary-election results in his county during a scheduled Friday meeting. https://t.co/4MwgsjkusR
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 17, 2022

New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver asked the state’s attorney general to investigate a GOP-led county commission that refused to certify the results of a recent primary election. https://t.co/mO6ougX4mY
— CNN (@CNN) June 17, 2022

Expect more of this… wake up America and GOP, this will destroy us. This is now the plan for MAGA, place people in low levels who can refuse to do their basic duty.

GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote | AP News https://t.co/JTTfdSA7Zd
— Adam Kinzinger🇺🇦🇺🇸✌️ (@AdamKinzinger) June 15, 2022

If you are curious what the combination of belief in lies about election fraud and political power can look like, look at the mess unfolding in Otero County, N.M. https://t.co/uIywinZcvw
— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 15, 2022

Romney to me on NM’s county’s refusal to certify vote: “There's no question that if you continue to repeat a lie enough times people begin to believe it, particularly if it's being repeated by the President of United States, or the former president of the United States”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 15, 2022

The New Mexico secretary of state has asked the state Supreme Court to order a GOP county commission to certify primary election results after the panel refused to do so, citing concerns with voting machines. https://t.co/4VFqppi06L
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 15, 2022

Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin sentenced for Jan. 6 trespassing https://t.co/MGTjWplVYH
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) June 17, 2022

Lincoln Beachey

My father was born in 1908 in Chicago. He frequently talked about seeing famous aviator Lincoln Beechey who died in a plane crash into water in 1915. He remembered the crash. I thought he may have seen it but it took place in San Francisco. Beachey was in Chicago in 1911 and maybe other times.

We didn’t have Google back then so I never checked it out. I had not heard of him. Beachey is a character in the excellent novel Alive In Necropolis by Doug Dorst.

Lincoln Beachey flying under the Niagara River Bridge on June 28, 1911, in his Curtiss pusher "Beachey Special" pic.twitter.com/Re67CQ6BBC
— Skies-of-Glory (@violetpilot1) March 11, 2020

Barney Oldfield & aviator Lincoln Beachey race in one of their "Championship of the Universe" events – Syracuse- 1914 pic.twitter.com/oNVTg7JOA4
— Vintage Sprint Cars (@VntgSprintCars) October 12, 2015

#OTD in 1913, Lincoln Beachey became the first American pilot to successfully "loop the loop" in flight, completing his loop at an altitude of only 300 feet (91 meters). #DaredevilOfTheSky pic.twitter.com/5Ooy0cJ3sP
— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) November 18, 2017

I expect Republicans to sabotage the gun safety bill

Republicans will find some lame excuse to undermine the possible bill. They really don't care about gun safety. https://t.co/nf1Wa2T344
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 15, 2022

I wouldn’t be surprised if Republicans find a way to sabotage this – either reducing what’s in it or making sure it doesn’t pass. https://t.co/d3o0lm9vEH
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 14, 2022

On Monday, Tucker Carlson said red flag law proposal would lead to gun confiscation, and attacked the Republican senators who supported it, calling out Cornyn specifically for "Democratic talking points" from Pelosi and the DNC. https://t.co/sme7cJVW9w https://t.co/fcJjbyjH1x
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) June 15, 2022

I’ll say it again:

No one’s political survival is more important than our children’s survival.

Republican Senators cannot look away from the gun violence epidemic or block the House reforms.

We all have a duty to pass lifesaving commonsense gun reforms that #ProtectOurKids! https://t.co/jq0xHDzsqo
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) June 14, 2022

The vast majority of Republican senators tell CNN they want more details about the announced bipartisan gun safety framework before saying where they stand https://t.co/2RxRKWFX6p
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 14, 2022

slow will turn into nu

This reminds me of Republican states who won't expand Medicaid even though the federal government would pay most of the costs.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 15, 2022

I expect Republicans to bail out on this and blame it on Democrats. They're afraid to cross the hard-line pro-gun supporters who don't want any changes. https://t.co/hPWeEcvg7k
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 16, 2022

No-hitters that were lost on the last out

Miles Mikolas lost his no-hit bid yesterday with two outs in the ninth inning. He left the game immediately after, making him one of only 17 pitchers in the AL/NL since 1901 with a start of exactly 8.2 innings and 1 hit allowed: https://t.co/HSPugUcuwC @Cardinals | #STLCards pic.twitter.com/QwmHmMSGSx
— Baseball Reference (@baseball_ref) June 15, 2022

12 no-hit bids turned final-out heartbreakers

Yahoo poll: Majority believes it is likely America will cease to be a democracy

I assume the Trump cult thinks this is good news.

New @YahooNews @YouGovAmerica poll:

Most Ds (55%) and Rs (53%) now believe it is “likely” that America will “cease to be a democracy” someday — and nearly as many expect to see another U.S. civil war in their lifetimes.

How did we get here?https://t.co/73OPKSIsl3
— Andrew Romano (@AndrewRomano) June 15, 2022

Covers: The Railroad Boomer/Boomer’s Story

I know”Boomer’s Story” as the title track to Ry Cooder’s second 1972 album. Read the Wikipedia article on Boomer’s Story I linked to for more on the song which was originally “The Railroad Boomer”. It was recorded in 1929 by Frank Luther and Carson Robison.

Two former Pittsburgh movie theaters

I remember the Strand movie theater in Pittsburgh – see the third picture in the Instagram post below. I saw The Godfather and several American Film Theatre movies there. I went to the University of Pittsburgh from 1971-1975. It’s right up the street from the theater.

I also remember the Kings Court theater further up Forbes Avenue even closer to Pitt. A friend sent me a picture a few years ago – it was a T- Mobile cell phone store then.

Google Maps photo of the current building where the Strand was

Google Maps photo of the current building where the Kings Court was