Archive for 2020

ANALYSIS: TRUE.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

● Shot: Biden Covid advisor says U.S. lockdown of 4 to 6 weeks could control pandemic and revive economy.

—CNBC, today.

● Chaser: New York Gov. Cuomo says Trump has no authority to impose quarantine: ‘It would be illegal.’

—CNBC, March 28th.

● Hangover: Are We in a Pandemic or Not?

—Jim Treacher, Monday, accompanied by this photo, and other like it, of hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of Biden supporters huddling together, some without masks, after his apparent victory was announced:

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon.)

UPDATE: The D.T.s:

HISTORY: December 13, 2000: Al Gore concedes presidential election. “‘I promised that I wouldn’t call him back this time’ Gore said, referring to the moment on election night when he had called Bush to tell him he was going to concede, then called back a half hour later to retract that concession.”

IT’S NOT JUST YOU: YouTube appears to be down worldwide.

UPDATE: “Now, things seem to be back, but you might still hit a few quirks. Videos played on YouTube’s website seem to be working as they normally do. On the mobile app, one Verge staffer has seen a few error messages, but those would clear with a refresh. YouTube TV worked on mobile for another Verge staffer after he force closed the app.”

NICELY SUMMARIZED:

YOU CERTAINLY CAN’T TRUST THE WAPO, WHERE “DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS” IS NOT A WARNING, BUT AN AMBITION:

NOT A HAPPY ENDING: The New Yorker Fires Jeffrey Toobin After Probe Into Zoom Masturbation Scandal.

CNN apparently hasn’t made up its mind if Toobin will be allowed back to work there: “A spokesperson for CNN did not immediately respond to a request [from a CNN journalist] for comment on Toobin’s status at the network. Last month, a CNN spokesperson said that following the Zoom incident, Toobin had ‘asked for some time off’ and that the network had granted it.”

TIME TO PAY THE DANE-GELD: Black Lives Matter: We ‘Invested Heavily In This Election’ And ‘We Want Something For Our Vote.’

During the 1994 presidential election, Bill Clinton redefined “investing” in the political lexicon to mean “spending taxpayer money like a drunken sailor.” Now BLM has redefined it yet again to mean “burning blue cities to the ground, largely in protest of Biden’s 1994 Crime Bill.”

Related: Biden communications director says AOC won’t be disappointed by ‘progressive and aggressive’ agenda.

UPDATE: Voting for Joe Biden Won’t Save You From the Mob.

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