By now you may have heard about the Harris wink-wink campaign ad (watch it below). In the voice-over actress Julia Roberts says, “In the one place in America where women still have a right to choose, you can vote any way you want. And no one will ever know.” The Hill reports here that Republican[...]
Archive for October, 2024
October 30th, 2024 - 8:04 pm § in Business
When employers play dirty
Earlier this year, CBS News reported (here) that a survey indicates 40% of companies post fake jobs, often even conducting fake interviews, and 70% of hiring managers believe the practice is morally acceptable. Why do they do it? After all it costs time, effort, and money to list a job and interview[...]
October 30th, 2024 - 5:01 pm § in Law and Courts
Whose baseball is this?
Or more precisely, which fan is entitled to the $4,392,000 a collector paid for it? With stakes that high, a judge will decide. On September 19, 2024, L.A. Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani became the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season, becoming the inaugural member of the &#[...]
October 30th, 2024 - 2:38 pm § in Politics
On being young, stupid, and full of politics, and baseball rules
There’s an expression to describe young dogs bursting with energy, bounding all over the place, and jumping up on every person they meet: “Full of puppy.” If you’ve ever had a dog, you know what I’m talking about. Just days before the 2024 election, novice political act[...]
Harris is saying all the right things
Kamala Harris’s 2020 campaign fell flat, and political observers criticized her campaigning as inept. She apparently learned from her mistakes, because four years later she’s grown as a campaigner. She ate Trump’s lunch in their debate, she’s campaigned on issues that resonat[...]
October 29th, 2024 - 7:43 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Can “Trump Media” traders do math?
“There are lies, damned lies, and statistics,” the bromide goes. But statistics don’t have to be manipulated to mislead you; all you have to do is misinterpret them. So it is with Trump Media stock, ticker symbol DJT, which has exploded upwards a week before the 2024 election as (a[...]
October 29th, 2024 - 4:20 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Paul Pelosi attacker gets life without parole
David DePape, the deranged freak who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and broke her elderly husband’s skull with a hammer, will never get out of prison. DePape previously was sentenced to 30 years for the federal crime of attacking a federal official or family member. Now he&[...]
October 29th, 2024 - 3:30 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Do you recognize this car?
It’s a 2001 to 2004 Volvo S60 sedan, black or dark colored, with dark-colored upholstery. It likely has Oregon or Washington plates, to be inconspicuous. Police and the FBI want to talk with whoever was driving it past ballot drop boxes that went up in flames in the wee hours last weekend. If [...]
October 29th, 2024 - 5:32 am § in Politics, Republicans
Kari Lake is still a weasel (video)
Kari Lake, a former Phoenix newscaster turned wannabe politician, is running for U.S. Senate in 2024 after losing a 2022 race for governor. Lake, a notorious election denier, persisted in contesting the 2022 results in court despite having no evidence; she not only lost at every step, but she and he[...]