Republicans have figured out why they lost that special election last night: Rick Saccone’s pornstache. No, I’m not making that up; one GOP operative actually blamed the mustache, as if the rest of Rick Saccone was a fine candidate. Remember, three Republicans ran for this nomination. Their party’s loyalists specifically chose him. Live with it, Republicans — your base has the intelligence of a cinder block.
Exit polling by PPP found health care policy was a big factor in Lamb’s victory. District voters favor Obamacare 53-39.
British PM Theresa May, unlike Trump, is taking seriously the Russian attempt to assassinate a spy last week, expelling a score of Russian “diplomats”, with more steps to come. It’s unknown whether Trump has been told he can’t fire her.
Scientific American magazine delved into the research about gun ownership to compile a profile of the American gun nut, the kind of guy who belongs to the 3% of the public that owns 50% of the guns. Does it surprise you to learn he’s anxious about his ability to protect their families, insecure about his place in the job market and beset by racial fears? Of course not. But now it’s confirmed by science.
Of course, it’s a bad day for science, as time ran out on the guy who wrote the history of time, Stephen Hawking. Fortunately, there are many alternate universes in which he is still alive.
Speaking of scientists, one Russian who helped develop the nerve agent used in the assassination attempt says it was developed as a battlefield weapon. For some reason that does not make me feel safer.