THE Single Worst Idea For Replacing Biden. Not only does it suck. It wouldn’t work:
The writing staff would tell me I was about to jump the shark, that this is a “West Wing” fantasy that would never, ever happen. But as Bradley Whitford used to say, “Isn’t the biggest fantasy on television a mafia boss in therapy?” The Democrats need to break the glass and this is a break-glass plan, but it’s more than that. It’s a grand gesture. A sacrifice. It would put a lump in our throats.
But mostly, it would be the end of Donald Trump in presidential politics.
Read it. Be repulsed.
Democratic Socialists Of America Dump AOC–Because she’s not sufficiently antagonistic towards Israel:
For any sane organization, the 34-year-old lawmaker would be a treasured asset. She is principled, politically talented, and able to make national headlines on a regular basis. Her victory in 2018 led to the most significant single-day membership increase in DSA’s history. She has a grassroots background and knows how to talk to ordinary people, but she is also an agile political operator. In the space of a few short years, she rose to the vice ranking position of the House Oversight Committee and made herself a unique place in the Democratic Party.
But Ocasio-Cortez has one important failing in the eyes of DSA’s leaders: She is not sufficiently anti-Israel. As the organization declared its non-endorsement of her, the only rationale it cited was disapproval of her position on Israel.
No other issue comes anywhere close to drawing this much irrational passion on the left. Of all the contentious matters involving the congresswoman—including her 2022 vote on a rail strike and her endorsement of President Joe Biden—only Israel led to this drastic action, which is telling. And hers isn’t the only case. Sanders is almost single-handedly responsible for the resurgence of democratic socialism in America, and he is by far the most pro-Palestinian member of the Senate—yet many leftists, including those in DSA, attack him constantly for his opposition to Hamas’s terrorism.
In Delaware, this irrational passion leads some to endorse an incompetent like Dennis E. Williams for public office. Now I understand why.
Why Not Cool Roofs? A seemingly simple way to cool temps in heat islands:
So scientists and urban designers are now scrambling to research and deploy countermeasures, especially in the Southwest—not more energy-chugging air conditioning, but more passive, simple cooling techniques. “Cool roofs,” for instance, bounce the sun’s energy back into space using special coatings or reflective shingles. And urban green spaces full of plants cool the surrounding air.
It’s Been Scientifically-Proven: Sexism and misogyny rampant on Facebook and Instagram:
How do the algorithms of Facebook and Instagram affect what you see in your news feed? To find out, Guardian Australia unleashed them on a completely blank smartphone linked to a new, unused email address.
Three months later, without any input, they were riddled with sexist and misogynistic content.
Facebook had little to rely upon in the absence of any likes, comments or accounts added as friends. Meanwhile, Instagram makes users follow at least five accounts to start, so we chose the popular recommended accounts, including the prime minister and Bec Judd.
Meta says its algorithms rank content according to what people are interested in, but we wanted to find out where it would take us in the absence of such inputs. We scrolled through the feed every couple of weeks to check what was being served up.
Initially Facebook served up jokes from The Office and other sitcom-related memes alongside posts from 7 News, Daily Mail and Ladbible. A day later it began showing Star Wars memes and gym or “dudebro”-style content.
By day three, “trad Catholic”-type memes began appearing and the feed veered into more sexist content.
Three months later, The Office, Star Wars, and now The Boys memes continue to punctuate the feed, now interspersed with highly sexist and misogynistic images that have have appeared in the feed without any input from the user.
The quality of what is served on Facebook to every user in Australia had declined in the past few years, Carah says, coinciding with Meta’s decision to deprioritise news as it gears up to fight against paying media companies under Australia’s news media bargaining code.
“Australians are now immersed in this river of complete garbage on Facebook. I’m kind of curious, does this mean we’ll all just keep scrolling through this crap? Or is Facebook actually undermining their own product here?”
If BHL’s Specialty Is Health Care, Why Does Delaware’s Suck So Bad? This is not a gratuitous question. And it does suck:
Delaware, where estimates show those 60 and older will make up nearly 30% of the state’s population in the next six years, received a failing grade for senior health care cost, access and quality in a recent report.
SeniorLiving.org – which provides resources to older adults on housing, health, technology, safety and retirement planning, among others – gave the First State an F for senior health care services, ranking it 49th among the 50 states and District of Columbia.
Delaware was among six states that received failing grades, including Alabama, West Virginia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Oklahoma. Montana and North Dakota were the only states to receive A+ grades in the SeniorLiving.org report.
The report found Delaware was the only state to rank 40th or worse in all three categories used in the grading system (with one being the best). Delaware ranked:
- 44th in health care costs.
- 40th in access.
- 41st in outcomes.
SeniorLiving.org also noted that the First State’s drug costs are “exceptionally high” – 39% higher than the national average. Additionally, Delaware had the worst stroke death rate in the nation, the report said, as well as poor death rates from cancer.
I can’t explain why the reporter either didn’t ask the DHSS Secretary or self-aggrandized health specialist BHL for comment, or didn’t receive comment from them. Is it possible that BHL will release her campaign finance ‘audit’ in order to distract attention from this? Nevertheless, she’s a proven failure at what she claims to be her lone area of expertise.
What do you want to talk about?