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Roland99

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October 14, 2020

Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: 'Be not afraid of the accusation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/council-national-policy-video/2020/10/14/367f24c2-f793-11ea-a510-f57d8ce76e11_story.html
As the presidential campaign entered its final stages, a fresh-faced Republican activist named Charlie Kirk stepped into the spotlight at a closed-door gathering of leading conservatives and shared his delight about an impact of the coronavirus pandemic: the disruption of America’s universities. So many campuses had closed, he said, that up to a half-million left-leaning students probably would not vote.


dang paywall...one sec

can't get past paywall this time.

There's a video at the link
October 14, 2020

If you could choose the last song you'd hear before you died, what would it be and why?

Virtual Event with author Mike Ayers in conversation with Shea Serrano

If you could choose the last song you’d hear before you died, what would it be and why? Your favorite song of all time? Perhaps the one you danced to at your wedding? It’s a hard question that Mike Ayers has thought about for years, and his ironically upbeat book One Last Song asks 30 of today’s most inimitable musicians which song they would choose to be the last one they ever hear. Weaving together their explanations with evocative illustrations and poignant interludes—what your song to die to says about you, what songs famous people have died to, and more. The book offers insight into the minds of famous artists and provides an entry point for considering how integral music is to our own personal narratives.

https://store.wordsbookstore.com/virtual-event-mike-ayers


https://twitter.com/themikeayers/status/1260616433190473728

For the last 2 years, i've been asking musicians what's the last song you'd want to hear for a book on @ABRAMSbooks. Now it has a release date! And cover!
@jimjames wrote a beautiful foreword. Visuals by @studioMUTI plus a surprise thing from @SheaSerrano

October 13, 2020

Two Polls That Predicted Trump's 2016 Win Now Predict His 2020 Landslide Loss

https://www.newsweek.com/two-polls-that-predicted-trumps-2016-win-now-predict-his-2020-landslide-loss-1538501
In 2016, both the Investor's Business Daily/TechnoMetrica poll (IBD/TIPP) and University of Southern California Dornslife/Los Angeles Times poll (USC/LA Times) both predicted Trump's victory.

The day before Election Day 2016, the IBD/TIPP poll showed Trump beating Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton by 2 percentage points and the USC/LA Times poll showed Trump beating Clinton by 3.2 percentage points.

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As of October 12, 2020, the IBD/TIPP poll has Trump losing to Biden by 8.5 percentage points, and the USC poll has Trump losing to Biden by 13 percentage points. It seems The LA Times is no longer partnering with USC for its 2020 poll.

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The latest USC poll has had Biden consistently beating Trump by at least eight percentage points since late August. Four years ago, it showed Trump consistently beating Clinton for all but four days from September 12, 2016 to November 8, 2016.
October 13, 2020

McGrath response to the turtle about number of SCOTUS judges

Best line of the debate last night:

Mitch: It's been 9 since 1869!

McGrath: Except for the one year that you left 8 all year long

October 12, 2020

Goofus vs Gallant (trump vs Biden)

https://twitter.com/Scr0dman/status/1315783459881791490

Came across a Tiedrich reply to the mango Mussolini, calling him a 'goofus' and it triggered a memory of the old Goofus and Gallant comics in the old Highlights! magazines

so perfect!

Goofus even has the hair swoop!
October 12, 2020

O M G!! New Biden Ad (using trump's own words!!)

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1315768958742491136


BAM!

Oh...Twitler is gonna have all kinds of mad once he sees this!

He'll be demanding it be taken down, accusing Twitter of something, calling for lawsuits, etc

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