In the end, there was no actual debate. It was the starkest example yet of a schoolyard bully misbehaving on national TV, and it is a tragedy that he is the President of the U.S.
Biden did his best to respond, but in the end a bully is a bully. And on occasion, Biden stumbled with his answers and seemed disoriented.
For one, I am disappointed, because I had hoped against hope for a discussion of the issues.
I had my pen and paper ready to take notes, but there were no substantive notes to be taken.
The moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News, had to repeatedly request Trump to back off, but he refused.
It was an embarrassment for the country in the eyes of the world.
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Well, as I was compiling the latest news headlines, something weird happened. A bunch of strange stories started popping up in my news feeds -- trips to Mars and the moon, a jetpack man who comes to your aid, a hermaphrodite bird in the Midwest, and a giant robot in Tokyo.
Far more entertaining than the debate...
* A review by The Washington Post of nearly 90 state and federal voting lawsuits found that judges have been dubious of Republican arguments about the risk of widespread fraud. (WashPo)
* TRUMP OUT TO WIN AT ANY COST The New York Times’ detailing of two decades of President Donald Trump’s federal tax returns made it even clearer that he sees a second term as a way to avoid potential prosecution and the burden of his mountainous debts. The report raises questions about whether Trump violated federal law in evading taxes, and offers a lens into why he has fought so hard to shield the returns from public view (HuffPost)
* Post-ABC poll: Biden leads Trump in battleground state of Pennsylvania (WashPo)
* Disney is laying off 28,000 employees at theme parks due to Covid-19. (CNN)
* A former federal prosecutor during the Watergate proceedings that brought down President Richard Nixon says tax revelations about Trump could ultimately send him and oldest daughter Ivanka Trump to prison. “Tax evasion is a five-year felony,” said Nick Akerman. (HuffPost)
* Trump said he would bring jobs back to Ohio’s manufacturing workers. Instead, he deserted them. (WashPo)
* Trump Secretly Mocks His Christian Supporters (Atlantic)
* Trump’s presidential election campaign attempted to discourage millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016 in a move that could have been crucial to his victory. According to an investigation by Britain's Channel 4 News, the “Deterrence” project run by Trump’s digital campaign team targeted 3.5 million Black people with ads in an attempt to get them to stay at home on Election Day. (Channel 4)
* Strange Bacteria Is Attacking California’s Trout Supply (NYT)
* Wildfires erupt across California, damaging Santa Rosa and displacing thousands (WashPo)
* Elon Musk says humans need to move to Mars as Sun will one day engulf Earth (U.S. Sun)
* United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to moon in 2024 (AP)
* Jet suit paramedic tested in the Lake District 'could save lives' (BBC) Maybe this explains that guy above LAX? (DW)
* Giant robot moving in Japan harbour entrances millions on Twitter (Reuters)
* Researchers In PA Catch Rare Part-Female, Part-Male Bird (CBS)
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According to Ancestry.com's analysis of my DNA sample, I'm 92% Scottish, 4% Irish, and 4% British. That's fine but can I ask for a second opinion?
"I don't need your rocking' chair." -- George Jones
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