Hi James,
I agree with you re Biden and the Democrats. My guess would be they were trying to find someone acceptable to both wings of the party.
Did you catch a couple of trumptisms the other day? They were beauts.
In an interview with CBS News he made this comment regarding the decision made in Los Angeles not to immediately reopen schools in September:-
"I would tell parents and teachers that you should find yourself a new person—whoever's in charge of that decision because it's a terrible decision. Because children and parents are dying from that trauma, too.
They're dying because they can't do what they're doing."
Maybe with you being a lawyer, you might be able to make sense of that, but I certainly can't.
Or there was this recent tweet:-
"Absentee Ballots are fine because you have to go through a precise process to get your voting privilege. Not so with Mail-Ins. Rigged Election!!! 20% fraudulent ballots?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2020"
Obviously he doesn't know that absentee voting IS mail-in despite this being the way he votes.
One last one, though not about trump. I see that Republican Steve Watkins from Kansas has been charged with three felony counts of voter fraud, related to having registered to vote using a mailbox at a UPS store. I also see he is being investigated for circumventing campaign finance laws. Trump had strongly endorsed Watkins so maybe he should rethink his endorsement and also if he is really interested in stopping voter fraud he should look to his own party first. Remember North Carolina in the last election?
Cheers,
Maurice
PS: Do you think this will get a few good ranties?
PPS: Sorry to spoil this thread by actually mentioning astronomy, but did you manage to see the comet last night. I had a great view. Easily visible to the naked eye, despite the twilight. I estimated about mag 3.7 with a 2.5 degree tail. In 20x80 binoculars, the tail could be followed for about 7 degrees. Took some nice photos, but have not had time to process them yet. Will post them in the :Comets" forum once I have done so.