The New York Times collected their thoughts:
Once Top Advisers to Trump, They Now Call Him ‘Liar,’ ‘Fascist’ and ‘Unfit’ Read >
This weekend the one on that list I really wonder about is Mike Pence. What’s he thinking?
I mean, consider him for a minute. A staunch Conservative, devoutly religious, and a dedicated public servant. A lawyer and a broadcaster, who ended up in Congress, then Governor of Indiana, and finally Vice President of the United States.
But all that seems so long ago now. Instead, our image of Pence is a man who hid in the basement of Congress on January 6, 2020, his life threatened by MAGA Trumpists calling for him to be hung outside on the Congress lawns because he wouldn’t do what Trump wanted – overturn the election results. There was even a gallows built by the pole swinging, gun toting, Confederate flag waving protestors, although to me it looked like a clumsily built pretend gallows, not a real one. Nevertheless, there’s no doubt the thought was there, and, in that moment, the Pence future was decided.
He did try for the 2024 nomination but was flattened by the Trump machine and discarded by Trump at the same time.
So, I ask again – what do you think Mike Pence is thinking this weekend?
One thing Trump and his current round of sycophantic advisors have been very successful at is painting for Americans that their economy has a dreadful set of indicators.
Worst in the world if you believe some of the negative spin they’ve put on it for months. Well surprise, the truth is far different. Even the Republican leaning Wall Street Journal had to admit that this week:
The Next President Inherits a Remarkable Economy Read >
Remember Hillary Clinton in 2016 calling Trump “Putin’s puppet” during the debate?
Then Trump replying, “No, you’re the puppet!” Not sure who won that exchange, but we do know who won the election, and Putin wasn’t complaining about the outcome.
So, what about this time? Is the answer as obvious as it feels? Check this out from the Associated Press:
What the U.S. election means for Russia, and how Putin views the candidates Read >
So, who will win?
For that we turn to the latest and perhaps last word from the American university professor who has the nickname “Nostradamus” for his pretty impressive prediction record over forty years:
Nostradamus pollster reveals latest 2024 prediction – and how he’s never had ‘so much hate’ in an election Read >
Time for a quick check in on the coup that wasn’t, in Ottawa.
The prime minister is still the prime minister, the liberals who were whining a week ago are still whining, and the media keeps trying to see if there is any real there, there.
I liked Michael Harris’s take in The Hill Times this week… (Warning – there is a paywall on this one which might prevent you from getting in unless you can wrangle a freebie.)
🔒Gang of 24 comes up a dollar short and a day late Read >
The Globe’s Marieke Walsh and Stephanie Levitz also had a good resume of the latest developments on this story:
🔒Trudeau urges Liberal MPs to move on from dissent, focus on Canadians Read >
Okay, I’m having trouble believing this study from StudyFinds.org, a site I quite like.
Remember at the height of the pandemic when we stayed home for extra hours each day even when we weren’t in lockdown? Well since things settled down, we’ve been back to being away from home, no? Back to some sense of normal, no? Even with some of the work from home stuff, aren’t we trying to get “out” more? Apparently not:
The great indoors: Americans spending hour less outside since pandemic Read >
Maybe you knew this already. I didn’t.
The Canadarm has a hole in it. The piece of space machinery that’s helped make us famous up there is getting old. Mind you, everything up there in the International Space Station is getting old and worse, it’s getting beat up by space junk. The Daily Mail seems up to date on this:
Shocking photos show how NASA's decaying ISS has been leaking and cracking for years amid evacuation fears Read >
These final two stories are the kind I love.
Stories about things that try to tie us to the great people, places, and events of history.
The first one is about Alexander the Great, or at least it might be:
Was This Scrap of Cloth Once a Tunic Worn by Alexander the Great? Read >
Now if you thought that was far-fetched then you’ll likely enjoy this one.
Most of my life I’ve been hearing stories about the Shroud of Turin. And as much as you want to believe this stuff, there’s always part of you saying “Really? I don’t think so.” The “I don’t think so’s” get the edge here this week:
Shroud of Turin 'does not show face of Jesus' – in fact he never touched it says study Read >
