I guess if you interpret “far less able to deal with threats” as ‘incapable of deploying either nuclear or biological weapons’—sure.
Of course I interpret my phrase to mean something else, along the lines of “far less able to deal with threats in a productive manner that minimizes death and damage.” So, no Nobel for Donny.
By the way, the argument advanced recently (including on this site) that Hunter Biden has a credible claim on a share of this year’s Peace Nobel,* is badly in need of—at the least—a Lincoln Project ad. Just to rub it in.
The text there is slightly inaccurate. He never headed the Nobel-winning World Food Programme, but he did run one of its units, World Food Program USA, which was probably a lesser unit, as the US tends to have slightly less life-threatening hunger than most other countries (outside the modeling industry, anyway).
Since June, living in a Republican-lead state has been one of the most important variables in whether you’re going to die from COVID, as the graphic in this tweet shows:
Full text (PDF image) of the cease-and-desist order sent by California Attorney General and Secretary of State to various Republican party offices, demanding they immediately stop using those unofficial ballot drop boxes:
(Also cross-posted to the Mail In Good, Bad and Ugly thread.)
The letter demands that the operators of those boxes provide a complete list of the names, addresses, and birthdays of everyone who dropped a ballot in those boxes. Also, demands they surrender all the ballots that they may have in their possession.
I got an ink pen, only because I had forgotten to add the ZIP code to the witness box on my mom’s ballot envelope. (She went with me to the Board of Elections…she did not receive an ink pen, but now that she knows this is an option for absentee ballot delivery, she’s very enthusiastic about the voting process.)
I got an ink pen too because the lady didn’t want to take it back after I filled in the “I turned this in” form. I don’t blame her, it’s a cheap Bic. I think it’s still in my car.
Here in NZ - where voting ends on Saturday, I hear we’re being given an ORANGE pen when we vote. Apparently it’s good for about 3 words before the ink runs out
Trump’s favorite militia, who had called themselves The Proud Boys, have gotten steamed because the LGBTQ community, who had a legit claim to the name first, has taken it back. So now these Trumpistas are calling themselves…
Leathermen
As this tweet illustrates ever so eloquently,, they really did not think this through. But then, like their Orange Julius Caesar, they’re not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
(Yes, I know they’re technically not Republicans, but they’re on that side of the aisle…)
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