Links Emailed to the WADG Email List

The following links were suggested by various WADGers, and may or not point to true information.
WADGers don't necessarily agree with the opinion linked to and nor have they done any research to establish its veracity.

2021-01-16

From Frank Schima:

Post-ABC poll: Overwhelming opposition to Capitol attacks, majority support for preventing Trump from serving again
https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/jan-10-13-2021-washington-post-abc-news-poll/ab470cba-8e05-4692-af78-4949613740cc/

From Zetta Feder:

Four Rules That Should Guide Bidenomics -- Basically, damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. by Paul Krugman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/jan-10-13-2021-washington-post-abc-news-poll/ab470cba-8e05-4692-af78-4949613740cc/

2021-01-14

From Marc Rochkind:

Queens man impeached - again
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/business/media/queens-daily-eagle-trump.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage

2021-01-11

From Gene Bolles:

Emergency Message To Trump! Deep State Still Planning 25th Amendment Coup
https://cantcensortruth.com/watch?id=5ffa32bcfbe79238d80b9b39

Roger Stone (Wikipedia)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Stone

In a viral video, Schwarzenegger links the Capitol riot to a rampage that was a prelude to the Holocaust.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/politics/arnold-schwarzenegger-video.html

From Bernard Mendonca:

Record low flu cases show how COVID-19 is more contagious and 'less forgiving,' experts say
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/01/11/amid-coronavirus-flu-cases-record-low/4127197001/

2021-01-07

From Marc Rochkind:

Where to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine
https://covid19.colorado.gov/for-coloradans/vaccine/vaccine-for-coloradans

From Gene Bolles:

BREAKING: Woman shot DEAD by Capitol Police inside the Capitol Building.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpUxQyLCBbk

2021-01-06

From Michael Sweeney:

Battle for Afghanistan: Lessons from the First Anglo-Afghan War (2013 video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYAxWVbqQvg

2021-01-04

From Marc Rochkind:

Everything you need to know about Section 230
The most important law for online speech
https://www.theverge.com/21273768/section-230-explained-internet-speech-law-definition-guide-free-moderation

From Gene Bolles:

What is Herd Immunity and How Can We Achieve It With COVID-19?
https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/achieving-herd-immunity-with-covid19.html

2021-01-03

From Michael Sweeney:

League of Denial (full film) | FRONTLINE
[NFL and brain injuries)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SedClkAnclk

From Gene Bolles:

John le Carré (1931-2020) on the Iraq War, Corporate Power, the Exploitation of Africa & More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Tq7xeSwRE&feature=youtu.be

From Marc Rochkind:

More Than 12 Million Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/

SARS-CoV-2 is following the evolutionary rule book
[What Fran Greene has been telling us.]
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/01/02/sars-cov-2-is-following-the-evolutionary-rule-book

Trump and Netanyahu keep trying to goad Iran conflict. They have 18 days
https://mondoweiss.net/2021/01/trump-and-netanyahu-keep-trying-to-goad-iran-conflict-they-have-18-days/

2021-01-02

From Marc Rochkind:

Sign up to be notified about Boulder County vaccine availability.
[Only notification -- not a sign-up for the vaccine itself.]
https://bouldercounty.wufoo.com/forms/z14hos8502vdgjr/

From Bernard Mendonca:

AULD LANG SYNE by Sissel
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Rtajxo8d7js?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0

2020-12-31

From Bernard Mendonca:

Getting COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of Americans is off to a slow start; why the holdup?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/30/getting-covid-19-vaccine-into-arms-americans-off-slow-start/4087690001/

From Michael Sweeney:

After Navalny's Poisoning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwWOoj9w4fA

From Gene Bolles:

Trump Could Still Start a Last-Ditch War With Iran
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/trump-could-still-start-last-ditch-war-iran/617530/

2020-12-30

From John Cowley:

Ex-Military Officers Criticize Spain’s Government and Praise Franco
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/27/world/europe/spain-military-franco-fascist.html

From Michael Sweeney:

Debate: The West Should Cut Ties With Saudi Arabia (Intelligence Squared)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi0T0owgW3M

From Dave Walden:

Parallels Between the Election of 1876 and 2020?
https://patriotpost.us/articles/73793?mailing_id=5548&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.5548&utm_campaign=all_subscribers&utm_content=body

2020-12-29

Today we'll discuss this article from John Cowley:

13 Things Trump Got Right
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/the-things-trump-got-right/617424/

2020-12-27

From Frank Schima:

Dave Barry’s Year in Review 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/12/27/dave-barrys-year-review-2020/?arc404=true

2020-12-26

From John Cowley:

Stand Against the Coming Tidal Wave of Deceit
"The challenge to democratic values and institutions from Trump and his
supporters is a page that will not turn."
DECEMBER 24, 2020, David Frum, Staff writer at The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/trumps-pardons-prove-that-the-lies-will-not-end-with-his-presidency/617523/

13 Things Trump Got Right
"Nobody does nothing as president, not even someone who watches television
for five or six
hours a day."
DECEMBER 18, 2020, David Frum, Staff writer at The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/the-things-trump-got-right/617424/

2020-12-24

From John C, with Happy Holidays to all!
In support of Trudy's theme about division, as falsehoods contribute to it:

In America, Fake News Is Multilingual
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/opinion/fake-news-disinformation-immigrants.html

Falsehoods Amplified In Runoffs
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/technology/georgia-senate-runoff-misinformation.html

Defamition Suits Could Sink Right-Wing Media
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/business/media/smartmatic-lawsuit-fox-news-newsmax-oan.html

When Did Republicans Start Hating Facts?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/opinion/republicans-reagan-disinformation.html

From Marc Rochkind:

Brexit Is Finally Done, but It Already Seems Out of Date
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/world/europe/brexit-deal-boris-johnson.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Could Trump declare martial law to try to steal the election?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/24/could-trump-declare-martial-law-try-steal-election/

2020-12-21

From Dave Walden:

THE IMMACULATE DECEPTION: Six Key Dimensions of Election Irregularities (The Navarro Report)
https://bannonswarroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Immaculate-Deception-12.15.20-1.pdf

From Marc Rochkind:

This might be the most embarrassing document created by a White House staffer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/18/this-might-be-most-embarrassing-document-created-by-white-house-staffer/

2020-12-20

From Gene Bolles:

Heated Oval Office meeting included talk of special counsel, martial law as Trump advisers clash
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html

What is the new Covid strain – and will vaccines work against it?
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/19/what-is-the-new-covid-strain-and-will-vaccines-work-against-it

2020-12-18

From Gene Bolles:

Scoop: Pentagon halts Biden transition briefings
https://www.axios.com/pentagon-biden-transition-briefings-123a9658-4af1-4632-a6e6-770117784d60.html

From Dave Walden:

The Coming Financial Attack on the United States: Connecting the Dots
https://wilderwealthywise.com/the-coming-financial-attack-on-the-united-states-connecting-the-dots/

2020-12-17

From Gene Bolles:

Coronavirus: Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf says coronavirus approach 'has failed'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55347021

Treasury and Commerce Departments targeted in cyberattack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R61f2m2Vd68&feature=youtu.be

How worried should we be about deadly cyber-attacks? - BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSLDT7st7DI&feature=youtu.be

From Dave Walden:

Armstrong: Distribute vaccines to save the most lives
https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2020/12/15/armstrong-distribute-vaccines-to-save-the-most-lives/

2020-12-16

From Fran Greene:

Scientists pinpoint genes common among people with severe coronavirus infections
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/12/14/covid-genes-illness-severity/

From Frank Schima:

How Science Beat the Virus
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/01/science-covid-19-manhattan-project/617262/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

From Dave Walden:

One Little Problem with the "All-Electric" Auto Fleet: What Do We Do with all the "Waste" Gasoline?
https://www.oftwominds.com/blogdec20/gasoline12-20.html

2020-12-12

From Marc Rochkind:

Interesting explanation of this (until now) obscure law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_Count_Act

From Fran Greene:

Covid: Genes hold clues to why some people get severely ill
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54832563

From John Cowley:

What Really Saved the Republic From Trump?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/opinion/trump-constitution-norms.html

From Kathleen Saunders:

Children’s Clothing Ad (not) from Macy's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVXN85TJabg

2020-12-08

From Bernard Mendonca:

Trump's jaw-dropping vaccine screwup
https://theweek.com/articles/953941/trumps-jawdropping-vaccine-screwup

How a lockdown saved Hanauma Bay, one of Hawaii's natural treasures
https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/Hanuauma-Bay-is-healing-How-the-pandemic-15741199.php

2020-12-06

From Gene Bolles:

Sweden's pandemic experiment ends amid spiking coronavirus cases
https://www.foxnews.com/world/swedens-pandemic-experiment-ends-spiking-coronavirus-cases

From Randy Schwartz:

Bill Clinton pardon controversy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_pardon_controversy

2020-12-05

From Frank Schima:

Should We Have a Federal Department of The Attention Economy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adkv6C880cg&feature=youtu.be

2020-12-03

From Fran Greene:

Pentagon shake-up continues as another top official departs
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/politics/pentagon-official-departs/index.html

From John Cowley:

Rise Up and Save Us, Joe Biden
There is no middle path when it comes to the climate emergency.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/opinion/biden-kerry-climate-change.html

Beijing Takes Its South China Sea Strategy to the Himalayas
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/world/asia/china-bhutan-india-border.html

From Dave Walden:

We Have Immune Systems, New York Times Reveals
https://www.aier.org/article/we-have-immune-systems-new-york-times-reveals-2/

A compilation of twenty alleged election ‘facts’ that don’t pass the smell test, by Andrea Widburg
https://straightlinelogic.com/2020/11/30/a-compilation-of-twenty-alleged-election-facts-that-dont-pass-the-smell-test-by-andrea-widburg/

From John Etra:

Biden’s policies on immigration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/biden-immigration/

2020-11-14

From Gene Bolles:

Pentagon senior adviser accused Pompeo and senior politicians of taking money and getting rich from 'the Israeli lobby'
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/13/politics/kfile-douglas-macgregor-israel-lobby/index.html

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The pandemic has become a humanitarian disaster in the United States
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/13/health/coronavirus-humanitarian-disaster-gupta/index.html

From Frank Schima:

The Next Decade Could Be Even Worse
A historian believes he has discovered iron laws that predict the rise and fall of societies. He has bad news.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/?utm_source=atl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share

From Bernard Mendonca:

The Obamas are worth at least $40 million — take a look at how they make and spend their money
https://www.businessinsider.com/barack-obama-michelle-obama-net-worth-2018-7?amp

How Many State Secrets Is Trump Going to Sell to Pay Off His Debts?
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/donald-trump-debt-national-security

2020-11-13

From Marc Rochkind:

Could State Legislatures Pick Their Own Electors to Vote for Trump? Not Likely
https://www.nytimes.com/article/electors-vote.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

2020-11-09

Some topics for today suggested at yesterday's lounge:

1. ACA hearing before the Supreme Court (see articles below)
2. Potential Biden executive orders
3. Biden's cabinet
4. How will Biden work with Mitch McConnell and the Senate

From Marc Rochkind:

The Affordable Care Act Faces Another Supreme Court Test
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/08/us/obamacare-aca-supreme-court.html?searchResultPosition=8

The Health 202: SCOTUS faces three key questions in the Obamacare case it's hearing today
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/10/health-202-scotus-faces-three-key-questions-obamacare-case-it-hearing-today/

2020-11-08

From Marc Rochkind:

Biden Won — Pretty Convincingly In The End
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-pretty-convincing-win-for-biden-and-a-mediocre-performance-for-down-ballot-democrats/?ex_cid

From Randy Schwartz:

Abdul-Jabbar: We may be a divided nation, but we're united in not trusting the news media
https://www.yahoo.com/news/abdul-jabbar-may-divided-nation-113059407.html

From John Etra:

Depot Asmara: A Story of Eritrea’s Railway
A train driver and mechanic lovingly maintain an old steam railway in Eritrea, revealing their country’s past.
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/witness/2020/11/8/depot-asmara-a-story-of-eritreas-railway/

2020-11-07

From Marc Rochkind:

The Supreme Court will extinguish health-care hysteria
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-supreme-court-will-extinguish-health-care-hysteria/2020/11/05/9fa7dc6e-1f93-11eb-ba21-f2f001f0554b_story.html

Here's how Georgia transformed from a solid red state to a battleground
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/heres-how-georgia-transformed-from-a-solid-red-state-to-a-battleground/2020/11/05/e292f9df-89ba-4d59-b31d-8c9ea35bbab2_video.html?itid=hp_Most%20Read%20Most%20Watched%20Chain

2020-11-05

From Bernard Mendonca:

It’s official: Obama’s first-term stock market performance beats Trump’s by a wide margin
https://apple.news/A8p5IUKPdSCms5aYDuOslGw

From Gene Bolles:

Why two Swiss-led data models predict a Trump win
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/why-two-swiss-led-data-models-predict-a-trump-win/46131826

From Frank Schima:

Even if Biden wins, the world will pay the price for the Democrats' failures
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/05/biden-democrats-democratic-trump?CMP=share_btn_link

2020-11-03

From Marc Rochkind:

When Do Polls Close? An Hour-by-Hour Guide
[All times local.]
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/politics/poll-closing-times.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

How to stay sane on Election Day
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/03/how-to-stay-sane-during-difficult-hours-days-election/

2020-11-02

From Gene Bolles:

Pollster who called 2016 for Trump says he'll win again
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/10/31/the-outlier-pollster-who-called-2016-for-trump-says-hell-win-again.cnn

From Frank Schima:

I’m Here To Remind You That Trump Can Still Win
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/im-here-to-remind-you-that-trump-can-still-win/

2020-10-31

From Marc Rochkind:

Don’t Panic -- Joe Biden is in a much better position than Hillary Clinton was.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/election-polls-biden-trump-panic-dont.html

I’ve come to understand what 2016 Trump supporters wanted.
It’s not 2016 anymore.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/30/stephen-king-2016-trump-supporters-2020-election/?arc404=true

Q&A: Political polls and the 2016 election
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/04/qa-political-polls-and-the-2016-election/

2020-10-30

From Marc Rochkind:

I’ve come to understand what 2016 Trump supporters wanted.
It’s not 2016 anymore.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/30/stephen-king-2016-trump-supporters-2020-election/?arc404=true

Q&A: Political polls and the 2016 election
[Will help you get some sleep between today and Tuesday.]
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/04/qa-political-polls-and-the-2016-election/

2020-10-28

From Marc Rochkind:

Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19 (CDC)
[We talked about this a bit in yesterday's lounge.]
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6942e2.htm

Hero or scoundrel? An iconoclastic biography of Winston Churchill
https://aeon.co/videos/hero-or-scoundrel-an-iconoclastic-biography-of-winston-churchill

Why Pennsylvania’s Vote Count Could Change After Election Night
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-pennsylvanias-vote-count-could-change-after-election-night/

We Have A Lot Of New Polls, But There’s Little Sign Of The Presidential Race Tightening
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/we-have-a-lot-of-new-polls-but-theres-little-sign-of-the-presidential-race-tightening/

2020-10-27

Topics for Today (plus others suggested by you)

1.Four Structural Changes for a Biden Presidency and a Democratic Congress
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N9XYl5YO3lIuWJn0rFDFEqb5R5e1qsylmrwnRdQRPv0/edit?usp=sharing

From John Cowley:

2. What will it take to keep conspiracy-minded belief systems from
becoming mainstream.

3. How can we minimize Trump's post-election (and subsequent years')
ability to continue to stir white male resentment?

2020-10-26

Here's the little article that we'll discuss on Tuesday:

Four Structural Changes for a Biden Presidency and a Democratic Congress
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N9XYl5YO3lIuWJn0rFDFEqb5R5e1qsylmrwnRdQRPv0/edit?usp=sharing

2020-10-24

From Gene Bolles

New England Journal of Medicine
Facial Masking for Covid-19
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2030886

From Nicole deLorimier:

Campaign Signs (PDF with photos)
https://basepath.com/WADG/CampaignSigns.pdf

From Zetta Feder:

We'll discuss this on Tuesday (says Marc)
Four Structural Changes for a Biden Presidency and a Democratic Congress
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N9XYl5YO3lIuWJn0rFDFEqb5R5e1qsylmrwnRdQRPv0/edit?usp=sharing

2020-10-23

From Bernard Mendonca:

It’s A US Territory Where The Coronavirus Never Arrived — But Some Residents Can’t Get Home
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/american-samoa-coronavirus-stranded-usa

2020-10-22

From Fran Greene:

2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

2020-10-20

From Fran Greene:

2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

2020-10-18

Lounge today at 4; regular meeting tomorrow at 10

From Marc Rochkind:

8 Tips To Stay Sane In The Final 15 Days Of The Campaign
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/8-tips-to-stay-sane-in-the-final-15-days-of-the-campaign/?ex_cid

2020-10-17

From Marc Rochkind:

New on Netflix
The Trial of the Chicago 7

2020-10-13

Lounge today at 4; regular meeting tomorrow at 10

Tomorrow (Tuesday at 10) we'll spend the second hour discussing Colorado Ballot issues:

Amendment B, Modify Property Taxes
Proposition EE, Cigarette, Tobacco and Nicotine Products Tax
Proposition 116, State Income Tax Rate Reduction
Proposition 117, Voter Approval for Certain Fee Based Enterprises
Proposition 118, Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program
Amendment C, Conduct of Charitable Gaming Activities
Amendment 76, Citizenship Qualifications of Electors
Amendment 77, Local Voter Approval of Casino Bet Limits and Games
Proposition 114, Reintroduction and Management of Gray Wolves
Proposition 115, Prohibitions on Late-Term Abortion
Proposition 113, Adopt Agreement to Elect US President by National Popular Vote

To start off each of the 11 topics, I'll show the summary from the League of Women Voters LWVCO) website:

https://lwvcolorado.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=314195&module_id=414279

Then I'll show the Pros and Cons as described by the LWVCO and we'll discuss. If you have special knowledge of any of the issues or have already done some research, email me so I can call on your first.

From Marc Rochkind:

If Trump was in Hamilton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B150cFOYPb8&feature=emb_logo

2020-10-11

Lounge today at 4; regular meeting tomorrow at 10

Tomorrow (Tuesday at 10) we'll spend the second hour discussing Colorado Ballot issues:

Amendment B, Modify Property Taxes
Amendment C, Conduct of Charitable Gaming Activities
Amendment 76, Citizenship Qualifications of Electors
Amendment 77, Local Voter Approval of Casino Bet Limits and Games
Proposition EE, Cigarette, Tobacco and Nicotine Products Tax
Proposition 113, Adopt Agreement to Elect US President by National Popular Vote
Proposition 114, Reintroduction and Management of Gray Wolves
Proposition 115, Prohibitions on Late-Term Abortion
Proposition 116, State Income Tax Rate Reduction
Proposition 117, Voter Approval for Certain Fee Based Enterprises
Proposition 118, Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program

To start off each of the 11 topics, I'll show the summary from the League of Women Voters LWVCO) website:

https://lwvcolorado.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=314195&module_id=414279

Then I'll show the Pros and Cons as described by the LWVCO and we'll discuss. If you have special knowledge of any of the issues or have already done some research, email me so I can call on your first.

From Marc Rochkind:

If Trump was in Hamilton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B150cFOYPb8&feature=emb_logo

2020-10-09

From Marc Rochkind:

If Trump was in Hamilton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B150cFOYPb8&feature=emb_logo

2020-10-08

From Gene Bolles:

Report: Moderna and Pfizer Vaccine Trial Participants Report Serious Side Effects
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2076064038525/report-moderna-and-pfizer-vaccine-trial-participants-report-serious-side-effects?s=oldSite&ss=i3

2020-10-05

2020-10-02

From Zetta Feder:

The Election That Could Break America
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/

From Nicole deLorimier:

Presidential election: Better days lie ahead (her letter to the Daily Camera)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VRsk6oVxBf9ig9sb-z1AXEDqUiCM8W1nLsEHMut7zOo/edit?usp=sharing

2020-10-01

From Zetta Feder:

The Election That Could Break America
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/

2020-09-30

From Marc Rochkind:

Quote from the article "The Case for Accepting Defeat on Roe":

Often forgotten is that R.B.G. herself had decided that Roe was a mistake. In 1992, she gave a lecture musing that the country might be better off if the Supreme Court had written a narrower decision and opened up a “dialogue” with state legislatures, which were trending “toward liberalization of abortion statutes” (to quote the Roe court). Roe “halted a political process that was moving in a reform direction and thereby, I believe, prolonged divisiveness and deferred stable settlement of the issue,” Justice Ginsburg argued. In the process, “a well-organized and vocal right-to-life movement rallied and succeeded, for a considerable time, in turning the legislative tide in the opposite direction.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/opinion/abortion-roe-supreme-court.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

2020-09-29

2020-09-28

From Lynn Segal:

Accepting Israeli prize in 2018, RBG never mentioned Palestinians
https://mondoweiss.net/2020/09/accepting-israeli-prize-in-2018-rbg-never-mentioned-palestinians/

2020-09-21

From Marc Rochkind:

Four principles to guide us on whose statues should topple and whose should remain

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/four-principles-to-guide-whose-statues-should-topple-and-whose-should-remain/2020/09/20/d4793662-f9e2-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html

Amy Coney Barrett, potential Supreme Court nominee, wrote influential ruling on campus sexual assault
Worth reading the whole thing... there are a lot of complexities in this area

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/amy-coney-barrett-potential-supreme-court-nominee-wrote-influential-ruling-on-campus-sexual-assault/2020/09/20/843e964e-fb52-11ea-830c-a160b331ca62_story.html

2020-09-19

From Marc Rochkind:

Essay from 2015 more relevant now than ever
https://basepath.com/WADG/HerecticalProposal.pdf

From Jon Etra:

In terms of the effect on the climate, fires in Siberia dwarf those in the US.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wildfires-sibera-russia-burned-area-larger-than-greece-heat-wave/

From Gene Bolles:

Michael Cohen's book DISLOYAL
https://amazon.com/Disloyal-Memoir-Personal-Attorney-President-ebook/dp/B08FXTSKLJ

2020-08-26

From Marc Rochkind:

Is The Electoral Map Changing?
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/swing-states-2020-election/

From Dave Walden:

COVD-19 Retroactively Cures The Flu
https://realclimatescience.com/2020/08/covd-19-retroactively-cures-the-flu/

From Joan Graff:

How Covid Sends Some Bodies to War With Themselves
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/magazine/covid-cytokine-storms.html

2020-08-24

From Marc Rochkind:

Gene Weingarten: It’s high time we take classic rock from seamy to socially healing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-its-high-time-we-take-classic-rock-from-seamy-to-socially-healing/2020/08/14/6fa3c798-d025-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html

2020-08-23

From Marc Rochkind:

People want to support their local bookstores. They might be hurting them instead.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/08/23/people-want-support-their-local-bookstores-they-might-be-hurting-them-instead/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories-2_indiebookstores-1235pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

Why Biden Needs a Landslide Just to Win
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/22/opinion/sunday/trump-cheat-biden-2020.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

2020-08-15

From Larry Kinney:

Heather Cox Richardson, 13-August-2020
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-13-2020

Heather Cox Richardson, 14-August-2020
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-14-2020

From Marc Rochkind:

Thomas Friedman is wrong again — this time about the UAE-Israel deal
https://mondoweiss.net/2020/08/thomas-friedman-is-wrong-again-this-time-about-the-uae-israel-deal/

2020-08-14

From Marc Rochkind:

A Geopolitical Earthquake Just Hit the Mideast
https://nyti.ms/2DGPrzZ

2020-08-13

Correction of link from yesterday:

On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake by Sarah Chayes
https://smile.amazon.com/Corruption-America-What-Stake-ebook/dp/B08478TRPP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22UXFV7PV5ODL&dchild=1&keywords=on+corruption+in+america+and+what+is+at+stake%2C+by+sarah+chayes&qid=1597262422&sprefix=corruption+chayes%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-1

From Dave Walden:

The number the lockdowners always conceal
https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/minnesotavirus?e=[UNIQID]

From Marc Rochkind:

Email from Cal Poly, if you're curious about what a large California State University is doing about Fall classes.
http://calpoly.imodules.com/controls/email_marketing/view_in_browser.aspx?sid=699&gid=1&sendId=1610499&ecatid=19&puid=3368d296-290a-48db-9bb6-68e26b7ba734

2020-08-12

Books and Articles Recommended During Tuesday's Meeting

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
https://smile.amazon.com/21-Lessons-for-21st-Century-audiobook/dp/B07DHSPZT2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=21+Lessons+for+the+21st+Century&qid=1597170549&sr=8-1

On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake by Sarah Chayes
https://smile.amazon.com/Corruption-America-What-Stake-ebook/dp/B08478TRPP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22UXFV7PV5ODL&dchild=1&keywords=on+corruption+in+america+and+what+is+at+stake%2C+by+sarah+chayes&qid=1597262422&sprefix=corruption+chayes%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-1

Transition Integrity Project: Preventing a disrupted presidential election and transition
https://paxsims.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/transition-integrity-project-preventing-a-disrupted-presidential-election-and-transition/

From Gene Bolles:

What's Next For The U.S. Economy: Jeffrey Sachs
https://youtu.be/FL5LJ17Y7lg

2020-08-11

Books and Articles Recommended During Tuesday's Meeting

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
https://smile.amazon.com/21-Lessons-for-21st-Century-audiobook/dp/B07DHSPZT2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=21+Lessons+for+the+21st+Century&qid=1597170549&sr=8-1

On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake by Sarah Chayes
https://smile.amazon.com/Lessons-21st-Century-Yuval-Harari/dp/0525512195/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=21+Lessons+for+the+21st+Century&qid=1597170796&s=books&sr=1-1

Transition Integrity Project: Preventing a disrupted presidential election and transition
https://paxsims.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/transition-integrity-project-preventing-a-disrupted-presidential-election-and-transition/

2020-08-08

From Marc Rochkind:

Bill Gates on COVID-19: Most US tests are “completely garbage”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/bill-gates-on-covid-19-most-tests-are/

‘Top Cop’ Kamala Harris’s Record of Policing the Police
https://nyti.ms/30FrBgl

From Bernard Mendonca:

Trump’s 'Full And Complete' Health Plan Promise Joins A Long List Of Unkept Vows
https://apple.news/AZUhTBZ09Q_K11vfu8nDLMA

From Dave Walden:

Principles of the Liberal Right
https://theobjectivestandard.com/2018/05/principles-of-the-liberal-right/

2020-08-07

From Gene Bolles:

How Did Sweden Flatten Its Curve Without a Lockdown? | MedPage Today
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/87812

Has China Won? Mahbubani vs Mearsheimer
https://youtu.be/ZnkC7GXmLdo

2020-07-30

From Dave Walden:

Sweden: the One Chart that Matters, by Mike Whitney
https://waikanaewatch.org/2020/07/30/sweden-the-one-chart-that-matters-by-mike-whitney/

2020-07-27

From Gene Bolles:

Denver on track for deadliest year in a decade after week of violence that killed 8, wounded 10
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/07/08/denver-shootings-homicides-2020/amp/

2020-07-25

From Marc Rochkind:

When the Job Got Hard. The president, faced with a true crisis, got bored
[Note that this is from the National Review.]
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/07/when-the-job-got-hard/

2020-07-23

From Philip Rogers:

Where Will Everyone Go?
ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, with support from the Pulitzer Center, have for the first time modeled how climate refugees might move across international borders. This is what we found.
https://features.propublica.org/climate-migration/model-how-climate-refugees-move-across-continents/

From Lynn Segal:

Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher (July 20, 2020) - Annexation? Elections? It’s corona and the economy, stupid.
https://peacenow.org/entry.php?id=35719#.XxnVSedMGFF

2020-07-22

From Jon Etra:

Palestine and Israel: Mapping an annexation
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2020/06/palestine-israel-mapping-annexation-200604200224100.html#palestinetoday

From Marc Rochkind:

Walking tour: What Portland looks like now after protests
https://www.kptv.com/news/walking-tour-what-portland-looks-like-now-after-protests/article_5f4881d8-c894-11ea-84d1-9ba7f0652166.html

From Fran Greene:

Trump’s Occupation of American Cities Has Begun
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/opinion/portland-protests-trump.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Portland isn’t Portlandia. It’s a capital of white supremacy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-hate-crime-in-super-progressive-portland-should-surprise-no-one/2017/06/01/d3b99782-46d8-11e7-a196-a1bb629f64cb_story.html

From Dave Walden:

Destroying Libya: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/destroying-libya-it-seemed-good-idea-time

About Those Spooky Federal Cops in Portland
https://mises.org/power-market/about-those-spooky-federal-cops-portland

From Lynn Segal:

Dershowitz calls Beinart a Nazi
https://mondoweiss.net/2020/07/dershowitz-calls-beinart-a-nazi/

Energy transition sign of changing times (Daily Camera guest opinion from Lynn)
https://www.dailycamera.com/2020/07/21/guest-opinion-lynn-segal-energy-transition-sign-of-changing-times/

From Bernard Mendonca:

Acting Secretary Wolf Condemns The Rampant Long-Lasting Violence In Portland (from Homeland Security)
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/16/acting-secretary-wolf-condemns-rampant-long-lasting-violence-portland

2020-07-20

From Sherrie Wolff:

July 5, 2020: Sunday Sermon by David Brooks at Washington National Cathedral (somewhat Jewish man delivers sermon about Jesus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82RTNaG3JHI