Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Incredible Tom Brady stat

- Excellent primer on the Corona Virus / Covid-19

- A reminder why Dave Grohl is the best. Wonder how the Cornwall Council reacted to his letter?

- Heh Heh

- Yes please vote Daylight Savings out of existence.

- The Case for Reading Fiction

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- How Blue Apron became a massive $2 billion disaster

- Matt Taibbi on Mike Bloomberg

- Heh Heh

- Tesla's Powerpack (and Powerwall) products should not be overlooked

- The largest 3-D printed building in the world. Two stories and 6,900 square feet.

- Wow - what a hero! And another reason to dislike Al Gore.

- Young people and Socialism

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Just as a reminder 15-years ago CNN's Eason Jordan made allegations that the military under George W. Bush was targeting journalists in war zones. Targeting as in trying to kill. Neither CNN nor Eason Jordan were ever held accountable for their wild accusations. Sure Eason had to resign from CNN but he still makes a pretty penny from leftist organizations and NGO's... Half a century ago the Red Sox signed their young superstar to an extension making him the highest paid player in baseball... I wonder who started the rumor that Mike Bloomberg was considering Hillary Clinton as a running mate? Was it someone from Hillary Clinton's camp? Or maybe somebody from Donald Trump's camp?... Today the owner of the Red Sox says trading away his great young superstar had nothing to do with money. Basically pissing down Boston fans' backs while telling us its raining... Illegal Catfish Noodlers would be a good name for a band... John Henry Williams basically had his dad decapitated then froze his head and yet today Ted Williams' son would probably be the second most detested John Henry in Boston sports history...

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- I can't think of a single reason why Huawei shouldn't be 100% banned from selling product in the US

- I really hope Mike Bolsinger wins his lawsuit against the Astros (although that may open a Pandora's box of future sports-related lawsuits)

- You know this photo will go viral

- Celtics to retire Kevin Garnett's number 5 jersey next season. Even though he only played 6 seasons for Boston I think this honor is well deserved.

- Interesting read - a Democrat of 20-years attends a Trump rally in NH

Bloomberg as an Independent?

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is mulling running for President as an Independent.

That's excellent news!

For the Republican Party.

The Democratic candidates are being pulled to the far left during the primaries but the general elections require a more centrist approach. Bloomberg can appear more centrist than the Democratic candidate (whoever he or she ends up being) and syphon off votes from their base just like Ross Perot did to George H Bush in 1990 or like Ralph Nader did to Al Gore in 2000.

A Bloomberg candidacy won't hurt the Republican candidate because the Republican base doesn't consider Bloomberg to be anything than a rich-boy opportunist who was a Republic in name only during his election to be mayor of New York City. Bloomberg's nanny-state policies hurt him with independent gun owners and smokers but could be appealing to some in the Democrat's base.

I for one hope he runs because it will give everyone somebody to make fun of.

EDIT: Jonah Goldberg has very similar thoughts on what a Bloomberg run for President as an Independent would mean and he even uses some of the same words and phrasing I did (although I'm not sure if my "syphon" is correct or his "siphon" is). My post beat Goldberg's by 10 minutes though. It would be cool if Goldberg reached his conclusions only after reading my post but this is just a case of two guys stating the obvious.