Sunday, January 14, 2018

Weekend grab bag


According to the latest issue of the Sierra Club magazine, fewer people are struck by lightning than in the past.  The reason:  fewer people go outside.

One of the most exciting finishes I have ever seen in a football game was in the last quarter of the Vikings-Saints playoff this evening.  I only watched the 4th quarter, but that was an amazing quarter.  

The Times today had a chart of the decline in support for Trump among 66 different groups, such as unemployed workers, Westerners, people aged 18-29, Jews, rural adults, and so on.  Not a single group increased in support for Trump, but 12 groups were still above 50% in support.  Want to know what they are?  Of course you do.  

They are:  Evangelicals (WWJD?), military households (this is scary), Republican women (no pride, sad), Protestants (again, WWJD), Republicans (over 80%, no patriotism there), Support Tea Party (expected), Conservatives (really?) Top issue Security (Yeah, we are a LOT safer), Republican men (slightly more than Republican women), Voted Romney in 12 (but evidently not Romney himself); voted 3rd party in 12 (I sure hope none of those are Green or Libertarian), and voted for Trump in 16 (the most supportive group; they are also known as people who drank the Koolaid).  

If you want to forget all of this, go see “Paddington Bear 2.”  It is a wonderful–movie-funny, heartwarming, with a good message.  Take your kids or grandkids.


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