Me & the youngest biking on the beach on Hilton Head

Tucker Carlson Takes All His Grievances to Hungary - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/tucker-carlson-hungary-orban-fellow-travelers/619688/

Good take down here.
https://www.thebulwark.com/mike-rowes-dirty-lies

We were supposed to fly from Savanna GA to Dallas yesterday, and then on to Seattle. But the Dallas flight was cancelled, so they sent us to Philadelphia instead. While we were there, we switched airlines so we could get an earlier flight & even though there was plenty of time, our bags did not follow us on to the new flight.

I *think* I just avoided our lost luggage being sent from our city to a neighboring state b/c of some weirdness in the way the claim was entered into the system. Here's hoping. 🤞

Note: was not in Florida. Just the second-worst Carolina, and also the worst one.

Freshly back from a family reunion in the southeastern US.
Surprised/chagrinned by how bad my mask discipline was. :( Peer pressure is a thing, for sure.

Good luck, everyone around me!

(j/k--will be laying very low for the next 2 weeks at least)

I should definitely *not* correct my boss's boss on his consistent misuse of the word 'eminent' to mean 'imminent', right?

Tucker Carlson Has Seen the Future, and It Is Fascist
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/tucker-carlson-has-seen-the-future-and-it-is-fascist.html

The Washington Post: A newly released letter tells us more about Trump’s last-ditch push to steal the election
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/04/newly-released-letter-tells-us-more-about-trumps-last-ditch-push-steal-election/

Excellent as usual:https://pluralistic.net/2021/08/03/fitzgerald-was-an-optimist/#debt

Now reading:
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/amp37209965/dark-money-trump-big-lie-election-stolen-arizona-jane-mayer

The Big Money Behind the Big Lie | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/09/the-big-money-behind-the-big-lie

Why do rental companies give you two keys, but they join them with unbreakable wire? I'm walking around with mini nunchucks over here.

Ajit Pai apparently mismanaged $9 billion fund—new FCC boss starts “cleanup” | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/ajit-pai-apparently-mismanaged-9-billion-fund-new-fcc-boss-starts-cleanup/

Is it just me or does Michael Phelps kind of look like Sam the Eagle?

Now reading:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/27/nancy-pelosi-jan-6-lies/

I'm on PTO today & watching the 1/6 hearings on c-span. Holy shit, those officers' testimony. Insane. So despicable to try and minimize those events.

Inside a KKK murder plot: Grab him up, take him to the river
https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-business-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-only-on-ap-2b4106de3ebcbfae85948439a7056031