There’s also that. Lots to unpack. But I do think that this supreme court is very supportive of the idea of a minority expression overriding a majority wish under the guise of protecting freedoms. This is how they are bringing back sanctioned christian prayer back to public schools, and probably how they will expand…

Tis might be the first Toy Story movie I watch! It only took, what 28 years? And what a great way to jettison Tim Allen, who is a right wing asshat.

This court absolutely sees it that way! Roberts doesn’t want to go there, but he is now pulled by 6 right wingers.

There would be such unintended consequences for this law, and I kind of want to see them play out. Under this statute, states could punish corporations (and I assume smaller companies as well) for their positions on political, social and cultural issues.

Interesting if he's willing to refund people who still have credits left over from 2020. They got a bailout. They are overbooked for the next 11 months. They can afford it.

Fuck every psychopath who cheered yesterday, in the air or not. The CDC official death toll is 987K as of Tuesday.

There’s so many like this major study. I think the key in all of them is that this virus transmits through droplets, like influenza. So while the virus particles are small, they are weighed down by moisture. And surgical masks and better can repel and/or catch these droplets. We know in order to get infected, one has…

The correct answer is to avoid dining indoors, continue to masks in enclosed public areas, and to patiently wait for the WHO to declare the pandemic over. Having gotten the disease before or the vaccinations is not a green light to stop masking. People can get this virus multiple times, and the is always the risk of…

On this virus, I trust the pharma corporation. Like I said they have not been proven incorrect on SARS-CoV-2 yet. I should included the caveat on other ailments and drugs, their record is not spotless. But on this pandemic, they have been more consistent than the damn CDC. The CDC has lost all credibility. 

The argument can be made that the USA has been in decline for decades. Certain years are milestones. 1973 saw Americans their raises slow down while the productivity continued to go up. 1980 brought us Reagan. 1994 brought us the meaner, nastier GOP under Newt. 2009 brought a nasty, racist backlash to Obama (which he…

My new favorite Ferrari? This undercuts their other, more expensive small GTs. But this one can be a daily driver. If the Portofino M and Roma are their Grand Touring cars for old men like me, then is the 296 their more pure car for the first time Ferrari buyer? It’s their Miata is what I’m saying.

Thank you. Study after study shows that wearing a mask cuts the wearer’s infection risk by at least 50%. I think it is greater than that. And a lot of the early air travel studies didn’t take into account that transmission is more likely at the gate and during the boarding process than in the cabin itself (which…

I’ve gotten that a lot. But in reality, I’m just an old Gen X New Yorker who digs masks. People don’t notice me. When you turn 40 something, everyone just ignores you.

From my cold, dead hands.

Go Professor Zuckerman! Go UMass! Biggest UMass media studies publication since the days that Henderson Jhally Lewis and Morgan were all on the faculty.

We’re on our own now in this pandemic and future pandemics. My advice is to always mask up on planes and trains. I won’t give a shit if I’m the only passenger doing it. I know what works. Masks were never a punishment. I feel awful that we let them feel like a punishment. Masks let us go out and live our lives while a…

Rose is 80. Why can’t he just disappear? Also, that photo appears to have been taken at Trump Tower? Ugh.

Poor Joe Brandon. He’s going to lose his job over the price of gasoline and eggs.

I’m impressed. I saw the cars yesterday in New York. VinFast seems to have poached a lot of French automotive talent, which makes sense for a company based in Vietnam. It reminds me of how Hyundai/Kia hired a lot of Volkswagen people. We know what happened after that.

That would be an easy vote. But the Democrats have no spine.