The Daily Dose/November 7, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
USA! USA! The blather is continuing from the petulant child America has a president. In some respects it is shocking: a sitting president losing his reelection bid saying unprecedented, erroneous things about rigged elections:
This is a case when they are trying to steal an election, they are trying to rig an election.
If you count the legal votes, I easily win. if you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us
We think there is going to be a lot of litigation because we have so much evidence and so much proof.
Fly In The Ointment: All of these are baseless and, of course, no proof has been offered, but Trump has never been bothered with nickel-and-dime stuff like ‘decorum’ and ‘evidence’. Trump has been laying the foundation for this for months and, let’s be honest, we really expected nothing less.
Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: Trump is ignorant and incompetant, a delusional, blatherskite of even less substance than the second President Bush, which is really saying something. He believes the moon is part of Mars and that securing airports helped defeat the British in the Revolution. Almost 70 million Americans voted for him anyway.
Dry, Technical Matter: Trump’s minions are falling into line of course, with his son Eric and personal attorney Rudy Guiliani issuing bizarre, desperate claims of voter fraud in Pennsylvania. Our favorite moment came when we happened to Guiliani on TV demanding mail-in ballots be checked for proper postmarks.
The desperation will continue, of course increasing at the same speed the distance between Trump and 270 electoral votes increases. Trump has lawyers already suing in various states and the lies will continue, nonstop as they have for over four years, since Trump declared his candidacy in 2015.
The Bottom Line: It would be nice if someone – like Vice President Mike Pence, for instance – took a stand and stood up to Trump but don’t bet on this. From the start Trump has commanded the loyalty billionaire bullies have command since time immemorial. So it is up to you and me – we the people – to take a stand. We’ve tolerated this nonsense for four years. We are on our way to demanding better at the ballot box. We must be vigilant to make sure it happens.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow got gas, but doesn’t have an MPG figure for the new ride.
I filled up the new ride, too, although I forgot to reset the odometer so I don’t have an MPG figure for you, which is OK with me because the gas mileage has really been in the tank, so to speak, the past few fill-ups…Maybe the oil change will help.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 2012 – An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale strikes in the Pacific Ocean about 22 miles off the coast of Guatemala. There was minimal damage in neighboring countries, though the quake was felt as far south as Costa Rica. 39 people died, the deadliest quake in Guatemala since 1976.
In `1968 – Red Berenson of the St Louis Blues becomes the seventh NHL player to score at least six goals in a game in an 8-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. Berenson had a goal in the first period, four in the second and another in the third, when he also added an assist. It was the first six-goal game in the NHL since Syd Howe of the Detroit Red Wings in 1944 and it’s been done once since, by Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1976. The record is seven, by Joe Malone of the Quebec Bulldogs in 1920.
In 1981 – Hall and Oates are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Private Eyes. It was the sixth of 16 Top 10 singles for the duo and the third of six #1 songs. The song also peaked at #32 in Great Britain and was Billboard’s 44th biggest song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
We must walk only part way to our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. What we do best or most perfectly is what we have most thoroughly learned by the longest practice, and at length it falls from us without notice,
Henry David Thoreau
Diary entry
3/11/1859
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
Sonny James’ biggest hit on a Billboard pop chart was Young Love, which went to #1 on Billboard’s Most Played by Jockeys chart in 1957.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
What was the first #1 song on the Hot 100 for Hall and Oates? – Answer next time!
