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Let RFK Jr. Get A Tangerine Cabinet Promise. He’ll Never Get Seated. Hilarious, Scotty!

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So, Scott Johnson seems to think that most RFK, Jr. potential voters… are in swing states?!

Not a chance. They are, by and large, in already deep ruby red ones: Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi are his best polling states.

Those states (as my map at right suggests) are going for Trump no matter what. Who cares?

JFK runs around 1% in most of the battleground states. Maybe closer to 2% in rural, hard right upper Michigan. In sum — whether he’s in or out — or endorses Tangerine… he’s a non-factor as to the Electoral College — and we all know that’s all that matters.

And so, the idea that he will endorse Trump… is a yawner at best. It will never flip a swing state. He’s not even on the ballot in a few of them, anyway — so Tangerine will pick up nothing in those states, even if he promises to name RFK the Secretary of Health and Human Services (should he improbably run the table in swing states).

So I’ll just laugh at all these silly “hopium” ideas — out of the Powerline boys. It really irked Scott this morning that Barack and Michelle did so well, last night. And that they have tattooed Tangerine so flawlessly. Trump spent almost an hour today at his own rally whining about how “mean” they were to him.

They’ve got his number. He cannot ever get back on message, once someone mentions him in an unflattering and truthful way.

That will be his undoing. The DNC has now made clear that they will keep painting him as your A$$hole of whining old guy neighbor (a male Karen / Ken)… one who never shuts up, and yells at your kids — to stay away from his lawn.

He’s been defined: he’s a bad neighbor — utterly out of touch with people who work for a living.

Out.

These Are Of The Less Serious Clade II — But We need To Remain Vigilant: Wayne County, Michigan

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This is a new case, but the mpox virus has been seen sporadically in the US — over the last three years.

Not to be deeply alarmed about, but it is still very wise to get both doses of the vaccine, if you are in the higher risk populations (primarily males who have sexual contact with other males), or with people who’ve been to DRC very recently. Here’s a Detriot area-TV report, on it:

…Wayne County Public Health is reporting the county’s first case of mpox since a global outbreak was declared in 2022. It is in the 19th case in Michigan reported in 2024….

[Health officials are] urging anyone who may be at risk to make sure they are up to date on the two-dose mpox vaccine. The Mpox vaccine is recommended for those at risk or potential risk for mpox. Two doses, 4 weeks apart are needed for full protection.

For those who have received only one dose, a second dose is recommended as soon as possible. Mpox vaccinations are available at no cost and testing at low to no cost at Wayne County Public Health Division, by calling 734-727-7101….

Now you know… and for tonight, with two nieces on the convention floor — I’ll rerun the raps/tunes — that started it all, for BHO44, in 2004, then 2008… smile. A throwback, or two:

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Map | Math — Bad For Tangerine! And An Update, On Mpox, In DRC — Urgent Action Needed!

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The estimate is that over 3 million courses of the mpox vaccine will ultimately be needed to stamp out the “fire, this time“. That’s well over fifteen times the figure that’s been pledged so far.

I don’t want to sound overly pessimistic, but the longer we in the life sciences vertical wait to bring wide-spread vaccination programs to sub-Saharan Africa, the greater the odds that this ends up a much much wider pandemic. We are over 1,400 already in Africa — with over 1,000 in DRC alone.

We need to fully fund WHO for the full three million doses, and maybe even urge Bavarian Nordic to agree with (for example) Merck, to run an entire MSD vaccine facility in Europe (or North Carolina), on a contract basis, to make vastly more doses… immediately. [Merck would do it for cost, plus say a dime per dose.] We need supplies, and suppliers — far beyond Bavarian’s existing capacity. This is the work-around.

Here is this morning’s latest, from ABC:

…Congo reported more than 1,000 new mpox cases in the last week up to Tuesday as African health authorities asked for desperately needed vaccines to help fight its “growing” threat on the continent. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreaks in Africa a global emergency.

Mpox belongs to the same family of viruses as smallpox but causes milder symptoms like fever, chills and body aches, and mostly spreads through close skin-to-skin contact, including sexual intercourse. People with more serious cases can develop lesions on the face, hands, chest and genitals….

Africa CDC’s Kaseya said that his organization had received a pledge of 215,000 mpox vaccines from the European Union and the vaccine maker, Bavarian Nordic, which were due to arrive in the next few days. The United States’ aid agency said it had donated 50,000 other doses of the same vaccine to Congo. Japan has also donated some doses to Congo….

Now you know — and someone I trust pointed out that it is just now dawning on Tangerine (he was very low energy yesterday, in the historical home of the neo-nazi movement in Michigan!)… that he is running to fill one of these… “Black jobs”. And he is manifestly unqualified… for the job.

So, I’ll offer my 2024 math / prediction, below — Kamala may very well yet take Georgia (though we should expect Tangerine cheating with fake electors, again there!) — but even if she doesn’t, and even if Trump gets North Carolina (which I think Kamala will also win)… he STILL loses. [Wisconsin is no longer within reach for Tangerine — nor is Arizona.] Cheers.

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What’s Up — At Jupiter — And Juno, on 08.20.2024

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We’ve been following this since at least 2011.

But now, a Danish instrument is aiding the long running science mission — to map radiation bursts at Lord Jupiter. Here’s the latest:

…Using cameras designed for navigation, scientists count ‘fireflies’ to determine the amount of radiation the spacecraft receives during each orbit of Jupiter.

Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission have developed the first complete 3D radiation map of the Jupiter system. Along with characterizing the intensity of the high-energy particles near the orbit of the icy moon Europa, the map shows how the radiation environment is sculpted by the smaller moons orbiting near Jupiter’s rings.

The work relies on data collected by Juno’s Advanced Stellar Compass (ASC), which was designed and built by the Technical University of Denmark, and the spacecraft’s Stellar Reference Unit (SRU), which was built by Leonardo SpA in Florence, Italy. The two datasets complement each other, helping Juno scientists characterize the radiation environment at different energies….

[And separately, NASA will now make a decision by August 30, on how Butch and Suni will get their ride home.] Now you know — after a great first night in Chicago. Will Beyoncé and/or Taylor Swift show up by Thursday? We shall see. Onward, grinning — Tangerine’s deep fake did him more harm than good. Flawless.

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Scott Johnson: A Lost Lil’ Lamb. One Most Of The US Has Wholly… Passed By, On To The Ash-Heap Of History.

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The fact that Mr. Biden did not just gently pass the torch — so much as set it ablaze with Napalm… is what Scott is vexed about, this morning.

Tangerine’s rambling, dark and incoherent 90 minute wander-fest in Milwaukee, after midnight Eastern — a few weeks ago, stands in stark contrast to Mr. Biden’s laser focused remarks — just laying out the lies and crimes of Trump, and MAGA. The hard right it seems, cannot cope with the truth — of their evil ways.

So, Scott falsely claims that Mr. Biden saying protesters in Chicago “have a point” — becomes… Scott saying Mr. Biden supports the murder of Israeli babies. Of course, there are dead Palestinian babies too, Scott. Wholly innocent of Hamas’ deplorable actions.

But as ever, the lumber in Scott’s eyes… prevents his seeing the whole picture.

He has really lost it.

And most of America heard Mr. Biden’s truths. Kamala will come out of Chicago with a 5 to 7 point bump. And that’s before Beyonce and Taylor Swift perform.

Cheers, old man.

On, To The (Maybe Not So-) Trivial: Hinderaker Cannot Fathom A Husband Being Considerate, To His Wife (For Example)

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Of course, his aim is just to be an embittered old coot, and aggrieved — that not everyone shares his 19the Century views. [And it turns out that his source had to run a correction, since there were ALSO women’s rooms. So the whole set up was… a lie. But whatever — why quibble?]

In seeking to attack the Democratic Convention in Chicago tonight, the most salient thing he can settle upon… is (preposterously!) that there are “gender neutral” restrooms, there — and there are tampon dispensers in the men’s rooms. “Oh — the humanities.”

Y A W N.

It is trivial — and we may stipulate that he seeks a wedge issue. Dullard.

But it is clear his wife would never have asked him (decades ago, now as they are both in their dotage) to go find a sanitary napkin or a tampon, had her period come early, whilst wearing a pair of white slacks… at a Bulls or Blackhawks game, for example. [The DNC is tonight in the “House That Michael Jordan Built”, on West Madison, BTW.]

The convenience of being able to pay a quarter to get one, for one’s wife or GF, in a men’s room is a wonder of the 21st Century (in my opinion). We know the drill: she sits in the seat, frozen and mortified, with legs crossed — hoping, but still afraid to move or get out of her seat (and maybe even tying a coat or sweater around her waist, for the mad-dash to the restrooms). [So aside from his prejudice — his own enlightened self interest, even for the husbands of his daughters, alone today — should change his views. But it won’t.]

But we also know his wife would never ask him to help, in this way, when they were both younger. He would have scoffed, pulling on his stogie, and sipping his bourbon — saying that is a “woman” problem. He would certainly ignore her plight.

She’d end up humiliated, and slink from her seat by tying her coat tightly around her waist — to go wash up in a women’s room, alone. But there even in the 1990s, she likely would have found sympathetic sisters — who’d have pitched in to help. Women, like the one at lower right — or Michelle Obama, or AOC or yes… Hillary Clinton. Or dozens of less famous, unknown ones. Sisters help one another — support one another. Nurture one another. But not John. Nope.

So… this post by John tonight, is telling in highly unflattering ways, about how he likely treats his own wife — and adult daughters. Maybe not so trivial, after all.

D A M N A T I O N.

It Chaps Hinderaker’s A$$, That Harris | Walz Is Uniting The Entire Nation This Week…

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Well, the embittered old guy rears his ugly head, anew. Somehow, one throwaway line Walz offered in 1991 — over 33 years ago, means he’s… wait for it… a RED (cue Joe McCarthy, from the grave!).

Yikes. This is all he’s got?! I guess so, with his distinguished military career, and all his other plain-spoken / gentle school teacher / football coach credibility — with ordinary middle Americans. And let’s not forget his “whyte guy tacos” sense of self-effacing humor.

So… remind me, again, John — did Tangerine… serve? No. Did he ever teach kids? No. Did he ever coach even his own sons’ and daughters’ teams? Again, no. He was wholly… absent. [Bonus: does he own a pet? No. Melania doesn’t… count, here.]

And doesn’t his running mate — Vance — want to dilute the vote of unmarried women, and concentrate the voting power of women married to men, who have lots of children, and stay out of the paid workforce?! Yes, he does.

So — it is nearly impossible that Harris | Walz’s convention will not be more loving, more joyful, and more widely unifying… for the whole of our nation, than Trump’s dark threats of a country fundamentally broken, and going to hell — in his rambling late night nearly two hours scree in Milwaukee of just a month ago, now at his own nomination convention.

Chicago is going to be rockin’ this week, John — just watch. [And watch how we respectfully, but resolutely… handle any protestors.]

And I’m here for all of it.

Cheers.

Now Mpox Is Likely Spread To At Least Seven Separate Nations… Latest: In The Philippines — One Patient.

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While the final DNA tests are not available yet — as to whether this patient in the Philippines has contracted Clade Ib, or the less serious Clade II, it seems likely that we now have three separate cases, in countries outside of the African continent. Those would be Sweden, Pakistan, and Philippines — with African nation appearances in DRC, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.

While there is a vaccine, the central focus globally right now should be on awareness, and preventative public health in countries where Clade Ib has appeared. It seems the latest patient had no history of travel, but he may have simply met someone who had been to Africa recently, or someone who was from Africa. It further seems this strain is appearing primarily in males who have sexual contact with other males — but the carrier factor, given that this Ib is fairly contagious, should not be discounted.

Here’s the latest, from Reuters:

…The Philippines has detected a new case of the mpox virus in the country, the first since December last year, its health department said on Monday, adding it was awaiting test results before being able to determine the strain.

The patient was a 33-year-old Filipino male who had no travel history outside the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said.
“We are awaiting sequencing results and will update once available,” its spokesperson Albert Domingo said when asked about the strain….

We must not let this become a “COVID II” global event. It is well within our collective grasp to prevent that — arrest the outbreak, here and now. Onward — grinning into a sunny, busy week, with baby-girls in tow tomorrow. Be excellent to one another.

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Bill Otis — Pretends To Forget What He’s Long Known: These Measures… Work — And Are “Popular”.

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It took old Bill a bit, but he seems to think offering policies like those promised by Tangerine while campaigning in 2016… are widely unpopular.

Huh. Weird. Hey Bill — remind me: didn’t Tangerine win in ’16, on these promises? Yep.

And didn’t he lose in 2020… largely because he did not deliver on 99% of the promises he made, mostly along the lines of the populist stuff he spouted / a false front?

Again — yup. He lost.

So now Kamala (with Mr. Biden) HAS delivered price cuts (via negotiations under the IRA, with big pharma) on ten of the most widely prescribed older drugs on the US markets.

That will be… um… what’s the word? Oh. Yeah. Popular, son.

As will be similar negotiations on larger corporate agri-businesses responsible for almost arbitrary price spikes in the roots to retail grocery verticals.

So do tell us how “delightfully stupid” it will have been, to have won the ‘24 election by actually keeping our promises.

I get it, Bill — you’ve been in Tangerine’s thrall for so long… you have no idea what a kept promise might feel like, to an ordinary, but financially pressed, Main Street voter.

You boys are flirting with losing the US House, now. Every time Tangerine opens his mouth — complaining, in senile fashion, at yesterday’s PA rally, that he’s “better looking” than the Vice President, a glamorous woman about half his age(!), and JD Vance “out there” — telling women his own age that if they don’t bear multiple children (but only while married — to men!), he will work to dilute their voting rights… these loons are the best the GOP can muster?!?

I see why you don’t mention your OWN ticket… but just seek to tell lie after lie — about the Democratic ticket.

[Separately, Lloyd Billingsley continues to offer what I guess are imagined to be “historical look backs” — but ones that lack beginnings, middles or ends, even. His advancing dementia (and lack of any Powerline editorial staff) make it hard to even guess at what might be the point of his last ten or so posts.]

Monkeys banging on typewriters randomly might well offer more engaging content.

Out.