Friday News Wrap Up
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Norway Is Sorry (not sorry)
High Schooler Runs 3:57.6 Mile
Fastest indoor time of all time. Third fastest all time.
15 m.p.h. I ran a 3:57 as a high schooler too. For 800 meters.
‘I’m Here Live, I’m Not A Cat.’
The Pan’ mostly taketh, but sometimes giveth.
My Funny Winnipeg Friend
On the SuperBowl:
“I didn’t bother watching most of the Pre-Game stuff. I watched the Half Time show. It featured a Black Canadian, who doesn’t know how to spell his own name. That don’t impress me much. Trust Me, he ain’t no Shania Twain. ( See what I did there?)
We didn’t get to see all the American SuperBowl commercials, cuz Canadian Broadcast Rules are created by Socialists, bent on going Green, eliminating cows and coal, and providing Free Health Care to All.”
The Marsh Family Rabbit Hole
Not a bad place to spend a Sunday morn.
Third Lockdown
The return of the Marsh’s.
The Art Of Influencing People
Staunch leftists and ultra conservatives are similarly restless in that they desperately want to convert others to their causes. In contrast, political moderates, the few who still remain, are less concerned with remaking the world in their image. To each their own ideology.
Imagine being a staunch and restless leftist or a similarly restless ultra conservative. There is little subtly or nuance to your politics. There are correct policy positions—yours—and incorrect ones staked out by all of your political opponents. There would be a lot of different ways to convince others to think, vote, and act like you. Some much more effective than others. In your view, which way would be best? Why?
Fox News Cancels Lou Dobb’s Show
How will we fill the void?
‘A Pretzel And A Soda At The Pool’
‘I Am Blown Away’: Strangers Are Helping Strangers Get Vaccinated.
“Mr. Goldberg, 75, then came across a stranger’s post in a neighborhood Facebook group: ‘If anyone has a family member, friend or knows someone who is elderly and needs help pre-registering or registering online for the Covid-19 vaccine, I am happy to help,’ it said. The person was not asking for money and said, ‘I don’t care how long it takes.’
Mr. Goldberg wanted to contact the stranger immediately, but Ms. Goldberg was more skeptical. ‘You have to give your personal information to make appointments,’ she said. ‘A lot of people get targeted for scams when they are elderly.’
But Mr. Goldberg won the debate and reached out to the stranger, Harriet Diamantidis, a 36-year-old executive assistant who lives in nearby Merrick. Within a few hours, Ms. Diamantidis had procured appointments for the couple at Abraham Lincoln High School in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Ms. Goldberg, 73, remained skeptical until she and her husband showed up at the high school, she said. ‘But we both got our vaccine, and we even have follow-up appointments for the second dose on Feb. 27.’
The Goldbergs have stayed in touch with Ms. Diamantidis, who, it turns out, visits the same community pool they do in the summer. ‘I told her I wanted to send her something, but she wouldn’t accept it,’ Mr. Goldberg said. ‘So now I’ve decided I will buy her a pretzel and a soda at the pool.'”
Faith in humanity restored.
Pressing Pause 