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Today is the 5th day of the 42nd week, the 20th day of the 10th month, the 294th day of 2016, and:
Birth of the Bab
Conflict Resolution Day
Get to Know Your Customer Day (3rd Thursday of Each Quarter)
Information Overload Day
International Credit Union Day
Miss American Rose Day
National Brandied Fruit Day
National Call-in Day For Health Reform
National Get Smart About Credit Day
National Suspenders Day
Spirit Day
The International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
Wear Purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Day
World Osteoporosis Day
World Statistics Day
*note: since I gather this information long after being dressed for the day I am wearing neither purple nor suspenders. On this day: In 1548 the city of Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace) was founded by Alonso de Mendoza by appointment of the king of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. In 1781 the Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, was approved in Habsburg Monarchy. In 1803 the US Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase. In 1947 the US House Un-American Activities Committee began its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years. In 1973 the Sydney Opera House was opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction work. In 2016 NASA Voyager is 18 hrs 59 mins 24 secs of light-travel time from Earth (2016:294:120000:1L) and Voyager 2 is 15 hrs 36 mins 46 secs of light-travel time from Earth (2016:294:000000:2L). And there are eight people in space in three different crafts [ISS, Tiangong 2 and the Soyuz MS-02], which is pretty cool but nowhere near the record form March 14th, 1995 where there was a total of 13 people in space between STS 67 Endeavour, the Mir space station, and Soyuz TM21. And we are all waiting to hear what happened to ESA’s ExoMars
No I didn’t watch the debate last night. Instead I watched the Facebook posts and twitter storms, playing back the video when I thought something was incorrect or taken out of context.
While this political campaign has been both unrelenting and brutal, thanks to the ever-present social media, it isn’t really unique. Back in 1824 Andrew Jackson was a dark horse -- nobody thought he was a serious candidate because he lacked the pedigree and education and were pretty vocal about saying so. In fact, he was thought to be in the race to help John Quincy Adams by stealing votes from other candidates and the negative attacks included calling him an adulterer and questioning the legality of his wife’s divorce from her first husband. He was a controversial president who didn’t hesitate to call out the militia, run roughshod over the Indian treaties, butt heads with Congress and exercised his veto powers 29 times only to have 15 of them overturned. He doesn’t hold the record for vetoes though – that belongs to Franklin Roosevelt who exercised his veto a whopping .635 times [but he had three terms remember] and only got overruled nine times. Speaking of FDR, everyone thought he was definitely going to lose to Dewey and that Congress was going Republican, andwe know how that turned out.
I have to admit I was appalled at being told a major party candidate would “tell you at it at the time” and would “keep you in suspense” as to whether or not they would accept the election results. So what will happen if Donald Trump is a sore loser? That isn’t a stretch of imagination given his predilection to proclaim any contest he doesn’t win as rigged. Well legally, he will have to challenge the outcome in every state, requesting a recount. Remember when Al Gore asked for just that in Florida and the entire world learned about hanging chads? But that is not the real danger, neh?
In the US we have always been a bit on the smug side as we watch elections in other countries deteriorate or even election results being negated by individuals who don’t like the outcome. I admit that I too have wondered why they just cannot get it right and understand what to do, after all, the office of the President has changed hands 44 times without a problem , so how hard can it be? Now I find myself worrying not only about Trump winning, but what happens if he loses and I imagine that folks in other countries can sympathize with that concern. What if Hillary [who I don’t even like] does not win by a landslide? What if she wins and Congress stays Republican, can they really refuse to let her do anything [like they tried with Obama for the past eight years], even replace a Supreme Court Judge? The real danger is a flash mob – folks getting all riled up because they feel disenfranchised – and I am genuinely upset that a record 240 years of peaceful transitions of power is suddenly now at risk.
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