The Atlanta Braves win the World Series

The World Series has come to a conclusion, and the Atlanta Braves are world champions. Congratulations to the Braves and all their fans, as well as to the Astros and their fans. Two great teams, two great fanbases. As happens every year, I am now melancholy because the baseball season is over. 

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MLB removes the All-Star Game from Atlanta

Just the perception of racism is a non-starter in today’s corporate world, and as a result this new election law in Georgia is doomed to repeal.

Who are any of these Republicans in their legislature fooling, anyway? Who is anyone who believes this crap about a stolen election (the ‘Big Lie’) fooling? A post-election audit was done in Georgia and found no evidence of voter fraud. Yet, electoral integrity - such as they define it - suddenly became of vital importance once they got embarrassed at the ballot box in 2020. The GOP has become a party of affirmative action and grievance for deeply frightened white people, exploiting every single loophole and quirk they can find in state and federal law to retain their rapidly dwindling hold on society. It’s what their base demanded and what the spineless cretins are delivering. If white supremacy is the only thing that is going to temporarily stave off the inevitable demise of their beloved party then we will continue to see Republican lawmakers desperately cling to the 1950s even as the bulk of society moved on long ago. Thus, the GOP and its base of supporters will remain deeply at odds with the rest of us. Money talks, though, and it is the only leverage that can be held over those who are hell bent on making America ‘great again.’ Appeals to reason, common sense, and humanity? No, that never works with hardened bigots (or with most anyone, for that matter.) It didn’t work in the ‘50s and ‘60s - the South had to be dragged kicking and screaming into putting an end to segregation and granting blacks suffrage. Hitting one in the pocketbook is the only way anyone capitulates. Georgia needs Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, and Major League Baseball a lot more than those entities need Georgia. The Braves are a great franchise with a rich history - the uniform the late Hank Aaron wore when he broke Babe Ruth’s home run record. We just lost Mr. Aaron on January 22, and what an insult to his legacy that Major League Baseball has been left with no recourse but to take this action.

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Week in review, 01/20 - 01/26: First week of the Biden administration

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The amount of personal loss and/or sickness I’m seeing being posted about by contacts on FB and Twitter in, say, the last month-and-a-half to two months has been astronomical in scope. Like no period I can ever recall or ever want to see again. #WearAF**kingMask

Straight to work, as he said he would do: President Biden’s first-day executive orders in detail

Masks now required for interstate travel; centralized data collection, sped-up vaccine production, increased testing capacity mandated: President Biden issues executive orders aimed at defeating COVID

President Biden reinstates COVID travel restrictions, adds South Africa to the list of countries affected

First known U.S. case of Brazilian COVID-19 variant found in Minnesota

National Guardsmen on COVID protocols: ‘There’s none. We are on top of each other all day, every day. We’ve given up.’ Scores of National Guard banished to the Senate parking garage during inauguration

Brian Karem: Energy (and honesty) in the Executive. ‘A spectral administration of lies is swept out, replaced by an active new team and a president talking of unity’

President Biden inherits one of the worst job markets for any incoming presidency, as jobless claims remain at historic highs

Regardless of how one feels about illegal immigration, the United States should not be in the business of hurting children of any nationality: President Biden’s immigration bill would provide more protections for child migrants

This lady is nuts: Freshwoman GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files articles of impeachment against President Biden

Perhaps the prospect of being sued into the next century will be the greatest deterrent to future coup plotters: Giuliani sued for $1.5 billion by Dominion Voting Systems over false election claims

A once-proud party that destroyed itself on the altar of a failed real estate king from New York: Republicans grapple with their future post-Trump

Crazy Trump supporter issues tear-stained video, says she doesn’t even see the American flag anymore. I watched the inauguration, there were American flags everywhere. Prime example of what cult-like devotion will do to a person when everything falls apart

‘(S)trung from failed promise to failed promise.’ QAnon adherents in disarray as President Biden takes office, prophecies fail to materialize

Group of GOP senators seek to block President Biden’s moves on Paris Accord, Keystone XL

American Petroleum Institute: ‘Impeding American energy will only serve to hurt local communities and hamper America’s economic recovery.’ President Biden imposes sixty-day suspension of oil and gas leases and permits on U.S. lands and waters

Under President Biden, China faces renewed trade pressure

Massachusetts: Gov. Baker lifting 9:30 p.m. curfew for restaurants and other businesses as COVID metrics improve

1,900 doses of COVID vaccine thrown away after incident at Jamaica Plain (Boston) facility

Getting the vaccines to everyone will continue to be a lengthy and difficult process: Merck ends COVID-19 vaccine program, citing inferior immune responses, will focus on treatments instead

New CDC director says COVID vaccine won’t be in every pharmacy by late February

Researching the possible connection between COVID and ME/CFS: What if you never get better from COVID-19?

ILO: 255 million full time jobs lost due to pandemic; $3.7 in lost earnings, economic damage four times higher than during the 2008 financial crisis

COVID vaccinations for cats and dogs? ‘(N)ot unthinkable that vaccination of some domesticated animal species might... be necessary to curb the spread’

Evidence emerges that an anticipated COVID ‘baby boom’ has not come to pass, and is more likely a ‘baby bust’

An American icon. Rest in Peace, Hank Aaron, you will never be forgotten

Unbelievable. First time since 1960 there will not be a new group of inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame. However, the silver lining is the delayed 2020 class will have the stage to itself

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