The Jackpot Blog

Lambert here: Going all the way back to Florida 2000, I can’t recall a single case where Republican tinkering with the voter rolls has been done in good faith, or was even competent from a data management perspective. Change my mind! On another note, it’s amusing to see a Republican use the phrase “fighting for,” for which the implied corollary, at least for Democrats has always been but “no winning _{MY SUBLIMINAL… please. We’re Democrats.}”).

Dad Joke of the Day: What’s the easiest building to lift?

• Recursive.
• 250
• Rogue.

I’ve always had a soft spot for Hunter Biden, because no matter what else you might say about him, he has lived (“Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to”1). Not perhaps exercising the best judgment, our dear Hunter; but at least not a genocidaire like his odious Dad.

Now it seems that Hunter has turned political economist. Here’s the tweet:

As the summer heat approaches, we ask the big guestions.

(1) Festival of Platner: “How Much Graham Platner, Maine’s Oyster-Farming Senate Candidate, Is Worth” • Billionaire couch lint

(2) “Post-War Oil Trade Could Look Nothing Like It Did Before Hormuz” • Hedging geography.

(3) “What ProPublica Found in the Genetic Code of America’s Measles Outbreaks” • Endemicity.

(4) “Premium: The Hater’s Guide To The AI Bubble 3.0” • Fun stuff!

Patient readers, I added some orts and scraps on Platner.

Dad Joke of the Day: Why should you wear glasses in math class?

• Token
• Reckless
• Lawn

Here are 10 things liberal Democrats are totally fine with, and don’t find “unsettling” at all (the word “unsettling” comes from coverage of the Platner campaign in Maine, if “coverage” is the word I want, by the New York Times, which I’ll look at later today in Water Cooler).

Hōtei Pointing to the Moon

“It’s an ill wind….”