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The Democrat candidate for President this year could win the popular vote by six percentage points – and lose the election. Similarly, Democrats could win decisive majority votes for House and Senate, and lose both houses.
The Electoral College, the Senate, & other ways our democracy is rigged [Ian Millhiser/Vox]
Why this Seattle geek finally gave up and bought a car four years after going ‘full Uber’ [Kurt Schlosser/GeekWire]
“… the golden era of massively-subsidized car sharing is coming to a close.”
Fractured America is uniting in its hatred of expatriate Californians [Derek Thompson/The Atlantic]
Jim Whitehurst Becomes President of IBM. Why? He gets Culture. [Jono Bacon/Forbes]
IBM’s New CEO Is Mastermind Behind Cloud Strategy for Growth [Olivia Carville/Bloomberg]
Why Iowa? [Dan Zak/The Washington Post]
I have been to Iowa more than once, and liked it.
South Carolina seeks volunteer pig cuddlers [CNN]
I foresee a career change.
Headline of the week: As a 28-Year-Old Latino, I’m Shocked My New Novel, Memoirs of a Middle-Aged White Lady, Has Been So Poorly Received [McSweeney’s Internet Tendency]
An intriguing list of “little-known but obvious facts”.
The word “helicopter” has two components. They aren’t “heli” and “copter”. They are “helico” and “pter”. “Helico” (helix) and “pter” (wing, like with “pterodactyl”)…
u/TikiTC asked on r/askreddit: “What’s a little-known but obvious fact that will immediately make all of us feel stupid?” Many of the 20,000+ replies are funny, useful, and fascinating
[Mark Frauenfelder/Boing Boing]
New Jersey mayor John Roth admits to taking off pants, passing out drunk at party. Photo accompanying the article presumably taken while wearing pants. [New York Daily News]
New Bill Would Bar Duncan Hunter from Collecting a Congressional Pension
Duncan D. Hunter is years from collecting a congressional pension, but a bill proposed Friday would keep the Republican awaiting sentencing from getting it.
Democratic Reps. Josh Harder of California’s Central Valley and Max Rose of New York introduced the “No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2020.”
The bill specifically prevents the payment of pensions to members of Congress who commit – or conspire to commit – campaign finance crimes, they said….
Six-term Rep. Hunter, 43, resigned Jan. 13 in the wake of his early December guilty plea to one count of conspiracy in a corruption case involving misuse of more than $250,000 in campaign donations for personal expenses. His sentencing is set for March 17.
[Times of San Diego]
The Crown will end after five seasons – or “series,” as they say in the UK – bringing the story to 2003. Imelda Staunton, of Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, will take over the role of Queen Elizabeth, with Olivia Colman doing one more season, airing later this year. [The Sun]
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