Joey Russ

On the other hand, this is currently the largest gap between presidents dying (been nearly 57 years since Kennedy was shot). I expect Trump to survive this, but that number might prove to be significant...

It seems like this was the culprit:

Eh, they can conduct the meetings virtually. Doesn’t really mean much

Meadows is negative, and apparently decided it’s a good idea to not wear a mask:

Apparently the number today is 66. Looks like redrumors got it spot on

Honestly hopes he lasts long enough to see his term out. As awful as he is, Mike Pence really isn’t that much better, and he’s more competent too.

Nah, Dole is pretty irrelevant nowadays. He (or Jimmy Carter for that matter) wouldn’t impact the vote anywhere close to the way that Ruth Bader Ginsburg did.

So Chuck Schumer actually played ball for once and forced a vote to protect the Affordable Care Act. Some Republicans did end up breaking ranks with the majority of the GOP. They were Collins, Ernst, Gardner, McSally, Murkowski, and Sullivan. Apart from Murkowski, all of these senators were up for re election. The most fascinating of those who broke ranks has to be Dan Sullivan though. At a glance, I didn’t think the Alaska senate race would be that competitive, but with him joining the other GOP senators who voted with dems, I actually think the Alaska senate race is more competitive than I thought it was. I will be keeping a closer eye on that senate race...

Jimmy Carter

PB was one away, oof...

Didn’t last very long after birth:

Tower of Power bassist Rocco Prestia has died at 69

I think... that barring election cheating by Trump, Biden will most likely win. Let me explain. I think this debate was Trump’s last chance of making a comeback of sorts. This was the moment that Trump really needed to make out like he’s the incumbent and not some insurgent candidate. He really needed to show his populist rhetoric in this debate. And he blew it. Trump didn’t go away with no good attacks, he did bring up the crime bill once against Joe Biden, and when Biden did say he wasn’t going to do left wing stuff, Trump was smart enough to note that Biden was losing the left. But that’s not enough for him, as Biden was never going to get a good chunk of the left anyways, and right after Trump attacked Biden on the crime bill, in his very next breath he claimed that Biden was soft on crime. You can’t have it both ways Don. So which is it? This definitely wasn’t Biden’s best performance, but he definitely had his moments to shine. Mainly Biden really destroyed Trump on the issue of COVID, and Biden gave some good answers on climate change even though I don’t think Biden will go through on any of it. And he had a few good witty lines which resembled Biden’s performance against Paul Ryan in 2012. Despite those good moments, he seemed intimidated for much of the debate, and definitely wasn’t at his peak. However, Biden did not shit the bed. And that’s all he needed to do. He needed to seem competent enough to a chunk of the American public, and he did just that. This election, I think they are two really key differences from 2016 that really gives Biden a much better chance of winning than Hillary did. First is that Trump is now the incumbent. Back in 2016, Trump ran as an outsider, and it worked. Trump was able to con enough people to win the election in 2016. Now, Trump has a record, and frankly even if you ignore how awful his record is he’s not running as a populist anymore. The other thing about Biden is that he’s just more likeable than Hillary, and you can’t deny that. He has a sense of empathy throughout his campaign which just makes him seem like a better person. Whereas Hillary had a sense of entitlement that made her seem unlikable. And a lot of people are really looking for warmth at this dark time. This is why Biden will most likely win. That doesn’t mean Trump has no way of winning besides cheating, but Trump is absolutely the massive underdog this time around.

I think soundtracks and compilations that feature multiple artists (like the Indestructible Beat of Soweto or the Nuggets psychedelic compilation) are fine. It’s the single artist compilations that really should not be in there, though I can at least understand why something like Bob Marley’s Legend is included. And even if you’re a purist and don’t want to include compilations and soundtracks you still gotta include Curtis Mayfield’s Superfly in there. That’s a great album

The debate was very much a wash. Biden had some good answers and Trump seemed more desperate, but I don’t think it’ll change the overall race.

I think in general this does a much better job representing all the different types of music out there, so I’d say it’s better than last time. Doesn’t mean it’s a good list though. And even though many of the drops are probably well deserved (many of the dropouts are compilations which never deserved a spot on the list in the first place), you still got records like Trout Mask Replica and Psychocandy that did not deserve to be dropped off the list. And I agree The Rolling Stones are quite overrated (always viewed them as a singles band anyways rather than an album artist), albums like London Calling and The Velvet Underground and Nico easily could’ve placed above Exile on Main Street

I’m just mad that the legendary album Trout Mask Replica dropped off the list.

English screenwriter Chris Croucher had his trial for sexual assault delayed after he was diagnosed with cancer

He definitely looks more his age now than he did 6 months ago though. He definitely needs to stay on the list...

Believe the New York Times is a QO, in which case here it is. But will he be another Nobel prize snub in the UK? We’ll see...