I love history. And speaking of love, it’s St. Valentine’s Day in a few days. So, how about combining those two into one?
Do you have something you’d like to share? A link? A joke? Some words of wisdom? A topic to discuss? It’s Monday Night Open Thread.
What’s on your mind?
Pete Buttigieg Lampooned for Tweeting Quote Critics Say “Literally Doesn’t Mean Anything”
Fox News | 02/08/2020 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn
Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg was severely mocked for tweeting a quote pic with a saying that critics claim “literally doesn’t mean anything.”
During a CNN town hall on Thursday night, Buttigieg was asked if he could enact one specific policy as president, what it would be.
“Just one? Wow,” Buttigieg reacted. “Let me say this, it’s not a sizzling, glamorous issue, but the shape of our democracy is the issue that affects every other issue. So in order for us to get better outcomes on funding public education, on dealing with gun violence… there are so many issues and areas from climate to gun violence where Americans want something and Washington cannot deliver. That if you’ve got to pick one thing to fix, it’s politics. It’s Washington. And there are concrete things we can do about it.”
Buttigieg then shared an image of himself on Twitter with a graphic that read, “The shape of our democracy is the issue that affects every other issue.”
However, without the context of his fuller answer from the town hall, many on social media were left puzzled by the quote. “This literally doesn’t mean anything,” The Hill’s “Rising” co-host Saagar Enjeti reacted. “Almost as meaningless as the percentage of Iowa’s state delegate count,” Jacobin writer Meagan Day quipped. […]
“This is like an inspirational quote run through Google translate into mandarin and back again,” Washington Examiner columnist T. Becket Adams said. […]
Even ex-2020 candidate Marianne Williamson piled on against her former competitor. “If I had said it, there’d be jokes about my being on acid. And I would never have said it.”
GM Recalling Nearly 130,000 Pickups To Fix Brake Glitch
FOX News | 2/10/2020 | By Gary GasteluGeneral Motors is issuing a recall for certain Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 light-duty trucks because a software update may cause the failure of their electronic brake assist system.
The trucks were previously recalled for another brake issue, but nearly 130,000 of them in the U.S. received buggy software
… well, there’s your problem, right there. These are automobiles…
that may disable the brake assist when the vehicles are started remotely using their mobile app. The issue can also arise when a driver enters the vehicle and waits longer than five minutes to start it. Both scenarios are accompanied by the illumination of the “Service Brake Assist,” “Service ESC,” and “Brake System Failure” dashboard warning lights.
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Notifications to affected owners will be sent out in February.
(or April for those in Iowa.)
Per Blarg:
To improve the Constitution, add the phrase “That means you too, California and New York” where appropriate.
That means you too, California and New York!
And this means you too, California and New York!
This also means you too, California and New York!
This means you too, California and New York!
That means you too, California and New York!
I didn’t watch the Oscars. I never watch the Oscars. The last time I watched the Oscars, David Niven was interrupted by a naked man.
So, did I miss anything? Or better yet, was there an Oscar moment from days past that you actually enjoyed?
