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Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States hit an all-time high of 61,964 on Tuesday, as the raging pandemic continued to shatter record after record and strain medical facilities. https://t.co/bbxEFvPaJz
— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer) November 11, 2020
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WaterGirl had invited me to submit a few photos as a calming OTR diversion to the amped up election drama. I was traveling at the time, so here’s a late edition, in case next week needs even more time out. I’ve picked photos that remind me of how beautiful & diverse our country is…
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My daughter & I attended a fundraiser at Runnymede Farm for a group she had volunteered for (Environmental Traveling Companions) that provides summer recreation activities for disadvantaged & disabled children. The property has an incredible collection of sculpture. This is one that caught my fancy…
Figured we could use something besides politics. Luckily, Scout turned three today, perfect timing for a little respite. I also have a WereBear post for a quiet time this week, too.
I would have totally forgotten, but I keep in touch with her brothers and sisters, so someone reminded me. Boy, has that bear shrunk over the years (and the scarf, too).
She is absolutely the best, sweetest, and good-natured Dane. She makes me smile every day and keeps Bixby on his toes with games of tug and lots of snuggles.
November is a rough month there, Harley, Jake and Bailey all left us. But of course, that means Zander and Gabe arrived soon after. But Bailey was the hardest. Bixby was inconsolable. The entire time I was in Paris, I was checking rescue groups and putting in applications during the night, since the time difference made sleep pretty much impossible.
When I got home, none of the rescues worked out and Bixby was getting more and more despondent. I was desperate. I began looking for puppies. The chances of finding a litter seemed a long shot. And from a breeder that was responsible and caring.
Then I saw this:
And that was it. Heart fully engaged. I checked out her breeder, had a long talk with her and realized she was head and shoulders above any breeder I’d ever checked out. The next 8 weeks of videos proved I made the right choice. These dogs are spoiled, socialized, lived in her sons’ laps, and were as close to potty trained as an 8-week old puppy can be by the time Scout-a-licious arrived.
There are more photos of both pups here.
Respite open thread
There was discussion on Balloon Juice earlier this week of how/why the Republican vote was as high as it was this year, and there was some speculation about whether less in-person contact because of COVID might have played a pivotal role, since Republicans registered a surprisingly high number of new voters and had a much higher turnout than expected. There was talk of whether we should be organizing all the time, not just for elections.
We talked of the amazing organizing by Stacey Abrams and Fair Fight, and also mentioned some of the other groups besides Fair Fight that helped deliver the victory in Georgia. The promised post on those Georgia groups will be later this week.
✨ Tonight I thought we could talk about some other organizing heroes – this time in Wisconsin!
It seems like months ago, but it was only 3 weeks ago that we had this Balloon Juice post: Wisconsin: Tireless, Persistent, Tenacious, Dogged, Determined Efforts To Bring It Home. Now for some follow-up.
Kudos to Omnes for his faith in Wisconsin this year.
We all know about the amazing job the Wisconsin Dems and Ben Wikler did. Now let’s look at Milwaukee, which played a pivotal role, boosted by BLOC, Souls to the Polls, and Voces de la Frontera Action.
"Joe Biden won the election decisively," Vice President-elect Kamala Harris says.
"Each and every vote for Joe Biden was a vote to protect and expand the Affordable Care Act—not to tear it away in the midst of a global pandemic." https://t.co/D7t03ZfZfd pic.twitter.com/SLVzWcIkrI
— ABC News (@ABC) November 10, 2020
Political junkie that I am, I’m really looking forward to next February, when I can ignore what’s going on in DC for days at a time. (Okay, hours at a time.)
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It has seemed to me that the replacements at the Department of Defense look like an old group coming together for one last set. Asha Rangappa thinks so too.
I’ve got a yarn board up. Not sure when I’ll be able to share…
Open thread!
