Stephen Colbert chats with a bird about the other bird that rested on Bernie Sanders’ podium when he was giving a speech in Portland, Oregon. There was something extraordinarily touching about the moment and Sanders’s’ response and the crowd went wild.
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On February 16, I wrote about a case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association that had been heard before the US Supreme Court that threatened the existence of trade unions because it challenged a long-standing 1977 precedent. That earlier case named Abood v. Detroit Board of Education allowed unions to collect fees from non-union members to cover the costs incurred in contract negotiations and enforcement that also benefited non-union members.
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The comedian, who used to be supporter of Hillary Clinton, has put out a video explaining why she shifted to Sanders, and argues against much of the defeatist or fear-mongering rhetoric being used against him. (Language advisory)
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The Republican party must be breathing a huge sigh of relief. The US Secret Service said yesterday that people will not be allowed to bring guns into the Republican convention to be held in Cleveland from July 18-21.
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The four semi-finalists have been decided in the World T20 tournament currently underway in India. England will play New Zealand on Wednesday and India takes on West Indies on Thursday, with the final being held on Sunday. I will be cheering for New Zealand and West Indies and if they both win I will be neutral in the final. The 20-over form seems to be the one area where West Indies is still playing well and they have a good shot at the title.
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The Republican governor of Georgia has vetoed a bill (I wrote about it a few days ago) that would enable discrimination against members of the LGBT community. Many businesses, including the film industry, had threatened to boycott the state if he signed the measure into law.
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The story in the National Enquirer that Ted Cruz had affairs with five women has had at least one beneficial outcome and that is it sheds some light on how the political gossip machine operates. Michael Calderone decribes it as a massive game of telephone and takes us through the timeline of how the rumors went from person to person and quickly became a complicated web where it has become impossible to figure out who originated the story. It seems like the story has been circulating for months, and was at one time being pushed by the Marco Rubio camp at a time when he and Cruz were vying for the second place slot behind Trump.
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The Daily Show tries to keep up with developments in the Republican race. It is not easy to do and Trevor Noah tries to figure out how the party got to this point where the race has descended to the almost surreal and comes to the conclusion that Donald Trump is really the candidate they have long been waiting for, their messiah.
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The more I learn about bats, the more I am impressed at the abilities of these mammals. I had taken the phrase ‘blind as a bat’ literally and thought that bats depended entirely on echolocation to navigate. Christie Wilcox sets me straight and says that bats use both vision and echolocation to get around, using each for specific purposes.
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The states of Alaska, Washington, and Hawaii held caucuses yesterday and Bernie Sanders won by huge margins of 82-18%, 73-27%, and 70-30% respectively.
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