Showing posts with label Insurrection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Insurrection. Show all posts

Friday, January 8, 2021

Goldman Sachs Planned to 'Storm the Hill' First!

Not literally, of course. (After all, Government Goldman Sachs  is always doing 'God's work' and loves government.) 

The WSJ reports that the venerable bank was sponsoring an event next week for small business owners to meet with lawmakers. As part of the program they had come up with an enthusiastic and unfortunately timed "Storm the Hill" slogan that was prominently displaced on T-shirts and other parenphelia given to partcipants. But after last Wednesday's actual storming of the Hill, GS quickly rebranded the Jan 13 event, now called The Virtual Capitol Hill Day. It also asked participants to hide their swag...and presumably to never speak of its contents again. 

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Scary Poll: Insurrection or Liberation?

Unfortunately, it depends... 

YouGov Direct conducted a poll of 1,397 registered voters Wednesday night about the mayhem in the US Capitol. A majority (62%) of those asked considered the pro-Trump supporters who attacked the Congress a threat to democracy (good!). However, while 93% of Democracts and 55% Independents (only?) saw it that way, only 28% (!!) of Republicans felt the same. In fact, a greater percentage of Republicans (45%) supported the storming of the Capitol than opposed it (43%). Scary stuff. (Click to enlarge).

This Day in Physics

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