mclumber1

My neighbor who just lost her dad to COVID has done essentially a 180 on masks. There is hope, but it seems for a lot of people, that realization only happens AFTER someone they know either gets super sick or dies.

It will take place in the parking lot of Jiffy Lube.

"I positively cannot go."

You'd probably need 3 red state delegations to flip and vote for Biden. Very unlikely.

Yep. If a state doesn't send electors, it didn't appoint electors, which means they have no electoral votes.

Look at the election of 1864. The rebel states were still technically a part of the US, but they didn't send electors to the electoral college. This reduced the number of total EVs from over 300 to 234 members. If a state doesn't send electors, then the total EV count goes down, and the subsequent winning margin. Sending the election to the house only comes into play if there is a tie, or if there are more than 2 candidates and no one candidate receives a majority of the votes.

Pretty sure if a state doesn't certify, and the legislature doesn't have electors to send to the electoral college, then those electoral votes are just not factored into the equation. So for instance, if Michigan goes this route, the total number of electors drops to 522, and the winning number is then 262 electoral votes. Biden still wins. If GA + MI have no electors, then there are 506 total electors, then the winning number is 254. Biden still wins. EDIT: Even if GA, MI, WI, AZ, NV all didn't send electors, Biden would still win. If Biden keeps NV in his column, he would still win even if GA, MI, WI, AZ, and PA do not send electors - Winning 233 to 232.

If you just crank up the temperature all the way, the virus will die.

Ron Howard voice: "Rudy was that dumb."

Musk got COVID...While in Sweden.

There is a continuous need for blood donations though. HOPEFULLY we all only need to get vaccinated once against this virus.

I like this idea: Give people money if they get the vaccine. It doesn't have to be a large amount, but it would probably help to get more people to willingly vaccinate, and it would boost the economy somewhat.

Dragon is now a few hundred meters from the ISS

The only thing that had me worried was the few small issues they had after they reached orbit with cabin temperature and fuel heaters.

If you distribute the two vaccines from a geographical standpoint it may help with logistics. For instance, All healthcare workers west of the Mississippi get the Pfiezer vaccine, and all those east of the Mississippi get the Moderna.

They've made some improvements on ensuring the camera doesn't lose connection. I haven't seen the camera cut out completely for a few launches now.

A tale of two tweets:

Second stage engine shutdown. Nominal orbit. AND the booster has landed on the drone ship.

First stage should land on the drone ship in approximately 4 minutes. Second stage and Dragon capsule continues to orbit. Everything is nominal.

T minus 3 minutes.

This will be the moment Irish reunification begins! Just like in 1989 when an East German official was misunderstood about crossing the the wall over to West Berin.