Yesterday, reading my emails, I gathered that monsoon season is starting. As weird as it sounds, including to me, it is possible to have a monsoon season in an area which is essentially high desert. And if and when we have one, mid-August to mid-September is when it happens. Of course it wouldn’t be a monsoon season without flooding, and a new underpass on I-70 in the northeastern part of Denver flooded Sunday, confounding traffic. Northeastern Denver is exactly where the faciity is that Virgil is in, and a very short stretch of I-70 is part of the way to get there. It really is a very short stretch, like two exits (maybe half a mile), and I’m pretty sure there are no underpasses in it, but it still got my attention. New Mexico is experiencing monsoons too. Unfortunately, nowhere near enough of this flooding is going into the reservoirs and rivers where we so badly need it.
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The 19th – Kamala Harris made history — so her husband did, too
Quote – Emhoff is the first second gentleman to the first woman vice president, and for him, tackling gender inequality in ways big and small felt like a natural, and critical, component of creating this role. He is actively attempting to model for others what it means to be an ally in actions, not just words. “I found where I can really make a difference is just trying to use my voice to lift women in leadership up,” Emhoff said.
Click through for this lovely story. At a time when gender equity is under threat in ways we never imagined, lovely stories are welcome. And needed.
The Daily Beast – Brian Kemp Slams Stacey Abrams for Something She Didn’t Do—but He Did
Qute – Kemp and his campaign have recently reupped false attacks on Democratic rival Stacey Abrams, accusing her, erroneously, of promoting a 2021 Major League Baseball boycott in Georgia as a means to pressure conservatives into repealing the new voting law Georgia passed in April 2021. While Abrams did not encourage that boycott—and, in fact, publicly discouraged it—Kemp himself personally called on Georgians to boycott companies when it suited his political agenda, and asked state legislators to take punitive economic action against Georgia-based Delta Airlines over ideological differences.
Click through for details. “From the sublime to the ridiculous” in today;’s short takes.
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