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With a mere six days to go until the throbbing election, I wanted to leave these recent headlines (especially those from a breathless Tyler) as marker stones. I present them with no comment, except for a pledge to revisit them in a week should they appear to deem themselves fallacious.
These days, it’s nice to be offered a question to which there is an objective answer.
“What’s the temperature going to be like today?“
“It’ll be cool. You can wear long sleeves.”
Simple. Unless I’m addressing a person with some really weird medical issues or a bizarre desire to be very hot or very cold, I can rely on the fact that, let’s say, I know there’s going to be a high of 67 degrees today, and I can offer an answer which is helpful and accurate.
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