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2020 Presidential Election

Associated Press - August 27, 2019. Racism in America is an institutional "White man's problem visited on people of color," Joe Biden said Tuesday, arguing that the way to attack the issue is to defeat President Trump and hold him responsi…

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Some friends of mine got me a sweater for my birthday ... I'd have preferred a moaner or a screamer.

2020 Presidential Election

Monmouth Poll - August 26, 2019. Topic: 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination. Sanders 20%. Warren 20%. Biden 19%. Harris 8%. Buttigieg 4%. ///// Biden losing steam?

2020 Presidential Election

Pew Research Center predicts that Millennials (1981 - 1996) and Generation Z (1997 - ) will make up 37% of the 2020 U.S. electorate.

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Some people ask the secret of our long marriage: We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight dinner, soft music, and dancing ... she goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.

2020 Presidential Election

Associated Press - August 23, 2019. Billionaire David H. Koch, who with his older brother Charles poured a fortune into right-wing causes, transforming the American political landscape and shaping American policies on such issues as climat…

2020 Presidential Election

National Public Radio - August 23, 2019. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ,86, has just completed 3 weeks of radiation treatment in New York City. ///// Possible opening for Trump for a third Supreme Court appointment?

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I always take life with a grain of salt, ... plus a slice of lemon, ... and a shot of tequila.

2020 Presidential Election

Reuters News - August 23, 2019. President Trump ordering American companies to look at ways to close their operations in China and make more of their products in the USA.

Cool but useless facts.

The U.S. 45th Infantry had a swastika sleeve insignia to honor their Native American members until WW2. They dropped the swastika in favor of the Thunderbird.

2020 Presidential Election

Pew Research Center Poll conducted April 2019. 42% of Jewish Americans said Trump's policies favored the Israelis too much, versus 26% of Christians who expressed that view. ///// 70% of Jews voted for Hillary in 2016 election. 25% of Jews…

2020 Presidential Election

Economist/ YouGov Poll - August 21,2019. 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination. Biden 22%. Sanders 19%. Warren 18%. Harris 8%. Buttigieg 8%. ///// Biden's lead has been slipping in recent weeks.

Cool but useless facts.

The "Dancing Plague" of 1518 was a mania that lasted a month and killed dozens of people in Strasbourg, France through exhaustion or heart attack. People just danced uncontrollably until they collapsed.

2020 Presidential Election

NBC News/ Wall Street Journal Poll - August 18, 2019. Topic: President Trump Job Approval Rating. 43% Approve, 55% Disapprove. Topic: Direction of Country. 33% Right direction, 60% Wrong track.

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Women only call me ugly until they find out how much money I make ... then they call me ugly and poor.

Cool but useless facts.

The original Playboy Bunnies were required to be able to identify 143 brands of liquor and know how to make 20 different cocktails as part of their job requirements.

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Son: "Dad! I just had sex for the first time!" ///// Dad: "Great! Wanna sit down and talk about it?" ///// Son: "I can't sit right now, my butt is very sore."

2020 Presidential Election

Fox News Poll - August 16, 2019. General Election matchups. Trump vs. Biden. 50% Biden, 38% Trump ... Trump vs. Warren. 46% Warren, 39% Trump ... Trump vs. Sanders. 48% Sanders, 39% Trump.

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Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). The one-star general was granted permission to be part of the first wave of soldiers…

2020 Presidential Election

Pew Research Center Survey published August 13, 2019. Topic: Americans' opinion of China. 60% favorable, 26% unfavorable. Topic: Americans' opinion on China's growing economy. 50% - good thing for the USA, 41% - bad thing for the USA.

2020 Presidential Election

August 12, 2019. The federal government spent a record 3,727,014,000,000 dollars in the first 10 months of fiscal 2019 (October through July) according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today.

Cool but useless facts.

President Theodore Roosevelt was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award, in 2001 by President Clinton for his actions during the Spanish-American War. He is the only U.S. President to receive the award.

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During WW2 in California, the Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942 had the U.S. Army firing 1,400 anti-air artillery and .50 caliber rounds at an enemy aircraft. The "enemy aircraft" turned out to be a lost weather balloon.

2020 Presidential Election

Gallup - August 5, 2019. Topic: Range in elected Presidents' job approval ratings in first 30 months in office. Trump - 35% low, 46% high. Obama - 40% low, 69% high. Clinton - 37% low, 59% high. Reagan - 35% low, 68% high.

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California Highway Patrol officer Kevin Briggs has dissuaded more than 200 people from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco since 1994.

2020 Presidential Election

Marketwatch website - August 8, 2019. Jobless claims fall to 209,000 in early August and signal labor market is still strong.

2020 Presidential Election

Pew Research Center survey - published August 7, 2019. Topic: Giving a President more power to deal directly with many of the country's problems. 51% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say it's too risky. 82% of Democrats a…

Cool but useless facts.

There is enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to build a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York City according to the US Department of the Interior.

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In my last relationship, I hated being treated like a piece of meat ... she was a vegan and refused to touch me.

2020 Presidential Election

Quinnipiac Poll - August 6, 2019. 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination. Biden 32%. Warren 21%. Sanders 14%. Harris 7%. Buttigieg 5%.

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I took out a loan to pay for an exorcism ... if I don't pay it back, I'm going to get repossessed.

2020 Presidential Election

Harvard/Harris Poll - August 3, 2019. President Trump job approval rating. 45% approve. 55% disapprove. ------- Harvard/Harris Poll - August 3, 2019. Direction of Country. 37% right direction. 54% wrong track.

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I was very naive sexually, my first girlfriend asked me to do missionary ... so I went to Africa for 6 months.

2020 Presidential Election

Harvard/Harris Poll - August 2, 2019. 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination. Biden 34%. Sanders 17%. Harris 9%. Warren 8%. Buttigieg 4%.

2020 Presidential Election

Reuters/Ipsos Poll - August 1, 2019. President Trump job approval rating. 40% approve. 58% disapprove. ----- Rasmussen Poll - August 1, 2019. President Trump job approval rating. 48% approve. 51% disapprove. Big difference between the 2 po…

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A dick has a really sad life ... his hair's a mess, his family is nuts, his neighbor is an asshole, his best friend is a pussy, and his owner beats him.

Cool but useless facts.

Woodpeckers are capable of pecking 10,000 times a day. Their strong necks have natural shock absorbents which help them balance the vibration in order to avoid concussions.

2020 Presidential Election

Pew Research Center Survey on National Economy published July 26, 2019. 79% of Republicans and Republican leaners rate the national economy as excellent or good compared to 33% of Democrats and Democrat leaners.

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The earliest known American porn film is "A Free Ride a.k.a A Grass Sandwich " in 1915. The film was directed by "A. Wise Guy" and was written by "Will She."

2020 Presidential Election

According to a new report from eMarketer, ad spending on 2020 federal elections is expected to climb to 6 billion dollars. The report focused only on ads sponsored by "federal candidates and campaigns." Trump is expected to spend about 1 b…

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My girlfriend's driving test went surprisingly well yesterday, she got 7 out of 12 ... the other 5 managed to run to safety.

Cool but useless facts.

About 41% of all first marriages in the USA end in divorce. 60% of second marriages end in divorce. 73% of all third marriages end in divorce.

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My girlfriend caught me blow-drying my penis and asked me what was I doing ... apparently, "heating your dinner " was not the right answer.

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Why does mineral water that has " trickled through mountains for centuries " ... have a "use by" date?

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My friend thinks he's smart. He told me that an onion is the only food that makes you cry ... so I threw a coconut at his face.