Sunday, July 21st, 2024 - TrickJarrett.com: Semper Ad Meliora

A Birthday Taskmaster

So yesterday my family departed for the next leg of their journey, then after a nap Katie and I went to a friend's birthday party. They put together a Taskmaster event and had attendees compete in various tasks. I placed third overall, but Katie did manage to win a task which sent us home with a massive vase filled with M&Ms and Skittles.

We had a great time and definitely something I'll be considering for future birthdays of my own. So, happy birthday Sarah, thanks for the amazing evening.

7/21/2024 11:09 am |

| Tags: life, musing

Historic

My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best… pic.twitter.com/x8DnvuImJV
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 21, 2024

After weeks of discourse, Biden has officially announced he will not run for re-election. Ultimately I support this move, while I believe he could have done it, there was a sizable percentage chance that he would need to resign in the middle of his second term and that would potentially harm Kamala.

I do think there is a definite risk that Kamala (or whomever gets the nomination) does lose some of the people who would support Biden, but overall I think that loss will be minimal as most people will reasonably acknowledge that the candidate is unquestionably better than Donald Trump.

I personally expect we will see Kamala / Shapiro as the ticket in November, but who knows. Things are about to get very interesting.