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What a year this week has been

What a year this week has been

Why posting was light over the past few days.

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Jul 22, 2024
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On Sunday, there was an assassination attempt against a former President of the United States, followed by days of speculation and conspiracy theorizing and scapegoating which still haven’t ended.

That evening I had to travel two hours outside of Halifax for the start of a major trial, which took up all of Monday and Tuesday.

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Donald Trump named the Hillbilly Elegy guy as his running mate, and then the GOP held its national convention, at which this happened:

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