Release from Dawn

 

More mysteries of the Universal Solar Calendar - Monday was Stone of the Dawn and, two days later, today is Release from Dawn. Don't know how the AI interpreted "release from dawn" to depict the Fall Guy avatar as some sort of hybrid corn stalk/wicker man.

Did you watch the VP debate last night? The Fox News pundits apparently watched it with the sound off. The headline on their website today says that a body-language expert claims Governor Walz was nervous and fidgety and displayed the body-language tells of lying, while Senator Vance was cool, calm, and collected, and appeared like a confident ship captain in control of the situation.

Right, whatever. If you actually listened to what was said, you'd have heard Vance flat-out lie and say that he never supported a national abortion ban, when there's ample videotape evidence of him saying very much the exact opposite. You'd have heard him petulantly complain that the moderators weren't supposed to check his facts after he lied about "illegal immigrants" overtaking Springfield, Ohio (the moderators pointed out to the television audience that Haitian immigrants were in Springfield legally). You'd have heard him try to change the subject without a direct answer when asked point blank if Trump had lost the 2020 election and try to maintain that Trump peacefully transferred power after the 2020 election, and is January 6th never happened.  

If, like the Fox News pundits, you went with the visual impressions, you'd have seen Vance do his imitation of the Dramatic Chipmunk meme whenever he was caught in a lie.

Of course and on the other hand, Huffington Post's headlines claim in bold, all-capital letters that "SPINELESS: VANCE WON'T ADMIT TRUMP LOST, CLAIMS DON PEACEFULLY TRANSFERRED POWER! SHIFTY & SLIMY: JD WHITEWASH WHIRLWIND! PLUS: FACT-CHECK FLIP-OUT!

My impression was that Walz did appear nervous and hesitant at first, but grew in confidence as the debate proceeded, while Vance tried his best to pivot toward the political center and appear to be a mainstream politician until his multiple lies caught up with him. But that's just my opinion - you're impression may differ.