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Category: Edition No. 193 – August 2021

State of the Nation

*Any statements in this issue of the Watch which are not sourced are mine and identified by “WW”.

35% of registered voters say the country is headed in the right direction. 54% of registered voters say the country is on the wrong track. Continue reading “State of the Nation”

Author Mike BermanPosted on August 13, 2021Categories Edition No. 193 - August 2021, Washington Watch Archive

Odds and Ends

42% of Americans say they personally know someone who is transgender and about 26% say they know someone who prefers to use gender neutral pronouns such as “they” instead of “he” or “she”. Continue reading “Odds and Ends”

Author Mike BermanPosted on August 13, 2021August 13, 2021Categories Edition No. 193 - August 2021, Washington Watch Archive

Quotes

“There are known knowns – there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns – that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” — Donald Rumsfield in 2002 when talking about Saddam Hussein, as reported to WW by Joel Jankowsky Continue reading “Quotes”

Author Mike BermanPosted on August 13, 2021Categories Edition No. 193 - August 2021, Washington Watch Archive

Some Questions

Why do we say “after dark” when it really is “after light”? Continue reading “Some Questions”

Author Mike BermanPosted on August 13, 2021Categories Edition No. 193 - August 2021, Washington Watch Archive

Riddles

1) Which of the following words don’t belong in the group and why? CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS Continue reading “Riddles”

Author Mike BermanPosted on August 13, 2021Categories Edition No. 193 - August 2021, Washington Watch Archive

President Biden

Women in the Biden White House earn 99 cents for every $1 earned by men. Continue reading “President Biden”

Author Mike BermanPosted on August 13, 2021Categories Edition No. 193 - August 2021, Washington Watch Archive

2022 Election

It is a little early to predict the outcome of the 2022 election. Continue reading “2022 Election”

Author Mike BermanPosted on August 13, 2021Categories Edition No. 193 - August 2021, Washington Watch Archive

Congress

Approval of the Congress was growing after the election. Since mid-May it has dropped but seems to be starting upward again. Continue reading “Congress”

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