The View from Here

Today’s featured image is of the Village of Clayton, NY taken from the St. Lawrence river.


A Portland city commissioner who voted to defund the Portland Police Bureau called 911 in a dispute with a Lyft driver. Joanne Hardesty, who said that most 911 calls were unnecessary, called 911 after she decided that the covid rules Lyft has in place didn’t apply to her. A Lyft driver picked Hardesty up at a casino, and kept the windows open in accordance with COVID protocols that Lyft implemented. Hardesty “became irate when he refused to roll the windows up,” according to the driver, he then pulled into a gas station and canceled the ride, asking Hardesty to leave the vehicle. However, Hardesty allegedly refused to get out of the car because “it was cold and she was a woman and alone”. She then called 911 and told police she would not get out in the dark, according to audio obtained by The Oregonian.


https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1326373692348264448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

That was yesterday, and didn’t include two races in My home state of NY, where Claudia Tenney and Nicole Malliotakis, both Repub women, lead by big margins in their races.


The AP has issued more stylebook guidance. The had previously deprecated the use of “riot” and “violent” when writing about the violent riots that were occurring across the country this summer and fall. Now they want writers to not use terminology that could be connected to mental health unless it is critical to advance the story.

Needless to say, this editor will not let that crazy advice affect this site. To do so would be insane.


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