tell the dog you want to click other options, he barks at you again. you get a gigantic list of things you re allowed to do. would you like to delete something? would you like to go to another room? would you like to click on this one that says rover s ramblingsm imagine if this is how you had to do your work every day. this was microsoft bob. microsoft bob was a short-lived idea for making interacting with a computer impossible and noisy and scary and slow and extra discombobulating. microsoft bob. absolutely terrifying.t that was circa 1995. microsoft bob did not last. someone in the same category of the dust bin of history, you in will also find the original iteration back in 1999 of something called the i-smell. it s a product called i-smell, because sure, why not. have you never been 8 years old and answering the telephone? i smell.er the idea was when you went to a certain website, this thing on your desk would poof out at you a little bit of stink. a little stink that
congress, compared to 46% who prefer republicans, that is a statistical tie due to the margin of error. what isn t a tie is that republicans hold a commanding advantage when it comes to enthusiasm for november s midterm elections. 61% of republicans are, quote, very interested, compared to 47% of democrats, which could make all the difference in who controls congress. and then there is this, which doesn t bode well for the country. not only does 72% of americans say the united states is heading in the wrong direction, 70% of americans agree with the statement that america had become so polarized that it can no longer solve the major issues facing the country and that those differences will only continue to grow. just 27% of americans say that despite the nation s strong partisan differences, the country always comes together to solve the greatest challenges. now, consider this, the last time nbc news posed this question in a poll 12 years ago in 2010, just 45% of americans sa
formally asked to voluntarily cooperate in its investigation for spreading lies about the election. meanwhile, those who dare stray from the crooked path that today s republican party has paved are immediately blacklisted. think of liz cheney. booted out of her leadership position and no longer recognized as a republican in the state that she represents. wyoming. kind of ironic, because the rest of the country doesn t really recognize the modern republican party anymore, or what it stands for. donald trump remains its guiding light despite the fact he s facing multiple investigations involving serious matters. let this sink in for just a moment in new york state donald trump and his company investigated for fraud that stretches back many years. in georgia last thursday, a prosecutor asked to convene a special grand jury to compel witnesses to cooperate in the state s investigation into possible election interference by donald trump and his associates. and, of course, there
florida s republican governor, ron desantis, submitted a new map for congressional districts. he proposed florida should cut in half the number of congressional districts that are majority black. okay. texas s largest counties are starting to report on the real world impact of the voting restrictions that texas republicans passed this past year. as many as half the ballot requests they are getting from voters in the largest counties are now being rejected by the state because the new voting rights restrictions they just passed requires that those ballot requests be rejected. half the ballot requests being turned away. in wisconsin, where republican legislators have been moving aggressively to restrict all sorts of voting methods, a state court judge sided with them and ruled that wisconsin can, in fact, remove its drop boxes that people use to drop off their ballots for the election. wisconsin s next election is less than a month from now. they are rushing to rip out the drop
reclean, taking notes. that s work, right? did you just brag to me you ll be in a recliner? it will be by that time it will be an actual sofa but oh, wow. even worse. there won t be a desk anywhere near me, nothing that looks like a work environment but i ll be working, taking notes and hanging on words. it s still covid time. what is a work environment? i haven t worn public facing pants in two years now. yeah, and your pants prior to covid were not [ laughter ] you were not touche. you were not the vogue idea of an anchor woman. vogue was never coming by saying let s do the rachel work wardrobe. i don t know. i don t know. i think you might under estimate how weird vogue has gotten. it s their mistake if they don t get around to that. i think we should stop digging. we re done. we re done. bye. thank you. bye. thank you. well, today an elderly man in new york city with no visible means of support with strong symptoms of extreme