Sunday, October 4, 2020

Random Notes from a Crank

Here's some factoids from the September "Harper's Index":
  • Minimum number of police killings since 2010 in which restrained victims told officers they couldn't breathe: 32
  • Number of those incidents that resulted in criminal charges against the officers: 5
  • Number of those cases in which charges were not eventually dropped: 2
  • Average number of times per day that Donald Trump tweeted in 2017: 7
  • In 2020: 32
  • Percentage of Americans who want Trump to tweet more frequently: 3

And here's some tidbits from Harper's "Findings" from that same issue:
  • "The depression-prone are less attracted to the political right."
  • "The presence of a professional sports team increases a city's seasonal flu deaths."
  • "Recent toilet-paper hoarding was more prevalent among Americans than Europeans and more prevalent among the old than the young."

The Premier League had a trio of upsets on Sunday. One was mild. The other two were surprising. My Spurs whipped Manchester United 6 to 1 at Son and Kane both had a couple of goals, and the Frenchmen Aurier and Ndombele had a goal each. West Ham beat Leicester City early on Sunday, and Aston Villa demolished Liverpool 7 to 2 later in the day.

I know it's early in the season, but Everton sits atop the table, and Aston Villa is second. 

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