3144

Me, I just cancel other people’s subscriptions.

3145

Every time a NYT reporter goes into a diner in Ohio there should be a bucket of water rigged to fall on their head.

3146

I concur.

3147
3148

No, this is not an Onion article. No, this is not NYTimes Pitchbot. This is an actual NYT article. Biden’s not even sworn in and they’re hitting him with a combination of MustardGate and ButterEmails.

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3150

On the one hand, you’re right, this is a nothing story that basically boils down to: none of the issues will prevent Biden from having a Peloton if he wants it.

But on the other hand, shouldn’t we be pretty happy that we’re going to be going back to these nonsense run-of-the mill garbage stories instead of stories about locking kids in cages, banning entire religious groups, etc?

3151

You say that now. Then in four years Tom Cotton or somesuch will be elected because voters have “concerns” over “clouds” raised by the thousands of column inches the NYT devoted to Biden’s “controversies.”

“Sure, Cotton wants to impose martial law. But he can’t be any worse than Biden! I mean, where there’s smoke there’s fire, right?”

3152

Sure, but those column-inches aren’t gonna fill themselves! Quick, I need a story on how Biden keeps his teeth so white and why it’s probably satanism!

3153

I have to admit, But His Bicycle has a ring to it.

3154

Everyone knows there are no regular people who own Peloton bikes. You’d never catch DJT on one of those, for example.

3155

I mean the only reason I don’t have one is cost.

And space. So cost and space.

And I prefer to exercise outside So cost, space, and preference for outside.

I actually think they’re pretty neat, and if it fit my lifestyle I’d get one. But I run year round, outside, rain or snow. Hey, and from a security standpoint while the electronic thing is an angle, physical security for the President has to be better than him going on a bike ride around town.

3156

I used to cycle, but then I moved to an area that isn’t very bike friendly, and the idea of riding near/with traffic stresses me out too much. Getting hit by one car is enough.

Maybe I’ll take up running…

3157

For sure the Secret Service would much rather Biden use a Peloton in the White House residence than go for a jog or bike ride outside.

There’s also the fact that Biden is much, much less likely to be injured using a Peloton, and his press secretary can be assured there will never be any photos of him having just crashed his bike.

The security issues are, I would imagine, trivial at this point. Rip the camera and microphone out and have him use a VPN for the live service.

It’s a nonsense story.

3159

I bet if we put Trump on a Peloton, he’d figure out a way to have an awful picture after he crashed it.

3160

I don’t know, I’m pretty partial to Presidencies that start out with a bike crash in the pilot episode.

3161

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3162

Note to media: if you’re showing coverage of Trump’s departure and arrival this morning, you’re doing exactly what he wanted you to do when he decided to try to upstage the inauguration ceremony.

3163

“This presidency is pre-disastered. We’ll be safe here.”

3164

Our media ushered all this through the door, under the aegis of “balance” and “presenting both sides” — as if racism and white supremacy were theoretical ideas to be debated, not life-threatening forces to be defeated. Never would I have imagined that I would say Biden’s stance on white supremacy is more progressive than the media’s. But here we are.