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We mark the horrific milestone of passing one million COVID deaths (roughly 25% in the US which has 4% of the population), briefly rehash the grotesquery of the Presidential Debate, contemplate the possibility of a Trump coup, face the fact that many other experts and politicians were just as deceitful about the reality of COVID as Trump was in the early days of the pandemic, and do a thorough read-through of a classic Current Affairs article by Luke Savage (@LukewSavage) about the "Curse of Bipartisanship."

P.S. There's an eerie howling wind in the background throughout the episode. Literally. Added to the ambient dread, in retrospect.

General Recommendations

• JD's Recommendation: It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
• JNM's Recommendations: Podcasts: 1) Michael and Us (@MichaelandUs) & 2) Bad Faith (@BadFaithPod)

Further Reading, Viewing, Listening

Read

• With one million dead, governments abandon efforts to contain COVID-19 pandemic
• Coronavirus surges across US Midwest
• What Happens If a Presidential Candidate Becomes Incapacitated or Dies
• Trump\\u2019s Operation Dictatorship: What the debate exposed
• US governors told in February that pandemic would get \\u201cmuch worse,\\u201d but did not alert public
• The Curse of Bipartisanship

Locationless Locations

• Every show-related link is corralled and available here.
• Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod
• JD Newland - @jdnewland
• Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct
• Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com

Outro Music

\\u30e4\\u30d7\\u30fc\\u30ba (Yapoos)
"\\u8d64\\u3044\\u6226\\u8eca" ("Red Tank")
\\u30c0\\u30a4\\u30e4\\u30ebY\\u3092\\u5efb\\u305b! (Dial Y wo Mawase!)