Notre Dame won't host debate

The University of Notre Dame has become the second United States university to withdraw as the host of one of this fall's three scheduled presidential debates amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The university was set to host the inaugural face-off between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on September 29. The first debate will now be hosted by Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday.

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Reverend John I Jenkins, president of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, said in a statement that the health precautions necessary to stage the debate "would have greatly diminished the educational value of hosting the debate on our campus".

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The University of Michigan was scheduled to host the second presidential debate but withdrew last month. That debate will now be held at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.

  alJazeera

We do not need an audience for a debate. In fact, it would be so much better without one. And it would also be so much better if the League of Women Voters still hosted it.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

He knows more about everything than anyone - even firefighting

“Helicopter or airplane, the weight of the water and the intensity of the drop at low altitude could indeed weaken the structure of Notre-Dame and result in collateral damage to the buildings in the vicinity,” [France's Civil Security agency tweeted].

The agency said later in an English-language tweet that “all means are being used” to bring the fire under control — “except for water-bombing aircrafts which, if used, could lead to the collapse of the entire structure of the cathedral.”

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“If you hit that with tons of water from above, that’s going to collapse the entire structure and make the situation worse,” said Wayne McPartland, a retired New York City Fire Department battalion chief. “If you miss, you might hit civilians in the street.”

  CNBC

He also wants to rake forest floors.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

What a shame

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