“The quotations he posts, rarely pithy, are often sayings he thinks up in the shower” begins the New York Times piece on Vermont Senator, and unlikely presidential nominee Bernie Sanders. Almost without qualification, it seems the candidate’s far-left ideology and mastery of social media belie his age–Sanders will be 75 by November 2016. That would make him the oldest man ever to assume the nation’s highest office. Ronald Reagan holds the record for now at 69.
We are the richest country in the world but that means nothing when almost all of the wealth and income ends up in the hands of the few.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 15, 2015
Read more about the self-described Socialist over at the New York Times here.
Universal Pictures premiered the first teaser trailer for “Steve Jobs” last night during the “Mad Men” series finale. The new film, written by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network) and based on Walter Isaacson’s “Jobs”, features notable actor Micheal Fassbender as the techno-iconoclast–a vast improvement over another choice. Check it how well the Irish actor gets the Apple Co-founder’s voice below:
Finally, just in time for Memorial Day the nation’s longest-serving commissioned navy vessel will be taking a vacation of its own. The USS Constitution, originally commissioned by George Washington, will be dry-docking in Boston for basic maintenance and preservation measures. The Boston Globe is reporting that the ship is in good shape–the last repair job was in 1992. Read more about her here.
This will be the first and only Covered Bridge this Week. We’ll return next week after the holiday.
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