Ron DeSantis has blood on his hands

 

Top headline: Pro Publica, 6/30/2026

AI-generated image:  Manus 1.6 Lite

Bottom headline:  PBS 7/14/2026, 

David Fischer reports for the Associated Press:

The last prisoner strapped to a table in Florida's death chamber was 74 years old — the oldest the state has executed in modern times. The next two set to die are older still. 

The series of executions, due to be carried out by the end of this month, highlights the nation's aging death-row population. One of Florida's prisoners scheduled to die in July, a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents in 1986, is 80 years old and would be only the second known octogenarian to be executed in the U.S.  [emphasis added]

For some, it renews questions about the humanity of administering capital punishment to inmates who might soon die from natural causes. For others, it illustrates how lengthy appeals designed to ensure constitutional protections and prevent innocent people from being executed can also delay justice.

Welcome to the World Cup for the Rich

 

Top headline:  New York Times, 7/13/2026

Reuters photo and bottom headline:  New York Times, 7/12/2026

Rob Copeland reports for the Times on July 13:

For the ordinary fútbol fan, the nine-mile journey from Manhattan to the World Cup stadium in New Jersey is as appealing as a trip to the dentist. 

There are hours waiting in sunbaked security switchbacks outside Penn Station before squeezing onto yellow school buses or NJ Transit trains with sweaty strangers for the ride to the Meadowlands. 

But while the masses jostled around the station one afternoon, a more civilized scene unfolded under the shaded entryway to the Solow Building, the famously pricey office tower off Fifth Avenue.  [emphasis added]

Four men in matching maroon suits and spotless white hats and tennis shoes stood on the sidewalk, guarding a pair of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans. The only visible hints of the crew’s purpose were faint text embroidery over their chests that read “FIFA World Cup 2026” and a mysterious “Q” that had been affixed to the vehicles’ windshields.

Tariq Panja reports for the Times on July 12:

While the reason for the vacant seats was not immediately clear, it’s possible that high ticket prices kept some fans away.  Seats at this year’s World Cup have been the most expensive in the tournament’s history, costing at least three times more than those at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which to that point had been the costliest ever.  [emphasis added]

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'pricey', as in EXPENSIVE, occurred in 1932.

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. boo-boo
2. clip joint
3. eek
4. half-assed
5. jerk around
6. moment of truth
   
7. seller's market\

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