Online Public Relations Thoughts

It takes courage and verbal skill to sit for an interview with a news source trying to defeat your candidacy.  But VP Harris consented to an interview with Fox News anyway.  Her interviewer was on the attack and Harris was on defense immediately, but she called him out for talking over her.  The consensus is that she survived the experience politically.  It's not something a candidate should do regularly but it sends a message to voters that the candidate is not afraid of opposition.  And, that is good.  

When is tradition a useless tool of government?   Perhaps when after 700+ years, it is time to get rid of it.  That is what the UK is considering with the House of Lords.  The message is that it is time to constitute a body of legislators who more closely reflect the citizens of the country.  The House of Lords has been a debating society for many years without real power.  So, why have it at all?  It's a question the UK might be answering for the final time. 

Tesla misled humans by introducing robots at an event that were manipulated behind the scenes by other humans.  The robots served drinks but were not autonomous in doing it.  Observers condemned the trickery and Tesla got a black PR eye.  Musk should know better.

You don't have to like Elon Musk to understand that this was amazing.  It is incredible PR for SpaceX and the company's engineers are rightly gobsmacked with wonder. 

Not only is he not religious, he printed his campaign bibles in a country he regularly bashes for its anti-American trade. The hypocrisy of it all is stunning, but his supporters don't care. He's the Teflon Don, impervious to criticism and free wheeling in his efforts to get re-elected. 

The Waffle House Index of storm severity is accurate and good PR for the chain.  It is used by authorities as well as the public.