Weekly roundup for August 21, 2021 I clarify some previous remarks about Nina Turner's loss and state-based single payer/M4A. Also, the IPCC report indicates the federal government is not doing nearly enough to address climate change. And what does the fall of Kabul mean for the 2024 presidential election? NOTES: 1. "Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet", The Guardian, August 9, 2021; https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/09/humans-have-caused-unprecedented-and-irreversible-change-to-climate-scientists-warn 2. "AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis", Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, August 9, 2021; https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1 3. "The fall of Kabul: a 20-year mission collapses in a single day", The Guardian, August 15, 2021; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/15/the-fall-of-kabul-a-20-year-mission-collapses-in-a-single-day 4. "Keys to the White House", PollyVote, accessed August 19, 2021; https://pollyvote.com/en/components/models/mixed/keys-to-the-white-house 5. "Pattern recognition applied to presidential elections in the United States, 1860-1980: Role of integral social, economic, and political traits", by A. J. Lichtman and V. I. Keilis-Borok, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 1, 1981; https://www.pnas.org/content/78/11/7230 MUSIC CREDIT: "Angry Bass Line", by Adigold; elements.envato.com IMAGE CREDIT: United States Air Force, public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_Allies_Refuge_Image_2_of_10.jpg