In senectus* veritas
* As I strongly suspected might happen, Latin scholars have come to my rescue. They’ve told me that the word “senectus” is incorrect and instead it should be “senectute.”
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What motivates Biden voters
I’m going to make some generalizations in this post, of course. But I know a lot of Biden voters, and I’m writing about what I’ve observed. As commenter “physicsguy” says: Every Biden voter I know is only motivated by the … Continue reading →
I sure hope…
…that this sort of thing translates into black votes for Trump: Morning Reader Data Points: National Daily Black Likely Voter Job Approval For @POTUS – October 19-23, 2020 Mon 10/19 – 25%Tue 10/20 – 24% Wed 10/21 – 31% Thu … Continue reading →
I have a feeling that Pennsylvania will feature highly in the coming election
They’ve certainly set it up that way: Today the PA Supreme Court ruled that county clerks could not reject absentee and mail-in ballots where the voter signatures didn’t match. Politico reports: “The Pennsylvania state Supreme Court ruled Friday that ballots … Continue reading →
The fracking fracas during last night’s debate was a bizarro reversed version of 2012’s Candy Crowley incident
For a while in 2012 I became semi-obsessed with what Candy Crowley and Obama did to Romney during the second 2012 presidential debate. I analyzed it and posted about it several times. Here’s an excerpt: Note also Obama’s affect when … Continue reading →
A post-debate reaction…
…from someone who didn’t watch the debate. That’s me. Debates make me too nervous, although sometimes I do watch, although not last night. However, here’s my takeway, from reading about it and seeing a few clips: –Trump’s a quick learner. … Continue reading →
Trump turns the tables on “60 Minutes”
You may have heard that Trump somewhat prematurely walked out of a “60 Minutes” interview with Lesley Stahl, and also said he would be posting a video of the entire unedited interview to demonstrate the tactics of press exhibited there. … Continue reading →
Glenn Greenwald on the coverup of the Hunter Biden laptop story
Greenwald is no Trump fan. But he’s certainly got the number of the press and the intelligence community on this.
Continue reading →Biden says let’s “reform” the courts
Just like good old Hugo Chavez did. See this: The Democratic presidential nominee released a video clip on Thursday morning revealing he will create a national commission of “constitutional scholars” to help reform the current court system… CBS News asked … Continue reading →
Joe Biden: The Manchurian Candidate
Back when I was a Democrat and the Lewinsky scandal broke, my recollection is that the media treated it as a plot to frame Bill Clinton. Then a rumor began about a certain incriminating blue dress. I was never a … Continue reading →
Compare and contrast: loyalty to the candidates
During the 2016 campaign Trump famously said, speaking of the loyalty of his voters, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay? It’s like incredible.” He was excoriated for … Continue reading →
Joe Biden and Hunter: don’t ask, don’t tell
I’ve been doing some research on the history of Hunter Biden, and one of the things that has struck me is that for many years Joe Biden has dealt with questions about Hunter’s work by saying he and Hunter never … Continue reading →