Saturday, November 02, 2024
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Thursday, October 31, 2024
Pre-Postmortem
There are signs that Democrats know they will lose.
The smart move for Democrats would be to keep the fraud too small to make Harris win. She was a hail Mary, when (unexpectedly) Biden's dementia became too obvious to hide. If the cheating is similarly obvious, they risk civil war.
The problem and the risk, is that the fraud was set in motion before it was obvious how poorly the Harris campaign was executed and lots of votes have already been entered. I saw a case yesterday on X where a single voter ID cast 29 votes from various addresses (none of them residences). These votes have already been counted and cannot be uncounted.
The panic they feel, is that she will lose. The panic they ought to be feeling, is that the cheating they've already done and cannot stop, will set off a civil war.
Community Notes
I've never seen someone Community-Noted this comprehensively: Kristof is going to walk funny for a week.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Why Didn't Harris Go on Joe Rogan's Show?
Harris has a busy schedule--That's the stated excuse for not going to Austin. Sure, but isn't her primary job right now to win votes? Finding the time to have a conversation with one of the world's most popular podcasters seems like a no-brainer. Or maybe not. Maybe she knows that being on Joe Rogan's show would reveal her basic lack of substance. The play was to spin it as a dispute over terms. Naturally the MSM Praetorian guard will make it Rogan's fault--as if Harris ever intended to be on his show.
It raises a question in my mind: If Harris knows that she lacks substance, why does she want to be president? It seems like a terrifying job, even for a hyper competent executive. How would this not be a complete nightmare for somebody who knows that she has meagre skills or ideas? Has she thought this through? I think not. I think that even the decision to run for president was, like her previous jobs, just 'phoned-in'
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Torn In Half
Not being Jewish, I can only be a spectator to what's happening but I imagine it's going to be somewhat traumatic for some.
You see, many Jews are very left wing, as well as being (naturally) proud of their Jewish heritage: No group has, given their numbers, produced so many outstanding talents in music, art, writing, movies, science and law. It used to be easy to choose a party: Both major parties had small numbers of anti Semites among their members, but one party was to the left and one to the right. Now it's not so easy: The left wing party is clearly the one which harbors a larger contingent of anti Semites and the right wing party has become economically more aligned with the working class.
Logically, Jews ought to be Republicans now--they are the worker party and they are pro-Jewish and pro-Israel. Old habits die hard and I expect there will be some acrimony.
Added: I put a laugh emoji by a Facebook post which claimed (laughably) that Harris is a friend and protector of Jews and which either insinuated or outright claimed* that if you care about the Holocaust, you'll vote for Harris.
* (it was long and I skimmed it--I would go back and quote it in full but I've been unpersoned, unfriended)
The response:
All I can say is "good riddance". Only a colossal asshole would come to that conclusion, instead of the obvious and charitable one (which is how you act around everyone, but especially friends), that Harris isn't somebody Jews ought to trust, compared to Trump, who has a daughter and grandchildren who are Jews.
Added: If he's invoking the Holocaust as justification for choosing Harris over Trump, it isn't me mocking the Holocaust. The guy needs to get himself a mirror.
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