By The Numbers - part the seventy eighth

Well... prediction time. As one might imagine, Commie Law and the Junk Yard Dog^© is my preference, for a host of reasons. But that don't amount to a hill of beans, and all that.

The 'honest' polling has Commie Law and the Junk Yard Dog^© with a 3 to 4 point lead, nationally. But, as we all regret, that doesn't amount to a hill of beans, either. On another forum (not one of mine) the electoral college came up, yet again. Which led me to explore its history again. The most mind boggling is that for the first few elections, the electors were appointed by the state legislatures directly. No voting required.

In spite of Hamilton's assertion that electors were to be chosen by mass election, initially, state legislatures chose the electors in most of the states.

Moreover, we find that electoral colleges have been shitcanned in every Western democracy that had one; except here, of course.

By the end of the 20th century, electoral colleges had been abandoned by all other democracies around the world in favor of direct elections for an executive president.

Which, more or less, brings us to reading some tea leaves. We know that the Gold Standard Iowa poll has Commie Law and the Junk Yard Dog^© ahead of The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon., which has sent him into near earth orbit. We know that Dems are out voting Reps in early voting. We know that wimins are out voting male chauvinist pigs in the early voting. We know that Sleepy Joe earned 7,000,000 more votes than The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon. in 2020.

The Evangelical Radical Right Wingnuts have, at least since Nixon (but really long before), not run campaigns on political issues, but rather culture wars, which are wholly based on population density, i.e. shitkickers and the Bible vs. city folk and education. Not the Koran or The Vedas or The Tripitaka or any of those other pagan religions count. It's not as if the shitkickers have advanced any part of USofA life over the last 225 years, now have they? Along that line, I'm always amused, although not recently for obvious reasons, by photos of bin Laden directing using a satellite phone. What better way to drag the globe, the Western part anyway, back to 600 AD? Of course the Evangelical Radical Right Wingnuts want us to go back to 1 AD, or even earlier if they can find some text that fits their male chauvinist demands.

In sum then, what's going to happen? We know that Sleepy Joe earned 7,000,000 more votes than The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon.. We know that wimins are pissed at The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon. for not only killing Roe, but boasting about it. And we know that females are out voting males by a non-trivial margin so far. So, we can surmise that Blue voting is running ahead of what Sleepy Joe earned in 2020. What's it all mean, Mr. Natural? My guess is that Commie Law and the Junk Yard Dog^© end up 10,000,000 ahead of The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon. when all is said and done. Whether she gets to 270 isn't clear. In 2020, Sleepy Joe's 7,000,000 was made from CA's 5,000,000 and small change elsewhere. What we do know: if The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon. does get the Oval Office, he'll do a Russian Gulag with gusto. The Supremes have said he can.

By The Numbers - part the seventy seventh

Even though my paternal grandmother had a genealogy done way back when (those forbears came here from Jolly Olde England in 1638), I don't follow UK/British news on purpose much. I knew that the Tories had lost in the last election, but I didn't recall the numbers. Well here they are. That's gotta hurt.

The Tories were dumped from government in a July general election, going from 372 to 121 seats in the process, reflecting public anger over their management of the economy, crime, immigration and standards in public life.

And, of course, they go all in for The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon. shit. Their very own Black Nazi? No, she didn't say that, but the report reads like someone who is. May be. Sort of. Will the Olde Sod tell us about us? Just remember: it ain't 1829 anymore.

By The Numbers - part the seventy sixth

What's that they say, "payback's a bitch"? First, the Musk Ox makes you his bitch (he he), then your business takes it in the neck.

On Monday, NPR reported that by midday more than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions to the Post, citing two people familiar with the matter.

What's the over/under in days to hit 1,000,000?

Well, today's total is up to 250,000!! Jeff is so, so not so

Ending them is a principled decision, and it's the right one.

I wonder how The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon.'s dick tastes? Is it that geezer mustiness? Not that I would know, of course.

By The Numbers - part the seventy fifth

What's that they say, "payback's a bitch"? First, the Musk Ox makes you his bitch (he he), then your business takes it in the neck.

On Monday, NPR reported that by midday more than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions to the Post, citing two people familiar with the matter.

What's the over/under in days to hit 1,000,000?

As of 2023, digital total was 2.5 million. Already nearing a 10% hit. Some bidnezz have gone under losing less. Have fun Jeff. May be the Musk Ox will give you a free ride on SpaceX? Blue Origin you say?

Just after I hit enter on this piece, Jeff's plea that he did nothing wrong, nothing at all popped up. As the many 'experts' on dictators have pointed out: they get going by instilling fear of retribution, and getting self-censorship in return. Note that Jeff says that there was no explicit quid pro quo involved. Well, as a very good line from a L&O episode put it (Claire), "like any good gift, it was a surprise". The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon. has made clear, explicitly, he will use DoJ, IRS, and any other arm of the executive branch to attack anyone he finds 'disloyal'. Too bad he lost not only his hair but his gonads, too. A while ago.

"I would also like to be clear that no quid pro quo of any kind is at work here. Neither campaign nor candidate was consulted or informed at any level or in any way about this decision. It was made entirely internally," he wrote.

Jeff had no need to 'consult' with The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon. before pulling the plug. He can't do that, because if he admits he's The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon.'s bitch, everyone knows he's The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon.'s bitch. Them's the words of a scaredy cat self-censor. You betcha.

Hinged

While we were out on the island, the hasp for the new shed door, about 3/4 inch of solid hardwood, was finally installed. These are barn door hinges. Big gorillas. The first attempt failed when the block to hold the receiver bracket split. Ah well. But now it's there, replacing a nicely warped sheet of plywood. Long story.

But, we're here to consider the unhinged. The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon. has been on a torrent of spewing shit by the cubic yard. Why? I told The Wife when this got really going a few weeks ago that the answer was as plane as the nose on all the Mount Rushmore faces. It's not well known among the average public, largely because the lamestream media don't talk about it anymore (they used to, a lot), but the fact is that campaigns especially the Presidential variety do a very lot of polling on their own nickel (and the PACs nickels, too). And if a campaign has really deep pockets or the PACs do, they can do more granular polling (larger sample sizes) more often and more widely. As a rule, these internal polls, only rarely exposed to the public before or after a campaign, are more accurate.

Which makes The Orange Shitgibbon^©anon.'s totally unhinged behaviour obvious: he knows he's going to get skinned alive. This also explains all the legal attacks being constructed for when he gets his ass handed to him. He's burned every bridge to a constituency except for the neo-Nazis and their fellow travelers. We'll see in a few days, but I can't think of another reason for him to go totall batshit. He has to. It's his only hope.

Life Imitates Art - part the second

Paula Poundstone admitted once that her teeVee viewing is mostly "Law and Order". Same here. I suspect that she, as I, have no use for Tucker the fucker. And his unhinged rant a few days ago certainly is reason for such.

If you have one of the channels that loops the L&O episodes, get ready for "Surrender Dorothy"/2000

The DA's office believes that a well-known psychologist/author may have driven his daughter-in-law to suicide because her increasing rebellion against his "submissive wife" philosophy would have ruined his reputation and lucrative career.

One can only hope that no one takes Tucker the fucker that seriously.

And, lest we forget

"Honey, I'm Home"

These Right Wingnuts are all that wacko. Dad's always pissed.

Decorum

Very long time readers may recall references to Bermuda in these musings. That trip, by boat I may add, was before these missives began. But I've been on the email listserve of "The Royal Gazette" since then. Today is one of the few times I've felt the compulsion to share. It seems that the Attorney General of that Overseas Territory went ballistic in court. How very UnBritish.

"The Royal Gazette" asked the Bermuda Police Service if police were called to the court and a spokesman said: "On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, an officer assisted with a minor incident at the courts that was quickly resolved and did not require any further police action. There will be no further comment made."

Imagine if Bill Barr had blown his top? Well... crickets from the back benchers. Merrick Garland? The world is coming to an end.