The (Daily) Vent 2

(Coming Attractions. . .) Two days out and one cannot say who will win, Harris or Trump. One also cannot say if the results will be known for some time. If there is to be a Trump victory, it will have to be decisive. He will be needing to sweep tough the so-called Blue Wall as well as all the Sunbelt. If the result is prompt, and the Results are known on Election Night, then the former President will have had a good night.  If on the other hand, the count extends into the evening, if polls show an un-expected surge for Harris, if Democrats see success in down-ballot theaters, then one could surmise a good night for the Vice President. It is like an expectant parent who expects a baby to be delivered on Tuesday, but not knowing the gender. No reveal parties here. As things are 50-50, all within the margin of error. So, how is one to discern all this without getting an ulcer ? There is a segment of the population that is keeping such a nervous dis-position that, if the wrong person wins,

(Games' Afoot ?) One can remember the last jobs report before the Election. Only 12,000 out of an estimated 112,000, The last spasm of Bidenomics. In addition to the top line, previous reports had been overstated consistently, All told, some eight hundred thousand jobs had been over estimated over the Biden term. Which, one way or another, is coming to an end. While the end might be near, in the intervening interval, Democrats and Republicans are positioning assets to combat mutual malfeasance. Early voting, voting by mail, absentee balloting and so on, practices thar traditionally favor Democrats, this year Republicans are trying to make the same play. Their success or failure in this endeavor remains to be seen but, learning from mistakes four years ago, where in 2020, President discouraged the use of alternate voter usage, Donald Trump won on Election night but the Democrats, with thousands of votes already cast, States that had gone for Trump initially were gradually flipped fr

(Cast Away. . .) Tom Hanks used to be funny. Bosom Buddies , Batchlor Party , Dragnet , Man With One Red Shoe , and of course, Splash . Then he did two Oscar worthy roles, Philadelphia and Forest Gump . Talented actor ? Sure, Then a few years ago, he did Cast Away , where a FedEx engineer whose plane crashed in a storm. He makes it to land. learns to survive, develops an un-healthy relationship with a volleyball. He does get rescued, eventually, but the whole thing was not very entertaining. Like Tom Hanks, being marooned on that island. Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who will likely not be leader, Majority or Minority when the Republican Conference re-convenes next January, possibly as a new Majority, McConnell is being cast away, the same thing had been applied to President Biden who was also a cast away. McConnell really has no right complain. He has always kept Trump at arm's length but made use of him to approve Trump's nominees. However, McConnell was

( . . .something wicked this way comes. . .) Happy Halloween ! That is a line from Hamlet or a bad movie with Jason Robards and Royal Dano about a traveling Carnesville whose troupes bring destruction and misery to residents. They were called the Autum People. As it happens, it is autumn. And, like the arrival of the Autumn People, Election Day is only days away. Who is the more wicked, Harris or Trump ? The media is target-fixated on Trump and all the things they think he will do. But what of the Vice President ? While Trump can work at McDonald's or ride a garbage truck, have all the good press in the world, Harris delivered her closing speech at the Ellipse, an enduring reference to January 6th. The former President might have momentum, and the current trend is in his favor. However, Trump support is not universal as 6 prominent New Hampshire Republicans said they could not support their Party's Nominee. Republicans in recent cycles have not fared well in the Granite State.

(Prime Garbage ?) In the movie Down & Out in Beverly Hills , starring Nick Nolte and Richard Dreyfus, Nolte plays a Beverly Hills bum who gets taken in by Dreyfus' family. Things did not quite work out Nolte went back to the street but he wanted to take the family dog, Nolte was rummaging through some trash and telling the dog this was "prime garbage." For his part, the dog changed his mind and went back to the Dreyfus family. During the Trump event at Madison Square Garden, an opening act comedian made some remark disparaging Puerto Rico, calling it a "island of garbage." Naturally the media went to work, saying it could depress the Puerto Rican vote, especially in Pennsylvania. Then, the Island "Senator" came out and endorsed Trump. But it has been President Biden's comment that the only "garbage he sees" are Trump voters. Reminiscent of Secretary Clinton's "basket of deplorables ?" Is the Biden remark that new standa

(Nights Of The Long Knives ?) The "Night of the Long Knives" was a purge of the Nazi Party officials in the summer of 1934. In order to further consolidate his power and to placate the German armed forces and German industrialists. The Nazi paramilitary arm, the SA or Brownshirts, were dismantled and its leader was executed. Other critics of the regime were also eliminated. The whole process counted some 85 dead when it was over. Ones living its own "nights of the long knives" is the American media. It, and all the other Trump elements in government and out, has collectively failed to derail the Trump candidacy since its inception. Seeing the 'writing on the wall," so to speak and not wishing to be on the wrong side of history, certain periodicals who are universally in favor of Democrats, are refusing to offer any endorsement to Vice President Harris. The media has never been able to understand the former President. It is imploding as Trump holds one event