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After the doldrums of Tuesday, I wasn't really optimistic. I expected something more along these lines ...
Still, it's a long way to the 20th of January ...
As an old Navy ROTC instructor of my acquaintance might say, "Stand by for heavy rolls ..."
Things could still go sideways.
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Wait until January, then we'll see.
But I do feel much better now.
Regular posting will resume shortly. Whatever "regular" means ...
Editor's Note: For those of you just arriving on Earth, I'm talking about the U.S. elections held on Tuesday, the 5th of November, in the Year of Our Lord 2024. (None of that CE/BCE shite for me, thanks.)
The fat lady hasn't sung for the left yet, there is time for them to pull all kids of mischief. Given their level of morality they are capable of the worst possible behavior. I will not get too hopeful until he is inaugurated.
ReplyDeleteThe ability to win or lose with dignity
ReplyDeleteWas surprised myself waking up yesterday with the national result.....no floods, fire, famine. Agree with James save for one small substitution....remove "morality" and replace with "immorality"...... :)
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I were edgy, but confident. I turned on the news at about 1600 local time, and we pretty much had nothing else on Tuesday evening and Wednesday. Pleasantly surprised at the scale of the win. A bit nervous about the House, it's tighter than I had hoped.
ReplyDeleteYesterday all the news we watched seemed to be nothing but a DNC debrief and planning session. ALL the talking heads bewailing and bemoaning and bewailing The Fate of Our Democracy. Almost every segment mentioned several times, "Convicted Felon" and "the January 6 INSURRECTION!!!" not mentioning the Lavrenti Pavlovich nature of the show trial and ignoring the four years of civil war waged by minions of the DNC (I usually call them the BLM Red Guards and Antifa Sturmabteilung), and saying "the racism of the GOP" as if were axiomatic that the GOP is built on racism and all Republicans are racist, or RAAAAACist. There was also a lot of talk about the UNEDUCATED women voting against their own reproductive rights, or UNEDUCATED Latinos voting against immigration, or some other UNEDUCATED victim class voting against they own self interest, with the implication that "uneducated" i.e. without a sting of letters after their name indicating college degrees, means stupid - not ignorant, but outright stupid. Some, in examining the mild drubbing, came close to Getting It, understanding that the stinking, deplorable, irredeemable, freeloading, troglodytes, clinging to their guns and religion in a cave in Podunk are fed up with being ignored, with being dictated to, with seeing their civil rights chipped away at with a felling axe, with tax dollars being spent on illegal aliens while our citizens are sleeping on the streets, and that in this election they rose up and yelled, "ENOUGH! Enough of the policies built on the sands of Lysenkoism, with putting every fringe left, crackpot idea into effect, with making America weak. ENOUGH!" One, I think it was Van Jones, mentioned the constant changing of terminology, which he admitted confused even his august personage, and changing it mostly so that only the Inner Circle and those in the know could smugly correct the mouth-breathing, knuckle dragging, racist conservatives.
I also prefer BC and Anno Domini, but I see nothing wrong with Christian Era and Before the Christian Era. (evil grin) It really annoys a certain class of people, when they try to correct me on the 'proper usage' to say, "OK, if you prefer Before the Christian Era and Christian Era, I can use that."
Dr. Tyson on that subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDsheyTtK6k