Countdown 15 Days Until Election TRUMP CAMPAIGN Wash, rinse, spin, repeat is the mantra of the Trump campaign. No matter what the Trump criticism, the Trump campaign has a what about the Biden’s counter argument. In fact the whole campaign by Trump is filled with recycled stories met to deflect from Trump’s failings, or a recycle of a stale story. Another venue is manufactured by Rupert Merdoch mystery October surprise stories hinted at by Rush Limbaugh, rinsed in the…
Countdown 16 Days Until Election TRUMP – COVID-19 RELATED Trump has replaced Dr. Fauci with a Dr. Scott Atlas that is dictating policy and believes in heard immunity. The response to the idea is nothing less than a murder sentence for potentially millions of people without a vaccine. Do the math. 218,000 deaths and 8 million people infected currently in the United States. NYTimes article Published Sept. 2, 2020Updated Sept. 9, 2020 WASHINGTON — “Dr. Scott W. Atlas has argued that…
Countdown 17 Days Until Election TRUMP – OTHER OPINIONS What do republicans say about the behavior of Donald Trump? Here are a few prominent republicans outwardly saying what many republicans say behind closed doors. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) criticized Trump in a town hall phone call with his constituents. Senator Sasse: “I’m not at all an apologetic for having fought for my values against his in places where I think his are deficient, not just for a republican, but…
Countdown 18 Days Until Election TRUMPS ECONOMY VS REALITY Trump appears to be ahead in polls when asked about the economy. This is a curious result when you examine the policies as studied by Moody’s Investors Service, often referred to as Moody’s. Moody’s Service provides financial research on investments issued by commercial and government entities. Moody’s rated the Biden plan for the economy as providing greater growth and more sustained employment than that of Trump’s plan. Biden’s plan relies on…
Countdown 19 Days Until Election TRUMPERY Definition of Trumpery (Ask Siri) NOUN: practice or belief that are superficially or visually appealing but has little or real value or worth. ADJECTIVE: showy but worthless ORIGIN: French meaning to deceive TO DECEIVE Definition: to cause someone to believe something that is not true to gain a personal advantage. To be unfaithful, give a mistaken impression, failure to admit to oneself that something is true. In this case it’s not life imitating…
Countdown 20 Days Until Election TRUMPS CLAIM Trump while campaigning in 2016 promised to “drain the swamp.” I guess you can say he replaced the swamp and turned it into a cesspool. The NYTimes article “The Swamp That Trump Built” indicated that Trump had not fulfilled this campaign promise. I disagree, his actions seem more like a criminal enterprise and not a political swamp, thereby earning it the new moniker of “cesspool” as swamp does not come close to…
Countdown 21 Days Until Election TRUMPS DEALS One of his financial transactions under scrutiny by the NY Attorney General reported by the Washington Post is an unusual tax break. Trump took a $21 Million dollar tax break for saving the forest outside his N.Y. mansion. The N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James (D) is investigating whether the Trump Organization inflated the value of the Seven springs property as part of the conservation easement on his property. Trump had requested and…
Countdown 22 Days Until Election OUR FUTURE THE RESULT OF TRUMP Fareed Zakaria, author has written a book titled “Ten Lessions for a Post-Pandemic World.” He was interviewed on Morning Joe and here are a few highlights. This book is his insight into the world we could find ourselves living in. The most important lessons are in front of us. He makes the case that it is not the Chinese responsible for where we are now with the virus. …
Countdown 23 Days Until Election TRUMP AND CURES One of the therapeutics Trump has claimed had cured him is a Regeneron Pharmaceuticals product. The CEO of Regeneron is the home to the two highest-paid pharmaceutical executives as of 2020. In October 2017, Regeneron made a deal with the US-government Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority that the government would fund 80% of the costs for Regeneron to develop and manufacture antibody treatments, including now their Coronavirus disease 2019 treatments, and Regeneron would…
Countdown 24 Days Until Election PENCE AND HARRIS As compared to the presidential debate the only real excitement was the fly on Mile Pence nesting for over 2 minutes in his finely quaffed silver hair. The fly should now go into quarantine and be tested for Covid-19. Did Pence have pink eye? This has been reported as a rare symptom of the Covid-19 virus. A sty in the eye with the fly guy. Pence had the habit of interrupting…