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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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. …

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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…

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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…

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Countdown 25 Days Until Election        TRUMP AND CHILD TORTURE The single most tragic policy of the Trump Administration is the child separation from families at the border.  The Trump Administration argues that this was not a policy at all, however the way policy direction was implemented it has the same effect.  The policy origins were investigated by the DOJ inspector general and revelations are now coming out in the NYTimes. Between Jeff Sessions the Attorney General at the time…

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Countdown 26 Days Until Election        TRUMP AND STERIODS            His steroid use will render him more unstable.  Will anyone notice his roid rage and added erratic behavior?  Steroids have a mood altering effect and can change personality not always for the better.  His upbeat vim and vigor from the last few days are the steroids talking.  Wait for the crash and the results of withdrawal from the performance enhancing drug giving him a euphoric attitude.  Will his rage again show…

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Countdown 27 Days Until Election        TRUMPS PERSONA             Misogyny is defined as the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. It enforces sexism by punishing those who reject an inferior status for women and rewarding those who accept it. Misogyny manifests in numerous ways, including social exclusion, sex discrimination, hostility, androcentrism, patriarchy, male privilege, belittling of women, disenfranchisement of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification. Misogyny can be found within sacred texts of religions, mythologies, and Western philosophy and Eastern philosophy. Now that you know what it is you should ask: why would Trump alienating his base…

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