Chief Problem of the 25th Amendment Chatter

 This question runs along three lines:

1.  This commission that Pelosi is talking about....would have to be created out of thin-air (it doesn't exist today)....then hold 'secretive' meetings/hearings.  The odds of this happening prior to the election?  At this point, zero.  No house member has the time to take away from his campaign business.  

At best, the hearings would start in mid-November, and run through till Christmas, with the vote in the House then occurring.  

If Biden were set to win?  None of this would be worth the effort required.  So it does appear, that Pelosi does not expect the President to lose.

2.  This chatter over mental and physical capacity?  

Here's the thing, if you took such a test and reflected upon the House and Senate....at least twenty members would have to be released or sent home.  There's at least three Senators that I consider marginally capable of clear decisions or the ability to reason.

3.  This vote on the 25th results?  Well...you have to have a vote in the House and Senate (two-thirds)....to confirm the removal of the President.

Presently in the House?  They don't have the two-thirds vote.  Presently in the Senate?  They certainly don't have the vote.  Forty-odd Republicans would have to cross over, and that won't happen.

New situation in January?  Well....if you put on the speculation hat....I kinda expect the Republicans to have a slight majority....maybe 10 to 15 minimum....over the Democrats, so this commission vote is a joke.

So what is all of this about?  It's simply a dirty-laundry situation, where witnesses come in and offer their observation.  It'll be stamped official, and done only to embarrass the President.

Trump's likely reaction? He'll probably draw up a list of incompetent Democrats in the House and Senate, and just make it public that they can't be dealt with because of their incompetency or mental health 'loss'.  Once on the list, you don't get any respect, and people will treat you as a child.  

It's a stupid way to run a government but maybe this is the answer for the future....just 'mute' incompetent people and pretend they don't exist.  Trump could go one more step....bringing in some minister to pray daily for those with mental health issues, and mention them by name on a daily basis....asking God for their recovery.  

Observations

1.  "Tomorrow, by the way, tomorrow, come here tomorrow.  We're going to be talking about the 25th Amendment."  -- Nancy Pelosi, on removing President Trump from office.

What's this all about?  The 25th says that if the President is in some health situation/emergency/heart attack/etc, then the VP can stand as President.  

So Pelosi is saying that the House will pick up the discussion and have Trump (temporarily or permanently) removed.  

Odds of this happening?  I expect a formal process to start and a serious attempt to be made over the next four weeks, prior to the election.  The Supreme Court angle?  It'll be dragged there and discussed if the situation fits the loose profile discussed in the 25th.  Another reason on why replacing RBG's seat is necessary.  

Appearing like a coup?  If you described this situation to anyone in Paraguay or Chile....they'd grin and say 'yes'....pure coup type situation.  Here's the curious end-point, if they removed Trump but he won the election....he'd come up in January on a whole new fresh situation, and could run again in 2024.  

2.  The guys in Michigan arrested for this plot to kidnap the governor?  

Well....if you dig through everything....they seem to be some 'club' of anarchists.  I wouldn't refer to them as far-left or far-right....just a group of six guys who seem to have an extreme view of the world, and how to rectify problems.  Adding to this story....the intention was to create a 'civil war'....at least that's what the news media has suggested.

3.  Someone brought up this oddity.  If you drive by houses with Trump/Pence signs in front, there's a 30 to 50 percent chance of a US flag somewhere on the property.  If you drive by houses with Biden/Harris....there's almost never a US flag on the premises.  Why?  

4.  Was Twitter or Facebook ever designed with Freedom of Speech in mind?  Just a silly question.

5.  This virtual debate episode?

It'll never happen.  The final debates can be written off....dissolved.  Trump won't participate in this type of 'gimmick'.

6.  This video-feed of Jewish guys in NY City rioting?  Well....on the riot-scale of one to ten....they marginally made it up to a 'one'.  Basically, once the mayor said he'd shut down their synagogues....they stood and said 'no way'.  

Cops trying to enforce the shut-down?  I don't think they have any enthusiasm for the job.....some kind of 'defunding-fever'.   

Observations

 1.  Trump-optimism carrying him out of the hospital?

Optimistic people mend well after accidents....recover from bankruptcies....and don't allow negativity to highlight their lives.  Trump built his entire life on optimism.  It now carries him through Covid-19.

2.  Biden campaign strategy.....registration of all guns?

Well....his web-site has said this....although he has marginally gone to suggest this as an idea worth achieving.

Throughout the south, I would imagine that 50-percent of stated Democrats have a weapon in the home or car, and fewer than a quarter of them would be willing to do some kind of registration.  Maybe this sells well in California or NY City, but in the non-urbanized regions?  It won't help the Biden campaign.

3.  NJ mail carrier arrested and charged-up.....dumping mail, and 99 voting ballots in the mix.

The sad thing here....this idiot could end up in prison, and on day one....he'll be asked how he got there, and his response will be....well, I just dumped a bag or two of mail.  On bad-boy routines, this is the biggest joke....pulling real prison time for such a stupid act.

4.  Here's this odd factor on the new Supreme Court justice story....a lot of hype centers back on this fictional TV series....the Handmaid's Tale.  If you look around.....beyond the intellectual or TV-obsessed folks....fewer than two-percent of the 'others' have ever watched the TV series.  It's just an odd 'game'.....trying to talk about Supreme Court judges, and inserting in a fictional TV series.  Hopefully, this never revolves around Gilligan's Island or Ninja Turtles.  

5.  Number two nation (after the US) for gun ownership?

Falkland Islands (66 weapons for every one-hundred residents).  Saudi Arabia comes in third with 53 weapons for every one-hundred residents.

6.  Doctors not feeling that Trump is better?

Well....yeah.

Some doctors are openly suggesting that Trump can't be this fine or recovered. I watched some news journalist suggest that it should have 'dogged' the President severely, and he should have been down and out for three-plus weeks, at his age.

None of these 'experts' however.....said much of anything when Hillary Clinton got over the pneumonia episode in roughly five days. 

7.  Number of days with House Speaker Pelosi in the mix?  87. On the 88th day, there will be a new Speaker of the House.  

Debate Chatter

 After viewing around 50 minutes of clips from the debate (Pence-Harris), some observations:

1.  The moderator was prepared and capable.  I'd rate her as a 'B' (Wallace?  A solid D-minus).  

2.  I'll be honest and say that Pence skipped over answering about 30-percent of all questions thrown at him.  Harris?  It's probably closer to 50-percent for skipping answers.

3.  Maybe just me, but Harris looked a bit overwhelmed and out-of-place.  But in the Democratic debates.....that was the same person who showed up there.  I think she just hates public debates. Call it 'bad nerves'.

4.  Looking at the Biden decision on selection of the VP.....I just think he could have done better.  Harris might have made a better choice for AG.  

5.  Finally, this debate didn't help the Biden campaign.  I won't say Harris lost....but Pence came out three steps ahead of her.  

So now the question  is....will Trump test 'negative' for Covid in the day prior to the next debate, and will Joe Biden show up?

What This Election Is About

 This not a normal election, and the things driving us....are not 'normal'.  So my list of the 'drivers':

1.  Mob action.  While Antifa/BLM may be in disbelief, the bulk of people in non-urban areas don't react in any positive manner to mobs.  Every video that shows mob action....drives people to vote for Trump.  Probably over 100k votes in Washington state will flip to Trump because of this stupidity.  

2.  Looting/burning of business operations.  Every video drives people to vote for Trump, as sending a message to the loot crowd.

3.  Covid-19 'dictators'.  Remarkable childish leadership seen in states like Michigan, NY, and California....have led people in these states to be skeptical of the intent and goals.  If you feel skeptical to that degree.....you'd likely vote for Trump, to send a message.

4.  For two years of effort with the Democratic House....there's virtually nothing that can be said on the accomplishments list except for a failed impeachment process.  That doesn't win votes.

5.  Pelosi.  As much as Joe Biden would like to claim he is a national authority or national party 'chief'.....Nancy Pelosi serves as that person, and is marginally liked by the moderates of the Democratic Party.  Around independent voters, it gets pretty questionable.

6.  CNN.  Without thinking much over the implications....the network has become the anti-Trump network, and become comical relief at various times over the past year.  Yes, without thinking much about it....they enabled more people to find Trump.

7.   Twitter and Facebook.  Well, maybe it wasn't on the goals list, but they provided the platform for pro-Trump people to gather.  Both are kicking themselves currently and in a state of denial that they did this much damage to the Biden campaign.

8.  Homelessness.  While the governor of California will say otherwise, he's basically weaponized the homelessness problem of California and charmed the public into a 'send-a-message' routine, with Trump likely to get votes simply because they need a platform to counter the governor's 'record'.  

9.  Blacks.  If you'd suggested that Trump could stir up passion and possibly get one-third of black votes in 2020....people would have laughed.  It's now possible, with black discontent.....that one-third of the national vote within the black community might shift to Trump.  The Latinos?  Don't be shocked if the same factor occurs with them.

10.  Finally, Hillary Clinton.  As the curtain closed in 2016, folks had the idea that she'd ride off into the sunset, and not be connected to this 2020 election.  Well....because of the fake Russian involvement angle....she's basically tied to this election now, and a anchor for Joe Biden....meaning he can't move ahead if documents get put into public domain, and she looks attached to some massive fraud.  

Suggesting this weird election could occur, or that the Electoral College might be screwed up enough in this election to fail, or that mail-in-voting was legal/ethical?  Well....five years ago....folks would have laughed.  

KGB Story

This morning, I read through a piece which was uttered by a Harvard professor.  It doesn't mean much to me....it could have been a Tulsa cable-TV repair guy.

The guy got onto some rant or claim that Russian KGB guys (secret agents) were capable of wandering into Walter Reed hospital where Trump was this weekend.

That was the bulk of his rant.....he didn't say that the agent put Ex-Lax into Trump's soda, or they had a bug inserted in Trump's room, or that the agent pretended to be a secret agent of Nancy Pelosi.  

All of this....without any factual data.

It was the kind of statement that you'd hear at the general store in the 1960s, where some farmer discussed aliens having landed and taken over the country, or that secret agents from Cuba were running the Ford Motor Company.   Yeah.....nutcase chatter.

Why did they have to be Russian KGB guys?  Why couldn't they be PRC (Chinese) agents, or Ukrainian agents, or German BND agents, or perhaps even Iceland secret-police agents?

Maybe it's just me....but it seems like some of these PhD guys need a break from work....maybe a full-year sabbatical situation and get pushed into a cabin in the Idaho wilderness with pallet of Pabst Blue-Ribbon beer, a freezer of steaks, and maybe no connectivity to the rest of the world....to clear their head.

If you are going to make up a Russian KGB story....at least get some names in the mix, suggest they are connected in some way to CNN, and crank up some story about the Russian mafia buying up cattle-futures on the Chicago market system.

Observations

1. Trump roaring back after a brief stay in the hospital?

Yes, and it makes you wonder how other folks could be handled, and if doctors really have any idea on treatment.  Patients are going to arrive shortly and demand the 'Trump-treatment', and what will the doctor say?

2.  Did Joe Biden really say: "If a police officer “goes on a 911 call, it’s better if he or she has with them a psychologist or psychiatrist?”

Yes, Joe said it.  Maybe it's time that we make up some national number....like '666' and when you have troubles of a nutcase type....you just get some 'Doctor Marvin-type' guy who will spend thirty minutes of clinical time talking to you and convincing you of the wonderful world around you.  

Naturally, it'd be a AI-type system, and going to a database in China. 

3.  If you had three doors....one leading to a room with Covid-19, one leading to a room of six cobra snakes, and one leading to a pretty weak African guy with Ebola....which door would you open?  

4.  Did Joe Biden really say: “The reason I was able to stay home during the pandemic is because black women were able to keep the grocery shelves stocked?"

Yes, Joe said that.

Some black women would be laughing their ass off at the comment, but Joe was serious.  But to be honest here....I doubt if Joe has stepped into a Piggly Wiggly in forty-odd years.

5.  If there is no Russian conspiracy this time around....what will consume the Democratic Party passion for 2021 or 2022?

6.  In a real insurrection....generally, a fair number of people either die on the streets or just disappear, so I'm kinda wondering if the Antifa guys grasp this part of the deal?  Maybe Professor 'Doug' didn't mention that part of the story?

7.  If you measured empathy on a Antifa guy....one to ten....where do you think these guys would range?  Then you start to wonder....where exactly did they grow up as a kid, and are the parent figures basic failures in life?

8.  Barrett confirmation process?  

If any negative 'swing' is filtered into the system by the Democrats...it'll turn into immediate advertising by Trump.  At this stage of the campaign, for Biden's sake....they probably need to shut up and say nothing...voting by the last work-day of October.