Debate: 4 Days Away?

 How will this Biden-Trump debate go?

I'll make four predictions.

First, I'll predict at least fifteen Biden quotations which open toward the answer....flip to some cowboy western/WW II movie that he saw last week, and drift back to the core ending of what he wanted to say.  The CNN crowd will be standing there at the end....unable to really convince you of anything.  'Dementia' will be uttered by more than 70-percent of the viewers.  

Second, Trump tells Chris Wallace on at least five occasions that he's got his facts wrong, and Trump is correct on three of those occasions.  

Third, more than 97-percent of viewers are settled upon their voting decision at this conclusion of the first debate.

Fourth, the question will linger....how did Joe get this far, with his wit half-gone?  Shouldn't the primary have shown this and his family removed him from the process months ago?

Riot/Loot Burnout?

 Around a hundred days ago, I would have told you that you can only attract a certain amount of positive public attention with rioting, looting and mob-behavior, and then it starts to fall back into negative territory.  At best, you had four to six weeks that the trend might have been in your favor.

Somewhere in July, the trend headed south.

Presently, the Antifa/BLM business isn't attracting voters....it's repelling them.  It's true in western states.  It's true in urbanized areas like Detroit, Minneapolis, and Portland.  

The Democratic Party and it's attachment to the stance?  I don't think they thought much about running this type of operation for a hundred-plus days.  They simply figured that Trump would react....use massive federal resources (maybe even the US military) and this 'Kent-State' type of event would occur.  Then Trump's hype with the general public would go away.  

Well....it didn't happen.

Lot of people just standing there now and having no attachment to the riots....just watching the violent angle of it, and appreciating that they still have police in their neighborhoods.  

Wasted time and resources?  More or less.  You can ask them if they will ever repeat this gimmick, and they probably will just stay silent on that subject. 

An Alabama Advertisement

 I sat and pondered over the announcement from California...starting in 2035....you would not be able to buy new gas/diesel cars in the state.  It was a long pause, and then I came to this idea for a advertisement....probably to be done by Mayor Battle of Huntsville, or perhaps soon-to-be Senator 'Tubby'. 

It would open with a guy on a mule, and talking up the virtues of mule-riding and a Alabama-bred mule.  You'd talk about the 'power', the bridle....the saddle....and the walking pace of a mule. 

Then you hype up that this is a Alabama Mule, and starting in 2035, Alabama will be proud and ready to sell the Alabama-brand Mule (version 1.0, probably three years old) to California folks.  

Naturally, we'd indicate that he/she was not involved in any pollution stuff, or carbon business.  

Then we'd bring up that he/she was fully trained, and usually capable of 4.8 mph, or the lesser/more gentle pace of 3.2 mph.

Then we'd have clean and non-modern names for our mules....'Honest-Hank', 'Slow-Sam', or 'Buttermilk'.  

These Mules would be delivered to the state border of California, and you could pick them up at the station and ride the final 500 miles home to your house in Malibu.

For those wanting a two-mule deal....we'd offer a 10-percent off discount for the second mule. 

Then finally, we'd hand you a certificate that this was an American-bred Mule....having nothing to do with China.

With that, Governor Ivey would come on the last ten seconds, shedding a tear or two....that we do all we could help those poor California folks out, in this hour of need....hauling mule after mule across the US....to those poor people there in San Francisco or LA....giving them some element of transportation.  Yes, even from Alabama, we have compassion for idiots.  

Observations

 1.  A couple of days until the first Presidential debate.  I'm shocked we've reached this stage and Joe Biden hasn't declared a health situation and handed the position to Harris to run.  I just don't the Joe of 2020....is capable of a debate.

2.  Maybe it's crazy, but I think you lined up 20,000 of the Antifa members and actually checked voter listings....probably over 30-percent are not registered to vote.

3.  Vote for replacement justice?  Just the way it looks....McConnell has locked down 50-plus votes.  This whole election, is now about the Justice seat, and literally nothing else.   

If it is the Cuban gal, and the Democrats go off to insult her?  They destroyed the Florida vote for the party....maybe for an entire generation.  

4.  My own feeling over Mueller?  Various people have talked about the Mueller they knew from a decade ago, and shocked over his loss of aggressiveness in the past two years.  Age-wise, I think he hit some peak back around 2012 and has been in decline for the past eight years.  Calling him up for some Senate hearing at this point....will only prove that point and that he's way beyond his capabilities of the past.

5. Someone asked the question....what if Joe Biden wins the election but refuses to enter the Presidency in January?  I know....a sarcastic comment about his wit.  But its a legit question at this point.

6.  This talk in California of forbidding the sale of gas/diesel new cars in 2035?  Well...I'm kinda curious if you'd include school buses in this group, and if they will all be electrical buses.  

Can you imagine getting picked up around 6:55 AM with the electric school bus, and around 7:45....still 3 miles from the school....the bus simply runs out of power, and you have to walk the last three miles to school?

7.  On Antifa, isn't it odd....they actually have logos, uniforms (all black), symbols, and flags?

8.  Someone brought this up about the Baltimore Freddie Gray riots in 2015.....did you know that three of the six cops involved in his death....were black?  Also, the mayor and most members of the city council....were black?  Also, the judge involved in the police case was black?  The police chief?  Yep, he was black.  The DA?  Yes, black.  The President and AG at the time?  Black.

9.  This one odd fact in the Breonna Taylor episode in Kentucky?  While folks still keep chatting she was shot in bed....the fact is obvious that she was shot in the hallway of the apartment.  The bed commentary?  Completely faked.

10.  Bloomberg in trouble in Florida for offering to pay felon's fines....to enable them to vote this November?  

Well....yeah, the AG of the state is surveying this matter, and there's a state law that prevents this type of payment situation....involving vote situations.  I'm pretty sure Bloomberg won't go to jail, but he might end up with a couple hundred thousand in fines, and be dragged into court to admit some stupidity.  

If Black Voters Show Up For Trump

 The ten states with the highest black population and the likely plus-up (figure 30-to-35 percent) for Trump?

1.  DC (50-percent)

2. Mississippi (37-percent)

3. Louisiana (32-percent)

4. Georgia (31-percent)

5. Maryland (30-percent)

6. South Carolina (28-percent)

7. Alabama (26-percent)

8. North Carolina (21-percent)

9. Delaware (21-percent)

10. Virginia (20-percent)

In these ten cases, if the black voting holds up....I'd forecast all ten going to Trump. For Maryland and Delaware, it'll be a shocker.

The Poop Rule

 I noticed this today....the MTA (the subway authority of NY City) finally came out and said that if you poop or crap or pee within the system (on the trains, subways or the stairways).....it's officially a bad thing, and you could be charged.

Mind you....up until this point, they'd never had a rule like this.

Think about that for a minute.  The subway has been around for over 100 years, and never had to make a rule like that before.  

Bring Back Roller Derby

 I have this idea for a sports function to put on opposite of NFL football....since we've all gotten to a point of hating it.

Bring back roller derby.

My suggestion would be....take the old dimensions......25 ft across and 60 ft long, in a oval shape.....double that somewhat....60 ft across and 150 ft long.

I'd add one-rope (ten-foot long) as a part of the derby.  I'd add a mini-bike with 10-Hp to sling-shot folks on the first two rounds around the derby. I'd add rubber matting for the derby gals/guys.  And I'd mandatory nicknames for all players (Wicked-Wanda, Fancy-Dancy, Hocus-Pocus, Cowboy Bob) 

In a matter of weeks, I think my style of roller derby would take off and consume a third of the NFL audience members.