Monday, October 19, 2026

Some Random Observations before the Midterms

Blue Wave?  Tsunami?  We can hope can’t we?

The House will go to the Democrats, little doubt.  Bigly!

The Senate, while Real Clear Polling predicts 53-47 in favor of the Democrats, I would not count out, nor would I bet against, Republican Susan Collins in Maine and, gasp, Ken Paxton, the second most corrupt politician in America after Donald Trump himself, in Texas.  James Talarico has had a small edge over Paxton for months, but the last two polls were a tie and have Paxton up by one point.  Why this race is even competitive shows more about Texas voters than I want to know.  These two races create a slim two vote Democratic majority in the Senate.

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

My Dream

The alien asked me: “we have chosen you to answer our question: who shall live and who shall die?  Humans and their 3 P’s (pets, protein and pests) or animals in the wild?”  Without hesitation, I replied, “kill the humans!”