Archive for 2020

DON’T GET COCKY: Trump Is Doing Better In Michigan And Wisconsin Than Polls Suggest. “We just spent a week driving through Michigan and Wisconsin, talking with farmers, bartenders, politicians, priests, and ordinary voters, from suburban Detroit to western Wisconsin, and what we saw and heard left us with a very different impression: Trump’s support here is not reflected in the polls, and he might well win both states.”

AN HONEST AD FROM YOUR DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPOKESPERSON:

 

KEEP AN EYE ON MINNESOTA: Two new polls today out from Minnesota, which has been barely polled this cycle. Biden ahead 47-42 and 48-45. Even more interesting, the former poll, by Survey USA, shows Biden and Trump even in favorability, 44-44, with Trump way ahead in “extremely favorable,” 27% to 16%, suggesting greater enthusiasm for Trump. Seems to me these numbers put Trump in striking distance, and if I were going to expect any big surprise this year, it would be in the state that saw the worst summer rioting. Turnout is a huge wildcard, and Minnesota always seems to disappoint Republicans, but this is one to keep an eye on.

I THINK IT WAS ALSO A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION: Judge: Seattle’s Aid To Protest Zone Might Have Been a Taking.

Ordinarily you can’t sue the government for failing to protect you from private criminal actors. But a federal judge has allowed a suit to go forward filed by business owners against the city of Seattle over injuries done by far‐​left activists who seized 16 blocks this June and proclaimed a weeks‐​long “autonomous zone” (CHOP or CHAZ).

Law professor Ilya Somin writes that he initially approached the case with skepticism, but was surprised to find it stronger than expected. The reason: the plaintiffs argue that the city did not merely stand by passively, but assisted the occupiers by letting them use city property such as street barriers which hindered the plaintiffs from enjoying free access to their businesses and homes. Because the city government had taken many affirmative steps to assist the occupation, as contrasted with omissions, the episode could be interpreted as a temporary taking of property for which compensation is due. (The judge also allowed two due process claims to proceed.)

Good. Plus: “If the plaintiffs’ account of events is largely accurate, it reveals terrible behavior by city officials (as well as by the CHOP activists). That is deeply troubling even if the city cannot be held legally liable under the Takings Clause.”

SO APPARENTLY MY BRAIN HAS DECIDED I NEED TO WRITE WEIRD FAIRY TALES. I WAS GOING TO SAY ONE A WEEK, EXCEPT I SUSPECT THERE MIGHT BE MORE THIS WEEK. BECAUSE I’M NOT DOING VERY WELL AS THE ELECTION APPROACHES:  Rumpled.

NEO IS NAIVE. COMMIES LOSE UGLY AND WIN UGLIER. IF BIDEN WINS (FRAUD IS A HELL OF A HELP. HE MIGHT) THE PURGES START THAT NIGHT:  Is this how the new civil war begins?

Remember the advice of Lazarus Long, Heinlein’s bastard son: Keep your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.

Now more than ever.

In these trying times.

Because the new normal is neither new nor normal. It’s just what Marxists do when you give them leeway.

CREATE GOALS THAT DON’T INVOLVE TAKING DOWN CIVILIZATION:   Man was made to strive.