ACTUALLY THAT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. IN THE END BOTH SIDES LOST:  This election reflects America’s peculiar, and very dangerous, class war.

Yes, I now, but it started with a strategy of d’haute en bas, with the king allying with the dispossessed against the middle class and the nobility.  In the end, the nobility took it in the neck. … So did the king. So did an awful lot of the other two classes.  Before you go abooging, remember, Madame Guillotine is always hungry. And indiscriminate with it.

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SHOCKED, SHOCKED SHOCKED:  Mail-in ballots in Westmoreland County delayed, voters confused and frustrated.

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Trump’s first-term gains for oil industry could be undone by Biden.

No, not could, WILL.

SURE. IMAGINARY CREATURES DO EVERYTHING:   Washington Post Blames “Systemic Racism” for George Floyd Robbing a Latino Woman at Gunpoint.

IN THE END, IT WILL COME DOWN TO US:  Solomon’s America.

NOT AS UNI AS YOU THINK, BUT FEEL FREE TO ELECT ANGELS:  The Uniparty?

I’M CALLING THIS JUSSIE SMOLLET:  Whitmer And Tlaib Blame Trump For Kidnap Plot.

DO THEY REALIZE IF THEY PURSUE THIS, THEY’LL DESTROY THEMSELVES AS A SERVICE?  Yelp To Flag Businesses Accused Of Racism.

OH, THERE ARE MORE STUPID TWEETS AHEAD, I’M SURE:  More Epic Dumb Tweets.

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WELL, THAT’S BECAUSE THEY ARE: Orthodox Jews Say They’re Being Targeted by New NYC Lockdowns: The newest lockdown, which explicitly targets religious gatherings, seems likely to further skepticism of public health directives.

Bill de Blasio — real name, Warren Wilhelm — doesn’t like Jews. And the evidence suggests that if you want your religion respected by the secular authorities, you’ve got to be willing to behead a few of them.

Related: De Blasio Accidentally Criticizes Antifa After Mistaking Them for Orthodox Jews.

I BELIEVE THAT. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT PELOSI HAS A PLAN TO GET RID OF KAMALA, TOO. The real target of this 25th Amendment talk is… Joe?!

STONEWALLING AND COVERUPS: Judge fines Va. House Speaker for FOIA violation. “The Speaker of Virginia’s House of Delegates, Eileen Filler-Corn (D), was fined $500 Friday and told to pay attorney fees totaling nearly $2,000 after a Northern Virginia lawyer took her to court for denying his Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.”

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SOME PEOPLE — DEMOCRATS — DON’T SEEM TO BUY THE POLLS:

Related thoughts from Ace:

So yeah: Political types whose job it is to state their political opinions and voting intention are still so cowed by anti-Trump peer pressure that they’re lying to their audiences (and editors and publishers) with anti-Trump sounding magazine copy while actually getting ready to pull the lever for Trump.

That makes me think that the Shy Trump Voter effect is very real.

Another point made: If there were a lot of Trump defectors, the media would be profiling them and lionizing them and promoting them 24-7.

But I haven’t seen a single story about Trump 2016-Biden 2020 defectors.

The media hasn’t found any — despite the fact that by announcing that you’re now a full-on Democrat Liberal, you gain employment opportunities and social prestige.

So if the media can’t find any of these people… do they even exist?

One more point, from Vashta Nerada:

Biden is so far ahead, he is campaigning in states Clinton won in 2016.

What’s the story among the people you know? Do you know any Trump-to-Biden flippers?

How many NeverTrump to Reluctant Trump Voters do you know? How many Reluctant Trump Voters to Enthusiastic Trump Voters do you know?

Indeed. If Trump wins despite the polls – and my gut says he will, though my gut’s track record is imperfect — then this is why.

OPEN THREAD: Banned in Boston!

GOOD: Commercial Space Industry Rebounds from Pandemic.

THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE REASONS: Mask-Shamer Joe Biden Literally Removed His Mask to Cough.

A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK COMMENTS:

Listening to NPR reminds me of a clever psych experiment on what constitutes an argument or explanation. In that experiment, the testers would walk to people standing in line to a library copier, ask to cut in line, and record people’s responses. Sometimes, the testers would simply ask to cut in line without saying anything else. And sometimes, they would say: “Can I cut in line because I need to make copies?” It turned out that if you just say the obvious (“because I need to make copies”), people will let you through at a much higher rate than if you simply ask to do something without uttering the magic word “because”. Apparently, simply saying “because” generates an impression that a meaningful explanation was provided.
So, NPR is trying to convince the audience that J. Barrett should not be appointed. The newest argument: “Because the election is so soon and some people already voted! Some people already voted!”
I actually stopped for a minute to understand why having “some people already voted” could possibly matter for J. Barrett’s appointment — until I realized this was from the department of “because I need to make copies”.

Heh.

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GOOD RIDDANCE: 60 Employees Leave Coinbase Over CEO’s Pledge To Be Apolitical. These are the employees you want to lose — and that others would be smart not to hire.

NEVER LET A PANDEMIC GO TO WASTE: Lab Coat Tyranny. California is using “public health” as a rationale to push progressive political goals.