As you may be aware, the Republican controlled State Senate in Arizona ordered — after much machinations and some very odd conflict with the Republican controlled Maricopa County Board of Supervisors — a “forensic” audit of the recent state election limited to Maricopa County (Phoenix).
Nobody knew exactly what was meant by a forensic audit, but now things are coming into focus.
Today, the 44th day of December 2020, the House of Representatives, led by the 80-year-0ld, newly re-elected, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, is conducting a drive by impeachment of the POTUS Donald J Trump.
“We couldn’t get COVID relief done in 8 months (wink, wink), but we can get impeachment done in a week, right?”
We are seven days from the inauguration of Joe Biden as POTUS whereafter the healing and the uniting will begin in earnest.
The United States survived a sacking of its Capitol for only the second time in its history, the last being 24 August 1814 orchestrated by Irish-born, British Major General Robert Ross who put a torch to the buildings of the US government and its military including the Capitol, the Presidential Mansion (we would call it the White House today), and a great number of other buildings.
His role in that victory was highly celebrated though he himself would be killed by American sharpshooters in the Battle of Baltimore. Karma is a bitch and should be.
The Burning of Washington painted by Paul de Thoyras
As I write, Americans are being vaccinated against the COVID19 virus within the same zip code in which I sit. It began four hours ago.
For some reason it reminds me of D-Day, the radio reports wherein our countrymen listened with anticipation:
“This morning, under the command of General Eisenhower, Allied naval forces supported by strong air forces began landing Allied armies on the northern coast of France.”
Within five days, more than 326,000 Allied troops would have landed with more than 100,000 tons of equipment and Paris would be liberated two and a half months later with the Germans destroyed within a year.
I wish the same fate to COVID.
We have been greeted with good news of late — two vaccines, both built on an mRNA model, meaning an engineered solution rather than a dead vaccine model — will apply shortly for an Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Agency based on the successful completion of Phase 3, large scale (44,000 persons) trials and the attendant data with both showing an efficacy rate of 95%.
To put that 95% number into perspective, know that the common flu vaccine has an efficacy rate of 40-60% — meaning it shelters 40-60% of Americans who receive the shot from the flu.
So, the 95% efficacy rate for the engineered model is quite extraordinary.
American health officials required a 50% efficacy rate, had hoped for 60-70%, and are deliriously happy at 95%.
I am not happy with Commission on Presidential Debates. The recent Presidential and Vice Presidential debates were unsatisfactory.
May I tell you why I found them unsatisfactory?
Comes before us now the ultimate test question for the efficacy of an incumbent President.
Are you better off today than you were four years ago?
It is a fair question, though many incumbents do not want to troll such a definitive report card before the electorate.
Gallup, the polling pros, routinely ask this question of registered voters. The results?
July 1984 — 44% say they are better off — Ronald Reagan (re-elected)
October 1992 — 38% say they are better off — George HW Bush (defeated)
October 1994 — 47% say they are better off — Bill Clinton (re-elected)
December 2012 — 45% say they are better off — Barack Obama (re-elected)
September 2020 — 56% say they are better off — Donald Trump
Surprised?
If you were unfortunate enough to have watched the Presidential Debate Road Show that blew into Cleveland last night, then you will not be surprised when I opine it was a bloody 3-ring circus.
The debate starring POTUS Trump (a man who must swear off caffeinated coffee at night) featured a spirited chat with Chris Wallace (the supposed ringmaster who never got the assignment clear in his head). From time-to-time, former Vice President Joe Biden participated.
Chris Wallace managed to undue two generations of his own family’s involvement with both journalism and debate moderation in less than a minute. Though the debate was a 9-round 90 minute format, Chris lost control within ten seconds.
Chris is likely lying stunned in a thumb-sucking, fetal position trying to sort out the question for the ages: WTF just happened?
Here is how the Russian Judge scored the fight cards. The opinion of the Russian Judge is very important because, of course, the Russians are scheduled to spend another $70,000 in social media ads amongst the malestrom of $6B in election spending to influence the 2020 election.
The Russian Judge watching and evaluating the Circus in Cleveland last night.
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