It's been a drop-me-to-my-knees kind of week. More than once, I've looked upward and cried, "Uncle. Uncle. Uncle." I'm not what anyone would call a religious person, but I am spiritual. I believe unequivocally in God — whatever He or She might look like. And this week, I have been begging for mercy, for guidance, for peace.
I'll not bore you with the specifics. Crazy, I know. The one who is classically known for over-sharing is choosing to remain somewhat tight-lipped on this one. The details don't matter. The outcome does.
This week has been ruled by fear, by loneliness, by desperation. And as my beloved JG says (and which you've all heard before), "Fear is incapacitating and weak and serves no purpose." I get it. This week the part that I really got was the "incapacitating" part. I was stuck. Completely mired in it.
Add to that a large helping of loneliness, and I was a recipe for disaster. (And I don't even cook…) Much of the time, I am content here in the south, at peace, forward-moving. I relish the quiet, the slower pace, the time to write and read and spend time with those who mean the world to me — Chris, Sam, Gus, Mary Claire, and George. Every once in awhile, however, I am a woman without a country, an island in the middle of nowhere.
Loneliness is a funny thing. Because ultimately, no one can take it away from you. Only you can settle into the comfort and familiarity of your own skin. Only you can realize that you are enough. Even more than enough. As KT Tunstall so eloquently croons, "Everybody sails alone, oh, but we can travel side by side." And thank God for those who are traveling with me. My friends saved me this week. You know who you are. Even when I couldn't talk, even when the words were caught in my throat and all I could do was cry, even then they stayed on the phone and listened. Even when all they heard were the unattractive gasps of undefinable sadness, they stayed. And everyone knows I'm a crier. I'm a tenacious crier. I can cry like no one else I know. Along with memorizing song lyrics and shooting 3-pointers and out-spelling everyone within a 100-mile radius and drag bunting, it's one of my most highly-prized skill sets.
When I'm there, Chris bears the weight of my tears. He comforts, cajoles, reminds me of who I am — to him, to the kids, to myself. He is good that way. He is constant and true. He loves me unconditionally even when I drag him through my crazy.
We all go through these times in our lives. If we didn't have them, we wouldn't grow. But when you're there — when you're trying to claw your way out, when you're ready to raise the white flag, when even the next tiny step seems insurmountable — it's a scary, dark place.
Yesterday, at the urging of my loved ones, I forced myself to take that step. To get dressed, put on make-up, and enter the land of the living. I very deliberately drove to McAlister's Deli for some comfort food. Calories and carbs be damned, I ordered exactly what sounded good… chicken tortilla soup, bacon-loaded baked potato, toffee cookie, iced tea. I have to admit that the atmosphere was a bit overwhelming. The lights were bright, the conversations loud. But I carefully chose a booth in the middle of the action. I sat down, opened my book, and I breathed. And then I read. And when my food came, I ate. I savored each bite, took my time, experienced the chewing, the swallowing. When I was done, I read some more, drank more tea, took my time, re-focused my energies.
Simple, I know. Silly, almost, in a way. People eat. They read. It's not a life-changing event. But for me, it was. It was a step out of the sadness and fear yesterday. A baby step. There are many others ahead of me. And I will take them one at a time.
No one said life would be easy. No one said it was sunshine and unicorns and roses. And yet, when things get bad, they can so easily spiral downward. Getting back up is a choice. And it's not always an easy one. Sometimes the fetal position feels very much like home. But no one can stay there forever. And as my sweet Mary Claire reminded me, "Mom, you really need to stop crying before Aunt Deby and Uncle Mike get here." When your 11-year-old speaks such words of wisdom, it's criminal not to listen.
Thank you, Mary Claire. Thank you, Chris. Thank you, Sam, Gus, and George for being funny and irreverent and patient. Thank you for continuing to argue and fight and be obnoxious in the midst of our not-so-fun realities this week.
Thank you, dear friends, for being with me — even 550 miles away.
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kathaleena | November 4, 2020 at 7:40 am
I went to bed as usual, since nothing was going to be finished last night. I found it interesting to hear this morning from someone on Facebook, that every single race, that was voted on in person, in our township was won by the Republican. He does not know about the absentee ballots. That is a huge change in this area.
Chas | November 4, 2020 at 7:43 am
It's silly.
Still waiting to count ballots. Everyone knew who he was voting for a month ago.
They should close the balloting at the end of the voting day. If you haven't voted by then, too bad.
This is the first time I can remember such disorganization.
Close the balloting with whatever is on hand at the close of the balloting day.
Whoever can't get there by then, to bad. I voted a month ago.
the real Aj | November 4, 2020 at 7:47 am
This is as I feared. Now the race moves to PA, corruption filled Philly, and the courts.
Twitter is trying to censor this, saying it's "disputed", but it's out. It's disputed by Dems, for obvious reasons.
New picture from the field: an official ballot box being taken away by an unidentified civilian. What's going on here? pic.twitter.com/Vqy36KVDyE
— Philly GOP (@PhillyGOP) November 3, 2020
Seriously? A person who doesn't know who he's voting for until he marks his ballot should not be voting.
That's how we get such persons as Byden. A person who cannot even make a spech.
Shenanigans in Scranton….
BREAKING: Elections workers are now claiming voter machines are down in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Worker says voters can fill out a ballot and they will scan it later when the machines are back up 🤔#Election2020 pic.twitter.com/p9xgsSukfI
— Mike Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) November 3, 2020
This happened in a city in Georgia where @realDonaldTrump won! The machines are now finally back up and working!!
— D R (@dhcalalily28) November 3, 2020
Lindsey nails it. 🙂
Lindsey Graham after winning:
"To all of the pollsters out there, you have no idea what you are doing. And to all of the liberals in California and New York, you wasted a lot of money. This is the worst return on investment in the history of American politics." pic.twitter.com/PBHBYDsCGB
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) November 4, 2020
Lindsey Graham: "I've had two calls already — one from President Trump. He's going to win. He's going to win! To all the pollsters out there, you have no idea what you're doing." #ElectionDay pic.twitter.com/iFI5LwfxJa
— The Hill (@thehill) November 4, 2020
He should. He's leading everywhere that's left.
And they're garbage……
AGAIN! Still.
I like to put things on the record. Final Florida (MSM-loved) polls:
Quinnipiac: Biden +5
Reuters/Ipsos: Biden +4
CNBC/Change: Biden +3#Election2020
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) November 4, 2020
Again, for the record. The final (mainstream) Ohio polls:
Emerson: Biden +1
Trump, with 94% reporting, winning by +8
I noticed this too. They would call a state for Biden when he had a 5 point lead with 15% reporting, yet they still haven't called Georgia for Trump. This went on all night long.
LOL. @brithume getting frustrated that Fox hasn't called a bunch of states. pic.twitter.com/WlRSIZqNuy
— Matthew Betley🇺🇸 (@MatthewBetley) November 4, 2020
.@brithume is not down with the Georgia nonsense.
— Carole Maskin (@justanurse25) November 4, 2020
Tychicus | November 4, 2020 at 9:10 am
Oh, the irony… from Joe Biden: "We have the most extensive and inclusive VOTER FRAUD organization in history."
mumsee | November 4, 2020 at 10:00 am
When we were overseas in the military, we were expected to vote early if we wanted our vote to count, so it could be back into the system before election night to be counted. No way they would have said "postmarked by election day" and we will count it when it arrives. But here we are. Does this mean nobody will riot before the election is decided? Maybe on inauguration day?
DJ | November 4, 2020 at 10:11 am
With mail-in voting expected to become more common, there needs to be some more uniform standards that all states can buy into — so that some states don't allow votes to arrive days after Election Day.
This entire situation is quickly spinning out of control in an already psychologically fragile nation.
2020 rolls on
Anonymous | November 4, 2020 at 11:57 am
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-fact-check-biden-voter-protection-not/fact-check-clip-of-biden-taken-out-of-context-to-portray-him-as-plotting-a-voter-fraud-scheme-idUSKBN27E2VH?fbclid=IwAR2ZAu2Jsr5PH8jcz9ztUYSpCs3zNzBtJDaLINc4LfPhh1v2_TIEOQqTDZU
DJ | November 4, 2020 at 12:21 pm
Here's my frustration this morning:
Frankly, Trump (again) continues to be his own worst enemy. If he'd applied some personal discipline, if he'd learned how to bridle himself when that best served his and the nation's purpose during these past 4 years, if he'd focused on behaving, speaking and reacting like an adult rather than an emotional adolescent who's easily triggered, he never would have faced this close of a race for a second term.
He insists on shoveling ammunition to the enemy. It's a self-destructive tendency he could never learn to rein in when necessary during his first term, unfortunately. Last night's off-the-cuff comments were yet another a case in point.
As someone said to me this morning, Biden can't beat Trump. Only Trump can beat Trump.
And he may just finally succeed in doing that.
It's looking now that a Biden win is the more likely scenario, but time will tell.
It's razor close. But it shouldn't have been.
the real Aj | November 4, 2020 at 12:22 pm
HRW,
You called them an outlier. You said they were wrong. But once again, they were closest to right. Far better than what you consider reliable.
@SteveDoocy @kilmeade @ainsleyearhardt not all the pollsters were wrong. Our @trafalgar_group #polls were solid pic.twitter.com/lFgD45VOkQ
— Robert C. Cahaly (@RobertCahaly) November 4, 2020
The @trafalgar_group team thanks @BretBaier for the shoutout. "All the polls, well except Trafalgar [are having a bad night]" #2020Election #polls @foxnewspolitics @marthamaccallum @brithume pic.twitter.com/0E48KJPVaS
Even RCP was way off.
We're not final yet of course, but a look at how much Trump overperfomed the RCP averages in swing states:
OH: +7
WI: +6
IA: +6
TX: +5
FL: +4.5
NC: +1
GA: +1
AZ: -2.5
MN: -3
This could end up being a much worse night for polling than 2016, which is pretty remarkable.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) November 4, 2020
538 was as unreliable as ever. Silver is a fraud.
And now a look at how much Trump overperfomed the 538 averages in swing states:
FL: +6
MN: +2
AZ: -1
A really rough night for polls and a disastrous night for certain pollsters such as Quinnipiac who showed Biden doing so much better.
Twitter continues to censor Republicans and right leaning pundits for pointing out the obvious questionable things occurring. Things like how 128K new ballots drop in a state, and every single one goes to Biden.
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2020/11/04/this-is-bullsht-twitter-goes-into-full-on-censorship-mode-against-matt-walsh-donald-trump-and-others-who-question-pro-biden-ballot-dumps/
Twitter is in full on censorship mode and I don't see any mainstream "journalist" picking up on this impossible result, nor the censorship.
Has anyone at ABCNBCCBSCNNNYTIMES reported on this? It's literally impossible. pic.twitter.com/kcjt9xBmRt
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) November 4, 2020
@#$%ing it away.
Amy McGrath and Jaime Harrison raised a combined $199,004,686 and lost to Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham by a combined 35 points.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 4, 2020
For some perspective, Feeding America, which provided 4.2 billion meals to needy Americans in 2019, raised only about $161 million in cash donations that year. It is hard to overstate just how much money was wasted in SC & KY.https://t.co/E1T7CPyCCt https://t.co/RafXSqYBj6
— Ellen Carmichael (@ellencarmichael) November 4, 2020
(Snorts……)
NYT/Siena, rated an A+ pollster by 538, overestimated Biden's support by:
6+ in FL
4+ in NC
Probably 6ish in MI when the count is in
10 ish in WI
10+ in IA
9+ in OH
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) November 4, 2020
Here's a rag to wipe the egg off with. Pass one to Nate Silver too. 🙂
The problem isn't just with the final results of the polling. These polls create a false reality for people and make others feel crazy for seeing what they see.
Gaslighting is what it's called. https://t.co/2wH7M3CcVX
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) November 4, 2020
DJ | November 4, 2020 at 2:21 pm
Joe Biden has won Wisconsin, the AP says https://t.co/EDKPCVpMV4 pic.twitter.com/MnGzlSdZmp
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 4, 2020
Tychicus | November 4, 2020 at 2:43 pm
Sharpie fraud…
And the Democrats are cheatin. pic.twitter.com/XZg5LZfMuX
— Sapphire (@xhis1andonlyx) November 4, 2020
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
There were more votes cast in Wisconsin than there are registered voters…
mumsee | November 4, 2020 at 3:32 pm
Tychicus, where are you getting your info?
Good question, valid sources please. These charges will fly back and forth from both sides, along with a few conspiracy theories thrown in. Doesn't mean skulduggery isn't going on, but we need evidence and not just hearsay or super-partisan web links.
Meanwhile, this article nails it as far as the future goes for the GOP, I think:
Imagine that: when Americans can't be persecuted for their opinion (that is, inside the voting booth), they reject wokeness and identity politics. Come on, Republicans, now is the time to fight them *hard* in defense of traditional American values! https://t.co/dxiEmU782R
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) November 4, 2020
I'd say this election has been quite sobering for both sides.
The messages from the voters should be considered and taken seriously as both move forward to govern and run again.
the real Aj | November 4, 2020 at 4:01 pm
What message?
That they're schizophrenic? Clueless? Uninformed?
All of the above?
I for one won't be standing by quietly while libs try to run roughshod over our rights, healthcare, and incomes. I've joined the Resistance now. Both sides can play that game of politics.
They can take their message, whatever it was, and stuff it.
Plus you will now see just how petty and vindictive the Dems are as they pursue Trump once he's out of office. Their message to voters is just more un-American garbage. I could care less what they want or what their message is.
Some may choose to knuckle under and play nice with the people who want to crush us and our way of life. But thankfully, I'm not one of them.
I am not convinced Trump is out of office yet.
I have people I want to send Tychicus's messages to but need a source.
Fortunately, we have the electoral college. It will be interesting to see if they follow the expected route or if they follow what it appears the voters were seeking.
It could still go either way. But it's looking more likely like Biden at this point, at least that was my take this morning in looking over the outstanding states and trends (many of them are now counting mail-in ballots last and those tend to skew Democrat, so those races appeared to be moving more toward a blue outcome).
We'll all have to just wait this one out a little longer.
I wouldn't at all be surprised if there were instances of fraud, but some finding of the facts by authorities is required to verify that and I'm not sure there's any hard evidence at this point.
There will probably be anecdotal cases cited (I'm guessing this occurs in most every election but not usually — or maybe ever — to the degree that it would affect the results). On the other hand, this is a very close race so that might be more possible in 2020.
But this also is political climate in which allegations, most likely some false ones, are flying back and forth with some regularity. Substantiation will be important going forward.
But whose authority would be accepted by both sides?
Biden remains ahead in the electoral college, last I saw. But it's very close.
Mumsee, I'd think it would be a case for law enforcement at some level.
It used to be mail in ballots were Republican as they came from military personnel. But even that has changed significantly. Once people learned they could vote themselves money….and they learned in school that they were all worthless….honesty and integrity seemed to go by the wayside.
If we don't have verification of fraud, I suppose we'll just have to live with the accusations and suspicions.
If Biden wins, how long do you suppose he will stay before something happens to move Harris in?
You and I agree with law enforcement but don't forget they want to defund the police.
And yes, with the rise of more mail-in ballots, we need to make sure that process is better secured. I'd say it is more open to being messed with — or even to simple incompetence in terms of both voters and jurisdictions not properly handling it.
AJ, did you read the article I posted? I think many of your points were made by Dreher.
I don't think Biden, if elected, will be able to serve all 4 years.
MSNBC just called Michigan for Biden, which potentially gets him to 270 if he holds onto Arizona and Nevada. No other network joining this projection
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) November 4, 2020
I think CNN just chimed in.
Janice Garey | November 4, 2020 at 4:31 pm
Some here may enjoy this that a church friend shared with me. Pardon me if someone has already posted it:
https://larryalextaunton.com/2020/11/tim-keller-john-piper-donald-trump/
With all of the strong positive women out there, in politics, I would be embarrassed as an American to have her as our first female president. A giddy school girl.
My friend told me that Stacy Abrams called her personally early on concerned about all people getting to vote. She sent out a ballot from her office. Later my friend received one from the county office. Fascinating how that works. My friend only sent in the county issued one that had her full name on it. My friend is honest. How many others received that temptation?
Daughter living here received an unrequested ballot. When she went in to vote, they said she had received an absentee ballot. she told them it was unasked for and unused. They checked, marked her absentee ballot as unusable and let her vote. No idea how effective that is.
And I received something from NC to Sharon by text wanting to know if I wanted an absentee ballot. Then I kept getting texts from Dem organizations encouraging me to vote. All I can figure is that my phone # previously belonged to Sharon who was a Dem. Of course I did not request that ballot, but someone less honest might have.
Also in the mail today from our county was notice that we could not vote in our usual polling location but needed to go elsewhere on Nov.3rd. Now that is a day late and a vote short! Not really since we did advance voting. More than likely it was a postal delay that caused that glitch in timing.
Now that's the incompetence that I'm sure happens more than we know.
What is the 'resistance,' is that an actual movement or just a term indicating an overall stance in the face of an opposition administration?
I'm being bombarded now by Real Estate Guy and former editor who keep telling me it's all OVER, the country's going down, down, down, there's absolutely no hope and I'm an idiot for thinking otherwise.
Both are nonbelievers which I think helps add to that gloom-and-doom perspective. It's almost funny, but sad, too, they can't see anything but darkness ahead.
(my incompetence remark was regarding mumsee's 4:50 post)
hwesseli | November 4, 2020 at 5:06 pm
Wow……Went to bed when I realized Penn had stopped counting when I woke up they hadn't started counting yet. Now they are just over 80% but it looks like its not needed for Biden, esp if Nevada holds. It should as its usually urban and absentee votes that are counted late — and these are Democratic.
Most of these mail in votes have been sitting around for over a week (Its not like these were last minute voters) . Arizona and some other states started counting early and can announce results right away and then there is Pennsylvania; this year's Florida. Obviously there needs to more consistency in regards to mail in ballots — Oregon and other states have no problems. However, states decide how they are run.
Much of Trump's campaign strategy was to discredit mail in ballots and then his team acts surprised and all suspicious when these votes are almost all Democratic. Of course they are. Biden followed normal campaign strategy which was to encourage early voting to prevent people from changing their minds. Unfortunately for him, this looks weird to many people as these ballots are counted later.
Calling states or a district depends on many factors; amount of votes counts, where they are from etc. At one point Ohio was +5 Biden but nobody called it because it was a few urban votes. Meanwhile West Virginia, Wyoming, Massachusetts, Washington are called immediately as its obvious. Hence, they hold on calling unless the right factors. Initially I watched CNN but I found their graphics annoying then I switched to ABC. CNN called Indiana immediately but ABC held off.
kathaleena | November 4, 2020 at 5:08 pm
I believe you can vote in person instead, mumsee. There should be only one signature for her ballot.
When I hear that people had to stay way far away, but they could use binoculars (in Philly), I seriously wonder what is going on. Then again, I well remember the Franken fiasco and we have Omar to top it all off.
I would prefer all the lawsuits go forth for, at least. the next election.
The level of intentional fraud is far lower than people think. Both sides are making alot of wild claims or citing isolated incidents. Right now my facebook is blowing up with images of Trump supporters breaking into a poll station in Detroit yelling stop the count. In reality in won't make a difference.
Wisconsin allows same day registration to vote so any discrepancy between votes cast and registered votes requires an updated list that's not available right now.
Trump's legal team is demanding a recount of Wisconsin but a stop to counting in Penn — you can't have it both ways. Count all the votes and then recount votes if necessary according to local and state rules — relax and let the votes be counted. Honestly — the doom and gloom on both sides of the aisle is unnecessary — in the end politics is local and the urban-rural split determines your neigbourhood's politics.
When people see 100% vote in a poll going to Democrats they shouldn't be shocked — first many districts are gerrymandered to pack all Democratic voters together, second its not unusual for one neighborhood to vote in a similar fashion especially given the Democratic preference to mail in ballots vs Republican preference to in person voting. Taking my own ungerrymandered district for example — 75% vote socialist or liberal, 15% conservative and 10% other. The conservative vote in concentrated in one neighborhood. My neighborhood poll station could easily report 100% socialist and liberal (about 75-25 socialist-liberal).
I worked as a poll watcher once — the ballots were sealed in a container and then the poll electoral officer took the ballots to a central place using his own car; so a picture of someone loading a box of votes in his car isn't surprising,
Aj — I agree with you in the amount of money spend on some election races was as useful as lighting it on fire. Its a strong example of why electoral reform is needed. Perhaps ban all donations and move to publicly funding elections. Second I also agree it would be far more efficient to just give the poor the money. This waste is a good example of the failure of trickle down vs bottom up economics. In this case, we had people make a monetary investment with their money and then it trickled down to various employees and businesses with very little pay off. Meanwhile with a decent taxation rate, gov't rules and electoral finance reform, this money can be given directly to the poor who would support local business, industry and service in a bottom up investment process.
A little early to be assessing the pollsters/
An outlier is a data point that is out of the ordinary — it is neither right or wrong but it may indicate something. Normal statistical analysis would require you to put it aside for later. A Trafalgar Poll giving Trump +7 when most polls are+3-5 for Biden with outliers in the opposite direction at +`10 Biden. In the end, its probably going to be +1 for Biden (I forgot which rust belt state this applied to). Meanwhile there was a +17 Biden poll for Wisconsin — obviously an outlier but RCP included it in its average, hence the RCP was pulled 2-4% too high. The lesson here is ignore outliers even if its a reputable firm.
The concept of hidden Trump voters was weird to me. If you are too embarrassed you support a certain candidate either because of the candidate or his supporters perhaps you should reconsider your vote. You're hiding your intentions from an anonymous caller; weird. Then again who takes part in surveys these days….I don't even answer my phone unless its my mom. However it appears hidden Trump votes are a thing….
You clearly implied that Trafalgar was unreliable and inaccurate. So far, they're the closest.
Another 23 ballots "found" in Philly. Every single one to Biden. Nope, nothing fishy there.
Two more batches of Pennsylvania vote were reported:
-23,277 votes in Philadelphia, all for Biden
-about 5,300 votes in Luzerne County, nearly 4,000 of which were for Biden
*With 83% of the expected vote in, Trump's lead in PA is now just below 6 points. https://t.co/zspxaPkzKs
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) November 4, 2020
Chas | November 4, 2020 at 6:28 pm
It looks like Trump will be voted out.
If so, he will move out of the White House.
But I doubt that he will leave Washington.
Biden (or whoever his handlers are) will have a hard time.
I.e. I predict that Trump isn't going away.
Nothing fishy here either…..
https://mkecitywire.com/stories/564495243-analysis-seven-milwaukee-wards-report-more-2020-presidential-votes-than-registered-voters-biden-nets-146k-votes-in-city
"Analysis: Seven Milwaukee wards report more 2020 presidential votes than registered voters; Biden nets 146K votes in city"
Move along…..
And what the heck is up with NC? Trump's leading, and now they say they won't have the final results until Nov. 12th?
As one Twitter user opined, "that's Bull@#$%."
Nothing fishy here…..
No one knows what the COVID capacity is. They won't allow Republicans to view the ballot counting. They're preventing Republicans from reentering the hall to watch the count.
Irregularities everywhere.
🚨BREAKING: This woman outside the counting facility in Wayne County (Detroit) claims she discovered one box of ballots that contained 500 ballots from people who were not on the voter rolls. pic.twitter.com/XaYR5HYC6s
— The Election Wizard🧙♂ (@Wizard_Predicts) November 4, 2020
You smell that?
Something stinks.
https://texasscorecard.com/federal/video-wagons-suitcases-and-coolers-roll-into-detroit-voting-center-at-4-am/
"VIDEO: Wagons, Suitcases, and Coolers Roll Into Detroit Voting Center at 4 AM
Poll watcher raises alarms over suspicious activity in Detroit during early morning."
"A new video provided to Texas Scorecard from a poll watcher in Detroit shows wagons, suitcases, and coolers moving in and out of a vote-counting center during the early morning.
In a video taken by Kellye SoRelle—a Texas lawyer and member of Lawyers for Trump—a white van is seen parked in front of the location at 2:40 a.m. A box is taken out of the van and placed into a red wagon, which is then pulled inside the facility. SoRelle is raising alarms that the box may have been a ballot box that arrived long after all ballots were expected to have been received at the counting facility.
Other images appear to show suitcases and coolers moving in and out of the secure area where mail-in ballots were being counted during a shift change at 4 a.m.
According to SoRelle, visitors were able to enter and leave the facility where the votes are being counted without any identification check. The workers were apparently working in six-hour shifts, meaning they did not have a need for overnight luggage."
Trump will probably go back to building hotels and taking swipes from the sidelines, though I'm not sure he'll get much attention. He'll be the flame that exploded and burned intensely — and then will be gone from the political scene just as fast as he showed up.
Former presidents do best when they retire quietly. Trump won't do that, but he might not get much attention. Conservatives need to plot a way forward, Trump pretty much sucked up all the air while he was president, throwing the party itself into obscurity.
There needs to be some new leadership that can emerge.
Something smells. I hope Trump stays if he is not elected. But that would only because he cares about the country. He would have every right to go off and enjoy life again.
I believe Trump will pursue all legal channels to get this figured out, but I don't expect him to fight it illegally.
As I said both sides will claim irregularities. Anecdotal stories are floating on both sides of the internet.
As I said before; same day voter registration means an updated voter registration list is needed before any claims of over voting can be made.
Checking the county vote in Pennsylvania — there are some counties reporting 90% in favour of Trump and then urban counties (Philadelphia) with an opposite count. Its entirely possible a poll could report 90-100% for one party or other — I'm sure there are polls in rural Oklahoma with a 100% Trump votes.
Trump and the Republicans will exhaust all legal options first. Once he's declared the loser, he will move on to his next con. He is a selfish narcissist. I'm sure he will write a book whining about being a victim. His other problem is several civil suits and criminal investigations he currently faces. Right now the DoJ is paying his legal expenses but once this ends he will try to evade responsibility in an other matter.
As for polls; I wasn't impressed with Trafalgar's methodology — asking who people thought their neighborhoods relied too heavy on hearsay and not data. Not to mention the lack of a representative sample.It appears they had something with the notion of "hidden" Trump voters –
– but still in Michigan their last poll was +2 for Trump; the final result was +2 for Biden, they were off by four. Insider Advantage had +2 for Biden — they were the accurate poll. In Arizona, Trafalgar and Rasmussen were +3 and +4 for Trump. The result is so far +3.5 for Biden — they were off by 6%. The CNBC poll was +3 and Reuters/Emerson were at +2 for Biden — they were far more accurate than the Trafalgar. In Ohio, Wisconsin and Penn they were accurate in other states they were not. Their record isn't much different than the other pollsters — its just the focus right now is on Penn.
Kizzie | November 4, 2020 at 8:00 pm
Regarding those ballots in Michigan that were supposedly all for Biden, according to this, that was an input error which was corrected in a few minutes, but not before it was screen-shot and put on social media.
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/11/fact-check-biden-did-not-go-up-138k-votes-in-michigan-with-no-change-to-trump.html?fbclid=IwAR2_BNXk_Z_lYEUqcMyjoXEx6mrPs8itDrkIYVfdo7-m9cFoecYSBVTCR5Y
Here's another on that:
https://www.thatsnonsense.com/did-joe-biden-receive-100-of-a-mail-in-ballot-dump-in-michigan-fact-check/?fbclid=IwAR1UVyiCOQSBkxIZftJGBom9AjEeHj3D2FkF_4M-Xtd-qo5c7cardNwTfko
I expect one hundred percent same votes in corrupt countries. Here, we are too independent to vote like everybody else. Even if we think one is the best candidate, somebody has to buck the trend. Maybe we are now one of the corrupt nations. Or, as Kizzie just shared, perhaps just inept in a right now world.
A friend, who is a staunch Republican and Trump supporter, was a poll worker yesterday. She explained to someone about how the names of those who voted by mail are already checked off, so if they came in person to vote again (as one elderly gentleman, who forgot he had voted by mail, did), they cannot. And if they vote in person, and a mailed ballot in their name comes in, it will not be counted.
Another friend, on the way other side of the political spectrum, volunteers at the polls in her town every election. She says there are so many security practices that she thinks it would be almost impossible for anything untoward to happen with the ballots.
At least, that is the way it is supposed to be. I'm sure there are exceptions, but supposedly messing with the ballots is very hard to do.
I think there's a valid concern about the election process — this year, 2020, after all, was one plagued by Covid-19 and so alternative voting methods, including widespread voting by mail, was encouraged. We here in California all received mail ballots, whether we requested them or not. Even discarding fraud, it was a year that seemed ripe for problems like duplicate ballots. Combine that with two politically-motivated sides that had a whole lot to gain or lose, and that's a valid reason to be extra careful.
I'm not opposed — at all — to a close look at procedures or practices. And in the future, I think those need to be seriously address to make sure protocols are in place that will ensure that valid ballots — and not duplicate or faulty ballots — are being accepted and counted.
But along with Kizzie, I think most poll workers take their jobs seriously; if hanky-panky occurs, it hopefully would not be enough to change any results.
But I also get that elections that are this close, make that an important question.
Yeah, you just keep telling yourself that…..
BREAKING: Michigan @USPS Whistleblower Details Directive From Superiors: Back-Date Late Mail-In-Ballots As Received November 3rd, 2020 So They Are Accepted
"Separate them from standard letter mail so they can hand stamp them with YESTERDAY'S DATE & put them through"#MailFraud pic.twitter.com/n7AcNwpq80
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 5, 2020
Janice Garey | November 4, 2020 at 10:43 pm
Where there is a will there is a way. I see a loophole when people are not removed from the rolls when they move out of state. Then there is extra access to an unused ballot for unscrupulous people to use in a fraudulent manner. Who knows how many of those are in the system? All the checks against fraud seem to be within the states and not on the national level to ensure people don't vote twice. The Sharon person tied to my phone number obviously had an absentee ballot awaiting use in NC, but if she lives elsewhere now or died, then someone could fraudulently use that ballot.
hwesseli | November 5, 2020 at 12:04 am
In Arizona and Nevada; Trump supporters are chanting, count the votes. In Penn and Georgia, they are changing stop the count……..
Georgia is alot closer than the last time I looked — if the last 2-3% of the votes are coming from Atlanta — this may get even more interesting.
In Penn, the last 10% of the ballots are coming from Philadelphia, so it will get interesting there.
In both cases, people shouldn't act surprised or think its a conspiracy, urban votes always take longer to count since there's more of them.
And if the majority of Nevada's uncounted vote is from Las Vegas; Trump should prepare his concession speech. He won't of course because he will drag this out longer than necessary.
Jo | November 5, 2020 at 12:20 am
No ballot ever came for me.
mumsee: The Epoch Times, mainly.
However, this is a very interesting report from the Next News Network. If true, then the actual declared result for Arizona will happen by Friday – a victory for Pres. Trump in Arizona paving the way for an overall election victory! However, I'm sure there will still be a battle…
DJ: I wouldn't put Pres. Trump into the "former president" category just yet…
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Clay man killed after wild ride through Charleston
By Jeff Jenkins in News | July 10, 2014 at 5:13PM
BIG CHIMNEY, W.Va. — A Clay County men went for a wild and what turned out to be a deadly ride through Charleston Thursday afternoon.
Kanawha County Sheriff's Department spokesman Cpl. Brian Humphreys said Michael Lee McKinney, 46, of Clay, was going in excess of 100 mph and weaving in and out of traffic on Interstate 64. He caused three accidents in the city limits and then continued onto Interstate 79 north where he sideswiped a few other vehicles.
Humphreys said McKinney then lost control of his car going near the Big Chimney exit. The car overturned several times and the driver was ejected. He died a short time later at a Charleston hospital. He was not wearing a seat belt.
"People were alerting law enforcement and law enforcement was trying to get to the area and unfortunately it was a little bit too late this time. This person was moving so fast there was a lot different ways he could go and it was a little difficult to predict where he was heading," Humphreys said.
Charleston police said it all started at about 1:45 pm when McKinney got into a crash in Kanawha City. He got out of the car and began beating on the driver's side window of the woman driving the other car. He backed into a vehicle leaving that scene. The next crash took place at the intersection of Washington Street East and Court Street in downtown Charleston. McKinney kept going and slammed into two vehicles on the Elk River Bridge on Washington Street, hitting one vehicle five times.
Humphreys said part of the investigation would be what may have caused the erratic behavior.
"Was there some sort of medical issue that was related to this driving? Was he driving intoxicated? Was there drug use or something along those lines?"
Cpl. Humphreys said it was scary situation for many drivers on a pair of busy interstates in and around Charleston.
"We're very saddened by the outcome of this," Humphreys said. "There was property damage. There was loss of life. There were possible other injuries. There were a lot of lives endangered today by this driving and of course we don't want that to happen."
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So sorry for the loss he grew up a great little boy we all
Loved him he stopped to see us about a month Ago Said he just moved bAck here .so sorry mr mrs R. F. Cooper &son darrin
July 14, 2014 at 5:25 pm |
Darrin cooper
Michael was a childhood friend He loved to fish He was a great guy. He recently lost his dad and was taking it hard. No excuse for what he did but he was not a villain. Just had gotten away from who he really was. He will be missed
WVDriver
Oh, he was from Clay. That explains a lot.
July 12, 2014 at 7:16 am |
Seat belts aren't 100% guarantee of life after a crash. I also have previously been in a wreck which if wearing a seat belt would have been fatal. Also you are correct with your analogy. Look at Earnhardt, he was wearing a seat belt.
That being said I think it should be left up to the individual, not big brother. If I'm in a wreck, I won't be tied down like animal. Wearing a seat belt is like religious freedom, people should have the right to choose.
2XLPatriot
I'll dispute that by saying that the force of impact alone, seat belt or not, could have killed him. Deceleration and blunt force trauma can cause everything from a torn aortic arch to cardiac / pulmonary contusions, head trauma, etc. Sorry to get all medical here but, I've seen people killed from moderate rear end collisions while wearing their seatbelts. The damage to the vehicle, be it minimal or horrendous, can be misleading.
July 11, 2014 at 12:51 pm |
I don't know, my cousins uncles brothers roommate in college was in a wreck, and the doctors swore if he'd been wearing his seatbelt he'd have been killed for sure, no joke, I swear.
Judging by the look of the wrecked car, I GUARANTEE the driver would not have been killed in the accident if he had been wearing a seatbelt. Once he was ejected from the vehicle, he was a goner.
July 11, 2014 at 11:58 am |
Darwinian evolution at its finest
David Stover
One less scumbag among us.
ThatGuyOverThere
When I was in college I was comming home from Morgantown down 79 to Charleston, I came upon a white Hummer H2 in the left hand lane doing about 72 MPH...I was in the right hand lane slowly catching up to them. I locked in my cruise at about 72 also, the driver never got out of the fast lane from Jane Lew to Charleston...and they never went over about 72...They had Ohio Plates...there was plenty of traffic that passed me then passed them in the right (slow) lane...I thought it was kinda funny and showed much dedication...
That's a decent guess, but since we're playing amateur detective/toxicologist/doctor/coroner, I'm going with bath salts. Looks like he pounded on that window because he was hungry and needed to eat that woman's face for a tasty treat.
Mtnman
He just decided to use another deadly weapon.....right Griff? The govt. should BAN all cars now! If people didn't own a car this sort of thing would never happen. Cars are the problem!! Right Griff?
I SAY IT WAS A METH RIDE!!! ONE MORE DOPE HEAD DEAD!!!
When I first heard of this I thought Petty had come through the county. After reading the details I think the guy was dodging pot holes, or drank a little to much MCHM. R.I.P. Crash.
Sad for his loved ones. A good thing for thousands of others who drive the area.
ViennaGuy
You're right; it shouldn't be a catalyst for erratic behavior.
But by the same token, the "inconsiderate" people who are riding the passing lane with the cruise control on and not passing anyone for miles and miles is every bit as dangerous as an erratic driver because they create a bottleneck and a safety hazard for everyone else.
If drivers aren't going to pass, then they need to get out of the passing lane - and law enforcement needs to take those people as seriously as they do these nuts who go way over the speed limit.
northforkfisher
We have an idiot doing the same thing on the back road where I live. The speed limit is 35 even though it is a two lane road because of how curvy the road is . He is driving on it with a blind bridge well over 60 to 80 mph while he is leaning to the center of the cab. Several people walks on this road for exercise and one of tourists attractions is on the road adding even more traffic.
theactsoftheapostles
I heard an old preacher say one time, "if God decides not to give you your next breath, you couldn't catch it in a fast car."
Such a profound analogy. Prayers for the family.
This man could have killed someone innocent today by his insane action. He got what he deserved. He's dead.
Dumb Liberals
The only thing he got to faster was the mortuary. It will be interesting to see if the toxicology report is published.
A speed "limit" is a maximum speed. A few minutes of patience will get anyone past the left lane driver. That persons inconsiderate behavior should not be a catalyst for erratic behavior of other drivers.
Tailgating is irresponsible and dangerous, no matter the circumstance. If you hit someone in the rear end, you will be found at fault, regardless!
That's true, good thing he wasn't wearing his seat belt.
Lesson learned. If youre going to cause accidents, act erratically by pounding on windows, leave the scene of an accident, and go 100+ mph, at least WEAR YOUR SEATBELT! And tailgating is perfectly OK if the guy is hogging the passing lane! And it's not aggressive driving, slowpoke, just tailgating! Nothing aggressive whatsoever!
Jonus Grumby
The vehicle doesn't look half bad considering everything that happened.
I'm guessing the world is a little better place with this individual now gone from it.
Guardian you are correct. Chris being a dangerous driver because someone is going too,slow in the wrong lane is wrong. Besides isn't this a perfect example of why why a middle,finger evolved on the human hand?
Your attitude tells me a lot about what kind of driver YOU are!
Yes Chris it's ok to tailgate and endanger lives because you don't like the way somebody else drives. You truly don't have a clue do you? What an idiot.
Yes, that is a tooth grinder when someone is going below the speed limit and hogging the left lane.
But being over aggressive and tailgating is not the answer - that can lead to a chain reaction type crash with the traffic volume on the Charleston area interstates. Better to use your hands free cell phone and call the law and report vehicle make, model, and license number and ask for a patrol car.
The law says slower traffic is to keep right.
Maybe people wouldn't tailgate if people would stop going 65 in the left lane...
While this incident was much more severe, it should be noted it isn't unusual to encounter drivers speeding, tailgating, making erratic maneuvers, and a general disregard for safety when traveling on I-64 between Htn and Charleston. Police need to step up patrols and battle this aggressive driving.
probably some guy with mental issues that wasn't taken care of & he just didn't own a gun to go out & shoot innocent people.


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The Frontline Fighters in War Against Covid-19
Abdul Rahman Malik
The Health Workers are doing wonders and their courage and steadfastness to limit the outbreak are commendable. The Healthwokers despite being vulnerable to the pandemic and lack proper preventive gear are waging the war of existence for the people around the world regardless of any discrimination of caste, creed, religion, race or origin but humanity.
Their determination heralds that they will defeat and contain the outbreak of covid-19 Pandemic that has already wreaked havoc in the world, affecting millions and killing thousands.
The way our health workers are performing their duties in the time of emergency is laudable. They are the valiant soldiers of our country against the alien attack of Novel coronavirus and have so far been able to contain this deadly Virus despite having limited resources, protection and appreciations.
They stand undaunted and undeterred against this pandemic and the whole nation is proud of these unsung heroes of Pakistan who have been the frontline fighters to protect their countrymen and are prone to contracting covid-19 as in some cases, the health workers have Laid their lives in their war against this global catastrophe and embraced martyrdom.
Many Health specialists have been tested Positive even some laid their lives in defence of their countrymen. But despite losing some soldiers in the battle they appear to be undeterred, fearless and undaunted in their fight to protect the people of Pakistan and defeating this one of the biggest human enemies.
They believe in unity and their collective and collaborative efforts have helped them to limit the outbreak of this global pandemic to the extent that even the developed nations like Italy, Spain, France, Germany, US and UK, despite having modern Technology and Research Laboratories in virology and epidemics, have not been able to curtail the repercussions and catastrophe at massive scale except china.
The Total confirmed cases are 3918 and the death toll is just 55 in Pakistan. This is the least ratio in World as compared other countries where the toll is in thousands.
This credit goes to the Government and especially to our health fighters whose timely measures of screening people with travel history abroad and placing them at the specified quarantine centres for the period 14 days, have started paying well besides Federal and Provincial governments announcing lockdowns in the cities and towns to keep people at home as advised by the WHO health Experts on pandemic and virology as well as the lessons learnt from china's fight to contain this pandemic and putting it under control.
With a limited number of deaths as compared to other regions of the world where death ratio is above 7%., Pakistan's situation is not too bad except in Sindh and Punjab where cases are growing especially Punjab that has taken the lead with 1918, Sindh 982, KP 500, GB 211, Baluchistan 202, Islamabad Capital Territory 83 and Ajk with least number with 18. The selfless doctors' efforts have helped 429 people recover from this pandemic.
According to reports of National Health services that most of the cases are imported from Iran, Saudi Arab and other countries with high intensity of mortality. The number of the locally transmitted virus is very limited as compared to Italy, China, the US, Spain and Iran thus people should not panic. They should adhere to the SOPs designed by Federal and Provincial Government to remain safe against covid-19.
It is pathetic to say that The Government's response to facilitating health workers with Preventive gear, equipment for specific screening and scanning devices to detect the viral attack, and providing the hygienic workplace at the medical facility, is dismal that has become the great concern amongst Health experts prompting them to protest in KP, Punjab.
Their protest is valid because, without the protective kit, they would put themselves at risk of contracting covid-19 as we have already seen such precedence of incidents.
The Health sector has so far been the subject of negligence by our uneducated and feudal political leaders getting elected as MPAs, and MNAs by horse-trading and harassing voters.
Given these alarming consequences, no heed is paid to improve health systems and develop multi-bed well-equipped hospitals and provision of modern facilities such as ventilators, ICU wards, and Isolation wards for those testing positive.
The current health facilities are inadequate to accommodate a huge number of people falling prey to the pandemic. Had we done a lot in the health sector, we would not have seen such pull to establish temporary Quarantine and Isolation centres when the pandemic has hit the nation.
The warm environment may have come to rescue as Pakistan is amongst warm places where average temperatures rise to 58 Centigrade during summer in the most of the areas of Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan and some areas of KP.
At first, Sindh was the epicentre of the covid-19 pandemic when the cases were initially reported at a rapid pace, then Punjab became the epicentre of pandemic and surpassed Sindh in confirmed cases which is alarming, KP is following with a growing number of cases.
The situation in Baluchistan is normal at the moment but it may jump at rapid speed given global indicators of increasing cases.
At the moment, The US has become the epicentre of Coronavirus pandemic and the cases have skyrocketed in the US owing to US President Donald Trumps' False and misleading statements and ill preparation against the epidemic.
The confirmed cases in the US have topped China, Italy and Spain. There is complete lockdown and the army has been called in by the Trump administration. The temporary hospitals, quarantine and Isolations centres have been established to fight the pandemic as health facilities are falling short due to pandemic.
The unsung heroes of Pakistan are battling against the covid-19 to defend the nation against its implications. The nations are all praise for these brave sons of soil performing their professional duties fearlessly and selflessly to protect the nation and making us proud of their commitments.
Teachers are the architects of nations to build the foundations for developing countries and accelerating the progress with the weapon of education and Skillset. That will only materialize when we have healthy minds to accept the challenges and meet these challenges with dedication and devotion.
Our health workers are no exception since they have accepted the biggest challenge of their lives by putting their lives at risk of falling prey to the pandemic but they don't care for self; but do care for all of us so that we may not lose our faith that after every impossibility, there is a possibility. There is no such problem that does not have any solution. Every problem finds the solution with expertise and experience.
It is high time that the government should provide PPEs and other Testing tools to our health workers so that they may not risk their own lives by saving the lives of others.
Furthermore, modern testing Labs must be established at every district Headquarter so that treatment of the "Tested Negative" be started immediately after getting the test reports from the laboratories. This will be very helpful in containing this pandemic.
Therefore, it is advisable that until WHO comes up with drug or vaccine to cure this incurable disease, we need to take protective measures –The health Workers are our real heroes and the entire Nation is proud of them for their selfless service to people despite remaining "The Unsung Heroes". The Nation is thankful to these sons of the motherland who are fighting the war of humanity as warriors.
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Tradition built success. These are the words athletic director Mr. Frank Ferrandino uses when he is asked to describe the school's athletic program.
The Wyomissing Area School District believes that the purpose of an interscholastic athletic program is to provide learning experiences that will contribute to the personal, physical, and psychological development of the individual student-athlete. In partnership with athletes, coaches, and parents, it is the Athletic Department's mission to create an environment that will complement and enrich the educational experience for all students.
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Wyomissing Area JHSH offers 15 boys' varsity sports and 13 girls' varsity sports. While there were several district championship teams in the 1970s, it wasn't until the mid-1980s that the varsity teams became competitive. Mr. Ferrandino was a student at the time, and he remembers athletic director Mr. Matt Ecker working hard to make athletics important to the student body. The success of his efforts spilled over into the community. And in the early 2000s, Wyomissing Area Senior High began to dominate.
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Couch Shorts: Home (Plate) away from Home (Plate): The Conor Gillaspie Dream
By Rick Suter on October 7, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )
The little boy grabs his bat and strolls up to the plate — which could be a Frisbee or a piece of wood, or maybe it's just a bare spot in the grass where the doghouse used to be (he misses Buster, but that dog loved UPS trucks more than anything, dammit). The boy has a determined look on his face, the evolution from "I think I can" to "I got this," a champion with the entire fan base resting on his shoulders.
The crowd at today's game is massive, probably 340,000, maybe more. His sister is in the front row, the Sandbox Seats, with her seven Barbies, two of them still sporting the buzz cut he gave them on Tuesday. He notices them out of the corner of his eye, but he's in the zone, with zero time to oblige their cheers — and the same goes for the other 339,999 envious fans.
He adjusts his sleeves by pulling on the shirt where the shoulder meets the neck — something he saw John Cangelosi do once — and then he re-adjusts his batting gloves, fiddling with the Velcro to get the straps to align just…ah, perfect.
He steps with his right leg into the batter's box, his left leg flexed and planted just outside the imaginary line. He arches his back and rolls his hips. Eight years old is tough, I tell ya', so it's important to make sure you're limber and ready for the left-handed fire-baller who has 80 saves on the season.
Then, he brings his left leg into the box.
He whirls the bat several times in a counterclockwise windmill with his left hand, while using his right to signal to the umpire — a fictitious Joe West, whom the boy had several issues with in the past month — that he needs time. Fictitious Joe West isn't happy about it, speed of the game and all, but he grants it to the boy.
He spits, and digs in, slowly moving his right hand from the stop-sign position extended toward the umpire to the handle of the bat. With confident precision, he raises both hands to just below the back shoulder, flapping his right elbow to stay relaxed, calm.
He's ready to hit.
From there, a broadcaster — the great Vin Scully — comes on the air to call the action.
Two on, two out, here in the ninth inning, the Dodgers and the Thundercats (one of the new expansion teams) in a scoreless battle, the best closer in the game — maybe the universe and the history of baseball — on the mound, looking to keep things in order. At the plate, a young man who needs no introduction, he's something special — just did the high dive at the pool, loves go-carting, you name it. He's an absolute joy to watch play this game.
Joe West signals play ball and here you have it, sports fans, what could be a moment for the history books — a beautiful day at the ballpark — the crowd on the edge of their seats.
OK, here we go…
The pitcher comes set…and delivers, the swing and — off the bat — a deep drive to right field, this could be…to the wall…still going…and going…it's outta here! A three-run blast into the upper deck, a no-doubter — my, oh my! — Mondesi, in right field, didn't even turn around.
A moon shot off the bat, and the fans can't believe it.
The crowd goes…silent.
The little boy rounds the bases, his footsteps echoing among the dead silence. He could see the defeat on the fans' faces. Some tried to boo, but their efforts were cut short by a 162-game flashback that ended in the anguish of reality. Suddenly, they had to go to work tomorrow. There was school. There were trains to catch and celebrations to cancel. That project due next week was getting closer with each second the boy and his fictitious teammates continued to celebrate near home plate — the other team's home plate.
Not usually part of the dream, right? One of the greatest moments in baseball — the game-winning home run — that's played out across countless fields and backyards, from sandlots to the playground, normally is capped off with the crowd going wild — the announcer confirming the chaotic beauty.
It's the grand finale, when the hero is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates and paraded around the park in front of the adoring crowd — we were there, man! The away team is left to somberly mope off the field, off to the visitor's clubhouse and out of our city, our minds, and our turf!
Rarely is the dream sequence flipped, though, where it's the home team doing the moping. It's almost too much reality — a scenario where the villain wins the day? The away team? No way, no thank you.
Yet, the boy had it on his schedule: Today was an away game. No complaints, he thought, that's just part of baseball — 81 at home, and 81 on the road.
The end result didn't change — if anything, it felt sweeter. He broke the game wide open with one swing of the bat, his legacy created, baseball cards would soon carry his image, his name, joining the Topps collection scattered underneath his bead. The air of defeat spread across the stadium like a gray cloud — it was the first time he used the phrase "loud silence" — and he didn't mind, at all, not one bit. The victory parades that will follow this moment, the President's greeting at the airport, all the Snickers bars he wanted…this was still the dream.
But he couldn't get too wrapped up in all the theatrics: he just so happened to be the team's best closer, and would be needed in the bottom of the ninth.
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The section of border fencing that is being hailed as the first phase of President Trump's signature border wall is part of a long-planned upgrade that was designed and approved by the Obama administration, The Hill reports. The run of fencing, which is just over two miles in length along the border between the United States and Mexico, was approved for updating by former President Barack Obama as far back as 2009.
Trump has since taken ownership of its construction as part of his central campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border. In recognition of the accomplishment, a plaque is now displayed on the fence itself.
"This plaque was installed on October 26, 2018, to commemorate the completion of the first section of President Trump's border wall," it reads. In addition, the plaque includes the presidential seal, Trump's name, plus the names of a number of government officials associated with the project.
Democrats have continually pushed back on the concept of the wall, with the party's official Twitter account recently spelling out their position in no uncertain terms.
Funding for Trump's proposed wall has been a reliable source or political drama for the president, with a government shutdown and an emergency declaration both taking place as part of the ongoing negotiation for funding for its construction. The emergency declaration, in which Trump claimed the situation at the border presented a threat to national security, is the latest battle in his efforts to pay for the wall.
Opponents of Trump's plan to use funds obtained through the emergency declaration will likely have an uphill battle, however, as Reuters has reported. Analysts point out that regardless of how challenges to the emergency declaration play out across the judicial system, Trump has, at the end of that road, an advantage that is potentially impossible for opponents to overcome: the Supreme Court.
The political makeup of the court has shifted substantially over the years, in no small part due to two fiercely conservative picks nominated by Trump. Recent appointees Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh could very well join other conservative members of the court in defending the validity of the emergency declaration, which is the first declaration since 2001 to include military action. John Roberts, the chief justice who has generally been found to be the divided court's swing vote, might ultimately break the tie.


The Chihuahua is one of the most widely recognized dog breeds in the world and this exceptionally small dog makes a great companion.
Like many other breeds, the full origin of the Chihuahua is unknown. The breed is named after the Mexican state of Chihuahua where dogs now recognizable as the breed were first found. They dogs were held sacred by some native groups and were kept as companions by the upper class. While the ancestry is unclear, there are paintings found in Europe that depict dogs with a striking similarity to modern Chihuahuas.
The breed is recorded as the being the oldest breed in the America. If Chihuahuas originated in Europe, they did not stay there, but the breed was introduced or reintroduced to Europe in the late 19th century.
The Chihuahua is the smallest dog breed in the world, and breeders currently strive to produce smaller and smaller dogs. They do not stand more than a foot high, and both sexes are roughly the same height.
Chihuahua coats come in a rainbow of colors, and the length of the coat varies depending on the breeding. The head is relatively large and rounded, and the round eyes are spaced far apart on either side of a short snout. The breed possesses naturally erect ears. At the end of the small body is a tail that curls either up over the body or to the dog's side.
Chihuahuas have a wide range of temperaments that depend heavily on lineage and training, but there are some general trends. Most Chihuahuas are affectionate and fiercely loyal to their owners and families. Most properly socialized dogs will also behave in this manner with strangers and acquaintances. Unfortunately, this can mean that a Chihuahua may not accept the addition of a new child to the family, and this breed can occasionally merit childcare concerns due to tendencies to be standoffish and aggressive.
Of course, this only applies to some members of the breed and good training can help, but sometimes a Chihuahua is not always the best dog for a house containing children or other breeds of dog.
To complicate matters, some Chihuahuas are difficult to train; including basic necessities such as bathroom training. To alleviate some of these somewhat aggressive and troublesome issues, regular exercise such as a brief walk may alleviate some of the "stress" that triggers undesirable behaviors.
This is an energetic breed, and roaming around indoors might not be enough for even this small dog to get enough physical and mental exercise. Chihuahuas have a reputation as a yappy breed. Fortunately, proper training and exercise can usually decrease this and rid any aggression that may store in the breed. Also, contrary to what many toy dog owners will do, this dog breed should not be babied as Chihuahua tend to try to claim ownership and pack-leader status by continually being carried and climbing onto its owner.
Chihuahuas are a mixed bag of characteristics with a clouded past, but this is a popular companion breed for a reason. Somewhere in the human-dog interaction, something clicks, and this lively pooch receives worldwide fame for it.


Apple iPad Insights | Media Consumption vs Media Creation | Is the iPad for you?
My video comments on this Tuesday's New Media New Marketing report (see video below) on TheTVNews.tv seem to resonate with others, including this online video program's host as well as a video producer that I met today at the Apple store. Bottom line: Apple's elegant new device is ideal for media consumption. As to media creation? Not so much.
Here's the video report with one exception to this linked below. Do you agree?
One exception is the excellent tech cartoonist, Robb Cottingham, who explains how he created today's cartoon with an iPad and a special drawing tool. Good notes too on iPhone art apps. Read Cartooning on the iPad? Yep.
I think the key distinction may lie in the difference between how Apple intends (or at least expects) the majority of its customers to use the device, and the potential a sizable minority (along with some helpful developers) sees for more.
Almost everything about the iPad's design and marketing suggests Apple sees it as a media consumer's device. Not that they're averse to media creators diving in (they had the creator of Brushes take part in the Jan. 27 product announcement), but we aren't their bread and butter.
Still, they've built in enough latent capabilities that the development community can fill that gap. And I can't wait to see the next thing some clever devil thinks up.
Great to hear from you, Robb.
Interesting-looking app, and it's on my list to check out once it's ported to the iPad.
Any idea how these guys (and Brushes) do the upsampling when it comes to exporting at high resolution? Does it look half-decent?


Louisville, KY—June 14, 2017—Prime wedding season is here. Before taking the leap, it's important to understand your future partner's money situation. "Few things make us feel as sensitive and vulnerable as sharing our financial picture with someone, even if that person is the person we love and trust most. But no matter how difficult, it's vitally important to be open and transparent with your future spouse about money," said Carla Dearing, CEO of SUM180, an online financial wellness service designed to make financial planning simple and affordable.
"Find the courage to ask (and answer) the tough questions before you tie the knot. In doing so, you're laying the groundwork for dealing with your shared finances in a healthy, straightforward way—and that's essential for a successful marriage," Carla continued.
Any joint account you open will require a credit report review for both you and your partner. If your partner's credit is too poor to use for a home or car loan, you may be tempted to take on those financial responsibilities on your own. But be careful: depending on where you live in the United States, should you face a divorce, you may be solely responsible for the debt owed on your home or car.
Few of us has a perfect history with money; it's how we learn from our mistakes and move forward that matters. That's why communication is so important. If you have better credit than your spouse, you can help him/her improve his/her credit score by practicing together healthy credit habits, such as paying bills on time and maintaining low balances on credit accounts. Take the time to resolve any credit issues fully before you open any new accounts together.
Are you carrying significant debt?
Debt can put a big strain on a marriage. And, although legally you're not liable for debt your spouse had before you got married, realistically, once you're married, you will likely be involved in paying off your spouse's debts. That's why it's important to be open with about how much you owe before you get married. This way, there are no surprises; you're building trust and teamwork by deciding together how to handle debt that's still on the books.
I once had a 69-year-old client who had a sufficient retirement income and a comfortable life, and thousands of dollars of credit card debt. If something happened to him, his retirement wouldn't go to his second wife, but all his debts would. I recommended he buy a life insurance policy that would, after he died, provide enough money to pay off his debts and get their son through college.
How can a prenup protect both of us (and any children from previous relationships)?
If you're getting married for the first time and either you or your spouse have significant assets or perhaps even debts, you need to plan how to handle these if the marriage doesn't work out. Don't think of a prenup as a negative. If anything, entering married life with these decisions made calmly and fairly beforehand may take some pressure off your relationship, so you can focus on enjoying your life together. A prenup is especially important if either of you have children or grandchildren from previous relationships. The context of a prenuptial agreement should be: How to do we, as a couple, provide for our extended families?
enables one spouse waive rights to the other spouse's life insurance or retirement benefits, so you each can make your respective children your beneficiaries.


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Awhile ago I attended the Baby & Toddler Show in Sydney. As you walk around visiting the different stalls quite often there will be a survey to fill out or a giveaway to enter. I tend to enter most of them. Because you never know!
And wouldn't you believe it, I won one! A family photoshoot with Absolute Photography. We've never had professional photos taken of our family. In fact, we've only had photos taken at our wedding and a mini-shoot with my siblings years ago.
So I was rather excited to win this one! The girls are at a great age where their personality really shows through in photos and something like this is not something we could usually afford.
However, as these things go, it just didn't work out. We made the booking and then postponed it again. And then postponed it again. And then we postponed it until "sometime in a few months". Eventually, we realised it just wasn't going to happen. Mr Monkey's work is just too unpredictable and the girls are always getting sick or there's something else going on.
But then I thought, why not give it to one of my fantastic readers? Of course, you'll need to be based in Sydney or can easily travel for the day. But it's a great prize and you should definitely enter!
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What a great giveaway! That suitcase and the little one's expression is just too adorable. Making my ovaries hurt!
Hey Cassie, great prize! Is there a way to tell if I have entered yet? I id it the other day on my phone but I don't know if it went through now because the comment I left hasn't worked so now I'm not sure!
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We're both bold, creative, imaginative, passionate and compelling: Stuart Cosgrove on why Glasgow's a perfect fit for Channel 4
By Stuart Cosgrove
Broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove
THE bid to bring Channel 4 to Glasgow is bold and persuasive. It is a great opportunity for Scotland and one we should seize.
As the chairman of the team, I lead an industry-wide group of professionals and city leaders who want Glasgow to win yet another bid.
We have gained political support across the spectrum from the First Minister to all mainstream political parties.
Crucially, Edinburgh and Dundee, both great creative cities in their own right, have also backed Glasgow.
So what's at stake? Channel 4 has announced a new stage in its evolution called 4 All The UK. The objective is to move to a multi-site operating model, opening three new hubs in the regions, home to 300 jobs.
One hub will be a new national headquarters to parallel its existing London base. The other two will have a valuable commissioning presence working with talent and production companies.
We will have stiff competition from other UK cities but there is a big prize to be won and I am confident we can do well.
Channel 4 is a publisher-broadcaster. Unlike the BBC and ITV, it does not make its own programmes so relies on ideas from independent production companies. By developing this model, Channel 4 broke the mould in British TV and pioneered a commissioning system familiar in magazine publishing.
Glasgow already contributes to that system and is home to the biggest community of independent producers outside London.
The city has more than 100 production and facilities companies: Raise The Roof and IWC Media are two of the biggest suppliers of lifestyle shows to Channel 4; Firecrest – an indie that Channel 4 has supported through its innovative Growth Fund – is one of its key current affairs suppliers, and the recent psychological drama Kiss Me First used virtual-reality design from the Glasgow studio, Axis Animation. With increased opportunity there will be more to come.
Kiss Me First
Scotland's broadcasting sector is growing. Pacific Quay is home to BBC Scotland and its new channel, STV has its HQ in Glasgow and broadcasts across the UK via digital and the web. The Gaelic language channel BBC Alba is here too.
Sky Broadcasting's important customer contact subscription centre is based in Livingston and Channel 4 has had offices in Glasgow since 1998 and has a dedicated news bureau in the city. Rockstar North, makers of Grand Theft Auto, also have a development office in central Scotland.
Scotland is economically important too. It is one of Channel 4's most valuable advertising sectors. Why is that? A little known factor called "journey-to-work time".
In towns like Perth, where I grew up, or Forfar, people watch more television. Many people work locally or have shorter commutes than in the south-east of England, where commuting can take hours.
In many Scottish towns you can leave work at 5pm and be available to view Channel 4 a half hour later. Most people in London do not settle down until 8pm.
This small but significant reality means Scotland is one of Channel 4's strongest areas, and that has a knock-on value to advertising revenues.
Our bid will be creative and different. It will answer familiar questions and pose new solutions.
One specific area enshrined in Channel 4's remit is Glasgow's new diversity.
Since 1999, Glasgow has been an Asylum Dispersal City attracting new Scots from war-zones and famine areas. The city now has a sizable community of Kurds, Iraqis, North Africans and Sri Lankans. The first generation of asylum-seekers arrived in 1999 as children. They are now young adults raised on Channel 4.
Television has been slow to reflect some of these demographic changes and telling the story of the new Glasgow will be a powerful advantage to our bid.
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Stuart Cosgrove


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By Figgy Guyver
Rasheed Araeen's Political Minimalism
At Moscow's Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, the Karachi-born artist's first solo exhibition in Russia sees Western modernisms turned against themselves
Halfway through this retrospective of Karachi-born artist Rasheed Araeen, a symbol of bourgeois values goes up in flames. Documented in a series of eight photographs, a young Araeen, sporting a Left Bank-style black roll neck, dangles five neckties from a stick and sets them alight with a Zippo. Currently on display at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, as part of a comprehensive survey of Araeen's work, 'Burning Ties' (1979) is a defiant rebuke to the suited and booted corporate class in the UK, where the artist has lived since the 1960s.
'Burning Ties' marked a turn toward the political in Araeen's work, as the chronological arrangement of this touring exhibition makes clear. The two opening rooms, the first of which was installed personally by the octogenarian artist, chart his progression through a minimalist learning curve. The tender figurative drawings of 'Views of Karachi' (1954–56), the earliest works on display, soon give way to abstract canvases filled with wavy forms recalling the flicker of fire, before the artist's formal interests become geometric in works dating from the mid-1960s. At this time, informed by his training as an engineer and influenced by Anthony Caro's coloured metal sculptures, Araeen began to construct latticed cubes and rectangles in mostly primary colours. These works aren't apolitical – Araeen believes in the egalitarian properties of symmetry, a principle used throughout his practice – but they lack the urgency of both 'Burning Ties' and the works that would follow.
Rasheed Araeen, 'A Retrospective', 2019, installation view, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow. Courtesy: the artist and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; photograph: Alexey Narodizkiy
By the 1970s, the far-right National Front party was marching across the UK, exploiting largely working-class fears of immigration and espousing racist rhetoric on the streets, which Araeen documented in his grid of photographs, When They Meet (1973). Parliamentary politics, too, took a rightward turn at the end of the decade, when the election of Margaret Thatcher and her conservative government caused xenophobic beliefs to intensify: 'I think it means that people are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people of a different culture,' Thatcher said in a 1978 television interview, recorded verbatim here on the cover of Black Phoenix (1978–79), Araeen's short-lived art and culture magazine.
It wasn't just right-wing racism that Araeen saw; he was frustrated by the limits of multiculturalism and the othering of his work by Western institutions and art critics. As he wrote in the inaugural edition of Third Text, the ongoing journal that he founded in 1987: 'I began to feel that the context or history of modernism was not available to me, as I was often reminded […] of the relationship of my work to my own Islamic tradition.' In persisting with the formal language of minimalism precisely because he felt excluded from the movement, Araeen makes a statement as markedly political as that which engulfed 'Burning Ties'.
The final rooms present a diverse body of works that meld early minimalist experiments with mid-career conceptual work. In Look Mama … Macho! (1983–86), for instance, Araeen returns to his latticed forms, pairing structural elements with images of a virile goat (his symbol for stereotypes of Eastern sexuality) and a photograph of his performance Paki Bastard (Portrait of the Artist as a Black Person) (1977). Fair and Lovely (1985) is a three-by-two grid of adverts for a skin-whitening cream, which appeared in a Pakistani newspaper. In one panel, a white woman smiles demurely alongside the caption 'colour fantasy for Eid '85', demonstrating the invasive influence of Western beauty standards on the rest of the world. What makes this, and so much of his later work, exceptional is how Araeen uses the minimalist grid to implicate the flows of artistic production and consumption. Here, Western forms, those that so often eliminate local variance, are unmasked and repurposed, as Araeen reveals the very struts and girders upon which minimalism is built.
Rasheed Araeen, 'A Retrospective' runs at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, until 26 May 2019.
Main image: Rasheed Araeen, Opus CST 4 (detail), acrylic on canvas, 2018, 1.6 × 1.6 m. Courtesy: the artist
Figgy Guyver
Figgy Guyver is editorial assistant of frieze, based in London, UK. She is co-founder and editor of CUMULUS journal. Follow her on Twitter: @FiggyGuyver.


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VIDEO: Rescued Dog Shares His Story in Note Card Confession
Megan Wiltsie 202-483-7382
Larry the tiny shih tzu shares the story of his dramatic rescue in a new Note Card Confession video that shows the pup relaxing in the arms of his new guardian: a PETA staff member who showers him with the affection he never had.
But Larry's story didn't start off happy. Before PETA found him—and gave him proper food, medicine, and love (as well as a bath and a haircut!)—Larry was locked alone in a dilapidated backyard wire-mesh hutch, hidden behind piles of junk. His fur was matted with filth, and he suffered from hookworms, life-threatening anemia, and infections in his ears, eyes, and foot. He barely had the strength to wag his tail, and when PETA took him to a veterinarian, she expressed shock that he was still alive.
Fortunately, as Larry's note cards speak for him in the video, "I didn't think anyone wanted me, but I was wrong."
PETA's motto reads, in part, that "animals are not ours to abuse in any way," and more information about PETA's work to help dogs and cats is available here. Further information about Larry can be found on PETA's blog, and I'd be happy to answer any questions that you might have. Many thanks.
Megan Wiltsie
Assistant Press Coordinator


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The UBS/Campden Wealth report on Russia's entrepreneurs has reached its fourth year of publication. This year's findings reveal, among other facts, Russian entrepreneurs' efforts to grow or at least preserve their wealth in a difficult global economic environment.
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Jake is the chief bishop of The Potter's House, which is the main source of his $18 million net worth. His sermons and church services are telecasted on "The Potter's Touch" that airs on The Miracle Channel in Canada, the Trinity Broadcasting Network and Black Entertainment Channel. He is also an author of over 30 books. Some of his books have also enlisted on the New York Times' best-selling books.
The business investments of T.D. Jake include his company T.D. Jakes Enterprise, which he established in 1995, and was converted into TDJ Enterprise in 2005. This company engages in various fields, like film and television production, publishing, music, live events, and investments.
In mid 90's, he purchased a grand mansion worth $600,000, having facilities like the bowling alley and a swimming pool.
He also possesses fancy cars, like Limousine, and wears a nickel sized diamond ring.
He was born in West Virginia in 1957. He is the chief bishop of The Potters' House, which has almost 30,000 members. His teachings and sermons are telecasted on various channels in Canada.
Jake has written several books, many of which have been listed as New York Times bestsellers. Some of his books are- Loved by God, Positioning Yourself to Prosper, His Lady, The Greatest Investment, etc. He is also an actor and film producer. His filmography includes Jumping the Broom, Not Easily Broken, Woman Thou Art Loosed, Sparkle, and many more.
He also runs a business and is the chairperson of TDJ Enterprises.
T.D. Jakes received 13 doctorates and honorary degrees. For his album, Life at The Potter's House, he was nominated for Dove and Grammy Award. He was listed among "Top 10 Religious Leaders" of America by Ethics Newsweekly and PBS Religion.


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Pates, Colin
Colin Pates
Clubs played for: Chelsea, Charlton Athletic, Arsenal, Brighton, (1979-1994)
Biography: Colin made his debut in the 7-3 win over Leyton Orient in November 1979. Over the next couple of seasons, he had plenty of chances, given Micky Droy's injury problems, but it wasn't until John Neal was appointed manager that he nailed down a regular start. Along with Joe McLaughlin, formed the bedrock foundations on which the 1984 Second Division Championship side was built and then the Full Members Cup Final victory two seasons later. It was assumed that he would be a one-club man and there was some dismay when it was announced that Bobby Campbell had sold him to Charlton Athletic for �430,000. Had a spell at Crawley before coaching at the Arsenal School of Excellence, but since 2001 he has coached football at Whitgift School in South Croydon.
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Janine Allum Used to go Nelsons nightclub with him and his friend early 80s
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Pates, Colin Patesy helped me as a young player at Brighton, then signed me when he became manager of Crawley , where he gave me the chance to play along side legends such as David Speedie, , great coach, - top bloke 🙂
21-04-20 Danny Smith
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