Elon's Twitter Apocalypse | The Next Level https://youtu.be/0LMRYFKhimU

In this regard, good salesmen--and conmen, for that matter--know how to speak to the heart, and not the head. This is the one thing that Trump knows how to do.

Try as you might, it is impossible to find a logical reason why people would prefer Trump over Biden or the GOP over Democrats. There are plenty of intuitive reasons--most not good--for such a preference, however.

Thus, politicians lean into the economic message, even though studies suggest that people often vote against their economic self-interests. And thus, politicians constantly employ racist dog whistles, while denying that they are racists.

4. The art of modern American politics, then, is to provide voters with logical rationales for what they have already intuitively decided; to give them permission to act upon what society tells them is a vice.

3. Thus, people are constantly looking for logical rationales for decisions which are intuitive and based on mixed or bad motives.

2. In their intuitive decision-making process, people are motivated both by virtue and vice. However, few people will ever admit to making decisions based on their vices.

1. While people are logical, for most people the decision-making process is inherently intuitive. However, few people will ever admit to making decisions based on something besides logic.

How to understand modern American voting habits:

60 years ago, Billboard #11 for the week of Oct. 29, 1962: The Four Seasons - Sherry https://youtu.be/e6LqC9_iBBA

50 years ago, Billboard #11 for the week of Oct. 29, 1972: Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music https://youtu.be/DkytJLoxGmQ

People often ask me if I'm worried about North Korean aggression since I live in Japan. My answer is that I don't generally worry about possible black swan events that I have no control over. I've enough real things to worry about. I just note what is happening and move on.

North Korea Fires 3 More Missiles Toward Japan, Including an ICBM https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/world/asia/north-korea-missile-japan.html

For the record, while Will gives a good list of reasons--based mostly on policy--why Biden and Harris should not run, he does not give any suggestions as to who in the Democratic Party would have better policies or be stronger candidates.

I used to work for a woman who was bat guano crazy. Once she gave me an article of clothing (pretty much in lieu of pay). My first thought: "I'm free!"

Dobby’s Grave Can Stay on a Beach in Wales, but Please Stop Giving Him Socks https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/world/europe/dobby-grave-beach-wales.html

Think about the other clowns who ran for president in 2024. Would any of them be stronger candidates than Biden? There is no one on the bench that can easily win this thing.

George Will thinks that both Biden and Harris should decline to run in 2024, or else we face another Trump presidency.

While I agree that Biden and Harris are both weak candidates, here's the thing: When it is winner take all, you have to go with the hand you got. Just because all you have is a pair of twos, you don't throw away your whole hand and demand five new cards. You just don't.