The other day I was behind a box trailer being towed by a pickup waiting for the light to turn green. Subjected the whole time to a flag hanging from the trailer’s door handle proclaiming, “TRUMP. Fuck your feelings.” Now I’m not sure what that meant, but I have a good idea the truck driver was a Trump supporter. Who does stuff like that except Trump supporters? These in-your-face political statements? Signs of insecurity, maybe?

Hate to say this, but if the Republicans ran a convicted felon, a man deemed guilty of sexual assault, a man who favors the leader of one of our country’s enemies, the man who stole classified documents, a man who incited his followers to attack the Capitol to stop the new president from being certified, a man who says our country is a failing, third-world country, the election would still be close. Wait! That’s exactly what they did. And they could still win!

There are no “undecided” voters at this point in the election cycle. Those who claim to be either have already decided but don’t want to say, or don’t plan on voting.

“Coming up, Robbie Reporter talks to three people in Swing State X about what they think of the candidates for president.”

Who cares what three people sitting in a bar or ambushed off the street think? That would be a poll with a margin of error of +/- 10,000 %. Give me a break.

#debate Harris was smart to immediately call for a second debate after her thumping of Trump last night. Puts the pressure on him, who will demand a Fox-sponsored debate with Hannity and Ingraham as moderators (which he’s already done, and that ain’t happening), or question why he needs to debate again, since it “was my best debate, and all the polls showed I won.” Not! Either way, he has an exit excuse which will make him look weak - again.

#debate Harris should be the one criticizing the ABC moderators, who let Trump have more time to argue anytime he wanted to when it wasn’t his turn to speak. The one time she wanted to rebut a lie Trump told about her, they wouldn’t let her. But, unlike Trump, she kept her cool.

Now that Taylor Swift has come out for Harris - forced to, because an AI-generated video showed her endorsing Trump - we’ll see if Republicans call for boycotting the Kansas City Chiefs. Wouldn’t surprise me.

I like Rachel Maddow. But why is she given the moderator spot in the presidential debate discussion on MSNBC? She’s essentially left the network to pursue personal career ambition. Lawrence O’Donnell would be a more appropriate pick, IMO.

There was a book back in the ‘50s, I think, called The Ugly American. What made me think of that now? Because we have a presidential election in which one of the candidates is a liar, a sexual predator, a convicted felon, and the election polls say the race is tied. It makes me lose faith in the exceptionalism of America. That half of the country would vote for such an unworthy, vindictive, childish narcissist who wants to take away freedoms of the Constitution, depresses me all to hell.

I got it! I got the solution to chaos following a Trump loss in November. Harris should say, and keep saying it, that “If I lose to a convicted felon, a failed businessman, a twice-impeached former president, a philanderer and sexual abuser, and a fat, old incoherent man, there must have been massive fraud in the election!

#debate Here’s what I hope Harris says after a typical Trump rant in their debate: “To quote Ronald Reagan, ‘There you go again.’ You keep spouting lies, hoping that enough voters will believe you if you keep repeating them. None of what you just said is true and can easily be fact-checked. Now here are the real facts . . .”

The Fed waited too long!

Still another item in my series, Stock Market Analysts Don’t Know What They’re Talking About: A few days ago, when the market dipped, it was because investors were anxiously waiting on the Nvidia report, they said. That report was issued yesterday. Though positive, it was not as rosy as the experts wanted/expected. So what happened this morning? Nvidia stock went down, but the market as a whole went up. Go figure.

Trump is weaseling his way out of the debate with Harris. Surprise, surprise.

Of course it’s price gouging! C’mon. Why should butter be going up instead of down? The pandemic loss of business is over!

One thing that I’ve learned over the decades is when prices go up for whatever reason, they never go down to the level that existed before that reason became an issue. Folks ain’t gonna boycott butter, or milk, or eggs, or bread. They’re basics. So the corporations know they can get away with it.

What we need is small companies to sell products for less - and make money!

Just saw a bit on MSNBC wherein Yasmin Vossughian went back to a focus group of “undecided” voters who were not excited about a Biden candidacy after Harris became the nominee. Wow, what a cross-section of undecideds. Not! Two actually were wearing Arab/Muslim garb. Not surprising that only one had decided to vote for Harris. And this segment was supposed to tell us what? That Muslims are not happy with Israel’s war in Gaza? That they thought Biden/Harris should have stopped it? Give me a break.

Most people who were kids in the ‘50s had IQ tests administered then. Trump keeps calling other people dumb, especially Harris. Maybe the Dems should demand to see his IQ test result!