Flotsam and Jetsam - The Final Countdown

Two weeks to go! Anyway . . . We're leaving town for most of the remaining election season. Hopefully, I'll be able to post some pictures from our trip, so I'll leave you in a little suspense until then. I can't say I'll miss the final flailings in all the various campaigns. Posting linkfests from the IPad is a nearly impossible, so in the meantime, I suggest you consult the usual sources, Insty, PMJ, Hat Hair, and the Wombat's Mailbox for news and opinion with a rightish bent.   I've set up morning posts in advance so you have some reason to drop by.

Back to McDonalds. Stephen Kruiser at PJM, has the Election in a Nutshell — Trump Hits McDonald's, Kamala Hides Behind Lizzo. Scott Pinsker at PJM, I’m Lovin’ It! How Trump Stole the Democrats’ Joy. At NYPo, Piers Morgan thinks Trump’s genius McDonald’s stunt will fry Kamala at the ballot box. "As political stunts go, this might have been the best I’ve ever seen . . ." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair comments "In other words: You can tell people all day long that you were "raised in a middle class household," but unless you speak that language, no one will feel that connection. Trump was a child of privilege but he speaks the language of the working and middle classes, and knows how to make those connections. And that drives the Left nuts." Insty, WE’VE ENTERED SOME SORT OF BIZARRE HELL-WORLD IN WHICH PIERS MORGAN IS A VOICE OF SANITY. DC_Draino@DC_Draino, "This is so humiliating for Kamala Not only did Trump look like a charismatic man of the people, but now McDonalds is going on record saying Kamala never worked for them Her lie has been nationally amplified Oof."  

Ace, NYT: Trump Claims, Without Evidence, That Kamala Never Worked At McDonald's. Kamala Says She Did.* * Also Without Evidence, But the Claims of Leftwing Politicians Are Self-Verifying Because No Communist Ever Lies. "Via Twitchy, "the greatest fact check of all time.""  Insty cites Ed, NEWSWEEK HAVING A NORMAL ONE TODAY: Great Moments in Protection Racket Media: Attacking Mickey D’s for Hosting Trump. Also, TIM WALZ ON THE VIEW: "Trump going to work at a McDonald’s was disrespectful to McDonald’s workers. Also Tim Walz. . ." Burning McDonalds at Walz-approved BLM riot. Matt Margolis at PJM sees Something Odd About the Harris Campaign's Response to Trump's McDonald's Visit "The first thing I noticed is that it came from Tim Walz, not Harris. Why is that? Harris is the one who claims to have worked at McDonald’s, yet she’s conspicuously silent on the matter. Walz, her running mate, is the one stepping in to make the noise." Vodka Pundit at PJM, Is This the Lamest, Most Hysterical Reaction to Trump's McDonald's Drive-Thru Event? Seth Abramson @SethAbramson, "Perhaps no stunt in the history of U.S. politics deserves more ridicule than the grotesquely embarrassing mummery Trump put on at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s today The whole country got sh*ttier because of this The McDonald’s was closed, the customers were fake, Trump did nothing." With two weeks left, they have plenty of time to go lower. Steve Hayward has a meme-fest at Power Line, Mid-Week in Pictures: Special Emergency Big Mac Edition. At WaEX Salena Zito reports In a struggling town, Musk discusses ‘purpose’

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.21.24, EBL: Trump’s McDonalds Troll of Kamala, Pittsburgh Steelers Fans and Donald Trump Chant USA, USA (NBC did not show it), and Josh Shapiro does not know why Kamala Harris has flipped and flopped, Louder With Crowder: Kamala HQ thought lying about Trump on the Dan Bongino Show would work out for them. BIG mistake! “She has no sympathy, no empathy”, and Tampon Tim Walz freaks out at Trump’s McDonald’s stop, calls it “disrespectful” to a specific group, Dana Loesch, The McDonald’s Stop Was Smart & Here’s Why, The Geller Report: THE STEAL IS ON: Georgia, Texas, Tennessee Voting Machines Flipping Votes to Kamala, Don Surber, Democrat Senators for Trump The Lid: The Most Accurate Pollster of 2020 Puts Donald Trump in the Lead, Shark Tank: Gimenez Releases “Kamalopoly” Ad, STUMP, Kamala, Plagiarism, & Truth In The Age of Gen AI, The Political Hat, The Election As A Game Of Chicken, Victory Girls: Trump Serves Up Fries And Smiles At PA McDonald’s and more!

Sighing on da Hill, Trump overtakes Harris for first time in Decision Desk HQ/The Hill election forecast. No rightwing bastion, the Economist says Donald Trump takes the lead, as polls swing away from Kamala Harris. Ben Shapiro at Da Wire, Trump’s Cruising, Kamala’s Crashing, "It appears that Donald Trump has regained momentum not only in the swing states, but also in the battleground states." VodkaPundit is Wargaming the Electoral College: Prepare to Be Shocked. Byron York at WaEx notices As attacks intensify, Trump becomes more popular. Mark Tapscott at Insty, HARRIS HASN’T CLOSED THE DEAL WITH MANY DEMS: The results of the latest Insights & Issues/TIPP Poll may well help explain growing sense of panic exhibited among media and other backers of Vice-President Kamala Harris. “Are Democrats part of that big swing? As our own I&I/TIPP Poll strongly suggests, a third of Democrats remain upset with the quality of their party’s candidate this year — and with the fact that they had no say in making Kamala Harris their candidate in the first place,” I&I reports." Dave Strom at Hat Hair, As I Said, This Election Is About Class, Not Race Or Party. Ace, NYT: Trump Is Appealing to Young Male Voters and Their Defection Could Doom the Democrats, "But I don't understand. A fat old white homosexual man who speaks like a character in Fargo held a shotgun for two minutes proving that the Democrats are the party of men." Matt Vespa at TownHall, Oh, You Knew Kamala Was Going to Drop These Remarks About Male Voters. Misogynistic! Althouse, "I fear that Harris is every bit as vacuous behind the scenes as she seems to be on the public stage." ""I fear she will be tested early by a foreign adversary and stumble badly, whether it’s in stopping Iran from building a nuclear weapon or China from blockading Taiwan or Russia from seizing a portion of a Baltic country. Said Bret Stephens, endorsing Kamala Harris, in "Kamala Harris Has an Unexpected Ally" (NYT)" 

Matt Vespa again, Nate Silver: 'This Is Undeniably a Bearish Newsletter for Democrats', Lists 24 Reasons Why Kamala Is Heading for Defeat. #24 "Harris has been running on vibes and has failed to articulate a clear vision for the country. It might have been a good strategy if the “fundamentals” favored her, but they don’t." Atop Da Hill somebody wonders What if Joe Biden was the better candidate all along?, even though he's senile. At RedState, Jim Thompson Et Tu, Nancy? Pelosi Is Upset That 'The Only Bloody Fingerprints on the Knife Were Hers'. But at NRO, Jim Geraghty worries about The Chronically Underestimated Kamala Harris. AMAC US, Are Voters Asking The “Political Toast” Question About Harris And Her Campaign? “If she can’t even run a campaign, how can she run the country?” From the Free Bacon, Anti-Israel Group 'Abandon Harris' Expands into Battlegrounds Wisconsin and Georgia 'To Ensure Kamala Harris Loses the Swing States'. Capt. Ed quibbles, Interesting, but one has to wonder how much traction this has outside of Michigan. VodkaPundit at  Insty, JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST: "Firefighters work to control blazes from Hezbollah launches in northern Israel | Around 160 rockets fired at northern Israel today. "More:Trump says Bibi is winning because he is ‘not listening’ to Biden. . .  Netanyahu isn’t listening to Harris, either." Cathy Salgado at PJM, Indiana Kids Ignored in Schools as Migrants Flood In. Reason is concerned Kamalacare Is Just Bidencare. "As with Biden, you can count on Harris to expand government programs." Capt. Ed adds "That assumes that Harris won't revert back to Medicare for All. Her campaign says she no longer supports that, but like all of her other reversals, Harris herself has yet to explain it or even solidly corroborate it." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Kamala Has to Explain Her Flip-Flops, Says ... Josh Shapiro. At Discourse, they're Getting a Handle on the Hispanic Vote. "Hispanic voters are more complicated and diverse than polling results suggest."

At Da Mail, Kamala Harris town hall host Maria Shriver says crowd can't ask questions because they're 'pre-determined'. 'Bonchie' at RedState thinks the Kamala Harris 'Town Hall' With Liz Cheney Blows Up on the Launch Pad, and Just Gets Worse From There. 'Becca Downs at TownHall, That 'Town Hall' That Kamala Harris Did With Liz Cheney Shows This Really Isn't Working Out Well for Her. From the Babylon Bee, Kamala Harris Begins Melting After Rallygoer Says 'Jesus Is Lord' "No, not that name! Anything but that name!" cried Harris, her legs beginning to give way. "Curse you! Look what you've done!"

Cam Edwards at Bearing Arm thinks Walz's Interview With 'The View' May Have Revealed More Than He Intended, about gun control. John Hinderacker at Power Line, Is This the Video that Should End the Campaign? "It features Brian Lozenski, whom Tim Walz’s Department of Education appointed to guide the development of “Ethnic Studies” curriculum that will revamp all K-12 public education in Minnesota. The problem is that Lozenski, a Minnesota professor who is the national leader on Ethnic Studies, is a far-leftist who has explicitly called for the overthrow of the government of the United States. My organization, Center of the American Experiment, has been writing about this for a while, and I did a post on Lozenski and the radicalism of Tim Walz here. But it was Stanley Kurtz who unearthed the video (now deleted) in which Lozenski called for the destruction of the United States:" Shockingly such talk from leftists is common, and widely ignored by the media. 

EricaPNW@ForTheGood, "BREAKING NEWS 🚨Democracy Live's OmniBallot allows me to create and print an official ballot for a made up voter at any address in King County!  I recorded the whole thing!  Watch the short video for details and try it out yourself!  Why is it so easy to create and issue real/official ballots to fake voters?" @amuse@amuse, "CENSORSHIP: Dominion Voting Systems issued a chilling statement today on 𝕏, reminding Americans that they are actively monitoring online discussions about their voting machines as part of "preparations for future litigation." Suggesting they're gearing up to file more defamation suits against critics."

Bad news from Ace, 

Olivia Nuzzi

Olivia Nuzzi Fired from New York Magazine Over Relationship With RFKJr. "Little Miss Sizzlepants Olivia Nuzzi has been canned from New York Magazine for her undisclosed relationship with RFKJr. Don't worry, though: New York Magazine did a full internal review and determined that there was zero bias from the woman literally sexting with her subject. None. Not a speck of bias."

From NewsMax, House Report: Security Failures Led to Assassination Attempt at Trump Rally. Well, duh! Mary Chastain at LI, cites ‘Lack of Planning’: House Task Force Investigating Trump PA Assassination Attempt Releases Damning Interim Report “To date, the Task Force has not received any evidence to suggest that message [Crooks having an AR] reached the former President’s USSS detail prior to shots fired.”

Mia Cathell at TownHall relates Here's What Nathan Wade Told Congress About Fani Willis "Wade confirmed that he had conducted multiple meetings with Biden-Harris White House officials but refused to disclose any pertinent details, claiming he couldn't recollect basic facts about the events for which he billed the Fulton County District Attorney's Office thousands of taxpayer dollars." Ace, Darrius "Sweetdick" Honeycum Tells Congress He Met With White House Staffers and January 6th Committee Staffers About the Trump Prosecution, But Can't Remember What Was Said Or Even Who He Met With. "He's a serial perjurer and Trump needs to prosecute him." Maybe, but he needs to win the election first.

Mary Chastain at LI, CBS News Gives Deceptive Excuse For Differing Harris Answers. "CBS still hasn’t released the full uncut transcript." At Hat Hair, Cathyrin Herridge says Release the Transcript, CBS. Ace, CBS Refuses to Release Full Kamala Harris Transcript; Attacks Trump for Noticing They're Concealing It "They've conducted a Rigorous Internal Review and determined -- get this -- that they did nothing wrong. Wow! I didn't see that coming!"

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 20, 2024

Stephen Pimentel@StephenPiment "The lawfare against @elonmusk, as gleefully described by the New York Times."

From the College Fix, College sports official still learning ‘science’ of trans athletes. Twitchy, Ben Shapiro Reminds Us How UCLA Became ‘A Woke Trash Heap’. Campus Reform reports Donor sends funds to Israeli schools that were once meant for UPenn due to anti-Semitism concerns

PJM's Kevin Downey discourses on Why It's OK to Throw Your Blue-Haired Pinko-in-Law Out of Your Life for Good. "I've gotten over the "turn the other cheek" approach when it comes to dealing with Marxists I am somehow still friendly with."

Theresa Manning at Am Great notices the  Bogus Term ‘White Supremacy’ is Just War on the West. "The target of the race hustlers isn’t just the skin color or ethnicity of Western peoples; it’s the civilization of Western peoples."

CDR Salamander sees No Time for Woke Name Games at Sea "everyone will be dumber for reading this post."