jerrymahoney

I think there is only a remote possibility that Trump could win the 2024 POTUS election. But I do not consider it a ZERO possibility.

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https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/ OCT31 2023 I don't care what you consider to be touching. As far as I am concerned, Jack Smith and Fani Willis et al are just a side-show compared to the unfathomable prospect of Trump again in the White House January 2025.

I agree. Polls are unreliable one year out from the general election especially when they don't say what you'd like them to say. My favorite unreliable polls were those that preceded the 2016 general election when the discussion was whether Hillary Clinton should be addressed as Madame President or not. I was caught flat-footed on that under-estimation of DJ Trump and I am not going let it happen again.

Subject: Security Alert – Worldwide Caution, October 20, 2023 Location: Worldwide Caution Event: Due to increased tensions in various locations around the world, the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests, the Department of State advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution. U.S. citizens should: Stay alert in locations frequented by tourists. https://th.usembassy.gov/security-alert-worldwide-caution-october-20-2023/

To the tag-team above: OCTOBER 26, 2023 Democrats' Rating of Biden Slips; Overall Approval at 37% WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Joe Biden’s job approval rating among Democrats has tumbled 11 percentage points in the past month to 75%, the worst reading of his presidency from his own party. This drop has pushed his overall approval rating down four points to 37%, matching his personal low. At the same time, Biden’s approval among independents has declined four points, to 35%, while Republicans’ rating remains unchanged, at just 5%. https://news.gallup.com/poll/513305/democrats-ratings-biden-slip-overall-approval.aspx

My first time marriage ever at age 70 to a Thai girl who, growing up as the daughter of an RTP cop, tends to be more out front swinging than being at my back.

From that same above Bloomberg swing-state poll:

Hey they just nominated the unknown Mike Johnson as Republican Speaker -- why not for President?

Noted. I hope you are right and the polls are wrong. The US 2024 Presidential election will largely be decided in only 7 swing states. How 2024 Swing-State Voters Feel About the US Economy — In 10 Charts October 27, 2023 Democratic President Joe Biden has sought to make his economic agenda, dubbed “Bidenomics,” the centerpiece of a likely rematch against former President Donald Trump. The economy is top of mind for many Americans, according to an inaugural Bloomberg News and Morning Consult poll of swing-state voters, but Biden is facing headwinds in his reelection bid. The vast majority of voters in seven states likely to decide the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election think the economy is heading in the wrong direction. And Trump is leading Biden in five of those seven states, according to the poll, although his lead in each state is within the margin of error. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-us-election-key-state-voter-polling/

Yes and while you folks are having a good time with the comeuppance of Mr. Donnie Boy in his criminal and civil trials, on multiple mainstream polls he is shown as beating President Biden in the NOV 2024 election. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/ update d 28OCT2023

My favorite lines from the The BIG Country (1958). Note McKay (Gregory Peck) is a wealthy former sea captain. At his welcoming party: Well, Mr. McKay, how do you like this (Texas) country? I like it very much. Did you ever see anything so big? Well, yes. - You have? What? - A couple of oceans. Well, I declare! Excuse me.

Well I hope you are right. But with just about one year to the NOV 2024 Presidential election, and with Trump the presumed Republican nominee barring catastrophe, and with Trump leading Biden head-to-head according to some current mainstream polls, I would hope to have more going toward that end than hope.

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I don't know why -- but this ain't comforting: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/

what --- Netflix?

Maine police were alerted weeks ago about shooter’s threats Updated 5:16 AM GMT+7, October 29, 2023 Police across Maine were alerted just last month to “veiled threats” by the U.S. Army reservist who would go on to carry out the worst mass shooting in the state’s history, one of a string of missed red flags that preceded the massacre. Two local law enforcement chiefs told The Associated Press that a statewide awareness alert was sent in mid-September to be on the lookout for Robert Card after the firearms instructor made threats against his base and fellow soldiers. But after stepped-up patrols of the base and a visit to Card’s home – neither of which turned up any sign of him – they moved on. “We added extra patrols, we did that for about two weeks. ... The guy never showed up,” said Jack Clements, the police chief in Saco, home to the U.S. Army Reserve base where Card trained. https://apnews.com/article/maine-guns-mass-shooting-lewiston-warnings-4d5066230b500c152a7dd0d3e4d13f1b

Stephen King on Mass Shootings: We’re Out of Things to Say Oct. 27, 2023 Mr. King is the author of numerous works of fiction. He lives in Maine. There is no solution to the gun problem, and little more to write, because Americans are addicted to firearms. Representative Jared Golden, from Maine’s Second Congressional District, has reversed course and says he will now support outlawing military-style semiautomatic rifles like the one used in the killing of 18 people in Lewiston this week. But neither the House nor the Senate is likely to pass such a law, and if Congress actually did, the Supreme Court, as it now exists, would almost certainly rule it unconstitutional. Every mass shooting is a gut-punch; with every one, unimaginative people say, “I never thought it could happen here,” but such things can and will happen anywhere and everywhere in this locked-and-loaded country. The guns are available and the targets are soft. When rapid-fire guns are difficult to get, things improve, but I see no such improvement in the future. Americans love guns, and appear willing to pay the price in blood. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/opinion/stephen-king-maine-shootings.html

Whether Trump will get away with all this criminal stuff or not, things like this scare the <self-deleted> out of me: Trump leads Biden, RFK Jr.: poll BY CAROLINE VAKIL - 10/20/23 7:30 PM ET Former President Trump is leading President Biden and Democrat-turned-independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a three-way race, a new poll found. The Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey, shared with The Hill, showed Trump receiving 39 percent support, Biden receiving 33 percent support and Kennedy receiving 19 percent support in a three-way race. A separate 9 percent of voters said they did not know or were unsure. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4268075-trump-leads-biden-rfk-jr-survey/

Shortly before prosecutors filed their papers, the American Civil Liberties Union released a proposed friend-of-the-court brief on its website siding with Mr. Trump and urging Judge Chutkan to re-evaluate her order. In its brief, which has not yet been filed as part of the case, the A.C.L.U. said the gag order was both “impermissibly vague” and “impermissibly broad” and hindered Mr. Trump’s “ability to speak publicly about the substance of the prosecution.” The brief went on to note that Mr. Trump’s criminal case was “in many ways inextricable from the 2024 presidential campaign in which he is a declared candidate.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/trump-gag-order.html Win, lose, or draw, I really do not care what is the outcome of the 4 current criminal cases as long as he is not again US President JAN 20, 2025.

As for my 65K+ plus per month monthly FTT deposit for retirement exension of stay, I will say to the above: ... and pay tax -- if any -- on what I remit.

This is the McCarthy article referenced by David French in his NY Times opinion piece: Sidney Powell’s Guilty Plea Points to a Faltering Case in Atlanta By ANDREW C. MCCARTHY October 19, 2023 1:15 PM While the media spin will be different, my first impression of Sidney Powell’s guilty plea in the Fulton County election-interference case is: It signals that District Attorney Fani Willis’s much-heralded RICO indictment — in which 19 are charged, including Powell’s famous co-defendant Donald Trump — is a dud. <skip> Willis’s case appears to be the opposite. She filed the grandiose allegations in an indictment that depicts Trump as if he were the boss of a Mafia family — with Powell as one of his lieutenants. Now she’s pleading people out to minor infractions. There’s good reason to believe that’s because minor infractions are all she’s got. https://archive.ph/hNWxv#selection-709.1-715.306

They run far more Trump isn't going to get away with all articles and opinion pieces. As per today's: What Guilty Pleas in Georgia Mean for the Federal Case Against Trump The guilty pleas present a host of challenges as state and federal prosecutors engage in parallel efforts to hold Donald J. Trump accountable, defense lawyers and former federal prosecutors say.

The New York Times is a sorry choice. Thanks. I'll remember that.

That was an opinion piece published by the NY Times.. If you think it doesn't matter, that is your prerogative.