That was not a 'debate' it was a farce and an embarrassment.
possibly the best review come from why evolution is true. ( Thanks Jim Rose).
I do not agree with al lot of it but it is a good article.
I agree with Bob Woodward that Trump never has a plan. I think overall if he loses he will merely whinge about it rather than doing anything else and he will do it for a long time.
The wholesale dumping of a whole of of Trump's tax returns was very illuminating.
Here is one of the best articles on the main point.
Trump is in a lot of trouble.
Brian Resnik is a great journalist at Vox
He has recently written two related articles which are of great value.
They are:
It seems Donald Trump really does want the USA to become a failed state and a banana republic.
IF and it is a really big IF he 'wins' the election simply because a lot of postal ballots are deemed invalid and you have to realise this the Supreme court would have to rule this way then democracy has simply vanished.
The USA is then little different to Russia, Belarus etc.
This is exacerbated if Trump refuses to leave because he thinks he has 'won'.
McMaster is correct as well.
On a worst case scenario a lot of people will give up on democracy and simply not recognise the institutions. riots will proliferate and there will be possible armed resistance to both a illegitimate Presidency and Supreme Court.
I don't think it will get there. My guess is there are a majority of Justices who will rule against the specious reasons Trump and his supports put up. They are aware of how history will judge them ( pun intended).
The Debates are over-rated as THIS article shows. Trump has overdone expectations of how Biden will perform. Biden only has to perform moderately to 'win'.
What also helps Biden is neither are very good 'debaters'. Watching the 'debates' will be like pulling teeth.
THIS could be front and centre.
update:
It is time again for Around the Traps
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Daniel Andrews has taken an absolute battering from the press, mainly the Murdoch press, Yet When I read Kevin Bonham I find this is narrative is dying.
I am trying to ascertain how the Murdoch press is so different to the ordinary Australian ( or in this case Victorian).
Of course i am being sarcastic!
The government does a back slip with pike on the NBN.
Their original policy made no sense. You simply cannot have copper combined with fibre. It is like putting a sped hump on at Bathurst for motor cars.
It seems to me they have realised three things.
1) Their current policy is an absolute crock so change it now when everyone is concentrating on covid
2) When wholesale rates are so low this makes even more sense.
3) their current policy is a vote loser
Why did it take so long. Maybe a quick look at their lack of energy policy tells us it takes them a long time to understand how bad some of their policies are
My wife was unfortunately rear-ended by another teacher when leaving the school she teaches at.
He was insured by the NRMA and we ended up at West Ryde Smash Repairs.
I simply cannot speak highly enough of them. I was given all the information and more that I needed.
What I found interesting when I picked up the car was all employees are still on job keeper. I assumed given the traffic that their work would be back to normal. It is not. It is still well below normal levels.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg died late last week.
The major question is when should she be replaced.
Given it is essentially only one month and one week until the Presidential election, which is totally unlike Anthony Scalia who died in February of the last presidential election year, it would seem logical that the winner of the election then nominate the successor to Ginsburg.
Let us leave the utter hypocrisy of the Republicans on this issue for the moment one cannot understand the haste of Republicans unless they believe Trump will lose.
The Senate Majority Leader now is in a pickle. If he goes ahead and attempts to put in a replacement post haste he will not only put the credibility of politicians further down the ladder but more importantly he will put some senate seats the Republicans hold up for grabs.
