Links for 11/6/18

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MGB: I suspect you will need briefings on both sides - one for prep and one to cover the Dolan crowd shifting toward the Democrats, leaving a few Anachronist true believers alone with themselves.

Second trimester abortions are violent and are likely covered under the exceptions for health after it is known that the baby has no chance of survival. First trimester abortions are all too sanitary. Regardless, most abortions are paid for in cash. You are more likely to fund them by going to the movies or a fast food restaurant as at least a portion of your dollar will fund taking care of an inconvenient pregnancy, paid for by either the father for his girlfriend or the pregnant teen herself. Of course, the matter that is as important is the disaster of letting voters decide on taxes and expenditures. Direct democracy has its limits.

Pro-life Democrats should take the hint that the entire movement is about electing Republicans. When margins are so close, the fiction that this is not true is the only clue you need to know that pro-life Democrats were a prop to show that the issue was not entirely political. This is because, even if such officials could be the margin of victory in Congress to vastly limit abortion, actually doing so is not on the GOP's agenda. They like the issue for electoral purposes, they don't really want it resolved on either side. You have to be a political hack to know this. It was never about saving the unborn.

Suburban voters is another way to say non-white trash voters who would rather not leave Donald Trump unchecked, or even in office. The Democrats are focusing on health issues because they know that the anti-Trump vote is already in the bag.

To know why Certiorari was granted, look at the Justices who signed off on it. They may be close to solving the thorny issue of religion in the public square. It should be easier without Nino on the Court. Comments from the peanut gallery on ancient lawgivers are irrelevant.

Arroyo is part of the Republican movement. He is a propagandist, not a journalist. Don't let him in the room in Baltimore unless you want to create a spectacle.

Sirico was a convert singly loudly in Church. I also know of know promise of chastity for priests. The promise is to not get married, which is now an issue because gay priests could. That may be the final straw in killing priestly celibacy and the fascination of asexual priests with everyone else's sex lives. Sadly, St. John Paul was a member of the latter, raising sexual issues to credal status, or rather leaving them there. The long term trend to do so is a cancer in the Church.

Congrats on the Quiz show mention. The only way to be sure it will be included is to write the obit yourself, unless you trust that whomever is has all the facts.  More topical is the Rachel Maddow show's election night bingo, where vulnerable Republicans are the squares and are covered if they lose.  Of course, this is a stunt to keep people watching MSNBC tonight, as if anyone will be watching Fox News. Carl Rove wandering around the studio looking for different numbers on the Obama win was good theater, but embarrassing after the fact. On CNN, no one can watch Wolf Blitzer for the seven hours coverage will go on.