Thursday, October 29, 2020

Links for 10/29/20

Links for 10/29/20 

The Democrats will have the advantage. Let's see if they use it to capitalize on redistricting or create new ways to do it. They may do both, but reform will wait to the last possible minute. People vote in PR, but they have many parties to pick from. It is the system that causes people not to vote. It is not a matter of individual virtue. Proportional representation would solve the problem of both non-voting and redistricting, It also makes government more complicated because when everyone is represented, compromise is more difficult.

Warnock should win, because Biden will win Georgia (don't include GOP push polls in the average). Abrams should be DNC Chair. Has she been a National Committee Member? That is usually a job requirement.

Nuts and granola Catholics will vote Biden. Others may or may not follow what the bishop says. It matters more to them than an editorial in the daily paper. People are locked in. The question in the Midwest is "who will be too sick to vote next week?" This is true in Nebraska and Ohio, although moderate Ohio Republicans will follow Kasich to the polls.

Jones-Day knows to cover both sides of the street. They also know that Trump is doomed, even if he were to win.

The way to stop trafficking is to offer opportunity to those who would sell their daughters. Spending any time watching African TV shows how pervasive the desire to go to America is - at all costs. This is where the message is needed.

Ratzinger read the tea leaves when he said being gay is disordered. Not saying so has only one logical conclusion: marriage equality. The same is true about ordaining women to the deaconate.

Color me shocked that Evangelic pop musicians release pro-Trump songs,



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