I am going to combine my political blog LIES AND DAMNED LIES with STORIESARESIGNPOSTS somewhat, at least as long as Donald Trump and Russia threaten our democracy ... and by "our" I mean the world's.
It looks as if the Trump empire is crumbling already though. The so-called "Witch Hunt" is indicting and imprisoning Trump's mob one by one. Trump continues to try and distract with Space Forces, Deep States, rallies and now, bringing up Hillary Clinton's emails - again.
One of the most famous science fiction series is Isaac Asimov's FOUNDATION. a group called the Psycohistorians sets up the Foundation to bring order to the galaxy. They believe that trends in large societies can be predicted mathematically. Everything runs according to plan ... until The Mule is born. Psychohistory cannot predict the actions of an individual, and The Mule is a mutant with powerful psychic abilities. He can reach into the minds of others and "adjust" their emotions, individually or en masse, and win them to his cause - which is conquest.
I see Donald Trump as The Mule. Not that he has any psychic powers, but he does seem able to seize the minds of his followers enough to get them to vote against their own best interests, even to make the religious believe that this racist, lying, womanizing, foul mouthed, cheating you-know-what has been "raised up by God to save America". If democracy had any long term plan, Trump is disrupting it just as The Mule disrupted the Foundation.
It's almost mythic. Look at the names of the characters.
Trump: British slang for fart.
Vladimir: ruler of the world (besides, it sounds like Voldemort)
Mitch (McConnell): urban slang for man-bitch
Robert (Mueller): famed, bright; shining; Mueller means miller (sifting the facts like a miller sifts grain?)
Peter (Strzok): solid as a rock
Barack (Obama): means lightning, but there's more to it. Barack or Baraq was the name of Mohammed's winged horse, who carried the prophet up to Heaven where he met Abraham, Moses, Jesus and other religious figures. A great metaphor for relations between religions.
At any rate, it looks like the long nightmare is drawing to a close. But Republicans and Russians are full of dirty tricks. To purge the voter rolls they have used everything from disenrolling voters for made up reasons to pretending that Russian hacking isn't happening.
Dr McCoy's advice is solid.
Call your local party and make sure you are registered. Get an early ballot or go out to vote on November 6.
As for me, I'm getting my Munchkins ready to sing.
STORIESARESIGNPOSTS hasn't been a particularly political blog. We'll be back next time with a take on one of biggest myths of the 20th and 21st centuries: UFOlogy.
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