Heading into 2025

Yes, we know this is the comedy blog. The RFK Jr post was there to remind us there is a comical side. But there will not be comedy posts from now till sometime in 2025. This is a very serious situation for our country.

The low information voters showed up in good numbers, even though the total voters were about the same as 2016 and earlier national elections. They got to decide the president is based on "I'm somewhat worse off than I was in 2020 and I have no idea about the economy, really." They do not quite understand inflation. Young voters do not recall inflation in their lives and the rest sort of forget what happened in 2008 or the Reagan era. We had inflation. My first mortgage was at 13% under Reagan.

And here we are. Trump has taken this message (a win by some 1% but not getting over 50% of the votes) as a mandate from the masses. A good portion of young males voted also to bring down "government excess." Any benefits to seniors or any other group and all that regulation was seen as bad. They even saw vaccines as some evil thing the elites invented. None of them recall the vaccinations they got as a kid.

The young males showed up to vote for one thing: Trump. Nothing else on the ballot mattered. Perhaps it sounded cool and strong that this tired old man was going to be dictator for one day.

JFK Junior does not think food has enough E-coli

 E-coli is a common bacterium. Its amounts are monitored routinely. The new Drug Czar to be appointed by Donald Trump thinks we are not getting enough E-coli in our food.

He wants the minimum level to be "50" of "whatever they use to measure it." It is often expressed as colony forming units per gram, cfu7g.

"Ok, those. We lived with well over 100 when we were cave men."

We probably had less E-coli when we were cavemen, we have to note. If we caught a fish, we fried it and ate it. Currently fish with cfu/g are rejected.

"Once we get used to the minimal 50, I am going to raise it to 150."

Connecticut Voter just does not know about Kamala Harris

Jill Johnson from Connecticut just can't decide between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Why is that, Jill?

-Well, I voted for Trump once and he was a disaster. Then I voted for Joe Biden and he went senile. I just don't seem to pick good candidates that can work the usual two terms.

- We think Kamala is in good health and has no real controversy. She will even take care of the border situation as much as congress will fund us to do. When we get past Trump. So what is the problem?

-I just don't know about Kamala Harris. I'm ready to vote for Democrats, but I would like another candidate.

-It's too late to nominate someone else and get them on the ballot.

-OK, then, next time I will vote for her when I know more about her as a president.

Trump solves fentanyl problem: Tariffs!

With fentanyl from China!!! coming in through our Southern border, there seemed to be no way to stop it. Donald Trump has promised huge tariffs on everything from China. This will punish them. Now he has hit on a brilliant solution for fentanyl.

"we will be putting a 1000% tariff on fentanyl." As some of the fentanyl is assembled in Mexico, all fentanyl from Mexico and China will be taxed by this import tax.

Musk not spending 45 Million on Trump -- Harris supporters spend 1600 Megawatt-hours in three days

 Kamala Harris suppoerters have a lot of energy. Their combined total energy spent since her campaign was announced has been estimated at 1600 Megawatt-hours, the amount produced by a large nuclear reactor in one hour.

Meanwhile, Musk dollars to Trump did not total 45 million, though he did set up a fund.

The Republican candidate is currently in energy saving mode.

Independent voters gauge Harris

Voters Bill and Jack had not made up their mind about Biden and Trump when Biden dropped out. Voter Bill, 36, usually votes for independent candidates. He never voted for Trump. But he was still looking for "someone else" a month ago. Will you listen to Kamala interviews, Bill?

-No, I will just read some interviews.

-Will you look up her history in Wikipedia?

-I might, but I have other sources.

Jack also is still deciding. How will you find out what Kamala is all about?

-I'll just talk to people who watch TV. I don't.

-How about the internet. Will you use your computer?

- I don't use computers. I hate those things. I do some banking on my phone, but I have my daughter check it every week.

- So how will you decide about Kamala?

-Gut feel. I imagine I'll see her face on TV at the bar once or twice before election.

-Thanks, Jack.

Voters still want "someone else" because nobody knows what Biden did...or Trump

USA-- Voters polled in a number of states were asked to check off 5 things that Biden did as president from a list of 50 possible things. One voter in Texas knew about the Infrastructure Act. Nobody else in the 2000 people polled had any correct answers. A few claimed:

-He caused inflation.

- He raised gas prices.

-He made millions in Ukraine. It's on Hunter Biden's laptop.

-Isn't he like close to 90?

When a similar list was given about Trump, every person that got a relief check remembered that. But nothing else.

-Didn't he get in trouble with that Ukranian guy? And I remember seeing a picture of him with Putin.

-He closed the border. (he did not)

-He put kids in cages.

-He cut taxes. Only...not mine.

-He got arrested. But that must have been after he was president. I remember the mugshot. So, no, I don't remeber anything else. Just the check.

-I got some free masks and Covid tests. But that might have been Biden.

We did catch up with indpendent voter Fred.

KR: What do you suppose Biden will do in a second term.

Fred: Not much. Fix a few bridges. Let some foreigners in.

KR: And Trump?

Fred: No idea. It is a bit scary.

As we can see, there is not much to go on for this group in November. Not a single person knew that democracy is in danger. Three women thought that Trump banned abortion. And of course he did. But only through judges.