Month: September 2024

The 2024 presidential election will be a disaster

 I think it will be a fiasco and there is nothing we can do to prevent that.

I don’t think either side will accept a loss.  Two-thirds of Republicans still don’t think Biden won a fair election. Trump has already said that it’s rigged if he loses.  I expect him to declare victory on election day even though we probably won’t know the final result yet.  If Trump wins, we can look at voter suppression and intimidation, attacks on election officials and replacing them with Trump supporters, and foreign influence. 

I don’t think Republicans are trying to win the popular vote. They know their views on issues such as abortion and guns are not popular. and that Trump will never get support from a majority of voters.  They will try to win by refusing to certify, in the courts with dozens of lawsuits, in state legislatures and ultimately the House of Representatives if the Electoral College is tied. Look at what they are doing in Nebraska to get Trump one more electoral college vote.  Their efforts failed in 2020 and hopefully would fail again.  

In the 1900s, there were 25 elections and the popular vote and electoral college vote were in sync every time. In the 2000s, there have been six elections. In two, Republicans won the Electoral College even though they lost the popular vote.  This could happen again.

I hope I am wrong.

College admission diversity is down due to the Republican Supreme Court majority

Just another example of the Republican justices overturning long-settled precedents with Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

The Dylan and the Band 1974 set has been released – 9/20/24

The 27-disc Bob Dylan and the Band set was released today. I look forward to getting my copy.

I saw the January 6th afternoon show in Philadelphia and thought it was great. Dylan and the Band have disparaged the tour.

There are electric versions of songs like “Lay Lady Lay”, “It Ain’t Me Babe and “Blowin’ in the Wind”. I think what Dylan was telling us is that the songs are Dylan songs, not country songs or folk songs. As we have seen in the 50 years since then, they sound like whatever Dylan wants them to sound like at the time he performs them.

I am disappointed that the Band sets aren’t included. I saw the Band four times between 1970-1974 and this was their second-best performance (after 1970). Unfortunately, some in the audience kept shouting for Dylan whenever the Band was on without him. The Band played “Long Black Veil” which they rarely did when I saw them and I wish this had been released. I’m alright without another version of “The Weight” and “Stage Fright”.

As I recall, the Band used two drummers on a few songs when they backed Dylan.

Georgia Republican efforts to undermine the election

Trump sticks with Robinson

They’re very similar guys -despicable

Red states purging voter rolls to help Trump