Quick hits on a variety of topics:
- It’s actually Halloween today, but like so many other holidays, this has turned into a multi-day celebration. The grandkids already had a treat stop at mommy’s workplace last Thursday, a parade and party at preschool Friday, a trunk-or-treat session downtown Saturday, a trunk-or-treat and dinner at a church Sunday, and tonight is the traditional go-door-to-door-and-collect-candy-from-the-residents-night.
- When I find myself envious of all this and wishing I’d been born later, I correct that thinking by injecting the reality of our present Woke, gender-bender, race-baiting and generally hypocritical society. I’m glad I’m no kid having to deal with all that.
- I understand we live in statistically unlikely times, witness the 2020 presidential vote counting. But I’m thinking it’s unlikely in the extreme that the Philadelphia Phillies can continue to cede 5-0 leads to Houston and win the World Series. That the Phillies are 1-1 in games they trailed 5-0 so far is incredible.
- Speaking of elections and the statistically incredible, our own Pennsylvania vote counters are preparing the populace for another one of those delayed decisions in which the vote total for Dr. Oz in the Senate race is pretty much quantified, then overnight results from Philadelphia and the counting of mail in ballots – which favor Democrats 4-1 in terms of registration (even if those ballots are not proper in terms of dates or persons supposedly submitting them) — push Fetterguy over the top.
- Now that Penn State and coach “Genius” James Franklin have gotten the guaranteed losses to Michigan and Ohio State out of the way, the team can return to the Sisters of the Poor portion of its schedule, win a lot of meaningless games, and proclaim greatness.
- Credit Penn State and sixth-year quarterback Sean Clifford with what seems to be an unmatched feat – three interceptions thrown TO DEFENSIVE LINEMEN in the same game.
- On the topic of interceptions, Steelers quarterback Kenny “They Picked Me Again” Pickett had just one interception in the loss to Philadelphia, a low number for him. Pickett did manage to produce two fumbles, though, losing one.
- With a 2-6 record, the Steelers are going to need to win seven of their remaining nine games to avoid a losing record, which would be a career first for coach Mike Tomlin. The remainder of the schedule has more than its share of weak sisters on it, but not enough for the Steelers to come out on the plus side of .500.
- The people at The Center For Voter Information, a non-profit operation according to the postage information on the mailing, professes to being “fair and reasonable.” But the organization is neither based on this effort. It is steering people toward voting for Clueless John Fetterman, the Joe Biden Beta version. To do so, it paints Dr. Oz as not being in favor of protecting Social Security and Medicare, a familiar false scare bromide trotted out every election to tar unfairly Republican candidates. Dr. Oz also supposedly will send jobs to foreign countries, but will not help farmers. Yeah, right. The fair and reasonable mailing didn’t mention Fetterman’s cognitive difficulties.
- I also got a mailing from the United Steelworkers, which predictably, endorsed Democrat Josh Shapiro for governor. It reminds me of a story I was told regarding a recent teachers’ union function in which the union mouthpiece was claiming bi-partisanship. But, when asked the last time the union had supported a Republican, SILENCE!
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