I always think of a night with a full moon peeking from behind the moving clouds as a “werewolf night” ever since I first saw Lon Chaney, Jr. in “The Werewolf.” That old gypsy woman, Maria Ouspenskaya, warned him, even if he was dubious. We know better.
Even a man who is pure in heart
and says his prayers by night
may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms
and the moon is full and bright.
WOOOOOO00oooooo
One: The reason the race is so close is because there are not enough pickup trucks flying huge Trump flags. Studies have shown that every time a pickup truck goes by with a huge Trump flag, more people vote for Trump. If they don’t have a pickup, they should rent one. And four or five flags would be even better.
Two: You heard that two really good investments are Truth Social and Trump’s new crypto company. After all, he has been a very successful businessman, and his wine company and Trump University and the casinos made lots of money. They can’t go wrong investing in a Trump company.
Three: It is important that Trump supporters vote in person. This year the election will be held on Wednesday, November 6. Polls open at 7 a.m.
The Trump campaign is putting out merch for Latter Day Saints. They can purchase a “Latter Day Saint for Trump” coffee mug or a beer cozy.
Think about that.
Weissport is a tiny borough on the edge of the Lehigh River in Carbon County. It is home to a wonderful ice cream store, a small restaurant which makes excellent breakfasts and lunches, but closes at 1 p.m., a very good pizza joint, and Rep. Doyle Heffley’s office. Like most towns in Carbon County, it has a drug problem, but little kids also ride their bikes around town without fear.
We canvassed Weissport on Saturday and Sunday. We found quite a few Harris supporters, although they don’t advertise it with signs and flags like the Trumpists do. We did not go to houses with Trump signs, and we did encounter some meanness. When I talked to one Democrat who was voting for Trump, I said I just can’t imagine deporting 13 million people. She said, “We let them in, didn’t we?” I ended that contact.
I also met a Democrat in her seventies who said Biden ruined the economy. I mentioned the economy was strong, and she came back with “I know what groceries cost.”
Only one guy hurled insults and curse words at us, but we also got a mail-in ballot application from a bed-ridden Harris supporter who wouldn’t have voted if we hadn’t canvassed. Since we visited fewer than 100 people, that is more than one percent. That’s why we canvass
I took very seriously the warning that we might have a killing frost last night and harvested about half of my pepper plants and covered the rest. When I woke up this morning I found a thick coating of frost on the truck windshield, but my peppers–Scotch bonnets, jalapeños, serranos, cherries, habaneros, and Jamaican yellows–were saved. I feel good about that.
In these times we must celebrate small victories. Tomorrow we are going canvassing for Harris and the rest of the Democratic ticket in Weissport. That is to help ensure the big victory.
Today I attended an open house sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Trachsville Firehouse. The open house featured information on the Corps’ plan to update the comprehensive plan for Beltzville State park.
On one of the tables were a number of publications, including: Wildlife Notes: Birds; Wildlife Notes: Mammals; and Common Trees of Pennsylvania. I took a copy of each and then noticed that the back cover of each one featured a photo of Representative Doyle Heffley with his contact information.
Did Rep. Heffley write these publications? No. Is he an expert on Pennsylvania mammals, birds, and trees? Probably not. Did he pay for these publications? No, the taxpayers of Pennsylvania paid for them.
This practice of giving out free stuff with legislators’s names plastered on them is one of the perks of being a legislator, and it is also one of the reasons why it is so hard to beat an incumbent legislator in this state. It doesn’t matter if that legislator does little or nothing to advance the public good. There is all this free stuff.
In July a number of publishers reported that Florida officials were requiring them to delete references to “climate change” in certain textbooks used in Florida schools.
How’s that working out for you down there?
