I predict Kamala Harris will get six million more votes than Trump but I don’t know if the Electoral College allows her to win. The prediction is because the Democratic nominee for the last seven of eight Presidential Elections got the most votes. Bush II got three million more than Kerry. Now we all know getting more votes doesn’t mean winning as long as the ancient idea of 538 people deciding who wins.
	
        Here’s who won popular vote and by how many millions: Biden by 4, Hillary Clinton by 3, Obama by 5, Obama by 10, Gore by 8, and Bill Clinton by 8 and by 5.

	See, it is a dead bang certainty that Harris will get more votes but she needs to pick up most of the so called battleground states. Those are Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina. Poll averages as of August 21 has Trump leading in Arizona by 0.2%, Nevada by 1.2%, Pennsylvania 0.2%, North Carolina 1.2% , and Georgia by 1.8%. Harris leads by 1.8% in Georgia and 2.0% in Michigan. All are well inside the statistical error. The pressure is really on in those states because the winner will probably win with a majority of less than 10,000 in each state.

	Currently the reliable states give Harris 208 votes and Trump 219 with toss-ups having 111. The winner needs 270 no matter how many millions more popular votes Harris will get.

	A real democracy means the majority of the people decide their leader but not here. We really are no different than many other countries with the majority party picking the country’s leader. We need to make elections fair and honest by getting rid of the Electoral College!

        Former President Donald Trump has actually made a correct statement about him being tried and found guilty of committing thirty-four counts of lying on his state income tax returns. He said “If they can do it to me, they can do it to you!” If he had merely paid Stormy Daniels and left the matter alone, he would not have committed a crime. The axiom which came from Watergate is “It’s the cover-up that gets you” definitely applies to Trump’s crime.

            The question is what sentence should Trump get for his crime. The judge can give him up to four years and not in the Oval Office. He could take into account his age and obvious mental deficiencies. Continuing to berate a judge that is about to sentence you shows a lack of common sense and mental capacity. He could get a thousand or more hours of picking up trash in parks or along highways. He would be the one working in an orange jumpsuit. The people around him wearing coats and ties would be his Secret Service guards.

            Many New Yorkers have been found guilty of committing the same crimes and were locked up for years. I would think most people would consult their CPA or attorney before trying to write off bogus expenses. Trump has said nobody gets tried for this business expense. It is fairly common in New York and the payoff was personal, not his business.

            Should Trump be locked up is an easy answer since he said many times that Hillary Clinton should be locked up because, “Nobody is above the law.” Should those words be used by the judge when giving the sentence?

Imagine if things had gone differently in the Pacific Theater in World War II and we had to have a negotiated peace with Japan. For peace we would have had to give up all the land West of the Continental Divide. Afterwards the Japanese would have overtly moved people into the remaining eighty percent getting citizenship, starting or buying businesses, and moving into houses and apartments, This would embed them into society and start the change of our culture while keeping their own. After some time they would be putting Japanese citizens into Congress and the Senate and possibly the White House.

If this sounds preposterous, it is exactly what President Vladimir Putin is doing in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Georgia fought Russia without any help and lost two whole states. In the other eighty percent live about one-hundred-thousand Russians of varying economic status. Some came to avoid being drafted to fight in Ukraine while others brought lots of money to buy into businesses. Moldova has the same situation except the Russians took over without much of a fight since Moldova has little military might.

If Putin is allowed to keep Ukraine’s twenty percent they soon would be increasing their infiltration. The Ukrainian President before Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a Putin dupe. Millions of Ukrainians forced him out of office. He fled to Russia.

As long as Putin is fighting in the Ukraine he will not be looking at any other former Soviet State. Several of them are now NATO. Maybe Putin will not use his military and invade but use his Cyber troops to destroy their will to resist his having his people put in office. [Cyber troops are teams dedicated to swaying and manipulating public opinion through coordinated internet and social media campaigns organized by governments, powerful parties, or corporations.] Think about his Cyber successes here and in Europe.

        My first time in San Antonio was when the Alamo was enclosed in a case of scaffolding. We stayed in the historic hotel across the street. We had requested and got a room on the Alamo side. We took the river cruise during that Christmas vacation so the banks were completely lit. We bought some items in the Mexican mall. We toured the old missions and dined the local restaurants. It was an enjoyable part of our two week road trip.

            Our second visit was not enjoyable at all. The Alamo had been turned into a botanical park destroying the feel of the site. Several of the people I conversed with while waiting to be herded around thought a bulldozer should be used to put the Alamo back to its historic importance. A neighbor just returned from San Antonio’s visit to see some friends. They went to the Alamo to see the flowers and park; but not the purpose of the object of the memorial.

            When we stayed in the hotel the second time it must have been close to our first room. The Gaudily lit carriages at night enhanced the recreational touristy feel of what should have been a feeling of a heroic but misguided historic event. We have made our views felt to many others who have made their visits to Texas avoiding a San Antonio stay.

            Incidentally, the traffic in the area was the worst I have ever driven in including rush hour in other major cities.  Perhaps turning the surrounding streets vehicle-less would help. I would also suggest turning the Alamo into a historical monument with several re-enactments each year and tearing out the floral garden and the herding system with lines. I missed seeing any respect!      

        Arresting Alec Baldwin for the death of Halyna Hutchins is ridiculous. The person who was responsible for her death is the armorer and she was the armorer. She was the only person who was supposed to be putting bullets in the revolver so she actually shot herself.

            Saying Baldwin and others are responsible for Hutchins’ screw up is a waste of taxpayers’ money and court’s time. The actor and others had no reason to believe she had put real bullets and blanks in the same box and then in the revolver.  The District Attorney says lots of people should have checked. Using that idea, then every actor should check if the horse is gentled, the saddle is tight, and doesn’t have a rattlesnake in the saddlebags. Should the actors check if the logs in the fireplace are secure before it is lit?

            The only person to do this is striving for publicity and looking to try for a higher office. She probably wants to be Arizona’s Attorney General or even governor. What a waste of time and money!