The Weekly Flail — October 26, 2024

OVERVIEW

I ran across a perfect summary of the US political situation today:

+ More than half of Trump’s supporters don’t believe he’ll actually do many of the things he claims he’ll do (mass deportations, siccing the military on domestic protesters and political rivals), while more than half of Harris’s supporters hope she’ll implement many of the policies (end the genocide/single-payer) she claims she won’t. And that pretty much sums up this election. — Counterpunch

I can only add that I still cannot believe the polls. Lots of anecdotal information suggests that the election is close only in the eyes of the national media and our oligarchic rulers.

For a national culture still ensnared in myth-based religion, purgatory with Kamala is better than hell with Trump.

We continue our reliance on technology, our only positive accomplishment.

The climate disaster worsens by the month and is finally being noted as a problem in our official media because the disasters are too big to ignore. There are still only vague references to possible planetary warming as a factor.

Amazingly, we now have full bipartisan support for genocide in Gaza. The US is now using Stealth bombers against the Houthis, who now own the Red Sea, having driven…