I agree. Something's weird about the election results.

First off -- how could they count all the mail-in ballots so quickly? Counting isn't supposed to start until after the polls close, and last time, that took a day or so. This time, results were announced within a few hours.

Another thing: Little Donny got about as many votes as last time, but it seems 20 million Democrats just sat it out. I find that hard to believe. We all knew how important this election was.

I live in a medium-sized city in a battleground state. On the big day, there were extremely long lines in the university and inner-city neighborhoods, so some people could not vote. There were also credible reports of ballot collection boxes being vandalized in these areas. Multiply this by other cities in battleground states, and something starts smelling really ratty.

We're not going to pull a Jan 6, though. We're not like that.

Whoever was running the publicity sure knew their audience. There were signs all over town with very simple messages such as "Trump / safety / Kamala crime" and "Trump / low taxes / Kamala / high taxes," etc. The Republican's surname name sat on a primary red background at the top of the placard, while the Democrat's given name sat beneath, on a weak pastel blue. The use of Ms. Harris' given name alongside the opponent's surname infantilized her and her supporters. All of this added to the subliminal effects. Giving the devil his due, these ads were very clever and compelling and probably swayed many undecided folks.

Cue Twilight Zone music. Du DU du du ...

I asked a relative who camps on the other side of the aisle if he'd seen these signs around town, and he said no, he hadn't. How could he miss them? They were all over the place!! These signs apparently bypassed his conscious mind and went straight to his lizard brain. They probably did the same with all of Little Donnie's committed fans. I saw clusters of them at many major intersections. High-quality signs, printed in several colors on durable corrugated plastic. Often they were posted high up on utility poles, where you’d need a ladder to post (or deface) them. It would have cost a pretty penny to make and place so many of them. I suspect billionaire media wiz "Leon" Musk was behind that campaign.

Another thing—a few days ago, I did a Google search for images of the Jan 6 insurrection for an article I was writing. I could barely find any. And for a week or so before the election, the street people seemed to have "disappeared." Hmmm...

We're in for a rough ride, ya'll. Let's buckle up and hold each other tight.