EVEN NATE SILVER BLEW IT

I was following my man Nate on his website ("538") and he even underestimated the Republican tidal wave. I have more anger than I know what to do with and don't exactly know who to focus on or where to start.  I will say that watching Jon Stewart has helped.  His mind is nearly as twisted as mine and he is brighter. It continues to occur to me that there are more of them than there are of me--and that is very scary. So here goes:

--Every Democrat ran away from Obama and made sure he did not appear in their state.  They ran away from the Affordable Care Act, immigration, the economy, and anything remotely progressive.  I am not, however, blind to Obama's passivity.  He needed a good PR person or a big kick in the ass.  There were loads of things he could point to (troop reductions, the Affordable Care Act, the economy considering what he got handed to him 6 years ago).  But no, he was quiet and decided to go and hide and he did get the ass kicking just not the one he expected.
--Now he has two months before the senate turns dangerously rightward.  I am hoping he picks fights every day with Boehner (he who has a perpetual tan) and that good ole boy Mitch.  Make executive decisions and judicial appointments.  Because once those Republicans take over the Senate there will be nothing he will get for two years.  I want the Republicans to fight him on immigration and see if that helps them in 2016.
--The economy did not matter--hatred mattered and most of it was abut Obama.  And in my paranoid though process, no one can convince me that there is not still an issue of where he was born and the color of his skin.
--Good news though--Scottie got kicked way down into the gutter up there in NH.  Jeanne Shaheen took care of him and now he actually has to look for work.  Screw him--maybe move to Vermont and take on Bernie??
--I do love Elizabeth Warren--she is just terrific and I hope to hell she does not run for President--she will lose badly and is much more fun in the Senate.
--Two articles:  One sent to me and appearing in Salon recommending that the President welcome efforts to impeach him.  Seems like they might try anyhow so he should just open up his arms and let them come after him.  The second article was in the New Yorker and was about Hilary and her possible run in 2016.  She will have competition which is ok but no one should think it will be an easy ride for her.

Avoid the recent Hadassah magazine unless you want to hear a bunch of crap about how Sheldon Adelson's wife is a wonderful person or you wish to get blinded by the size of the diamond she manages to stick out in front of her.  Don't ask me about why I read that crappy mag.

Then we have the two guys on the plane back to Boston from Toronto.  Strangers in the night who talked for the full 90 minutes and would not shut up.  By the way Toronto has an in city airport closer to downtown than Logan is to downtown Boston.  And you get free snacks and beverages in the waiting lounge.  Awful good spending time with someone you have known for 60 odd years.

The Supremes continue to let lower court rulings stand on abortion and same sex marriage.  And the crazy fucking righties keep pushing them to make a hard and fast decision.  I am not sure what I prefer.

Should I care that the comet lander bounced 3 times.  This from an article in the Globe.  I think I couldn't care less.

SPORTS TALK
--Remember these names:  Sequin, Kessel, Thornton.  Yeah they got Hamilton but nothing much else after getting rid of those 3.  Two of them are leading the league in goals.  The Bruins on the other hand have to hope Rask stands on his head and holds teams to one or two goals because THEY CANNOT PUT THE PUCK IN THE NET.
--Mr. Brady and the boys really smoked Denver.  Methinks the Colts will be tougher

Sayonara