[Admiral Beez]

It depends who’s running Congress on the January 20th changeover. The new House and Senate takes its seat in early January. If it’s a Dem Congress we can expect the gendarmes to chuck out Trump. A split Congress.... I’m not sure.

 

[Richard White]

It depends who’s running Congress on the January 20th changeover. The new House and Senate takes its seat in early January. If it’s a Dem Congress we can expect the gendarmes to chuck out Trump. A split Congress.... I’m not sure.

I'm fully expecting tanks and special forces to oust Trump

 

[Johnny Au]

Meanwhile from our good friends at Fake NewsTO...

Americans mistakenly think Toronto is the model for good public transit

A new video about the state of the U.S.' public transit system was released by American publication Vox Thursday morning, and many local residents ar…

www.blogto.com

BlogTO: Buffalo and Atlanta don't exist. The video mentions nothing about Buffalo nor Atlanta. Therefore, the TTC is inferior.
YouTube comments on the Vox video about Why American public transit is so bad: The TTC is the worst public transit system in North America, hands down! The Buffalo MetroRail and Atlanta's MARTA are purely fictional. They're not in the video because if either system were real, Vox would've mentioned them in its video.
Urban geographers: Toronto has among the best public transit systems in North America and Buffalo and Atlanta could learn from Toronto. The fact that the MARTA heavy-rail system is roughly cross-shaped with the centre being in downtown Atlanta strongly supports Vox's claims that public transit systems in the United States tend to focus on suburb-to-downtown routes and ignore suburb-to-suburb routes despite Vox not mentioning the MARTA.

 

[Admiral Beez]

BlogTO: Buffalo and Atlanta don't exist. The video mentions nothing about Buffalo nor Atlanta. Therefore, the TTC is inferior.
YouTube comments on the Vox video about Why American public transit is so bad: The TTC is the worst public transit system in North America, hands down! The Buffalo MetroRail and Atlanta's MARTA are purely fictional. They're not in the video because if either system were real, Vox would've mentioned them in its video.
Urban geographers: Toronto has among the best public transit systems in North America and Buffalo and Atlanta could learn from Toronto. The fact that the MARTA heavy-rail system is roughly cross-shaped with the centre being in downtown Atlanta strongly supports Vox's claims that public transit systems in the United States tend to focus on suburb-to-downtown routes and ignore suburb-to-suburb routes despite Vox not mentioning the MARTA.

I’m lost, how is this related to the November election?

 

[Johnny Au]

I’m lost, how is this related to the November election?

The gist of what I have said is that public transit funding is key, especially from the federal government, and Buffalo and Atlanta can learn from Toronto (and have better transit funding of course, especially given that both Buffalo and Atlanta have potential).

 

[Admiral Beez]

The gist of what I have said is that public transit funding is key, especially from the federal government, and Buffalo and Atlanta can learn from Toronto (and have better transit funding of course, especially given that both Buffalo and Atlanta have potential).

Okay, but what’s that got to do with the November election?

 

[Coolstar]

Okay, but what’s that got to do with the November election?

If Biden is elected, you'd probably have a better chance of infrastructure funding.

 

[Northern Light]

Rosie D had a column today in the Star, that for some reason I actually read.

It was a profile of sorts of Lordstown, OH

A none-too-flattering view of a town that is shrinking, down-on-its-luck, lost its GM Plant and still seems likely to vote Trump by a material margin.

A component of the column examines the casual, not so subtle racism of several townsfolk.

Rosie DiManno: GM is gone, but Trump’s support hasn’t left this Ohio factory town (nor has the casual racism)

General Motors left in Donald Trump’s first term, but you can blame that on the CEOs, locals say in blue-collar Lordstown, Ohio. Once part of the Democrats’ Blue Wall across north-central America, the village is now firmly pro-Trump, with all that brings, Rosie DiManno writes.

www.thestar.com

 

[JasonParis]

Toronto is mentioned...

Not only Toronto, but a founding member of this forum.

BlogTO: Buffalo and Atlanta don't exist. The video mentions nothing about Buffalo nor Atlanta. Therefore, the TTC is inferior.
YouTube comments on the Vox video about Why American public transit is so bad: The TTC is the worst public transit system in North America, hands down! The Buffalo MetroRail and Atlanta's MARTA are purely fictional. They're not in the video because if either system were real, Vox would've mentioned them in its video.
Urban geographers: Toronto has among the best public transit systems in North America and Buffalo and Atlanta could learn from Toronto. The fact that the MARTA heavy-rail system is roughly cross-shaped with the centre being in downtown Atlanta strongly supports Vox's claims that public transit systems in the United States tend to focus on suburb-to-downtown routes and ignore suburb-to-suburb routes despite Vox not mentioning the MARTA.

Honestly, everyone should tweet the sh*t out of them. A complete diservice to this city.

 

[Coolstar]

Biden rebounds to edge over Trump in Texas, as Hegar slightly narrows Cornyn’s lead in Senate race

Former Vice President Joe Biden has regained a narrow lead over President Donald Trump in Texas, after wooing more independents and Hispanics, according to a...

www.dallasnews.com

 

[Admiral Beez]

If Biden is elected, you'd probably have a better chance of infrastructure funding.

I appreciate and recognize your attempt, but can we keep it on topic.

 

[Admiral Beez]

I know we don’t want to jinx it, but I’m feeling that there’s a blue tsunami coming.

“If There Is Another Tick Down, It’s a Total Bloodbath”: How Trump’s Self-Destructive Candidacy Could Blow Up the Electoral Map

Democrats’ massive fundraising, downballot energy, and seniors turning against Trump signal a potential blue-wave election with unexpected flips. As one South Carolina strategist says, “Biden supporters in red states are hopeful.”

www.vanityfair.com

“A slew of political fundamentals—fundraising, explosive early-vote numbers, late-spending decisions, candidate travel, surging downballot Democrats, the Republican rush to confirm a new Supreme Court justice, and the ugly fact that Trump is dueling with George H. W. Bush for the title of most unpopular incumbent since World War II—point to what’s coming. If the polls are correct, the president is about to get schlonged, bigly.”

 

[gabe]

I still think Trump is going to win. Same polls predicted a Clinton win in 2016. I hope to hell i'm wrong.

 

[AlbertC]

Yeah, I'm taking the pragmatically pessimistic approach to this election. The overall situation feels about 50:50 right now. Trump will always have his base, and the build up in the past month or so has swung momentum in his favour.

Most of my immediate family are actually Americans, although mostly clustered in the Democrat areas of NYC and Philly. One cousin has branched outward to Seattle. And one grouping in Georgia. While there's some extended family and friends of family in Houston, Boston, and Cali. What I've learned through the years is that when dealing with the Yanks, always think in terms of Murphy's Law.

 

[W. K. Lis]

.... What I've learned through the years is that when dealing with the Yanks, always think in terms of Murphy's Law.

In case you don't know what "Murphy's Law" is, it is "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong".