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This is pretty awesome.

Here is either the oldest art or one of the oldest tools known to man:

Imagine trying to defeat a sitting president that is running on a platform of economic prosperity, and the opposition party can't/won't challenge that claim. That near insurmountable task is what the establishment Democratic candidates would have to overcome should one win the nomination.

A LOT of interesting polling stuff going on right now.

Today, in a Patinkin Research Strategies poll of New Hampshire (600 people, 21% on cell phones), Tulsi came in at 7% in 5th place. According to this poll, 7% of those polled are still undecided.

Tomorrow's cover: What’s next for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after royal family exit https://t.co/HFKsfoFVMM pic.twitter.com/1YmBaPN2g1

— New York Post (@nypost) January 9, 2020

Question: How do you know that the Biden campaign is in trouble?
Answer: when you see headlines like this.

Pity the poor Iraqis. They dared to officially ask us to leave their nation today. They even asked nicely.

At times I may sound anti-drug treatment. I fully support taking medication if it is for the five rights: right reason, right dose, right response, right length of time and right monitoring. These criteria should be used for all prescriptions, over the counter drugs and supplements and evaluated periodically.

Anyone who thinks that supporting the troops means supporting pointless wars, or that bombing villages somehow "teaches them a lesson" is not a deep thinker. When you encounter people that reflexively support wars against places and people that they know absolutely nothing about, you should be aware that you are dealing with someone who is both ignorant and angry.

CBS this morning reports the U.S. government is confident the Ukraine airliner that crashed after takeoff in Iran was shot down by possibly two surface to air missiles.

Government sources indicate satellite surveillance shows the aircraft was targeted shortly after takeoff, but no visual confirmation from anyone on the ground was reported.

Opinions abound, including ‘inside sources’; a bit of a Round-Up.

‘Iran sent ‘multiple messages’ to US that its attacks were done’, Pamela Brown and Paul LeBlanc, CNN, 12 hours ago

“Iran initiated contact through at least three back channels starting late Tuesday, including through Switzerland and other countries. There were “multiple messages and they were all the same,” a person familiar with the matter said. Iran wanted to convey their retaliatory action had ended — and was waiting to see how the US would respond.” [snip]