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DOES BEING LIKE YOU MEAN I LIKE YOU?

Politicians everywhere appeal to people who look, talk and act like them.

Given this universal truth, it’s revealing who Donald Trump appeals to because he’s like them.

So let’s look at how many votes could come Donald Trump’s way because of what we know is true about him.

First, he’s a man. 120 million American men are entitled to vote in the U.S. election.

Next, he’s white. 165 million U.S. voters are white.

At age 78, he’s also old. 650,000 Americans are 78 or older. But let’s loosen the definition of ‘old’ and say he’s “a senior citizen”. Over 72 million Americans fit into that group.

Trump is also a Christian. 150 million voters identify as Christian.

He plays golf, not well, but a lot. 10.4 million Americans play golf.

Trump is also a college graduate, like 125 million voters, and an Ivy League graduate, like 504,000 of them.

Read on…

The best of times. The worst of times. The list of times.

This last collection of oddities from 2021 is awash with lists because, as one psychiatrist believes, lists satisfy four needs: catch-up, containment, crafting and creating ritual. That may be a little over-analytical, especially on this sleepy New Year’s Day when, for the second time, we’re locked down when we don’t want to be.

But what better way to pass the day than to dig deep into the first Omnium-Gatherum blog of the year?

The Surly Bonds

While Donald Trump is untethering from reality, which is a bad thing, you and I are being untethered from tradition, which is a good thing.

The Plague-Ground – I am calm

I’m calling my bank now. They left a voicemail for me at 5:15 yesterday afternoon.  It sounded serious.  So I called them back right away

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