November 2

Well, only a little more than 24 hours before the polls open on the last day to vote. For us the only thing left is waiting til enough of the results come in to see the shape of things to come. We voted almost a month ago on the first day of our state's in-person early voting. The news reports say that more than 90 million votes have already been cast.

Tom Englehardt has a blast from the past type of post tracing the strands leading to today's situation. More and more often nowadays I find myself connecting what is happening to what has happened. As the saying attributed by some to Mark Twain holds history doesn't repeat; it rhymes. I am always annoyed by politicians who loudly insist that we have to let the past go and move forward. It is hard to know where you might be going if you don't know where you have been.

Peter Turchin also has an interesting post examining the election and possible scenarios for afterward. Strangely, we have thought of many of the scenarios Turchin has. We certainly do live in interesting times.