BOREALIS, Over half voters getting out early - (turnout forecast 45-55% still sucks bigtime compared to Aussiland) going back to Vietnam days of '66 with then after JFK assassination LBJ at the helm - is good to see. See your "David Catanese/USA Today: The Early Voting Explosion https://www.usnews.com/news/the-run/articles/2018-10-22/early-voting-in-some-states-is-rivaling-presidential-turnout" One day your voting could be compulsory too. It should be. Sausage sizzles are fun. The troll image https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqNNG_9WoAAwTJa.jpg from "CNN isn't messing around with this chyron https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1054709380527124481/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1054709380527124481&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstory%2F2018%2F10%2F24%2F1806696%2F-Abbreviated-Pundit-Round-up-The-Trump-lies-are-increasing-exponentially" gotta use soon when appropriate. Enjoyed all the links, 'cept hit by the Vanity Fair paywall. Greg Dworkin's Daily Koz diary is a good one, thx. Oh, almost forgot. My comment about Kelly maybe having more control over Trump because Trump's Politifact 'wrong side of truth' total had dropped was a silly impetuous jump, wasn't it. Good point. Of course, Trump would be lying as much as ever, and Politifact, of course, could not, so do not .. https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/feb/12/principles-truth-o-meter-politifacts-methodology-i/#How%20we%20choose%20claims , check nearly everything torturing Trump's vocal cords. That was my first thought on seeing the first headline "Tina Nguyen/Vanity Fair: TRUMP’S LIES ARE BECOMING EXPONENTIALLY MORE BRAZEN https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/10/donald-trump-brazen-lies-migrant-caravan " in Dworkin's top-shelf diary, "Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The Trump lies are increasing exponentially"