Here's a safe prediction:  by tomorrow a devout fascist will have been elected president.

Because that's all that's running. Of the two who have a chance, anyway.

Much may be made of election shenanigans: "rigged" votes, "stolen" votes. No doubt they'll happen; and no doubt fraudulent accusations will be made. It's crooks squabbling over the proceeds of crime. What different should we expect?

The national elections are a lot like the World Series:  there's vast money and perqs riding on the outcome, serious enough that people will kill and die over it; and you have no influence over the outcome, and the outcome means nothing practical for you.

Of course the elections are rigged. Long before the herd gets allowed to make its hoofmarks on ballots. Because by the time a candidate is anointed by one of the allegedly distinct parties, they've already been thoroughly vetted by the people who really rule us, whoever they may be. It literally doesn't matter to them who gets elected.

Either way, they win.

Guess who loses.

You don't believe me? Don't believe in "conspiracy theory"? (Ooh, do you have a mocking coming for that nonsensical non-thinking!)

Hope you loved the bailout. Both "bitter rivals" for Presidency did. So did the plutocrats who received the greatest single transfer of wealth from the many to the few in human history. And are continuing to reap more by the supertanker load. It's the gift that keeps on giving! And taking.

You've heard the bad news:  more fascism ahead (although it'll only be called that if McInsane wins the toss.) Now hear the worse.

It's being smugly predicted by the Government/Media Complex glossfaces that this'll be the biggest voter stampede in history. That's tragic. It'll mean people continue to buy the lie - when that spurious legitimacy is, functionally, all that government has. Remember:  no matter who you vote for, even if it's for a third party, a write-in, or a blank, you're voting for More of the Same. And you shall assuredly get it, good and hard. And so will the rest of us.

If you're actually still thinking about whether to go and endorse your enslavement, impoverishment, and quite likely physical destruction, here's a link to a last-hour plea for you not to be a wool-bearing even-toed ungulate from Alex Ryan's Fear of Freedom blog, entitled, tellingly, "Please don't vote". (Hat tip to the invaluable Wendy McElroy.)

Just say "bah." Instead of "baa."

This one's marketed as "the most important election in history." Which it is.  The winner's going to have a chance to preside over the implosion of the US empire.

And all he'll really have is a front row seat.

Sanctify Yer Slavery Day Update, 3:03:53 PM MST: Big corporations are bribing people to vote, regardless of whom for.

Still think your vote means anything?

Update, 8:03:56 PM: here's another perspective.

Judging from the evidence on his "Hooligan Libertarian" blog, Kent McManigal is another New Mexican, who lives in Clovis.

Our second hat tip to Wendy McElroy for this one.

Why, indeed?

Really, could he be any worse than McInsane or O'Bomber? How?

They both stand four-square for war, torture, domestic spying, and massive welfare for the rich. Or hadn't you noticed?

Anyway, click on the link to buy the swell shirt. I'm happy, at least, to be able to plug my pals Ray and Barb van Tilburg and their wonderful Offworld Designs. Ray's an excellent artist who does tee-shirt designs for a lot of Midwest cons, including Archon. Plus they have tons of non-con specific designs, such as the above, which are nifty and wicked clever.

Even if they're distressed by my usage of their design, if, like most people, they cherish the belief there's an actual difference between the sock puppet on Leviathan's left claw, and the one on His right.

But relax. It's nothing to the pain that your guy will cause if elected. No matter which he is.

(And then again ... not even a Great Old One can prevent the implosion of the Unitedstatesian Empire.)