For Trump; Rejections; Polygraph

 Yesterday was another polygraph exam. For the first time, I drove myself. On the way there, I had a call from CC. She was checking out. I was about to blow my stack when she told me she needed to check into an intensive in-patient facility. I may have screwed up one question. Then I went downtown Indy, and picked up Cheryl. I made a detour to show CC St. George's and then to get a fish sandwich from McDonald's. Then it was back to Muncie. I dropped her off at John's and came home.

I had a bloody headache by the time I got back here after 8 pm. The rest of the night, I spent weeding emails and running through Longmire on Netflix. 

Why many Arab voters in Michigan are flocking to Trump ahead of US election - they feel ignored, and:

President Joe Biden’s unconditional support for Israel amid the horrific atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon has left many community advocates like Luqman so distraught that they are forging an alliance with Trump in the hope of change – any change.

I think that Harris cannot say much - should say much - about Gaza before the election, or else look like she was undermining Biden's diplomacy. She might even actually undermine it.  

And the rejections keep coming.

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I need to clean my bedroom, get the car ready for return, and vote. I took a vacation day, so no work.

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