The winds have died down, the lights have stopped going on and off, and things appear to be normal here — or at least as normal as they are these days, which is none too normal.
As we all know, the Electoral College today did what it always does and tallied the votes. You'd think that would be the end of it but Trump supporters are still angry and Donald's still raking in donations so on it goes. Today's odd twist was Republicans in certain states electing alternate slates of electors pledged to Donald, submitting their votes to Congress as if the two submissions had some sort of equal weight.
I don't get the legal premise here. The real electoral submission is based on an actual tally of ballots cast by everyone in the state who chose to vote. The alternate submission is a tiny bunch of people saying how they feel the election came out. Maybe I'll get a bunch of my friends together, we'll blow a few bucks on a notary public and submit a report saying that we're feeling pretty sure I won.
This Friday is the 20th anniversary of this blog. I've been at a loss as to what to do to make that day special here and I finally had a good suggestion. Stop by Friday and see what it is. But don't get your hopes up.