The Trump vs Biden Spectacular
Oddities and irregularities, so many leading up to what will play out in an Atlanta studio some few hours from now that this “presidential” debate between two men, neither yet their parties’ official champion, doesn’t seem strange at all.
Weird stuff everywhere. An Australian tourist goes through US Immigration and gets the standard hard time from the typically brusque passport-stamper. A Yemeni twentysomething crosses illegally from Mexico and gets a free ride to the city of his choice, where local taxpayers will supply accommodation, a phone, some walking around money and free medical care. Go figure that one.
Or ponder a justice system that installs a hand-picked judge, one who donates to Democrats and whose daughter is a major-league fundraiser, to preside over the trial of the Republican presidential contender.
You might marvel also at the eager and trusting nature of New York jurors, especially those who placed their faith in a woman who says she was sexually assaulted in the…
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