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Beware the leaven of the Pharisees--- Brave AI dialogue

2026-11-09T07:48:53.159-06:00

My take is that it says that sincerity and truth is what counts with God, not the quality of the "leaven".

I made a series of pdf files, but not all of them that I could've made. That's because the link above will expire in 7 days for the former, and laziness for the latter.

I'd like to review it at my leisure at some point in the near future. Know what I mean, Vern? Leisure, ease, comfort, and convenience. All of that just might go away soon. All for the affordability thing....

Yeah, right.

Casting about looking for answers

2026-11-09T00:23:04.127-06:00

The fallout from this disaster keeps on. If thinking your way out of a problem is the answer, then here's a thought. You're as good as your weakest link. Chew on that thought for awhile. After all, what is the weakest link? Let's look at art for a moment. Here's a movie clip to consider---Basic Instinct. The comments say it was a funny scene. But I don't find it funny. The dude that's drunk has more wisdom than the guy who's sober. What do you think about that? It's not funny. It seems that Nick is fooling around with a woman that is going to get his best friend killed--the drunk guy. Nothing funny here, ya'll. If the drunk guy makes more sense than you, then I say you've got a problem. (meaning the sober guy)

Bronowski's Warning

2026-11-08T16:09:58.150-06:00

11/8/26:

Here's a GAB AI chat about the end times. If Western Civilization has degenerated to the point of collapse, what's next? Can anything be done?

There were plenty of warnings, such as this one by Bronowski. The warnings fell on deaf ears, and now we could be at an end. People may talk about this for centuries. What do you suppose that they will say?

NOTE: BBC took down the video which was linked. So I substituted a new one. How long will it be before BBC takes down this one? That's censorship. There are folks who don't want you to know things. That's the whole point.

12/27/25:

Here's another gem. It will go into the database. Author: Reginald Beardacus

From Description: "Bronowski laments; humanity will continue to progress, but not necessarily with the West at its forefront."

Quick Update: This gem will lead to other gems, such as this. Well, there are 17k posts on this blog, over a period of 15 years. There's some good stuff here.

5/29/12:

A Clip from the Ascent of Man, Episode 13.

The warning is about the retreat from knowledge. He says Western Civilization is giving up. But this series was first aired over 40 years ago- just before his death. How has that played out in the intervening time since his death?

Knowledge seems to continue in certain areas and decline in others. One example of advancement is the internet and computers.

But the decline is seen elsewhere in space exploration and nuclear energy. There are those who may argue if this is really a decline. It may not be, if aneutronic fusion is perfected. But that is a gamble. If that gamble doesn't pay off, the West will have put all of its eggs in a barren basket. If fusion cannot be perfected, what about fission energy? It looks like this has definitely fallen out of favor, but what if that judgment has been premature? If so, this is a retreat, which is not based upon scientific evidence. It will have been a self inflicted injury.

The other sign of decline is in the slow advancement, if not outright abandonment of the exploration of space. This too could be a premature judgment. For the value of space exploration could be in finding those things that are claimed to be in short supply on Earth- unlimited resources. It will have been a self imposed limitation, which is supposedly based upon the notion of limits to growth. But what if that is incorrect? What if the limits are only those that we impose upon ourselves? What if you could settle space, which according to some claims, could hold orders of magnitude more people, with a civilization comparable to what exists now in only advanced nations of the world?

So the decline of the West may occur because of premature judgments. The judgments in turn, are not necessarily based upon knowledge, but a belief in something that is not knowledge. It could be a belief that science is the cause of trouble, not a solution for the troubles of humanity. Is science the problem or the solution? The answer to that depends upon a vision for humanity. If humanity is to be remain locked upon this Earth, then limitations will be imposed that will avoid the solutions that science can provide. The decline will continue. As Bronowski says, the advance of man will continue, but by others instead. As for myself, I'm not so sure. If the West doesn't do it, it may never be done at all.

A different perspective on what happened last Tuesday from Glenn Beck

2026-11-08T12:14:00.000-06:00

I'm in a rush for things to start happening. But as usual, there is no time. This video is over an hour long, and I filed it away and forgot about it. It may be worthwhile to look at this carefully for clues on how to proceed.

The election is OVER. The aftermath is what is right in front of us, and it is that that we have to deal with. Endless post-mortems will indeed waste time when no time is available.

What can be salvaged is the question? Anything???? So, I'll adjust it to this: if you have the time, watch this. At the moment, I don't. There are things to do, and places to go. Life goes on. Until it doesn't. Make of that what you will. I'll post this, and let YOU decide if you want to watch it or not. I watched enough to give it some thought. But keep in mind what is coming and that there's not much time before the Communists take over.

Update:

The guy's major premise is that the people are right. I don't agree. I cannot agree because to do so will completely overturn everything I believe in.

The communists ran on affordability. I don't think the people were really suffering. The poverty rate is the lowest in history. Instead, I think this is the most spoiled rotten generation of people in the history of civilizations. America has had it so good for so long and now is about to find out the hard way what it is like to live on the downside.

The left wing is about to punish the living shit out of all of us, and they are going to blame us for it. Maybe for once, they are right about that.

What? The issue is not affordability. The issue was really about self-indulgence. That self-indulgence will have its consequences.

I stopped this again at about 5 minutes. Beck's guest is sounding like Little Jebbie Bush. We all have to learn how to be good comrades. So now you will learn how to stand in lines at empty shelves because that what happens in communism.

I won't waste anymore of my time or yours discussing this.

Who's the dummy?

2026-11-08T10:02:13.907-06:00

The Straw Man in the Wizard of Oz knew he didn't have a brain. Ah, Caramba! If only the brainless knew that they didn't have a brain. Then their heads wouldn't have to explode.

Yep, I mixing up the movies a bit. The trouble is this: are you the dummy or are they the dummies?

We're the ones in a fix right now, so the dummies must be US! Not a comforting thought.

But we still have 2 out of the 3 branches of the government, and that ain't bad! A bit of gallows humor there, or maybe not. Depends on who's the REAL dummy here.

Susan Kokinda Notes Democrat Plan to Tear Down What Trump Builds

2026-11-08T08:36:10.622-06:00

CTH

Comment:

Once again, I suggest that we lack time for things like this. The Communists are going to do everything possible to consolidate their power IMMEDIATELY.

Time is of the essence. We cannot afford to waste time.

Don't want to knock CTH or any other ally and / or friend. But the Communists are gathering their strength for a complete knockout. This is what our side should be preparing for right now.

Another Stolen Election?

2026-11-08T08:02:22.962-06:00

11/8/26:

I won't speculate upon something that I have no knowledge of. A bit of thinking may indicate a possible way that votes could have been manufactured, but I have no proof of that.

If Paxton had run a perfect campaign, say, like the Spencer Pratt campaign of mayor of LA, then I'd be VERY suspicious. But Paxton didn't do jack squat. He was the worst candidate imaginable. He was worse than Dubya in the last two years of his presidency. If you may recall Dubya said nothing while the communists attacked him relentlessly. People were practically begging Dubya to say something or do something but he sat there like a dumbass and did nothing.

The rest was history. Or is history. If Trump acts the same, failure is guaranteed. Victory isn't guaranteed, but defeat is if nothing is done.

11/7/26:

Is this believable? It may explain what happened, but I'm not sure how it could've happened in Texas.

The fight will go on

2026-11-08T07:51:00.513-06:00

11/9/26:

With Trump, it is immpossible to say. That's why I said watch him closely. He seems to be sending mixed signals.

11/8/26:

It should be noted that Al Fin's link has been taken down too. I didn't know Al Fin personally. There was a friendly exchange over the webs many years ago when he disappeared for awhile. He may have been disappeared again, unfortunately. But the details of that and what happened are unknown to me, and I have no news about that to give.

This may be the kind of thing to look out for in the future, as the best of us may be picked off one-by-one. The enemy may move stealthily so as not to alarm the vigilant. After seeing a few sites be disappeared, I am of the opinion that this represents a pattern. Something may be going on, so be on the lookout for the disappearance of important people. That is, those that the enemy considers important.

If I am on their lists, then I may well be a candidate. But I will keep on until the end, whatever that is. Shoot, it might even be of natural causes. I am not in the greatest health in the world.

11/7/26:

Those who follow the blog may have noticed some slight adjustments to the reading list. I noticed during the recent campaign a number of site which DID NOT HELP in getting the message out. So they are in the doghouse.

I kept revolver on the list of goodies. The baddies are gone.

Here's an article on Revolver that states the case of where we are, and where we need to go. But it is going to get rough, make no mistake.

How did Mamdami win the Mayor's office??????

2026-11-07T21:15:44.907-06:00

11/7/26:

Just noticed that YouTube has cancelled out the YouTube account. This could be another whitewash from BigTech like the ones we seen before. Maybe this is going to be a repeat of the cancel culture? I don't recall the contents of the video, but it seemed rather damning of Mamdami. One can only speculate as to the cause for the termination, as no explanation has been given.

10/31/26: The original post is below:

Something's really rotten in the Big Apple.

A Brave AI dialogue about the movie "Risen"

2026-11-07T20:23:53.899-06:00

Brief summary of the movie.

It was about a Roman tribune who sought the facts about what happened to the crucified body of Jesus Christ, who had been crucified. The tribune had ordered the spear that stabbed Jesus in order to make sure He was dead. Therefore, the rumor of his resurrection was a mystery that had to be solved. There was an investigation and the tribune was spiritually affected.

I sought to find some facts myself, as the questions will indicate. The link is above, and will be available for viewing for 1 week as of this posting.

Little Jebbie Bushwhacker once said that we should learn from the Democrats

2026-11-07T14:44:00.000-06:00

Ok. Let's learn our heestwa, por favor. When the HillaryBeast lost in 2016, what did she do? She made up a Russian collusion hoax. What hoax should we make up about out good friends, the commies?

Hmm. That's a toughie. There's enough real crimes that we don't need to make up any. Just go after the real ones for a change. It's not the commie way, who need to make up shit, but it may be a start.

I still like the idea of doing something to make their heads explode. Ack, ack!

Mr. Veto

2026-11-07T11:17:04.348-06:00

It's a start. It isn't how you start, it's how you finish. Let's see how Mr. Veto holds up.

No plans here

2026-11-07T05:32:39.353-06:00

The honcho is in the White House. Watch will the honcho does, and go from there. Bongino says we got 2 out 3 branches and that ain't bad. Ok. Let's go with that. Hopefully he won't repeat the Nicholson character and get himself dead.

Maybe if we're very, very lucky, the pinkos heads will explode. Then they'll go away and we will all live happily ever after.

No more hopium

2026-11-06T20:10:48.316-06:00

A short tour of the former internet haunts seems like a rerun of a really bad movie.

Let's sell that hopium, they seem to say. People never learn. It is rather pointless to try to inject some intelligence into people who insist upon being stupid.

Not buying the hopium. We need an action plan, but they are selling hopium. Maybe the folks want the hopium. They'll get it because that's what they're after.

Trump names Stephen Miller as Chief of Staff. Ok. If you think that will work, but he will likely be a lightning rod. The commies hate him like crazy.

But is it going to lead to some action plans that will unite this party, because if it isn't really tight, focused, and fully united; the left will steamroll all over us.

But they will anyway because you will get the usual lilly livers who will bolt.

Since the numbers are so small, they'll be easier to pick off one-by-one.

I know this sounds negative, but folks are missing the point.

Consequently, they'll swallow the hopium because it makes 'em feel better. But how do you guarantee unity when so much of it was not in evidence during this last campaign???

Everything is a scam. Everything is a hustle.

Uh, oh.

2026-11-06T15:14:26.026-06:00

As I promised, I went over to Bongino. Yeah, it is pretty much the same thing. It is wasting time, and there's no more time.

Bongino said something that reminded me of a movie. I couldn't resist making a comment. Unfortunately, it casts his talk in a bad light.

Look, I'm not drinking anybody's Kool-Aid here. If you want a sweet lullaby about what's coming, don't come here.

Anyway, Bongino said that we've got 2 out of the 3 branches and that reminded me of what the Jack Nicholson's character said when the Martians killed off Congress. "We've still got 2 branches of government and two out of three ain't bad."

Bongino may have jumped the shark with that one.

The relevant scene from that movie

I guess Slim Whitman is coming to the rescue...

Promethean Action

2026-11-06T09:59:12.818-06:00

Their mid-week update.

Pre-read and watch preview:

Well, things didn't go so peachy, now did it? So here's their video of the post-apocalyptic plan for trying ( yes, we can TRY) to put the pieces back together.

This isn't going to be painless. That's my opinion going into this video below. The comment will follow after I watch it.

Stopping it here @ 10 mins for a comment:

I am not counseling despair. I am not "shitting the bed" as Bongino might say. By the way, I'll check out Bongino's reaction later. Right now, I'm giving MY take.

My take after 10 minutes into this is that it is too damned slow and ponderous. They want to reason with people who have abandoned reason. I've been using reason on this friggin' blog for the last 15 years or more. What has that gotten us? Zilch.

Sorry about the profanity, but I am at my f-ing limit on patience. I've had up to my keister with trying to drill some sense into the senseless.

Ok, let's continue this. If they don't get serious soon, I'm going to cut this short.

Ok, I'm breaking in again at 12 minutes or so. She gets to the meat of it. OUR FAILURES. If you don't recognize what you did wrong, you will never learn from them. I brought that up with the Bushwackers in office, and contrasted Papa Bush with Shrub. Papa Bush admitted his mistake, but it was too late. Shrub doesn't admit any mistakes. Are we a bunch of Bushwackers? Or are we cold eyed realists who learn from mistakes and MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

YES, absolutely Trump has a messaging problem. So did Paxton. Everything she says is correct, but the loss is already in the books and now we have to deal with the fallout. Now we can go on again. That is with the video.

Well, I'm cutting this short at 15 minutes. It's over an hour and there's no time. That's the point. This post mortem is a day late and a dollar short. It's all good as far as that goes, but it is far, far, far too late to reason with people who have abandoned reason.

What is the Baba Yaga?

2026-11-06T05:46:00.741-06:00

11/6/26:

After re-reading what I wrote here, I wonder if something about it may get misconstrued. Oh, most likely WILL be. That's what idiots do. They misunderstand as a rule of thumb.

Any clarifications needed? Any explanations? Well, I cannot because I don't read minds. Therefore, I must speculate. Except that I won't. Whatever I write from henceforth about ANYTHING will likely be misconstrued, misrepresented, and lied about.

I cannot react to what does not exist. I cannot speculate upon something that I have no knowledge of. What I can do is to extrapolate from what I've observed from these people in recent memory.

So, when do they lie? All the time. When their lips move. If they open their mouths, it may well be something about how they can save themselves from their latest stupidity.

In case I am projecting on to others what is in my own mind, let me just say that I think if we are VERY lucky, we may be able to survive for awhile longer. So yeah, I may be trying to save myself. But I recognize the truth of the matter. The truth is that we are in a world of shit, and it will take a freaking miracle to get out of this now. Only a higher power intervention may save us, and that is no guarantee of that at this point. We are like Sodom and Gomorroah on the eve of destruction. Abraham pleads for mercy for the wayward cities, but there aren't any people there ( save a handful) who are worth saving.

Not a pretty picture, but I think that sums it up as accurately as I can manage. Are there anyone worth saving in this country now after this? It ain't for me to decide. What say you? If those of you out there who understand any of this, what do you think your chances are about right now? The idiots say everything will be fine. Ok, but I say that those who say this are absolutely full of shit, as usual.

11/5/26:

The movie is mostly jerkoff bullshit, but it is interesting enough. Is there such a thing as the "boogie man"?

Well, I don't have the 100% not bullshit answer on that one. But I'd say one thing that absolutely 100% true. Which is? There is such a thing as a force of nature. Call it whatever you will, force or nature or the Baba Yaga, it absolutely exists.

Now the interesting thing here is how the older man talks to his son. His son is a fool, and the son doesn't know he is a fool. The old man knows he is a fool, but he tries to protect him anyway. He ends up not succeeding in saving his son as the Baba Yaga gets his son. The son dies in the movie. Rather badly too, I note.

What makes this interesting? I've been warning you people about the commies for a long time here. I'm an old fart. The younger generation probably doesn't even read anymore, and they don't know shit. But they have awakened the Baba Yaga. The Baba Yaga is what you youngsters will have to deal with.

You ain't my kid. So you're on your own, dumbasses.

But if I had a son who did something stupid and against my wishes, I think I'd tell him he ain't my boy any longer. If you think you are man enough to deal with the boogie man on your own, then good luck dumbass.

10/30/26:

John Wick scene.

So, the Baba Yaga is the boogie-man? Not according to duck-duck go's ai. That query included links to Wikipedia and another source. Not exactly the friggin' boogie man.

But it makes for an interesting movie.

Maybe Hillary is the Baba Yaga. Kamala Harris is too dumb. AOC is even dumber than Kamala Harris, but the young-uns might like her. They've been so dumb-down by the lefties that it would be a surprise if they know how to wipe their own asses, much less run their own lives.

A Brave AI dialogue about California's wealth tax

2026-11-06T00:43:16.411-06:00

The link is here. It will be good for 7 days, and then Brave says it will no longer be available. That means it will expire about November 13, 2026.

Comment:

The commies like to call it wealth, but it is actually unrealized gains. If it is unrealized, then it could be ephemeral. In other words, it isn't real yet. There is a word in the tax code called "realized gains". The commies want to tax a gain that hasn't come into being yet, and may never come.

So the Collyfornians haven't completely lost their minds, but a considerable number of them are pretty damned close to a majority. This one was really too close. How long this state of affairs will last is anyone's guess. This stupidity is strong in Collyfornia.

Mission Accomplished - As Expected, Gas and Diesel Prices Begin Dropping

2026-11-05T13:21:20.017-06:00

CTH

Comment:

I'm not quite clear on how they were doing that. How do you manipulate prices with disregard to supply and demand?

I agree that the prices were manipulated, but it's not clear how it is done. If it could've been proven, its usefulness as propaganda would've been diminished.

There should be a paper trail. Was it contracts on the futures market? What the devil did they do to cause this outcome?

P.S.

This should be a scandal. If it could be proven is the key. In the meantime we are going to hear tons of propaganda about how the war caused the high prices and the loss of the House and Senate to the commies.

The article needs to get into the mechanics as CTH's deep dive and other links do not specify this mechanism in detail.

late update:

The price action of oil price is what I've been following. I note that the price of oil from the Persian Gulf is now CHEAPER than Brent (which is European). I guess that means the Euroweenies are going to be the next trouble spot?

The writing is on the wall, so to speak. If you are familiar with the Bible. Not that any of this generation is, but it is there. The foolish King screwed up and his rule is at an end. There will be nothing that he can do about it, either.

Bob Dylan

2026-11-05T09:02:19.917-06:00

Don't believe the double entrendre, as it is no solution to this situation. But I can certainly relate to the feeling. No time for grieving. Must get moving...

Brave AI dialogue

2026-11-04T17:19:29.430-06:00

What happened in Texas?

Well, someone told me that the Texas GOP named a Democrat to the Speaker's chair. Since I didn't follow Texas politics all that much, I deferred to that source, and that source was wrong. The Speaker of the House was a Republican. He won his seat again, but since the Democrats flipped the Texas House of Representatives, he lost the Speaker chair. I was shocked to hear that the GOP supposedly chose a Democrat for Speaker last session, but that was wrong. I ended up making a mistake by reporting it otherwise. My bad.

I asked the AI about what happened, and this link provides a discussion of why it happened. Brave says the link will be good for 7 days. So next week, it won't be good anymore.

Before I leave, my comment is that the cost of gasoline was probably NOT the reason the House flipped. But that is what people are being told. Secondly, they are being told that the GOP spent more, which MIGHT be true, but from where I was standing, I didn't notice the difference. If anything, Talarico had a lot more presence, so that claim is probably misleading. Paxton seemed invisible. Talarico was all over the place.

I checked into the matter, and Talarico outraised Paxton by a considerable margin. The money that came in later might have made it a bit closer, but it looks like it didn't make much difference, if any difference at all. It was too late, in my opinion.

I think we're getting Bull crapped again. A lot of bad stuff is going to happen, and this wrong information is probably an early sign of it.

Quick update:

Well, hate to contradict Ace @ Ace of Spades blog. He said that the gasoline prices were the cause for the disaster yesterday. No, this is what we are going to be told ad nauseum. I'm sure the gasoline prices were a hardship for some folks, but the number they came up with in the AI chat mentioned above suggests that people consume a crap load of gas. Do I believe that is the case? No. The reason for what happened at the polls was NOT the price at the pump. But you can believe whatever the hell you want. The commies can say whatever the hell they want. But I ain't buying the bull.

The prices were predicted to go down after the votes. Sure enough, now that is happening. It sounds to me like another rigged deal.

It's amazing that people cannot see through the ruse. Or should I say, it is amazing to me that people can be so gullible. But maybe it isn't amazing. That's how the public acts. Ace also said that people are weak minded. Now that is where I will agree.

One more thing. The fact that Brave AI has turned around a bit and is now supporting leftist messaging sounds quite ominous to me. It's going to get worse. No doubt about it.

People will be lucky if they know up from down before these propagandists get through with us all. That's how totalitarian governments roll. America just stopped being America. It's a shame, but I've got a clear conscience on it anyway. I did what I could. Folks are just too silly for their own good.

Just the News: Trump endorsement record tarnished

2026-11-04T08:23:42.822-06:00

by Amanda Head

Comment: It should be noted that Ken Paxton was not endorsed in the Texas Primary run-off until right at the end of the campaign. If Cornyn would've won, Trump would've endorsed him, I'm sure.

Trump didn't pick fights that often, and when he did, I think it was justified.

Paxton didn't work out because of a couple factors in my opinion. The Bush wing of the Texas GOP hates Trump, no doubt. The second factor is something that took me by surprise. The Hispanic vote turned on him. Something else I read, not referenced here, said that the commies energized the female Latina vote. If so, that one caught me by surprise. I wasn't expecting that.

I favored Trump's reindustrialization policy. Unfortunately, that is now at risk. The Texas GOP put a commie in the Speaker's chair, too. So there's a very deep rift in the GOP right there. It might be called the RINO revenge factor. The previous Speaker was challenged by the MAGA movement, and taken out of the Speaker's chair.

How many folks are aware that a Republican legislature put a commie in the Speaker's chair? Do you think that the GOP could have done even worse by joining with the commies at the ballot box? It is not an idle charge. It is a reasonable suspicion.

The article didn't mention that. So I did so that anyone reading this will know that fact. That is, if facts matter anymore in this country.

Just the News: This was because of the economy?

2026-11-04T02:22:27.578-06:00

Really? The people who say this, I have a question: Do you really think the Democrats are going to do anything to fix the economy in these next 2 years? What do you think the commies will do to "fix" the economy?

There is going to be a switcheroo. The commies ran on the economy, but will do nothing to fix it.

Quote:

Exit polls showed voters were fed up with high gas prices and inflation overall, and angry that Trump put America into a prolonged conflict with Iran before fixing the inflation he inherited from Joe Biden’s administration.

But what will the commies do? Quote:

Fifty-seven percent of voters favored capitalism compared to just 33% who said they held a favorable view of socialism.

How do you promote capitalism by putting commies in the seat of power? This makes no sense.

The commies will punish MAGA and Trump---a swicheroo. Also, it is possible that the RINOS joined the commies, and MAGA punished the RINOS.

It was a split GOP that did this. The so-called Establishment on the left stayed together while the GOP split apart at the seams. The article also said this was like 1994 in reverse. No. This was Barry Goldwater versus LBJ. The next two years gave us the Vietnam War and open borders. The GOP shot itself in the foot in 1964, and it looks like it did it again. That's the prelim. This needs more analysis.

How disappointing

2026-11-03T22:27:14.332-06:00

Yours truly had hoped to take a mini-break from all the political posting of late. However, the news came to me that things were not going well, and here I am.

What can you say when you gave it your best only to have it not work out?

This had to come down decisively one way or the other. It looks to me like it came down the wrong way. I may be wrong, but a lot of really bad stuff could start happening because of this.

You can blame a lot of folks here, but what good what that do?

The big questions are what to do next. Not too sure about that one. This further complicates an already complicated situation.

Everything is a hustle, everything is a game.

2026-11-03T10:12:55.871-06:00

11/3/26: Election Day 2026:

This isn't the first time I've seen that sentence (in the title). Check out the autobiography of Malcom X. It's in there. Life is a hustle, it said. If you learn that, you'll have a chance. Actually, the previous sentence isn't exactly what's in the book, but the part about everything being a hustle definitely is in there.

With respect to George W. Bush, I think I understand what he is doing. There's good news and bad news about that. You might guess what the bad news is. You might also have to guess what the good news is.

Maybe I should leave that as an exercise, grasshoppers.

8/5/12: The original post follows:

That last post where Jay Cost examines the polls in the battleground states shows the status of the election game.

Obama is pouring in a lot of money into these states so that he can claim to be ahead where it really matters, in the electoral college. But he is falling behind in the national polls. But Obama is right, the national vote isn't what decides the election. That reminder occurred in 2000, as you may recall.

The point is that it is a game, and the one who wins will be doing what it takes to win. Is Romney paying attention to what he needs to be paying attention to? Or is the national polling making him overconfident?

Most people are focusing in on the economy and jobs. Obama claims jobs were created this past month and his economic policies are working. Is there enough of a rebuttal out there to show that Obama is wrong? I've seen some who are saying that this is just statistical noise. So, I'll have a look at the numbers myself.

Here's the Household Report for June:

There are 195 thousand fewer people working in the past month, this is progress???

Obama is claiming progress off the establishment survey, which is seasonally adjusted. Statistical noise. Obama is trying to win with statistical noise and putting his money in the battleground states. Plus he's getting a lot of help from the media. The bottom line is that it is a hustle. The people are being conned.

You may argue that Romney does it too. Everybody does it. But that is not the point here. The point is that it is a game, and that you are required to play the game. So, is Romney playing a winning game?

It doesn't matter who "should" win the game. It matters more if you actually win the game. Take the OJ Simpson case. If justice prevailed, he would have been convicted. In his book, Outrage, Vincent Bugliosi said it was a game, and the prosecution lost that game. They lost it even when the overwhelming evidence pointed to Simpson's guilt. So, the objective facts won't matter in "the game". You have to win it, or justice won't prevail.

This game shouldn't even be a game, just like the Simpson case. Romney shouldn't even have a contest here based upon performance. But Obama is still in the game. Why? It must be because Romney isn't playing the game as well as he should. Is Romney serious about winning this game? Bugliosi didn't think the prosecutors were serious. Maybe Romney isn't either.