Here is a little good news to start your Sunday.

Courtesy of HuffPo: 

When The Huffington Post’s presidential forecast model debuted on Oct. 3, Clinton had an 84 percent chance of winning, leaving Trump only a 16 percent chance of becoming president. Now, 11 days later, Trump’s chances are in the single digits. Clinton has a 91 percent chance of winning. The model gives her 341 electoral votes to Trump’s 197. 

Trump’s lower chances in the forecast stem from small shifts in polls across several states. Despite the poll changes in Utah, it’s still classified as a likely Trump win. Other states have seen small ― but important ― shifts toward Clinton. Michigan and Wisconsin are now over 90 percent likely to go to Clinton, which gives her 273 electoral votes just among states that she is 90 percent or more likely to win.

Once again I share this with you simply to start your day off on a positive note, but it in no way means that this election is over and that your vote does not matter.

Early voting in Alaska starts Monday, October 24, and if you do not think I will be there on day one to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton then you certainly do not know me very well.

Anti-abortion non-profit does not want to disclose how much they are paying Sarah Palin to lie about her last pregnancy. But it's a lot.

"Ya wanna here that story about Trig's birth a gain?"

Courtesy of KSL:  

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is coming to Utah next month to headline the Pregnancy Resource Center's annual "Banquet for Life" fundraiser. 

But just how much the Christian faith-based, nonprofit organization is paying the former Alaska governor for the appearance is not being made public. 

"We are very, very limited in what we can say," said Kevin Andrews, the center's board chairman, citing the terms of the contract signed with Palin. "I can't get into it. I can say it was very reasonable given our expectations." 

Andrews said the organization is also obligated to pick up "very nominal" expenses for Palin. He said the seven-member board has already covered both her fees and expenses, through donations as well as from their own pockets.

Tickets to see Palin mangle the English language, or in her words "speak American," are going for $100 a pop, $1,500 for a table of ten, or $5000 if they also want to see her play with the food on her plate.

It would only be a guess as to how much these idiots are paying Palin, but I would not at all be surprised that based on her dwindling popularity they found themselves losing more money than they bring in. 

Which considering the fact that this is yet another one of those organizations that lie about birth control causing cancer, and prophylactics failing 50% of the time, is probably not a bad thing.

As I said in an earlier post these appearances are Palin's last refuge. And even though WE may know that the Trig birth story is full of holes, and that she is an absent parental figure in his life, these people will not be swayed by facts.

This is how the hoard chairman describes the event: 

"We are stepping up in faith with this event because we believe there is an extreme need in this valley and this state for the services we provide," Andrews said, describing his organization as a "life-affirming" ministry for pregnant women and their families.

Yeah when somebody says they are "stepping up in faith," you can be sure that the critical thinking skills were left at home.

Sarah Palin to speak at fundraiser for The Pregnancy Resource Center. Seriously?

Courtesy of the Salt Lake City Weekly: 

In the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, the only stops hopeful Commanders-in-Chief are likely to make seem to be piggy-bank fundraisers at assorted mansions in Park City. 

But have no fear: Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska and 2008 vice-presidential nominee, is swinging by Salt Lake City Oct. 2 for the Pregnancy Resource Center’s Banquet for Life fundraiser at the Grand American Hotel. (Well yeah, but what else does she have to do?)

“We are delighted to have Governor Palin as our guest speaker this year,” said Jim Kerr, the resource center’s executive director, in a news release. “We know that her message will be both touching and motivating for all who attend.” 

 Pregnancy center? Isn't that usually Bristol's  gig?

I wonder why she's not the one giving the speech?

Oh yeah, that's right.

Oh wait, is this one of those uber religious anti-abortion groups masquerading as a pregnancy resource center?
 
The Pregnancy Resource Center, according to its website, is affiliated with the Life Care Center of Utah. Its mission statement says it is a "Christ-centered ministry that works to meet the comprehensive needs to those unprepared for pregnancy, heal lives traumatized by abortion and challenge people to embrace a Biblical view of sexuality and the sanctity of human life.”

Yup, it sure is.

Apparently tickets for the dinner are going for a hundred dollars a pop. That is unless you want to share a table with Palin and then it's $5,000.

I'm sure it's well worth five thousand dollars to watch Palin pick at her food for an hour before she rushes off to the bathroom to shove her fingers down her throat.  Don't you think?

But to be fair Palin might be the perfect person to talk about pregnancy with this group.

After all, her last one was pretty damn amazing.

Final thought for the day.

Source

Remember my friends WE are standing on the right side of history today.

There are not a lot of times in ones life that they can be sure of such a statement, but today there is no doubt at all.

Unless of course all you hear is Fox News that is.

Gloria Allred's October surprise for Mitt Romney easily clears legal hurdle.

I'm sorry, what got unsealed today?

Courtesy of Alternet:

The controversy over Romney’s alleged lies under oath continues this Thursday, as a Massachusetts court unseals a testimony that some speculate could be devastating for the presidential candidate.

The famed feminist lawyer Gloria Allred has said that Mitt Romney lied in the divorce proceedings between her client, Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, and her husband, Tom, in order to protect the financial wealth of the former CEO of Staples. If the allegations are true, the revelation could be yet another blow to the GOP during an election cycle in which many of the candidates have played old-boy’s-club politics and demonstrated disregard and sometimes outright scorn for women. 

The case in question began more than 20 years ago, when Mitt Romney--then hedge funder at Bain Capital--testified in the divorce proceedings on behalf of Staples-CEO Tom Stemberg, at the time Romney’s close friend and business partner. The divorce hearings occurred shortly before Staples--which has become the GOP’s misleading poster child for Bain Capital’s financial track record--went public, earning Stemberg and Bain Capital millions. 

In the testimony, however, Romney allegedly lied about the future of the company, saying it was “overvalued” and that Stemberg was a “dreamer” for thinking the company could grow large. As a result, Maureen received very little in the divorce settlement--only to learn that her husband and his cohort Mitt Romney quickly turned around and cashed in their own stocks in Staples for a small fortune right after the divorce was finalized.

Of course we are left to speculate as to just how damaging this testimony might be to Mitt Romney and his campaign, but as you do perhaps you ought to consider this tidbit as well: 

Parties in the case also signed a confidentiality agreement that Gloria Allred, the attorney for Sullivan Stemberg, called “the most comprehensive gag order I have ever seen in my 36 years of practicing law.”

Now that might simply be hyperbole on Allred's part, but if not then one has to wonder just WHAT exactly is so damaging in these documents that Romney's attorneys felt the need to constrain Maureen Sullivan Stemberg so aggressively.

And if this is as it is described, a case of Mitt Romney working with a male counterpart to defraud his wife through the use of deception, one has to wonder exactly how this will play out with female voters who are already quite suspicious of the Republican challenger.

In my estimation it will not only cause significant distress among the women, but it will further go on to raise issues of trust with ALL of the potential voters who have not yet had the opportunity to cast their ballot.

After all if the man is willing to lie under oath, in a court of law.......

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announce dueling rallies in Washington D.C.

First Jon Stewart's announcement.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Rally to Restore Sanity
www.thedailyshow.com
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Here is where you can learn more about Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity."

Now Stephen's announcement.

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
March to Keep Fear Alive
www.colbertnation.com
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And here is where you can go to learn more about Colbert's rally "March to Keep Fear Alive."

My fervent hope is that these two combined rallies attract so MANY participants that it makes the Glenn Beck/Sarah Palin rally look like a crappy small town high school rally to support their chronically in last place football team.

Just think of how much more vibrant and energetic these rallies will be compared to the Beck-a-palooza.  I imagine there will be fewer walkers and oxygen tanks in the crowd as well.

Hey if you can go, go.  Show up and send a message to the Fox News crowd that the people who watch Comedy Central, and read this blog (And probably a couple of other blogs as well I guess) can throw a rally in Washington too!  And not only that but THEIR participants can get to the rally any way they want to.