Wednesday – Quill Sword

Archena August 20, 2025August 20, 2025Current, WednesdayAmerican politics, centrism, conservative shift, Democrat rank and file, MAGA movement, Media bias, party realignment, party system shift, Political Pendulum, Political polarization, Political Science, political trends, Populism, U.S. electorate, voter behavior

How Polarized is the US Really?

Not very by American standards. Mind you, what passes as normal American politics would collapse most other governments. We thrive on fussing and fighting where most nations collapse into anarchy when their folks just get mad. Look, the US is ALWAYS somewhat polarized. This is most evident in the bases of the major political parties. The hardcore bases barely agree with each other on the time of day and sometimes will argue that just for spite. This is really normal. … Continue reading “How Polarized is the US Really?”

Archena April 25, 2025April 28, 2025Current, Wednesdayanonymous sources, conservative commentary, fake news, liberal media, mainstream media, Media bias, media ethics, national security, New York Times, Pete Hegseth, political journalism, political sabotage, press accountability, Trump administration, Trump Cabinet

Is the New York Times Attempting a Coup?

As such, nope. But they very well may be attempting to sabotage the current administration in an attempt to render a duly elected president powerless for the duration of his last term. Overly dramatic? Maybe. We’ll know by Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Yes, that’s a very specific date. It’s roughly seventy-two hours from The New York Times unsupported claim that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth violated national security by including his wife and brother on a Signal group that dealt … Continue reading “Is the New York Times Attempting a Coup?”

Archena April 22, 2025April 22, 2025Current, WednesdayCaspian Report, defense budget, EU dependence, EU military, Europe defense, European security, F-35 sales, geopolitical strategy, International Relations, military rearmament, NATO spending, Trump foreign policy, Ukraine War, US Europe relations, Western politics

Will Europe Rearm?

Yes, kinda, but mostly no. I watched a video from Caspian Reports Monday morning about Europe’s ongoing efforts to rearm and decrease their dependency on American defense. Funniest video he’s ever done. I kept cracking up and had to stop the video a few times so I wouldn’t miss anything. Unfortunately, it wasn’t supposed to be funny. Don’t get this wrong. I like Caspian Reports and he does good work. I definitely recommend it as a good source for basic … Continue reading “Will Europe Rearm?”

Archena March 26, 2025March 26, 2025Current, Wednesdayceasefire, current events, diplomacy, dominance games, Geopolitics, International Relations, military strategy, negotiation tactics, Political analysis, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump foreign policy, U.S. foreign policy, Ukraine

Putin Doesn’t Seem to Have Gotten the Memo

Good grief. If Putin thinks he’s bringing his A game he better have something special up his sleeve. Playing dominance games with Trump is playing with fire. Dominance games? The silly stunts like being late for meetings or in this case a phone call and making others wait for you. It’s the political version of fighting for pole position. There are a lot of times when this sort of nonsense actually is important. When your country’s economy is about to … Continue reading “Putin Doesn’t Seem to Have Gotten the Memo”

Archena November 7, 2024November 7, 2024Wednesday2024 election, Biden administration, conservative blog, conservative values, election celebration, gracious in victory, Political analysis, political commentary, polling inaccuracies, public support, Trump landslide, Trump supporters, Trump victory, U.S. Politics

VICTORY!

Being gracious in victory is more important than being gracious in defeat. We’ll get back to that very important thought. In the meantime WOO HOO!!!! We won!!! Yippee! The cherry on top was how hysterically wrong the analyses based on the polls were! I am not sure which made me more nervous: that Trump might not win or that the stupid polls might actually be right. Broken clocks are right twice a day. They make you look stupid for a … Continue reading “VICTORY!”

Archena November 2, 2024November 2, 2024Current, Wednesdayconservative analysis, election 2024, election predictions, Media bias, political rallies, poll aggregation, poll reliability, polling accuracy, polling bias, polling limitations, Real Clear Politics, small sample size, swing states, Trump support, voter sentiment

Looking at the Polls and Wishing I Weren’t

I considered just dumping the blog below this one because it is from last week and I didn’t get around to posting it on time but it shows my work and how I decide what to review when I’m looking at polls. Aggregators like Real Clear Politics are useful because they’ve already hunted down all the wild polls, but averaging is just dumb. I will ignore the average. There are so few good enough polls available right now that I … Continue reading “Looking at the Polls and Wishing I Weren’t”

Archena October 24, 2024October 24, 2024Current, Wednesday2024 election, civic duty, conservative perspective, down ballot voting, Election strategy, election upset, Kamala Harris, political commentary, Politics, Presidential Election, Trump supporters, Voter apathy, voter turnout, voting importance, voting motivation

Can Harris Win?

Duh, of course she can. At this point her only hope appears to be that most of Trump’s supporters decide not to vote, but that would give her the victory. Any hope in a storm, I suppose. I realize the three of you that clicked on this are only here for the proverbial popcorn and because you wanted to yell at me in the comments, but the point is still important. People are naturally lazy. Civic duty loses out to … Continue reading “Can Harris Win?”

Archena October 17, 2024October 17, 2024Wednesday2024 election, ActBlue scandal, Democrat donors, election analysis, election predictions, Electoral College, fraudulent donations, Harris campaign, Kamala Harris, political commentary, poll manipulation, small donor fraud, Trump lead, Trump victory, Trump vs Harris

Harris IS Losing

The three of you who have followed me for more than a week will probably already know that I believed Harris was in fact behind despite what the polling seemed to indicate. Tune in Friday for the long version of why polls are so bad, but today I’m basing my new assessment on a different piece of evidence. I am now convinced that Harris is trailing much worse than we have been lead to believe. I’ve been couching my analysis … Continue reading “Harris IS Losing”

Archena September 21, 2024September 21, 2024Current, Wednesday2024 election, Democratic Party, Election Interference, Kamala Harris, Media bias, political corruption, presidential debate, Trump 2024, Trump administration, Trump vs Democrats

Why Are the Democrats so Desperate?

Okay, let’s get the important stuff done first. I was wrong about the debate – it was pretty lackluster. For political junkies it had lots to chew on but normal people probably found it kinda so-so. Harris performed better than expected – a lot better – and Trump showed a couple flashes of anger. He’s more entertaining on Twitter. Can’t get ’em all right. But owning one’s mistakes is the first step to not making the same stupid ones again. … Continue reading “Why Are the Democrats so Desperate?”

Archena September 11, 2024September 11, 2024Current, Wednesday9/11 anniversary, 9/11 heroes, 9/11 memorial, 9/11 tribute, American resilience, first responders 9/11, global unity, never forget 9/11, September 11 remembrance, Twin Towers attack

We Won’t Forget, 9/11/2001

It was twenty-three years ago. Seems like yesterday. Still doesn’t seem completely real. It wasn’t the first attack on the Twin Towers. In 1993 a truck bomb was set off in the basement of the North Tower, killing six and injuring over one thousand. The towers would reopen in less than six weeks despite the heavy damage. It was a deadly prelude to the September 11th attacks. I had heard about the first plane just before leaving for work as … Continue reading “We Won’t Forget, 9/11/2001”

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How Polarized is the US Really?

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Is the New York Times Attempting a Coup?

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Will Europe Rearm?

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Putin Doesn’t Seem to Have Gotten the Memo

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VICTORY!

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Looking at the Polls and Wishing I Weren’t

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Can Harris Win?

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Harris IS Losing

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Why Are the Democrats so Desperate?

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We Won’t Forget, 9/11/2001

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