All the people Trump has insulted

The New York Times has published a detailed collection of the 282 people, places, and things that Donald Trump has insulted since June 15, 2015, based on his own tweets and sorted by categories such as Democratic presidential candidates, Republican presidential candidates, other politicians, journalists and media figures, organizations, and so on. It makes for truly remarkable skimming. It is also reported that Trump’s campaign staff has wrested his Twitter account away from him to prevent any further self-inflicted damage.
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A lighter moment in voting

We need some light election relief so here is a video for your enjoyment.

I have mentioned before how president Obama seems to be always calm and in control of himself, not allowing others to put him off-balance. In this example, when he was voting early in Chicago, another booth next to him had a young woman also voting. A smart-aleck guy who was the boyfriend of the young woman passed by and ‘warned’ Obama not to touch his girlfriend.
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What does early voting mean?

Today being the Saturday before the election, there will likely be a lot of early voting in those states that allow it. According to some estimates, about 34 million people have already voted, which is about 27% of the 125 million total votes cast in the 2012 election. After this weekend, it could well have risen to a third or more of the final total, though some states such as Nevada and Florida ended early voting yesterday (Friday). There are already analyses of early voting patterns and efforts to draw conclusions from the available data with each party trying to spin the data in its favor. These analyses are based on how many people have voted early, which political parties they belong to, and comparisons with previous years, though of course we do not know who people actually voted for.
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Why jetlag is worse flying east

As someone who has family in Sri Lanka and New Zealand, this necessitates periodic long flights. Fortunately for me, I do not suffer as much from jet lag as some others do. I am usually back to normal within a day of arrival at my destination whereas I have friends who take up to a week. My personal hypothesis is that the after-effects of jet lag are caused largely by tiredness due to lack of sleep. As a result, on these long flights, I ignore all the in-flight entertainment and instead spend as much of my time as possible sleeping, only waking up to eat or read. Fortunately I can sleep seated.
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