Good morning, kids. We have reached a moment of truth in the life of this nation unlike anything we have ever experienced, and G-d forbid, we should ever have to experience again. But the situation is what it is. It’s in your face and to not see it – especially now – is to live in a state of denial so intense as to warrant seeking psychological help. I am not one for cult of personality type adulation of individuals, but this nation, that is those who believe in its promise as set forth by its founders, owe a debt of gratitude to President Donald Trump that can never be repaid.
There is an apocryphal quote attributed to a witness of the execution of Charles I. As the axe fell he reportedly said, “that so good a man should be so bad a king.” Disregarding the circumstances surrounding the utterance of that phrase, in terms of Trump, perhaps it’s appropriate to say “that so flawed a man should be so outstanding a president.” But having said that, what really are this man’s “flaws?” In the cold light of day, they are petty and meaningless. “Make America Great Again” is not just a catchy phrase or a campaign slogan. For Trump, it is a mantra and a way of life. Whatever he has achieved in his life because of his education, skills, drive and support from his family could not have happened anywhere else. It was the greatness of America, the freedom to succeed or fail and start over on one’s own terms that made him great. One of the rhetorical kill-shots of the final debate (not quite two weeks but which seems like it was ages ago) was when Trump said…
Those words are just pregnant with meaning. More than mere policy, or problem-solving, Trump understood that it was not only what those two, their party as well as the GOP-e collaborators didn’t accomplish in eight years, but what they were complicit in for years and even decades before Donald J. Trump even entertained the possibility of running for office: the methodical dismantling of the very things, stated above, that made not only the success of Donald Trump but every other hard-working, G-d-fearing, law-abiding American possible. Look at what he, his family, friends and his loyal team have been put through since he came down the escalator at Trump Tower five-and-a-half years ago. To say it’s been a living hell is an understatement.
Look at what we who supported him have been put through: everything from cement hate-shakes, bike locks, beat downs, blood-libeling, bullets and arson, to censorship, ridicule, intimidation and loss of employment for daring to exercise our rights to express our opinion guaranteed in a sacred document; one which those who abuse us seek to destroy while conveniently hiding behind its very protections when called out.
No, Donald J. Trump did not need to do this. Donald J. Trump felt he HAD to do this.
The final sentence before the signatures on The Declaration of Independence reads:
The 56 men who signed that document on July 4th, 1776 knew full well that had they not gained independence for the colonies, they were signing their own death warrant. Even if, please GOD, President Trump wins reelection, when he leaves office at noon on January 20th, 2025 he, his children and his grandchildren will be targeted for retribution for all time by the forces who, until he came along, were well on the way to “fundamentally transforming” America into a vassal state of surpassing mediocrity and misery to be lorded over by puppets of a global government, itself controlled by the Chi-Coms.
To risk all of that, with one’s eyes wide open, truly takes an individual with character, faith in the Almighty and when you get right down to it, guts. I cannot even put into words how I personally feel about being proud for the first time in my adult life to cast a vote for someone. It’s up there with the trepidation I feel about who comes after this president. Trump cannot be a one-off. He must not be a one-off. The enthusiasm and energy of tens of thousands of people at those rallies just can’t be for one man; it has to be for a movement that heralds a national revival.
Yes, we owe a debt of gratitude to President Donald Trump that can never be repaid — except of course to go out and cast a vote for this man.
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There are far too many links to analyze and digest. In any case it’s all there in the link titles and descriptions. On a personal note, a big thank you to commenter Dave in FL for his insights and prognostications. Whatever the outcome, he approached things honestly and relied on the broadest possible sources and methodologies to come to a conclusion in as unbiased and neutral a way that he could. Outstanding, sir!
Now on to the link-a-palooza. If you are in a BLM/Antifa target area, please stay indoors and be prepared. GO TRUMP!!!! GO AMERICA!!!!
PHONY DEMOCRAT ELECTION-STEALING POSTAL SERVICE SWINDLE, ELECTION FRAUD IN GENERAL
- Who the hell does this creep think he is, Kreskin? Pennsylvania’s Dem AG Declares “Trump is Going to Lose”
- “Seven counties in Pennsylvania, a battleground state, say they will not begin counting ballots until the day after Election Day, NBC News reported.” Pennsylvania Officials Warn of Election Result Delays Due to Thousands of Mail-In Ballots
- “Ballots that arrive after Election Day, and especially after preliminary vote counts have been reported, may well be the biggest threat to election integrity.” The Cure for Pennsylvania’s Mail-in Ballots
- “I expect that the overwhelming majority of ballots in Pennsylvania, that’s mail-in and absentee ballots, as well as in-person ballots, will be counted within a matter of days.” PA Secretary of State: “Elections Have Never Been Called Election Night”
- “The work of the Civil Rights Division around each federal general election is a continuation of its historical mission to ensure that all of our citizens can freely exercise this most fundamental American right.” (how many are Obama-era Holder-overs? – jjs) DOJ Sending Personnel To Multiple Battleground States To Ensure Compliance With Voting Laws
- “Hawkfish, funded by failed Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, is the same firm that concocted the ‘red mirage’ narrative.” REVEALED: Dems Focus Grouped These Memes Urging Public To REJECT Election Night Results
- “Clyburn insisted his state doesn’t have drop boxes. A lot of South Carolina counties have drop boxes! People in counties without boxes can drop-off their ballots in person!”Democrats Setting up Voter Suppression as Excuse to Contest Election if Trump Wins
- “Un-postmarked mail-in ballots will make the difference, thanks to the Democrat state supreme court.” Stealing Pennsylvania
- “Court documents state that Josiah Bridges tried to sell his ballot for $200 last month through the Offerup app.” Portland Man Arrested In Ballot Selling Scheme
- “Broward County is a Democrat stronghold and Florida’s second-most populous county.”Officials Stop Scheme to Register Dead Voters as Democrat
ELECTION DAY(S) 2020POLLING, PROGNOSTICATIONS
- “The Trafalgar poll is somewhat of an outlier as Biden still leads in the RealClearPolitics average for the state by 2.9%. However 2 other recent polls, Susquehanna and Insider Advantage also have Trump eclipsing Biden.” New Trafalgar Poll has Trump Leading Biden in Pennsylvania
- Early night, folks… Biden Nabs All 5 Votes in First Election Day Tally in Dixville Notch, NH
- “…should either Michigan or Pennsylvania move into Trump’s column, he’d win the election.”Another Electoral Map That Should Scare Democrats
- “Election day is going to look like a Trump rally.” Trump Campaign’s Internal Numbers Explain Why Team Biden Is Freaking Out About Election Day
- What a dog! Almost the identical prediction he had four years ago. Larry Sabato Now Becomes the Nate Silver of Baghdad Bobs: Predicts (get this) Biden Electoral College Blowout 321 to 217 for Trump (Trump’s baseline right now is 260, no?)
- “Trump will win four more years and the big media polling industry could be all but finished.” Trump: Always Be Closing
- Vodkapundit: “I’ve gone pretty conservative here, believe it or not, but I do think Trump will win — albeit probably without any shocker flip.” Wargaming the Electoral College: Crunch Time
- “Here are just a few data points to consider it you are trying to win a wager with a friend as to tomorrow’s Presidential outcome.” Polls and Data Send Mixed Messages Prior to Tuesday Election
- “We estimate from our polling that Mr. Trump is doing, on average, over 30 percentage points better among likely Election-Day voters than early voters.” CBS Admits Trump Can Win With Expected Election Day Surge
- “If Trump wins Florida, it will be due to the surge in Latino and black votes. So far, some indications point in that direction.” Will Trump Win Florida? An Update on the Numbers
- “Democrat panic appears to be the emerging theme as the election draws closer, with progressives sounding the alarm over former Vice President Joe Biden’s prospects in Minnesota — which has not flipped red in 48 years — as well as his status in battleground Pennsylvania, where Trump has attracted tens of thousands of enthusiastic supporters over the last few days.” Draft Kings Election Pool: Majority in 49 States Predict Trump Victory
- “A victory in the North Star State would kick a Planned Parenthood vice president from Congress, and have titanic implications for the Senate in 2020.” A Republican Senate Upset Could Be Coming Together In Minnesota
- “In 2020, so-called shy voters who conceal their choice from pollsters are not bashful, they are scared.” The Stairwell Election
- “Blue states suddenly seem a little less blue. If the internal polling I’m hearing in Oregon is any indication (and I’m desperately hoping it is), California may not be the only reliably Democrat state in play on November 3.” (okay, let’s not go crazy [but still…] – jjs) Can Trump Actually Win California? Watch This Video Before You Scoff
- Daniel Greenfield: “Dems have already outspent the 2016 total presidential candidate donor spending.” Trump vs. the $1.6 Billion Man
RALLIES, REASONS, REPERCUSSIONS
- “I see that what’s been happening to our country. Our country was going to hell. And we’ve turned it. And we got waylaid by this plague that came in, but we’ve done a job like nobody else has ever done a job. And you understand it. That’s why so many of you are here tonight, and that’s why all over the country, this is happening. All over the country.” Trump’s Closing Argument: “We Are Going to Keep Our Great American Dream”
- “So, pray for America. Pray for all the American people. It will make a difference.” WATCH: Vice President Pence Encourages Americans To Pray, Quotes Scripture During Rally
- “Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, who has led the former vice president’s campaign since the end of the Democrat primaries, told supporters during a virtual election protection briefing that Trump’s recent suggestions of declaring victory on election night if the race seemed to be going his way were improper.” Biden Campaign Manager: “Under No Scenario Will Donald Trump Be Declared a Victor on Election Night”
- “It’s going to be the mirror image of what happened to the Republican party in the Obama years. You had the tea party, just like progressive insurgents, and then when Obama won a second term the Republican Party went haywire on the inside and ate its own.” (and then the Tea Party got coopted and neutralized by the RINOs – jjs) Progressives Gear Up for Democrat “Bloodbath” if Joe Biden Loses Election
- “If Biden concludes his inaugural address with the memorable words, ‘Now can I go back to my basement and watch ‘Matlock?’ everyone around him will be happy to oblige.” If Biden is Dragged Over the Finish Line, Dems Will Quickly Drop Him
- “EPIC!! 30,000+ in Rome, Georgia! Let’s WIN!” Trump’s Georgia Rally Reportedly Draws over 30,000, 31% of Signups “Not Republican”
- “Here we go again.” Ballot Box USA
- “It’s killing him, but a Libertarian explains why he won’t vote Libertarian tomorrow.” What’s Unacceptable in 2020
- “As President Trump said,, this is a ‘crossroads in the history of our civilization.'” Vote and Pray Like Your Life Depends on it — It Does
- “…cares more about the black vote than the black people.” John James Bashes Dem Party Leadership
- “While his Party generates anger, hate and division…” Biden Warns Against Trump’s “Anger, Hate and Division”
- “The real meaning of Biden’s rhetoric is simply this: Put the ruling class back in charge, we know better.” Will America Stay Awake with Trump, or Go Back to Sleep with Biden?
- “The Democrat Party’s policies and tactics since Trump’s 2016 nomination are, almost to a letter, right out of leftist Harvard professors’ litmus test for detecting assaults on democracy.” By Their Own Criteria, Democrats Are the Ones Undermining American Democracy
- Julie Kelly: “Joe Biden is wrong as usual. Democrats do not choose truth over lies or fact over fiction. They fool only themselves.” The Democrats’ Grand Delusion
- “[T]he Democrat Party has made it clear very amply in the last few years that they despise that Constitution and Bill of Rights, and have even taken actions attempting to repeal or nullify as many parts of those documents as possible, especially those parts that limit the power of politicians and protect the rights of ordinary people.” Vote for Trump, But Even More Important, Vote Republican Across the Board
- “The paradigm is changing. The Left has discovered a new avenue to America’s future voters, and they’re barging forward with purpose. Where’s the counterstrategy?” A Blueprint for a Multiethnic Anti-Socialist Movement
- “Even if Trump loses, he’ll remain the most popular Republican in the country — and the leading candidate for the 2024 GOP nomination.” Win Or Lose, Trump Isn’t Going Away
- Jeffrey Lord: “The 21st-century version of Reagan’s ‘Time for Choosing.'” The Trump Revolution
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- “The head of Vienna’s Jewish community, Oskar Deutsch, said the shooting took place near the city’s main synagogue but it is currently unclear if the synagogue was a specific target.”REPORT: At Least Seven Dead In Austria Shooting, Explosion Near Vienna’s Main Synagogue
- Berkshire Hathaway owns the BNSF railway and a fleet of tank cars. You don’t need to call in the Bloodhound Gang Detective Agency to follow the money. Warren Buffett-Funded Foundation Secretly Paid For Protest to Stop the Construction of a Highly Contentious Pipeline
CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST REIGN OF TERROR, WAR ON POLICE
- “Trump can’t just win today; he must win overwhelmingly, so he has the mandate to act against people who seek to overthrow America.” Radical Left Groups Are Already Plotting a Coup
- “Get your fucking hands off me!” Subhuman BLM Terrorist Leader Hawk Newsome Arrested at NYC Trump Protest.
- “We’re going to put Trump’s enablers on notice: We hold you accountable for facilitating Trump’s historic attacks on democracy.” Warning of a Looming “Coup,” Leftists Lay Out Plans for DC Disruptions
- “Preservation of life and property.” Massachusetts Activates National Guard Ahead of Election Day
- “As a nation on edge counts down the final hours of the election, major cities traumatized by a summer of deadly unrest are preparing for a repeat outbreak.” Denver Joins Major Cities Nationwide Preparing For Election Unrest
- “An only good cop is a dead cop.” ANTIFA Rioter to NYPD: “I Hope ALL of Your Children Get Raped and Killed”
- “How did this ever become normal?” Businesses Across America Board Up as Protesters Promise “Uprising” After Election
- If there is one place where I think we could cede the thug terrorists a “space to destroy…”Celeb-Packed Apartments to Have Armed Guards for Election Day
- Travesty. Kyle Rittenhouse Reportedly Held On $2 Million Bail After First Court Hearing
BOMBSHELL BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
- “In a politically charged year, the appearance of deliberately intercepted documents days before the election is just as damning as the contents the documents would reveal.” What the Missing Tucker Carlson Documents Really Tell Us
MEDIA CENSORSHIP OF BOMBSHELL BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS, DISINFORMATION & SMEARING OF NY POST, GIULIANI ET AL
- NPR: “We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don’t want to waste the listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.”“Disinformation” and Other Media Excuses For Downplaying, Dismissing Hunter Biden Revelations
CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS, FACTS AND AMERICA IMPRISONED
- “The CDC has released a list of tips for voters to protect themselves and reduce the Chinese virus’ spread at the polls.” CDC: People With Chinese Coronavirus “Have the Right to Vote” in Person
- Muzzle up and submit, prole. Biden Declares: “A Biden-Harris Administration Will Implement Nationwide Mask Mandates
- “Sutter County Superior Court Judge Sarah Heckman barred Newsom from making new [Chinese] coronavirus laws that use the ‘California Emergency Services Act [which] amends, alters, or changes existing statutory law or makes new statutory law or legislative policy.'” A Judge Just Dethroned California Chinese COVID Dictator Gavin Newsom
- “The weaponizing of the [Chinese] COVID-19 pandemic against Donald Trump has been shameful. The media, the Democrats, and Joe Biden’s campaign don’t care about lying to the American people, they just want Trump defeated.” The Top 20 Lies About Trump’s Response to the Chinese COVID-19 Pandemic
- Lloyd Billingsley: “Why Trump should dump him, sooner rather than later.” “Fire Fauci!”
- ” If President Trump is willing to bring this accountability after the election, that is just one more reason to vote for him.” “Fire Fauci” is a Trump Rallying Cry We Should All Get Behind
- “There’s little scientific evidence that the various face coverings we call ‘masks’ do much, if anything, to stop the spread of [Chinese] COVID-19.” Only Science-Deniers Believe in a National Mask Mandate
- “No more pulling the wool over our eyes.” Van Morrison Video: No More Lockdown
DEMOCRAT-LEFTIST SCANDALS, CRIMES, CHUTZ-POCRISY, MESHUGAS
- “Gideon receives $280,000 from EMILY’s List after breaking ethics rules to contribute to leader’s 2016 run.” In Maine Senate Race, Sara Gideon’s Ethics Violation Paid Off
- “The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit incubator, pushed the tens of millions of dollars into Democrat super PACs while masking the original sources of the contributions.”Sixteen Thirty Fund Steers $55 Million in Hidden Cash to Pro-Biden PACs
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
- “During the Obama administration, Mayorkas was found to have exerted improper political influence to help several prominent Democrats obtain visa authorization for their companies under the EB-5 program.” Top Biden Contender For Homeland Security Chief “Exerted Improper Influence” on Foreign Visa Program, Watchdog Report Found
FIRST AMENDMENT, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
- Aside from this select list of media sources, accounts that make allegedly “misleading” claims about the election results will be labeled by Twitter and “de-amplified.” Twitter Will Censor Elected Officials with Warning Labels if They Claim Victory
- “What every American should be concerned about is Jack [Dorsey]. That man gets to decide. He’s the judge, jury, and executioner about what is appropriate to say or not… that is un-American.” Top Homeland Security Official: Tech Censorship Is “Grave Threat to National Security”
- “A Zenger News investigation reveals that Biden’s increasing social media footprint in India came from the country’s infamous troll farms boosting his candidacy.” REPORT: Troll Farms Gave Biden and Harris Major Social Media Boost
- “We cannot attest to the veracity of this article.” The Atlantic Forced To Retract Entire Story After Author “Deceived” Them
- “Dr. Bandy X. Lee, a professor at the Yale School of Medicine and the co-author of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump…XiNN Mental Health Expert: Hitler Better Than Trump: “At Least Hitler Improved the Life of His Followers”
SECOND AMENDMENT
- “Nearly 7 million new gun owners as election looms.” 2020 Sets All-Time Gun Sales Record
ABORTION
- “The [purpose] was to raise grant money to give out to pregnant women in need. Facebook said it violated their temporary restrictions on ads related to social issues and politics.”Facebook Blocks Pro-Life Group From Fundraising For Pregnant Women In Crisis
- “Life and death election.” SBA List Completes $52 Million Pro-Life Campaign to Re-Elect Trump, GOP Senate
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
- “For his courage and commitment to the cause of peace in the Middle East, the Balkans, and on the Korean Peninsula, we wish to nominate United States President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.” Conservative European Parliamentarians Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on Eve of Presidential Election
- “The Trump Doctrine is a pragmatic platform for peace.” President Trump Deserves the Nobel Prize For Peace
- “If Biden wins, he will return to his old path and honor international agreements without any drastic approach to contain China.” Hong Kong Democracy Protesters Support Trump, View Biden As Weak
- “China’s rulers love to laud ‘stability,’ by which they basically mean that no one should dare challenge anything they do.” Why China’s Communists Would Prefer Biden
- “Zarif said he would not renegotiate the Iran deal with a Biden administration but hopes it would “act differently” from the Trump administration.” Iranian Foreign Minister: Biden a “More Promising” Candidate
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
- “NASA’s Crew-1 SpaceX mission commander Michael Hopkins will receive his USSF commission aboard the International Space Station.” U.S. Space Force Will Soon Have Its First “Out-of-This-World” Service Member
- “HFAC lead Republican Rep. McCaul investigating allegations U.N. helping China spy.”Congress Probes Claim U.N. Gave Names of Uighur Dissidents to China
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
- Raymond Ibrahim: “The all-important details.” Trump and Biden on Islam
- Robert Spencer: During an episode of his Making Sense podcast, Harris said: ‘Osama bin Laden, as a person, is far more understandable to me and far less reprehensible, personally, psychologically, than Trump.'” Sam Harris Declares “Osama bin Laden is Far Less Reprehensible than Trump”
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE BUREAUCRACY, WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE
- “Sheldon Whitehouse is the new Joseph McCarthy, on a warpath to threaten and silence everyone he disagrees with.” Sheldon Whorehouse Eyes Attack on Conservative Donors in Democrat-Led Senate
- “If the United States is to remain the world’s beacon of freedom, our system of checks and balances must remain resolute.” Democrats Declare War on the Judicial Branch
- “Noble-sounding words won’t improve failing cities, especially for minority residents.” The Limits of Rhetoric
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
- “The third-quarter GDP increase clawed back two-thirds of the combined first- and second-quarter contractions — in just one quarter. If elected, Joe Biden’s policies would reverse this recovery.” New Data Shows a V-Shaped Pandemic Recovery Underway That Biden’s Plans Would End
- “More than any other president in 40 years, Donald Trump has benefitted working-class Americans, especially African Americans. New data only reinforces that amazing trend.”Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years
- I’m sure the taxpayers in the rest of the nation will love that idea. DeBolshevik Sez Goofy Joey Will Pass “New Deal” and Bail Out NYC
- “Appropriate action will be taken when all facts are gathered.” (that’s what the guy in back said- ba-dump-TISS! – jjs) Investigation Begins After Video Appears to Show Two People Having Sex in Voice of America Office Building
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
- My kind of town, Chicago is… Murders Surge 50% In Lori Lightfoot’s First Year As Mayor of Chicago, Shootings Increase Too
- Heather Mac Donald: “The problem in the American inner city is not racism but drive-by shootings of blacks by other blacks.” A Grim — and Ignored — Body Count
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
- “Northwestern University’s ‘NU Community Not Cops’ activist group vandalizes city, school property and throws projectiles at police.” Anti-Police Student Group Launches Fireworks, Bricks at Police in Riot
- “The First Circuit’s open admittance that public schools discriminate against religion presents a new Establishment Clause question to the Supreme Court.” Maine Decision Asks Shifted Supreme Court to Decide if Only Atheists Can Control Public Education Funds
- Lloyd Billingsley: “Latino leftists target African American Ward Connerly, champion of the 1996 California Civil Rights Initiative.” Restoring Systemic Racism in California
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
- “The Democrat’s positions on abortion, transgenderism, and climate change are far outside what the best scientific evidence would support, and they should utterly disqualify him from this kind of endorsement.” 3 Reasons Joe Biden Is NOT the Candidate of Science
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
- “Is President Trump anti-gay? Of course not. It is laughably absurd to suggest such a thing.”Answering the LGBT Left on Trump’s Record
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
- Trump responded with, “What a crowd!” “LeBron James Sucks” Chant Breaks Out During a Donald Trump Rally
- Travis wrote on Twitter. “How many people in all industries are like this?” Clay Travis: “Staggering” Number Of People In Sports Media Are Voting Trump, Afraid To Say It Online
- “Politics should never divide families. Those ties should be stronger than who wins or loses an election. But for many people, and it appears particularly for Democrats, that is no longer possible.” “You Are No Longer My Mother” — Families Torn Apart by Tuesday’s Election
- Christian Toto: “Powerhouse doc digs deep into the unrest sparked by death, false headlines.” What Killed Michael Brown? Turns Tables on Media’s Race Narrative
- “Fantasies that modern Republicans are successors to a slaveocracy abuse history and chart a dangerous course toward violence.” The Confederacy Is Dead
- “On the eve of Election Day, what we’ve learned about voter fraud in 1960.” Victory by Fraud
HITHER & YON
- “Sean Connery’s Bond had successors, but they weren’t the real thing.” Goodbye, Mr. Bond
- “When John Wayne died in 1979, an obit writer said he thought Wayne was too tough to die. The same could be said of Connery, an undeniably cool and indestructible man.” Sean Connery’s Masculinity Was in a League All its Own
NOTE: The opinions expressed in some links may or may not reflect my own. I include them because of their relevance to the discussion of a particular issue.
