Well, here we are. This has worked out pretty much as expected. As I mentioned yesterday, it looked like the Senate run-off votes, compiled on the same machines as the ones in the disputed General Election, worked their magic properly. The margins of victory were microscopically above those which would have required a recount. It was counted by the same people who ran the election last month.

The results gave a whisper of equality in the upper chamber, split 50-50. It was a clear if ambiguous result. McConnell is out as Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer will fill those ungainly shoes. Vice-President Elect Harris will provide the majority vote on necessary legislation supported by President-Elect Joe Biden.

So, we have some answers, finally, like them or not. We can expect tax increases, radical Green initiatives in the trillions of dollars range, increased regulation and imposition of new controls on speech, gun and local authorities. Remember the abolition of local zoning laws? The last Administration sought to impose control from Washington, to start to correct what it felt were “disparate systemic outcomes.”

That sounds pretty ominous, but it is what I could discern from President-Elect Biden’s crew. And so we will have to live with it.

What I found curious was what Google did to me, personally. If you use a Gmail account for personal communications, you may not have been aware of it. I didn’t know, nor was I informed of the decision to censor my email. It was due to that screen shot I used of an internet call to join a “wild demonstration” yesterday that I posted, predicting trouble downtown.

It was not an endorsement of it. It was intended to show what was going on, put in context with the dozens of other conflicts roiling the surface of our civic life. In a more orderly society, I might have received a notice that my post might have “violated community standards” or something, but only Google knows what those are, and with a bright red stamp called it “dangerous.” Not a violation of Google Community Standards. Dangerous.

This is a new world. I made a comment this morning in the meeting that it was a positive development, considering the other things that could have happened. Our course is now clear. Now we know what is ahead, and what we can plan for. Yesterday, we did not know. We do now.

Mr. Trump announced a peaceful transfer of power on this morning, starting the day after Der Tag, though it didn’t appear to be. I wish I could say the long bumpy ride was over, because I do not think it is. But at least people can plan for what lies ahead. I will keep a smile on my face, because this was a hysterical moment in American history and should be appreciated for what it was. But I am going to keep my seatbelt on.

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