This day started out bad for Donald Trump.  He went to bed with President Obama having gotten under Donald Trump’s skin by calling out Trump’s wanna-be authoritarian tendencies.

And the day has only gotten worse.  On the one hand, Divine Providence/Nature has followed through on what everyone thought was possible when the Republicans named Jacksonville as their back-up site for the RNC.  This is the current five day forecast for Tropical Depression 13:

While a lot can change in five days (and five day forecasts have a good margin of error), there is a real possibility that the RNC will be dealing with a hurricane striking Florida on Monday when there convention is supposed to start.  Hurricanes have been a recurring problem for the Republican Convention multiple times in the past four cycles.  Of course, nobody would think to be concerned about a hurricane hitting Florida in late August. Continue Reading...