Values Voters

William Saletan has a hilarious and scathing piece in Slate about values voters sucking up to the spiteful buffoon in the White House. Selling their birthright for a mess of assurances that the Pussy Grabber in Chief is on their side in the supposed War Against Christmas is a phrase that comes to mind.

I do not mean to suggest that this description applies to all conservative Christians. Michael Gerson is a man with whom I have not always agreed, but his columns in the Washington Post have shown that he sees through Trump, and is not pleased with the values voters who seem to value access to the seat of power more than justice or mercy. Or even reliable sanity and a willingness to study the facts and make decisions on the basis of reality.

The Red Queen's Race

I got three new amendments this week, and didn't finish Office Actions on any, so I'm now up to eight regular Amendments and one Special Amendment (actually a Board of Appeals decision). I have, however, started writing an Examiner's Answer in reply to an Appeal Brief that's one of the eight. I'm up to over 7000 words (that does include the rejections I made in the case), and I have multiple pages to go, at the least.

I did finish first action rejections on my oldest Special New and then in my oldest non-RCE Regular New this week.