Odds and Sods, Election Day 2026

I had hoped to do a more passionate situation than this, but I couldn't bring up the energy to do more than tell MAGA and their 2A allies to go fuck up a rope.

I will say, before getting to some other stuff -- with the probable situation that, by tonight, this will turn into a liveblog of sorts -- that I predict the Democrats will win the House by a fairly comfortable margin.

However, they will not win the Senate.  They'll get 51, but, at that point, Pennsylvania's John Fetterman stops pussy-footing around and jumps parties to have Vance be the relevant tiebreaker.

Anyway, on to more mundane matters:

• Spire Motorsports has parked Carson Hocevar for the final race of the season in Miami -- a probable prelude to the firing of 2026 NASCAR's most controversial driver.  Believed intentional brake-check of Austin Cindric did the trick.  The team did not wait for NASCAR's penalty.
• Which was $100,000 and 25 points.  Probably would've been a parking if the team didn't do it first.
• Tragedy in Spain.  A high-boot goalkeeper challenge has ended tragically, and with a manslaughter investigation.  Jesus de Migel Alameda, of Spanish second-tier CD Tenerife, died this morning from injuries suffered in a high-boot collision with the opposing goalkeeper.  Owono was sent off immediately for the challenge near midfield after Alameda had beaten the defense onside.
• CJ Gardner-Johnson has been FIRED from the Buffalo Bills for the spitting incident against the Raiders.  The day he came off suspension, they cut his ass.