What is the Worst-Case Scenario if You Dare to Vote for Anyone but a Republican?

I've never counted it up myself, but I have been told that the phrase "fear not" appears in scripture 365 times, one for every day of the year. If only God had watched more Fox News, He would know that good Christians in Arkansas should be extremely afraid to vote for anyone but a Republican. They know the proper thing is for this fear to shape their behavior and vote GOP.  It does not matter how corrupt or authoritarian they are. According to this new gospel, fear should drive everything political that we do, and politics is so important that everything should be political! It is imperative that every two years we browbeat and insult our neighbors who are thinking of breaking ranks by reminding them of the cataclysmic consequences of not voting straight Republican in every race. After all, isn't this how the bible tells us to treat our neighbors? 

Okay, so maybe the bible doesn't exactly say that, but evangelical voters in Arkansas know that voting for other candidates, such as "Libertarians" (even ones whose policies are populist rather than Libertarian) could "split the vote." This risks electing a Democrat to a statewide office. And if that happens, certain bad things could occur. The sun might be blotted out of the sky. Hailstones of fire the size of SUVs could rain down upon us. Or, more reasonably, the following could occur. I want to break down the "worst case scenario" of a conservative voting for a Libertarian over an awful Republican in each statewide race. 

First of all, in each race, let's assume you vote for a Libertarian instead of a Republican rather than simply not voting in a race where you dislike both the Republican and Democratic candidate. This doesn't make a lot of sense for the down ballot races in particular because people skip voting for those all the time. But let's assume it since this is "worst case". If you typically vote Republican and don't vote for an office, that has the same risk of electing a Democrat as voting for a Libertarian. Skipping the race would actually be more empowering for the Democrat because if enough people voted for the Libertarian rather than simply not voting then even if the Democrat won, they would still win, but with less than 50% of the vote. In other words, they could not claim a "mandate from the people". 

Let's also assume that your vote is the one vote that alters the outcome. In a statewide race, the odds of this are vanishingly small. If the Democrat gets 500,001 votes and the Republican 500,000 votes and the Libertarian 50,000 votes, then your one vote prevented the election from being a tie. The odds of that are really miniscule, but since we are talking "worst case scenario" here we can pretend your vote is the one that swings the whole statewide race. The much more likely outcome is that your 3rd party vote does what I described above- it reduces the size of the victory of the winner and if it is reduced below 50% of the vote, then they know they better be on their best behavior. 

That being the case, what exactly are the unthinkable consequences when.....

In the Governor's Race:

Fred Love is elected over Sarah Sanders due to votes for Colt Shelby

This will have immediate and devastating consequences. Not for the state as a whole. But for certain lobbyists like Jon Gilmore, JR Davis, and Jamie Barker who have been directing huge flows of public money and private money hoping to influence public money. Not just them, all the grifters, insiders, and hangers on who have been sucking off the taxpayer's earnings will suddenly be cut off from the public treasury. Like I said, it will be devastating for the Republican consultant class in this state. 

Fred Love will try to install a whole different group of parasites in their stead, but he will face an insurmountable obstacle. The legislature will still be 80% Republican, and our constitution makes our Governor one of the weakest if not the weakest in the nation. 

A 51% vote of the legislature is all that is needed to override a veto. Our executive branch is split into seven offices some of which are appointed by the Governor in other states. The only reason the Governor is so powerful is that the same political party controls both the Executive and Legislative branches. This is an institutional end-run around the intent of the Founding Fathers to divide government into three branches that were supposed to check and balance one another. Instead, when they are in the same party, they enable each other. So when the same party controls both, government can do more than it could do when the intent of the Founders is preserved with divided government. Government could not do anything unless a large majority of the population approved. What a disaster that would be for growth of government! 

For Lt. Governor: Libertarian Michael Kalagias beats Leslie Rutledge.

There is no Democrat in this race, so the "worst case scenario" would be the Libertarian winning. Nor does the Lt. Governor do much unless the Governor dies. The only devastating consequence I can think of in this scenario is to the political career of Leslie Rutledge. Kalagias is a crusty old curmudgeon, but he is legitimately for less government than Rutledge. Should he wind up in the Governor's office the same restrictions that would stop Fred Love would apply to Kalagias except they would not be needed. The Republican legislature would not have to slow him down, he would slow them down to the extent he could. 

For Secretary of State: Kelly Grappe is elected over Kim Hammer due to votes for Dr. Michael Pakko.

This isn't a redistricting cycle, and the SOS does not register voters or directly count the votes. The County Clerks do that. The SOS does not make election laws, the Legislature does that. They do have a role in defending election laws since they are the ones that get sued. So maybe if she thought an election law was unjust, she would not fight for it tooth and nail in a lawsuit. Kim Hammer would fight for any law the Republicans passed whether the law was just or not. After all, he was the primary sponsor of some of the most unjust election laws on the books today. But the Attorney General is normally the lawyer that represents the SOS in these cases, and that is still the hyper-partisan Tim Griffin. 

Given the way Grappe has conducted her campaign, using campaign donations to make her husband a paid employee and taking heavy reimbursements for meals and basically as much as she legally can, I can see that she would have to be watched closely as far has where the money goes. However, even if she wanted to be unethical, I strongly suspect she would be a rank amateur at grift compared the slick pros surrounding the GOP right now. Grift would likely be reduced, not even because she was so against it, but because it takes time and practice to be as good at it as state Republicans seem to be right now. Plus, that 80% Republican legislature would still control the purse strings and the Republican Attorney General would be a lot less likely to let her slide than Hammer. Considering how the Republicans have been willing to clamp down on voter petitions, third party and independent ballot access, and really any citizen access to government that does not go through them, this would be a good office to have a non-Republican in, just to keep them honest since they hold so much of the power. 

For Land Commissioner, Libertarian Christopher Olson defeats Sander's acolyte Cole Jester.

Again, there is no Democrat in this race. Again, no one has to worry about "electing a Democrat" due to vote splitting. And the office is relatively inconsequential. There are only five states in which it is even an elected position. You probably can't even say what it does. But of course, you are supposed to be too crazed with fear to notice that and vote for the Republican anyway.

NOTE: This Christoper Olson is not the same person as my relative Christian Olson, who also ran for the office. 

Other than irritating Sarah Sanders and snatching a stepping-stone away from Cole Jester (whom she appointed SOS), I honestly can't tell you what would be so terrible about the Republicans losing this race. There basically is no worst-case scenario. If you are not happy with Sanders, or Jester, but still won't vote for Olson for some DOA excuse you are determined to come up with, maybe you are just too fearful and this self-government thing isn't for you. I would suggest North Korea, as the Dear Leader there doesn't change every eight years and you don't have to bother coming up with excuses why you should keep supporting them. They save you the trauma by no longer pretending you have a choice, to the great relief of those like yourself who didn't really want one!

On the Federal Level: Hallie Shoffner is elected to the US Senate over Tom Cotton due to votes for Jeff Wadlin. 

Hallie Shoffner reminds me of a younger, much greener, Blanche Lincoln type. That's not a compliment. And while she would just be one of a hundred Senators, there is a non-zero chance that the Senate will flip this election. The House has a higher chance of going from Red to Blue. This is also the Federal government, which has a lot more power than the state government, and far more power than the Founding Fathers ever intended it to have. So unlike some of the above offices, this could matter, if FEDGOV is not so far gone that nothing we can do matters and implosion is eminent.

That said, unlike with Governor, we have a very strong Presidency. Almost an Imperial Presidency, and that is the way the legislative branch seems to like it- all tough decisions are taken out of their hands. It doesn't just take a majority to impeach a President, it takes a 2/3rds majority, and that isn't going to happen without a significant Republican vote. The same thing with overriding vetoes. 

Because of that, I am going to say the worst-case scenario is that it contributes to gridlock in Washington. Trump won't be able to do what he wants, and the Democrats won't be able to do what they want. If the Epstein Class really does have incriminating files on all of these people, then the Epstein class will continue to get what they want regardless because they appear to own both parties (but if you believe that, then the only sane vote is Libertarian just because they are the ones that haven't been compromised yet). 

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I am sorry if my sarcasm was a little rough. Like everyone else, I am frustrated with the present political situation. I am legitimately upset most of all with my friends, who I have always considered to be people of faith and who consider themselves people of faith, to be so obviously and hurtfully ruled by fear. To me that is the worst part about this. Even worse than risking crazy leftists getting a chance at the wheel of a ship I think is in trouble no matter what. 

Arktimes Just Did A Rough Piece on Dem With Best Chance- Kelly Grappe

 I was surprised that they put this together but they did. In so many words, they are saying she is looting her campaign funds for personal use. Her campaign style would go a long way to explaining the food and lodging expense, but hiring your husband to be the top paid employee is a tough sell. 

Why Can't the Razorbacks Even Get Uniform Color Right? Sign of Deeper Problem

 Maybe it is silly of me to even care about this when the rest of the football program is in the condition it is in. On the other hand, if there were people in that program who took pride in making sure every aspect of it was of high quality, maybe it would not be in this condition. I am talking about the uniforms of the Arkansas Razorbacks. The colors don't match. They clash. 

Most people don't notice it; they just notice that the uniforms don't look good. That's a shame because back in the day the university was able to get it right. Our uniforms were among the best in the nation. They seem to have lost that ability.  It is embarrassing that the state flagship institution can't seem to get this right. Don't they have art majors on that campus?

Look at this away uniform they wore at Utah last week to see what I mean. Our colors are cardinal and cream. The jersey is cream. What about the helmet? It's white. Snow white. No cream to it. It is even more obvious on that player to the lower left in the background on this picture. The colors do not line up. It looks like some Junior High School where they just get standard white helmets. In a bit we are going to take a look at an Oregon jersey, and you will see the trouble they went to in order to get it right. 

But it doesn't end there. Look at the numbers and trim on that jersey. That is cardinal. A very deep red that has some burgundy. Now look at the razorback patch on his shoulder. That is an orange or yellow red. It doesn't fit with the deeper more purple red on the jersey. If that wasn't enough, the mouthpiece is straight red. Nebraska red. It does not match the uniform, except for the small "HOGS" on the front of the helmet that is also not cardinal. But wait, that is not the only shade of red on the helmet! The razorback on the helmet is another shade of red altogether. Almost a magenta. 

Yes, the helmet alone, in addition to not being cream like the uniform, has two shades of red on it, neither of which match the uniform color. It is embarrassing and improper. If the administration wants to support the team, they can start by bothering to outfit them properly, like they used to do when they had a fraction of the present budget. 

The Razorbacks often wore red helmets with a white logo even with their white uniforms. You might think that would solve the problem here, but I have noticed that their red helmets are not cardinal either. They are a bit more orange than the cardinal on their uniform. 

Let's contrast that to the Oregon Ducks, a program that cares about uniforms and does not send its football team onto the field looking like poor hillbillies.

 Notice that the green of the helmet and the green on the uniform are perfectly matched, even though the helmet has a metallic tone. Even the "O" in the helmet is exactly matched to the white on the jersey. Neither are pure white. Both are a sort of cream like the Razorback's jerseys. The shoulder patches are wearing hats the same shade of green and the bills of the ducks on those patches precisely matches the color of the gold trim and small "o" at the bottom of the neck. 

Even the chin strap and face mask on the helmets are not just plain white, like on the hog helmets. Rather, the chin strap matches the green of the helmet, and the face mask aligns in tone with the "O" on the helmet and the base color of the jersey. 

This is what a uniform looks like when someone in the athletic department puts some effort and pride into the appearance of their team on the field. 

Razorback football has a lot of problems, but they don't have to look like a high school team. How about we start with what we can fix that never should have been broken in the first place. 

King was Right About Prisons, Is He Also Right About County Funding?

 When almost everyone in his party was on board with the Franklin County Prison plan, State Senator Bryan King (R for now) of Green Forrest was giving one fact-based reason after another as to why it was a bad plan. He suggested decentralizing and adding on to existing prisons instead. And people started listening. Minds started changing once they realized his arguments were as solid as oak roots. After the administration's attempts to dismiss him as an obstructionist and then bulldoze over him failed, the state has recently backed off. They now want to look at some options similar to what he had been suggesting all along. 

Bryan King has often had to stand alone. At least at first. Now he is raising the alarm on another issue- funding for counties. With his track record, it would be unwise not to at least hear him out. 

The way government money works in Arkansas is that locally collected taxes are shipped off to Little Rock, and Little Rock then "turns back" some of that money to entities like counties. The problem is they are turning back less and less. The County's share of the turnback money used to be 5%. Now it is 3.4%. That may seem like a small difference, but it means today's turnback fund percentage is only 68% of what it was just five years ago. 

Suppose your salary went to 68% of what it was? Maybe your spouse has a salary or you have a side hustle, but it would still be a major budgetary problem. It was recently pointed out to me that Social Security is in danger and if current projections continue, they will have to cut those benefits by about the same amount, so many Americas may be about to feel the fiscal pain that counties are already experiencing. It is outrageous that a government that spends as much money as ours spends somehow can't find the money to meet its obligations to its citizens. Much like the counties, citizens sent in money to the government all their lives, thinking they would get it a "turnback" of sorts. Now its all in danger. 

There isn't much King can do as a state legislator about Social Security, but he can do something about county turnback money. That is, if anyone else up there is interested in helping him do so. The fact is that counties are still expected to fund a jail, and a Sheriff's office. And maintain roads and bridges. One could argue that the county's share of the population is shrinking as more and more people move to the cities, but counties maintained these facilities even when overall populations were much lower. They could do so because the turnback funds were at a level which permitted it. Now, maybe they aren't. 

I don't know the details of King's plan, but I believe he wants to guarantee each county a minimum of two million dollars in turnback funding, and stop the reductions in turnback percentages on top of that. Much like our federal legislature is divided up into a house where the representation is determined strictly by population and a Senate where all states get two, he wants the funding to have two components. One is the minimum to allow the county to perform all the functions that a county is obligated to perform and the other component based on population. 

It is great that we have a number of growing cities in Arkansas, but we can't have zones in between them that lack the basic services of civilization like a police force and a place to lock up criminals. And that is the way it could be headed if the low populated counties, which honestly is the majority of them, don't get a funding baseline that permits these services to continue. 

Look, the state was all keen to get a 3,000 bed prison because they are all for locking people up. The same need is occurring at the county level. Fifty counties each need places to maybe lock 10-20 people up. That would be 1,000 new beds and some of the state overflow could be housed there, probably for less than it would cost to house them in a fancy new state prison. 

King is very much into decentralized solutions and local control. Almost as much as I am. When a system gets too centralized, those at the top get the idea that they can do all of the thinking and deciding for the rest of us. Advancement in such a system is more a matter of being a "yes man" than finding workable solutions. The natural anti-dote to such a disease is found in contrarians like Senator Bryan King. Maybe we should listen to him- again. 

A Lesson in Why You Should Quit Letting Politicians Pick Your Politicians

Austin McCollum, a state representative from Benton County and the only person on the ballot for Benton County Judge in the election to be held in 94 days, is being charged with domestic violence. We do not know the details, but the rumor is that his wife suffered some broken fingers and he threatened her with a gun. I will link to a report on the situation in the comments, but there is larger lesson to be learned here.

McCollum won the primary in May against Justice of the Peace Carrie Smith the way many Republicans who will be taking office won theirs- he benefited from other politicians piling on with endorsements. Though they are doubtless scrubbing the internet now, Collum was endorsed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Attorney General Tim Griffin, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton as well as some local politicians who joined the pile. Cotton in particular is from the River Valley, a federal office-holder who lives in the DC area and has no business endorsing anyone in a Benton County Judge's race.

The truth is none of them did. None of them knew Austin McCollum well enough to endorse him on his merits. And there used to be a time when politicians had the humility to acknowledge that and refrained from endorsing in a party primary. That kind of restraint and respect for the intelligence of the voters is gone now. It is all about building coalitions and gaining power through favors. That is why those three politicians and others, as a group, endorsed a whole slew of other candidates in the most recent primary.

I want all of you to remember this: A politician rarely endorses another politician because they think the politician will be good for you. It is because they think they will be good for them.

If you want an office holder to listen to you and put your interests first, then vote for the one who DOES NOT get the political endorsements. It is almost certain that they've already sold you out, or they would not have them. Austin McCollum would have followed orders. He would have defended the machine's interest no matter what the people he was supposed to serve wanted. Perhaps with callous brutality if his current status is any indication.

Unfortunately, party people tend to be herd-thinkers. When the establishment office-holders jump into other races, and even local primaries, with both feet, it usually works. All this does is strengthen an establishment that is already too powerful. Power corrupts and one-party rule has always ended in disaster throughout human history. It isn't going to be different this time.

I don't even know if there is time to switch out to another candidate. He was the only one on the ballot. That is just how hurtful to the Republic this practice of politicians ganging up and endorsing one side has become. Unless you have their favor, you might as well not even try to run.

The voters have to do better. I don't think the Republican primary voters have it in them. I'd like to be wrong, but what I have seen is they will just make any excuse for their leaders, just like the Democrats did for Bill Clinton. It is the exact same partisan spirit that looks for any excuse to defend their team and any excuse to avoid the responsibilities of a citizen and fairly consider alternatives. People who refuse to repent and rise above that will not long stay free and frankly don't even deserve to.

Honestly, the Democrats have ruined their brand so badly that they are not much of a deterrent. Their candidates are awful. I am glad there are Libertarians to vote for in the case of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Colt Shelby) and U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (Jeff Wadlin). Griffin gets a free pass, and it is too late for Benton County Judge. The system failed. If you are tired of them trying to saddle you with men like McCollum, and make all your choices for you, I urge you to stand up for yourselves, your family, and your country, and vote for someone else. Details on the story

Director of Little Rock Airport Shot Dead By ATF in Commando-Style Raid. He Dared to Trade Guns Without a Federal License

 His name was Bryan Malinowski. He was the Executive Director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton International Airport in Little Rock Arkansas. He is now dead after ATF officials conducted a commando-style raid on his home. His suspected "crime"? Apparently he was a gun collector and was buying and selling guns without a permit to deal in guns from the Federal Government. 

Former Director of the Little Rock Airport Bryan Malinowski

Dead From Gunshot Wound Inflicted in His Home

During Commando-style ATF Raid 

Tom Cotton Demands War With Iran

Sen. Tom Cotton (R) Arkansas, has demanded the United States start a war with Iran in response to US Forces in Syria being hit by Iranian-backed proxies, resulting in the death of three US soldiers and about twenty-five wounded. The incident is the latest in a series of back-and-forth attacks between US forces and militant groups in Syria, though the first time that US forces have gotten the worst of it.

Tom Cotton said "The only answer to these attacks must be devastating military retaliation against Iran's terrorist forces, both in Iran and across the Middle East," said Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a longtime supporter of war with Iran. "Anything less will confirm Joe Biden as a coward unworthy of being commander-in-chief."

So the Senator is calling Biden a coward if he doesn't start the war that Arkansas-born general Wesley Clark has claimed the neo-cons in Washington have been after for decades.

My question is, what are US forces even doing in Syria, besides stealing oil that does not belong to us? President Trump ordered US troops out of Syria, and two of the neo-cons he surrounded himself with resigned rather than carry out the order and the rest simply lied to him about US troop levels in Syria and never carried out the order. 

Did Congress ever authorize US troops to invade Syria and take over the oil-rich section of the country? No. They filtered in without congressional approval and stayed despite Trump giving the order to pull them out. The Deep State has its own agenda and war is on that agenda. The neo-cons (from both major parties) like Cotton are dragging us into a war they have tried to engineer for decades. They have finally got the dead US servicemen they need to drag us into this thing, but the servicemen should have never been there in the first place. It isn't worth the life of one Delta farm boy. We have our own oil, and besides that as Trump said of the place "there is nothing there but sand and death."

Breakthrough: Autism Studies Point to a Treatment

Excess neuronal N2O is what causes most of the symptoms of autism, that is the conclusion of several studies. 

This recent astonishing study (summary) showed that mice genetically engineered to have autism were successfully treated by an application of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibitor, 7-nitroindazole (7-NI or S-nitroso-N-acetyl penicillamine), for 10 consecutive days. They tested two types of mice with different autism-inducing mutations. In one type treatment reversed autism symptoms in both sexes, the other reversed them in males.

This study shows not only that oxidative stress from N2O contributes to autism pathology, but that there is another compound (NDGA) which helps the body convert N2O into the non-deleterious form also effectively treats autistic symptoms.  

Here is yet a third study that shows yet another N2O inhibitor (catechin hydrate)(or convertor to another form) successfully treats autistic symptoms in rodents.

Indeed, even curcumin seems to have some positive effect, though I suspect it is mopping up the damage after the excess N2O is created rather than cutting of the problem at its core. Also, the study was done on rats where autism-like symptoms were artificially induced whereas the other studies also used rodents genetically modified to have autism. Just as in the Revesterol study, which also had positive results for the same reason. I don’t say these two will be effective as they are general, not nervous-system targeted, and deal with mopping up the damaging excess N2O after it has been present.

You may say “but that was with rodents”. It turns out they have understood the connection for years. Here is a human study from 2013 where children were given a compound (sapropterin) that was more broadly targeted but also impacted N2O. It is an anti-fungal too I believe, so it may be promising for more than one reason. It showed significant improvement on some but not all of the spectrum. And they suspected even then that it was the effect on NO that was making the difference. They also did a human study with the closely related Tetrahydrobiopterin and found that it did not improve everything but did improve social awareness, autism mannerisms, hyperactivity, and inappropriate speech. This was ten years ago. 

I suspect that if their brain had years to heal and repair, they would see improvements in the other areas too. Take a brain that has been battered by long-term immune response, just because you remove the source of the abuse doesn't mean the brain heals right away. 

The epilepsy/bipolar drug I had noticed before was effective if the cause of autism is a mutation in a particular gene, but the N2O theory of autism would apply to a wide variety of stem issues. There are lots of ways the N2O balance could be off, and restoring the balance would treat a wide variety of things that could lead to the same issue.

The body needs N2O. So using a general inhibitor over a long time without monitoring would be too risky. Inhibition interventions are best when targeted and there is monitoring of levels from time to time. But leaving the nervous system with all of this excess is a known problem.

Ediacaran Forms Don't Explain Cambrian Forms

I want to preserve this snippet of an online debate I had for re-use. People seem to think that the presence of Ediacaran forms somehow means they were ancestors or relatives of the Cambrian forms. Despite some inevitable superficial similarities, every time they look at ideas like this in detail they find out the connection cannot be supported by the evidence. Here I answer a post where they tried that, along with the usual "they existed we just don't have fossils". 

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I don't see how any position could be less reasonable than what you are suggesting. Any proposed natural explanation must be accepted over a Divine explanation, even one that fits with the evidence. Why, because we are doing science here? No we are not. We are debating whether something beyond nature, and thus not detectable by science, was involved. Yet here you are, still attempting to impose philosophical naturalism on the terms of the discourse. Nothing seems possible if you a priori refuse to consider it.

Differences in fossilization rates may be a field of study, but we have fossils, even tiny trace fossils, from before. We have fossils of hard stuff and fossils of soft stuff. There was nothing about the earth which prevented fossilization. The obvious conclusion is that fossils were rare before the Cambrian because animals were rare. The Cambrian is thick with fossils. Instead of accepting the evidence you are coming up with hypothesis which contradict all known evidence to explain the absence of the evidence you need to be there. The sample size is the earth. If there are a tiny amount of fossils from the period in question, the obvious conclusion is it wasn't there. Indeed my link provided evidence for the position that the putative ancestors of sponges weren't there, and I can provide similar peer-reviewed studies that make the case for other forms. I doubt it would move you though as your mind appears closed to evidence with dogma predominant.

//The scientific explanations are things that are known to exist and have known properties. If the supernatural were known to exist then maybe, based on the demonstrated properties of the supernatural, we could include it in the conversation too//

The supernatural is known to exist, it just can't be verified by science because science by definition is blind to it even if it does exist. So demanding scientific evidence for the supernatural makes as much sense as demanding supernatural evidence that nature is all that there is. You have stated the truth- you are not willing to include the supernatural in the conversation. I am saying you should open your mind to it.

//You think you have a "gotcha" because scientists are debating whether spriggina was an arthropod or just similar to an arthropod. //

It didn't even have bi-lateral symmetry. We don't even known if it would be classified as an animal, much less an arthropod. It is not a credible arthropod ancestor so talking about superficial similarities is irrelevant.

//They debate whether something they found is a pre-cambrian sponge or some kind of mineral formation or some kind of sponge-like-but-not-exactly-a-sponge kind of organism.//

And I presented a long study that showed in detail why they were mineral formations and their is no good evidence for sponges until the Cambrian. You are acting like these are small differences. One conclusion supports my case strongly and the other yours. I show you studies explaining why a close look at the evidence supports my conclusion and you just go right back to the could-bes as if I had not made my case.

// Kimberella is a candidate for a pre-cambrian chordate ancestor//

No, it isn't. 15 years ago they thought so, but they tested the hypothesis and found it wanting. Here is how WIki puts it..

"These traces, named Radulichnus and Kimberichnus, have been interpreted as circumstantial evidence for the presence of a radula. In conjunction with the univalve shell, this has been taken to indicate Kimberella was a mollusc or very closely related to molluscs.[8] In 2001 and 2007 Fedonkin suggested that the feeding mechanism might be a retractable proboscis with hook-like organs at its end.[11] Kimberella′s feeding apparatus appears to differ significantly from the typical mollusc radula, and this demonstrates that Kimberella is at best a stem-group mollusc.[19] Notably, the scratch marks indicate that the 'teeth' were dragged towards the organism, not pushed away as in molluscs, and that the maximum impact on the sediment was when the mouthpart was furthest from the organism.[20] The direction of grazing is also backwards, as opposed to forwards as in molluscs.[20] Furthermore, the constant width of grooves implies stereoglossy – a trait that is very derived in molluscs.[21] It has been argued that the shape of the feeding traces is incompatible with a radula, and that despite the molluscan body form, the lack of a radula places Kimberella well outside the molluscan crown group.[10] Butterfield points out that plenty of other groups of organisms bear structures capable of making similar marks.[3][22]

Taken together, sceptics doubt that the available evidence is enough to reliably identify Kimberella as a mollusc or near-mollusc, and suggest that it is presumptuous to call it anything more than a "possible" mollusc,[7] or even just a "probable bilaterian".[3]"

//Arkarua is a candidate for a pre-cambrian echinoderm ancestor.//

Again, not a good one. Again, you don't have to go any further than Wiki to know why....

"This identification remains suspect, as the fossils do not appear to have either madreporites, or plates of stereom, a unique crystalline form of calcium carbonate from which echinoderm skeletons are built. These two features are diagnostic of all other echinoderms, as all extinct and extant echinoderms have either one, the other, or both features present.[2]"

//but for you to imply that nothing is known and no fossils have been found and scientists are totally in the dark is purely dishonest.//

Me being dishonest? I didn't imply "nothing is known", my point is that a great deal is known and it all directs to the same conclusion- the Cambrian biota show up suddenly, with great diversity, and no good candidates for their ancestral forms. All pointing to more than nature at work. You keep grasping one straw after another of outdated hypotheses to try and show some way that the evidence points in a different direction and I keep giving one specific fact after another to show why these speculations are incorrect and won't help you.

The Biggest Disgrace of the Legislative Session Happens Every Session

 Nick Horton of Opportunity Arkansas thinks the biggest disgrace of the session is suspending the rules of transparency and accountability to ram through a bunch of bills at the last minute. The legislators don't even have a chance to read them, and can no longer ask for a study of how much they would cost! I agree with him. This makes a farce of the legislative process.

The man excuse seems to be "this happens every time". Yes, and it is a disgrace every time and no one will do anything to fix it. Senator Bryan King tried. He pushed for a change in the rules that would limit the number and timing of bills that Senators could introduce. They shrugged him off. The system is broken and a farce, and very few of them seem willing to do anything about it. 

Cotton, Boozman, Safely Re-elected, vote for Omnibus Bill with Many Gun Control Provisions

  Gun owners of America gave a few of the worst examples of anti-2nd Amendment provisions in the Omnibus Act......

🚩Massive 14.1% ATF budget increase to facilitate Biden’s Pistol ban 

🚩50% increase for the ATF part of the budget that maintains the illegal near-billion record gun registry 
🚩$700+ million in funding available to bribe states to pass “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation Laws 
🚩 Money for anti-gun CDC research while the agency suppresses self-defense statistics 

Eighteen Republican Senators joined the Democrats to pass this measure. Two of them were Tom Cotton and John Boozman. Tom Cotton talks a good game, but when the chips are down supports the establishment. This was also recently shown by his support for Mitch McConnell as Majority Leader. McConnell was another one of the 18 Republican votes for the measure, along with the usual suspects like Romney and Susan Collins. 

Boozman doesn't even talk a good game, except sometimes during the six weeks before the election. He's mostly silent and inert as the Republic collapses around our ears. I'll let you form your own opinion as to which approach is the worst. ...The guy who doesn't even pretend he is representing us or the guy who does when he's really on the establishment team. 

Cotton, Quoting Pro Wrestler Quoting FB Coach, Will Back McConnell

 When a unit under performs for a long time and the leader of that unit has sufficient authority and resources, it is almost always the fault of the leader. Especially when they use those resources in a way that undermines part of their own brand. Donald Trump has blamed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who controls a lot of campaign funds, for the poor performance of Republican senate candidates. There is discontent, and not a few have suggested that McConnell be replaced as Leader. 

When the chips are down, you can count on Senator Tom Cotton to let his true establishment colors show. Citing the wisdom off a pro wrestler citing a football coach, he is supporting McConnell.