Editorial
By Dhiren Shah
Hello Readers,
Local Talk Newspaper is happy to celebrate its 24th anniversary on November 1, 2024. Without the support of our readers, our team of dedicated people, and our advertisers it would not be possible. Thanks to our advertisers, who gave the support of finance, our readers, who gave their support to bring the truth even with powerful people trying to intimidate us. Without our team, nothing is possible. Once again, thanks to everyone.
Also, Happy Diwali to our Indian readers. Wishing you all a great new year.
The U.S. Presidential election is less than a week away, and both candidates are virtually tied in the polls. Next week, is a critical week. Either we will get our first woman president, or a former president will serve a nonconsecutive second term for the second time. The first to do it was New Jersey’s own Grover Cleveland.
Kamala Harris is leading in some polls by 1 point, and according to other polls, Trump is leading by 1 point. In the projected electoral college, Trump is leading. In the latest poll of USA Today on the morning of October 28th, Harris and Trump were tied at 48%.
To win the presidential election, one needs 270 electoral college votes out of 538. No one is clearly winning in the electoral college. So, as of now, the race between VP Harris and former President Trump is tied.
If there is a 269-269 tie, it would get broken at state houses and assemblies, in which Republican states have the majority, meaning that Trump would likely win in this scenario.
It will be interesting to see who our leader will be, or if they will emerge as a world leader. In the world, war and dividing factors between many countries do not show a great future. We need a leader who can lead the country while making peace between many countries. The U.S. should be a leader for peace, and for peace the U.S. must be neutral, so it can impact both sides for a peace movement.
Recently there was a BRICS meeting (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) that had Russian President Putin and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping in attendance. Russia and China are superpowers, and hopefully, India will be a superpower before 2030. In 2020, they had border disputes, but now China and India are talking about peace. Peace is the best way to live and let live for all neighboring countries.
In Israel, war has been going on for thousands of years. However, as a leader of the world, the U.S. should be neutral to bring peace between Israel and Palestine. Hamas is a terrorist group, so let the Palestinians with the help of Israel and the U.S. shut down Hamas. However, at the same time. Israel and the U.S. must be very careful not to kill any Palestinians. No one has the right to kill innocent Palestinians in the name of eliminating Hamas.
When I wrote this, the Yankees lost the first three games of the World Series. In two games, they had a chance to win. The first game had the interference of a fan, which hurt them. However, that should not be an excuse. They had the lead in the last inning, but gave up a walkoff Grand Slam. The Yankees are my favorite team, but by the time you see this, the series may be over. Only one team in history has come back from a 0-3 hole, and it was the Red Sox over the Yankees in 2004.
Have a wonderful week. I’ll talk to you next week.
