We'll have to wait until the afterlife to sex Mutombo. Just a really decent guy who didn't take himself too seriously, but used his fame to do serious good.

Following his playing career, he worked extensively for charitable and humanitarian causes. He served as an ambassador for the sport, particularly in the development of the Basketball Africa League.

"It's really hard to believe, and it's hard for us to be without that guy," said tearful Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri. "You have no idea what Dikembe Mutombo meant to me. ... I have to say, though, that guy, he made us who we are. That guy is a giant. An incredible person. Who are we without Dikembe Mutombo? Not possible. It really is not.

"I went to Dikembe Mutombo's hometown with him. I went to his hospital, and you have no idea what that guy means to the world. He's gone. He's left us. ... That guy was the biggest giant that you could ever find. The biggest heart."

Okay, what follows are things that are working in Harris's favor, but I still don't think anything is a sure thing. This isn't a sign of complacency.

1. David Frum:

Trump is pre-losing. He's losing in his own mind.

That's why he's desperately selling silver coins when he should be campaigning. That's why Mike Johnson is ignoring Donald Trump's demands and threats and keeping the government open. The speaker is keeping the government open when Trump wants the government shut.

That's why his wife is hawking this book and that's why he seems so depressed every time you see him. He is tasting defeat. He knows what's happening and he can't exert himself or mobilize himself in order to do anything.

That's why he's doing so few events. He's listless, he's lethargic, and he's losing in his own mind. His world is crashing in on him. He's pre-losing.

I mean, we can cherish the idea of a deflated, flaccid Trump.

2. I made a similar comment back in May or so, but now I think we can say more definitively: the violence in the air does not match 2020. There are not MAGA Trump Trains circling throughout cities. There is nothing like the Biden Bus incident happening.

Now, legally there are plenty of election interference schemes all brewing. I'm just saying the physical violence isn't as palpable as it was four years ago.

Anyway, mumble about the election here.