In my voting booth there was a piece of paper taped up stating that though Jill Stein was on the ballot, votes for her would not be counted. Wish i could remember the actual language.

I like a podcast called Fall of Civilizations. It’s very calming, quiet accounts of dark periods in history. Despite the juxtaposition, it’s very chill and relaxing.

That is precisely the plan. Vance is a comparatively stable predictable tool. No way he can win re-election on his own, but that won’t be necessary after he has a year or two in the white house.

Liz Cheney had an insanely high percentage of voting with Trump on legislation. Like 95%+. Way way higher than Elise Stefanik, who took her place in house leadership, because Stefanik was loyal on election denial.

It is insane that anyone is fighting over Cheney vs Trump. None of them are good for America.

yeh agreed! but might be a bit complicated. possibly the dumbest thing i’ve ever written down is that I’m into some cool bands,

i hope you’re capable at some jokes, because i will die in the living-room theatre

yeah thats crappy

i reserved just for you a seat at this soda fountain, and when you get that seat, you know you are uppity

the cheeto jokes are going nowhere. ya’ll preaching to the choir. i don’t know what is up with the man’s face and the bronzer. I don’t care.

Donald Trump wants to deploy the military on U.S. soil against U.S. citizens, nevermind that he thinks non-citizens are non human

that sounds amazing.

i just watched the first season of a show called The Bear, crazy stressful Back of House restaurant environment, slaps on to my personal experience pretty well.

why did you link an article on trisomy-18?

Trisomy 18, also called Edwards syndrome, is a chromosomal condition associated with abnormalities in many parts of the body. Individuals with trisomy 18 often have slow growth before birth (intrauterine growth retardation) and a low birth weight. Affected individuals may have heart defects and abnormalities of other organs that develop before birth. Other features of trisomy 18 include a small, abnormally shaped head; a small jaw and mouth; and clenched fists with overlapping fingers. Due to the presence of several life-threatening medical problems, many individuals with trisomy 18 die before birth or within their first month. Five to 10 percent of children with this condition live past their first year, and these children often have severe intellectual disability.

thanks for going to the mat with that lunatic, you may have helped distract them from whatever other bullshit they were planning. abortion is health care. denying abortion is denying health care.

worst thing about the Julia Roberts ad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaCPck2qDhk, if you must) is they someone not completely filling in the scantron bubble on the ballot

also Charlie “master debater” Kirk and Jesse “yelling on TV is my memorable trait” Watters are desperate tools, SO ANXIOUS to control women

we agree more voting is better.

we can’t tolerate this. these supposed “pro-life” policies are killing, literally murdering women.

this scheme has no incentive to actually vote. It would likely help many people in voting, but a lot would just go fishing or stay home to play games. I’m not saying make it a crime to not vote.

tax incentives to vote sounds like a giveaway to tax-prep companies and tax-software companies, none of whom should exist at all.

and all of this when the whole voting structure is fucked – first-past-the-post is when one candidate gets more than another, even if they get a small minority of votes.

I used to agree that election day should be a bank holiday, but many many still have to work on bank holidays. Now I’m in a populous red state and in-person early voting has been available for years.

I voted early in 22 and in 20. Not sure how old the law is. I think I can vote early all the way up to Saturday, maybe Sunday. too lazy to check.

I think this is a better solution, mail voting notwithstanding. Voting doesn’t have to go on for a whole month, but a week or two early makes sense.

Anyways I’ll be voting sometime between now and Tuesday.

Yes, as you implied, some have in their mind as realpolitik that refugee crises create opportunities for fascism, and that’s cool. It’s just practical politics to fuel climate change and war.

I initially was like, oh, One From The Heart. And then of course Young Frankenstein. Also a Monkees movie where Jack Nicholson had a screenwriting credit.

ROLL IN ZE HAY!