I’m going to assume crossover conversation from the day’s events will occur—immediately. I am hereby declaring amnesty on all off topic links.
That said…
State-owned gas company buys off the state’s regulators??? Only in Mexico…
In other oil-related news, Brandon cozies up with a dictator.
In more oil-related news, the local warlord did the locals a small favor.
If El Presidente Dudebro keeps saying the quiet part out loud, he’s going to be the next Bolsonaro.
Here’s a good tune. Remember: An “I voted” sticker is an open admission of aggression, therefore punching those people is not an NAP violation…though it’s probably illegal.*
*A word from the Glibertarians.com legal department: Punching voters is indeed battery and this is not an endorsement.
Holy shit, I just spent $250 on groceries. Good thing I was sexually molested at Camp Lejuene.
“Good thing I was sexually molested at Camp Lejuene.”
I don’t know how to break this to you…
It’s not an excuse to punch people with “I Voted” stickers?
STEVE SMITH PUNCH YOUR TICKET
LEAVE YOU WITH HANGING CHADS
Wait, let the man speak. What if he can turn it into a class action lawsuit?
I just spent $25, mostly on canned goods.
I couldn’t find an 8oz can of tuna, or even a 6oz, it’s all 5oz cans now 🙁
They still make 8 oz. cans, in addition to the 5 oz.
I found 12oz, but no 8oz
Huh, I don’t think I’ve ever seen 12 oz. Never looked either.
The water was cold!
Whip Shrinkflation Now
Must be something in the water…
Yeah, my last trip topped out over $200 – first time in history.
Oof. What you buying bro? I spend less than that for 4.5 people.
Spam is good once in awhile but not for every meal.
Funny that, I just bought a can of Spam for the first time in years.
Spam ain’t exactly cheap anymore, either.
Whoa, Spam? Look at Hollywood over here. *opens can of Armour Treat*
Hey, check out Mr. BigBucks here!
*opens can of Brookdale Luncheon Meat*
Whoa, check out the Swiss Monopoly-man over here!
Opens plain white can with “potted meat product” written on it in big black letters.
Hmmm. Not sure we can beat that…
“Put it on a plate, son. You will enjoy it more.”
(NY)
Is there a roadmap for successfully removing taxing power from a school district?
The one I have the misfortune to live in wants $1k from me for no services rendered.
That’s it? Around here half the property tax goes to schools. So you either have a fantastic mil rate or live in a tool shed.
Well, that $1k is half a year’s worth. And my tax valuation is only $40k. My total property taxes end up $3k/yr (2/3 of that is for the damn schools)
Yes, my house is only 1000-1300 sqft, with a lot of the same size.
We have $3.5K property taxes on $300K assessed value.
You also live in a better state.
There is plenty of room here.
$5600 on $1.2m assessment.
And the state just sent me a $600 tax rebate because we are currently flush.
Which state? In New York there’s an old vote buying scheme that gives a tax rebate on primary residences. It used to be on your annual tax filings, but they figured it’d have more impact if they mailed out checks instead.
Idaho. Don’t get me started on my NY property taxes.
$1.2M on an assessed value of $5,600?
Over 3% of assessed value, because the university doesn’t pay property taxes.
$6k on $350k. Amd yes, it is a modest 3br.
$16K on our residence, $6 on a rental.
That was a big hit all at once.
$6K on the rental.
$10250 on a $329k house.
@#$% Illinois.
Damn.
That’s actually worse than PA. Not by much, but still, worse. Thank god I’m not taxed on the supposed market value.
Much of property taxes go to schools.
In addition, there are income tax surcharges based on school district.
So, taxed twice for schools. Both my kids are in their 40s. Three of my four grandkids are out of school. It’s good to know that I am paying to have stranger’s kids brainwashed by the woke mob.
They’re protecting you by imprisoning the kids and keeping them off the street.
Or if you want to be kind, babysitting.
The state and county collect for them here. You do get to vote for school board and the school board gets to vote against you.
Our local school district is asking for more money on the ballot again. It’s a perennial thing now. They got a ton more money a couple of years ago and promptly built a bunch of athletic facilities at the local high school. Their mailers this year complained about the poor conditions of the classrooms at the high school. Maybe you need to get your priorities straight before you get more money.
This is why I want them to have to fire the entire administration whenever they have ‘maintenance issues’ on any building. They’ve clearly failed at their jobs.
We have declining enrollments, so of course they want to build new (smaller) schools. We’re right at the point of paying off the bonds from the last round of construction.
EF and I pay over $5k a year in property taxes.
This is considered outrageous here in the greater Grand Rapids area. But hey – look at that school! And, with the higher than average house prices + taxes, keeps out the middle class on down.
Plus they plow the sidewalks in the winter, pick up the trash from the top of the driveway, and take away your leaves. /what a deal 🙂
$5K? You’re getting ripped off. I’m up to over $11K here.
Actually, I forgot who’s day it was and was assuming California… PG&E is very, very cozy with the regulators after all.
Yeah, but SoCal Gas is incrementally being put out of business.
But before that can happen, the U.S. wants the Maduro regime to return to stalled negotiations in Mexico with Venezuela’s political opposition. Its leaders are demanding democratic reforms that would open the door to free and fair Venezuelan presidential elections in 2024.
I’d be happy with free and fair elections in the US in 2024.
Looks like snow here.
Huh. November in Alaska. Who‘d have thunk.
Yeah. You’ve had your month each of spring, summer and fall.
Well, we do have four seasons here. June, July, August and winter.
Honestly, though, winters here are long and cold but so, so beautiful. The snow stays this beautiful pristine white until it melts in spring. Where it drifts up the light shining through it comes through blue, the snow is so clean. It’s like the land pulls a white blanket over itself and sleeps until spring.
Also: No tourists!
I should show up at Animal’s place with a camera and talk out of synch with my movements like I’ve been badly overdubbed.
Also: No bugs.
I’m not surprised.
Re: the music link…. wasn’t aware Rachel Summers got a music following…
🤘🤘 Volbeat 🤘🤘
Best Danish export since well…the Danish.
“In other oil-related news, Brandon cozies up with a dictator.”
The only way this makes sense to me at this point is that this is more NIMBY environmentalism. He seems to have no problem buying oil from other countries with bad environmental and even worse human rights records.
We actually need Venezuelan crude. It’s nasty, heavy stuff and we’re about the only country that can refine it. But that also means diesel.
Because they are losing Saudi Arabia in a big way – see my link below.
It ain’t just oil. We buy all kinds of stuff from China.
True, but I think that’s mostly because outsourcing to China is really cheap. I can’t imagine they’ll get a better deal on oil than drilling it here.
One reason China is cheap is that they don’t have the various labor and environmental regulations we have. We’re basically exporting our smog.
Algeria formally requests membership in BRICS.
Saudi Arabia, Iran and Turkey are supposedly on deck. And they are all looking to create a reserve currency to replace the dollar. Look for freakouts in DC and their best efforts to stir up trouble between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
‘Pemex opted to drop the plan half-way through completion, the three sources said, as low gas prices made it less economically attractive and political priorities shifted to raising oil output.’
*Looks at nat. gas prices*
Bet they feel silly now.
“Powerball TWIST! Single-ticket sold in California wins $2.04 BILLION jackpot after tweet declaring NO WINNERS created mass confusion – and prompted avalanche of memes”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11403915/Check-tickets-Powerball-draws-numbers-record-breaking-2-BILLION-jackpot-delay.html
California? Where’s Nancy?
Even in California, I assume they’ll net over a billion after taxes. Assuming it’s not a ticket pool or something like that, would this be the first time a single winner of a lottery became an instant billionaire?
Cash payout is half or so of the annuity value.
Taxes take out another half.
So 500 mil or so cash out.
Huh, looked and the lump sum is a lot less than I thought it would be. Only a little less than a billion for the lump sum, before taxes.
They were higher when interest rates were so low (since those are the discount factor for NPV).
Volbeat es muy bueno
I got the total stink-eye from the old biddie at the polls when I declined the “I Voted” sticker.
Gotta display the proper signals, I guess.
Who is refusing to wear the sticker?
“I have to? That’s why I don’t want to.”
They didn’t attack you like Seinfeld right?
She didn’t even lift, bro. I was fine.
Take it, stick it on your crotch, smile and walk away.
Ours was a guy in his 30’s or so, spent most of the time on his phone, and asked if you wanted a sticker. One woman wanted two, and I’m going to blame Q for where my mind went with that.
Assuming it’s not a ticket pool or something like that, would this be the first time a single winner of a lottery became an instant billionaire?
S/He should buy a railroad.
Shit, with that scratch they can’t even fund a few miles of CA High Speed Rail.
As there were requests for an election watching Zoom, I’ve set up this room which will kick off at 19:15 Eastern for those who wish to discuss the election results as they come in.
*A word from the Glibertarians.com legal department: Punching voters is indeed battery and this is not an endorsement.
*cancels order for 10,000 “I Punched a Voter” trucker hats*
“Emily Ratajkowski revealed she actively tries to ‘balance’ out her truck-obsessed son Sylvester’s toy collection by purchasing him playthings specifically targeted at girls.
During Tuesday’s episode of her High Low podcast, the 31-year-old supermodel told her guest, Julia Fox, that her tot ‘literally gets so excited’ by ‘things with wheels.’
‘But is this just what he likes naturally?’ she wondered, before saying it makes her ‘so sad’ to think about her little boy being pressured to ‘toughen up’ as he gets older.
The author went on to say: ‘I’m like, are those the little ways you can start making sure the conditioning doesn’t happen? And spending a lot of time around women?’
Meanwhile Fox, who shares a one-year-old son, named Valentino, with ex-husband Peter Artemiev, also raved that her baby ‘loves trucks’ and ‘freaks out’ over them.
But to keep things ‘balanced’ out, the former muse of Kanye West says she bought a pink truck and a ‘little stroller with a doll in it.'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11404881/Emily-Ratajkowski-buys-son-Sylvester-one-girls-toys-balance-truck-obsession.html
OFFS!!!
Then he picks up a Barbie, holds it like a gun and says “BANG!”
Have three sons; can confirm.
You can buy him what you want, but he’ll pick the toys he plays with. He might even spend more time playing with the cardboard box it came in.
Cardboard and Styrofoam can be used to build all kinds of playsets.
These people are sick.
Nothing says maternal nurturing like forcibly turning your boy away from the innocent pastimes he so loves.
Two unmarried women discussing the joys of femming up their sons.
Stunning and brave.
At least they aren’t lopping off any parts. Yet.
Yet, indeed.
My sister, a proggie through and through, would never let my nephew have any toy guns. I told her she was wasting her time. Sure enough, she called me one day and during the conversation told me that all of a sudden everything he picked up became a gun.
Boys are boys. Let them be you retarded harpies.
H. H. Munro (Saki) was on this case pre-1916.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1477/1477-h/1477-h.htm#page3
Dragging this from the deadthread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP0XnfC1jVM
I’ll amend my response – I love “Blindsight” but I didn’t realize that was a ranked list. #1? No way.
“BREAKING NEWS: Republicans pick up their first win in GUAM: Red wave starts in the U.S. territory as it elects its first GOP delegate to Congress since 1993”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11404961/Republicans-pick-win-GUAM.html
One of y’all who knows how to do the fancy crap should post that Ron Paul “It’s Happening!” shaky picture thing.
We’re saved!
Now they have to worry about it flipping over.
Hank Johnson…bless his heart.
Just dont say midgets
The Guamians are going to jump for joy, and end up flipping the island over.
And I know to read down before posting.
/shakes fist at Slumbrew.
But to keep things ‘balanced’ out, the former muse of Kanye West says she bought a pink truck and a ‘little stroller with a doll in it.’”
You need something to run over with your truck.
Mark Steyn: The US has ‘the most dirty, stinking, rotten, corrupt electoral system in the Western world.’
Wonder what he thinks of the judicial system?
Just got back from voting. They had touchscreen or paper. The wait was a lot less for the paper (which goes into a bag, not a machine), so I have no idea what the fortification in CO is gonna be. In Minne, you filled in the oval and ran it into the machine. Not perfect, but seems better than touchscreens or “trust us” bags.
This is retarded.
In Iowa, we handed over out Driver’s Licenses to a nice lady that verified we were registered to vote in the jurisdiction. Then, the kind lady printed out a receipt that we had to sign to attest that we had not voted anywhere else. Then we got our ballots. Fill in the ovals, and then scan them in to the system.
Totally racist. I did not see a person of color anywhere in the vicinity of the polling place.
The nice lady at the table at my polling place knew two of my dad’s neighbors from the same street (the street only has, like, 6 houses on it). The guy next to her was the principal of a high school in Burlington, VT in the 80’s (I was wearing my UVM sweatpants. Because I’m put-together & fashionable)
Didn’t need an ID to vote. I’d forgotten about it and went for a walk which took me near the polling station. There was no wait and no ID requirement so I voted.
Of course, I did vote Yes on a state amendment to require a photo ID to vote in the future.
What?!! Of course I have no shame – I hang out here don’t I?
Aye.
The touchscreens were gone this time. I presented my id, a lady printed a ballot, and I sat down and hand-filled in a bunch of squares completely. Then another dude supervised as I scanned it in a machine.
Our system has changed a little but I like it. You show your ID and verify your address, then sign on a touch screen. They then print a piece of paper with a bar code, and two people initial it. You put that into the voting machine, use a touch screen to vote, then at the end it prints your choices in barcodes on the ballot. That gets put into a locked box where it’s scanned, and it verifies it read your ballot.
That seems overly complicated. At least it has a paper trail.
It’s really not. You get to use a touch screen which eliminates entry errors, and you have a paper trail. You can look at the paper ballot to make sure it’s right. I liked it. Where I live, some things on the ballot depended on your address, so they couldn’t just give everyone the same ballot.
I haven’t voted yet, but last time around we had a similar system. Voted on touch screen, which printed a QR code and listed in plain text your vote so it’s human readable.
It seemed overly complicated to me, but it theoretically should reduce the risk of running out of ballots and of having a lot of blank ballots floating around at the end of the day. And I like that there’s a paper trail. However, I wonder what would happen if something started going haywire with one of the machines. There ain’t no way the volunteers would be able to fix it, and there still would need to be a bunch of provisional ballots on hand for such a case.
Huh, I never thought of that. Ours are pre-printed. I imagine some observer is watching them destroy them at the end of the day… right??
This could be a clue.
Rep. Steven Woodrow
@WoodrowForCO
The No. 1 reason the “red wave” will miss Colorado is because we make it easy to vote.
https://twitter.com/WoodrowForCO/status/1589959007279919105
Well, that’s true.
It’s my first time voting here, so I have no idea, but it just strikes me that the simple ballot scanners worked fine for a long time.
The only reason to complicate it is to cheat.
The fix is in, as they say.
I wonder why voting the way it was done for two hundred plus years suddenly became “difficult”.
The red wave will miss Colorado because wave after wave of blue-voting refugees have moved here.
Strangely honest for a politician
What I learned from voting today: I never have to vote in this district again unless it’s somethin important like a Constitutional amendment. Most of the races, including the Congressional race, were unopposed. The only LP on the ballot was for governor.
One party rule sucks no matter who’s doing it.
Very true. Balance of power is always better.
100 percent.
There was an initiative to lower income tax, so of course I wanted to vote for that!
At least every position that matters here had opposing candidates. It’s quite rare to see it otherwise. Sometimes we even get three, or we used to before as someone pointed out earlier the state made it more difficult for third parties to get on the ballot.
This is where I live (and it’s awesome): young kid (30 years old) next door neighbor with the hair metal hair and handlebar moustache gets home from his pest control job every day and drives foam golf balls from his site into the field behind us while wearing wife beaters, jeans, and cowboy boots.
“EXCLUSIVE: ‘Sophia porn framed me at high school’: Racist Kentucky student Sophia Rosing DOXXED female classmate, 15, with public ‘I send nudes’ post AND spread fake abortion rumors about her”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11404159/Racist-University-Kentucky-student-branded-bully-ex-classmate.html
“Kentucky Fried Karen! Drunk and racist KY University female student , 22, declares she is off to rehab to ‘address her issues’ – as new leaked footage shows how she sang the N-word at black student 200 times”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11404889/Racist-University-Kentucky-student-rehab-withdraw-classes.html
She’ll probably become a multimillionaire now, like that “cash me ousside” girl.
I’m ashamed that I know who you’re referring to in that last line.
#metoo
I didn’t vote. ::shrugs::
I know EF did but I just can’t get myself to join in. And when I do vote, the guy I want usually loses so ??
There are some nasty proposals going on here in Michigan – and I have no idea how they are polling.
and the Detroit Cheat Machine(tm) will be sure to pass whatever state wide race they want so yeah I’m already disaffected.
Go vote against them!
I’m on the opposite side of the state from you, (north of Detroit), and voting in my district was busy today.
You’re not kidding. The worst proposals I can remember during my time here. I think all are expected to pass but I have my fingers crossed that they don’t.
I’m in your neck of the woods, at least the same corner of the state. Yeah, what the hell was with the proposals this year? They all seemed to have poison-pill clauses to make you regret your vote either for or against. I kept seeing all the local yard signs of “Vote no… too confusing, too extreme.” I went NO for all three, plus downvoted the millages. That third one was a doozy: “We pinky swear to do the elections on the up-and-up if you promise never to look behind the curtain.”
I was thinking the same thing. With proposals 1 and 2, I felt like they were designed to be obnoxious.
Proposal 1: Term limit changes, and also require annual financial disclosures from candidates.
Proposal 2: A grab bag of election things that were mostly neutral, plus allowing both ballot drop boxes and private donations to fund elections.
Proposal 3: Vaguely written, I do think it’s a bit unclear what it protects. Would minor gender transitions be included?
We only had 2 millages here, one for school millage, and another to fund public transit (specifically buses), that I have no faith is being done appropriately.
No to all for me. We didn’t have a millage for elections in my district.
The nasty proposals here are the main reason I went in and voted against them.
We had one bad one, plus I got to vote to not retain judges!
The horrifying existential threat of gridlock
Twitter’s new CEO, Elon Musk, is calling for voters to cast their ballots for Republicans for Congress. It’s not exactly a surprise, given his expressions of support for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a QAnon-affiliated House Republican this year. But his poor reasoning for why he was endorsing the GOP is yet another example of the flimsiness of his depressingly influential political arguments.
“To independent-minded voters: Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties, therefore I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the Presidency is Democratic,” Musk tweeted on Monday. Musk even pinned the tweet to the top of his user profile, suggesting he felt it was a particularly important message for his 100 million-plus followers.
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On the surface, Musk’s thinking is understandable. But the logic is filled with holes, and it’s particularly weak reasoning at this particular historical moment. The pursuit of balance in government without regard for what the parties actually stand for and how the government is actually functioning is not a commitment to moderation. It is deeply irresponsible.
First, a split federal government in America today isn’t a balanced one, but a dysfunctional one. Polarization and the abuse of the filibuster have slowed the pace and scope of legislative accomplishment in the U.S. government for decades. Voting for a split government isn’t curbing the excess of the party in power; it ensures that it will no longer be able to get anything done. In an era when Republicans value demonstrating party purity to the base above almost all else, it’s safe to assume they will block almost any legislation from the White House and Democrats. They will hold the country hostage over the debt ceiling. And they will exploit control of committees to hold bad faith hearings — including possible impeachment efforts —in an attempt to taint Democrats’ reputation ahead of the 2024 elections.
More broadly, Musk is ignoring the fundamental asymmetry between the parties on existentially significant issues. He has devoted a great deal of his entrepreneurial energy to building climate-friendly cars and thinking about how to deal with global warming. Why would he favor the climate-denying Republicans, who have objected to electric vehicle spending and proudly thwart any attempt to avert ecological catastrophe?
What bizarre logic could there be in not wanting Biden and friends to destroy the economy? Next thing you know, Musk will say something like, “Poor people can’t afford my cars.”
Voting for a split government isn’t curbing the excess of the party in power; it ensures that it will no longer be able to get anything done.
Exactly!
“And they will exploit control of committees to hold bad faith hearings — including possible impeachment efforts…”
Hahahahahahaha…..
I guess that’s a bad thing now? 🤷♀️
Alas, what the Regime wants to get done will be done by the unelected apparatchiks in the bureaucracy.
“You don’t need a president-for-life if you’ve got a bureaucracy-for-life.”
…Mark Steyn
“a QAnon-affiliated House Republican this year”
It’s like this year’s Red Scare. Got a BBC alert today: “Conspiracy theorists with QAnon connections could be elected in US tonight – these are the hardcore election deniers to watch out for.”
BBC also claiming exit polls show abortion and inflation are tied as most important issues.
*cough* Bullshit *cough*
Well, it could be one of those old misdirections. That is, they hope everyone who reads that will assume pro-choice people are voting in droves. But, there are a lot of ballot measures out there that pro-life folks could think are important.
It’s wishcasting. They do that a lot these days.
Going to out in a bid for LFC?
wut
…
Oh. Huh. Well, I didn’t win the Powerball so probably not.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63555465
Yeah, no kidding.
Wait… Newcastle?! Oh look they’re 3rd right now. Didn’t see that coming. (I’m barely watching this year.)
Newcastle hasn’t gone on any spending spree, so I think that is most attributable to Howe taking over the squad.
I’m not seeing the problem.
Pro-tip for MSNBC: Not everyone is a fucking progressive.
Narrator: The core MSNBC demographic are progressives, and can fit inside a single Waffle House.
They aren’t tough enough to hang out at Waffle House.
Of course, there is also the possibility that Musk simply wants to advocate for Republicans while maintaining a veneer of nonpartisanship. In recent months he has demonstrated over and over again that he has drifted to the right, in part because he now thinks the Democrats are “the party of division and hate.” Musk has an interest in masking his motives, as he knows that his new status as the CEO of Twitter means his political statements are more closely scrutinized and will affect his customer base and advertising revenue.
But however sincere Musk’s claimed reasoning is, what we can say is that he has indulged in reckless “bothsidesing” under the banner of centrist sagacity. None of this bodes well for his already-rocky tenure as chief of one of the world’s most influential digital public squares.
Those who do not agree with the great progressive consensus are doomed to eternal fire and damnation.
Oops. No hard feelings, right?
https://nypost.com/2022/11/08/virginia-giuffre-drops-alan-dershowitz-defamation-suit/
“Longtime Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre has agreed to drop her defamation lawsuit against former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz – saying Tuesday that she may have made a “mistake” in identifying him as one of the men she was forced to have sex with.”
Woopsie!
Dershie will shank a bitch if she messes with his rep, you.
First time voted libertarian ticket.
Voted against retaining any judge.
I’m in a mood.
Voted against retaining any judge.
I seriously considered it, but that was a lot of bubbles to fill out, and it wouldn’t matter, anyway.
I just left the judge sheet blank. Didn’t notice if any of them were marked incumbents.
I do that unless I recognize a judge’s name. If I recognize the name, then clearly they need to be voted against.
I vote no, everytime.
Same for me on the judges*; someone here once suggested that. I voted Libertarian where there were candidates; two Republicans (one House of Reps; one state attorney). Skipped all the one-candidate races and the local stuff I don’t understand (community college at large). Voted against minimum wage increase and for voter ID. Skipped everything else. Had actually planned to not vote but, well, see above.
I do acknowledge Fatty’s wisdom on that.
Not a single Libertarian on the ballot here in my area of Ohio. Voted against two levies, a bond measure, both DeWines (fuck political legacies), then went straight R. I feel like I need a shower.
Me too. I made a vodka martini for later.
Cheap pinot noir, FTW!
I put it in the fridge, martini was too much unless the zoom heats up. Box wine it is!
I went straight Conservative, just for S+G.
(It’s the same candidates as R.)
Same, with the exception of the girl who lives two doors down running for city council. Need to balance that out, and she won’t do to much damage, hopefully.
Speaking of legacies, in NJ Menendez Junior is running for Congress.
Just found out that the renters before us were running drugs or fencing merchandise through this house. Our landlord is thrilled with us.
Ours too! Previous owner was ending drugs and one of thr kids room looks setup like a drive thru when moved in
Any customers showing up for the old owners?
Have had mail for them, and a violin rental company came looking and I said, “Sorry, mate. They’re long gone.”
Oooh, drug dealers/thieves with refinement.
More likely a fifth-grade daughter. 😉
Good tenants are hard to find.
We try not to bug him too much.
I’ve been the “bad tenant” before – most of my college years…. One day the landlord saw me walking down Elmwood Ave. and started following me in his car lol….
But grown-up? I’m a model tenant.
Hubby is checking for secret compartments, right?
Cool! Hopefully you find some free quality firearms around.
Ohio and Florida both had their big election embarrassments and cleaned up their election processes. Probably not a coincidence that both states are going deeper red.
I thought Arizona was going to fix itself, then realized that the Secretary of State is the Dem Governor candidate – and she didn’t recuse herself from election oversight. Going to have to pass a law to stop that from ever happening again.
This is a new low.
Holy crap – Is there a chain-off-custody set up for the box of random uncounted ballots? Will there be observers there when these boxes are eventually counted?
Arizona was going to fix itself
https://twitter.com/Garrett_Archer/status/1590057591706890240
Maybe not.
Stacey Abrams is that you?
I always refuse the “I voted” sticker because I do not feel the need/desire to virtue signal about a useless process.
Also, stickers are for children at the doctor’s office, not adults participating in the process of selecting
lizardpeople toruin the countryrun the government.prompting the U.S. to seek new sources of energy
Strange how this wasn’t a problem a few years ago.
I’m sure it’s Trump’s fault.
I was thinking about this, casually, while drinking, the other day. Remember how the hard-core Trump-backers always argued he was playing 4-dimensional chess and was about to win the pot? Well, now my prog friends seem to think he played four-dimensional chess and secretly created all these problems that poor ol’ Joe has to deal with. One of my friends blamed Trump for the Ukraine war. I pointed out that Putin was aggressive under Obama & Biden and kept his head down while Trump was in power (maybe just correlation). How then, I asked, was he responsible for Ukraine? He laid the groundwork, she said. How, I persisted. Secret deals. Uh-huh.
“Putin didn’t invade Ukraine under Trump because he was getting what he wanted”.
Like what?
“Everything”.
I guess that’s the argument.
Speaking of Trump…
ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME!!!!
I figure this is OT since it’s Election Night.
Also, bonus since its full-on autumn.
Im going to bed. Wake me when its over.
Also, bonus since its full-on autumn.
Love that song.
Okay, I’ll play. My election night song…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX1uizFoTBQ
Here’s an end-of-summer song that probably no one on this site other than me has heard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YihTINUbxps
I might be the only one who’s heard this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClS3-ZhEjiI
Ah, blue-eyed soul.
According to my model…
The impacts of climate change threaten “the things Americans value most,” according to the latest version of the federal interagency National Climate Assessment (NCA).
The latest NCA, the first since 2018, warns that “more intense extreme events and long-term climate changes make it harder to maintain safe homes and healthy families, reliable public services, a sustainable economy, thriving ecosystems, and strong communities.”
The report adds that many of those extreme impacts are already reality and poised to worsen in parts of the country. For example, parts of the country have seen intensified rainfall and flooding in regions like the Northeast and the Midwest, according to the NCA. These phenomena have consequences beyond immediate damages, the report notes — they can also result in runoff that damages crops and water supplies.
For example, between 1981 and 2016, excess precipitation cost the U.S. about as much in maize crop yields as extreme drought would have.
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The impact of climate change also exacerbates, and will exacerbate, existing social inequalities. Historical discrimination patterns mean minority neighborhoods are more likely to be in low-lying, flood-prone areas and those vulnerable to industrial pollution. They also have fewer trees and more pavement, creating so-called heat islands that make them more susceptible to extreme heat — in some cases, up to 12.6 degrees Fahrenheit than richer, whiter neighborhoods during heatwaves.
Garbage in, garbage out.
Until recently there has never been above average nor below average rainfall. It was always just right.
“The impacts of climate change threaten “the things Americans value most,” ”
Abortion? I’ve been told by reliable sources it’s abortion.
Abortion until the age of 18. Years.
“I brought you into this world, and I can take you out!”
Voted. Some observations:
1. I thought that minor parties had been taken off the ballot by new access requirements. This is not the case (though there was no LP line).
2. Two of the minor parties (Conservative and Working People’s) amost perfectly matched the R and D candidates, respectively. Except…
2a. The judge candidates were all the same for R, D and WP. Only the C party had different judges. When the Rs and Ds agree on a candidate they must be evil. Even though “conservative” makes me cringe, I voted for their judges.
3. There were two other minor parties, each with only one candidate: The LaRouche and some platitude containing “Public Safety” in it. The latter’s candidate was the asshole from the charity shoot. He was also endorsed by the WPs.
I voted against the 2.4 gigabuck bond for environmental activities.
I met Hershel Walker at a meeting of current and future leader in 1990. He was sharp and engaging then, talked mostly about isometric exercises. Gave a much better speech than Michael Jordan or Susan Butcher, but not as good as Reagan’s.
Concussions have caught up to him?
That is almost always the case in NY. Those function as extra buckets for the big two parties.
My judges were all D, R, and C. Another reason to skip them entirely.
Forgot about the LaRouche candidate. She said some interesting things but IIRC they’re some sort of cult so I stayed away.
There was no Working Families anywhere on my ballot this year.
“The man who’s been accused of hurling two full cans of hard seltzer at Sen. Ted Cruz during the Houston Astros World Series victory parade Monday has been identified — as prosecutors revealed he shamefully admitted “I am an idiot” while being arrested.”
https://nypost.com/2022/11/08/man-accused-of-hurling-hard-seltzer-cans-at-ted-cruz-identified/
Better than admitting you drink hard seltzer.
Who said he drank seltzer? The cans were full.
How did we get to two cans? I only saw one.
Here’s a site to watch the results:
https://freespoke.com/
Rand is ahead 355-176. I am guessing a small percent of the vote in, but that seems about right for the ratio.
Ky polls close at 6, so Eastern half of state is starting to report.
Andy Barr is ahead 298-128 in Lexington area House race, so that actually is a poor sign for Rand to be underperforming Barr. Then again, I know nothing about the guy running against Barr.
3644-1115 now. And I am done with that until we have real numbers.
Oh, nice. I was looking at PJ Media, they will be starting a drunk blog soon.
They have nice charts.
https://pjmedia.com/election/
Both use decision desk…
Is this a bad thing?
No, just saying source for maps and such are the same. Though decision desk did call AZ early in 2020 I believe
Omg that’s hilarious. So I opened the site and went to Senate results.
NH is blue – so I thought I’d click and see what is being reported.
FIVE VOTES for Hassan
FIVE.
How the hell do you have a report of five votes? I know NH isn’t very big, but c’mon. ;p;
And it’s most likely exit polling unless the SoS has released those numbers
“0% reporting”
Give it time.
Dixville Notch?
Pro tip: Don’t ask for the Forest Preserve system to get more money through the property tax system just after the county assessor mailed you your new property assessment.
Going to vote in about 20 mins. Don’t know why, but I do it.
Voting song:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R2I2mK_3_ns
I’m always partial to this old song for elections.
Good call. I may rewatch the “Shit Sandwich vs Giant Douche” episode of SouthPark.
Well, it’s a little tough to admit for the obvious reason, but I just voted for Herschel Junior Walker for Senate.
I am glad I don’t live in GA, for that reason alone.
I won’t vote for a dwag. There was the LP guy on the ballot, couldn’t throw him a bone?
Especially not one from the Jan Kemp era.
Well we’re a mixed marriage – Mrs. Tree is one of them, too, so I’ve already swallowed a bigger pill.
So, in for a penny, in for a pound. Decided I’d rather use my alleged vote just to run Herschel’s number up just to add irritation to the donks.
Its hilarious how the hill folk of eastern KY can get their votes counted faster than in the cities. I don’t know where central processing is, but the drive between Pikeville and London isn’t short. But a compact city district can get the votes tabulated?
2:14 between Pikeville and London according to google maps.
“They banned my clearly marked parody account @betterphetasy and not a peep!”
https://twitter.com/BridgetPhetasy/status/1589692107648012288
Sad!
Hot Canadian Women:
https://odysee.com/@laurenchen:0/midterms:58f
We had five Libertarians on the ballot and I voted for four of them. Had to vote for the R guy for gov and a protest to b*tch who shut down the state during the panicdemic.
I’m predicting my usual 0.00 scorecard.
Return of the Pink Panther is on Tubi. Just got to the Minkey scene. It’s a good night!
I love those movies.
That’s right….a chimpazee minkee!
So at my medical editing gig, I got put on an account that more than halved my hourly. I put up with this for about 4 days, then said, “No more.” I asked to be taken off the account and it was a bit of a fight. But they like me, so they took me off that account. Telling me you value me is nice and all, but halving my earnings not the way to show it.
IOW, don’t fuck with my money.
In this economy? I can’t believe that happened! Those swine!
They have a bunch of new hires/newbs to the biz and this account would be perfect for training, so I don’t know why they thought a 20-year veteran of the business would put up with it.
“We want quality, we just don’t want to pay for it. “
Voted LP as much as possible, which was a lot. All of the unopposed candidates were GOP, which is surprising in a college town. But they were county positions. Plus my state rep (I am not in FtC proper).
TW Doug DeMuro.
Every new generation of BMW makes me want one less. This might be the first one I wouldn’t even drive before I sold it if you gave it to me.
https://youtu.be/MtlhU0wu5x0
Yeah, I used to love bimmers.
I blame Chris Bangle.
At least those were still good if you didn’t have to look at them.
So my area made the news for voting issues. Looks like you need paper to vote with a paper ballot.
Who would have thought to think of that.
I did paper last week. I think I prefer it.
Turn out at our voting place was probably 5x busier than 2020….take that for what it is. It was like a Disneyland line
Did they look all… Scruffy? Like Deplorables? Or were they all wearing sweater vests?
Knights jerseys…so sweater vests.
That’s not to include thr separate line to drop off ballot
A separate line at the loading dock?
Just read a post from a (female) acquaintance. “Just a bundle of anxieties since it’s election day and my rights as a queer person are in danger. AGAIN.”
Bitch you are married to a man. Nobody gives af that you’re “queer”.
Whoever decided “queer” was the word that fat white women would adopt to feel special deserves a fortune, because my god, do they feel oppressed all the time.
Bitch you are married to a man. Nobody gives af that you’re “queer”.
Uh, what?
Yeah, I’m gonna need a new score card or daily racing form or something.
S/he sounds like fun.
Its too dang hard to concentrate on writing about Unitarian Universalists when there is so much election drama. The memes, man! The meeeeeeemmmeeeessss!
This might actually be true.
I would believe it.
Keeping my eye on SC….though looks like it will be like it’s supposed to
Libertarian winning MO senate race. 5-1-1, so too early to call it for him.
Outside federal races, I voted lib.
“It’s Happening!!!”
Georgia Senate:
Warnock 49.1%, Walker 49.0% with 77% reporting. Close as it gets. Walker has been closing like crazy the past hour. He might pull it off.
It’s dead even for Walker. It’s like watching a horse race. He may win by half a point or less. Definitely will be contested,.
Walker is going to pull this off. He is a point up, with 80% counted. Fortification would be the only way to stop him now.
Don’t forget they are going to have a run off of no one reaches 50%.
FYI most people are in the next thread.
Unless Oz pulls a rabbit out of a hat, he loses to Lump.
I talked to a friend in Pennsylvania a few weeks back, he’s like the perfect bellwether, once I heard he was going for lump I knew it was over for Oz.
Im off to work
Leave a light on
Allons-y !
Starting to look like the Red Wave was more a Red Trickle of Piss.
Democrats find themselves in possibly the most vulnerable position they’ve been in in decades and this was all the Republicans could muster. I mean, yeah, I expected the newly elected Republicans to be next to useless once in office but they couldn’t even manage to get there. How pathetic.
One advantage is that Trump will get the blame for shitty candidates he pushed. He might lose the nomination when he runs for president. Which would be good.