People that you've never heard of, people that are in the dark shadows -- US Politics September 2020

"flood the zone with shit" continues to be impactful until we choose to stop having our conversations based on the inside of the toilet

I flood the zone with shit
Upon my liar's chair

Neanderthal, you exposed your password upthread

He should capitalize the 'b' to make it more secure.

I'm less worried about Trump 'stealing' the election than by him winning legitimately with like 11,000 votes. Which is still totally possible, due to the archaic vagaries of the EC.

i'm worried about a great many things which is why I don't like to look beyond today.

but it's hard not to

lol @ DJP's post

my butthole is my passport verify me

"This money is 'cause they hate my guts." Yes, and?

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on FOX just now: "My opponent will raise $100 million ... I'm being killed financially. This money is 'cuz hate my guts." pic.twitter.com/hqMIqpdUoe

— The Recount (@therecount) September 24, 2020

speaking of buttholes

ladybug-decorated ones

I guess being a sycophantic Trump lapdog cracklicker doesn't pay like it used to...

I think a lot of the disconnect is the gaping maw between most actions an individual can take and any effect they will have

for instance I'm voting (probably in person, my poll site changed though so I need to figure out how to get there), volunteering (though I'm being lax), am considering signing up as a poll worker, but I know all of this is really just "taking action" theater because I don't expect any of it to matter

or, rather, a lot of the despair is due to that disconnect

actually think that's otm!

katherine is totally otm, yup.

On the other hand I think a little bit of Kantian categorical imperative thought applies. Act as though your judgements were universalizable.

Ok maybe on an individual basis your voting/advocacy is unlikely to make a difference in the outcome (e.g., you live in Manhattan or in rural Mississippi).

But the actual real results will be the aggregate result of millions of individual actions.

What if EVERYBODY who agrees with you behaved as though their contribution were meaningless? Defeat. So I maintain a commitment to act the way I thik everyone should act, even if my one specific contribution only runs up the score in my safely blue jurisdiction in my safely blue state.

Yup

On a related note, I feel like I need to ramp up my passionate support for the Biden/Harris ticket... not just as an antidote to Trumpism, but on their own merits. Even if I have to fake it, we need to give the impression of genuine support rather than ambivalent acceptance.

I think I'm getting a Biden neck tattoo, today.

If only everyone did that

It's weird that they're not!

I took election judge training today in my county. Felt good man. But I’m i standby and may not be needed.

oh a couple of knee whacks and you're in

I’m not a political smartie like Ryan Grim but I fear Trump will steal the election and it makes me MORE determined to overcome any obstacle to vote. I want to shove my ballot up his ass.

that's what we call "spoilage"

Like, to do the election judge training I was in a conference room with several other people, the first time and be been around so many people indoors since Mid-March. We were masked, but if I get Covid trying to protect the integrity of the system I will have no regrets.

that's what we call "spoilage"

So you can ram it up there again.

for the first time in my life I'm accepting a sign from a friend

I want to shove my ballot up his ass.

― Boring, Maryland

that's what we call "spoilage"

― Neanderthal

Naw, it's fine unless there are hanging chads. So don't leave any chads hanging out.

oh sweet "the Clinton Foundation" is "trending."

Can’t remember, is Joe Biden a puppet of the radical left or the Clinton machine?

They are one and the same.

I think the Trump campaign is just pretending that Bernie is the nominee. That's all they prepared for and it's too late to pivot.

it's trending because the special prosecutor Barr appointed to review the origins of the Russian investigation started looking into the Clinton Foundation, as if that was remotely in the scope of what he was investigating.

It's impressive how thoroughly "flooding the zone with shit" has erased the outrage over ratfucking the postal service.

Or the Russian bounties on American troops that Trump has known about for months and months... "Look! A condor in a wet suit, right over there!"

I barely have time to READ this stuff - how does this notoriously lazy man have time to DO it?

he delegates

Just a meme, posted without comment, no relevance to current US society...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EitZdGpXcAIZYLe.jpg

My older daughter is volunteering as poll worker, she totally pursued that on her own. Very proud.

Or the Russian bounties on American troops that Trump has known about for months and months

Or the Russian bounties on American troops that Trump has known about for months and months... "Look! A condor in a wet suit, right over there!"

Stefanik is infuriating; what are her chances for re-election?

looking forward to the Oppo Dump follies next month

more like Opprobrium Dumps

Today in math:

Trump, on AIDS research status, in his 4th year as president:

"When I first started they said it would take 10 years, now it's down to just 6 years," which "nobody" predicted.

— Craig Harrington (@Craigipedia) September 24, 2020

Trumpcare is the Healthcare Plan of the Future.. and always will be.

Sen. Booker on Justice Ginsburg replacement: “I think Democrats are gonna continue to appeal to the sense of honor that when someone gives their word, as Lindsey Graham did, that they can’t just break it.”https://t.co/UVX4WBpeeB

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 24, 2020

i got nothing