US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

I wonder how hard it would be to get Trump to label himself a fascist.

― jmm, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 14:31 (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

c'mon, he'd never ally himself with a leftwing political philosophy

― i’ll hufflepuff i’ll blow you away (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 14:33 (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No, he'll totally describe himself as a socialist at some point - all other considerations secondary to how much it triggers the libs.

hi, good mourning!

“I was social with your mom, anyway”

Eh, our ballot was probably 16 pages this year. Maybe 14. Mostly judges.

But yeah, don't vote straight ballot, even if you're voting straight ballot. Just go through vote by vote. Takes no time at all.

Can I just point out that as a Canadian who has only ever voted using paper ballots (and as far as I know, there are no plans to go with anything other than paper ballots in the future) that I find voting machines in the US to be ridiculous. They seem really insecure and seem likely to be affected by both software bugs and user error.

Sorry for the intrusion. I just don't get why this isn't something Americans complain about a lot more.

Everything in this country is ridiculous.

But the chads, man. The chads.

so like what is the deal with the texas ballot? intentional? ppl who voted straight republican ticket allegedly had their cruz vote erased, with that field left blank. i say allegedly because i haven't heard any firsthand accounts of that, only secondhand ones. also, that would still benefit cruz if this was how the glitch worked.

I don't know how anyone who uses modern electronic technology regularly could ever think that electronic voting was a good idea. My browser crashed like four times last night while I was trying to order takeout. We are not as technologically advanced as we like to think we are.

obviously paper ballots are the way to go but we're stupid

"vote by mail" for everyone or GTFO

I don't wanna vote by mail! I like going to a polling station, seeing people, and getting a sticker.

yes but there are so many problems with that, unless/until ED is a national holiday I just can't see the actual advantage in terms of GOTV numbers.

https://www.thenation.com/article/how-oregon-increased-voter-turnout-more-than-any-other-state/

I will admit that Automatic Voter Registration seems to be as much of the success story there as the mail-in ballots

see also:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/27/15701708/voting-by-mail

James Clapper, Cory Booker have joined the Florida mailer's list

what has cory booker done? all the other recipients had public feuds with trump.

false flag

― i’ll hufflepuff i’ll blow you away (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 14:47

Remarkably ahead of the curve: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/26/pipe-bombs-false-flag-claims-ann-coulter-rush-limbaugh-conspiracy-theories

I don't think there is even a curve anymore, they just start right in with this crap

You're right, of course. I feel stupidly naive for not having expected this from the get-go.

I was remembering how I got into a fight about Ann Coulter with an older military dude at the training for my very first job out of college almost 2 decades ago. Things never change.

And then I told my dad about arguing with this guy who thought Ann Coulter was a valuable source of information and not a total joke. My dad didn't speak to me for 4 months. HA!

I'm surprised the actual President of the United States hasn't claimed it's a false flag operation yet - I imagine he's champing at the bit.

It occurred to me this morning that the current political 'sides' are effectively the same as if we granted equal weight to the thoughts and opinions and ideologies of the general public and those of unrepentant death row inmates. The longer we continue to treat extremism as a 'side' with a perspective that's worthy of any consideration, the more we politely allow human garbage to rewrite the rules of reality and polite society with their 'false flags' and their 'fake news' instead of shoving them all the way to the fucking margins, the more entrenched it will become. The state of journalism being what it is, though, I don't really expect anything but rapid metastasis.

Like at this point the GOP is society's cancer, full stop.

I'm surprised the actual President of the United States hasn't claimed it's a false flag operation yet - I imagine he's champing at the bit.

― Alma Kirby (Tom D.)

he kinda did

Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this “Bomb” stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows - news not talking politics. Very unfortunate, what is going on. Republicans, go out and vote!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 26, 2018

seeing on CNN that there has been a bomb-related arrest?

They're in on it so they would be first with the news.

*please be white*

please for perp walk in MAGA hat

Please be a Palin

heh, my friends and I about the one winning megamillions ticket in SC "please, don't let them be white."

https://boingboing.net/2018/10/26/florida-man-arrested-in-packag.html

"man in his 50's from Aventura"

Florida man owner of a white van with a bunch of Trump stickers and crap all over it

Cool. guess he was as bad at hiding as he was at making bombs.

Probably a paid Soros plant false flag double agent

How can he get his check if he's hiding?

should be a good LOL Rush Limbaugh in 35 minutes

good call on the van, I didn't take a close look

Probably a paid Soros plant false flag double agent

Clearly. There's a reason none of the bombs blew up in anybody's face.

meanwhile, Shakey's forecast in danger

The New Jersey Senate race is now looking like a toss-up, according to the the Cook Political Report — a sign that Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez is in serious troubles after years of questions about his ethics.

If Republicans pick up that seat, a Senate majority would be out of reach for the Democrats. Federal prosecutors dropped their corruption charges against Menendez earlier this year, but the Senate Ethics Committee admonished him for accepting gifts from a friend.

https://www.axios.com/new-jersey-toss-up-could-lose-democrats-the-senate-43a4ee13-8909-48bd-a856-7d7ca2e09b71.html

Man, how hard would it make you barf to have to blow your fat Soros socialist sleeper agent check on a ton of Trump memorabilia in order to maintain your cover?

And this on top of being so cruelly reminded of your inferior bomb-making skills because you weren't raised in the proud bomb-making tradition of the GOP you're trying to bring to its knees.

lol that Trump came in with his "false flag" theory literally minutes before they caught the guy

Aventura is usually a Canadian snow bird destination, and year round it's full of Jewish Democrats.

Twitter has removed many people from my account and, more importantly, they have seemingly done something that makes it much harder to join - they have stifled growth to a point where it is obvious to all. A few weeks ago it was a Rocket Ship, now it is a Blimp! Total Bias?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 26, 2018

PARKLIFE

Probably a paid Soros plant false flag double agent
Clearly. There's a reason none of the bombs blew up in anybody's face.

― pomenitul, Friday, October 26, 2018

not sure who you are so i don't know if you're playing along with the sarcasm or you believe that

lol

They are going to disown the fellow in custody and say he is a patsy in Soros's pocket.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) October 26, 2018