It sounds like there must have been some sort of common belief on the right that 2008 was a complete aberration.

Yeah. A chance to make history by electing a black president = high turnout of minorities and the young.

They assumed turnout of minorities and the young would go back down after 2008.

not to mention all of the racism that gets under people's skin and makes them more resistant to overt voter suppression techniques.

I'm SAVING ALL MY PEE and I'm having my home DISCONNECTED FROM THE GRID and if it doesn't work IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, JESSE.

I'll send you my pee, if it helps.

t note to self: buy more ziploc baggies

I was supposed to take Bubba to the vet for shots at 12:30, and then at 11:55 the cleaning woman (who normally comes around 2:00) rang the door bell.

Bubba doesn't like the door bell, or the cleaning lady, so now I have a new hole in the sofa innards, and a 8:00 appointment on Saturday.

On the P4 scandal, the Onion remains the nation's finest news source [link] "Nation Horrified To Learn About War In Afghanistan While Reading Up On Petraeus Sex Scandal"

I can't even laugh at the Onion. Their headlines are just too on point.

Poor Bubba. Poor sofa. Poor Lee.

cane

I have traded my cane in for a quarterstaff, just so you all know.

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Linkish, Jilli?

My ideas on majority rules in tax-supported public schools are perhaps draconian. But when it comes to anti-vax and creationism that my taxes support by law, and that my kids are subjected to (you know, when I had school aged kids, go with me here)? I can't in conscience welcome one peanut-allergic munchkin to a school of several hundred and demand they all Silkwood shower before first class to make sure no fibers contaminate her or his school experience. You don't innoculate your kids? Your kids don't come near my kids. You don't believe in science? It's home-schooled for your kids.

How did stuff get so crazy? Inclusion should be an implied bargain that those included take what steps they can to not put the majority, or their education, at risk.

(me, shaking my quarterstaff, looking like Gandalf)

What's the verb for pundit? Does it have a verb? It should, and I'm voting for to pund.

I guess people got to go out on a limb, and everyone will never have the same opinion.

You know how sometimes you feel like you're wearing clothes, and sometimes you feel like you're wearing an outfit?

And not necessarily in a bad way.

I think today's clothes came together well, and comfortably. The tux shirt. a mid-calf length straight skirt in burgundy matte silk-like fabric, narrow burgundy belt, black tights, and tweed ballet flats.

I have been yelling at people all day for not wearing kurtas, but that's their culture, not mine.

I just had a 3:30 meeting moved to 4:00 doesn't sound like much, but I worked an 11 hour day yesterday. Now is about when I start paying.

Elmo is exonerated. Accuser said it was a consensual adult relationship after all.

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Linkish, Jilli?

Here. You can probably even figure out who said which questionable statement! [link]