Cruz just dropped out of the race. The Republican nom is all but locked up for Trump.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
Up until the punching, it was a real nice party.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Maria - May 03, 2016 3:43:08 pm PDT #20847 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Steph L. - May 03, 2016 3:45:40 pm PDT #20848 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Clinton is going to clean the floor with Trump.
-t - May 03, 2016 3:46:06 pm PDT #20849 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Strange times.
I am trying really hard not to take my shoes off and get comfortable in case my cat contact says to come meet her tonight, but I don't know how much longer I can wait. I should probably have dinner, though.
Maria - May 03, 2016 3:50:09 pm PDT #20850 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Tep, I wish I was as confident. Not because I dislike HRC, but because I don't trust my fellow Americans anymore.
Steph L. - May 03, 2016 3:52:38 pm PDT #20851 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm staying confident until Nate Silver tells me to worry. (Also, Vegas bookies are currently saying Clinton has a 75% chance of beating Trump. I like those odds.)
Steph L. - May 03, 2016 4:16:14 pm PDT #20852 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, sweet Jesus. I have to bring the banhammer of great fury to discussing this election with my father, who just told me "Nothing will make me vote for a female in my lifetime" and "You just like her because she's a female" and "I would never vote for her because of what her husband did with that slut."
NOPE DAD NOPE. Which is basically what I told him.
It makes me so sad that my father is such a goddamn misogynist. Jesus. (He did say he wouldn't vote for Trump either, so...yay?)
Connie Neil - May 03, 2016 4:17:24 pm PDT #20853 of 30003
brillig
Thank god I watch most of my TV online or on DVD, I would shoot the TV if I had to watch Trump ads.
Steph L. - May 03, 2016 4:45:40 pm PDT #20854 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
After today's Cincinnati Bell debacle and then getting the full force of my dad's woman-hating ways, I cannot dial down my raaaaaage right now.
I can't even make a rage cheese plate, because all we have is colby-jack and American.
sarameg - May 03, 2016 4:51:55 pm PDT #20855 of 30003
Don't watch The Slow Way Home about student transportation to schools in the US vs Japan if you aren't in the mood to hate white people. Or maybe you should.It isn't so much the contrasts (it's a weird comparison, vastly different societies), it's just I'm hating just about every white parents' earnestly coded (racist) language. Because this is the reality I live in and I object to it. [link] I reject it. I'm not proud to say that I live in one of the rare neighborhoods that scores higher on diversity and lower poverty, because the rest of my city looks quite different. I am glad that I've been able to meet a variety of people of with experiences both similar and vastly different. Which was true in my apartment too, but beyond the neighbors lives, I wasn't invested in the community. I am here. This is ours. It's opened my eyes beyond the academic thinkpiece outrage to goddamnit, I'm gonna go do some shit.
Steph L. - May 03, 2016 4:55:19 pm PDT #20856 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I wasn't invested in the community. I am here. This is ours.
I get this. That's how I feel about my neighborhood.