So I was delighted to meet Olympian Carl Lewis. He came by a tiny Clinton headquarters in the hood to talk to maybe a dozen volunteers. He had a very interesting life story about his parents involvement in civil rights and his long relationship with Hillary. He apparently is traveling all over the country giving pep talks to volunteers and doing other things for the campaign. That level of organization by Clinton gives me hope.
Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.
'Objects In Space'
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.
Laura - Sep 27, 2016 2:29:03 pm PDT #28417 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 27, 2016 3:32:49 pm PDT #28418 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Guys, how are so many people just unaware of basic facts??? HOW??? We're not in some sort of crisis of violence against the police, FFS.
A LOT, if not an actual majority, of people in the US get what passes for information solely from network news, which has been a marathon of murderous police and rioting protesters lately. Actual violent crime statistics have been on the downward trend for years, but if you're only watching the yellow journalism on television you'll be left with the impression that we live in the setting from Escape from New York.
sarameg - Sep 27, 2016 4:13:16 pm PDT #28419 of 30003
I now have a seal bark and tonight in the pool..oh my god. I had to stop several times, times were shit, lungs are pissed. But I've got the good drugs now. And may go get a protein shake or smoothie tomorrow because I'm pretty sure not eating isn't sustainable, no matter how uninterested in food I am.
meara - Sep 27, 2016 5:24:06 pm PDT #28420 of 30003
Sue that is very weird.
Ironically, NAFTA means that if I got a library job, I could get a US work visa easily.
Tell me more. Does it work the opposite way? Just in case.
Friend and I are trying to decide where to travel next year. We made a list. And we can't narrow it down. We want to go to ALL the places!!
Sue - Sep 27, 2016 5:41:36 pm PDT #28421 of 30003
hip deep in pie
Tell me more. Does it work the opposite way? Just in case.
I think it does. Technically, it looks as if they're considered temporary visas, as they're only for 3 years. Here's the Canada to US list of professions: [link]
Sue - Sep 27, 2016 5:45:12 pm PDT #28422 of 30003
hip deep in pie
Yeah, here is about work permits into Canada: [link] (I suspect this list is the same in whatever direction, I'm just too lazy to check the whole thing.)
Amy - Sep 27, 2016 6:01:46 pm PDT #28423 of 30003
Because books.
Sue, I'm so sorry that happened! Totally their loss.
P.M. Marc - Sep 27, 2016 6:07:48 pm PDT #28424 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
A LOT, if not an actual majority, of people in the US get what passes for information solely from network news, which has been a marathon of murderous police and rioting protesters lately. Actual violent crime statistics have been on the downward trend for years, but if you're only watching the yellow journalism on television you'll be left with the impression that we live in the setting from Escape from New York.
::sobs::
I need a yurt.
JZ - Sep 27, 2016 6:25:56 pm PDT #28425 of 30003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, Gud, I am so glad. All the love to you and your girl.
Kat - Sep 27, 2016 6:54:04 pm PDT #28426 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Plei, WRT to people not getting basic facts? It totally doesn't matter. We are in a post fact era. That and what my friend Benn says:
"Also, I don't think Trump's supporters, aka The Deplorables, give a shit about anything but electing an asshole to punish the rest of America for, well, 8 years of a black president, for a country that is changing around them in ways they can't understand and so are threatened by, for having any money they may have had siphoned off by the 1%, and for largely being disenfranchised by the very institutions they grew up believing in."
I think that is the crux of why people will go to bat for Trump.