The DNC is floating them? I assumed that was Internet wishful thinking. Agree with your analysis though.

On the city/state thing though, on of the big challenges I see is that a lot of state governments eem to see a big part of the original mandate as stifling city action.

Volans, I'm curious why you think Elizabeth Warren is unelectable. I haven't heard anyone else go after Wall St. the way she has and I think that resonates with a lot of people (both Hillary and Bernie types and probably some of the Trump folks).

Because she's an insider. She's held office. That's all it gets down to.

I went to see Arrival tonight at the locally-owned theater in Oakland, and as the lights went down, someone in the back shouted, "Not my President!", and half the audience cheered. And then someone else in the back said, "But I came here to escape all that!" and half the audience laughed, and then the movie started.

Good movie, btw: highly recommended if you like thoughtfully-paced intelligent science fiction.

Jesus, I do not want an outsider running the country. Why the hell would anyone want an outsider?

Hell, I was complaining last night that I wish there were job requirements: law degree or equivalent years of public service. . I actually *want* career politicians. It's not a fucking entry level job.

Well, four (or, Gaia help us, 8) years under Trump might make electing people with a political resume look sexy again. It sure wasn't a plus this time around.

Shrift, I would be interested in fannish organizing, if there's a list or something that you could point me towards, please.

I agree about the city/community/local focus mentioned above. That's something that a guy in my other focus (paganism/witchcraft/other assorted woo) keeps bringing up. I've been following Gordon White, of Rune Soup and other pubs, for a few years now, and he called Brexit and Trump's win 6-12 months before they happened. He's been on a decentralizing, crumbling empires kick for a while now--not reveling in it, but saying that that was the way the pendulum of history is swinging and it would be smart to get ones ducks rowed. He also talks about archons, spells, and wars in heaven, so take that as you will, but his calls on the big visible world stuff have been unsettlingly accurate.

The DNC is floating Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Warren, which proves to me that they haven't gotten the message. I would vote for either of those candidates but they are both unelectable. The party needs to be educated that doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is insane. They may also need suggestions for a viable candidate.

Ugh, seriously.

Jesus, I do not want an outsider running the country. Why the hell would anyone want an outsider?

But also this! Will Democrats vote for this mythical outsider? Maybe if it were Oprah.

ION, I decided to make chicken with 40 cloves of garlic tonight. I'd forgotten what a simple recipe it is, really. Get 3-4 heads of garlic. Peel them. Which is boring and fiddly, but a good time to listen to music or a podcast.

You don't have to peel them! They will cook in their skins and you will wind up with little packets of smooshy roasted garlic goodness that you can squish with a knife and spread on pieces of chicken-jus-soaked bread.

I had a lovely evening with some new friends, including listening to a conference call with HRC I got invited to. I'm not sure why I got invited -- I made literally 10 calls for the campaign, and gave $200! But it was kind of cool regardless. She said do stuff in your own community.

Oh, jealous! I live two towns over from Chappaqua and keep thinking I should go over and shop in their farmer's market just in case I run into her, like that woman from the Mashable post.

It's not a fucking entry level job.

THIS

I have a backlog of TV from last week (Bee, Oliver, Noah), and I think I'm going to have to delete it unwatched. I caught up on Monday's Jane The Virgin last night and the snippets of news promos were enough to turn my stomach all over again.