And really, if Congress does what McCain and McConnell are threatening and refuses to consider a Hillary-nominated SCOTUS candidate, shit will get real.
Looks like civilization finally caught up with us.
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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.
Volans - Oct 25, 2016 9:08:08 am PDT #84 of 30002
move out and draw fire
Steph L. - Oct 25, 2016 9:09:06 am PDT #85 of 30002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
And if the Senate or House flip
Right now Princeton Consortium is giving 84% odds that the Senate will flip. That would be AMAZING.
Also, under HRC, we get the first woman POTUS. Representation matters. All the black kids who got to see a POTUS who looked like them, for 8 years. The effect of that is enormous. And now little girls will get that. Our great-niece will grow up in a country that has always had at least 1 woman POTUS. Seeing that for 8 years (I'm an optimist) is going to be tremendous.
meara - Oct 25, 2016 9:10:50 am PDT #86 of 30002
Fingers crossed on the senate flip.
And really, if Congress does what McCain and McConnell are threatening and refuses to consider a Hillary-nominated SCOTUS candidate, shit will get real.
No shit. This BS "oh but it's an ELECTION YEAR" is one thing...but if Hilary is elected I hope Obama pulls the current nom and says "Oh just you wait...she's nominating someone SUPER LEFTY"
Maria - Oct 25, 2016 9:24:03 am PDT #87 of 30002
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
It is not out of the realm of possibility that both chambers flip, especially if DJT continues his slash and burn campaigning. That would be amazing; flip side, no one has any excuses as to why shit doesn't get done. I'm side-eyeing Congress in particular.
Zenkitty - Oct 25, 2016 9:28:12 am PDT #88 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I just saw an interview with some people in Pennsylvania. One person for HRC, 2 for Stein, and one guy who's Trump all the way but he's not gonna bother voting because the whole thing's rigged.
sarameg - Oct 25, 2016 9:48:46 am PDT #89 of 30002
Sounds like you might end up meeting them sooner, Maria!
Dana - Oct 25, 2016 10:30:12 am PDT #90 of 30002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
What a shock -- my coworker is no longer interested in the boring task we were doing this morning, so she's dumping it all on me, while also telling me how to do my job.
Have I mentioned how super-sad I am not to be in the office? Soooooper sad.
Calli - Oct 25, 2016 10:54:20 am PDT #91 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
No shit. This BS "oh but it's an ELECTION YEAR" is one thing...but if Hilary is elected I hope Obama pulls the current nom and says "Oh just you wait...she's nominating someone SUPER LEFTY"
I'd like to see HRC appoint Obama to the SC. Hey, it was good enough for William Taft.
Nora Deirdre - Oct 25, 2016 12:08:54 pm PDT #92 of 30002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I am in New Orleans and stuck in all-day meeting that started at 7:30AM, yay!
Welcome! Personally, I think that wandering around New Orleans is a perfectly valid use of time in lieu of boring symposia.
I miss my MIT health plan like whoa. no copays, cheap prescriptions, flex account, off site referrals didn't come with any major money - even for my sleep study and various cat scans and ultrasounds and MRIs to try and figure out my weird stomach issues. Got hammered for crazy MRI cost (around $750) a couple years ago with my shoulder issues.
I wonder if things are still as awesome there, or if they've been moving up the scale of suck with the passage of time too.
JohnSweden - Oct 25, 2016 12:22:45 pm PDT #93 of 30002
I can't even.
What Plei said/asked above. I've recently read some very reassuring things about quality of health care in Canada.