I too am sad but not surprised. My optimism took a real beating these past couple years...
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
meara - Nov 07, 2018 6:02:18 am PST #1698 of 30019
-t - Nov 07, 2018 6:03:22 am PST #1699 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
And in TRAGIC news...I went to Aldi this morning at 9 to get their cheese Advent calendar, which was available in stores this morning. They had already sold out by 9 a.m., and I missed getting one by about 15 damn minutes. Curse my need for breakfast.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I wanted to vicariously enjoy your Aldi cheese Advent calendar
I suppose I can't spend my workday parsing election news, but I really want to figure out what the Proposition results mean and why the voter turnout numbers I saw this morning were so weird (38% in California, 50% in Solano County and 31% in Napa? I couldn't tell on my phone if that might be due to the % of precincts reporting or actually be the turnout, tbh)
Dana - Nov 07, 2018 6:27:05 am PST #1700 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Three states voted to expand Medicaid too.
Toddson - Nov 07, 2018 6:34:51 am PST #1701 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And Scott Walker lost in Wisconsin ... which leaves me wondering how the Foxconn deal will go.
Tom Scola - Nov 07, 2018 6:42:30 am PST #1702 of 30019
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Foxconn wasn't going very well already.
msbelle - Nov 07, 2018 6:44:47 am PST #1703 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
It is far less sexy, but state house focus for the next two years has really got to be the focus of anyone who wants to put money and time towards things. The ground that can be won before 2020 by any states increasing voter participation will be really big. Things like Prop 4 in FL and the Medicaid expansions are really really good. I plan to be a burr in the side of my State Sen and Rep. My cousin who works closely with the St legislature and another friend who does Ed stuff with them will be my contacts for what legislation issues to amplify. I'm gonna try to ignore federal stuff for a bit.
Connie Neil - Nov 07, 2018 6:55:29 am PST #1704 of 30019
brillig
Three states voted to expand Medicaid too.
Including Utah, home of Help the Poor? That's the Church's Job!
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 07, 2018 6:59:50 am PST #1705 of 30019
"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
Happy about Kim Davis being defeated by a man she would not issue a marriage license to!
David Ermold lost the Democratic primary to the eventual winner Caudill, but hey, still a Democrat who's promised to treat all applicants the same.
Toddson - Nov 07, 2018 7:02:20 am PST #1706 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
For Utah, I saw an item about one of the state senators - since they were voting on whether to legalize medical marijuana - thought it would be a good idea to know what it was about. (Seemingly no one in the state senate had ever tried it.) So he had a friend drive him to Las Vegas where he bought a package of cannabis gummies and tried one ... said it (1) didn't taste very good and (2) he didn't feel much effect from it. I guess he gets points for at least having an idea of what he would be voting on.
-t - Nov 07, 2018 7:13:56 am PST #1707 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Heh. That is notoriously what everyone says the first time, while they are seeming very stoned to everyone around them.