Seriously, fucking Susan Collins.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
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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.
Dana - Nov 04, 2020 10:53:52 am PST #28755 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 04, 2020 10:55:48 am PST #28756 of 30019
What is even happening?
I am angry that Sara Gideon conceded to Susan Collins. There are still uncounted votes. This is fuckery. I don't care if she has information telling her she's likely to lose. In an election like this one, you count every fricking vote.
I would really like to be cautiously optimistic but so far this election feels like everything that went wrong in 2000 and 2016 all at once.
This is where I live.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 04, 2020 10:57:01 am PST #28757 of 30019
What is even happening?
Wow! My county elected its first sheriff who is a woman and who's queer. That's amazing and awesome!
Thank you for sharing this, Teppy. I couldn't see the good news, on account of my rage fog.
msbelle - Nov 04, 2020 11:00:20 am PST #28758 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
My old state house district in Texas that I worked so hard in last cycle still f’in went red. 68% voter turnout.
Dana - Nov 04, 2020 11:02:17 am PST #28759 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm missing out on getting a Dem rep by like 1.5%, which is what got siphoned off into third-party candidates.
Atropa - Nov 04, 2020 11:02:29 am PST #28760 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I haven't looked at any of the news yet, and I may put it off until after I catch up on three days of Slack messages for work.
shrift - Nov 04, 2020 11:12:02 am PST #28761 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I worked a 17 hour day yesterday, got a few hours of sleep, and I'm back at it again today. I'm too busy to be as pissed as I want to be about the third-party candidates siphoning off votes in super tight races, but at least I'm actively working to prevent election misinformation from spreading online.
Kalshane - Nov 04, 2020 11:12:24 am PST #28762 of 30019
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Fucking Susan Collins.Agreed. So tired of her "I'm concerned" act while rubber-stamping everything.
Reading the results of the Wisconsin district races is infuriating. Dems win all their races by 30+ points and the GOP all of theirs by a comfortable 10%. So many "wasted" Dem votes by our ridiculous gerrymandering.
lisah - Nov 04, 2020 11:25:20 am PST #28763 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate
Thank you for your work, shrift.
JZ - Nov 04, 2020 11:27:05 am PST #28764 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Someone on Twitter pointed out what seems to be happening with the Senate--the goddamn Lincoln Project and the other never-Trumpers did exactly what they set out to do: created a way for GOP voters queasy over Trump to feel comfortable and happy voting for Biden while continuing to vote GOP the entire rest of the way down, as if Trump was the party's only problem and everyone else is just peachy.
I never liked or trusted them and I never gave them a dime. Ass them all right in the ear. In 2022 I want to plow them all under and salt the earth.