How Tim Walz’s time in China shaped him [Click] “Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential pick taught in the country and has a history of supporting human rights in places considered sensitive by Beijing.” ——Alan
Priscilla is poorly again today. I'm afraid she may be in her final decline - she's definitely over ten, and in fact we figure she's around fifteen. Not that her age makes any difference in how we all feel about her, especially Dad.
Dad's waffling on taking her to the vet. Sis says, and she's probably right, that he's afraid to do so. After all, he took Campion to the vet, thinking he just needed some medicine, and they ended up putting him to sleep then and there. Come to find out, he was deathly ill and we never knew it. Dad was shattered.
I can't really blame him for figuring Priscilla will pull through this or she won't but, either way, she'll be at home with him.
Voting rights are dying by a thousand cuts Noah Feldman Syndicated columnist If you want to understand what’s happened to voting rights in the U.S. over the past decade, just take a look at the recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
That ultraconservative court took a substantial bite out of voting rights when it reversed its own precedent to hold that multiple groups, like Black voters and Hispanic voters, can’t team up to argue that a state has diluted their votes.
The holding is legally wrong, yet the Supreme Court could conceivably uphold it, because the decision reflects a long-term conservative strategy: undermining voting rights law one step at a time in relatively low-profile cases rather than through sweeping decisions that draw a public outcry. --nordy
Just got home from working at the polls. 15% turnout (largely uncontested races). 655 voters: 3 Progressive, 167 Republican, 485 Democrat. Howard Dean got a write-in vote. 😉
I love my town. One absentee ballot was returned with just a raw signature and not printed name. Rather than call it a spoiled ballot, our Town Clerk asked 9 of us to see if we could decipher the signature. I had the list of names of who had requested an absentee ballot. The middle initial was clear, but that was all. But! We narrowed it down to 5 people, based on the first letter being either B or R and the middle initial being M. Then! Someone remembered that a person in that grouping had had a stroke this year! So we all agreed it was that person, the ballot was counted, and the Town Clerk will call tomorrow and confirm with that person that they did indeed send their ballot in. Pretty amazing when you consider that some of the people present began their day at 4:00am!
Gee, cut the guy a little slack. Ten megabucks probably won't even pay off his lawyers, and won't even put a dent in his fines. But maybe it could be donated to, and put to good use by, the Overseer of the Poor. -----Alan
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That's kind of a fancy bird house!
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How Tim Walz’s time in China shaped him [Click] “Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential pick taught in the country and has a history of supporting human rights in places considered sensitive by Beijing.”
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Babylon Is Fallen [Click]
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Working at the polls…and I just voted for Bernie! 😁👍
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Here is the VTDigger article [Click]
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DeleteYes, Vermont’s Primary.
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Which Side Are You On? A current election version. [Click]
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ReplyDeletePriscilla is poorly again today. I'm afraid she may be in her final decline - she's definitely over ten, and in fact we figure she's around fifteen. Not that her age makes any difference in how we all feel about her, especially Dad.
Dad's waffling on taking her to the vet. Sis says, and she's probably right, that he's afraid to do so. After all, he took Campion to the vet, thinking he just needed some medicine, and they ended up putting him to sleep then and there. Come to find out, he was deathly ill and we never knew it. Dad was shattered.
I can't really blame him for figuring Priscilla will pull through this or she won't but, either way, she'll be at home with him.
Hoping for the best.
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Sorry your family is going through this Cat. <3
DeleteCat, I am so sorry. I've watched a large number of pets in their final decline, and it never gets any easier. --nordy
ReplyDeleteCome all of you good workers
ReplyDeleteGood news to you I'll tell
Of how the good ol' union
Has come in here to dwell
[Chorus]
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
[Verse 2]
My daddy was a miner
And I'm a miner's son
And I'll stick with the union
'Til every battle's won
[Verse 3]
They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Blair
[Verse 4]
Oh, workers can you stand it?
Oh, tell me how you can
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you be a man?
[Verse 5]
Don't scab for the bosses
Don't listen to their lies
Us poor folks haven't got a chance
Unless we organize
[Chorus]
Voting rights are dying by a thousand cuts
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Syndicated columnist
If you want to understand what’s happened to voting rights in the U.S. over the past decade, just take a look at the recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
That ultraconservative court took a substantial bite out of voting rights when it reversed its own precedent to hold that multiple groups, like Black voters and Hispanic voters, can’t team up to argue that a state has diluted their votes.
The holding is legally wrong, yet the Supreme Court could conceivably uphold it, because the decision reflects a long-term conservative strategy: undermining voting rights law one step at a time in relatively low-profile cases rather than through sweeping decisions that draw a public outcry. --nordy
Michael Popok video: Trump Stricken With Financial Disaster at Worst Time [Click] In case you wondered what has been going on with Truth Social.
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Political Beatdown video: Michael Cohen and Ben Meiselas on Trump’s Very Slurry Nightmare Accelerates [Click] Can’t say as I hear the alleged lisping or slurring or whatever, but Mr. Cohen knows him far better than I do or ever will. But there are a number of other good bits.
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Video: LIVE: Tim Walz speaks live as Harris campaign surges and Trump scrambles - Click
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DROP KICK ME JESUS by BOBBY BARE [Click] Oh, boy—I remember when this song was new.
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DJT Song parody: Big Rock Candy Mountain [Click]
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Talking Feds video: Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters has been found guilty of multiple charges related to her 2021 scheme to breach Colorado’s election system. [Click]
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Music video: Childless Cat Guys [Click]
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Video from the Office of the Governor of Minnesota: Meet Honey the Rescue Cat [Click]
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Oops, should have read before I posted. Oh well, an extra post of this heartwarming video doesn't come amiss.
DeleteJust got home from working at the polls.
ReplyDelete15% turnout (largely uncontested races).
655 voters: 3 Progressive, 167 Republican, 485 Democrat.
Howard Dean got a write-in vote. 😉
Bernie got a LOT of write-in votes. But as he was already on the Democratic ballot, I imagine a lot of Republicans wrote him in.
ReplyDeleteI love my town. One absentee ballot was returned with just a raw signature and not printed name. Rather than call it a spoiled ballot, our Town Clerk asked 9 of us to see if we could decipher the signature. I had the list of names of who had requested an absentee ballot. The middle initial was clear, but that was all. But! We narrowed it down to 5 people, based on the first letter being either B or R and the middle initial being M. Then! Someone remembered that a person in that grouping had had a stroke this year! So we all agreed it was that person, the ballot was counted, and the Town Clerk will call tomorrow and confirm with that person that they did indeed send their ballot in. Pretty amazing when you consider that some of the people present began their day at 4:00am!
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Michael Popok video: Trump Gets CAUGHT in MASSIVE BRIBERY SCANDAL</a - Click
ReplyDeleteGee, cut the guy a little slack. Ten megabucks probably won't even pay off his lawyers, and won't even put a dent in his fines. But maybe it could be donated to, and put to good use by, the Overseer of the Poor.
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Video: Meet Honey the Rescue Cat - Click
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