@lotlizard

Our federal courts, the ones that our tax dollars support, agreed with the DNC.

The original concept is that a private organization is, well, a private organization: The government has to treat everyone equally. However, we (the government) are not going to force a private citizen, such as you, to hang out with people with whom you don't want to hang out. A balance between equal protection and individual rights, even an individual Ninth and Tenth Amendment right for private citizens to be a bigoted asshole and keep everyone but white people outside of your home, tree house, reading group or whatever.

Next, comes to the SCOTUS a bunch of hippy singles living together in what I assume was a large home. The zoning law limited how many unrelated people could share a home. The Warren Court said, "Hey, people have freedom of association, which means they can live together, if they wish. Your zoning law, being a form of government action, is unconstitutional. Ok. There may have been some legit reasons for that zoning law, but I guess a town could set a limit on number of people per square foot of living quarters, provided the limit were a reasonable health and safety regulation and not intended to keep poor people out of a town.

But to rely on precedents like the ones described above to hold that the process for choosing one of two people who has a realistic shot of being elected POTUS is a purely private matter, like a home or a reading group or a local dart club and therefore does not need to be fair is insane to a flaming level. JMO.

I don't know if any of the DNC lawsuits got to the Supremes and, if not, how the Supremes would have ruled.

Anywayyyyy, as it now stands, the Democratic Party brassily thumbed its nose at its own voters and one or more federal courts put a Constitutional imprimatur on the exact spot where the thumb met said nose.

Please don't start about amending the Constitution to overrule the Court: Neither Republicans nor Democrats in Congress will ever vote for such an amendment and a Constitutional Convention is too damn dangerous, especially now that the Obama era put so many Republicans in control of so many states. The danger is no doubt why there has been no Constitutonal Convention since the one that wrote the Constitution.

So think about the DNC and the federal courts not only during every voting season, but also whenever you pay a federal tax or fee. Maybe even whenever you obey (or disobey) any federal law.

Periodic reminder to everyone regarding the value, or lack thereof, of involving oneself with the Democrats’ candidate selection process:

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/08/reminder-dnc-lawyers-to-court-we...

@Raggedy Ann

If your older computer has a USB port you could look into USB-WiFi adapters.

Happy Friday! The start of a much needed three-day weekend for those of us still toiling outside the home.

With t-mobile, we haven't needed an Internet provider at home. We are now in need of an Internet provider for an old computer we just got working again. I can use my hotspot for our newest computer, but not the older one, sigh. I have no idea what is out there. Anyone got suggestions? We live in a rural area, so.....

Have a fun day and weekend, folks!

@jbob

I think the cost is down to about $60 / month.