Alpha's Alaska-Washington-Hawaii Primary watchers thread.
Submitted by Alphalop on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 11:43am
Hi guys!
I missed the last couple primaries on here due to a combo of personal and a family members health issues so I figured I would check and see if someone had already jumped in to fill the void while I was gone.
If not, we can do it again tonight on this thread or if someone is doing a better one just let me know and I will jump in!
Regardless of local, I look forward to watching the returns with you tonight! (Although I don't know if I will make it through to Hawaii being EST, lol!)
See you soon my C99P Peeps!
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A little birdy told me Bernie's going to set records today :)
There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties.. This...is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.--John Adams
I just made a little meme for that.. :)
Wish I could have gotten them both onto one line each at the top and the bottom, but it was a rush job.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
That look on his face
pulls every heart string in me.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
a minor point, but i thought you might want to know that
"delegate" is misspelled.
loved the comment
Oh sonofabitch!
lol! That's what happens when I rush stuff.
I will do a new one later.
Grabbed the screen shot using Jing.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Fixed it. :)
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Shared on Face Book! ;-) n/t
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This shit is bananas.
Thanks! I will check that one out!
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Just stole this from TOS
I like the cartoon and the theft
Thanks for sharing it here.
I appreciate quality items being posted here because I decamped from TOS on 3/14 and I will never go back there.
That is hilarious!!!
I cried with laughter!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Paging ericlewis0 … could anything be more made for Animal Nuz?
I hope ericlewis0 finds a way to have Animal Nuz do something with this heaven-sent opportunity, even if he is in the Clinton camp.
I sometimes get the feeling
that he is toeing the line because he remembered what happened to Ted Rall.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Should I wait for the CD?
We are not the most politically correct family when it comes to
language.
For example, I was watching it with my wife and she looked over at me and saw that I actually was getting happy tears from that video and just goes, "Fag..." but with a smile.
She seems to say that a lot to me lately, I guess Sanders really does touch a nerve with me.
(Oh, for the record, neither of us are remotely homophobic, I have actually performed a gay marriage and she spent the night with some of her friends at a gay bar Thursday, lol!)
Jesus, after typing that disclaimer I just realized that it probably wasn't even necessary as I ain't at the GOS anymore and don't have to fear a bunch of assholes pouncing on me for every perceived slight.
Free at last, free at last! lol!
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
i find your comment to be insensitive to
the feelings and concerns of assholes at dailyKos.
The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.
I find your insensitivity to the insensiveness
of those that are insensitive to being insensitive to be itself insensitive.
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I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
LoL you guys crack me up..
So nice being someplace where people actually have a sense of humor, or at least don't shit on ya for "Not getting it."
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
I used to live in a section of Madison that was
nicknamed "Dyke Heights". The dykes were the ones who nicknamed it that. You couldn't swing a cat without hitting a happy lesbian couple -- but heaven help you if you did!
The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.
I love lesbians.
They get the rejection right out of the way at the start so you can have an actual friendship.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Most of the lesbians that I have been particularly close with
were usually significantly older than me, so that was never an issue to begin with. ( a fellow C/O and her spouse, the other was a close friend of my mother that was basically family that I still visit every time I fly back to Jersey.)
There was one that was a dealer that I was casually friendly with, like we hung out at the bars and such and she was VERY attractive but there was no "attraction?". Pretty much the same as when hanging out with a handsome male friend.
The only time it became an issue was when I was making points with this one girl and then she ended up swooping in and taking her home! lol!
Good thing my ego doesn't bruise easily or that coulda hurt...
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
You'd love Bisbee.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Bisbee?
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
It's a funky little town in SE AZ
Former copper mine. Closed. Big hole in the ground. Lots of old buildings from about 1904. Lots of ageing hippies moved in after the miners moved out...in 1974-ish. Large LGBT population (well, a substantial portion of a small population, actually). 23 miles from anywhere, (or nowhere), 5300 feet up in the mountains. Little dot of Bernie blue in a sea of red.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Sounds cool.
I thought you were talking about a user, lol!
Yeah, I heard about it, used to live in Nv before retiring.
Now I made the commitment not to move anyplace where I don't have both warm weather year round and a sea to fish in.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Good choice
I miss the ocean, desperately.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Yeah, I grew up on the Atlantic, but moved to the High Desert
back around '90 (well, Tahoe first actually). and loved it, but the sea always called to me and I spent every vacation on the water as much as I could.
I may go back to visit for a month or so here and there, but only in the summer.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
I've been to Bisbee, once.
It was 1983. I've always wanted to return, but... I have friends who were there in the last 12 months.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Lesbians
refer to themselves as dykes quite a bit (I know quite a few lesbians online). I don't get the sense that it's seen as pejorative.
Stay on track. Stay in lane. Don't throw rocks.
It's called "reclaiming"
I am a Witch... I am a Crone... I reclaim both as they once were. Titles of honor. Taking back language used to hurt us, takes away the power of those who would use those words as weapons.
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There is a motorcycle group in Tucson
called Dykes with Bikes. Cool club jackets and everything.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Dykes on bikes
There is an international biker group called Dykes on Bikes with several chapters in US and abroad -suspect they are connected.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
You are probably right
I gotta get out more
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
heh - me too n/t
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Undermining democracy
is serious work. No time for smiles or happy tears at the other place.
"The real power is in the hands of small groups of people and I don't think they have titles. -- Bob Dylan"
Exactly!
There they were, at the ready, with their firehoses to quash the fun.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
So true! The HRC purity posses were painfully humorless
Made them even less palatable.
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." --Jiddu Krishnamurti
That's because they don't really understand.
They are more concerned with rules than actual relationships. They need the rules because they don't know how to act otherwise. But then it turns into controlling everyone else because they don't have the real heart. (BTW, that makes me think that's why Hillary has to imitate because she doesn't actually know on her own what's right unless she sees it in others.) Both Liberals and Conservatives fall into the trap too. Actual Progressives and true Libertarians don't like rules for the sake of rules, which is why sometimes they actually agree on some things and why Bernie was able to sometimes work with Ron Paul on some things.
I've noticed this in almost every organization and churches are especially bad and it's these types of people that tend to ruin everything. They try to force rules on everyone else because that's what they think is right, but they don't realize the spirit of the rule. If you read Gospels, you can find so many examples where Yeshua (aka Jesus) is admonishing people by following rules too much. One point he says, "The law was made for man, man was not made for the law."
-9.75, -8.21
A great point...
I have recently been thinking along those lines. Best I could do was "they don't need relationships", the whole Community aspect is kind of a put-on for those who work for the blog (whether they work remotely or they work in "an office at Headquarters"). All 44 of them, in all likelihood, have actual relationships "elsewhere". In other words, GOS is "work" to those "regulars" toeing the "Official Bylines" motifs. That's where the need for "rules" manifests.
I wish I could find the words (and still sound like I knew what I was talking about) to describe my thoughts on "social engineering" and that particular blog. It starts getting sort of creepy if I think about it too much....
I think they want the relationships
But they don't know how to act, their personalities require the rules to know how to act and then the rules become what's important in those relationships. They fear loss of control and fear chaos. When people who don't need the rules are around and don't go exactly by the rules they feel are necessary, they become lost and fearful and that's when they try to enforce the rules even more. It's personality type (I'm an INFJ) for some and some it's pathological.
-9.75, -8.21
Many personalities fear genuine free will in the largest sense--
the unknown and the potential negative consequences of making their own decisions. Their hope is that if they tread "the straight and narrow" path laid out by the priestly class, which interprets the holy books and thus secures its own power within the hierarchy and control over the masses, and things go badly, they're following god's plan and will be rewarded. Just not now, later.
I think you're on to something about rules vs. relationships. May have something to do with how well certain people handle chaos and uncertainty vs. what's orderly and familiar. There are people who rarely question anyone or anything, and others who naturally question many to most things.
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." --Jiddu Krishnamurti
Hey Alpha, how are you, mate? Good to see you again and on
the job here with your election blogs. I was off myself with a bit of a spell, but we're good as new. Looking forward to the Big Bern tonight. W00t!
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Thanks! Good to be back. I was a bit laid up.
but not so much now. It comes and goes.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Can we all agree that Stan has the
right to have babies?
The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.
Now
That was fucking funny!
“HRed for [perceived slight]. Red State is that way —>”
Made y’all feel a twinge of nostalgia, now, didn’t I? Admit it!
Hah! I laughed so hard I made my dog jump and bang her head
on the bottom of my desk!
Good one!
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Nope, nobody filled your shoes....
They are still waiting for you...
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
If these AP times are correct the Alaska polls close at 2EST?
Alaska · 16 delegates
Last poll closes at 2:00 PM ET
Washington · 101 delegates
Last poll closes at 1:00 PM ET
Hawaii · 25 delegates
Last poll closes at 7:00 PM ET
That seems kinda early, when did they open? 4AM? or am I missing something here?
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
They're all Caucus States
If it were a primary, the polls would be open from like 7:00 a.m. til 7:00 p.m. But these are all caucus states, so the process shouldn't take all day.
Yeah, I figured they wouldn't take all day but I thought
that they would start later I guess. If I remember correctly the last caucus state I lived in it didn't start until like the evening,
Bernie should do really well I hope, he tends to do so at caucuses, but I am kinda against them in general as a feel they disenfranchise those with physical disabilities or health conditions that preclude them from participating.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Two of us showed up at our caucus site
my friend with a cane and me with O2. We were the only ones in our apartment complex who bothered to show. This is an apartment complex for those 62 and older. Our precinct went 17 to 6 for Bernie. The next precinct over (there were three precincts in the gym there) went 36 to 12 for Bernie and I don't know what the 3rd precinct came in at.
Thanks for sharing and for getting out there for Bernie!
We all need to come together and do everything we can to make this happen, because the alternative is pretty bleak...
I know it can be tough so I applaud anyone that has physical difficulties for taking part in a caucus, it's one of the reason I am against the process in general as it disenfranchises or otherwise places barriers between those that have physical impairment from exercising their right to vote for their candidate.
This wasn't a position I always held, I kinda liked the idea when I lived in Nevada, but it simply never occurred to me until I got a spinal cord injury myself which occasionally prevents me from leaving the house for a week or so at a time but i'd make my wife roll me in a wheel Barrow to vote for Bernie.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Our caucus
Opens at noon on Maui, and we were advised to get there early as they anticipated a large turnout. Rained hard yesterday afternoon/evening but beautiful day right now. Actual caucusing to start at 1pm, might last 4-5 hrs.
I would love to move there, at least for a few years...
but I hear it is difficult to get RN jobs. Do you know if that's true?
Hope you stay dry and if not, let the rain be warm.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Listening to TYT right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a48o2S1cPoo
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a48o2S1cPoo]
Their live stream is up
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
New York Times links should update throughout the day
Alaska Caucus Results
Hawaii Caucus Results
Washington Caucus Results
Thanks! They are saying we should have results from Washington
shortly
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
It might be awhile for Washington
It's supposed to be crowded and they only started caucusing 15 minutes ago.
Good news from Washington, so far
https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/4c16d7/hi_ak_and_w...
Caucusing officially starts at 10:30
I am at Washington State caucusing in Pierce county Precinct 25. There are a lot of Sanders supporters here.
We have started
43 voters in our precinct.
Update
A few more voters showed up. A lot of sanders voters. The final count for this precinct is 46 Bernie to 2 for Clinton. All delegates (6) for Bernie!
Wow!
Beautiful!
Now lets duplicate that all over the state!
Man, a shut out would be awesome right now.
I would probably cry like a 4 year old with a skinned knee...
I know it's unrealistic, but I also dream about winning the lotto so take it for what it's worth.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Wouldn't it be great if there were a couple blowouts?
I am not sure, but I am feeling pretty positive about Washington and Alaska, don't know much about politics in Hawaii..
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
i'm hoping the Tulsi Gabbard endorsement helps there
according to my son Sanders pick of Tara Houska
for the American Indians and speeches she made had a very positive influence on Native Hawaiians. I hope it shows in the caucus results.
https://www.euronews.com/live
Thanks, Alpha--will join you later! ;-) EOM
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
Thanks!
Will be checking various sources, too. Tipped and Rec'd!! I'm in FL on EDT so not sure about today. We'll all know tomorrow. C'mon little feathered Oregonian: bring these 3 caucuses in for the Bernster!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
On a side note...
Just got back, still no updates from Washington.
A friend of mine swung by to help me texture a section of wall in my laundry room. (Finally put in the deep well sink that my wife had been pining for, man was that a bigger project than I anticipated, lol!)
So we get the sink disconnected and moved away from the wall as well as the washer, gather all the tools and open up the Spackle bucket and it is FULL of mold!
I am no construction pro, but WTF? I have never even HEARD of Spackle growing mold.
Anyone else ever see such a thing?
Well, needless to say, project delayed until I can run to the store and get another pail, lol! Back to watching the polls fail to update, lol!
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Much like Sour Cream...
It depends on what you got mixed in there. Get even a little contaminated, and the next time you open it, you may find a rainbow of colors...
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
That was what I suspected.
I asked my buddy, "How long have you had this?" he said about 18 months, lol!
Yeah, he probably got some contaminates in it but i never thought that environment would support it even with that but then again, Florida garages get pretty warm...
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Guardian Tracker is up! Watch Lil Bernie color in the map!
You can check it out here.
I Love this site.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
although with no precincts yet to report I am not sure if the
animations are gonna be on it or not.
I sure hope so, it cracks me up every time.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Early results are in! Sanders takes a big lead with 6.9% in
Statewide results
5/72 precincts (6.9%) reporting
Bernie Sanders
110
75.3%
Hillary Clinton
36
24.7%
146 total votes
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
so ... 10s of thousands came out for the rally
yesterday, but then only FIVE people came to the caucus in Garfield County? Only 13 in Columbia? Only 23 in Adams?
jeebus.
The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.
That may be delegate numbers.
Or percentage-of-a-delegate numbers. If you look at the returns by precinct for Maine, for instance, you see that same bizarrely low-number reporting. It freaked me at first, until I found the fine print that explained that it wasn't raw vote totals, which apparently Maine doesn't report at all.
Handy Flow Chart
Via HuffPo: This Hilarious Flow Chart Is Your Perfect Guide To The Presidential Primaries
"We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty."
Hah! Thats going in my facebook feed!
Thats pretty funny.
You could go a LOT of different directions with that theme.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
That's hysterical!
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Hilarious!!
Wish I could print it out!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Wow... Some of those counties are real blowouts!
You can see the details by hovering over the map at
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/mar/26/live-resul...
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
89.5% of the vote for Sanders in Wahkiakum County with 100% in
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
All the money, the influence peddling, and the POWER....
Undone by an honest man and a bird.
Holy CRAP, Bernie's Freaking GANDALF!
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I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
I can just hear Ren'ee Flemming singing now
I want a Pony!
Ask and you shall receive!
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im5CIpMFo4Q]
Although I think Bernie deserves more upbeat music, but it's still hopeful.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
I was thinkng of when the eagles picked up Frodo and Sam
I want a Pony!
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