Little elections
I had a guy come to my door yesterday and introduce himself as Will Fuentes, candidate for commissioner for the third district of Clark County, Washington. It is a non-partisan position.
It has been years since a genuine candidate came to my door. I can't even remember who that was, but I was impressed that he actually canvassed on his own with no one accompanying him. He talked for a while about his positions and even asked if I had some concerns he should know about. He seemed to have my values and concerns already tasked, so I just thanked him for coming by.
I do remembering voting for him though.
Will Fuentes was not as engaging but asked if I was registered to vote and was I planning to vote, and I affirmed both. He was also alone.
He also asked if I had any concerns, but I couldn't think of any pressing issues in the county that I felt needed to be addressed. Oh sure, fewer potholes, and more upkeep in county parks, but I'm focused on much more important things involving Genocide, trillion dollar defense budgets, and an unseen hidden shadow government pulling strings worldwide.
But he was young and full of energy and just beginning his public service journey.
So I checked my Voters Pamphlet and sure enough, I had checked his box to vote for come election day. His opponent was a no nothing dog. He may challenge my policy of never voting for incumbents, and I hope he does well.
Little elections are where we get our great statesmen started.
YAY. I got something right.
Morning news is reporting more voter drop boxes being set afire, now one a couple of blocks away.
I'll not be depositing my ballot in a drop box. In the mail it goes.
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Off to the dentist
Gotta take Earthling2 for a tooth extraction.
Not gonna be a fun day. Will host from the waiting room.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
I could want to vote against
a number of people on the florida ballot, but I may not have time to get over there. Usually, when we go to the polls, we are humiliated in some way. Last time I was told my identity was suspicious and was given a tentative paper ballot or something like that. As usual, I said something like WTF are you talking about? Usually Ms. So gets that treatment as well, because she looks Chinese or something, or they don't like her name. When I start fussing the police come over, etc. So F 'em. After all that shit over the years, literally, neither of us gives a s..t, anymore.
But skeletor does suck, and so do some of the local judges and the mayor, and the city council. I'd vote against all them, if I get a chance. They're alpha hotels.
On the bright side, mindless and exhausted last night, my brief browsing, caused me to discover, the great young Japanese singer Aki, 19 years old, who has been singing since age 4, and has great taste in Korean traditional songs, where she has won various competitions. I love her selection of Korean songs to perform.
I did a translation of Mokpo's Tears (1935) five years ago, but never published it, except maybe here before.
The boatman's song fades away while
Samhakdo waves seep in deeply
On the pier the maiden's clothes are wet here and there
Are these tears of farewell? Mokpo's sorrow.
300 year's longing arms below Nojak peak
Traces of dear love smoldering, heartrending sentiment
The wind of Yudal mountain embraces Yeongsan River.
Pining heart missing my love, Mokpo's song.
In a deep night, when the crescent moon shimmers,
Another old wound being renewed.
If my love doesn't arrive, I will send my heart still.
Tied to the harbor, loyal, Mokpo's love.
Looking forward to listening to her other youtubes.
Hope E2 gets through the extraction easily. Thanks for the OT.
語必忠信 行必正直
Good morning, e1
I hope the tooth yank is painless and uncomplicated. Also, I hope your meal planning for the next few days will accommodate e2.
I find everything odd about the drop box fires. They are suddenly common. To make it even stranger, all police depts. have access to arson investigators. While any cop on the street can investigate murders, it takes specialists to work arson cases. As of this morning, I have not read about a suspect being identified, or a person of interest being identified, anywhere.
I would not mail in a ballot here. A main postal center in Houston was destroyed several years ago. A piece of mail no longer goes 40 minutes away to be sorted. Instead, it first goes to Dallas, 5 hours away. A letter sent to a town 14 miles east of my home can take 3 weeks to arrive.
But we have billions of $ for Israel and Ukraine. Priorities, man.
Maybe commenters can keep you busy so the waiting room time passes quickly in your mind. I could do my passage of time, unencumbered shtick, but I will spare you that sick and twisted humor!!!
Thanks for the OT, friend, and best of luck to Will.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
E2 going under
and tooth already loose, so easy peas, I hope.
I've decided to mail early at PO.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
changing the political structure
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is like pulling teeth .. once they are embedded
it is a painful removal process
good luck to e2!
question everything
I see what you did there
LOL.
Thanks for the well wishes.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Update
It’s still not available for me, but others say it is for them. But good news. It’s on my daily round of news sites.
Been out since yesterday
Glad it's back. Laria must be steppin' on some big toes.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
"You can change things by voting for thus-and-such a candidate!"
Or so they say. But probably you can't, not in this time and place. There are two obvious reasons for this grim reality: 1) your vote is only one vote, and 2) most, if not all, of the candidates fall into the category of "not your fight to pick." You, in short, aren't going to win enough if said candidate wins anything, and you won't lose enough if the candidate loses. Well, you won't win or lose enough to make it your worthwhile to do anything about it.
The big problem lurking behind the small one is that our whole civilization drifts around without a purpose. America in the Sixties briefly had a purpose. It was a deeply flawed purpose, but at least it had one. The Green Party has a purpose, but with them we're talking about five people in a room, and four of them are closet Democrats. The America of today funds and arms a genocide while looking the other way. That's not a purpose.
With ballot initiatives you might stand a chance. As for the Presidential election, here is this year's theme song:
The ruling classes need an extra party to make the rest of us feel as if we participate in democracy. That's what the Democrats are for. They make the US more durable than the Soviet Union was.
I know
there are plenty of votes out there for Trump. And there are just as many out there for Harris.
But my vote is much more important because it's for Stein. So I'm going to take it strait to the post office.
They will have to burn the PO down to stop my vote for Stein.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Me too.
But man...
The ruling classes need an extra party to make the rest of us feel as if we participate in democracy. That's what the Democrats are for. They make the US more durable than the Soviet Union was.
I hear ya
I figure if I vote for R or D I'm not saying anything, except "I submit".
By voting for Stein I'm yelling at TPTB "I have values, standards, and morals befitting a true American".
If you vote for either party, you are just bleating like sheep, baaa baaa.
Saying nothing.
Thanks for the support.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
You left out "Option not available"
Over and over both parties as well as key support groups sent out push polls. They invvaiably ask which of various pre-selected goals is most important to the recipient, or what priorities said recipient would assign to each of various pre-selected goals. There is no place for "skip atem 3, it is evil" or "add item x and make it priority number 1".
Whether they both with the fundraising polls or not, the agenda is already set by tptb and, truth be told, so is the ranking
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I never respond
to any of those push polls. I recognize them as manipulative and self defeating to whoever sent them.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
This is interesting,
if true. A purported post from two weeks ago from Trump's "Truth Social" silliness. Could be a complete fake, of course.
I have no idea if there's anything to this or not: but if that account actually exists, I suspect that Mr. Blues will experience some very long interviews with law enforcement...
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
It's really not all that clever
Election officials here are saying that anyone who put their ballot in those burned out boxes can get a new ballot.
But how does anyone know if your ballot was burned up?
In a stupid attempt to eliminate Harris votes in "blue" cities they are just as likely to boost the number of votes for Harris with duplicate ballots, which will not be known till after the election.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
@earthling1 I suggest looking at
I suggest looking at the usual demographics where that dropbox is located. Whichever way it leans heavily, the opposition is behind it.
Rachel Goebbels…."be afraid…be very afraid!'
'Content moderation'….isn’t that called censorship? BTW looks like the Nuland is losing weight…must not have liked the jokes about how her and hubby look. Funny how we never see just what Putin is putting out there to sway the election to Trump.
Rachel ruined her legacy from her anti war years at Air America. When she’s on her deathbed will she have any regrets? I sure hope so.
Also too BTW…Barbara Bush has endorsed Kamala. Just need the George and it’ll be a hat trick.
Mueller, Mueller
Paging Rob Mueller, please come to the DNC front desk.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
And besides
Putin already said he would prefer Harris winning.
So WTF?
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Putin is pretty good at playing for the western audience
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pretty sure he stated it doesn't matter which puppet is elected
his latest psyop with the Korean flag on some slag heap
was classic. Once again, outplayed by a fox. He he. Been in this game
a long time now, enough to know which buttons to push.
question everything
I saw him at a press briefing
where a "journalist" tried to pigeonhole him into pledging Trump, he flipped the script and said he could work with Harris.
It was the troops that planted the North Korean flag in Dombas (iirc), showing how the troops in the field are getting the latest news.
The Russians have a great sense of humor.
Who knew?
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Good afternoon Sima. Sounds like you m9ght have a real
peoples' candidate. Hope he wins and stays the way. he is.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --