Just the math: Advocacy for Jill Stein (and 3rd parties in general) in safe R/B states
Submitted by Dhyerwolf on Sat, 08/20/2016 - 7:41pmI wrote a short advocacy piece for Jill Stein (and 3rd parties in general) for voters in safe Red or Blue states (it's tailored to CA since it's where I live) that I thought I would share. The core of the argument is math, although there are certainly a million good moral reasons (but we really have to tailor our arguments to who we are trying to convince, and those are people afraid that if they vote for anything other than Clinton, Trump will be elected):
Obama to Push for TPP Passage During Lame Duck Session
Submitted by MsGrin on Sat, 08/20/2016 - 4:30pmNot a surprise to anyone here, unless we're surprised he's admitting it and at least one news outlet is reporting on it...
From The Hill has published an editorial by Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, and the president of Just Foreign Policy. He is also the author of the new book "Failed: What the 'Experts' Got Wrong About the Global Economy" (Oxford University Press, 2015).
Dems Anxious about Timing & Bad Optics of (final) CGI Annual Bash
Submitted by MsGrin on Sat, 08/20/2016 - 3:03pmFrom POLITICO
Democrats fret over timing of Clintons’ charity fete
So many good paragraphs to choose from, so few which can be borrowed under Fair Use. It's not long - be sure to head over and gape. This event is scheduled for one week prior to the first presidential debate.
Commonly Used Acronyms & Nicknames
Submitted by Deja on Sat, 08/20/2016 - 1:04pmOccasionally readers will run across an acronym or nickname they are unfamiliar with, and rather than ask what something means in a comment, they may wish to use the following list I've compiled. I made no effort to list every acronym or nickname known to humankind, I've simply listed a few. You won't find "lol" or "wth" or "bbf", but you'll find things we use on this site, maybe forgetting that others haven't been where we have been, and might not know what the heck we're talking about.
(Well I'll be darned!) Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein to appear on Nebraska ballot
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sat, 08/20/2016 - 8:42amGreen Party presidential candidate Jill Stein to appear on Nebraska ballot
LINCOLN — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot in Nebraska.
Secretary of State John Gale announced Friday that her supporters had submitted 5,388 valid signatures to add her name to the ballot. She needed 2,500 signatures to qualify.
Open Sesame 08/20/16
Submitted by hecate on Sat, 08/20/2016 - 4:33am
So yesterday I developed a great Hate for the Law. Because I was sitting here working on a brief, and I decided to take a break, to bake some cookies, so I could fortify myself with chocolate, a known and recognized Medicine, and so I made the cookies, and I put them in the oven, and then I came back in here, and went back into the law, and I got lost in there, in the law, had no idea where I was, or what I was about, just floating, in the immortal words of Justice Frankfurter, as "a derelict on the waters of the law," forgetting all about the cookies, until the bad smell, it started pumping out of the oven, and then, in a panic, I rushed into the kitchen, to pull the cookies out, and then, when once they had cooled, the cookies, they were harder than diamonds, useless as anything but weapons, to hurl, like those sharpened metal stars in the true-life documentary film Full Metal Ninja, at the people of The Hairball, if, ever, my home, they try, to Invade.
But, yesterday, there was also a Happiness, in by far and for sure the coolest and most insightful tubular thing I experienced all week: some Canadian human, he put a GoPro on the ground, and a squirrel, s/he came along, and snatched it up, ran off with it, and then proceeded to film the world, as it is experienced, squirrelwise:
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6I_Zic29VQ]
I am thinking, that it would be very illuminating. To have one of these squirrels, that live around here, GoPro this place. So I could then contrast. How this particular world. It is experienced. When one is squirrely. As compared to how it is experienced. Humanly.
But then, I quickly realized, there are some Hurdles, that must be overcome, before this can be achieved. The first, being: I do not know. What is a "GoPro."
Clinton Foundation Walks Back Pledge to Halt Foreign Donations
Submitted by MsGrin on Sat, 08/20/2016 - 1:13amAnd they wonder why people think they are untrustworthy...
From Reuters:
Friday Night Photography Open Thread
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 08/19/2016 - 7:54pmHowdy folks! Steve J. is taking a little time off, so I thought I'd put up a sort of free-form open thread for folks to share their work and appreciate it together.
So, here are some photos I took recently down by the Monocacy River in Maryland at a place called Lilypons:
Third Party Ballot Access Summary
Submitted by Hawkfish on Fri, 08/19/2016 - 6:21pmNot a big deal, but I just thought everyone might like a quick update on non-duopoly parties.
Libertarians
The Libertarians are doing the best right now in terms of states*: They are on the ballot in all but nine, and are actively working on the rest. Some of the missing states are big swing states, (OH, PA, KY and VA) however, so they have a possible total of 440 electoral votes.
