A Thousand Words
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 5:00am
Welcome to A Thousand Words, where I share pictures (and ask my readers to share pictures) of what they'd like to see more of in the world.
This week: Good home cooking.
Interview with Tonya Graham, candidate for Mayor of Ashland, Oregon
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:21am
(my questions are in boldface)
In a weird coincidence, Tesla stock drops after socialist victory in Bolivia
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 10/20/2020 - 4:09pm
Let's examine the timeline. Maybe we can unravel the nature of this mystery.
The Evening Blues - 10-20-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 10/20/2020 - 1:20pm
Poll Diving – part 3
Submitted by Marie on Tue, 10/20/2020 - 12:31pmTicket splitting in 2020? In 2016 I suggested that watching the Senate races would be more constructive than monitoring the Presidential polls and that ticket splitting wouldn't feature. Thus, I put FL and NC into the Trump column. NH was too close to call. The WI Senate polls totally tripped me up. And then I made the boneheaded (split-ticket) projection in PA – HRC and Toomey.
Tuesday Open Thread ~ The Capacity of Abundance
Submitted by Anja Geitz on Tue, 10/20/2020 - 1:57am~
“Should consumerism be the last thing we accomplish as a species, after all this evolution and the miraculous series of accidents that granted our sentience? Would that not be an utterly dull and inane end to our history?” ~ Robert Wringham, Escape Everything!: Escape from work. Escape from consumerism. Escape from despair.
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The Evening Blues - 10-19-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 1:31pm
Poll Diving – part 2
Submitted by Marie on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 11:36amMore interesting than part 1 and more evidence of a consistent shape/narrative.
1. Another boring “red state.”
Georgia
2016 election outcomes:
President - Trump 51% and Clinton 46%
Senate – Isaakson 55% (inc R) and Democrat 41%
2020 election polling:
Luis Arce (MAS) Wins Bolivian Presidency ✫✫✫✫!
Submitted by wendy davis on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 11:36am
‘Socialist Presidential Candidate Arce Wins Bolivia’s Elections’, Oct. 19, 2020, telesurenglish
“After midnight on Sunday, Bolivian authorities allowed the results of the exit polls to be known. The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presidential candidate Luis Arce obtained 52.4 percent of the votes, the Citizen Community (CC) candidate Carlos Mesa got 31.5 percent, and the “We Believe Alliance” candidate Luis Fernando Camacho reached 14.1 percent of the votes.
Bolivia’s president-elect Arce thanked the people for their support and for their peaceful participation in the electoral process.” […]
Socialists score crushing victory in Bolivia
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 11:27amDespite last year's right-wing coup, and a full year of government repression, the people of Bolivia have reelected the Socialist party
