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  • CM189191CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    njnancy said:
    All pizza matters.

    But what about the toppings?

    The cheese, the sausage, the olives!?

    BLACK OLIVES MATTER!!
  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited November 2018
    CM189191 said:

    But what about the toppings?

    The cheese, the sausage, the olives!?

    BLACK OLIVES MATTER!!
    Damn right!  Just no scissors. 
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,704
    So....we worry about trump not accepting election results (rightfully so). What y’all think about this?

    https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/11/16/politics/stacey-abrams-concession/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F

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  • dignindignin Posts: 9,478
    So....we worry about trump not accepting election results (rightfully so). What y’all think about this?

    https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/11/16/politics/stacey-abrams-concession/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F

    There is a lot of evidence she's right. Absolutely none that Trump is. Y'all think about that?
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,566
    Looks like the R will win both races in FL.  
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,704
    dignin said:
    There is a lot of evidence she's right. Absolutely none that Trump is. Y'all think about that?
    Sure. But the but I’m concerned about it becoming the new norm. Maybe it’s just a blip in this divisive county. But no matter if you agree or don’t agree the people voting for someone is likely to agree with them and follow their lead. And it has me concerned.

    Not sure if your post was meant to be hostile or just making fun of my use of y’all...
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  • Please pass the Kleenex.
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    Please pass the Kleenex.
    Which state are we going to hit on our Greatest Hits tour Watson?

    We're on a mission from God 
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,704
    Please pass the Kleenex.
    Circle jerking again 
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  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    This post deserves some love. It is funny, fabulous and is perfectly as over the top as the claims it refutes. 
  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    Sure. But the but I’m concerned about it becoming the new norm. Maybe it’s just a blip in this divisive county. But no matter if you agree or don’t agree the people voting for someone is likely to agree with them and follow their lead. And it has me concerned.

    Not sure if your post was meant to be hostile or just making fun of my use of y’all...
    I would have to agree that she has a point. And it is not because I am going with group think. 

    Ever since the Supreme Court dismantled the Voting Rights Act during Obama's presidency because there was no proof, in the majority's opinion, that it was necessary anymore. (Hey, we have a black president, we are a post racial country now). Immediately upon the dismantling of this protection, states began to pass laws that made it harder for people to vote. They purged people from the voter roles if they hadn't voted in a random amount of time, with claims that they were non-existent or duplicate or dead, cutting down the amount of voting locations in minority and College districts (AKA Democratic districts), creating voter ID laws that allowed, for example, a hunting license but not a college ID or work ID. 

    In many states, voting was made as difficult as possible when voting should be made easier if we are truly a representative democracy. This was done largely by the Republican party. Voter suppression helps Republican candidates. And in many cases, the people who were and are passing these laws held the power in the State or District.

    The Federal Government no longer monitored states that had historically suppressed voting because the Supreme Court said that it wasn't necessary anymore. It wasn't something that happened in America anymore. They were wrong. People show up to vote and are told they don't exist or that they are made to wait in lines that are hours long because the machines aren't working correctly, there is an intentional use of too few machines and this is made worse by putting voting locations outside of the actual districts and cutting down on the number of locations available in certain areas of a state. 

    New voter registrations have been denied for a myriad of reasons - teachers aren't allowed to give voter registration applications to their students, claiming that the applications are fraudulent with no facts to support this, denying signatures on mail in's if someone doesn't use their middle initial as they did when they first registered to vote and not allowing PO Boxes as addresses to suppress the Native American vote. 

    Stacy Abrams has documented all of the steps that Kemp has taken in his years as Secretary of State (the person in charge of elections and all thing election and voter registration related) and there are a legitimate amount of blatant acts that were taken to suppress the vote in minority districts. And this went on through election day when voting was made so difficult that Democrats walked away from the lines and did not vote because it was just not feasible to do so. Early voting has been disallowed in many states as is weekend voting which is a huge voting vehicle for minorities as they go to church and then go to vote as a congregation - souls to the poles. College students have been disallowed from voting in the state they are attending school, which was always allowed and/or they have been made to jump through hoops to get to a voting location that is inaccessible by public transportation. 

    Meanwhile, there are voting machines available inside retirement communities and senior citizen homes that are mostly white and conservative. 

    There is no automatic remedy under federal law anymore and the lawsuits that are filed are usually after the fact. Abrams has been filing lawsuits against the state as they have been doing many of the stated techniques. She may or may not have won the election if Kemp had recused himself from the Secretary of State position as soon as he  declared his run for governor. The same problem exists with Rick Scott running for Senate as he resides as the Governor of Florida. 

    She has a valid point and so do many voters and candidates since the Supreme Court destroyed federal protection for voters. 
  • Circle jerking again 
    Dab your eyes.
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  • dignindignin Posts: 9,478
    Sure. But the but I’m concerned about it becoming the new norm. Maybe it’s just a blip in this divisive county. But no matter if you agree or don’t agree the people voting for someone is likely to agree with them and follow their lead. And it has me concerned.

    Not sure if your post was meant to be hostile or just making fun of my use of y’all...
    Not hostile at all, just wanted to say y'all too. Nobody says that where I'm from.

    And I agree we should be concerned, but I see this as a natural symptom when one side is actively trying to disenfranchise voters.
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,855
    dignin said:
    Not hostile at all, just wanted to say y'all too. Nobody says that where I'm from.

    And I agree we should be concerned, but I see this as a natural symptom when one side is actively trying to disenfranchise voters.
    Start a trend, dignin. I’m with you.  
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,984
    my2hands said:
    Which state are we going to hit on our Greatest Hits tour Watson?

    We're on a mission from God 
    I ve been lifting hardcore in order to better protect the both of you. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,566
    mcgruff10 said:
    I ve been lifting hardcore in order to better protect the both of you. 
    Until you do a cycle,  you're not committed. 
  • OnWis97OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,481
    edited November 2018
    dignin said:
    Not hostile at all, just wanted to say y'all too. Nobody says that where I'm from.

    And I agree we should be concerned, but I see this as a natural symptom when one side is actively trying to disenfranchise voters.
    Accuse the other side of what you’re doing.   Authoritarianism 101.
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,855
    OnWis97 said:
    Accuse the other side of what you’re doing.   Au
    Au?

    It’s gold, Jerry. 
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  • OnWis97OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,481
    Au?

    It’s gold, Jerry. 
    I swear I finished it before posting.  Must have accidentally undone something.
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,984
    mrussel1 said:
    Until you do a cycle,  you're not committed. 
    John Wayne didn’t do cycles. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,704
    Dab your eyes.
    You are a joke anymore 
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,704
    dignin said:
    Not hostile at all, just wanted to say y'all too. Nobody says that where I'm from.

    And I agree we should be concerned, but I see this as a natural symptom when one side is actively trying to disenfranchise voters.
    Yeah I lived in Nc for a few years and don’t really use it much, every now and then :)
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,855
    OnWis97 said:
    I swear I finished it before posting.  Must have accidentally undone something.
    That happens periodically. 
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  • You are a joke anymore 
    Blow your nose.
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,704
    Blow your nose.
    Wipe the orange off your fingers
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  • Wipe the orange off your fingers
    Ha!
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,046
    You are a joke anymore 
    this must have gotten lost in translation somewhere. 
    "every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers"




  • tbergstbergs Posts: 10,248
    CM189191 said:
    Yeah for us, but still pathetic when you look at the fact that less than 2/3rd of eligible voters vote and we're the high water mark for the nation. It would be nice if we could get at least 75% turnout across the country. 
    It's a hopeless situation...
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