@duodec I do feel a paucity of choice, too, but I don’t think that sentiment is as true as people say it is. It’s easy to be negative, and it’s hard to parse political mudslinging carefully and remain uncertain about candidates, especially ones that you want to lose. I don’t think most of them, even over the past several years, have been nearly as bad as they’ve been accused of being.
… I’d even say that goes for Trump. He’s … probably not Hitler.
@cranky1950 that’s your issue? Not that if my son said that stuff in a “locker room” I’d ground him for a month and we’d have long talks about how to behave with people (I mean showing respect for anyone, man or woman).
Not saying Hillary is much of a role model for my kids either.
Okay, election’s over. Deep breathes, Llama. I can calm down now. Ugh.
@mollama Would he be allowed to scratch his balls in the lockeroom or would that get him in trouble too? Unfortunately assholes talk like that in the company of other guys. Most of us grunt and wander off some join in.
@Yoda_Daenerys I do not expect to be better off in two years, as I am a retiree and any ground won in recent years in trying to push back against health care costs is about to be relinquished. I also live on the border and am about to see more miles of useless security-wise but environmentally ruinous and just plain ugly fence go up along the Rio Grande. The river is the only reliable source of water for desert wildlife and the fence means they will be coming into yards to drink from swimming pools and pet dishes. More mountain lions shot in residential areas. More pets killed in back yards by coyotes. Meanwhile, news for Trump, Mexicans have thumbs, too. Unlike the wildlife, they are tool using primates and hundreds of miles of unmanned fence aren’t much of a barrier for them. If a fence standing alone in the empty desert miles from human habitation was all that stood between your family and a better life, how long would it take you to get over, under or through it?
@moondrake And the related problem - I read he plans to put an oil tycoon (seriously?) or Palin as the secretary of interior. Good by wilderness, national parks and forests. Hello mining, oil pipelines, cattle grazing, clear cutting and general destruction.
I’m trying not to look. I have to get up early for work. I’ll find out our fate in the morning.
I predict we’ll all be waking up to a lawsuit from one candidate or the other.
@Collin1000 The 2016 version of the hanging chad
meh.
I hope we survive this.
I’m getting tired of holding my nose, closing my eyes & choosing a president.
@daveinwarsh You and me both
@daveinwarsh Voting against the worst keeps meaning voting for bad in recent elections.
@duodec I do feel a paucity of choice, too, but I don’t think that sentiment is as true as people say it is. It’s easy to be negative, and it’s hard to parse political mudslinging carefully and remain uncertain about candidates, especially ones that you want to lose. I don’t think most of them, even over the past several years, have been nearly as bad as they’ve been accused of being.
… I’d even say that goes for Trump. He’s … probably not Hitler.
@duodec
just listen to the first verse
the rest is specific to the English politics it was written for
Watching. V tired. Looks like hours to go.
I’d feel better about this if trump had not be selling cash flow real estate courses and program marketing in the early 2000’s.
@cranky1950 that’s your issue? Not that if my son said that stuff in a “locker room” I’d ground him for a month and we’d have long talks about how to behave with people (I mean showing respect for anyone, man or woman).
Not saying Hillary is much of a role model for my kids either.
Okay, election’s over. Deep breathes, Llama. I can calm down now. Ugh.
@mollama Would he be allowed to scratch his balls in the lockeroom or would that get him in trouble too? Unfortunately assholes talk like that in the company of other guys. Most of us grunt and wander off some join in.
Why does Rudy Gooeyanus still matter?
@cranky1950 Because he will be the new Chief of Staff, or Obersturmführer.
i voted today.
yay me!
do you think ewe=you=us will be better off in 2 years?
do ewe think this planet will exist 100 years from now?
can you feel fear, regret, tragedy, tolerance for your great-grand-children that are not yet born?
@Yoda_Daenerys I do not expect to be better off in two years, as I am a retiree and any ground won in recent years in trying to push back against health care costs is about to be relinquished. I also live on the border and am about to see more miles of useless security-wise but environmentally ruinous and just plain ugly fence go up along the Rio Grande. The river is the only reliable source of water for desert wildlife and the fence means they will be coming into yards to drink from swimming pools and pet dishes. More mountain lions shot in residential areas. More pets killed in back yards by coyotes. Meanwhile, news for Trump, Mexicans have thumbs, too. Unlike the wildlife, they are tool using primates and hundreds of miles of unmanned fence aren’t much of a barrier for them. If a fence standing alone in the empty desert miles from human habitation was all that stood between your family and a better life, how long would it take you to get over, under or through it?
@moondrake And the related problem - I read he plans to put an oil tycoon (seriously?) or Palin as the secretary of interior. Good by wilderness, national parks and forests. Hello mining, oil pipelines, cattle grazing, clear cutting and general destruction.
I feel like I’m watching a woot-off, refreshing my screen to see the the latest results.
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/2016-voting-side-effects
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/we-the-people
@narfcake You are unfortunately correct, sir!
@narfcake I put my sticker on my shirt, took a pic and posted it with the comment that I had just voted and my shirt said it all.
@mehbee heh heh, “was”…
i voted today.
yay me!
do you think ewe=you=us will be better off in 2 years?
do ewe think this planet will exist 100 years from now?
can you feel fear, regret, tragedy, tolerance for your great-grand-children that are not yet born?
@Yoda_Daenerys why, oh why, did this get done twice?
@Yoda_Daenerys I thought you were trying to make a point, haha.
Today’s shirt:
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/magic-death-ball
Either way it goes, see @narfcake’s shirts, above.