Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Everybody saw this coming.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

‘Museums aren’t America’s attic for its racist shit.’

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

“Joe Biden deserved better than he got from some folks in his own party.”

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

I’m more Christian than these people and I’m an atheist.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Even though I know this is a bad idea, I’m off to do it anyway!

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Days Since JD Vance Insulted Women Across America: Zero

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

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As many of you know, I have been fostering a cat for three months for a friend of the family who had a mental health crisis, and I have not talked about her (the cat) much or shared a lot of pictures for one simple reason. Here it is:

Dinnertime (East Coast) Open Thread

I knew that if I showed that little angel to you all that you would become absolutely insufferable and demand that I keep her forever, which I could not do because it is not my cat and because I am running at capacity with just enough left for an emergency stray. The picture does not do her eyes justice- they are sometimes half the size of her head they are so big and she is so adorable. And she is so tiny- only 8-10 lbs. Just a precious angel.

At any rate, I gave her to my sister today to keep until our friend has a new place, so I felt it was safe to share the picture with you.

I took an edible and picked up chinese so now all there is to do is sit and wait and stress.

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  2. 2.

    Citizen Alan

    I just have not had any luck with edibles. I’ve tried them several times and my experience has always been “nothing for four hours and then my legs go numb and I can’t walk straight.”  I use a tincture about 3 times a week on the soles of my feet when my neuropathy is keeping me awake at night, but I’ve never had the experience of being relaxed and mellow as a result of taking marijuana in any form.

    (Smoking it has always been right out bc of asthma.)

  3. 3.

    suzanne

    all there is to do is sit and wait and stress

    Anyone else have energy to burn?

    Perfect evening to turn on Rage Against the Machine and sweat balls.

  6. 6.

    zhena gogolia

    She’s gorgeous!

    As I just exclaimed in the thread below, Goddammit to hell, I scheduled a blood test for tomorrow morning at 7:30 so I can’t drink!

  10. 10.

    Dangerman

    @suzanne: Perfect evening to turn on Rage Against the Machine …

    Indeed. It may have to be played here soon.

    I’ve shared this previously but Tom Morello joined Bruce (really, no last name needed, right?) in Anaheim and brought down the roof. Here it is:

    Ghost of Tom Joad

  11. 11.

    KatKapCC

    She is very pretty and it’s kind of you to help out.

    So…around what time do we start getting the first maybe-sorta-possible state results coming in? I always seem to block this part out after every election, and being on the West Coast I never know when anything starts happening on the other side of the country.

  12. 12.

    Scout211

    @zhena gogolia:As I just exclaimed in the thread below, Goddammit to hell, I scheduled a blood test for tomorrow morning at 7:30 so I can’t drink!

    The polls won’t close on the West Coast, Hawaii and Alaska for many hours after the East Coast.  Getting home after your blood work is a fine time to fix a nice mimosa to celebrate (we hope, we hope) with your breakfast.

  13. 13.

    H.E.Wolf

    @Juju: ​She’s a cute cat, but to me, she kind of looks a bit piissed.

     That might be Resting Tortitude Face. Tortoiseshell cats are famous for that.

    Very sweet kitties, though! Just be prepared for their occasional New Jersey-esque (“…you talkin’ to me?!?”) moments.

  14. 14.

    Citizen Alan

    @zhena gogolia: Likewise, I have court tomorrow. Gotta come in at 8:30 for four matters that will be resolved in 30 seconds each because the respondent will probably be a no-show.

  16. 16.

    Jay

    @Juju:

    It’s because Daylight Savings time, changed meal times, but Cat’s and Dog’s don’t do Daylight Savings time.

  17. 17.

    Scout211

    @KatKapCC:  They used to have a rule of sorts that the news organizations wouldn’t call any states until the West Coast polls closed.  I have no idea if they will still do that.

    California (as you know) closes at 8:00 PT.

  18. 18.

    JerseyBeard

    Edibles, resin, binge watching season 1 of The Diplomat since we voted at 8 this morning.

    It’s mostly working.

  19. 19.

    H.E.Wolf

    I’ve got an Election Cake about to come out of the oven. This one’s in honor of my late father, who loved poppyseed cake.

  20. 20.

    Maxim

    @KatKapCC: We’ll start to see some early numbers by 10-11 pm Eastern, so 7-8 pm on the west coast. But it will take longer than that for a lot of locations.

  22. 22.

    mrmoshpotato

    Mmmmm Chinese food sounds good.

    Enjoying a nice, steady rain here.  Gotta keep myself occupied with non-election stuff tonight.

  25. 25.

    KatKapCC

    @Maxim: Oy vey. I’ve already vacuumed the whole place, scrubbed the sinks, baked some cookies, done a few loads of laundry, and even washed the dang windows. My partner is the kind who can zone out on the sofa to escape anxiety, but I have to be up and about. This dang place is gonna be ready for a spread in Architectural Digest by tonight.

  26. 26.

    Argiope

    Somebody told me that we’re all stuck in a metaphorical airport lounge until we get results so it’s open season on eats and drinks of all types and caloric value.  Seems correct.  We’re  Schrödinger’s country for hours to days.

  29. 29.

    Splitting Image

    all there is to do is sit and wait and stress.

    I’m finishing up a game of Civ 2, so I’m building a spaceship to send to Alpha Centauri. Technically I’m supposed to be working, but building the spaceship is more absorbing.

  30. 30.

    Doc Sardonic

    Just got back from casting my ballot. Half a dozen texts and voicemails from the Bedwetters Democratic Party panicking about Repub turnout, please go vote Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Trump Ooga Booga. Cracking open a 1.75 of 100 proof fuck this noise.

  31. 31.

    mali muso

    I’m planning on going to bed at my usual time (9 EST) and peeking at my phone sometime after midnight if I wake up for a bathroom break.  If not, I’ll just see what awaits me at my 5:25am alarm before I go to my regular MWF ass-kicking class at the gym.  Nothing to be gained by watching empty talking heads pore over the entrails of the incoming numbers.  I just want to know the final results!

    Also, that is one adorable cat. mwah!

  33. 33.

    Splitting Image

    @Baud:

    They don’t wait till midnight to call states. Places like DC and West Virginia will be called right away.

    I think they’ll call all of the obvious ones right away, and they’ll call the swing states until the next one would put somebody over 270. Then the rest will all stay undecided until the last polls close on the west coast.

  35. 35.

    Kirk

    @Timill: That’s kind of frustrating as almost all the places to watch are: if not doing well it’s a concern for Harris.

    Once more, only Dems have agency.

  36. 36.

    Doc Sardonic

    @zhena gogolia: Have an appointment first thing tomorrow morning at the dentist for a cleaning, drinking anyway. Fortunately for them I generally don’t get hungover, just naturally cranky maybe with a little extra sauce tomorrow.

  37. 37.

    Geoduck

    I know that for most people “West Coast” equals “California”, but we in Washington and Oregon all vote by mail. I have to wonder if this tendency among the news media is a major reason why we switched to it.

  38. 38.

    E.

    I’m going to get as high as possible and hope I wake up in the good timeline and not the bad timeline.

  40. 40.

    Villago Delenda Est

    You know, this cat looks a LOT like Frank Gorshin or Lou Antonio from the TOS episode “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield”.  Because the color divide is perfect!

  41. 41.

    JBWoodford

    @Doc Sardonic: Yeah, I was getting whiplash from the Dem fundraisers.

    (Polls show us up a point;) “TEARS OF JOY! Give us more money now!”

    (Polls show us down a point:} “ALL HOPE IS LOST! Give us more money now!”

    And anything from James Carville gets deleted unread.

  42. 42.

    Trivia Man

    @Kirk: can’t recall the districts, but VA has 2 house seats “to watch”. Incumbent should win both, currently 1 D and 1R, but if either party wins both that is a strong Indicator.

  43. 43.

    Kayla Rudbek

    I put on my fascist-kicking Doc Martens and I am headed over to the high school to go vote now. Mr. Rudbek woke up at oh-dark-thirty so he was done voting by 6:15 am. My mother-in-law has also voted. I am not calling my parents until at least Sunday. Trying to decide if it will be knitting, cross stitch, or embroidery tonight as I doomscroll. And it shouldn’t be 70 degrees outside in November even in Virginia.

  44. 44.

    HumboldtBlue

    I have no stress about the election, it’s just that I built my day around motherfucking PGE replacing a power pole on fucking election day. They said power back by 2, I get home at 2 and the motherfuckers now say power back by 6. Talk about being angry

  53. 53.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @HumboldtBlue: PGE?  Portland General Electric?  They suck.  How Portland failed to go public utility unlike Seattle, Tacoma, Eugene, and Springfield has always puzzled me.

  54. 54.

    Trollhattan

    @Jay: Me either.

    Last six days I’ve gone from GMT -7 to -4 to -5 and finally, to -8. Just ate lunch at dinner time and will eat dinner tonight at near bedtime.

    Pretty sure the dog’s conning us out of extra meals. Like we’d know?

  55. 55.

    KatKapCC

    @Maxim: True, especially since I usually hate housecleaning and partner’s disability makes it tough for her to do much. Thankfully we’re both generally tidy people.

  58. 58.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Geoduck: I think the MSM’s head-over-heels eagerness to crown the shitty grade Z movie star king in 1980 certainly helped.

  59. 59.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    Settling in for a Nash Bridges marathon for the night. Really hard to find for some reason. I’ve only ever been able to find it playing on its own live channels on streaming, like Freevee on Amazon.

    I’ll check in tomorrow and hopefully we will have elected Kamala Harris the next President of the United States 🤞

  60. 60.

    pacem appellant

    Just popping in to say hello. I’ve already worked out this morning, but the stress hormones are still high. My cat celebrated ED by pooping on my bed. She’s an oblivious one, bless her tiny kitty heart.

  62. 62.

    Scout211

    Just to distract everyone, did you all hear about Tucker Carlson claiming that abortions cause hurricanes?  Yep, he said that.  It had sort of religious tones but mostly it sounded slightly psychotic.

    LOL   I have no election relevant point to make, but it really is shocking what a very odd man he is   I wonder if Fox News provided him some guard rails to his crazy.

  69. 69.

    Timill

    Not too much drinking here, as we’re off down to a local pub with other local Ds – hastily rearranged when it was found that the local Rs were also booked for the original pub…

  76. 76.

    Layer8Problem

    I got like three hours of sleep last night and have been maintaining my usual lighthearted optimistic insouciance, or something like that.  We will be off to dinner and a movie followed by determined avoidance of election news.  Or not.

  81. 81.

    Trollhattan

    @HumboldtBlue: Our PUC is WAY too timid and insidery when it comes to reining in the for-profit utilities. They get every rate increase they desire and PG&E has gone bankrupt twice in recent memory, both because they murdered people through neglect and mis-operation.

    And oh, CA is paying them to keep Diablo Canyon open.

  83. 83.

    Jeannedalbret

    DANG! I am looking for a gal pal for Tikka, my 3yo Tortico who looks so much like her! I’d take her in a heartbeat if I were not across the country in Seattle.

    Keep her, John.

    She will steal your heart.

  84. 84.

    eclare

    So jealous of y’all where pot is legal.  And I realize I am low risk for getting arrested, but, I want it regulated so there aren’t other drugs in it, and I have a professional license that I would lose with an arrest.

  90. 90.

    Citizen Alan

    @zhena gogolia: The two are not mutually exclusive. I’m coming around to the idea that Carlson is genuinely mentally ill (going by that bizarre interview he gave where he claimed to have been attacked in his bed by a literal demon and got scratch marks to prove it). Now that he’s off Faux and has no producers watching over him, he’s as free to shout about his delusions as any random street preacher in the French Quarter.

  91. 91.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @zhena gogolia:

    It’s a pretty funny show, more lighthearted than Miami Vice, and more serialization and character arcs; it seems like it was in the 90s that serialized tv took off. Don Johnson is basically just playing Sonny Crockett again, which is fine, he plays it well and has good chemistry with Cheech Marin

  93. 93.

    Baud

    @Trollhattan:

    “Throwing God out successfully with the help of the federal courtsystem, throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools,” he said.”The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will notbe mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we makeGod mad.

     

    “[T]he pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way — all of them who have tried to secularize America,” Falwell continued, “I point the finger in their face and say ‘you helped this happen.'”

     

    “Well, I totally concur,” responded Robertson.

  95. 95.

    Jacel

    @Geoduck: And so does California. Several counties (including San Mateo County  here) were part of a test for default vote-by-mail for several years earlier.

  97. 97.

    Jay

    @HumboldtBlue:

    I keep a cigarette lighter adaptor in the car, along with a “Power Pack”, (mostly for dead batteries) but it also can charge a phone, run a laptop or power small appliances for a while. It has 750 watts of charge.

  99. 99.

    Citizen Alan

    @Trollhattan: Katrina was God’s punishment against New Orleans’ tolerance of gays. Which is why it wrecked the whole city but left the French Quarter and all the Lavender Line bars basically untouched. God moving in mysterious ways and all that.

  100. 100.

    scav

    @Scout211: I speculate that Tucker’s just auditioning for his next scamming job, reading the writing on this past run.  Exploiting the evangelical base a little more directly on this go-round.  Giuliani is just cruising for pure publicity what with flaunting his ride today and moving shit out of his apartment.   If only he can be oppressed by the evil government live and on camera!

  103. 103.

    Kirk

    @Trivia Man: Thanks.

    I was referencing the article, which does a good job of when to start watching. I was referencing the fact almost all the things to watch are “if the democrats don’t do here Harris might be in trouble.”

    Not all.  There are some Republican watches. But most.

    Personally, I’m going to be watching for the statewide results of North Carolina and Florida hardest. I’m expecting Democrats to get NC and Republicans Florida. But the margins will be telling how much both Dobbs and Puerto Rico matter – I think.

  105. 105.

    peter

    Got the leaves raked in the back yard. Baked some Election Day oatmeal/white chocolate chip cookies. Probably a couple episodes of Good Karma Hospital and a bottle of wine tonight while we assiduously avoid the news. As a wise man once said, “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof…”

  107. 107.

    dr. bloor

    @pacem appellant:

    My cat celebrated ED by pooping on my bed. She’s an oblivious one, bless her tiny kitty heart.

    At least one of these two statements must be incorrect.

  109. 109.

    jonas

    @JBWoodford:  And anything from James Carville gets deleted unread.

    Lol. Anything from him is always blaring “I tell ya, I’m shittin’ bricks here!” Cute, but yeah, delete.

  110. 110.

    RaflW

    I gave one ride to the polls in my 4 hour shift. It was a doozy (and, at least as of 35 mins after shift end, unsuccessful). Late 70s woman with a cane, who I’ll guess emigrated from a Caribbean country decades ago. She’d been trying to vote for quite a while when I got the call asking me to drive her from one polling place to another.

    That was the easy part. Once at the new (correct) location, she wasn’t registered, despite saying to me in the car that she’d voted for years at the old location. This is likely true. She moved three blocks, and this part of Mpls has had a lot of new apt. buildings built, so precincts shift.

    Alas, she didn’t have an updated MN non-driver’s ID (though it was still valid as proof of identity). She had no idea she needed a bill, statement or lease to prove her address. All this took a long time because she was a rather circular thinker, and spoke in a pidgin English that was just discernible.

    I say all this because her multi-hour odyssey and determination to a) be taken seriously by the (very patient and kind) poll workers and b) hours of her time to do this says “Voting is truly important. People stick with it because they know it matters. Even in a pretty securely blueish state.

    (I handed her off back at her apt. to find a bill. The ride coordinator promised to find her another ride, and given the number of ppl who signed up, I’m confident that if she got the needed document, she’d get the ride.)

  113. 113.

    Jacel

    @David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch: Nash Bridges was a wonderful show, having the most real feeling of San Francisco than other network dramas or comedies up until then. I forget what occasioned it a few years ago, but I recall Nancy Pelosi raving about how good Nash Bridges was.

  121. 121.

    Percysowner

    The last time I tried weed was more than 50 years ago. Used it a couple of time and had little to no reaction. Then had a big reaction, but didn’t enjoy it. I was with a new boyfriend who later told me that his source, who we were smoking with and who he had known throughout school maybe laced the pot with, something else, so the out of control feeling that I didn’t want may not have been the pot itself. Anyway, I didn’t enjoy it, my BF was willing to not use and then we never knew anyone to buy from anyway. I’ve thought about getting some edibles, but I have to drive my grandson to school tomorrow and since I have NO idea how I will react, I’m holding off. Maybe Friday I’ll give it try and see if I like it or not.

    I’m just glad for this site because my nerves are through the roof and I can’t even think about looking at news sites.

  123. 123.

    zhena gogolia

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I don’t remember it that well. I see she was played by Annette O’Toole, who’s a really good actress. (Married to Michael McKean of Spinal Tap and now of The Diplomat, he’s the POTUS.)

    ETA: When I say I watched it, I mean when it was first broadcast!

  125. 125.

    Kayla Rudbek

    @lowtechcyclist: Murphy’s Irish Pub, lots and lots of patches (police, fire, military) hanging on the walls. It’s our usual Sunday brunch spot and I think that they may have a police discount (I am pretty sure they have a military discount). Even foreign cops and military officers wind up finding it.

  126. 126.

    geg6

    So I finally just ordered turkey club sandwiches and a piece of ridiculously expensive pumpkin cheesecake from Eat ‘n Park (and yes, there will also be a Smiley cookie!).  Pittsburgh people will know exactly what I’m talking about.   Just comfort food and no need for running water.  I even went out and bought paper plates, which we never use.  They are bamboo and biodegradable, which is good to know.  I can’t wait for this new sewer line to go in starting tomorrow.

  127. 127.

    Sister Golden Bear

    @KatKapCC: There was a former commenter who worked for PG&E who referred to them as a MurderCorp. Because who cares about an entire neighborhood blowing up due a faulty gas main, or burning down half the state — the shareholders MUST get their dividends and the execs MUST get their bonuses for hookers and blow.

  129. 129.

    Geminid

    @Trivia Man: The two Virginia districts are the 2nd and 7th CDs.

    The 2nd is currently held by Republican Jen Kiggans, who beat Rep. Elaine Luria by 3-4 percentage points in 2022. It’s a coastal district anchored by Virginia Beach. Luria declined a rematch* and Democrats nominated Missy Cotter Smasol(sp?) to challenge Kiggans. Like Luria and Kiggans, Smasol is a retired Navy officer.

    The 7th CD includes the populous I-95 corridor between Prince Wiiliam County in the north and Fredericksburg to the south. It runs west to the Blue Ridge, but 65% of its voters live along the I-95 corridor.

    Abigail Spanberger won the 7th by over 4 points in 2022, but she retired in order to run for Governor next year. Retired Army colonel Eugene Vindman is tbe Democrstic candidate this time. Vindman is very well-funded and should win. If the race is close that might spell trouble for Democrats elsewhere.

    Some New York districts like Republican Mike William’s seat in the Syracuse area could also be good indicators

    * I could see why Elaine Luria stepped back from politics. Luria entered the Naval Academy when she was 17, and after graduation and 20 year’s service she jumped right into her 2018 Congressional race and fought two more closely contested races after that one. Luria has two kids in public schools and I’m glad she can spend more time with her family.

  130. 130.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Kayla Rudbek: ​
     

    Of course it would be a bar named Murphy’s!

    I used to know Alexandria really well, but a quarter-century of living on the other side of the Potomac has had its effect.

  132. 132.

    HumboldtBlue

    GoFundMe for striking NYT tech workers.

    UPDATE: We are officially on a multi-day ULP strike. We gave @nytimes management months of notice of our strike deadline, we made ourselves available around the clock, but the company has decided that our members aren’t worth enough to agree to a fair contract and stop committing unfair labor practices.
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    We are the 600+ unionized tech workers of The New York Times — software engineers, product managers, data analysts, and designers. We power games like Wordle, Connections and The Crossword. We bring new recipes to your pocket and new Audio formats that make it easier to connect with the journalism we publish. We build, support and grow the numerous NYT websites and apps you know and love.

    For over two years we have been bargaining for our first contract. At every turn, NYT management has dragged its feet, disrespected us, and even committed unfair labor practices (ULPs). We need a contract NOW!

    Our work is critical to The New York Times’ coverage of the US presidential election. But we need a strong contract to do our jobs effectively, and we are prepared to walk off the job and forgo our paychecks to win that contract.

    We’re fighting against management proposals that would only give us 1% raises, leaving massive racial and gender disparities in pay unaddressed.

    We, meanwhile, are pushing for the following:

    To address racial disparities in our pay. Currently, the median total compensation for Black employees (across roles in our unit) is $54k less than the median total compensation for white employees (across roles in our unit).
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  136. 136.

    otmar

    0:48 here in Vienna, Austria.

    There will be no state by state result watching for me. It will all be (hopefully) over by the time I wake up on Wednesday.

    Good night everyone.

  137. 137.

    KatKapCC

    @Sister Golden Bear: Yeah, any time I see one of their ads on YouTube or something, talking about how much they care about the community and all these great things they’re doing to keep us safe, I want to punch my laptop screen.

  138. 138.

    Kayla Rudbek

    @lowtechcyclist: Murphy’s has been there for a pretty long time, so maybe it was running while you were living in Virginia. I think that O’Connell’s is the other longtime Irish pub in old town Alexandria, Four Courts is apparently the State Department Irish pub in Arlington. It’s like the High Kings song about “wherever you go around the world, you’ll find an Irish pub” (I keep on wanting to sing it as “wherever you go in the multiverse” instead)

     

    The song is here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bp3UsU5pQT8

  140. 140.

    Melancholy Jaques

    @eclare:

    How so? Can you describe it briefly?

    I just cannot bring myself to watch any TV coverage

    Also, I took a metaphorical walk around the internet and I can’t stand reading any websites or blogs other than this one. Social media is a sewer.

  141. 141.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @WaterGirl:

    Freevee, on Amazon FireTV. According to Google, Sling TV and Plex are also options. On Freevee, it is only available as a live channel where episodes are aired 24/7, one after the other and not on demand, where you pick and choose which episodes you want to watch. I think Plex is the same way.

    It’s hard to find for some reason. Only a handful of episodes were even airing on Dish, mostly from like season 5.

  144. 144.

    KatKapCC

    I keep thinking about folks in Ukraine. It’s nearing 2am there, and I imagine many of them are having similar feelings of terrifying anticipation of what they will wake up to, even more so than they already do every damn day of this war.

  145. 145.

    hrprogressive

    @Trivia Man:

    As previously noted, VA07 being vacated by Abigail Spanberger (D) to run for Governor next year, and VA02 currently held by Jen Kiggans (R) who narrowly beat Elaine Luria of J6 Cmte fame in 2022.

    Missy Cotter-Smasal is the (D) in the 2nd, and she’s more or less got the same resume that Luria did before her term.

    Recent polling had Kiggans drop from +5 to only +1. If this is indeed a wave election, I suspect it could pull Cotter-Smasal over the line.

    I don’t know much about VA07 other than Vindman’s brother is running against a guy who faked a family photo, so I’d be shocked if he didn’t win.

  146. 146.

    Yarrow

    OMG, a friend just texted me that she saw that TFG won. I was like, WTF are you looking at. Polls are still open. Fucking NBC was showing paths to 270 and she turned on the TV and saw them showing TFG’s paths and thought he’d won. I had to talk her – and me – off the ledge. WTF???? Normies are SO annoying. Grrr.

  147. 147.

    Wapiti

    @Kayla Rudbek: Murphy’s? I got seriously polluted there one night in 19… 88? Very pretty waitress, and I told her so. She said that I was drunk and should stop shouting.

    Last time I was drunk, come to think of it.

  149. 149.

    coin operated

    US-based employees were told to take it easy today (firm is HQ’d in London) so I’ve been playing Civ6 and monitoring some server migrations. mrs coin and I are headed to a sports bar after dinner to shoot some pool…probably won’t have any election coverage on there which is fine by me.

    mrs coin will probably start watching election coverage after we get home. She’s a normie, but with 2 daughters in their child-bearing years, this election has really captured her attention.

    Oh, and future SIL became a naturalized citizen this summer. He’s proudly voting for Kamala for his first ever election.

  152. 152.

    SomeRandomGuy

    Proud you’re fostering a kitty, and no, I’d never encourage keeping a foster kitty, especially for someone having mental health issues on any level. Even someone just too stressed from work would feel it was a massive betrayal of trust!

    Remember: stress is normal, but, worrying too much is borrowing misery from tomorrow, okay, when you’ve got plenty enough today; and tomorrows misery still gets paid back, with interest. That doesn’t mean “don’t stress or you’re a bad person.” It means “don’t stress if you can avoid it.”

    If you vape, it will help more than an edible – it kicks in faster, and helps keep you feeling like “it’s okay, if I need a bit more help, I can take another puff.” Kind of like those patient controlled pain med devices. Edibles kick in slowly, and have a relatively smoother high, but, vaping lasts for an hour or more, and kick in within seconds-to-minutes.

    I have faith in America, but, like you, I’m scared. Time was, I thought I might try out Canada, but I’m disabled, and unable to work. I was a good enough techie… but, I’m not any more. (I loved Canada. I loved that I kept getting asked what province I was from – no “ugly American” vibes! They feel more like my people, except, America is my *home*. Canada is that lovely place up north, with wonderful people.)

    I feel so nakedly helpless. I can’t donate money – I’m hoping I’m judged disabled, because I most emphatically am, but, until then, who knows how long what I have has to last? I can’t donate *time*. I’m in constant pain, and that steals away almost all of my time.

    So I’m hopeful, but all the things I can do to encourage hope in myself, I can’t do those. So I’m also hoping my other coping holds out, which it has for more years than it should have, so, yeah, hopeful.

  153. 153.

    PAM Dirac

    From insidernj.com

    PHILADELPHIA – The city has already surpassed 2020 turnout today, according to John Brady (above, right, with Chairman Robert Brady), executive director of the Philadelphia Democratic Party.

    “And we’re still going,” he added.

    Why are the numbers so high in Philly?

    High performance everywhere, Brady said.

    But especially high performance in the Latino neighborhoods: the 33rd, 7th, and 43th – all Latino districts and heavily Puerto Rican.

    Brady described the high turnout there as “totally shocking.”

    Looks like final total might be 80-85% turnout in Philly alone. 2020 was ~67%

  154. 154.

    Geminid

    @hrprogressive: I think you will be proven right about the 7th, but I’d bet very few voters know about Derrick Anderson’s “family” photo. That kind of story has much more prominence in places like Balloon Juice than among the general electorate. I don’t think Eugene Vindman even addressed it because he had better and more substantive issues to pound.

    Ed. Vindmsn had plenty of money with which to pound issues like abortion rights. He is well-ntworked nationally and raised over $6 million. That’s a couple million more than Mary Peltola, who was the second best funded among battleground district Democrats.

  157. 157.

    Jay

    @Geminid:

    I don’t think Eugene Vindman even addressed it because he had better and more substantive issues to pound.

    It came up enough that Anderson’s Campaign sent a cease and desist order.

  159. 159.

    SomeRandomGuy

    @Sister Golden Bear: Alas, this is why the bogeyman of the Republican Party, “regulation,” is so important.

    I saw a fascinating story about how a method of securing mines, roof bolts (I think) were introduced. Mining bosses decided to put in just enough roof bolts to replace the timbers… at the same projected rate of cave-ins. They just took the cash savings – they didn’t cut the savings *some* to make mines safer.

    People won’t do that, not on their own – we know that. You can’t trust people to be good, that’s why you have good laws and good people enforcing them.

  162. 162.

    TS

    @HumboldtBlue:

    Couple of good writeups

    https://abovethelaw.com/2024/11/gop-demands-judge-throw-out-legitimate-ballots-in-georgia-because-of-poll-workers-error-there-was-no-error/

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rnc-georgia-lawsuit-rejected-judge-1235154479/

    Judge Baker told the court that not only would he be violating Georgia voters constitutional rights if he granted the RNC’s request, he “would only be invalidating votes from the select counties that plaintiffs have cherry-picked based on nothing more than the past political preferences of the citizens in those counties.”

    adding that the RNC was attempting to “tip the scales of this election by discriminating against [counties] less likely to vote for their candidate.”

  163. 163.

    TS

    @Baud:

    From WP – this sounds promising

    According to early exit polling data, roughly 6 in 10 voters said undocumented immigrants should be offered a chance to apply for legal status, while about 4 in 10 said these immigrants should be deported to the countries they came from.

  168. 168.

    frosty

    @SomeRandomGuy: The mine roof bolt story was from the WaPo in a series on what government does. It followed one employee of the Mine Safety Administration. The series was put together by Michael Lewis.

  170. 170.

    Geminid

    @Jay: Yeah, now I see Anderson tried to get a cease and desist order against an ad Vindman’s campaign aired that showed Anderson sitting down to dinner with cardboard cut-outs of his imaginary wife and kids. Vindman has also brought the issue as a reflection on Anderson’s general credibility. It might be worth a point or two.

  171. 171.

    WaterGirl

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Thanks for that.  I can get Freevee on Prime, I think, but that’s pretty weird if the episodes are always running and you can’t pick or choose.

    Disappointed. It seems like that would be a good show to play at night on my iPad as I fall asleep.

  173. 173.

    Origuy

    Killing time until the Tuesday session at the Irish pub in downtown San Jose. They’ll probably have sports on the TVs, but the WiFi is pretty good. Pro tip: if you’re at an Irish pub with WiFi, the password is probably “guinness”. Better hanging out there than at home.

  174. 174.

    NotMax

    these immigrants should be deported to the countries they came from

    And what happens when/if those countries say no to accepting them?

  175. 175.

    NotMax

    Oopsie. Fix.

    @TS

    these immigrants should be deported to the countries they came from

    And what happens when/if those countries say no to accepting them?

  180. 180.

    BellaPea

    @zhena gogolia: It’s actually quite good, although I feel a bit guilty watching it. Johnson is just as handsome and charming as ever, and I love the luxury  surroundings on the boat. We have taken two Viking cruises and are spoiled for that kind of nautical voyage.

  182. 182.

    Buggrit

    @JoyceH: There’s nothing you can do to change the outcome in Georgia,  so maybe step away from the TV.  BTW, love your Regency Mage series.

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