At least the conventions should be good for some comic relief. Unless it turns into 1968 again. And I’m not sure how I’d feel about that.
3 Likes
Fortunately there’s the Copa America 2016. We can watch Team USA play all kinds of people Trump hates.
1 Like
Interesting news in my morning paper: the old guard in the Democratic Party in my state has just been shaken up; a Sanders supporter is now the state’s party chair. The old leadership was mainly in the tank for Clinton (all but Tulsi), even though Sanders supporters were dominant in our caucuses.
I wonder where else this is happening?
10 Likes
14 Likes
Thanks for that. Following will definitely improve my twitter experience. Currently it’s a little heavy on news and Bad Shit in The World ™, and a little light on politeness and delightfulness.
2 Likes
I honestly follow more squirrels on Twitter than anything else. Log onto Twitter, see dozens of squirrels doing silly things interspersed with the insanity of the world, and it’s much less depressing.
5 Likes
Yea!!! “Pricklepants! Pricklepants!”
(I did canvass in my neighborhood.)
7 Likes
Sorry if this is too local, but I know there are some other San Diegites on the bbs- this mailer regarding the mayor’s race arrived in my mail today, which to me signals the start of The Silly Season:
The current mayor is, as far as I can tell, pretty much nothing like Trump. He strikes me as pretty boring milquetoast, which is totally fine by me considering the drama-queen shitshow the previous mayor was. And on top of that he explicitly won’t endorse Trump, which makes the guilt-by-association innuendo that much more puzzling and smacking of desperation.
I imagine a lot of down-ticket Republicans are going to get this treatment, and really, it’s just insulting to our intelligence. I’ve never heard of the candidate behind the mailer but I’m not voting for someone that thinks I’m that stupid, full stop.
Then there is the other mailer that is labeled “Independent Voter Guide”, in which every candidate is a Democrat, and the fine print implies that candidates can buy their way onto this so called “voter guide”.
This is going to be a shitty summer.
6 Likes
He seems to be the same color as Trump.
4 Likes
I’m not going to vote for him because I don’t agree with his economic policy, but I wanted to put this here because I have to say, Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate seems to be the nicest person running for President - possibly ever.
This interview with Samantha Bee is great.
3 Likes
OMG:
1 Like
Have you seen all the idiotic thinkpieces people have been writing about this throwaway drivel?
Sets the tone for the next 5 months though, so enjoy that.
There was one good thing about it:
https://twitter.com/anthonyweiner/status/740997048997154817
(and I bet that like the ‘surprise’ tweet about the AP calling the race, her staff had this lined up well in advance)
3 Likes
I was busy w/work things and just saw it, I’m sure the pundits are pearl-clutching/think-piecing/punditing up a storm. That Atlantic article, ugh. Still, if this set the tone for the rest of the election, we’d be lucky. It’ll get much worse.
Actually, what is the point of this election?
Is there anyone anywhere who is wavering between these two?
Can’t they just lock them both up somewhere until Nov 1 or so and leave us in peace?
Or move the election forward to next week.
12 Likes
A rich vein of material for pundits to mine thought-pieces out of?
The sad part is there are some undecideds. They’re mostly not very informed, and not all that bright. The handfuls of these people in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin are the ones who decide who the next President is, because of democracy.
Would that it were so simple.
7 Likes
“democracy”
2 Likes
There are other points to why they bang on continuously until November, both of the main parties want plenty of opportunity to get third-party voters to vote for a main party instead and try to convince those who think they’ll just stay home to go vote after all.
2 Likes
great, now boomers are getting hip to dank maymays
3 Likes
@nemomen I have found the running mate for Princess Pricklepants:
2 Likes
