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US Federal Debt Tops $27T so which of the two candidates is promising to cut federal spending? That would be neither of them. Someone explain to me how important this election is again. Someone better wake up Honorius the Visigoths are at the wall

The Michigan state Supreme Court has stripped the governor of her emergency powers. Of course in my opinion they should’ve done that right from the get go but better late than never.

As someone who hopes for the health and happiness of all his fellow humans I hope they are all asymptomatic. I would not wish wet lung respitory distress on anyone.

Covid is hardly a death sentence. It does have a survival rate north of 99%. Even though quite a few folks have died. But this will certainly sideline Trump and possibly Biden right in the middle of the campaign. That means the next two debates are likely a no-go. So Trump loses two opoprtunities to make an even bigger jackass of himself.

I was wondering about that too.

Political power in the United States has always been like a pendulum. It swings one way and then the other. Usually the farther it goes in one direction the farther it will go in the opposite direction on the next swing. But for the majority of our history there’s been a pretty even equilibrium. The fear has always been that one side or the other will seize the pendulum. Now it seems the (probably) irrational fear of one side doing it is making the other side actually try to do it. The outcome of an individual election is not something you really should worry about. It could easily be undone in two years. In fact that has been the trend over the last 30 years. Of course a lot of damage can be done in those two years. it is extremely likely that Biden will win this election and the Democrats will have full control of Congress. Obviously that is not a good situation. But it is a virtual certainty that they will make the common mistake of assuming their victory is total and the new normal. If you were recall when Obama won in 2008 and the Democrats had full control of Congress they were triumphantly crowing that “conservatism is dead“. And “we are all socialist now“. Two years later they lost the house. Four years after that they lost the Senate. No electoral outcome is forever. The people who are so concerned about the outcome of this election they are willing to stand by and watch, or even worse assist, the breaking of our political system really need to have a drink and relax. Maybe even read a history book or two while they are at it.

The problem with voter fraud is it must be planned in advance. And you never know which states will be in play. Michigan was close so suppose the Dems actually did have a scheme to "find" 12k votes. It still would not have won the election for Hillary because Trump would have had 291 rather than 301. Pennsylvania they would have needed to "find" 34k votes. Even then Trump still wins with 271. This is why worries over voter fraud in Presidential elections are unfounded. These are both Democrat run states and to "steal" them they would need some 47k fraudulent votes and even THEN you don't win the election. The 47k votes alone is a tall order without it being obvious. And remember all of this must be set in motion BEFORE the election never happens by people who won't rat the process out to the media for money. It's near impossible to steal a national election. Even a statewide election is a tall order. Now, local and congressional elections are much more vulnerable to these kinds of shenanigans. And that is definitely a concern because the make up of state houses and Congress might not seem important to the untrained eye. But it is actually very, VERY important.

About 10 months worth in my case!

Baseball playoffs all day today. The Marlins won! It was a good day!

@Gromnir in all fairness my criticism of fear mongering that. Trump would not leave office came before Trump actually said he would not leave office. I don’t know if he realizes or not but if he loses then next January he is leaving. Either with dignity and his head held high or kicking and screaming the end result will be the same.

I don’t know if I saw what I wanted to see so much as what I expected to see. Donald Trump was a boor and a jackass. He spouted off a whole lot crap that wasn’t true. Like most all of it. Chris Wallace handed him a handful of opportunities to help himself and he didn’t avail himself of any of them. The only thing he in greater quantity than hubris was hairspray. Joe Biden was slightly more truthful and actually had a message such as it was but his mind definitely wandered and he tended to put extra zeros on the numbers that he cited. He was visibly fatigued by the end of the night. But then again weren’t we all. He was also a little less than honest about the accomplishments of the Obama administration and the role he played in them. And if anybody doesn’t think that there’s something shady going on with his son and the governments of Russia and Ukraine then they really are gulliable. Chris Wallace did as good a job as could be expected. Which ever way the undecideds break and I expect it will break for Biden then it really is going to be a lesser evil choice. Neither of those two old men deserve to be the next president. The fact that they are so close to it says something terrible about us. The Yankees beat the pine tar out of the Indians in game one of their playoff series last night and it probably still would’ve been more interesting to watch that. there is only one reason I would rather not have Biden over Trump. And the reason has nothing to do with either of them. There is a very very good chance Congress will be completely controlled by the Democrats. I do not want to see a democrat president along with that. One party rule scares the bejesus out of me as it should any rational person

True, but it answers to a smaller voter base. So, theoretically, it’s easier to manage and replace. Of course that still requires an informed and willing voting public. And the United States is coming up woefully short on that count as well.

The worst presidential debate of all time In 118 days one of those two fools will be President of the United States. God help us all. Anyone still think I'm crazy for wanting a small, weak central government? It certainly minimizes the damage that can be done by fools!

It was like watching two old men arguing at a shuffleboard court. Someone explain to me how I'm "wasting" my vote again? Votes for those two are wasted.

Well I’m definitely going to be watching. I hate them both, don’t give a damn which one wins the election, and which one goes home in ignomy. They are both trash. But watching an absent minded and doddering old man argue politics with a know nothing blow hard, especially when neither of them has a clue what they’re talking about, sounds like entertainment to me. Do you know the worst part? I’m not even sure which one of them is which!

Libertarian nominee Jo Jorgensen on voting third party and why America should be more like Switzerland well, she is getting my vote. Neither Trump nor Biden deserve it. Just because somebody hands me a bag of poop does not mean I have to take it.

Just taste better. Plus I live a hell of a long way from the ocean. Good seafood is hard to come by. Back when I lived in South Florida it was easy and common place to get. I miss that

well if it’s my last meal, and I’m not going to die until I get it, then I’ll take two scrambled dodo eggs and a dinosaur steak please. I’ll wait. in all seriousness I’d like an appaetizer of steamed stone crabs. For dinner a grilled yellow fin tuna raw in the middle, conch fritters, salad with orange vinaigrette dressing in big slice of Keylime pie for dessert. Oh and a pitcher of margaritas would be nice. Maybe I have to go but I shouldn’t have to go sober

The first patch comes out today. And it's a big one. The patch notes are north of 15k words: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/09/28/crusader-kings-3s-patch-1-1-culls-excessive-bastardisation-and-other-ai-quirks/

My response to snake oil salesmen

All this talk about bell peppers.... that's it I'm making stuffed peppers for dinner tomorrow night

I wasn’t even sure which game content was modeled in which was vanilla. Until I ran into a NPC with Amalee )from Skyrim’s Interesting NPCs mod) voice

Year zero

Here is an article echoing a lot of the things that Gromnir has said https://www.yahoo.com/news/reason-supreme-court-vacancies-getting-044620938.html