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Posted on last thread - sigh
GM Toders – almost bedtime down under.
I just tested how I should be voting in Canada – seems I have great correlation with the following parties
New Democratic
Communist (my gosh – lucky I don’t live in the US)
Green
Liberal
I have a massive 5% correlation with the Conservative Party – not a surprise
http://canada.isidewith.com/
Good evening 99ts!! Chuckle - I’m 94% Communist!!!
My exact number - we must have agreed on the same policies :)
I wasn’t keen on letting first degree murderers out after 15 years, so I’m guessing that’s where I lost my 6% of Communist-ish-ness. :-)
I voted yes for that one - although I do not believe “one size fits all” I just cannot believe in “life without parole”.
Don’t know where my 6% went - perhaps in child care - I’ve never been a great fan of government paid child care - mainly because as introduced in Oz - the price went sky high - private childcare centres love being paid by the government.
Actually, the more I think about it, the more of a RWNJ I am on sentencing - would support life without parole for some crimes, among them telling jokes like Amk.
Adding to my RWNJ-ish-ness - I never really understood why government should subsidize child care at all. People need to stop and think before they get a dog to figure out whether they can afford it, but they never seem to apply the same thought to having babies.
Damn it, I sound like Michele Bachmann. :???:
actually, you are the furst person who doesn’t like my jokes. right, guyz?
guyz …..
Guyz? Answer him.
:lol: I can totally relate!! That’s what I got when I slept in this morning, but it was more ‘get up, ya lazy goodfernuttin’, rather than ‘I love you’.
atta boy. I trained him well. 8-)
Sometimes it’s like living with a four-legged Amk, which is frightening.
Meanwhile, Man United 2-0 up after 20 mins :cool:
against lowly everton. insert hand waving.
go man c.
:roll: At least you’re smart enough to ask the guyz and not the galz!
and fat lotta good that did for me.
ok, galz ….
smh …. point was >> you’d likely get the best resulting response from the guyz
When I had my babe access to childcare was almost non-existant. 6 months of pure panic before I found someone (& that happened through a friend of a friend). Today there is over supply - because government subsidy. Somewhere in between is a happy medium.
Life without parole - especially for very young people - takes away ALL hope - one cannot live without hope. I know there will be situations where it may be needed - but it should never be legislated (my view only).
We all probably have the odd RW issues - as long as they don’t take over the brain - all will be well :)
When I rule the world there’d only be life without parole for the really nasty ones who’d likely be a danger to society if released, I’ll definitely allow some hope for the rest.
Also too, I will have subsidized dog-care, but not for kids.
We have a few differences in relation to your World ruling rules - so when you rule the world I shall be the speaker of the house. My legislative agenda - anybody who owns a dog & leaves him/her home all day, alone, in a small confined space will be eligible for life without parole for their inhumanity to animals and inhumanity to those who have to listen to the poor animal barking/whimpering all day.
Ooooooh, you’re my kind of ruler, when I step down after 50 years I will anoint you as my successor :cool:
Blimey - I only just found this one - given you are 23 and 1/2 & I am approaching infinity - best have my 50 years first :)
No, no - no need for that 99ts ….. I will apply my Peter Pan-ish powers.
I don’t know much about their political system - other than vc is working for it today :)
Does anyone know if they form coalition governments? eg New democratic/Liberal?
yes, they can form coalition govt. and yes, they can pull it down at their will. gotta love democrazy.
They similar to our system amk?
yup. blame the effing limeys.
Canadians went a little of track - doing a few things different - so I wasn’t sure - thanks - I did google around & found they have only had 1 coalition govt since forever. Interesting times. Hope Harper loses.
Liberals have 80% chance of victory. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/globe-election-forecast-2015/article25377958/
Oh, I’m not working today. I log my time on Monday. Today I’m lazing around trying to work up some interest in going through my large envelope of voting materials &/ instructions. Feeling the way I do, it probably won’t get done until tomorrow.
Greetings, TS…..and Greetings TODobots all! :) :) :)
Good W/E coast morning VC :-)
Sending you wishes for the same, madame - Good E/W coast morning. Was glad to note above that your son made it home safely ahead of the storm.
Thanks VC <3
3-0, Roooooooooooooooooney!!!!!!!!!!
Well I’m confused - I thought Canada was sane like we down under & voted on a Saturday - when is this election? Aren’t you working on same - or as I used to say when I worked on a booth “selling the votes”.
Hi TS. This election will be on Monday (in the past we’ve had Tuesday elections - i.e. no set day, to my knowledge). Also, too, we can’t ‘sell the vote’ while working. We’ve even been cautioned against wearing any of the colours which take out quite a few (blue, red, green, orange for starters in my area).
We can’t “sell the vote” either vc - I used to upset folks by saying “I’m off to sell votes” when I worked on the elections. There are the usual rules about no advertising within whatever distance from the poll - but we were never told what colors we could wear - that’s a new one.
I must be reading upside down (blame the downsizing) - thought I read the elections were Saturday - sigh.
:D :D These are the colours for the main parties so they don’t want us to give any appearance of favoritism.
Our team colors are red & blue (opposite to the US in that left is red, right is blue). Spent my life voting red & wearing blue. :)
That’s like us - Liberal is red, Conservative is blue. Then we have NDP as orange and Green party is green ;). There are other small regional parties and they have a colour too, but don’t ask me what they are. Because I’m who I am, as soon as I realized that I cannot wear any of the 4 main colours all I can think of to wear happens to have one of the colours. :D :D
Have a book for the grandbabe - “My nanna is a ninja” - And ninjas dress in black - problem solved :)
Hmmmm. Yea, I guess I do have black. ;) ;)
I/m a Green Communist! 94% Communist, 92% Green…(I love these quizzes!) Thanks, 99ts…Sleep tight! Morning TOD. Happy Saturday!
Mooooooooooooorning Comrade!!!! :-)
LOL:) And to you, sister!
Hey 99ts didn’t see this before but I did fill it out. Voted already anyway. I was consistent with my vote. Thanks for the link. I am passing it on to my family and friends.
I have a toon that’ll jolt the peeps out of their
sleepminds. Wonder if I should post it.Yer late.
1) *cough*
2) Is it Trump in a mankini?
3) I may or may not have slept in
1) yer late, so, no.
2) no
3) you LIE.
1) Meanie
2) Phew
3) Meanie
In my part of the world, this post came right on time - I just woke up 😎
Me too:) Early (ish)??? It’s 7:00am on a Saturday! Early enough for me!!
Me too DF :D
If it is “Trump in a mankini” then just Nooooooooooooooooooooo
oh, no, it’s better than that, it is the entire kkklown show without anything.
Oh hell no! What about posting the link so the brave and/or insane can click on it if they so choose.
yer right. here ya go. now let’s see who is yellow.
http://www.gocomics.com/mattwuerker#mutable_1358326
I will never be able to unsee that. You’re evuuul.
the box was sufficiently labelled…. or unlabelled in this case. :D
I LIKE IT! I think you should share it with everyone!!
say no more, it shall be done.
Good! What a way to start the day:) Morning, amk:)
morning df. so, how is MY olympic pool?
The scary part of the toon is that we can see their faces
Wait till I’ve gone to bed
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
I have no plans or obligations today. YAY!
Congrats 99ts on First and have pleasant dreams 😋
Mooooooooooooorning hoe!!!! :lol:
Goooooooooal morning Chips😘
Am I seeing things? What!
You missed it yesterday…I can’t remember the thread…she’s joking:)
GM Don, go back to the second to the last post last night - you will fall out laughing at Chips!
So bad:) I LOL when I saw that yesterday.
GM, DF, I’m STILL laughing!!!!
{{{{GGail}}}} Hey, did you have any damage from the storms that came through your neck of the woods? The friend that I went to visit in LA a few weeks ago, had a huge tree fall in her backyard! Beautiful shade tree that I would sit under…now gone. Sad.
{{{DF}}}, fortunately no damage - thanks for asking. I couldn’t believe the amount of mud that came off the mountains and stranded/buried so many cars and big rigs! As big as the tires are on a big rig, the mud came up over the top of their tires - in a very short amount of time. And my son had just hours before, left here driving back to Salt Lake City and he was driving this little rental car. I was happy when he text me that he was home. I asked if he ran into rain and he just said yes. Then when I saw the news - I was shocked! I’m so grateful that he was ahead of all of that.
Now, this tree situation is as a result of us trying to conserve and the leaders forgot that our trees still need water for their roots. Some of the cities have gotten wise tho. Out here in my area, Monrovia/Arcadia/San Marino, they are watering the area’s around the trees.
gm GGail - I love days with no plans/obligations - enjoy
GOOD MORNING TOD FAMILY…………………………….A COLD DAY HERE AS USUAL…WINDOWS LIKE PAPER SO AM GETTING A SORE THROAT AND HEAD COLD…SENT CAT TO THE VETS…SO FAR…STARTING OUT AS USUAL!!!!
G”morning Chips TOD, even amk, lurkers, and congrats 99ts on #1! :) Happy Saturday everyone!
No leader, no agenda, no work, fighting among themselves, a non politician is their leading candidate for the top office. How can the GOP be a viable party? I am at a loss. Isn’t this the place in a movie where a hero flies in to save the day?
Good choice for The President as I think the country is paying more attention than usual to this issue.
6,000 will be released from federal prisons on Oct.30 thru Nov.2. Yuuuuge
167 drug offenders with overly long sentences were released recently.
And Vice did that extraordinary documentary on PBO visiting a federal Prison.
ACA enrollment period opens on Nov. 1, so I’m looking forward to what PBO will do this year. The first open enrollment period gave us “Between Two Ferns,” remember?
Meanwhile the background noise will be the GOP meltdown and the raising of the debt ceiling which Boehner has said he will do.
Busy Fall Season under way.
I often read Booman - like most of his posts. Good discussion on the VP here
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2015/10/16/143934/85
“I’m not going to tell you that Biden is head and shoulders above Clinton and Sanders or that he’d magically be able to get things done in DC just because he gets along better with the Republicans. I just think he has the best character, better foreign policy instincts than Clinton, and a better chance to avoid blowing a winnable election than the others. ”
Why do we no longer hear about “character” from the MSM - maybe because the GOPers don’t know what it means any more.
I just think he has the best character, better foreign policy instincts than Clinton, and a better chance to avoid blowing a winnable election than the others. ”
For me, that right there is the whole ballgame.
man c 3-1. 8-)
Against Real Bournemouth. :roll:
gd 14 to 6. ’nuff said. 8-)
4-1. 8-)
Is that good or bad?
Oh, soccer, never mind.
:lol:
I didn’t mean it like that, I was thinking more like it being a pleasant surprise.
yes, aka foot ball. you know, the kind where you use your hand to score a goal is actually an offence? unlike some ‘game’.
Listen, your sport is the most recognizable and most played sport in the world. If it were up to me the world cup would be played in Brazil every year along with carnival. Football during the day and drinking and dancing at night.
Looked a little like a cricket score Don.
Cricket, is that the game where the guys wear white suits?
You have me weepin’ this morning Don!
I’m just trying to expand my horizons, I want to learn about what’s going on in the rest of the world. Football, Crickets, Badminton, I like to explore different sports from all around the world.
Forget all those Don, you need to become a hurling devotee:
Sorry I missed this Don - you are behind the times - lots of ’em now wear bright colors :)
when I am back from the dinnah, you shall all have your toon.
I’ll be asleep - thank you for waiting
<3
Amen.
I don’t know WHY the Everton fans are booing - it’s half time. Oh, now I remember why… 2-0 ManU :cool:
A highly lovely 45-minute start to our day, GGail! But, gulp, 45 more to go.
Inorite?
That’s why I’m remaining silent - well sorta silent - more like not saying much :D
My Fantasy team at half-time.
I stripped Raheem Sterling of the captaincy last night because he had failed me horribly - and then he scores a hat-trick in the first half. Which means I’d have 32 points if he was still captain. He’ll probably score 8 more in the second half. And he’ll be man of the match which gives you three more points - doubled for being captain.
I cannot tell you how much I hate life.
Stop letting your emotions rule your head woman!
A woman getting emotional, who could have predicted that?
* quickly heads towards the exit!
Don, Don, Don, and you wonder why your wife and son are conspiring, I mean, letting you nap more :D
have ya considered coaching mu? #nothingbutlosses
Thank you for your comforting words at this difficult time.
Wait - ROOOOOOOOOOOOONEY!!!!!!!!
furst goal in like what, a year?
Since about 1976, I think.
come on, he was not THAT bad.
Rooney now has 187 Premier League goals. He’s tied with some guy and Cole. That’s all I got :-)
mubots. worse than obamabots. smh
Hahahahaha! and I’m both bots :-)
Shhhhh! don’t jinx us - we’re on a GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL roll
Yo, Amk, here’s a ‘sup visual for Hopefruit!
#whatchertalkinaboutvc?
#nothin’
http://radio.com/2015/10/16/usher-drops-new-track-chains-demands-viewers-dont-look-away/
Usher released a new single “Chains,” that asks something rather interesting of its viewers.
The collaboration with Nas and Bibi Bourelly is a Tidal exclusive that can only be seen on Google Chrome or Firefox while the viewer’s video camera is turned on. The technology will pause the video anytime the viewer looks away. The video, in other words, demands attention.
The message Usher wants to convey becomes immediately clear from the title card preceding the video’s start, which reads, “While racial injustice keeps killing, society keeps looking away.” To call attention to that problem, the video asks viewers to stare into the eyes of unarmed gun violence victims.
The video is explicit, but sends a powerful message to stop tuning out the violence occurring on a frighteningly regular basis.
Thanks DF, I sent it to my son and daughter for their reaction
I had a dream last night, or actually early this morning as the alarm clock and I were having a disagreement about when or whether I should get out of bed. I visiting a house (don’t know whose) and Reggie Love was there along with two other close associates of President Obama (never knew their names), one of whom was an elderly blind man in a wheelchair. I was so thrilled to meet them! Especially Reggie Love!!!! Twice during the dinner I received phone calls from a woman (who used to attend my church about 15 years ago) complaining that the art teacher at my school, (who was visiting the house Church Lady was staying at), had such bad dandruff that no one wanted to sit next to her and that it was actually like a cloud around her head and what was I going to do about it? Whaaaat???? Any dream interpreters out there??
paging vc….. wwwhhhaaattt?
Never use an alarm clock to disturb you sleep? Ad if you do, try not to have a disagreement with it while you are still half asleep.
LOL. I knew you could essplain it all.
TY
easy-peasy, really >> I never use an alarm clock aNd I never have confusing dreams! :D :D
HA! read my comment below vc, you & I were on the same explanation wave length :shock:
:D :D
A nice idea, vc, but I doubt my principal would appreciate me showing up at about 11:15 every day. :D And sadly there will always be disagreements between us.
HOLY MOLY! There’s nothing else to say about that one! maryl1…what did you have for dinner last night? :)
I know! I just had an Italian sub from Potbelly’s, root beer, and chips. Not exactly healthy, but not weird -dream-inducing either.
:lol:
Mary, that is the wackiest dream I have EVER heard of!!!!! :lol:
I think it’s the wackiest I’ve ever dreamt!
Moral of this story maryl1 is - you should NEVER argue with your alarm clock. It has powers over you!
I think you have nailed it, GGail!!!
I’ll tackle it!
1. The blind man means that you didn’t want any outsiders to see what was going on, you wanted privacy.
2. When a church is present in a dream it means that you are wrestling with a moral issue, a battle between right and wrong.
3. The woman that called you was actually telling you about a situation that you needed to be cleansed of, in fact you were the art teacher.
In summary, you are tying to figure out a situation that is weighing on you.
What’s the name of your dreams explained column in the local newspaper, Don? Great summation! :D :D
Wow! I’m impressed! The only thing that really stood out to me was that I was really excited to meet Reggie Love. I will have to ponder on this.
From the Booman link TS shared above.
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I don’t know if Clinton disingenuously came out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership to differentiate herself from Sanders or from Biden (as the BBC suggests), but everyone knows who was in charge of pushing that agreement in Obama’s first term, and it wasn’t the vice-president.
All I know is that it looks at least as likely that he will get in than that he will not, and the window is closing so we’ll hear soon enough.
Unfortunately, I still haven’t carved out enough time to thoroughly explain a rationale for Biden’s candidacy, but I will give you three things to research and discuss:
1. Character matters- politicians accumulate voting records that reflect their unique constituencies. Sanders represents a state that is skeptical of gun control. Clinton represented Wall Street. Biden represented that corporate tax haven of Delaware. You want to hold these things against them, go ahead. But they don’t mean shit, really. No matter who wins they Democratic nomination, they will face implacable congressional opposition to anything they want to do legislatively. We choose parties by ideology, but we ought to pick presidents by character. I like Biden’s character and I have more trust in his heart than I do the hearts of his most likely opponents.
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http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2015/10/16/143934/85
Part of one ‘good’ response to the above post …
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2. Foreign Policy matters
This is my biggest problem with Clinton, but I haven’t seen evidence that Biden is better. They both blew it on the Iraq vote. They both took pride in supporting the Patriot Act and voted to reauthorize it in 2006, long after it was known that the Bush administration was abusing it. Biden and Clinton don’t seem to have disagreed much at all on foreign policy or civil liberties.
3. Electability matters
This is the weakest part of your argument. Joe Biden has run for president twice already and bombed at it. Hillary Clinton nearly won the nomination in 2008. She already polls much better than Biden, despite the fact that he hasn’t been subjected to the negatives that come with actually being a candidate. The Clintons also have much a stronger organization and ties to women and minority communities. Her election alone would be historic in a way that Biden’s wouldn’t. There is simply no contest in the electability question.
by Jinchi on Sat Oct 17th, 2015 at 02:57:10 AM EST
why is everyone trying to find a reason for VPBiden’s candidacy….no one has question why any of the other candidates are running….Irritates me to no end
I find the discussion in that forum interesting because it was not one-sided. However, I hear you Pf, and I think *they* need a reason for VP Joe’s potential candidacy because, no matter what they say, they see it as threatening the preemptive crowning of the queen. Nevertheless, I have to add in all honesty that *we* also have a ‘reason’ for wanting VP Joe to be a candidate - we do not appreciate the preemptive crowning. It smacks the face of democracy.
yes…
Croon away!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/10/17/croon-away/