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Total Members Voted: 11

Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM

[Holly Martins]

Oz appears to have won the PA primary.  Pray for Fettermans cerebrovascular health, and that he can bake the Tuerk in November.

[kiidcarter8]

YG is always "outahere" yet here he is.  Would love for him to just stand and deliver.  Has always been good people.

[kiidcarter8]

Oz appears to have won the PA primary.  Pray for Fettermans cerebrovascular health, and that he can bake the Tuerk in November.

Trump is about 80-4 now

[josh]

Today's Mass Dem State Convention is not the most tedious event I have ever attended, but it is competitive.

I suspect that I would like it better in person if only because shmoozing would be far easier than attending virtually, but the COVID numbers still make in person in a large convention space pretty absurd IMO, so on-line I am.

The voting mechanism seems secure, but the 12 digit pin to relog in every time is a tad tiresome.

And... this is to get the party's endorsement going into the primary (that is still months away). And the endorsement doesn't seem to have much impact on who will win the nominations, even if it impacts being on the ballot.

[facilitatorn]

Oz appears to have won the PA primary.  Pray for Fettermans cerebrovascular health, and that he can bake the Tuerk in November.

Trump is about 80-4 now

Incest and bestiality are not just the most common activities in the trump family, they have spread widely throughout the entire republican scene.

I am not sure if you know whether it is your mother or a dog you are trying to violate right now, Kid.

You really need to get your house in order. 

[facilitatorn]

People really need to associate shackles more with republican political grifters.

[facilitatorn]

http://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23141405/violence-crime-cbt-therapy-cash-shootings

[josh]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/04/us/andy-stanley-evangelicals-book-blake-cec/index.html

[josh]

Today's Mass Dem State Convention is not the most tedious event I have ever attended, but it is competitive.

I suspect that I would like it better in person if only because shmoozing would be far easier than attending virtually, but the COVID numbers still make in person in a large convention space pretty absurd IMO, so on-line I am.

The voting mechanism seems secure, but the 12 digit pin to relog in every time is a tad tiresome.

And... this is to get the party's endorsement going into the primary (that is still months away). And the endorsement doesn't seem to have much impact on who will win the nominations, even if it impacts being on the ballot.

The convention is over. Endorsements of candidates is done - one race got a 2nd ballot as it takes more than 50% for that. A couple AG candidates and LG candidates got knocked out. None of the AG candidates got 50%, but they chose not to have a run off and so none of the top 3 will be endorsed.

Healey for governor won the endorsement by a wide margin and I expect she will win the nomination similarly - but this is no sure thing for governor in a state where 4 out of the last 5 governors have been Republicans despite the huge Democratic Party majority. The last 4 AGs ran for higher office and went nowhere. Healey seems like a better candidate than most of them, but who knows?!

[facilitatorn]

The anti-trans stuff finally makes sense. Republicans are legislating a way for pervy Christian conservatives to regularly fondle the genitals of children. They wish they all had altar boys to play with and this is as close as they think they can get right now.

Republicans really know and cater to their base.

[josh]

...written by a mom of one of the Uvalde victims:

"The chicken soup in her thermos stayed hot all day while her body grew cold.

She never had a chance to eat the baloney and cheese sandwich. I got up 10 minutes early to cut the crust off a sandwich that will never be eaten.

Should I call and cancel her dental appointment next Wednesday? Will the office automatically know?
Should I still take her brother to the appointment since I already took the day off work? Last time Carlos had one cavity and Amerie asked him what having a cavity feels like.

She will never experience having a cavity.

She will never experience having a cavity filled.

The cavities in her body now are from bullets, and they can never be filled.

What if she had asked to use the bathroom in the hall a few minutes prior to the gunman entering the room, locking the door, and slaughtering all inside?

Was she one of the first kids in the room to die or one of the last?

These are the things they don't tell us.

Which of her friends did she see die before her?

Hannah?
Emily?
Both?

Did their blood and brains splatter across her Girl Scout uniform?

She just earned a Fire Safety patch.
What if it got ruined?

There are no patches for school shootings.

Was she practicing writing GIRAFFE the moment he walked in her classroom, barricaded the door and opened fire?
She keeps forgetting the silent "e" at the end.

We studied this past weekend, and now she doesn't need to take the spelling test on Friday.

None of them will take the spelling test on Friday.

There will be no spelling test on Friday.

Because there is no one to give it.

And no one to take it.

These are the things I will never know:

I will never know at what age she would have started her period.

I will never know if she had wisdom teeth.
(Or if they would have come in crooked.)

I will never know who she spoke to last. Was it the teacher? Was it her table partner, George? She says George is always talking, even during silent reading.

Did she even scream?

She screamed the lyrics to We Don't Talk About Bruno at 7:58 AM as she hopped out of my car in the circle drive.

She always sings the Dolores part, her sister sings Mirabel and I'm Bruno.

"And I wanted you to know that your bro loves you so
Let it in, let it out, let it rain, let it snow, let it goooooo......"

Did the killer ever see Encanto?

Could we have sat in the same row of seats, on the same day, munching popcorn?

What if Amerie brushed past him in the aisle? Did she politely say, "Excuse me," to the boy who would someday blow her eye sockets apart?

Was he chomping on bubble gum as he destroyed them all?

If so, what flavor?
Cinnamon?
Wintergreen?

Was the radio on as he drove to massacre them? Or did he drive in silence?

Was the sun in his eyes as he got out of the car in the parking lot?

Did his pockets hold sunglasses or just ammunition?

These are the things I will never know.

There is laundry in the dryer that is Amerie's.

Clothes I never need to fold again.

Clothes that are right now warmer than her body.

How will I ever be able to take them out of the dryer and where will I put them if not back in her dresser?

I can never wash clothes in that dryer again.

It will stand silent; a tomb for her pajamas and knee socks.

Her cousin's graduation party is next month and I already signed her name in the card. Should I cross it out?

That will be the last card I ever sign her name to.

The dog will live longer than she will.

The dog will be 12 next month and she will be eternally 10.

What will the school do with her backpack?

It was brand new this year and she attached her collection of keychains like cherished trophies to its zipper.

A beaded 4 leaf clover she made on St. Patty's Day.
A red heart from a Walk-a-Thon.
A neon ice cream cone from her friend's birthday party.

Now there will be no more keychains to attach.

No more trophies.

Surely they can't throw it out?

Would they throw them all out?

19 backpacks, full of stickered assignments and rainboots, all taken to the dumpster behind the school?

Is there even a dumpster big enough to contain all that life?

These are the things someone else knows"
The moment the semiautomatic rifle was put into his hands--was "Bring Me a Higher Love" playing in the gun store? "Get off my Cloud" by the Rolling Stones? Maybe it was Elton John's "Rocket Man."

Did the Outback Oasis salesperson hesitate as they slid him 375 rounds of ammunition?

not my problem my kids are grown and out of school

Or I don't have kids, so I don't have to worry about their skulls getting blown across the naptime mat

Or fingers crossed there's a good guy with an equally powerful gun that will stop this gun if needed

Did they sense any danger or were they more focused on picking that morning's Raisin Bran out of their teeth?

My Nana used to say, "Pay attention to what whispers, and you won't have to when it starts screaming."

But now I know there is a more deafening sound than children screaming.

More horrific even, than automatic rifles on a Tuesday morning.

I beg the world:
Pay attention to what's screaming today, or be forced to endure the silence that follows.

May we fill that kind of silence with Light.

Unita!

[Holly Martins]

The anti-trans stuff finally makes sense. Republicans are legislating a way for pervy Christian conservatives to regularly fondle the genitals of children. They wish they all had altar boys to play with and this is as close as they think they can get right now.

Republicans really know and cater to their base.

I don't think the Ohio law will stand up to public or judicial scrutiny.

The Ohio law will fail on its invasiveness, its potential for harm, and because it will be weaponized by anyone on a team who has a grudge against someone (or anxiety that player might be better than them).   This could cause some girls to quit a team because they will not want to face the degrading physical exam or any further accusations.  It seems like a catalyst for poor sportsmanship, the very thing that school sports programs are supposed to remedy.

Also, given the freshness in memory of Larry Nasser and other cases like that, it is really hard to imagine many parents signing off on such a proposal.

[Espnthree]

YG is always "outahere" yet here he is.  Would love for him to just stand and deliver.  Has always been good people.

As long as you are here he is not.
That is a good thing as I see it.

[Oilcan]

Then again, some of us prefer the largest possible range of opinions and personalities in an online forum.  But I understand you would prefer just people that validate you and stroke your ego.  Sorta makes one wonder why you come here at all.  Did you lose your password at the Redneck Social Darwinist Bigots forum?

[Espnthree]

Then again, some of us prefer the largest possible range of opinions and personalities in an online forum.  But I understand you would prefer just people that validate you and stroke your ego.  Sorta makes one wonder why you come here at all.  Did you lose your password at the Redneck Social Darwinist Bigots forum?

You never disappoint in your obtuseness.