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* More Random Election stuff. They voted out Joe "Women don't die from pregnancy" Walsh. House Republicans are claiming that people returning a Republican House is a mandate for them to not raise tax rates on the rich by even a penny. They claim that they are going to cooperate with democrats, but have vowed not to budge on any of the widely popular financial measures. Sigh. So Republicans will only reach across the aisle if they get everything they want and the Democrats don't get anything and this is what Republicans call "compromise." I don't see how this is different than the last two years. Equality passed in Maine and Mayland! Yay!

* Washington early returns (69% of the vote counted): My city voted to fund subsidized housing. My State (and Colorado) is likely legalizing pot. I'm for this BTW. I have no personal interest in marijuana and have never used it, but it's stupid to jail people for it thus ruining their lives forever. Pot Prohibition has caused way more societal damage and wasted vastly more money that alcohol prohibition, and if we took the money we waste on imprisoning non-violent offenders and spent it on health care and schools, imagine how much better off we'd be. I wish we'd legalize Federally, but I'll take what I can get. It's looking like my state's scary Rape Caucus guy, Koster, is losing to a Democrat, it's looking like we're getting the better Gubernatorial Candidate, and our Senator is heading towards landslide. It's also looking good for Marriage Equality. Unfortunately the Charter Schools thing is doing well. About half the finacial stuff is leaning the right way, and half not.

None of it's fixed, of course, but I have hopes for official tallies maybe tomorrow. *fingers crossed.

* Voting problems, featuring seven hour lines in Florida thanks to voter suppression shenanigans:

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* Landslide on Bullshit Mountain. (There's a lot of clips, so I'm just giving you the best one):

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* Stephen Colbert looks at Bill O'Reilly's racist comments regarding the election results:

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* "What gay marriage looks like:" http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/475611.html

* "If I were a theist:" http://jaylake.livejournal.com/2990728.html

* BPAL is doing a Red Cross fund raiser.
Oils Scroll down to Gentlemen's Club: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/limited.html
Atmosphere Spray and Bath Oil: http://www.blackphoenixtradingpost.com/gentlemansDIRECTORY.html

* Today I made yet another attempt to sort out AAA. They assure me it really is fixed this time. I'm not holding my breath though. Afterwards there was bank, library, OTC meds and cleaners, and a haircut. (She kept messing up my bangs so they are way too short.)

* Spotted by a correspondent on the East Coast feed of Walking Dead: Back to back ads. First was that Miho squirt as much as you like ad. Next? Viagra! OMG! I can't get the image out of my head.

* Speaking of things I can't get out of my head. O.o http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/pets/2012/11/04/trick-or-treat-3/

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* More Random Election stuff. They voted out Joe "Women don't die from pregnancy" Walsh. House Republicans are claiming that people returning a Republican House is a mandate for them to not raise tax rates on the rich by even a penny. They claim that they are going to cooperate with democrats, but have vowed not to budge on any of the widely popular financial measures. Sigh. So Republicans will only reach across the aisle if they get everything they want and the Democrats don't get anything and this is what Republicans call "compromise." I don't see how this is different than the last two years. Equality passed in Maine and Mayland! Yay!

* Washington early returns (69% of the vote counted): My city voted to fund subsidized housing. My State (and Colorado) is likely legalizing pot. I'm for this BTW. I have no personal interest in marijuana and have never used it, but it's stupid to jail people for it thus ruining their lives forever. Pot Prohibition has caused way more societal damage and wasted vastly more money that alcohol prohibition, and if we took the money we waste on imprisoning non-violent offenders and spent it on health care and schools, imagine how much better off we'd be. I wish we'd legalize Federally, but I'll take what I can get. It's looking like my state's scary Rape Caucus guy, Koster, is losing to a Democrat, it's looking like we're getting the better Gubernatorial Candidate, and our Senator is heading towards landslide. It's also looking good for Marriage Equality. Unfortunately the Charter Schools thing is doing well. About half the finacial stuff is leaning the right way, and half not.

None of it's fixed, of course, but I have hopes for official tallies maybe tomorrow. *fingers crossed.

* Voting problems, featuring seven hour lines in Florida thanks to voter suppression shenanigans:

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* Landslide on Bullshit Mountain. (There's a lot of clips, so I'm just giving you the best one):

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* Stephen Colbert looks at Bill O'Reilly's racist comments regarding the election results:

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* "What gay marriage looks like:" http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/475611.html

* "If I were a theist:" http://jaylake.livejournal.com/2990728.html

* BPAL is doing a Red Cross fund raiser.
Oils Scroll down to Gentlemen's Club: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/limited.html
Atmosphere Spray and Bath Oil: http://www.blackphoenixtradingpost.com/gentlemansDIRECTORY.html

* Today I made yet another attempt to sort out AAA. They assure me it really is fixed this time. I'm not holding my breath though. Afterwards there was bank, library, OTC meds and cleaners, and a haircut. (She kept messing up my bangs so they are way too short.)

* Spotted by a correspondent on the East Coast feed of Walking Dead: Back to back ads. First was that Miho squirt as much as you like ad. Next? Viagra! OMG! I can't get the image out of my head.

* Speaking of things I can't get out of my head. O.o http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/pets/2012/11/04/trick-or-treat-3/

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* They were not quite done counting my state's election returns, alas, but it's close. It looks like the financial stuff mostly went wrong after all,but the two most important made it, along with the housing levy. It was achingly close on Charter schools, close enough I am going to check final returns tomorrow, but I don't have much hope.

* Why refusing to make rational structural changes in the wake of catastrophes is politicizing it:

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* Melissa Harris-Perry Addresses "Heck of a job" Browny's attack on the President for taking hurricane Sandy seriously:

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* Voters in MIT sweats turned away at the polls because workers thought they were campaigning for Mitt. *facepalm*

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* They tracked those voter suppression billboards intended to scare people of colour into not voting back through the Bradley foundation to Republican leadership including Reince Priebus. I admit, I was expecting the Koch Brothers, but mainstream Republican leadership makes sense. After all, they've been absolutely open about their belief that people of colour should be denied the vote.

* "The Truck Stop Killer:" http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201211/truck-stop-killer-gq-november-2012#ixzz2BgxTElcJ

* They have discovered that shame is a good way to get out the vote, so there is a thing now where a third party sends you a Voter Report Card before the election showing how often you voted compared to your neighbors. They then send another after the election as a sort of threat. Mine came today. They only track participation in General elections and only the last five. Of course I'm five by five, having missed only one general election and one primary since I turned 18. (Both for moves, the general being the move from Annapolis to Oregon in '90). I grew up in a political household and we played voting on the practice machine when I was a baby. Voting was always serious business to me. Anyway, they thing that impressed me was that the average was three out of five for my neighborhood, which is really high considering how many college students are packed into various apartment complexes on my block, and how many may have only been eligible to vote in 1-4 elections total. Voting three Novembers in a row is impressive for the age group. For sure there are single family houses and some families or older adults in the area, but we are way numbered. Things like this look hopeful to me. You go college students! Rock the damned vote!

* Momment of Zen: Pictures of Ewan McGregor modelling menswear: http://www.celebitchy.com/260736/ewan_mcgregor_in_a_flowery_romantic_gq_style_pictorial_would_you_hit_it/

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* They were not quite done counting my state's election returns, alas, but it's close. It looks like the financial stuff mostly went wrong after all,but the two most important made it, along with the housing levy. It was achingly close on Charter schools, close enough I am going to check final returns tomorrow, but I don't have much hope.

* Why refusing to make rational structural changes in the wake of catastrophes is politicizing it:

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* Melissa Harris-Perry Addresses "Heck of a job" Browny's attack on the President for taking hurricane Sandy seriously:

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* Voters in MIT sweats turned away at the polls because workers thought they were campaigning for Mitt. *facepalm*

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* They tracked those voter suppression billboards intended to scare people of colour into not voting back through the Bradley foundation to Republican leadership including Reince Priebus. I admit, I was expecting the Koch Brothers, but mainstream Republican leadership makes sense. After all, they've been absolutely open about their belief that people of colour should be denied the vote.

* "The Truck Stop Killer:" http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201211/truck-stop-killer-gq-november-2012#ixzz2BgxTElcJ

* They have discovered that shame is a good way to get out the vote, so there is a thing now where a third party sends you a Voter Report Card before the election showing how often you voted compared to your neighbors. They then send another after the election as a sort of threat. Mine came today. They only track participation in General elections and only the last five. Of course I'm five by five, having missed only one general election and one primary since I turned 18. (Both for moves, the general being the move from Annapolis to Oregon in '90). I grew up in a political household and we played voting on the practice machine when I was a baby. Voting was always serious business to me. Anyway, they thing that impressed me was that the average was three out of five for my neighborhood, which is really high considering how many college students are packed into various apartment complexes on my block, and how many may have only been eligible to vote in 1-4 elections total. Voting three Novembers in a row is impressive for the age group. For sure there are single family houses and some families or older adults in the area, but we are way numbered. Things like this look hopeful to me. You go college students! Rock the damned vote!

* Moment of Zen: Pictures of Ewan McGregor modelling menswear: http://www.celebitchy.com/260736/ewan_mcgregor_in_a_flowery_romantic_gq_style_pictorial_would_you_hit_it/