It occurred to us that we have not followed up on some very important electoral news: Namely, the fate of several candidates who nobody had ever heard of until they briefly shone in the "weird news" column, and then disappeared from view. What happened to those wackos with all their wackiness? Let it never be said that Your Wonkette doesn't follow up!
You know, I was a little nervous about the referendum to have redistricting handled by a Citizens' Commission here in Cali, although I did vote for it. Apparently, under the bad old approach, the Dems were giving up too much gerrymander to the Reps, in order to absolutely secure the D seats (and get agreement from the Rs).
So far, I like this a lot. I just have to remember that we may not <i>always</i> win the competitive seats.
As a literal-minded, plodding dullard I&#039;m relieved to have a straightforward, logical explanation. Wearing my sicko&#039;s hat, I still want to know what fruit flies have to do with funways. Are bananas involved?
And then there&#039;s Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been in the Mayo Clinic since June and didn&#039;t campaign, and was reelected with 63%. I think the reasoning is that if he had resigned before the election, the machine hacks would have chosen a new candidate, and we all remember how well that worked out last time *coffRolandBurriscoff* whereas if he resigns now (due not to medical problems, but to some federal thing about campaign funds blahblah vague hints no actual indictments, whatever), there will be a whole new election (no, the position can&#039;t be filled by appointment), with actual choices for the lucky voters of his district. Maybe Bill Ayers will run. Hey, a girl can dream.
Taking this as the nearest current thing to a weekend thread, I haz anecdote (this will not be news to those of you who regularly watch teevee).
I spent Friday night in a hotel in San Jose, because my younger kid had a surprise appendectomy on Thursday night and I&#039;m a doting father. Anyhow, at various times last night and this morning, I was in the hotel, and bored, and channel-surfing (I don&#039;t have TV in real life).
So I got saw quite a bit of coverage of Gaza on CNN and MSNBC, and some discussion of the &quot;fiscal shit&quot;, and a lot of local news about the Bay Area storm, and some weird pictures from Daly City, where a water main broke a few days ago and buried a neighborhood in mud, and stuff like that.
<i>Every</i> single time I clicked through Fox (and this was four or five distinct shows), they were talking about Benghazi. Every fucking time. I believe that if the other networks were live covering the second coming of Christ, Fox would be talking about Benghazi.
As I said, this is probably old stuff for many of you, but for someone who doesn&#039;t normally watch TV -- wow.
Oklahoma state capitol, according to <a href="http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/11\/16\/mike-ritze-oklahoma-ten-commandments_n_2145122.html\?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular" target="_blank">PuffHo</a>.
Now I support Tennessee seceding. Texas too. Also all the states with over 50% obesity rate. (They are conveniently colored red on all those maps I noticed after the election.)
No, I get my news about fluoride from my teeth, which are nice and cavity free after 65 years.
And, as a bonus, I have no idea who anybody is on Fox.
You know, I was a little nervous about the referendum to have redistricting handled by a Citizens&#039; Commission here in Cali, although I did vote for it. Apparently, under the bad old approach, the Dems were giving up too much gerrymander to the Reps, in order to absolutely secure the D seats (and get agreement from the Rs).
So far, I like this a lot. I just have to remember that we may not <i>always</i> win the competitive seats.
As a literal-minded, plodding dullard I&#039;m relieved to have a straightforward, logical explanation. Wearing my sicko&#039;s hat, I still want to know what fruit flies have to do with funways. Are bananas involved?
So has this guy, one Mark Suben, who just won reelection as district attorney in Cortland Co. NY: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/70s-porn-star...">http://www.nydailynews.com/...
And then there&#039;s Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been in the Mayo Clinic since June and didn&#039;t campaign, and was reelected with 63%. I think the reasoning is that if he had resigned before the election, the machine hacks would have chosen a new candidate, and we all remember how well that worked out last time *coffRolandBurriscoff* whereas if he resigns now (due not to medical problems, but to some federal thing about campaign funds blahblah vague hints no actual indictments, whatever), there will be a whole new election (no, the position can&#039;t be filled by appointment), with actual choices for the lucky voters of his district. Maybe Bill Ayers will run. Hey, a girl can dream.
Taking this as the nearest current thing to a weekend thread, I haz anecdote (this will not be news to those of you who regularly watch teevee).
I spent Friday night in a hotel in San Jose, because my younger kid had a surprise appendectomy on Thursday night and I&#039;m a doting father. Anyhow, at various times last night and this morning, I was in the hotel, and bored, and channel-surfing (I don&#039;t have TV in real life).
So I got saw quite a bit of coverage of Gaza on CNN and MSNBC, and some discussion of the &quot;fiscal shit&quot;, and a lot of local news about the Bay Area storm, and some weird pictures from Daly City, where a water main broke a few days ago and buried a neighborhood in mud, and stuff like that.
<i>Every</i> single time I clicked through Fox (and this was four or five distinct shows), they were talking about Benghazi. Every fucking time. I believe that if the other networks were live covering the second coming of Christ, Fox would be talking about Benghazi.
As I said, this is probably old stuff for many of you, but for someone who doesn&#039;t normally watch TV -- wow.
I think so. Their infrastucture is, how you say, aging.
It was the &#039;70s. He should have just said he didn&#039;t remember, what with all the cocaine and so on. Everyone would understand.
Hey, don&#039;t forget good old boy Judge Roy Moore! <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.c..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/1...">http://www.washingtonpost.c...
Sudentenland Dash?
That was a nice apres-election mint.
Unfortunately, Darrel Pissah and Dana Roaringfucker are still with us.
Also, I hadn&#039;t noticed that Pete Stark got ousted by another Dem. Probably time, I guess. Makes me feel old, but what doesn&#039;t?
Oklahoma state capitol, according to <a href="http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/11\/16\/mike-ritze-oklahoma-ten-commandments_n_2145122.html\?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular" target="_blank">PuffHo</a>.
Now I support Tennessee seceding. Texas too. Also all the states with over 50% obesity rate. (They are conveniently colored red on all those maps I noticed after the election.)
<i>because those books just prepare students &ldquo;to be liars, crooks, thieves, murderers, and perverts.&rdquo;</i>
or as we call them here: Republicans.
It appears most of them are perfect candidates for running next time around on the &quot;We never really landed on the moon&quot; ballot.