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John Carvalho's avatar

Keep wanting to say the Australian Ballot is in danger but guessing many readers will think it's about Kangaroos.

John Carvalho's avatar

Unbelievable and disgusting. I suspect at some point the subhuman Republican animals will try to do away with the Anonymous Vote. PS: As a kid in Junior High (in the 1870's) we were told anonymous voting was called the "Australian Ballot" but can't find a reference so maybe I was in my lead gasoline fumes period.

Robert Eckert's avatar

It was, in fact, Australia that began the practice.

Alternative Dog's avatar

"๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ."

This is precisely what I was thinking about 20 years ago during the ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ป๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ท. ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต court case where the Discovery Institute lied about their duplicitous attempt to get Creationism taught in public schools as if it was a credible alternative to the scientific theory of evolution. Yes, they tried to pretend that "Intelligent Design" wasn't just rebranded creationism but the opposition presented hard evidence that the liars had literally done a word search and replacement of "creationism" with "Intelligent Design" in their official documents.

Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Robyn. Thanks from the center of my heart for keeping the spotlight on the misogynists.

Runfastandwin's avatar

I never answer unknown numbers. VMs are easy to delete, I can always tell from the first few words if it's something I need.

clairence's avatar

"Hi, this is Stacy calling you back..."

meh's avatar

Which is to say, GQP motherfuckers to a person.

Boojum's avatar

I'm in favor of the woman having the right to choose as set out in Roe...and at any time after the adult fetus casts their first vote for a Republican.

Herr Snackmeier's avatar

Let's get rid of the sales tax on groceries too!

Linda's Bitter Disappointment's avatar

I'd tell the person calling that their mothers should have aborted them, and hung up the phone.

OR

I'm sure that even liberals in S Dakota are armed. Come to my house, personally.

"Let's you and me and my big ol' shotgun have a talk. Why, of course it's loaded, why do you ask? What is the good of an unloaded shotgun?"

It's an actual post birth abortion.

With votes. Big booming votes.

ReSister For Life Callyson's avatar

OK...I *just* signed the petition for the abortion rights initiative here in Nevada last week five minutes after registering to vote here. If one of those fuckers calls me, they will get an earful and a half for fuck's fucking fuckity fuck's sake...

/FFS

clairence's avatar

"most people, even many who publicly profess to be against abortion, donโ€™t actually want it to be illegal."

>it's possible to be pro-life AND pro-choice.

clairence's avatar

It may sound like a joke, but I meant "pro-life" doesn't have to mean "anti-abortion". I believe you can actually be pro-life and pro-choice. In fact, as we've seen in the states that have outlawed abortion, life is a secondary consideration. Pro-choice is the pro-life option. Anti-abortion isn't pro-anything.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

'Pro-life' was a marketing term, thought up by the ant-abortion extremists, they love war, executions, and starving children once they exit the birth canal. They want to trash our shared planet, to make their mythic deity return. They are not, and have never been "pro-life."

SethTriggs's avatar

Well, rightwingers are good at one thing for sure, hurting us and skirting the law.

coco lurks from home's avatar

Pedant: That's... two things.

Dorothea is a Democrat's avatar

Cheating is the only way they can win anything anymore. And they are fully up for the challenge.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Rat fuckers that they are.

clairence's avatar

"We cheated and still lost! Which means you must have cheated MORE!"

Opalescent Riddles's avatar

<<Hansen also claims that people were tricked into signing the petition by being told that it was to eliminate the sales tax on groceries, which seems fairly unlikely.>>

That's a claim that can be tested using exactly the same process that verifies the 700 signatures. You simply ask them, "did you at any time believe the petition about abortion that you signed was about tax on groceries instead?" My guess is the answers will range from "ha ha, no" through simply "no" all the way to "fuck no."

Led Tassle's avatar

"Dat's a nice blastocyst ya got dere. Be a shame if someting didn't happen ta it."

IMPOed's avatar

Fair and honest scares the ever lovin fuck out of Puritans!