SupremeAC said:As an armchair analyst with no actual knowledge of the matter, I'd assume turnout would be pretty high. Not because voters on either side would want their candidate to win per se, more because they can't phatom the idea of having the other candidate be president for another 4 years.
I stupidly think there are enough real democrats and republicans who could not bring themselves to vote for the candidate their parties have put forward. But I am an immigrant US citizen who bought into the dream and voted Nader. So I am, for as much as I follow US politics, disconnected from the voting public.
I think leaving Florida is a good start for us, but I'm still not 100% sure where we're going to end up. I suspect it'll be somewhere around Atlanta, but I would be lying if I said I haven't spent about a dozen hours researching expat communities in Spain.
robio said:but I would be lying if I said I haven't spent about a dozen hours researching expat communities in Spain.
For the palm trees, right?
edit: anyway, I'm not sure Spain is that much better. Franco isn't that long ago and conservatives are in power there too.
Anyway, we looked at Spain because they have pretty easy immigration policies and my wife is a fluent Spanish speaker. But the reality is we're probably not leaving the continent permanently.
I’m not thrilled with Biden. I’d much prefer that he’d step down to pave the way for someone like Newsome to run. I do like a lot of things that he got done like wiping out a ton of student debt, capping off pharmacy prices, and taking on predatory banks and credit card companies and their shitty overdraft fees.
robio said:
I think there is enough voter apathy right now that we will see Trump re-elected. I don't like that at all. As a parent of a gay child, it actually scares me to death because he just emboldens the worst and dumbest people out there.
Ugh, the voter apathy pisses me off so much. We have a convicted rapist, insurrectionist with 90 indictments and people are like "I think I like him because he speaks the truth."
Ravenprose said:I'll vote third party again. Fuck this two party system.
I voted for Obama the first time, but for all other presidential elections, I've voted third-party.
So the Supreme Court of the USA ruled 6 to 3 that a president is 'kinda sorta immune for presidential stuff'.
That sure doesn't open any doors, cans of worms, ... I'm sure this news was well received by others as well. People like Putin and Kim Yong Un.
Its a fucking joke. Are we treating the president as a king now? Now Trump will never be held accountable.
Looks like there were apparently some gunshots fired at Trump Rally. Looked like Trump put his hand to his ear before ducking down for cover. He had some blood on his ear and side of his face while being escorted by security.
Suspected shooter and one bystander dead.
I have to admit, my first two thoughts were: how great the photos of him fist-pumping post-shooting were; then I was left wondering whether the prevalence of female security guards was due to woke or Gaddafi-style hiring practices, or for even cooler photos? I have no third thought, but I'm looking forward to the attempted assassination of Biden as he tries to keep up with Trump in the polls.
Yeah things are going to get really crazy for this election indeed.
But on the news: attempted assassination is not ok. And you wonder why Spain isn't keen on US immigrants.
SupremeAC said:I think Trump is anout dead cert to win by now. The elections will be one thing, whatever happens the next 4 years will be the real scary part. The right wing is becoming much stronger in democracies worldwide and if they have one thing in common it's their disdain for and willingness to erode the constitutional state. And many people seem to be ok with that.
But on the news: attempted assassination is not ok. And you wonder why Spain isn't keen on US immigrants.
I think that in these uncertain times repite can be found in idle forms of entertainment.
aspro said:I think that in these uncertain times repite can be found in idle forms of entertainment.
Shameless.
I expected no less from you.
SupremeAC said:aspro said:I think that in these uncertain times repite can be found in idle forms of entertainment.
Shameless.
I expected no less from you.
For a second, I thought we were going to get Rickrolled.
As an armchair analyst with no actual knowledge of the matter, I'd assume turnout would be pretty high. Not because voters on either side would want their candidate to win per se, more because they can't phatom the idea of having the other candidate be president for another 4 years.