@wdlindsy @UncleCharlieA
Yes! Not meaning that everyone needs a college education, but that every child should have a solid & well-rounded foundation of reading, writing, math, science, American & world history, social studies, civics, culture (art, music, literature, performing arts...) and hopefully at least a year or 2 of a foreign language. (and some PE or exercise/wiggle time, with shop, home ec - now called FCS or family & consumer science, also available. IMO
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"The task for the Democrats is what it should have been all along: remaking the party into the party of the bottom 90 percent — the party of people who don’t live off stocks and bonds, of people who are not CEOs or billionaires like Mark Cuban, the par... -
"I believe this election turned out the way it did in no small part because a large number of Americans are now submerged in new factories of lies more insidious than anything Orwell imagined,"@wdlindsy @Variant488
It's not terribly different from a cheer squad or football team where everyone was on the same page, same team, had the same choreography or playbook, until some lunkhead decides to suggest the team captain or cheer captain want to sabotage their plan... it makes no logical sense- it's just stupid hormones, low blood sugar, or someone looked at someone in the wrong way, & the BS begins, for no actual reason.
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It's always so easy to blame women, isn't it?@wdlindsy @JoyceVance
The thing is (to my way of thinking), in order to be "free" but safe & secure, there needs to be an ordered, reliable, focused establishment. Then we can feel free to be free thinkers, dissenters, artists, inventors, explorers... so I appreciate the grounded, realistic people as much as the more daring ones, because I know they're telling me facts & sensible things. I can only fly if I know where the ground is. -
"I believe this election turned out the way it did in no small part because a large number of Americans are now submerged in new factories of lies more insidious than anything Orwell imagined,"@wdlindsy @Variant488
Your threads are always very much appreciated. So is the time you take to do them! -
"I believe this election turned out the way it did in no small part because a large number of Americans are now submerged in new factories of lies more insidious than anything Orwell imagined," -
"I believe this election turned out the way it did in no small part because a large number of Americans are now submerged in new factories of lies more insidious than anything Orwell imagined," -
"I believe this election turned out the way it did in no small part because a large number of Americans are now submerged in new factories of lies more insidious than anything Orwell imagined," -
It's always so easy to blame women, isn't it?@wdlindsy
No matter what @JoyceVance says, I always know she understands, and her views are spot on. -
It's always so easy to blame women, isn't it?@wdlindsy
He sought out the depraved, because that is who he is. He sought out and flattered the base & uninformed because he needs & craves adulation & followers. I don't believe it is intelligence. He was raised to be a greedy, self-centered person who denigrates all who he feels are beneath his status. He would never socialize with "his" people. Aaarrghh!!! -
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"In this moment, … it is clear that women have electoral and political power over more than abortion rights. -
"In this moment, … it is clear that women have electoral and political power over more than abortion rights.@wdlindsy
Well, I'm protected from that ugly information in a couple of ways. Secular Jews tend to be Democrats. New Yorkers are mostly Democrats. Californians are mostly Democrats. College educated women tend more towards Democratic.
I have a few more layers of avoidance, in case I need them...
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"In this moment, … it is clear that women have electoral and political power over more than abortion rights. -
"The 2024 election is in part about whether women can be free and equal citizens of this republic. -
"The 2024 election is in part about whether women can be free and equal citizens of this republic. -
"The 2024 election is in part about whether women can be free and equal citizens of this republic. -
If you tell the story of the burnt ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver this week (an important story that warrants attention), also tell how good fire-suppressant design saved all but three ballots in the Portland box, and the efforts of the electio...@jdp23 @nikatjef @ianrosewrites
Not everyone has a printer anyway - I think if someone messed up their ballot, it might be reassuring to go to the local office, or town clerk, or whoever has help available... then fill it out & let the person confirm you've done it correctly (ask the right questions to guide you). Some people get really nervous!! -
If you tell the story of the burnt ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver this week (an important story that warrants attention), also tell how good fire-suppressant design saved all but three ballots in the Portland box, and the efforts of the electio...@jdp23 @nikatjef @ianrosewrites
Not just WA. If you messed up your mail-in ballot, or forgot to sign or date it, or put it in the inner envelope, etc., call your election board. They may be able to help.