limer

I used the word 50 years ago in a conversation once; I own it

Maybe you jest, maybe not, but scams and bad actors will be a required milestone for popularity

I wonder if both the cold cloud and a supernova happened at the same time?

Ancestors… wow I feel old

I have envied people who are fully aware and alert and ready when they wake up.

For me, it takes longer than a few minutes

The USA election system is a complicated mess. Its probably likely this is true, and also likely many countries, companies, important people, their cousins and friends, all tried their hand at tipping the scales. The problem with stuff like this is that it is literally not provable.

It is impossible to prove the majority of vote counts in the USA are accurate, at the state or federal primaries or elections. So the corollary is that it is impossible to prove any specific plot exists.

All of this could be stopped by implementing the same counting system(s) as exists in most countries elsewhere. Some states do this already, most do not.

Neither

A mostly harmless area

It’s frustrating

I’m not that charitable; I started to see the Texas democrats more as public relations and grifters more than anything else.

Back in the 1990s the Texas democrats were different. They used to have meetings while hog hunting and honestly make the modern GOP look feminine, and rainbow coalition. Not that feminine is bad. I only mentioned it to show it was a different group of people than now.

That party died, its power structures were transferred to the GOP, and everyone with political sense, who had ambition , converted or retired or went elsewhere.

But like a franchise, a new group of people took over the brand, and these people were timid, not wanting to cause actual conflict. And for all intents and purposes, became some kind of captured opposition.

Nobody with real power wanted anything to do with them. And the Texas democratic candidates are a weird collection of helpless idealists, trust fund babies doing it as a hobby, blue blood families keeping appearances, and professional fund raisers who make bank as underdogs.

better phones

This is semi regular.

The Texas democrats are living their best lives right now. It’s great for fund raising later. And the other party gets extra press during this mild speed bump.

Win win