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September 11, 2017

just a first nudge. my sister is running for county board.

dupage county in illinois used to be solid red. but these days it is getting more purple by the day. (and peter roscum should be looking over his shoulder. there are a bunch of good candidates lining up for his job.)
there is an 18 member county board that has 1 dem. and they treat her like shit, of course.

so my sister is stepping up to level the playing field a little. dupage dems hope to get one dem from each of the 6 districts. sheila is the strongest candidate so far.

stop in and say hi.
when we get a little more up and running, you know i will be puttin on the big ask. so, put a little aside while we ramp up our paperwork.

https://www.facebook.com/winfieldts2/

September 9, 2017

seed saving- how to keep bugs out of seed.

so, i saved a bunch of hollyhock pods. of course they were full of weevils. i soaked the seeds in a cup of water, and they all came crawling out. or i hope all. when i spread the seeds out on paper towel, i picked off a couple dead ones, and they seem to be clean now.

also have a bunch of sunflower seed. last time i saved sunflowers i opened the cigar box in the spring, and they had all been eaten by some little moth, i think.

also lost a box of pumpkin seeds, tho it didnt happen until they were about 3 years old.

so, anyone have good tips for preventing insect infestations in their seed?

September 8, 2017

dear facebook- release those ads.

i want to see facebook do a full mea culpa in the form of releasing the ads and posts from troll accounts.
i want people to see just where those talking points they cant resist came from.
next time is already here. we saw what happened to kamala harris. we want the full diagram of how this shit works.
knowledge is power. cough it up markie.

September 8, 2017

really guys. here is an example of why we need a reply rate

of some kinds.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029570652

people gonna read this, and maybe miss the snopes check in the reply.

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