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Eliot Rosewater

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April 27, 2023

GOP will tank world economy, sure hope Prez can get primetime speech

to explain to America what they are doing has never been done before, that it is holding the American people hostage etc.

Most of the country wont watch and will wake up one day with devastating news having NO clue why, but we have to explain to the people what is happening is NOT his fault.

April 27, 2023

Post picture from cellphone? I dont see a button for that.

What have I forgotten, sure this is simple.

Like today I learned for the first time, embarrassingly, that you can download an app on your phone to then FAX someone...

How I didnt know that is embarrassing.

April 21, 2023

Insurance questions Re: fox Dominion

1. Been researching can’t find the answers to these questions, what was the total liability limit they had purchased including umbrellas if anyone can figure it out?

2. Most insurance policies do not cover intentional acts* and I don’t remember if slander will be covered when it was done knowingly. Making a false statement is one thing, making a false statement when you know it’s false is another and I just don’t remember how this works.


* Example, if it can be proven the guy you rear ended last night that you did it on purpose, your car insurance will not cover any of the damages related to the accident.

April 21, 2023

Is there a study of how many gun suicides dont happen another way if there is no gun access?

I know it would have to be a guess, so to speak, based on psychological factors.

Knowing that kids NUMBER ONE cause of death is guns, tells me many of these is suicide.

I had a friend recently who blew his brains out because a trump worshiper who is a property manager evicted him at Xmas time because she could, just to be awful.

I dont know if he would have done it without a gun.

April 16, 2023

Right wingers bragging about FL unemployment #'s, who prepares these in individual states?

Does the governor decide who runs the depts that provides the numbers?

Are the economic numbers of a given state developed inside the state government?

The other reason for low unemployment rates in red states is their little to no corp taxes, they rely on BLUE states for their tax base.

April 12, 2023

Any lawyers here think the SC will rule against the Christian Taliban judge on abortion pill?

Because of they dont oppose this, Women cant live in a country where this stands.

Only two options at that point.

I wanna know what court observers think.

April 8, 2023

Biden proposes rule for transgender student athletes that allows for some restrictions

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/politics/title-ix-transgender-student-athletes-biden-rule/index.html


Biden proposes rule for transgender student athletes that allows for some restrictions, opposes categorical bans


The Biden administration proposed Thursday a new federal rule change that would allow for schools to enforce some restrictions on transgender student athletes, but opposes policies that “categorically” ban those students from participating on sports teams consistent with their gender.

“The proposed rule would establish that policies violate Title IX when they categorically ban transgender students from participating on sports teams consistent with their gender identity just because of who they are,” according to a public notice from the US Department of Education.

“The proposed rule also recognizes that in some instances, particularly in competitive high school and college athletic environments, some schools may adopt policies that limit transgender students’ participation,” it continued.


sad face here
April 4, 2023

I had about given up talking politics here, but this changed me, PLEASE read this EVERYBODY

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17565507

Read my comments and Mister Ed's at the link, but this was Mister Ed's response to me whining about people under the age of 29 not voting more than one in four (27%) in the last election and how we are all running out of time for them to wake up:



It is they who are running out of time. They're facing an existential threat, and they know it.

And therein lies part of my answer.

Survival instinct is the strongest emotion that humans have. Right-wing propagandists know this, and they exploit it shamelessly. They create existential fear in their listeners, and then present themselves as the only ones who can protect them. In this way, they harness the tremendous power of the survival instinct.

The existential threat that climate change and related issues pose to my twentysomething daughter and her peers is not imaginary. It is stark and it is real, and they know it. It haunts them - even those who try not to contemplate it.

What's missing, for many of them, is the belief that they can save themselves by voting. I'm not talking about a belief that we will save them if they'll only vote for us, but rather, a belief that they can empower themselves, and save themselves, by voting. If we can make that connection, we'll be serving them well.


I dont know how to do what Mister Ed is suggesting, but someone must.

I thank Mister Ed for making me have a little hope, not much but a little.


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